Abstract: The present invention focuses on a silicon nitride substrate having high mechanical strength, high thermal conductivity and the like, and takes advantage of such properties to provide: a ceramic substrate capable of providing improvement in a bonding property between a silicon nitride substrate and a ceramic layer which uses a dielectric ceramic material capable of being simultaneously sintered with a low-resistance conductive material such as a low-melting metal (Ag or Cu); and a method for producing the ceramic substrate. The ceramic substrate of the present invention is obtained by stacking and bonding a silicon nitride substrate and a ceramic layer composed of a dielectric ceramic material, wherein: the dielectric ceramic material contains Mg, Al, and Si as main ingredients, and Bi or B as an accessory ingredient; and the ceramic layer includes a region with a high Si element concentration at a bonding interface with the silicon nitride substrate.

Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion material includes a sintered body including a main phase including a plurality of crystal grains including Ce, Mn, Fe, and Sb and forming a skutterudite structure, and a grain boundary between crystal grains adjacent to each other. The grain boundary includes a sintering aid phase including at least Mn, Sb, and O. Thus, with respect to a skutterudite-type thermoelectric conversion material including Sb, which is a sintering-resistant material, it is possible to improve sinterability while maintaining a practical dimensionless figure-of-merit ZT, and to reduce processing cost.

Abstract: A spheroidal graphite cast iron meeting N(5-)?250, N5-20)/N(5-)?0.6, and N(30-)/N(5-)?0.2, wherein N(5-) represents the number (/mm2) of graphite particles having equivalent-circle diameters of 5 ?m or more, N(5-20) represents the number (/mm2) of graphite particles having equivalent-circle diameters of 5 ?m or more and less than 20 ?m, and N(30-) represents the number (/mm2) of graphite particles having equivalent-circle diameters of 30 ?m or more, among graphite particles observed in an arbitrary cross section of at least 1 mm2.

Abstract: A sintered ferrite magnet having a composition of metal elements of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co, which is represented by the general formula of Ca1?x?yRxAyFe2n?zCoz, wherein R is at least one of rare earth elements indispensably including La; A is Sr and/or Ba; x, y, z and n represent the atomic ratios of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co; 2n represents a molar ratio expressed by 2n=(Fe+Co)/(Ca+R+A); and x, y, z and n meet the conditions of 0.15?x?0.35, 0.05?y?0.40, (1?x?y)>y, 0<z?0.18, and 7.5?(2n?z)<11.0.

Abstract: A copper alloy wire is made of a copper alloy, and the copper alloy contains indium, a content of which is equal to or more than 0.3 mass % and equal to or less than 0.45 mass %. A tensile strength of the copper alloy wire is equal to or higher than 800 MPa, and an electrical conductivity of the same is equal to or higher than 80% IACS.

Abstract: A coating film is provided in a cable, a medical hollow tube, a molded article and a hollow tube. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 2×10?3 MPa to 4×10?3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1.

Abstract: A sintered ferrite magnet having a composition of metal elements of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co, which is represented by the general formula of Ca1-x-yRxAyFe2n-zCoz, wherein R is at least one of rare earth elements indispensably including La; A is Sr and/or Ba; x, y, z and n represent the atomic ratios of Ca, R, A, Fe and Co; 2n represents a molar ratio expressed by 2n=(Fe+Co)/(Ca+R+A); and x, y, z and n meet the conditions of 0.15?x?0.35, 0.05?y?0.40, (1-x-y)>y, 0<z?0.18, and 7.5?(2n-z)<11.0.

Abstract: A sintered MnZn ferrite body containing main components comprising 53.30-53.80% by mol of Fe calculated as Fe2O3, 6.90-9.50% by mol Zn calculated as ZnO, and the balance of Mn calculated as MnO, and sub-components comprising 0.003-0.020 parts by mass of Si calculated as SiO2, more than 0 parts and 0.35 parts or less by mass of Ca calculated as CaCO3, 0.30-0.50 parts by mass of Co calculated as Co3O4, 0.03-0.10 parts by mass of Zr calculated as ZrO2, and 0-0.05 parts by mass of Ta calculated as Ta2O5, pre 100 parts by mass in total of the main components (calculated as the oxides), and having an average crystal grain size of 3 ?m or more and less than 8 ?m and a density of 4.65 g/cm3 or more.

Abstract: A wire harness production supporting device configured to produce a wire harness by in turn laying out a plurality of electric wires on a wire laying out drawing. This wire harness production supporting device is composed of a time recording section configured to, each time one of the plurality of electric wires is laid out, store a time at which the one of the plurality of electric wires has been laid out, in a storing section, and a progress status administrating section configured to obtain a progress status of the production of the wire harness based on the time at which the one of the plurality of electric wires has been laid out having been stored in the storing section.

Abstract: A centrifugally cast composite roll for rolling comprising an outer layer and an inner layer, which are integrally fused to each other, the outer layer being made of an Fe-based alloy comprising by mass 1.70-2.70% of C, 0.3-3% of Si, 0.1-3% of Mn, 1.1-3.0% of Ni, 4.0-10% of Cr, 2.0-7.5% of Mo, 3-6.0% of V, 0.1-2% of W, 0.2-2% of Nb, 0.01-0.2% of B, and 0.01-0.1% of N, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and the inner layer being made of ductile cast iron.

