Abstract: In order to detect a wire breakage as soon as possible, the wire electrical discharge machining apparatus includes a speed fluctuation compensator that generates a speed fluctuation suppression command that is a speed compensation value that suppresses fluctuation of the rotational speed of the tension motor on the basis of the rotational speed of the tension motor and a breakage detecting device that detects a breakage of the wire electrode on the basis of a comparison of a preset breakage detection threshold and a speed fluctuation suppression command output from the speed fluctuation compensator.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device for a heat-generating component includes at least one helically-shaped air tube having a length. The at least one air tube is thermally coupled to the heat-generating component to dissipate heat from the heat-generating component. Other embodiments of the heat dissipation device and methods for dissipating heat from a heat-generating component are further disclosed.

Abstract: A power converter, which performs cooling of a switching element by using a boiling cooling apparatus that makes use of a boiling phenomenon of a coolant incorporated therein, includes a control unit to control an operation of the power converter based on a deviation between an element attachment surface temperature, which is a temperature of an attachment surface of the switching element, and a cooling apparatus intake air temperature. When the deviation between the element attachment surface temperature and the cooling apparatus intake air temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold, the control unit performs control of stopping the power converter.

Abstract: A method of attaching a wafer by suction, includes a step of mounting a wafer on a right arm and a left arm of a transfer jig, moving the transfer jig toward a wafer suction stage in such a manner that a facing right arm surface of the right arm slides along and in contact with a first side surface of the wafer suction stage and a facing left arm surface of the left arm slides along and in contact with a second side surface of the wafer suction stage until the wafer comes to lie directly above a mounting surface of the wafer suction stage, mounting the wafer on the mounting surface by moving the transfer jig downward toward the wafer suction stage while maintaining the contacts, and attaching the wafer to the mounting surface by suction.

Abstract: A motor drive device in embodiments includes: a motor drive unit that generates a current for driving a motor on a basis of a position command and a position detection value of the motor; a motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation unit that calculates a motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value by correcting an output value of a temperature sensor provided in a peripheral portion of a motor coil of the motor by using a filter including both a phase-lead characteristic and a low-pass characteristic; a motor-coil increased-temperature estimation unit that calculates a motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value on a basis of the current; and a motor-coil protection unit that limits the current on a basis of the motor-coil ambient-temperature estimation value and the motor-coil increased-temperature estimation value.

Abstract: The purpose is to adjust a characteristic of the isolation circuit with a simple control.

Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of light sources with different polarizations. A combined wavelength band of the light of a first polarization and second polarization is a first wavelength band. A combined wavelength band of a third polarization and fourth polarization is a second wavelength band. A plurality of selective transmission elements transmits one or more combined light of one or more polarizations and reflects one or more light of one or more polarizations. Thus, the light of the first polarization, the light of the second polarization and the light of the third polarization passing through a third selective transmission element, and the light of the fourth polarization reflected by the third selective transmission element proceed in the same direction.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit having a compressor for compressing a refrigerant and a heat source side heat exchange for exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air, a plurality of indoor units having use side heat exchangers for exchanging heat between a heat transfer medium that flows therein and air, and relay unit disposed between the outdoor unit and the indoor units. The relay unit exchanges heat between the refrigerant conveyed from the outdoor unit and the heat transfer medium flowing in the indoor units. The relay unit includes a main relay unit that is connected to the outdoor unit with two pipes and a sub relay unit that is connect to the main relay unit with three pipes.

Abstract: A sampling unit that samples a sample gas includes an intake pipe that takes in a sample gas, and a mist/dust elimination unit that eliminates mist produced when steam in a sample gas condenses in the intake pipe and dust, creates a drain including dust, and separates the drain from the sample gas; mist wets fibers loaded therein in a stacked manner so that a water film produced on the surface of the fibers collects dust, and the water film grows to water drops and become drains so that the dust is exhausted and eliminated.

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining information enabling a characteristic like determination of maximum power point of a power source, the apparatus including at least an inductor and a capacitor, the information enabling the determination of the characteristic of the power source being obtained by monitoring the voltage charge of the capacitor, and a mechanism discharging the capacitor through the inductor prior to the monitoring of the charge of the capacitor.

