Abstract: To prevent the production of metal powder in a conveyor device for conveying food (12), and prevent the contact pressure and wearing from increasing at the slide portion between a conveyor belt (15a, 15b, 15c and 15d) and a guide rail (82) in a low temperature environment. A conveyor device for conveying food includes a large number of round bars (60) which forms the conveyor belt (15a, 15b, 15c and 15d), coupling members (62) which are fixed to both ends of each of the round bars (60), a guide rail (82) which slidably supports the conveyor belt (15a, 15b, 15c and 15d), and a slide block (78) fixed to each round bar (60) and configured to slide on the guide rail (82). The coupling members (62) includes rotatable rollers (74), the rollers (74) mesh with a sprocket (48, 50), and the sprocket (48, 50) conveys the conveyor belt (15a, 15b, 15c and 15d) in a conveyance direction. The rollers (74) and the meshing portion of the sprocket (48, 50) include a wear resistant resin member.

Abstract: The process for producing a frozen fish meat for producing a frozen red fish meat, includes: a freezing step of cooling a red fish meat and freezing a whole of the red fish meat including a superficial layer and an inner core part; a superficial layer thawing step of heating the red fish meat frozen in the freezing step from an outer side to thaw the superficial layer of the red fish meat; and a refreezing step of stopping heating the red fish meat after the superficial layer is thawed in the superficial layer thawing step, and then refreezing the superficial layer of the red fish meat at a lower freezing speed than a freezing speed in the freezing step.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for left/right determination of the arm part of a pig carcass before it is deboned. A plurality of clampers move around on an endless track. At a suspension station, a work is suspended from each clamper. There are left/right and front/back determination stations where it is determined whether a left-side or right side, and a front-side portion or back-side portion is facing a side irradiated by X-rays. Based on results of the determinations, posture of the work is corrected by a clamper rotating device. At an X-ray imaging station, it is controlled so that the front-side portion of the work faces the side irradiated by the X-rays and a longer side faces a movement direction of the endless track. An X-ray image of the work is obtained to determine a target coordinate of a bone-part surface required for incision making and deboning processes.

Abstract: An object is to provide a freeze-drying system and a freeze-drying method which can improve cleanliness and productivity. The present invention relates to a freeze-drying system in which freeze-drying is performed by sublimating moisture frozen by cooling an object. The system includes a cooling device (3) which generates cold with an air cycle in which air is used as a refrigerant, a freeze-drying chamber (2) accommodating a heat exchange unit which causes heat exchange between the refrigerant and the object, and a control unit (11) which controls a cooling capacity of the cooling device. The control unit adjusts the temperature in the freeze-drying chamber to a predetermined target temperature by controlling an amount of the cold generated in the cooling device.

Abstract: In a deboning process, a knee joint length is measured in a work loading section of a first process station, and incision making of a thigh meat portion is performed in a second process station based on the measured knee joint length. At the same time, the entire length of a work is measured, and the knee joint length is calculated from previously collected data based on the measured entire length of the work. Positioning of a cutting blade and a meat separator is performed based on these values in subsequent process stations, and cutting of a tendon adhering to a knee joint and tearing of thigh meat are performed. A thigh bone is separated from a lower thigh in a further process station.

Abstract: To provide a refrigeration system capable of being installed efficiently in a limited space while ensuring a good reliability, the refrigeration system according to the present invention comprises a refrigeration cycle having: a circulation path (101) in which a refrigerant flows; and at least one compressor (102) for compressing the refrigerant, a heat exchanger (103) for cooling the refrigerant compressed by the compressor, at least one expansion turbine (104) for expanding the refrigerant cooled by the heat exchanger to generate cold heat, and a cooling part (105) for cooling an object to be cooled by the cold heat, which are provided on the circulation path in order, wherein at least either the at least one compressor or the at least one expansion turbine comprises a plurality of compressors or expansion turbines which are arranged in parallel with one another with respect to the circulation path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a superconducting cable cooling system which pumps a coolant for cooling a superconducting cable to a heat exchange section by using a circulation pump, and cools the coolant by a refrigerator. Specifically, the superconducting cable cooling system includes a heat exchange unit having a cooling space charged with a liquefied gas, a flow rate sensor which detects the flow rate of the coolant, a temperature sensor which detects the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit, and a control section which controls the refrigerator based on the detected values of the flow rate sensor and the temperature sensor such that the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit has a specific value.

