Abstract: The problem to be addressed by the present invention is to provide a cleaning apparatus capable of obtaining a cleaning liquid having a high degree of cleanliness. A cleaning apparatus 10 includes a dissolution tank 20 for dissolving a gas in a liquid, a transfer pump 30 for sending the liquid together with the gas into the dissolution tank 20, and a feed nozzle 40 for feeding the liquid stored in the dissolution tank 20 to a workpiece W. The transfer pump 30 is a positive displacement pump. Portions of the dissolution tank 20, the transfer pump 30, and the feed nozzle 40 that come into contact with the liquid are made of a fluororesin.

Abstract: An impeller for a rotary machine includes: a base material of the impeller comprising Al or an Al alloy; and an electroless plating layer disposed so as to cover the base material, the electroless plating layer forming a surface layer of the impeller. The electroless plating layer comprises a Ni—P based alloy having an amorphous structure, the Ni—P based alloy having a P content rate of not less than 5 wt % and not more than 11 wt % in the electroless plating layer.

Abstract: A turbine rotor comprising: a turbine wheel 5 obtainable by precision casting of titanium aluminide, including a hub 50 extending along a rotational center of the turbine wheel, and a plurality of impellers 40 arranged along a circumferential direction around an outer circumference of the hub, and having a web-like scallop 30 formed by making a cutout between adjacent impellers among the plurality of the impellers; and a rotor shaft 7 extending along the rotational center line C-C of the turbine wheel on a back side of the hub of the turbine wheel; wherein the turbine wheel has a balance cut portion 11 arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotational turbine wheel on the back side of the hub of the turbine wheel, wherein an area of the balance correcting part arranged in the circumferential direction is placed so that a balance cut minimum diameter BCmin is larger than a maximum diameter of the rotor shaft on the wheel mounting side, and that a balance cut maximum diameter BCmax is smaller than

Abstract: An impeller for a rotary machine includes: a base material of the impeller comprising Al or an Al alloy; a surface layer for the impeller formed by an electroless plating layer comprising a Ni—P based alloy; and an under layer disposed between the base material and the surface layer, the under layer having a smaller Vickers hardness than the surface layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a microbicide having high microbicidal performance for eradicating microbes. This method for manufacturing a microbicide comprises: a step for preparing an inorganic aqueous solution containing an inorganic component having seawater as a raw material thereof, an ozone mixing step for mixing ozone into the inorganic aqueous solution, and a stirring step for stirring the inorganic aqueous solution mixed with ozone and passing through a bubble generation nozzle; wherein, the temperature of the inorganic aqueous solution in the ozone mixing step and the stirring step is 0° C. to 30° C., and when the amount of inorganic aqueous solution treated in the ozone mixing step and the stirring step is defined as X liters and the treatment rate of the ozone mixing step and the stirring step is defined as Y liters/minute, then the microbicide is manufactured by alternately repeating the ozone mixing step and the stirring step for A·X/Y minutes (where A is 30 or more).

Abstract: A turbine rotor for a supercharger includes a TiAl turbine wheel and a carbon steel shaft joined to each other via an Ni brazing filler metal at a brazed part distanced from a back face of the turbine wheel so that a turbine wheel outer diameter ratio calculated by “a distance from the back face of the turbine wheel to the brazed part”/“an outer diameter of the turbine wheel” is within a range of from 7 to 10%.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for production of a liquid containing fuel that avoid the need to add any extra surfactant and also the need to apply ultrasonic wave energy and attain high stability of minute bubbles, etc. Production apparatus for a liquid containing fuel comprises pump for pressurizing a stored fuel and nanobubble generating unit adapted to inject a liquid containing the pressurized fuel. The apparatus may be equipped with homogenizing means for storing the liquid containing fuel. The process for production of a liquid containing fuel is characterized by sequentially performing storing of a liquid containing fuel in storage means, pressurizing the liquid so as to obtain a high-pressure liquid with a given pressure, injecting the same through a nozzle into a matrix of liquid containing fuel and effecting collision thereof with a wall so that nanobubbles of foreign substance are dispersed in the matrix of liquid containing fuel.

