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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
May. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Steffens, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Gary R Adams, Burlington, CA;
Assignee:
Cominco Ltd., Mississauga, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
420516 ; 148405 ; 148441 ;
Abstract
A zinc-aluminum casting alloy composed of 9 to 12% by weight aluminum, 0.6 to 1% by weight copper, 0.02 to 0.05% by weight magnesium, balance high-grade zinc. In order to improve the tribologocal properties of that material for use in sliding surface bearings, the material contains also 0.1 to 1.5% by weight silicon and has been made by continuous casting.