Abstract: A deposition is gradually formed by molding a product main body, removing a defect periphery including a defect generated on a surface to be treated of the product main body by molding so that a recess portion is formed on the surface to be treated of the product main body, employing a molded electrode composed of a molded body molded from a powder of a metal or the molded body processed with a heat treatment, and generating a pulsing electric discharge between the recess portion periphery including the recess portion and the molded electrode in an electrically insulating liquid or gas so that a material of the molded electrode or a reaction substance of the material carries out deposition and such at the recess portion periphery by energy of the electric discharge.

Abstract: A shroud segment for being incorporated in a gas turbine engine so as to suppress influence of hot combustion gas on a turbine case of the gas turbine engine is provided with a back plate having first and second plate portions formed in an arc shape and supported by the turbine case, a touching member integrally formed on an inner surface of the back plate for touching with a rotating turbine blade, a pair of first seal slots for receiving a pair of first spline seal plate, a pair of second seal slots for receiving a pair of second spline seal plate and a pair of seal gaps respectively communicating with the first seal slots and the second seal slots. The seal gaps are respectively provided with abutment surfaces recessed from front surfaces of the second seal slots so as to receive front ends of the first spline seal plates.

Abstract: A supercharger with an electric motor includes, a turbine impeller rotationally driven by an exhaust gas, a compressor impeller rotationally driven by rotation of the turbine impeller, a compressor housing accommodating the compressor impeller, a turbine housing accommodating the turbine impeller, a shaft coupling the turbine impeller and the compressor impeller, a bearing housing rotatably supporting the shaft, an electric motor accommodated in an inside of the bearing housing for assisting rotation of the turbine impeller, and a power supply line extending from an inside to an outside of the bearing housing. The power supply line has one end portion connected to the electric motor, and the other end portion connected to a connector that receives electric power. The connector is installed at a position that is away from a side of the turbine impeller, and is less affected by heat of the exhaust gas.

Abstract: In a supercharger (10) with an electric motor in accordance with the present invention, the electric motor (20) is arranged at a position adjacent to a compressor impeller (6), a center housing (14) has a cooling fluid flow path (34) formed in such a manner as to surround the electric motor (20) and be adjacent to a diffuser portion (25). A first cooling structure portion (38) is formed at a position in the electric motor (20) side in the cooling fluid flow path (34), a second cooling structure portion (39) is formed at a position in the diffuser portion (25) side in the cooling fluid flow path (34). The electric motor (20) is cooled by the first cooling structure portion (38). The diffuser portion (25) is cooled by the second cooling structure portion (39).

Abstract: Provided is a fuel reforming apparatus wherein vacuum reforming tubes (13) are accommodated in a flow path (12) between an inner cylinder (9a) of a heat-insulating vessel (9) and a furnace flue (11) arranged in the inner cylinder (9a). Formed between the furnace flue (11) and a guide cylinder (21) accommodated in the furnace flue (11) is a gap though which combustion gas (28) generated in a combustor (10) is raised. A helical plate (22) is arranged in the flow path (12) such that the combustion gas (28) lowered in the flow path (12) flows across the reforming tubes (13). Thus, red heating of the furnace flue can be sufficiently conducted to sufficiently heat the reforming tubes through radiation heat transfer. As a result, heat transfer areas of the reforming tubes may be made smaller to reduce in size the reforming tubes.

Abstract: A lubricant mist sprayer is composed by spray headers, which have lubricant and gas supply pipes integrally fixed to each other by fixing members and which are spaced apart a required distance from and are arranged in parallel with surfaces of pinch rolls, and mist nozzles which are arranged at required intervals longitudinally of the spray headers for spraying lubricant mist m over the surfaces of the pinch rolls and which communicate with the lubricant and gas supply pipes so as to make the lubricant mist sprayer compact in size and facilitate arrangement of the lubricant mist sprayer in a narrow space of a roll chamber surrounding the pinch rolls in a metal strip continuous caster.

Abstract: A melt of a Cu-based alloy containing 2 to 6% (% by weight, the same shall apply hereinafter) of Ag and 0.5 to 0.9% of Cr are solidified by casting, and the solidified article after subjecting to a homogenizing heat treatment is subjected to hot-working. The hot-worked article is subjected to a solution treatment, the article is subjected to cold-working or warm-working by forging or rolling, and then the formed article is subjected to an aging treatment to obtain a metallic material capable of manufacturing a high strength and high thermal conductive metal formed article at a low price, regardless of the geometry, and a method of manufacturing the metal formed article using the same.

Abstract: A reaction control turbine blade is formed by applying a reaction control material to the surface of an Ni-base superalloy before applying aluminum diffusion coating to the Ni-base superalloy. The reaction control material is Co, Cr or Ru, or an alloy of which main component is selected from a group consisting of Co, Cr, Ru. Thereby, it is possible to enhance the oxidation resistance of the Ni-base superalloy, and to control formation of a secondary reaction zone.

Abstract: In a rotation member (5) rotatably engaged with a housing (3), a pulsing electric discharge is generated in a processing liquid or in a gas, between an electrode and the rotation member (5). The electrode is a chemical compound from metallic powder or metal, or a molded body formed by molding ceramic powder, or a molded body obtained by heating the molded body. Energy of the electric discharges causes coating to be formed on an engagement portion (15) engaging the housing (3), the coating formed from the material of the electrode or a substance to which the electrode material combined by the energy of the electric discharges.

Abstract: Each of vertical frame members which constitute a frame body of a high-temperature denitration apparatus and which are erected in a spaced-apart relationship in a direction of exhaust gas flow is provided by a pillar member. The pillar member is an integral combination of a web with upstream and downstream flanges so as to improve thermal conductivity of the same. The web of the pillar member is formed with openings for suppression of thermal capacity to a minimum so as to reduce in weight the web and enhance a temperature rising velocity of the web.

