Abstract: A thermosetting adhesive sheet 10 for sealing the periphery of a membrane electrode assembly, which is composed of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and electrodes placed on both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane contains an adhesive layer 14. The adhesive layer 14 is formed of a cured product of an adhesive composition containing a polyurethane resin having a reactive functional group and a cross-linking agent, where the adhesive layer 14 has a gel fraction of 60 mass % or higher, a storage elastic modulus at 100° C. (G?100) of 5.0×104 Pa or higher and 1.0×108 Pa or lower, and a decreasing rate of a storage elastic modulus at 120° C. (G?120) to the storage elastic modulus at 100° C. (G?100) of 0.5 or less.

Abstract: A surface modifying method of modifying a bonding surface of a substrate to be bonded to another substrate by plasma of a processing gas includes an adjusting process and a modifying process. In the adjusting process, an amount of moisture in a processing vessel is adjusted by supplying a humidified gas into the processing vessel allowed to accommodate the substrate therein. In the modifying process, the bonding surface of the substrate is modified by forming the plasma of the processing gas in the processing vessel in a state that the amount of moisture in the processing vessel is adjusted.

Abstract: A surface modifying apparatus is configured to modify a bonding surface of a substrate to be bonded to another substrate by plasma of a processing gas. The surface modifying apparatus includes a processing vessel; a measuring unit; and a controller. The processing vessel is configured to accommodate the substrate therein. The measuring unit is configured to measure a value indicating an amount of moisture in the processing vessel. The controller is configured to determine whether or not bonding strength between the substrate and the another substrate, when it is assumed that the substrate modified in the processing vessel is bonded to the another substrate, is good based on the value indicating the amount of moisture in the processing vessel measured by the measuring unit.

Abstract: Inner cylinder surface of shaping air ring may be formed to a uniform inner diameter dimension. After first shaping air discharge unit has been formed as an annular gap, the gap dimension may be set to 0.1 to 1.0 mm. Front end of shaping air ring is positioned 0.1 to 10.0 mm from discharge edge of rotary atomizing head. The radial width dimension of front end is set to 2 mm or less. Front outer cylinder surface of shaping air ring has a taper angle ? of 25° or less in relation to the axis line O-O, expanding toward the rear side.

Abstract: A method of producing a low-odor emulsion includes: charging an aqueous polymer emulsion into a treatment vessel and supplying pressurized water vapor into the vessel through a supply passage, while maintaining the inside of the vessel in a state where water is boiled by bringing temperature of the aqueous polymer emulsion into a range of 50-90° C. and pressure in the vessel into 12 KPa to 57 KPa; and discharging water vapor in a gas phase part in the vessel and a volatile organic compound volatilized from the aqueous polymer emulsion to outside of a system. A ratio of an inner diameter of the vessel to an opening diameter of a supply opening for supplying the pressurized water vapor from the supply passage into the vessel is from 30 to 3000 for the inner diameter of the vessel relative to 1 for the opening diameter of the supply opening.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle and a control method of the same are provided which may inhibit a closing degree of a door from being insufficient even when the door is closed while a blower fan is actuated. An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an inside-outside air switching damper including a damper switching actuator, a blower fan, a control unit, and door opening-and-closing sensors. In a case where the door becomes an open state and a case where the blower fan is actuated and the inside-outside air switching damper is in an outside air introduction mode, the control unit issues a command to the damper switching actuator to switch the inside-outside air switching damper to an inside air circulation mode.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle and a control method of the same are provided to inhibit a closing degree of a door in closing the door from being insufficient, secure high quietness in a vehicle cabin immediately after the door is closed, and lower energy consumption of the vehicle. An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an inside-outside air switching damper including a damper switching actuator, an air-conditioning control switch, a control unit, and door opening-and-closing sensors. The control unit includes two timers and a memory. When an IG switch is in an OFF state, the control unit sets the inside-outside air switching damper to an intermediate mode when the door becomes an open state, thereafter sequentially starts the timers when the door becomes a closed state, and returns the inside-outside air switching damper to a previous state to opening of the door after waiting until the timers expire.

Abstract: A recording method of the present disclosure, which is a recording method of performing recording on a recording medium by using a recording device including an ink jet head, includes ejecting a composition for ink jet from the ink jet head, in which the composition for ink jet contains a metal pigment, the metal pigment is formed of a plurality of scaly metal particles, the ink jet head includes a circulation flow path for circulating the composition for ink jet, and an average thickness of the metal particles determined by atomic force microscopy is 19 nm or less.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition containing a metal pigment, and a liquid medium component, in which the metal pigment is made of a metal particle, the metal particle is surface-modified with a surface treatment agent, the surface treatment agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (1) below and a compound represented by formula (2) below, and the ink jet ink composition is a water-based ink or a solvent-based ink: (R—O)aP(O)(OH)3-a ??(1) (R)P(O)(OH)2 ??(2) where R is independently a hydrocarbon group having a carbon skeleton having 13 or more carbon atoms, and a is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A solvent-based ink composition is provided that includes: an organic solvent; a surface-treated metal powder; and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid compound, the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid compound with respect to the total mass of an ink is 0.1 to 10.0 percent by mass, and the surface-treated metal powder contains aluminum or an aluminum alloy and is surface-treated by a surface treating agent of a fluorine-based compound.

