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Method for manufacturing camshaft

US4556532A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 1985
Grant dateDec 3, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 10, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22F2998/00
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composite camshaft having a plurality of fitting members, such as cam lobes and journals, fabricated from metal powders having a composition of an Fe-C-Cu system which contains 17-35% by weight of Cu and joined to a steel shaft by a binding effect of Cu, which melts out of the fitting member and full penetrate a clearance between the fitting member and the steel shaft to join them as one body.

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