Abstract: A cylinder for a molding machine comprising a HIP-sintered lining layer on an inner surface of a cylindrical steel body, the lining layer comprising 38-70% by volume of tungsten carbide particles having a median diameter d50 of 1-7 ?m and a matrix composed of an Ni-based alloy, and the maximum length of the matrix in an arbitrary cross section being 12 ?m or less.

Abstract: This foil for a secondary battery negative electrode collector (negative electrode-collecting foil 5b) includes a first Cu layer (51) made of Cu or a Cu-based alloy, a stainless steel layer (52), and a second Cu layer (53) made of Cu or a Cu-based alloy, which are disposed in this order, a total thickness is 200 ?m or less, and 0.01% proof stress is 500 MPa or more.

Abstract: A forging apparatus and a forged product manufacturing method aim to prevent decrease in the temperature of a forging space and the temperature of a forging material, efficiently maintain the uniformity of the temperatures of upper and lower dies, and improve forging efficiency. In the forging apparatus and the forged product manufacturing method according to the present invention, the upper and lower dies are heated by a heating mechanism in a housing in which a charging port of an integrally formed housing body is closed by a door, the upper and lower dies are moved relatively in a facing direction of the upper and lower dies, the heating mechanism is moved relatively in the facing direction with respect to at least one of the relatively moving upper and lower dies, and whereby the forging material is forged between the upper and lower dies. Furthermore, the forged product manufacturing method is used to manufacture a forged product from the forging material.

Abstract: Provided is a Fe-Al-based alloy vibration-damping component including 4.0 to 12.0% by mass of Al with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, having an average crystal grain size in the range of over 700 ?m to 2,000 ?m and a sectional defect rate of lower than 0.1%, and having an irregular sectional shape. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a Fe-Al-based alloy vibration-damping component. The method obtains having an irregular sectional shape, and includes a shaping step in which metal powder including 4.0 to 12.0% by mass of Al with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities is melted and solidified using a heat source with a scanning rate set to 700 to 1700 mm/second to obtain a shaped product and an annealing step in which the shaped product is annealed at a temperature of 800 to 1200° C.

Abstract: A wire harness wiring operation support system includes a display section that includes a procedure display region for displaying a plurality of wiring procedure selection buttons corresponding a wire harness to be wired, and a wiring position display region for displaying a wiring position of the wire harness that corresponds to the selected wiring procedure selection button.

Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb filter comprising a cordierite-type ceramic honeycomb structure having large numbers of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls, and plugs formed in end portions of predetermined flow paths of the ceramic honeycomb structure; the cell walls having a thermal expansion coefficient Tw (×10?7/° C.) of 10 or less in the flow path direction between 40° C. and 800° C.; the plugs comprising at least ceramic particles, and 5-25 parts by mass of an amorphous oxide matrix per 100 parts by mass of the ceramic particles; the ceramic particles comprising at least 42-90% by mass of amorphous silica particles, and 10-58% by mass of cordierite particles; and the amorphous silica particles comprising 4-30% by mass of first silica particles having a median particle diameter of 10-40 ?m, and 70-96% by mass of second silica particles having a median particle diameter of 70-200 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based alloy capable of being melted and solidified and excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance, a Ni-based alloy powder, a Ni-based alloy member, and a product including a Ni-based alloy member. The Ni-based alloy excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance includes, by mass %: Cr: 8.5% to 23.0%; Mo: 8.5% to 27.0%; Ta: 0.5% to 2.5%; W: 15.0 to 51.0%; and C: 1.0 to 3.5%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the mass ratios Ni:Cr:Mo of Ni, Cr and Mo are 2.5 to 3.5:1:1.0 to 1.5.

Abstract: An insulated wire includes a conductor, and a flame-retardant insulation layer that includes a resin composition including a flame retardant and is arranged around the conductor, and a water-blocking layer that is arranged around the flame-retardant insulation layer and has a water absorption of not more than 0.5% at saturation. The thickness of the water-blocking layer is not less than 25 ?m.

Abstract: A coil device comprising a coil, and a ferrite core arranged in a hollow portion of the coil, and a resin covering them; the ferrite core being a Ni ferrite core having initial permeability ?i of 450 or more at a frequency of 100 kHz and a temperature of 20° C., and an average crystal grain size of 5-9 ?m, both of temperature-dependent inductance change ratios TLa and TLb and stress-dependent inductance change ratios PLa and PLb being ?0.6% to +0.6%, and both of the sum of TLa and PLa and the sum of TLb and PLb being more than ?1.0% and less than +1.0%; and an antenna comprising it.

Abstract: A rotation detecting device includes a member to be detected, and a sensor section arranged opposite the member to be detected. The sensor section includes two magnetic sensors, each including a detecting portion to detect a magnetic field produced from the member to be detected, with the detecting portions of the sensors being arranged in such a manner as to overlap each other in an opposite arrangement direction of the sensor section and the member to be detected, and a housing provided to cover the sensors together, and including an opposite surface to the member to be detected. The detecting portion of one of the sensors, which is arranged in a side of the sensor section close to the member to be detected, is arranged in such a manner as to be inclined with respect to the opposite surface of the housing.