摘要:
A composite heavy-duty bushing, such as a bearing bushing or bearing race (FIG. 4) consists of a high load-bearing or working portion consisting of a sleeve composed of sintered powdered high-performance alloy and a supporting or mounting sleeve subjected to less concentrated or intense loads made of an inexpensive base metal, such as sintered powdered iron. These two sleeves are separately briquetted, and then assembled telescopically. This assembly is then sintered while the sleeves are thus united, and finally hot-forged in an axial direction. This forging operation densifies the composite assembly from the sintered briquette density of about 75 percent to a final density of about 98 percent and at the same time upsets the ends of the base metal sleeve into an adjacent end bevel in the high performance alloy sleeve, hereby clinching the two sleeves inseparably to one another. Photomicrographs of longitudinal sections of these composite bushings spanning the joint between the two sleeves (FIG. 6) after subsequent carburizing and hardening heat treatment show a superior interlock therebetween resulting from a migration of the metals into one another across the interface therebetween into an intermediate zone of the intermingled metals which encircles the interphase. Torsion tests performed on such sections show adequate strengths without failure along the junction surfaces which compare favorably with the strength of similar single solid metal bushings. These photomicrographs also show that such a complete bond has been achieved along the central or axial portion of the joint, that the beveling of the ends is not essential in order to form a joint of adequate strength. Such beveling at the ends is therefore optional and is provided as an additional means of retention of the inner sleeve inside the outer sleeve.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing rings for rolling bearings, particularly tapered roller bearings, in which a ring of rectangular section made by a hot rolling operation is subjected to cold forming by impact whereby to produce a ring form of nonrectangular section having substantially the shape of the required bearing rings. The ring form so produced is machined on one circumferential face to form the race and on one end, preferably the narrower end, to control the axial length, and may then be hardened.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for forming ball bearing races from lengths of tubing. A mandrel is inserted into the interior of the tube. A die having a shape conforming to that of a ball bearing raceway is positioned about the exterior of the tube at approximately its midpoint. The opposite axial ends of the tube are then compressed by jaws to form shoulders on each axial end of the tube to form the raceway.
摘要:
A composite mechanism element, such as a bevel pinion (FIGS. 1 to 6 inclusive), or the inner race of a tapered roller bearing (FIGS. 7 to 10 inclusive and 16) has its working or load-bearing portion or portions composed of sintered powdered highperformance alloy while its supporting portion not subjected to concentrated or heavy loads, is made of a base metal, such as sintered powdered iron. The toothed outer load-bearing portion of the composite bevel pinion (FIG. 6) and the hollow frusto-conical inner supporting portion (FIGS. 10 to 15) are separately briquetted from high performance alloy powder and low performance metal powder respectively and separately sintered after which the low performance inner supporting portion is pressed into the high performance toothed outer portion so as to be inseparably secured thereto. In the inner race (FIG. 15) of the composite tapered roller bearing (FIG. 16) the low-performance and high-performance portions of the inner race are separately compacted in dies in a briquetting press to form briquettes which are separately sintered and thereafter are pressed together in an assembling operation which causes the high performance and low performance portions of each race to be inseparably secured to one another. The composite outer race is formed by arranging base metal powder and high performance alloy powder in abutting zones in an annular cavity of a briquetting press die and compressing them to form a composite briquette which is then sintered and afterward deformed in a forging die into its final annular shape. The resulting composite sintered powdered mechanism elements are of much lower material cost than corresponding mechanism elements formed of high performance alloy throughout yet perform satisfactorily and have sufficient strength and durability for most purposes. The tapered roller bearing races (FIG. 9) or the bevel pinion (FIG. 15) may be used as they are if of satisfactory density for their intended uses, or they may be further densified by being subjected to an additional hot forging operation with the article sintered thereafter if deemed necessary.
摘要:
Suitable bearing race material is formed into bar stock having a longitudinally-oriented grain structure and having a cross section corresponding to the cross section of the prospective bearing race. From the thus-shaped bar stock are cut a plurality of pieces whose combined lengths substantially equal the circumferential length of the prospective bearing race. These pieces are then bent into circularly arcuate segments having curvatures corresponding to that of the prospective bearing race and having ends configured to fit one another. These segments are then aligned end-to-end in an annular path and welded together into an annular body which is then hardened and ground. This bar stock is provided with an inclined side surface which, for an outer race, becomes the inner surface of the segment, and for an inner race becomes the outer surface of the segment, in each instance constituting the roller path.