Abstract: In a housing 20 of an oil-cooled screw compressor 10, a separation gas supply path 59 through which separation gas is supplied to a separation gas supply gap 58 defined between a first seal unit and a second seal unit of a seal device 50, and a pressure balancing path 60 through which an area closer to a screw chamber 20a than the first seal unit in a discharge side seal chamber 20d communicates with a compression chamber at a pressure higher than an intake pressure and lower than a discharge pressure, are defined. A check valve 62 that restricts a flow of a fluid in a direction from the screw chamber 20a to the discharge side seal chamber 20d is disposed in the pressure balancing path 60.

Abstract: In a deboning process, a knee joint length is measured in a work loading section of a first process station, and incision making of a thigh meat portion is performed in a second process station based on the measured knee joint length. At the same time, the entire length of a work is measured, and the knee joint length is calculated from previously collected data based on the measured entire length of the work. Positioning of a cutting blade and a meat separator is performed based on these values in subsequent process stations, and cutting of a tendon adhering to a knee joint and tearing of thigh meat are performed. A thigh bone is separated from a lower thigh in a further process station.

Abstract: Providing a screw compressor 1 having a lubricating oil system, the compressor being provided with a plurality of radial bearings 5 and a plurality of thrust bearings 6, a rotor shaft 2a or 3a is supported rotation-freely by each bearing, wherein at least one radial bearing 5 or at least one thrust bearing is provided with a hole space 25 or 34 with a bottom, the hole space being bored in the radial bearing and the thrust bearing so that a temperature-detecting terminal 26 is inserted in the hole space 25 or 34; at least one penetrating hole 28 or 35 is provided at the casing wall 1c of a casing that houses the radial bearing 5, so that the outside of the casing communicates with a space s1 for inserting the radial bearing, through the penetrating hole, the space s1 28 or 35 being formed inside of the casing wall; the temperature-detecting terminal 26 together with a sheath tube 27 is led into the space s1 through the penetrating hole 28 or 35.

Abstract: Two hooking members of a hooking unit used in a device for conveying bone-in meat respectively have belt-like main body parts, blade-like pointed ends provided at ends on one side of the main body parts, and barbs provided on first sides of the main body parts to be continuous with the points. The hooking members are supported so as to be in parallel with each other with an elastically changeable interval therebetween and to be rotatable about rotation axes along longitudinal axes of the main body parts. Further, the hooking unit has an actuator which rotates the hooking members about the rotation axes.

Abstract: A deboning system for an arm part of bone-in meat includes: a clamp; at least one forearm-bone incision making device; an olecranon incision making device; and a forearm-bone separation device, wherein the at least one forearm-bone incision making device includes a robot arm and a forearm cutter attached to the robot arm, and the olecranon incision making device includes a pair of olecranon cutters.

Abstract: A shoulder blade removal device of bone-in meat includes: a bottom holder which is configured to be in contact with a lower side of the bone-in meat such that the lower side of the bone-in meat is lifted upward and moved in a horizontal direction; a support member for bending the bone-in meat in cooperation with the bottom holder such that an end of the shoulder blade; and a chuck unit attached to a robot arm and gripping the tip part of the shoulder blade in cooperation with the robot arm. The chuck unit includes: a base member fixed to the robot arm; a grip member; and a lock member supported by the base member such that the lock member can be advanced or retracted toward or away from the lateral plate part, the lock member pinching the shoulder blade in cooperation with the lateral plate part.

