Abstract: A clamper (23) includes a clamp mechanism (231) which inserts an insertion portion (2311a) into a tube member and clamps the tube member and a lifting and lowering mechanism (232) which lifts and lowers the clamp mechanism (231) in the insertion direction of the insertion portion (2311a). The clamp mechanism (231) includes a clamp body (2311) which has the insertion portion (2311a), a cotter (2312) which protrudes from the insertion portion (2311a) to come into friction-contact with the tube member and is movable in a reciprocating manner in the insertion direction of the insertion portion (2311a), a piston rod (2313) which presses the cotter (2312) so that the cotter protrudes from the insertion portion (2311a) when being pulled toward the opposite side to the insertion direction of the insertion portion (2311a), and a rod cylinder (2315) which is integrated with the clamp body (2311) and pulls the piston rod (2313).

Abstract: Described herein is a composition, article and method thereof, wherein the composition comprises (i) a fluoropolymer and (ii) an ionic liquid.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure having honeycomb segments, which includes a masking step (S1) of attaching masking materials (8) to both end surfaces (2a) of the honeycomb segments (2), a stacked body bonding step (S2) of bonding the honeycomb stacked body (3) by bonding the plurality of honeycomb segments (2) together while interposing adhesive layers therebetween, an adhesive layer drying step (S3) of integrally fixing the honeycomb stacked body (3) by heating and drying the adhesive layers, a masking material separating step (S4), of separating the masking materials (8), and a grinding step (S5) of grinding an outer peripheral portion of the honeycomb stacked body (3) into a predetermined shape.

Abstract: A water-chamber working apparatus according to the present invention includes a base that holds heat transfer tubes on a tube plate surface and is fixed to the tube plate surface, and a manipulator that is coupled with the base and is suspended in a water chamber. The base includes a base body that is coupled with a manipulator, a wing capable of being displaced forward and backward with respect to the base body, and clamper that are arranged on the wing and are inserted into the heat transfer tube to clamp and hold the heat transfer tube.

Abstract: A tip tool guide apparatus 1 includes a swivel supporting unit 20 that is supported in a water chamber 100 of a steam generator by being stretched while pressing a stationary structural member provided in the water chamber 100 and that swivels around a pivot TL, a tip tool that is connected to the swivel supporting unit 20 with a slide table 30, i.e., a movable member, and a manipulator mounted on the slide table 30 interposed therebetween and that performs processing on a surface to be processed, and a pressing member 10A that reinforces the swivel supporting unit so as to withstand the force applied to the swivel supporting unit 20 in the swiveling direction of the swivel supporting unit 20, and that is provided in the water chamber 100.

Abstract: A water-chamber working apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a movable body that can move along a tube plate 12 of a steam generator 10, an extendable member 21 that extends and retracts in a direction in which a first coupling portion 21d approach each other and a direction in which these portions move away from each other, where the first coupling portion 21d is attached to a maintenance hatch 15 via a first joint 23a including two rotation axes intersecting with each other, and the second coupling portion 21e is attached to the movable body via a second joint 23b including two rotation axes intersecting with each other, which are different from the rotation axes of the first joint 23a.

Abstract: An inspection robot for inspecting a nuclear reactor that includes a hull and an on-board control mechanism that controls the operation of the inspection robot. The on-board control mechanism controls one or more sensors used to inspect one or more structures in the nuclear reactor as well as the movement by the inspection robot. A gimbal mechanism rotates the inspection robot hull by shifting the center-of-mass so that gravity and buoyancy forces generate a moment to rotate the hull in a desired direction. A camera is coupled to the gimbal mechanism for providing visual display of the one or more structures in the nuclear reactor. The camera is allowed to rotate about an axis using the gimbal mechanism. The inspection robot communicates its findings with respect to the inspection tasks using the wireless communication link.

Abstract: According to an installation method of a water-chamber working apparatus of the present invention, the water-chamber working apparatus includes a base that holds heat transfer tubes on a tube plate surface and is fixed to the tube plate surface, and a manipulator that is coupled with the base, suspended in a water chamber and arranged therein, and has a separable configuration. In this case, a base installing step of installing the base on the tube plate surface and a manipulator coupling step of carrying the separated manipulator (a front stage and a rear stage) into the water chamber sequentially and individually and coupling the manipulator with the base (a coupling link) are performed.