Abstract: A wastegate valve includes, a valving element 13 that opens and closes an exhaust gas bypass path, a valve stem 17 that extends from the valving element, an operating lever 15 having an insertion hole 29 where the valve stem is inserted with play, a support plate 31 provided on an open end of the valve stem, and a spring member 19 provided between the support plate and the operating lever 15. The spring member has a large-diameter part and at least two small-diameter parts, the large-diameter part and the at least two small-diameter parts being arranged concentrically with an axial center of the valve stem, and the at least two small-diameter parts constitute a first contact part 35 in contact with an operating lever side and a second contact part 37 in contact with a support plate side.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for production of a liquid containing fuel that avoid the need to add any extra surfactant and also the need to apply ultrasonic wave energy and attain high stability of minute bubbles, etc. Production apparatus for a liquid containing fuel comprises pump for pressurizing a stored fuel and nanobubble generating unit adapted to inject a liquid containing the pressurized fuel. The apparatus may be equipped with homogenizing means for storing the liquid containing fuel. The process for production of a liquid containing fuel is characterized by sequentially performing storing of a liquid containing fuel in storage means, pressurizing the liquid so as to obtain a high-pressure liquid with a given pressure, injecting the same through a nozzle into a matrix of liquid containing fuel and effecting collision thereof with a wall so that nanobubbles of foreign substance are dispersed in the matrix of liquid containing fuel.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit assembly includes a flexible printed circuit board including a base portion and a relay portion extending from a first edge of the base portion and capable of being bent relative to the base portion, a first reinforcing member disposed at the relay portion, and a second reinforcing member attached to a first region of the base portion that includes a second edge opposite to the first edge and having an engaging portion. The first region of the base portion is capable of being folded back towards a second region of the base portion that includes the first edge, and the engaging portion of the second reinforcing member is capable of being engaged with the first reinforcing member.

Abstract: An exhaust structure for combustion apparatus includes a combustion apparatus having a combustor unit, a blower unit and a housing, an exhaust tube connected to the combustion apparatus at one end, an exhaust pipe configured to allow a part of the exhaust pipe to be introduced therein from the other end, an exhaust adapter disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe and an outer circumferential surface of the exhaust tube, a connection pipe configured to communicate a region between the inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe and the outer circumferential surface of the exhaust tube to an inner space of the combustion apparatus, and an exhaust member connected between the combustion apparatus and the one end of the exhaust tube. The housing of the combustion apparatus is provided with a connection member for connecting the connection pipe.

Abstract: A turbine rotor comprising: a turbine wheel 5 obtainable by precision casting of titanium aluminide, including a hub 50 extending along a rotational center of the turbine wheel, and a plurality of impellers 40 arranged along a circumferential direction around an outer circumference of the hub, and having a web-like scallop 30 formed by making a cutout between adjacent impellers among the plurality of the impellers; and a rotor shaft 7 extending along the rotational center line C-C of the turbine wheel on a back side of the hub of the turbine wheel; wherein the turbine wheel has a balance cut portion 11 arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotational turbine wheel on the back side of the hub of the turbine wheel, wherein an area of the balance correcting part arranged in the circumferential direction is placed so that a balance cut minimum diameter BCmin is larger than a maximum diameter of the rotor shaft on the wheel mounting side, and that a balance cut maximum diameter BCmax is smaller than

Abstract: There is provided a solvent that can uniformly dissolve a polysaccharide within a short time period regardless of the crystal form of the polysaccharide and without requiring any special pretreatment. The solvent includes a tetraalkylammonium acetate represented by the below-indicated formula; and an aprotic polar solvent. A content of the aprotic polar solvent is 35 wt % or more. In the formula, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: To reduce the amount of exhaust gas leaking through the inlet side of the turbine wheel and the back face to the brazed portion and to suppress decrease in strength of the brazed portion due to increase in the temperature of the brazed portion in operation, a turbocharger having a turbine rotor including a turbine wheel and a shaft which are joined to each other with a brazing material comprises: a turbine housing 3; a bearing housing 10; and a back plate 11 disposed on a back face side of the turbine wheel 5 and along the back face with a space; the back plate 11 comprising: a fixing portion 11a formed in an outer peripheral portion of the back plate 11, the back plate 11a fixed in a joint portion of the turbine housing 3 and the bearing housing 10; and an opening portion 35 formed in an inner peripheral portion of the back plate 11, into which an cylindrical flange portion 10b is inserted with a space; wherein a narrowed portion 36 is formed between the back face of the turbine wheel 5 and a lateral face of

Abstract: A turbine rotor for a supercharger includes a TiAl turbine wheel and a carbon steel shaft joined to each other via an Ni brazing filler metal at a brazed part distanced from a back face of the turbine wheel so that a turbine wheel outer diameter ratio calculated by “a distance from the back face of the turbine wheel to the brazed part”/“an outer diameter of the turbine wheel” is within a range of from 7 to 10%.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a wastegate valve which can achieve even and stable seating of the valving element on the valve seat and which can suppress vibration of the valving element, as well as a exhaust gas turbocharger equipped with such wastegate valve. A valving element 13 opens and closes an exhaust gas bypass path, a valve stem 17 stands upright from the valving element 13, an operating lever 15 has one end formed with an insertion hole 29 where the valve stem 17 is inserted with play, a support plate 31 is provided on one end of the valve stem opposite to the other end which is inserted through the insertion hole, and a spring member 19 is provided between the support plate 31 and the operating lever 15 in an axial direction of the valve stem to suppress vibration of the valving element.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Sunjiraka’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; and numerous single deep red-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliar plane.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Begonia plant named ‘Sunjiradare’, characterized by its compact, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; and numerous single dark red-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliar plane.