Abstract: A material 1 to be shaped is reduced and formed by bringing dies with convex forming surfaces, when viewed from the side of the transfer line of the material 1, close to the transfer line from above and below the material 1, in synchronism with each other, while giving the dies a swinging motion in such a manner that the portions of the forming surfaces of the dies, in contact with the material 1, are transferred from the upstream to the downstream side in the direction of the transfer line.

Abstract: A microwave reflection control device of the present invention comprises a reflection member which divides the inside of an inlet duct of a gas turbine engine into a plurality of areas in a peripheral or radial direction with respect to a duct center axis. The reflection member is formed into a reflection curved surface shape to block and diffuse a microwave which comes toward a fan moving blade from the inlet duct. Thus, reflection of the microwave by the fan moving blade is suppressed.

Abstract: A plate rolling mill includes a pair of work rolls that hold and press down a plate material therebetween, a plurality of backup rolls that prevent the work rolls from being deformed, and intermediate rolls each of which is disposed between the work roll and the backup roll so as to be shiftable. Each of the intermediate rolls has a contact roll portion that contacts with the backup roll, and an extension barrel portion that is connected to an end of the contact roll portion and does not contact the backup roll at any shifted position. The contact roll is formed to have a convex shape such that a convex center of the contact roll is positioned at a side of the extension barrel portion.

Abstract: A casting roll unit (U) with side weirs (6) and a delivery nozzle (8) being detachably attached thereto is fixed at a casting position. Side-weir and delivery-nozzle preheating furnaces (29, 30) are arranged away from the casting roll unit (U). Arranged adjacent to the roll unit (U) are replacing robots (31, 32) which can selectively clamp the side weirs (6) or the delivery nozzle or nozzles (8) and which can move between the roll unit (U) and the side-weir or delivery-nozzle preheating furnace (29 or 30) for installation/removal of the side weirs (6) or delivery nozzle or nozzles (8).

Abstract: A reaction control material that is Co, Cr or Ru, or an alloy having main component selected from a group consisting of Co, Cr, Ru is applied to the surface of an Ni-base superalloy before applying aluminum diffusion coating to the Ni-base superalloy. Thereby, it is possible to enhance the oxidation resistance of the Ni-base superalloy, and to control formation of a secondary reaction zone.

Abstract: A metal mixture is prepared, in which an excess amount of Te is added to a (Bi—Sb)2Te3 based composition. After melting the metal mixture, the molten metal is solidified on a surface of a cooling roll of which the circumferential velocity is no higher than 5 m/sec, so as to have a thickness of no less than 30 ?m. Thus, a plate shaped raw thermoelectric semiconductor materials 10 are manufactured, in which Te rich phases are microscopically dispersed in complex compound semiconductor phases, and extending directions of C face of most of crystal grains are uniformly oriented. The raw thermoelectric semiconductor materials 10 are layered in the direction of the plate thickness. And the layered body is solidified and formed to form a compact 12. After that, the compact 12 is plastically deformed in such a manner that a shear force is applied in a uniaxial direction that is approximately parallel to the main layering direction of the raw thermoelectric semiconductor materials 10.

Abstract: An easily producible turbine nozzle for a gas turbine engine is provided, which is capable of preventing flutter of the turbine nozzle during operation of the gas turbine engine. The turbine nozzle comprises airfoils stacked along the stacking axis. The high curvature portions on suction surface in airfoil section successively formed along the stacking axis of the airfoil describe a parabola line that curves toward the pressure side of the airfoil when seen from the front or rear of the turbine nozzle. The high curvature portions on suction surface in airfoil section curve most at the center along the stacking axis of the airfoil from a straight line that connects with a first intersection between the parabola line and an inner band in the turbine nozzle and with a second intersection between the parabola line and an outer band in the turbine nozzle. The maximum curvature falls within a range from 0.02 to 0.03-fold of the stacking axis of the airfoil.

Abstract: A panel transportation device of the present invention has a panel grasp portion for grasping a panel, a link mechanism for moving the panel grasp portion in a panel transportation direction, and a slide mechanism for operating the link mechanism so as to move the panel grasp portion in the panel transportation direction and moving the entire link mechanism. The slide mechanism is constituted of a first slide mechanism with a first slide block and a second slide mechanism with a second slide block. The link mechanism is constructed such that the first slide block and the second slide block are connected to the panel grasp portion and the panel grasp portion is moved in the panel transportation direction by individually and linearly driving the first slide block and the second slide block.

Abstract: An axial flow compressor is provided with a rotor blade row (10) which is formed such that an outlet cross sectional area is larger than an inlet cross sectional area so as to reduce a speed in an axial direction and reduce a pressure difference between a positive pressure surface and a negative pressure surface. Further, a stator blade row (11) is provided in a downstream side of the rotor blade row (10). An output cross sectional area of the stator blade row (11) is structured such as to be smaller than an inlet cross sectional area of the rotor blade row (10).

Abstract: A fuel reforming apparatus is provided such that an assembled unit of a reformer 1 with its associated instruments (a water vaporizer 2, primary fuel gasifier 3, desulfurizer 4, low-temperature shift converter 5 and selective oxidation CO remover 6) is covered with and enclosed by a vacuum heat insulating vessel 15 with inner and outer cylinders 15a and 15b and a vacuum heat insulating layer 15c between them. No heat insulating material such as ceramic fiber is required to be charged between the instruments and thus the heat insulating layer may be reduced in volume.