Abstract: To correspond to a shape of a shot-peening worked portion and to prevent a situation where shot media scatter around the worked portion. To achieve this object, a shot peening apparatus for hitting shot media B against a welded part W and for applying a compressive stress to the welded part includes a kinetic-energy applying unit 26 that applies kinetic energy to the shot media B by an oscillator 26b, and a surrounding unit that surrounds both a worked portion U including the welded part W and surroundings of the oscillator 26b, and that confines the shot media B within the surrounded region while changing a state to correspond to a shape of the worked portion U.

Abstract: A thin-film solar battery module that can avoid a decrease in power generation efficiency caused by influences of meandering of a wiring material, relax a stress due to a difference in a thermal expansion coefficient between a substrate material and the wiring material, and suppress warpage of a substrate and separation of a joined part of an electrode and a wiring. The thin-film solar battery module includes a thin-film solar battery device including serially connecting a plurality of thin-film solar battery cells to each other and a bus bar wiring provided at a positive-side end and a negative-side end of the thin-film solar battery device. Additionally, the bus bar wiring couples a plurality of conductive members to each other in a partially superimposed manner.

Abstract: Adhesive encapsulating compositions for use in electronic devices such as organic electroluminescent devices, touch screens, photovoltaic devices, and thin film transistors are disclosed herein. The adhesive encapsulating compositions include pressure sensitive adhesives comprising one or more polyisobutylene resins, in combination with optional multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers and/or optional tackifiers.

Abstract: There is provided a moisture-reactive composition comprising a moisture-reactive organometallic compound, and a polymer having a carboxyl group at the end of a main chain or a side chain. A moisture-absorbing film formed of the moisture-reactive composition is also provided. An organic electroluminescent device comprising the moisture-reactive composition is also provided wherein a laminate is formed by interposing an organic luminescent material layer made of an organic material between a pair of electrodes facing each other, and a structure shields the laminate from the outside air, and drying means are arranged in the structure, wherein the drying means is formed of the moisture-reactive composition.

Abstract: A method of controlling a current by supplying a d-axis current in order to prevent a voltage saturation includes: defining an amount of the d-axis current as Id=|Idmax|·sin ?; continuously comparing a voltage command value with the voltage command value threshold Vo in a predetermined cycle; extracting a predetermined number No of latest comparison results in terms of time; setting a phase angle ? to be 0° when a number N of the comparison results out of the predetermined number No of the comparison results is equal to or less than an integer Nb; and increasing the phase angle ? depending on largeness of the number N when the number N is more than the integer Nb.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition having low moisture permeability, transparency and a high refractive index. The epoxy resin composition includes an epoxy compound, and a compound having two or more crosslinking groups that are reactive with the epoxy compound. The weight ratio of (a) to (b) is from 0.3 to 3, and the epoxy resin composition has a refractive index of 1.6 or higher.

Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery that a caspase specifically cleaves the transcription factor, Nanog, leading to the initiation of cellular differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells. The present invention includes a method of inhibiting the cleavage of Nanog, thereby maintaining the pluripotency of an ES cell or preventing the differentiation of an ES cell. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for inhibiting caspase expression, activity, and/or stability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a moisture-reactive composition having a moisture-reactive polysiloxane having a main chain and one or more side chains, wherein the main chain and/or the one or more side chains has a group represented by the formula: —MXmYn; and wherein M is selected from the group consisting of a multivalent metal atom, B, and P?O; X is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or nonsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy group; Y is a substituted or nonsubstituted alkoxy, siloxy, carboxyl, or diketolate group; m is from 1 to 3; and n is from 0 to 2.

Abstract: A method according to an example of the present invention is a servo control method to be applied to a feed drive mechanism configured to drive an object to be driven by using a plurality of motors, in which velocity control of the object to be driven is carried out by using a signal obtained by mixing velocity feedback signals of the motors with each other, and a torque instruction obtained by the velocity control is used for drive of all the motors. By this example, there is provided a servo control system capable of preventing a phenomenon in which a transfer function changes depending on the position of the object to be driven, and the phase abruptly lags to make the operation unstable, thereby making it difficult to increase the gain, from occurring.

Abstract: Gankyrin having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or modified gankyrin comprising an amino acid sequence modified by the deletion and/or addition of one or a plurality of amino acids and/or the substitution with other amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and retaining the biological activity of gankyrin, a gene encoding it, and a method of preparing said protein and uses thereof.

Abstract: Adhesive encapsulating compositions for use in electronic devices such as organic electroluminescent devices, touch screens, photovoltaic devices, and thin film transistors are disclosed herein. The adhesive encapsulating compositions include pressure sensitive adhesives comprising one or more polyisobutylene resins, in combination with optional multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers and/or optional tackifiers.