Mazda Motor Corporation

Yasuo Uosaki

Ken Okazaki

Hiroshi Asai

Kazuo Sakamoto

Nobuo Sakate

Katsunori Hanakawa

Masahiko Shibahara

Ichiro Kitayama

Nobuhide Takeshige

Motofumi Omori

Akira Ohtsuka

Yuichi Nishiyama

Shigenori Morimoto

Kouji Mineshita

A manufacturing method for a shaped light metal article includes the steps of forming a plastic worked article by plastic working an article for plastic working made of light metal material, and subjecting the plastic worked article to a post-plastic working heat treatment for between 20 minutes and 10 hours at a temperature in a range of 250 to 400&deg; C. As a result, a shaped light metal article is produced with sufficient ductility.

Method for manufacturing shaped light metal article

A heat-resistant ferritic cast steel member composed of 0.05 to 0.25 wt % of C, 0.3 to 2.0 wt % of Si, 0.2 to 1.0 wt % of Mn, not more than 0.05 wt % of P, not more than 0.05 wt % of of S, 16 to 20 wt % of Cr, 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of Nb, 0.02 to 0.15 wt % of B and balance to 100 of Fe is cast in a lost model made of foamed polymethyl methacrylate.

Heat-resistant ferritic cast steel member

A cast-iron product has a composition of 4.3-4.9 wt. % Carbon Equivalent (CE), 0.25-0.5 wt. % Chromium (Cr), 0.05-0.12 wt. % Tin (Sn), 0.4-1.2 wt. % Manganese (Mn), 0-0.1 wt. % Phosphorus (P), and 0-0.15 wt. % Sulfur (S), with the balance being Iron (Fe). A brake assembly comprises a sliding element made of such a cast iron, and the sliding element is adapted to slideably contact with a friction element or elements made of non-asbestos material and constitute the assembly. Further, a method of producing a cast iron product comprises the steps of casting a cast iron having a composition of 4.3-4.9 wt. % Carbon Equivalent (CE), 0.25-0.5 wt. % Chromium (Cr), 0.05-0.12 wt. % Tin (Sn), 0.4-1.2 wt. % Manganese (Mn), 0-0.1 wt. % Phosphorus (P), and 0-0.15 wt. % Sulfur (S), with the balance being Iron (Fe), releasing a mold at a temperature not less than A.sub.1 allotropic transformation temperature, and cooling the cast iron at a relatively high cooling rate.

Method of producing cast-iron product

An apex seal consisting of 3.0 to 4.0 wt % of C, 1.5 to 2.5 wt % of Si, 0.3 to 1.0 wt % Mn, 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of P, less than 0.1 wt % of S, 0.005 to 0.025 wt % of Mg or Ce, 0.5 to 2.0 wt % of Cu and/or 0.5 to 3.0 wt % of Ni, 0.4 to 1.0 wt % of Cr, 1.0 to 2.0 wt % of Mo and/or 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of V with the balance of Fe, being formed in the sliding surface portion with a sorbite matrix structure in which carbides are dispersed in a matrix of sorbite and in the matrix portion of the material other than the sliding surface portion with a sorbite structure. The apex seal has an excellent bending strength and wear resistance.

Apex seal for rotary piston engine and method for manufacturing the same

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuo Uosaki