Abstract: A discharge surface treatment apparatus generates a pulsed discharge between poles, that is, between a discharge electrode and a workpiece, and the discharge electrode is obtained by compression-molding of any one of a metal powder, a powder of a metal compound, and a powder of ceramics or a mixture thereof. The apparatus forms a film made of an electrode material or the like on a workpiece surface by thermal energy due to the discharge. The apparatus includes: a capacitor that is connected to any one of the discharge electrode and the workpiece at one end; and a parallel circuit of a resistor and a diode, which is provided between another one of the discharge electrode and the workpiece and another end of the capacitor via a connection line.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit having a plurality of expansion devices that controls a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing in each of a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium; a heat medium circuit having the heat exchangers related to heat medium and a use side heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium and air; heat medium flow switching devices disposed on an inflow side and an outflow side of the use side heat exchanger to mix or diverge the heat medium pertaining to the heat exchangers related to heat medium; and a controller that controls at least the heat medium flow switching device on the inflow side or the outflow side that controls the amount of heat exchange in each of the heat exchangers related to heat medium during cooling only operation mode or heating only operation mode.

Abstract: In a particle beam therapy system which scans a particle beam and irradiates the particle beam to an irradiation position of an irradiation subject and has a dose monitoring device for measuring a dose of the particle beam and an ionization chamber smaller than the dose monitoring device, the ionization chamber measuring a dose of a particle beam passing through the dose monitoring device, the dose of the particle beam irradiated by the dose monitoring device is measured; the dose of the particle beam passing through the dose monitoring device is measured by the small ionization chamber; and a correction coefficient of the dose measured by the dose monitoring device corresponding to the irradiation position is found based on the dose of the particle beam measured by the small ionization chamber.

Abstract: A navigation device includes a route searching unit for searching for a route leading to an arbitrary point on the basis of map data acquired by a map data acquiring unit, an HOV lane determining unit for determining whether or not an HOV lane is included in the route which the route searching unit has searched for, a predicted arrival time calculating unit for, when the HOV lane determining unit determines that an HOV lane is included in the route, calculating a predicted arrival time required to arrive at the arbitrary point by way of the route which is shorter than a time required to arrive at the arbitrary point by way of a route in which no HOV lane is included, and a display processing unit for displaying the predicted arrival time calculated by the predicted arrival time calculating unit.

Abstract: A master apparatus repeatedly executes an offset value calculation notification sequence in which a calculation of an offset value for correcting a transmission path delay is implemented after communications with the plurality of slave apparatuses, and a notification of the offset value calculated to the plurality of slave apparatuses is implemented Every time the offset value calculation notification sequence is executed, the master apparatus notifies the slave apparatuses of a sequence identifier which is the identifier of the offset value calculation notification sequence. Furthermore, the master apparatus selects a sequence identifier from among two or more sequence identifiers already notified to each slave apparatus, notifies the selected sequence identifier to each slave apparatus, and instructs each slave apparatus to use, for time-synchronization, an offset value notified in the offset value calculation notification sequence corresponding to the selected sequence identifier.

Abstract: The automatic wire-threading device includes a wire feed motor that drives a wire feed roller in a feeding direction, a wire-feed-motor control unit that outputs a feeding-direction rotation-speed reference to the wire feed motor at a time of a threading operation of a wire electrode and that reduces torque in a feeding direction when a detected rotation speed of the wire feed roller is larger than the feeding-direction rotation-speed reference, a wire collecting motor that drives a wire collecting roller in a collecting direction, and a wire-collecting-motor control unit that outputs a predetermined wire-collecting-roller speed reference to the wire collecting motor to collect a wire. The wire-feed-motor control unit limits torque so that an absolute value of motor torque in a winding-back direction of a wire feed roller is smaller than an absolute value of motor torque in a feeding direction.

Abstract: An environment sensor is mounted on a second surface of a circuit board that does not have a wire bonding pad, and is arranged in a measuring chamber that is disposed in a circuit board receiving portion. The measuring chamber has a communication port for communication with a main passage. According to this configuration, process addition attributable to integration between a flow rate measurement device and the environment sensor is not required. The environment sensor does not affect air flow in a bypass passage, and thus detection accuracy of a flow rate detection element that is arranged in the bypass passage does not decline.

Abstract: An iron core member has: first divided yoke portions; second divided yoke portions alternately arranged with the first divided yoke portions; a first tooth portion extending from one circumferential end of each first divided yoke portion, a second tooth portion extending from the other circumferential end; a third tooth portion extending from one circumferential end of the second divided yoke portion on the second tooth portion side, and a fourth tooth portion extending from the other circumferential end. A tooth end portion of the first tooth portion and a tooth end portion of the adjacent fourth tooth portion are integrally joined at a first tooth end joint portion, and a tooth end portion of the second tooth portion and a tooth end portion of the adjacent third tooth portion are integrally joined at a second tooth end joint portion, thereby providing one continuous sheet of the core member.