Oiles Industry Co., Ltd.

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Japanese National Railways

Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.

Oiles Co., Ltd.

Wataru Abe

Kazuo Kobayashi

Ichitaro Ogawa

Hisayoshi Yoshida

Tsuyoshi Hagio

Toshiyuki Kitta

Kenji Miyazaki

Kazutsugu Kashima

Takashi Tada

Hiroshi Tada

Toshiro Nozu

Keizo Ishikawa

Tadaaki Takase

Yasuo Maehara

Yoichiro Hayashi

Youichirou Hayashi

Ikuo Shimoda

Shusuke Miyazaki

Disclosed herein is a high temperature-resistant and abrasion-resistant sliding member of graphite-metal borides showing a friction coefficient of 0.01 to 0.09 and a specific amount of abrasion of 1.0 to 4.0.times.10.sup.-8 mm.sup.2 /kg under the measuring conditions of a load of 20 kg/cm.sup.2 and a sliding velocity of 5 m/min at an atmosphere temperature of 300.degree. C., a bending strength of 230 to 900 kg.f/cm.sup.2 and a Shore hardness of 28 to 45, produced by sintering (a) 70 to 93% by weight of amorphous carbon powder, (b) 5 to 20% by weight of at least one boride of a metal of IVa group, Va group of VIa group of the periodic table and (c) 2 to 10% by weight of powdery natural graphite, powdery Kish graphite or a mixture thereof.

Sliding member of graphite-metal borides

Disclosed herein is a high temperature-resistant and abrasion-resistant sliding member of graphite-boron carbides showing the friction coefficient of 0.01 to 0.13 and the specific abrasion amount of 10.sup.-7 to 10.sup.-9 mm.sup.2 /kg under the measuring conditions of the load of 20 kg/cm.sup.2 and the sliding velocity of 5 m/min at a temperature of 300.degree. C., the bending strength of 300 to 1600 kg.f/cm.sup.2 and the Shore hardness of from 45 to 60, obtained by mixing and stirring from 65 to 95% by weight of powdery carbon of an average particle size of 10 to 150 .mu.m and from 5 to 35% by weight of powdery boron carbide of an average particle size of 0.5 to 2.5 .mu.m until the powdery boron carbide is uniformly dispersed in the powdery carbon, and sintering the thus formed mixture at a temperature of 2020.degree. C. or more and less than the transition point at which the structure of carbon and boron carbide in the thus formed mixture is remarkably changed, under a pressure of 100-250 kg/cm.sup.2.

Sliding member of graphite-boron carbides

In a prestressed concrete structure executed by posttensioning method, a metallic sheath having an inner peripheral surface thereof in sliding contact with a tendon coated with a solid lubricating coating including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). By the use of this metallic sheath, the sliding frictional resistance produced between the metallic sheath and tendon when the tendon is subjected to tensioning operation is considerably decreased to increase the prestressing force introduced into the structure accordingly. The solid lubricating coating is excellent in flexibility and contact properties, and good characteristics of coating are imparted to the sheath.

Metallic sheath for posttensioning method

A metallic sheath for a posttensioning method wherein an outer peripheral surface or outer and inner peripheral surfaces thereof is (or are) coated with phosphate layer (or layers) and plastic resin layer (or layers) thereupon and preferably further coated with a solid lubricating layer upon the inner peripheral surface of the sheath. The phosphate layer of the outer peripheral surface protect the metallic sheath from corrosion by negative ion within concrete, while, on the other hand, that of the inner peripheral surface prevents the electrochemical corrosion between the inner peripheral surface of the sheath and tendon. Moreover, if a solid lubricating, layer is provided at the inner peripheral surface of the sheath, the sliding friction between the metallic sheath and tendon can be decreased so that prestressed force can be increased as much.

Metallic sheath for a posttensioning method provided with rust proofing

This invention relates to a method of bridge erection i.e., an arrangement for erecting a bridge girder. More particularly, it is concerned with an erection method, in which a bridge girder is smoothly extruded, together with a movable member, on a temporary support member which is disposed on an upper shoe until the girder reaches a position near the installation position, whereupon a coupling member for connecting the upper shoe with a sole plate which is pre-fixed to the girder, is attached to the sole plate, then in this condition the girder is again moved forward up to the installation position while pushing the end portion of the temporary support member on the upper shoe by the coupling member so as to displace the temporary support member and the movable member by the coupling member, whereby the bridge girder and the support structure are fixed in engagement with each other without the need to lift the bridge girder.

Method of erecting a bridge girder

There is described a control device particularly suitable for use in the construction of buildings such as continuous girder or truss bridges, elevated highways and the like, for the purpose of controlling vertically imposed loads, more particularly, for the purpose of attenuating mechanical vibrations or impacts as will be caused by braking or starting land vehicles or earthquakes, dispersing horizontally an acting forces at the joint of an upper structure of a bridge such as a girder and a lower structure such as a pier, particularly at a fixed shoe (bridge bearing) on the pier.

Shock control device for use in the construction of buildings such as

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Wataru Abe