221 |
Brazing Method For A Heat Exchanger, And Corresponding Tube And Heat Exchanger |
US13995825 |
2011-12-13 |
US20140158331A1 |
2014-06-12 |
Laurent Moreau; Alain Bauerheim; Philippe Metayer |
The invention relates to a brazing method for a tube of an air heater. The method includes the steps of: folding a metal band such as to form at least one tube, providing inside the tube a disturbance insert having a thickness substantially lower than or equal to 150 μm, with the metal band and/or the insert includes a plating layer on at least one surface to be brazed such that the ratio of the volume of the plating layer to the volume to be brazed is either substantially higher than or equal to a predetermined threshold on the basis of the average gap between the insert and the tube, and brazing the tube and the insert. |
222 |
BONDING DEVICE |
US13911644 |
2013-06-06 |
US20140001163A1 |
2014-01-02 |
Eiji TANAKA; Hiroyuki YASUYOSHI |
A chip attraction passage 23 is provided extending through a housing 5A, a tool base 13, and a bonding tool 14. When the chip attraction passage 23 is attracted by the vacuum source 32, a semiconductor chip 3 can be attracted to and held on the lower surface of the bonding tool 14. The tool base 13 is configured by laminating transmitting members 11 and 12. A connection passage 29, which is a main part of the chip attraction passage 23, is configured by a groove 12B formed on the upper surface of the transmitting member 12 and a through-hole 12A in the center of the transmitting member 12. When the semiconductor chip 3 is heated by laser beams L and bonded to a substrate 2, even if flux or the like adhering to bumps 35 transpires and adheres in the connection passage 29. |
223 |
CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, BONDING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND BONDED STRUCTURE |
US13868259 |
2013-04-23 |
US20130233618A1 |
2013-09-12 |
Kosuke Nakano; Hidekiyo Takaoka |
A conductive material that includes a metal component consisting of a first metal and a second metal having a melting point higher than that of the first metal, wherein the first metal is Sn or an alloy containing 70% by weight or more of Sn, and the second metal is a metal or alloy which forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 310° C. or higher with the first metal and has a lattice constant difference of 50% or greater between itself and the intermetallic compound generated at the circumference of the second metal. |
224 |
Laminated Structure And Method For Producing The Same |
US13808009 |
2012-07-25 |
US20130143069A1 |
2013-06-06 |
Yousuke Endo; Masaru Sakamoto |
Provided by the present invention is a laminated structure with good use efficiency, in which diffusion of tin from an indium-tin solder material to an indium target is favorably suppressed, and a method for producing the same. The laminated structure has a backing plate, an indium-tin solder material, and an indium target laminated in this order, and the concentration of tin in the 2.5 to 3.0 mm thickness range of the indium target from the indium-tin solder material side surface is 5 wtppm or less. |
225 |
Method of manufacturing LED light bar and manufacturing equipment thereof |
US13209453 |
2011-08-15 |
US08424744B2 |
2013-04-23 |
Chih-Chen Lai |
A manufacturing equipment for manufacturing an LED light bar includes a reflow oven and a clamping device. The LED light bar includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of LEDs arranged on the printed circuit board. The reflow oven includes a hearth box and a transmitting belt extended through the hearth box. The hearth box includes a heating area and a cooling area in an interior thereof. The clamping device is mounted on the transmitting belt. The clamping device defines a receiving space for receiving the LED light bar therein. The clamping device is changed between a clamping state for maintaining the LEDs in positions and a releasing state whereby the LED light bar can be removed from the clamping device. |
226 |
Reflow Apparatus, Reflow Method, And Package Apparatus |
US13656290 |
2012-10-19 |
US20130068731A1 |
2013-03-21 |
Minill KIM; Kwang Yong LEE; Jonggi LEE; Ji-Seok HONG |
A reflow method of a solder ball provided to a treatment object may include providing a coil, applying a current to the coil, and moving the treatment object through an internal space surrounded by the coil. |
227 |
METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL REINFORCEMENT FOR A TURBINE ENGINE BLADE |
US13518179 |
2010-12-22 |
US20120255176A1 |
2012-10-11 |
Thierry Jean Emile Flesch; Jean-François Fromentin; Stéphane André Leveque; Laetitia Sanchez |
A method for creating a metal reinforcement for a leading or trailing edge of a turbine engine blade including a reinforcement foot and head, the method including: creating a plurality of V-shaped tapered elements that form different parts of the metal reinforcement so that the metal reinforcement is divided into a plurality of parts distributed between the foot and the head; positioning the parts on equipment that is shaped like the leading or trailing edge of the turbine engine blade; and rigidly connecting the different parts so as to form the complete profile of the one-piece metal reinforcement the by recombining the different parts. |
228 |
Solder Paste, Joining Method Using the Same and Joined Structure |
US13404395 |
2012-02-24 |
US20120156512A1 |
2012-06-21 |
Kosuke Nakano; Hidekiyo Takaoka |