Abstract: A foreign matter removal device 10 preliminary cleans the work 50 in a bucket 12 housed in an input tank 15, then further cleans the work 50 in buckets 13, 14 housed in cleaning tanks 16, 17 by agitating cleaning liquid while inverting the buckets to transfer the work to a subsequent bucket. Particularly, the bottom of the cleaning tank is formed such that the nearer to a center of the bottom, the deeper the bottom becomes. The cleaning liquid overflowing from the cleaning tanks are stored in auxiliary tanks 22, 23. First and second ejection units 29a, 29b are arranged at different heights in the cleaning tank to generate a circulating flow in the cleaning liquid.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a means for imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to agriculturally useful plants. The present invention relates to a bacterium belonging to the genus Azospirillum or the genus Herbaspirillum capable of imparting resistance against pathogenic fungal, pathogenic bacterial, or pathogenic viral disease to a host plant by living symbiotically within the plant, a method for controlling plant disease using the bacteria, and plants produced by such method.

Abstract: An ice rink cooling facility 100 in which a cooling-pipe bank 1 having a plurality of cooling pipes 11 is arranged at the bottom part of the ice rink 10 and CO2 brine streams through the cooling pipe bank 1 so as to cool the ice rink 10, the ice rink cooling facility 100 including, but not limited to: at least one planar heat conduction member that is arranged on and over the cooling pipes 11; a CO2 circulation circuit 3 that is connected to the cooling pipes 11 so that the CO2 brine circulates in the CO2 circulation circuit 3; an ammonia refrigerating cycle in which an ammonia refrigerant circulates; and, a cascade condenser 211 in which the heat exchange is performed between the CO2 brine and the ammonia refrigerant so that the CO2 brine is cooled and re-liquefied by use of the ammonia refrigerant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a superconducting cable cooling system which pumps a coolant for cooling a superconducting cable to a heat exchange section by using a circulation pump, and cools the coolant by a refrigerator. Specifically, the superconducting cable cooling system includes a heat exchange unit having a cooling space charged with a liquefied gas, a flow rate sensor which detects the flow rate of the coolant, a temperature sensor which detects the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit, and a control section which controls the refrigerator based on the detected values of the flow rate sensor and the temperature sensor such that the temperature of the liquefied gas charged in the heat exchange unit has a specific value.

Abstract: The temperature of high-temperature water at the exit of a condenser is maintained to be within a setting range by control of, under an operation with all cylinders, capacity of a reciprocating compressor in the period between a maximum allowable load and a minimum load for lubrication, at which the flow of a lubrication oil pump is ensured, based on the revolution-speed control of a drive motor that drives the reciprocating compressor and by control of the capacity of the reciprocating compressor at the minimum load for lubrication or less based on the combination of the control of decreasing the number of operation cylinders and the revolution-speed control of the drive motor. In addition, a heating mechanism is provided on an inlet path of the reciprocating compressor to prevent the liquefied refrigeration flow of a refrigerant liquid to the reciprocating compressor during the operation or at the start.

Abstract: Disease resistance is conferred to a plant by a technique completely differing from conventional techniques. The method of the present invention comprises a step of introducing at least one of the genes belonging to the TIFY family to a plant or enhancing the expression of the gene endogenous to the plant.

Abstract: In a food transfer heat treatment apparatus using a spiral transfer belt, heat treatment gas blowing means and a heat treatment gas circulating method for enhancing the heat transfer efficiency between a heat treatment gas and food and for improving the heat treatment effect are realized to expand the degree of freedom for the layout of the apparatus and to simplify the assembly. Provided is a spiral transfer heat treatment apparatus comprising endless conveyer belts (2) for circulating the food (f) in a store room (1), and a spiral moving unit (3) for causing a heat treatment gas (c) to act on the food (f) while transferring the food (f) on the conveyer belts (2).