Abstract: A center pipe is used in a plasma torch including a base portion and an electrode to supply cooling water into the electrode. The center pipe includes a pipe body and a contact piece. The pipe body has a tube-like shape with a cooling water channel therein. The pipe body is electrically conductive and configured to be electrically connected to an external power source via the base portion. The contact piece is arranged radially outside the pipe body at an intermediate position between a base end surface and a tip end surface of the pipe body. The contact piece is electrically conductive and energizes the electrode through contact with an internal circumferential surface of the electrode. The base end surface is disposed outside the electrode when the center pipe is inserted into the electrode. The pipe body is configured to be electrically connected to the electrode via the contact piece.

Abstract: A replacement part unit for a plasma torch includes an electrode, an insulation guide, and a nozzle. The insulation guide includes a hole into which the electrode is inserted. The insulation guide is coupled to the electrode by press-fitting or adhesion. The nozzle includes a hole into which the insulation guide is inserted. The nozzle is coupled to the insulation guide by press-fitting or adhesion.

Abstract: A power module includes a recessed base plate having a hollow portion, at least one insulating substrate disposed in the hollow portion of the base plate, at least one semiconductor chip mounted on the at least one insulating substrate, and sealing resin for sealing a surface of the hollow portion side of the base plate, the at least one insulating substrate, and the at least one semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A sheet stacking device includes a sheet accommodating unit, a pair of wall portions and a loading plate. The sheet accommodating unit has an open upper surface part and accommodates sheets therein. The sheets have a pair of first side edges extending in a first direction and a pair of second side edges perpendicular to the first direction. The pair of wall portions stands to face the first side edges of the sheets. The loading plate is arranged in the sheet accommodating unit. Each of the pair of wall portions includes a first observation port for exposing one end of the first side edges of the sheets in the first direction and an one area of the inner part outer than the one end in the first direction to outside of the sheet accommodating unit.

Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser generation device, a levitation unit to levitate an object to which the laser light is applied, and a conveyance unit to convey the levitated object. The conveyance unit includes a holding mechanism for holding the object by absorption, and a moving mechanism for moving the holding mechanism in a conveyance direction. The holding mechanism includes a base including a plurality of through holes, a plurality of pipes respectively connected to the through holes, a vacuum generation device configured to evacuate air from the f pipes, and a plurality of absorption assistance valves each disposed in the middle of a respective one of the pipes, each of the plurality of absorption assistance valves being configured to be closed when a flow rate of a gas flowing into the pipe through the through hole becomes equal to or higher than a threshold.

Abstract: A plasma torch moves to a piercing position. The plasma torch generates a plasma arc and starts a piercing step at the piercing position. Whether the piercing step is completed is determined based on the arc voltage. The plasma torch is held at the piercing position in the horizontal direction from the start of the piercing step until the completion of the piercing step. The plasma torch is moved in a predetermined direction including at least the horizontal direction after the piercing step is completed.

Abstract: A power module includes a recessed base plate having a hollow portion, at least one insulating substrate disposed in the hollow portion of the base plate, at least one semiconductor chip mounted on the at least one insulating substrate, and sealing resin for sealing a surface of the hollow portion side of the base plate, the at least one insulating substrate, and the at least one semiconductor chip.

Abstract: An embodiment of an exhaust gas purification device has a function of removing soot adhered to an NOx catalyst arranged inside a cylindrical casing part by injecting pressurized air. The device includes a plurality of air injection nozzles arranged on a side wall of the casing part on an upstream side of the NOx catalyst, which are each configured to generate an impulse wave by injecting pressurized air into the casing part, wherein the air injection nozzles successively inject one by one an equal flow quantity of pressurized air, for a period, at predetermined time intervals.

Abstract: A plant operating condition setting support system for supporting the setting of a plant operating condition includes: a learning device that learns a regression model for calculating, from values of a plurality of state parameters indicating an operating condition of a plant and values of a plurality of manipulation parameters set to control an operation of the plant, a predicted value of an output indicating a result of operating the plant when the values of the plurality of manipulation parameters are set in the operating condition indicated by the values of the plurality of state parameters; and an operating condition setting support device that calculates the values of the plurality of manipulation parameters that should be set to control the operation of the plant, by using the regression model learned by the learning device.

Abstract: A detection circuit includes a charge amplifier, a calculation unit, and first and second paths. The charge amplifier converts the amount of electric charge generated by a sensor element into a voltage. The first path and the second path each connect the charge amplifier and the calculation unit. The amplification factor of the first path is higher than the amplification factor of the second path. When a voltage output from the first path is lower than a threshold voltage, the calculation unit detects a pressing force by using the output voltage. When the output voltage is equal to or higher than the threshold voltage, the calculation unit detects a pressing force by using a voltage output through the second path.