A solder paste including a metal component consisting of a first metal powder and a second metal powder having a melting point higher than that of the first metal, and a flux component. The first metal is Sn or an alloy containing Sn, and the second metal is a metal or alloy which forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 310° C. or higher with the first metal and has a lattice constant difference, i.e. a difference in between the lattice constant of the intermetallic compound and the lattice constant of the second metal component, of 50% or greater. |
229 |
Laminated, Leak-Resistant Chemical Processors; Methods of Making, and Methods of Operating |
US13276311 |
2011-10-18 |
US20120132290A1 |
2012-05-31 |
Anna Lee Tonkovich; Thomas Yuschak; Paul W. Neagle; Jennifer L. Marco; Jeffrey D. Marco; Michael A. Marchiando; Lane W. Keyes; Soumitra Deshmukh; Robert J. Luzenski |
The invention provides methods of making laminated devices (especially microchannel devices) in which plates are assembled and welded together. Unlike conventional microchannel devices, the inventive laminated devices can be made without brazing or diffusion bonding; thus providing significant advantages for manufacturing. Features such as expansion joints and external welded supports are also described. Laminated devices and methods of conducting unit operations in laminated devices are also described. |
230 |
PURGE APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TUBE AND FIN HEAT EXCHANGER |
US13297670 |
2011-11-16 |
US20120055014A1 |
2012-03-08 |
JAMES BRANYON; Rodney Catlett; Sean Mosser; Lawrence Walker; Ronald Wenger |
According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned. |
231 |
Method for manufacturing aluminum tube and fin heat exchanger using open flame brazing |
US12359099 |
2009-01-23 |
US08074356B2 |
2011-12-13 |
James Branyon; Rodney Catlett; Sean Mosser; Lawrence Walker; Ronald Wenger |
According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned. |
232 |
Thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline materials and compacts |
US12633641 |
2009-12-08 |
US08057562B2 |
2011-11-15 |
Stewart N. Middlemiss |
Thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline materials and compacts comprise an ultra-hard polycrystalline body that wholly or partially comprises one or more thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region. A substrate can be attached to the body. The thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region can be positioned along all or a portion of an outside surface of the body, or can be positioned beneath a body surface. The thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region can be provided in the form of a single element or in the form of a number of elements. The thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region can be formed from precursor material, such as diamond and/or cubic boron nitride, with an alkali metal catalyst material. The mixture can be sintered by high pressure/high temperature process. |
233 |
CLOSED STRUCTURE PARTS, METHOD AND PRESS FORMING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME |
US13120227 |
2009-09-24 |
US20110174868A1 |
2011-07-21 |
Kazuhiko Higai; Yuji Yamasaki; Takaaki Hira; Katsuhiro Ochi |
A method for manufacturing a closed structure part has a closed section using a blank made from a metal plate by pressing the blank using a press forming die and fixing a pair of joint ends of the blank to each other, the method including a pre-forming step of processing the blank into an interim part having a closed section corresponding to the closed structure part, a closing step of, after the pre-forming step is completed, moving the joint ends of the interim part toward each other and urging, against one of the joint ends, a concave flange processing portion formed on one of a pair of press forming surfaces of the press forming die at the edge end adjacent to the other press forming surface, and a press joining step of, after the closing step is completed, further moving the press forming die in a pressing direction, bending the one of the joint ends using a pressing force applied from the flange processing portion so that the joint end overlaps the outer surface of the other join end and a latch flange portion for latching the other joint end is formed and, simultaneously, pressing the blank using the pair of press forming surfaces and press-forming outer portions of the pair of the joint ends of the blank into predetermined shapes. |
234 |
Braided solder |
US12038809 |
2008-02-27 |
US07780058B2 |
2010-08-24 |
Siuyoung Yao; Brian Taggart |
Improved solder and soldering methods are disclosed. In accordance with one technique, a solder having a plurality of individual wire strands braided together is used. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises both the same solder composition and wire gauge in the individual solder wire strands. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least two different solder compositions used in the individual solder wire strands. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least two different wire gauges used in the individual solder wire strands. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least one wire strand where the primary surface is coated with a thin layer of a noble metal. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least one wire strand where flux material is present. In accordance with one soldering technique, a method of soldering is accomplished by melting a plurality of braided solder strands to join a plurality of metallic surfaces together. |