Abstract: A painting device includes a paint output part for outputting paint toward an object to be painted; an introduction pipe through which the paint flows and which introduces the paint into the paint output part; flowmeters placed outside the introduction pipe and measuring the flow rate of the paint in the introduction pipe; and a determination unit for determining whether the condition of the paint is normal on the basis of the result of measurement by the flow meters. The flow meter can be placed between an air motor and a valve. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of the valve, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a joint, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a pump, respectively.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method includes a metallic ink application step of ejecting a metallic ink composition containing a metallic pigment from an ink jet head to apply the metallic ink composition onto a printing medium, a heating step of heating the metallic ink composition applied on the printing medium with an infrared heater, and a coloring ink application step of ejecting a coloring ink composition containing a coloring material from an ink jet head to apply the coloring ink composition onto the metallic ink composition on the printing medium. Each of the metallic ink composition and the coloring ink composition is a water-based ink or a solvent-based ink.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and methods of making devices for facilitating condition monitoring of machinery allowing improve efficiencies and increased lifetime of the machinery while also reducing maintenance. In one embodiment, a device includes an enclosure assembly and a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The enclosure assembly includes a cap, a base mechanically coupled with the cap, and a support bracket mechanically coupled with the base. The PCB assembly includes a processor, a memory coupled with the processor, a first sensor electrically coupled with the processor, a second sensor electrically coupled with the processor, and a communication interface electrically coupled with the processor. The device, when installed, may generally form a shape of a tapered cylinder having a maximum height of 2.1 inches and a maximum diameter of 1.2 inches.

Abstract: A solvent-based ink composition is provided that includes: an organic solvent; a surface-treated metal powder; and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid compound, the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid compound with respect to the total mass of an ink is 0.1 to 10.0 percent by mass, and the surface-treated metal powder contains aluminum or an aluminum alloy and is surface-treated by a surface treating agent of a fluorine-based compound.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle and a control method of the same are provided which may inhibit a closing degree of a door from being insufficient even when the door is closed while a blower fan is actuated. An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an inside-outside air switching damper including a damper switching actuator, a blower fan, a control unit, and door opening-and-closing sensors. In a case where the door becomes an open state and a case where the blower fan is actuated and the inside-outside air switching damper is in an outside air introduction mode, the control unit issues a command to the damper switching actuator to switch the inside-outside air switching damper to an inside air circulation mode.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle and a control method of the same are provided to inhibit a closing degree of a door in closing the door from being insufficient, secure high quietness in a vehicle cabin immediately after the door is closed, and lower energy consumption of the vehicle. An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an inside-outside air switching damper including a damper switching actuator, an air-conditioning control switch, a control unit, and door opening-and-closing sensors. The control unit includes two timers and a memory. When an IG switch is in an OFF state, the control unit sets the inside-outside air switching damper to an intermediate mode when the door becomes an open state, thereafter sequentially starts the timers when the door becomes a closed state, and returns the inside-outside air switching damper to a previous state to opening of the door after waiting until the timers expire.

Abstract: A state determination device determines a state of a paint device including an air motor that rotates by a supply of a gas, a rotational shaft that serves as a rotational center of the air motor, and a rotary atomizer head that is connected to the rotational shaft and sprays paint. The paint device further includes a vibration detection unit that detects a vibration of the paint device, and the state determination device includes a frequency component acquisition unit and an abnormality determination unit. The frequency component acquisition unit acquires a frequency component caused by a contact between the rotational shaft and the air motor from a detection result by the vibration detection unit. The abnormality determination unit determines whether an abnormality of the air motor exists or not based on an acquisition result by the frequency component acquisition unit.

Abstract: An ink jet composition according to the present disclosure contains a plurality of metal particles, a hydrophobic phosphorus surface treatment agent, a polyoxyalkyleneamine compound, and a solvent. The amount of the contained polyoxyalkyleneamine compound is 0.5 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the metal particles.

Abstract: An ink jet composition of the invention is discharged by an ink jet method and includes: metal powder; an organic solvent; and a resin having a styrene-maleic acid structure as a binder resin, in which the ink jet composition contains metal powder surface-treated with a fluorine-based compound as the metal powder.

Abstract: A state determination device determines a state of a paint device including an air motor that rotates by a supply of a gas, a rotational shaft that serves as a rotational center of the air motor, and a rotary atomizer head that is connected to the rotational shaft and sprays paint. The paint device further includes a vibration detection unit that detects a vibration of the paint device, and the state determination device includes a frequency component acquisition unit and an abnormality determination unit. The frequency component acquisition unit acquires a frequency component caused by a contact between the rotational shaft and the air motor from a detection result by the vibration detection unit. The abnormality determination unit determines whether an abnormality of the air motor exists or not based on an acquisition result by the frequency component acquisition unit.