Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a polyurethane emulsion, capable of continuously producing a polyurethane emulsion which contains substantially no organic solvent and also has excellent storage stability over time.

Abstract: An amorphous magnetic wire comprises a magnetically hard wire portion for propagating a magnetoelastic wave, and a magnetically soft wire portion for generating or detecting the magnetoelastic wave. This amorphous magnetic wire is obtained by producing a magnetic wire in an amorphous state, wire-drawing the amorphous magnetic wire so as to make the amorphous magnetic wire thinner, and annealing a portion of the magnetic wire to make the portion magnetically soft.

Abstract: An excitation control apparatus for a rotary electric machine according to this invention is such that principal portions of an automatic voltage regulator are dualized by effectively combining circuits preferring decrease of a field current and circuits preferring increase of the field current, thereby to enhance the reliability of the apparatus. The circuits preferring the decrease of the field current when the ignition phase of a thyristor circuit advances precede the circuits preferring the increase of the field current, so that an excitation system is normally operated even in cases of the damages or abnormalities of any internal component, etc.