235 |
Method and System for Manufacturing Aluminum Tube and Fin Heat Exchanger Using Open Flame Brazing, and Product Produced Thereby |
US12359099 |
2009-01-23 |
US20100139094A1 |
2010-06-10 |
James Branyon; Rodney Catlett; Sean Mosser; Lawrence Walker; Ronald Wenger |
According to the preferred embodiment, an improved method and apparatus for the manufacturing of an aluminum tube and aluminum fin heat exchanger that includes steps for pneumatic cleaning, thermal cleaning, and uncontrolled-atmosphere open-flame autobrazing of hairpins to return bend fittings. The method uses a tube lubrication system that is adjustable to control amount of lubrication applied to the tube prior to final expansion. The method uses a pneumatic coil cleaning station that is adjusted to reduce the residual oil particulate from the expansion process required to be thermally cleaned. |
236 |
Braided Solder |
US12038809 |
2008-02-27 |
US20090212091A1 |
2009-08-27 |
Siuyoung Yao; Brian Taggart |
Improved solder and soldering methods are disclosed. In accordance with one technique, a solder having a plurality of individual wire strands braided together is used. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises both the same solder composition and wire gauge in the individual solder wire strands. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least two different solder compositions used in the individual solder wire strands. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least two different wire gauges used in the individual solder wire strands. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least one wire strand where the primary surface is coated with a thin layer of a noble metal. In accordance with another technique, the braided solder comprises at least one wire strand where flux material is present. In accordance with one soldering technique, a method of soldering is accomplished by melting a plurality of braided solder strands to join a plurality of metallic surfaces together. |
237 |
TORCH BRAZING PROCESS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR |
US11834528 |
2007-08-06 |
US20090039062A1 |
2009-02-12 |
Laurent Cretegny; Jeffrey Reid Thyssen; John Ralph Campbell |
A process and apparatus for brazing a metal alloy component, such as a superalloy component of a gas turbine engine. The process employs a plasma torch in a non-transferred arc mode to generate an electric arc between an electrode and a housing in which an orifice is defined. A plasma gas is flowed through the arc so as to ionize the plasma gas, and the resulting ionized plasma gas is discharged through the orifice to form a plasma jet. The plasma torch is configured so that the plasma jet is shrouded from a surrounding oxidizing atmosphere by a shielding gas flowing cocurrently with the plasma jet. A braze alloy material is introduced into the plasma jet, which is directed at a surface of the component to form a brazement that is metallurgically bonded to the component without melting the component. |
238 |
Method for laser welding of metal |
US10376624 |
2003-03-03 |
US06906281B2 |
2005-06-14 |
Gary H. Musselman |
A method of welding at least two metal sheets protected by a zinc coating that has a low vaporizing temperature. The metal sheets are placed on top of each other and a head of a welding machine is passed over the sheets. The head of the welding machine is configured such that a laser is positioned in front of a GMAW welding or MIG brazing device. The laser cuts a channel into the metal sheets in order to allow the protective zinc coating to vaporize and escape. The GMAW welder or MIG brazing device then follows the laser and deposits a material that fills the channel to weld the two pieces together. |
239 |
Soldering method for metal fastening elements |
US10814479 |
2004-03-31 |
US20040238510A1 |
2004-12-02 |
Karl-Heinz
Mielke |
The method according to the invention of connecting a metal fastening element (1) to a metal workpiece (5), wherein the fastening element (1) comprises a carrier (2), which carries a solder material (3), to which the carrier (2) is connected in an electrically conductive manner, comprises the following process steps: the solder material (3) is introduced into an indentation (8) in the carrier (2) and provided with a convex contour (4) directed towards the workpiece (5) to be soldered; a voltage is applied between the fastening element (1) and the workpiece (5) so an electrical arc (6) between solder material (3) and workpiece (5) effects a selective melting-on of the solder material (3); the fastening element (1) is pressed against the workpiece (5). The method as well as the fastening element (1), which is suitably designed for said method with a contour (4) of the solder material (3) directed towards the workpiece (5) to be soldered, is notable for the fact that a local, selective melting of the solder material (3) is achieved and unnecessary thermal loading of surrounding regions is avoided. Thus, a particularly stable solder joint is achieved between fastening element (1) and workpiece (5). |
240 |
Shielding gas mixture for MIG brazing |
US10407189 |
2003-04-07 |
US06753502B2 |
2004-06-22 |
Jo{overscore (a)}o Vinicíus De Oliveira Correia; Jefferson Frederico Monteiro Costa |
The shielding gas mixture is useful for MIG brazing galvanized steel. The gas mixture consists essentially of, by volume percent, about 0.5 to 4 carbon dioxide, about 0.2 to 1 hydrogen, and the balance is argon and incidental impurities. |