Abstract: An electronic device that includes a housing and a piezoelectric sensor. The piezoelectric sensor is disposed in contact with an inner wall surface of the housing while in a bent state. The piezoelectric sensor includes a piezoelectric film, a coverlay, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a substrate having flexibility. The first electrode is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The first electrode includes a wide part and a narrow part. The coverlay covers a boundary between the wide part and the narrow part. The piezoelectric film covers a boundary between a part of the first electrode which is covered with the coverlay and a part of the first electrode which is not covered with the coverlay.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and an integral control processing device. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory region formed of a data storage region to store data and a flag region in which a first value is set when data writing to the data storage region starts and a second value is set when data writing to the data storage region ends, and a controller including an error code detection circuit to detect an error code. An integral control processing device integrally controls an overall. system by exchanging various kinds of signals and data with the controller.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including: an insulating substrate having a conductor layer on the upper face and the lower face and a semiconductor element mounted on the upper conductor layer; a base plate bonded to the lower conductor layer; a case member surrounding the insulating substrate and bonded to the surface of the base plate to which the conductor layer bonded to the lower face; a first filler being a silicone composition filled in a region surrounded by the base plate and the case member; and a second filler being injected into a region below the first filler and surrounding a peripheral edge portion of the insulating substrate, whose height from the base plate is higher than the upper face and is lower than a bonding face between the semiconductor element and the upper conductor layer.

Abstract: A replacement part unit for a plasma torch includes an electrode, an insulation guide, and a nozzle. The insulation guide includes a hole into which the electrode is inserted. The insulation guide is coupled to the electrode by press-fitting or adhesion. The nozzle includes a hole into which the insulation guide is inserted. The nozzle is coupled to the insulation guide by press-fitting or adhesion.

Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus (1) according to an embodiment includes a laser generation device (14) configured to generate laser light, and a levitation unit (10) configured to levitate an object to be processed (16) to which the laser light is applied. The levitation unit (10) includes a first area and a second area, and the first and second areas are arranged so that, in a plane view, a focal point of the laser light overlaps the first area and the focal point of the laser light does not overlap the second area. A surface part of the second area is formed of a metal member.

Abstract: A pressing detector and an electronic device that properly corrects an integrated value at any timing. An electronic writing instrument includes a housing, an operation unit, and a pressing detector, which includes a plurality of electrodes, a piezoelectric film, a base material, a strain resistive element, a base material, a ground electrode, and a circuit including a detection unit. When an operation surface is displaced due to pressing or release of pressing by an operator, a resistance value of the strain resistive element changes. As a result, the strain resistive element performs an output according to an amount of displacement of the operation surface. The detection unit can thus correct the integrated value by the output of the strain resistive element. Therefore, the pressing detector can properly correct the integrated value at any timing.

Abstract: An image processing system may include an imaging device for capturing an image and an image processing apparatus for processing the image. The imaging device may include an imaging unit for capturing the image, a first recording unit for recording information relating to the image, the information being associated with the image, and a first transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the image to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may include a reception control unit for controlling reception of the image transmitted from the imaging device, a feature extracting unit for extracting a feature of the received image, a second recording unit for recording the feature, extracted from the image, the feature being associated with the image, and a second transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the feature to the imaging device.

Abstract: A resin insulation guide is used in a plasma torch including an electrode and a nozzle into which the electrode is inserted. The insulation guide is used to couple the electrode and the nozzle, and includes a first internal circumferential surface formed on an inside of the insulation guide, a second internal circumferential surface formed on the inside of the insulation guide, a communication channel, and a heat resistant coating formed on the first internal circumferential surface. The second internal circumferential surface has an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first internal circumferential surface. The communication channel communicates a space inside the first internal circumferential surface to an outside of the insulation guide, and extends in a direction inclined with respect to an axial direction of the insulation guide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric film sensor including an insulating substrate having a first electrode formed on at least one main surface thereof, a piezoelectric film which has a first main surface and a second main surface and in which the first main surface is provided on the first electrode side, and a conductive thin film member provided on the second main surface side. The piezoelectric film sensor is characterized in that the first main surface is disposed on a pressing surface side.

Abstract: An image processing system may include an imaging device for capturing an image and an image processing apparatus for processing the image. The imaging device may include an imaging unit for capturing the image, a first recording unit for recording information relating to the image, the information being associated with the image, and a first transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the image to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may include a reception control unit for controlling reception of the image transmitted from the imaging device, a feature extracting unit for extracting a feature of the received image, a second recording unit for recording the feature, extracted from the image, the feature being associated with the image, and a second transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the feature to the imaging device.