Abstract: A pulverized coal burner device capable of ensuring stabilized combustion of pulverized coal even when mill load is low.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling high-temperature particles in which various factors which adversely disturb the stability of the moving layer of high-temperature particles can be substantially eliminated and large-sized and medium-sized lumps contained in the high-temperature particles are forcibly broken into smaller particles for prevention of shutdown of a clinker burning process or the like.

Abstract: A fuel supplied through a fuel feed bore of a burner plug and a spray medium supplied through spray medium feed holes thereof are mixed initially in primary mixing chambers in a burner plate and further mixed in a secondary mixing chamber in a burner tip and the fuel mixture thus obtained is sprayed through spray holes of the burner tip. Each of the primary mixing chambers is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the axis of the burner plate so that the fuel mixture is caused to swirl in a secondary mixing chamber; or the burner plate and the burner tip are so interconnected to each other that the extension of the axis of each primary mixing chamber in the burner plate intersects substantially the midpoint between the adjacent spray holes of the burner tip and consequently the fuel mixture discharged from the primary mixing chambers impinges on the inner wall of the secondary mixing chamber in the burner tip, whereby the ability to atomize a slurry fuel is improved.

Abstract: In a dual roll type continuous casting machine, molten-metal-pouring passages for feeding molten metal into a molten bath or pool are so disposed and oriented that molten metal is fed toward the side seal plates in the directions tangential to a pair of cooling rolls, whereby only solidified shells formed on the side seal plates at the so-called triple points are effectively melted.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically charging scrap into an arc furnace wherein an inactive position at which a scrap bucket charged with the scrap is normally placed is provided adjacent to the arc furnace; a transport mechanism is provided so that the scrap bucket is moved between said position and the arc furnace; and the scrap bucket is brought to and stopped at a position right above the arc furnace so as to charge immediately the scrap into the arc furnace within a short time and without overflowing.

Abstract: A heating method and heating apparatus for uniformly or substantially uniformly heating a predetermined portion of main and branch pipes including a welded joint therebetween of a main-and-branch-pipe assembly, thereby relieving the residual stress in the welded joint between the main and branch pipes. The defects and problems encountered in the conventional residual-stress-relief treatment processes can be substantially overcome such as complication in winding fabrication at the branch pipe which results in bad control of temperature; a mock-up test being needed for fabrication of an inductor; and existence of a non-heated zone resulting in unbalance of the stresses so that the effects of the residual stress-relief treatment are reduced.

Abstract: Mated engaging grooves are formed at opposing surfaces of sections into which a turbine housing main body is divided with respect to the axial direction of a turbine. A partition wall is fitted in the mated engaging grooves, leaving a clearance in the radial direction. The end of the partition wall on the side of the gas inlet of the turbine housing main body is made into contact with the side surface or surfaces of a partition wall supporting member disposed at the gas inlet such that the partition wall supporting member is in coplanar relationship with a flange surface of the turbine housing main body, whereby thermal deformations in the direction of the gas flow at the gas inlet of the partition wall are permitted and the gas-tightness is ensured at the gas inlet of the turbine housing.

Abstract: A heating method and apparatus for effecting the residual-stress-relief treatment of a welded joint in a pipe line. A welded joint between main pipes, between a main pipe and a branch pipe, between a main pipe and a pipe base or between a branch pipe and a pipe seat and a portion adjacent to the welded point are uniformly or substantially uniformly heated by an inductor which can be varied into configurations according to the performance of the welded joint. The problems encountered in the conventional residual-stress-relief treatment can be substantially overcome.

Abstract: A pin which acts as a spring directly extends through an outer race without use of an outer-race casing and a pin holder and the central portion of the pin supports the outer race. Axial movement of the pin beyond a predetermined range is restricted by snap rings fitted on the both ends of the pin. An oil film is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the outer race and the inner peripheral surface of casings and oil reservoirs are also defined to damp axial movement of the outer race. That is, the pin which acts as a spring directly extends through the outer race of the bearing in parallel with a rotating shaft and the central portion of the pin elastically supports the outer race. The ends of the pin are supported by the casings through the snap rings. A space in which an oil film functioning as an oil film damper is formed is defined by the outer peripheral surface of the outer race and the inner peripheral surface of the casings.

Abstract: In a method and system for controlling a final thickness of a strip material being rolled in a single-stand/multi-pass rolling mill having an adjustable main parameter affecting the final thickness and one or more auxiliary parameters affecting an intermediate thickness, the reference value of the main parameter is corrected in accordance with the deviation of the final thickness from its reference value and a reference value of at least one of the auxiliary parameters is corrected to cancel the effect of the correction to the main parameter on the intermediate thickness.

Abstract: Temperature of exhaust gases from a fluidized-bed boiler is lowered by means of heat exchange and dust entrained in the exhaust gases is efficiently collected by a dust collector. Part of the gases discharged from the dust collector are mixed with heated combustion air and are charged into a fluidized bed. Therefore, problems caused by dust entrained in the exhaust gases to be mixed with the combustion air as well as the cold corrosion problem can be substantially solved so that the technique for reducing the NO.sub.x contents in the exhaust gases from the fluidized-bed boiler is satisfactorily established.

Abstract: A different fuels combustion burner for simultaneously burning a liquid fuel and a solid fuel in which the solid- and liquid-fuel injections are separated in the circumferential direction so that the interference between the injected solid and liquid fuels can be avoided.

Abstract: An energy-saving rudder in which auxiliary wings are extended from a conventional rudder so that the rotating energy of the propeller slip stream which impinges on the auxiliary wings can be recovered and converted into the propulsion thrust. Also disclosed is a method for fabricating a rudder with wings. The peripheral portion (trailing edge, leading edge and tip portions) of each auxiliary wing and the root portion thereof are separately fabricated by casting and the upper and lower wing surface plates are welded to the frame which is prepared by assembling the peripheral and root portions of each auxiliary wing. The auxiliary wings therefore can be fabricated and positioned with a high degree of accuracy.

Abstract: Disclosed is a direct-drive type electro-hydraulic servo valve in which dynamic characteristics of a spool are simulated by an electronic circuit or a computor to derive a signal representative of the spool velocity and the derived signal is negatively fed back to an input of a power amplifier.

Abstract: In order to prevent bubbles collected by a bubble collecting device from flowing again into a fluid, the bubbles are positively discharged from a bubble collecting zone and directed to an upper portion in a liquid container so that even when the fluid is discharged together with the bubbles, such discharged fluid is positively recovered in the fluid vessel.

Abstract: A suction duct having two opposed suction ports is disposed at the top wall of a shroud for a steel making arc furnace such that the two suction ports are in opposed relationship with respect to each other across an opening formed through the top wall of the shroud for permitting the lateral movement of a scrap bucket suspension device. An injection pipe or pipes are horizontally disposed in the suction port such that the injection pipes disposed in one of the suction ports are staggered vertically with respect to those disposed in the other suction port. A fluid is horizontally sprayed from a nozzle or nozzles of the injection pipes across the opening so that vertically spaced fluid shelves are formed across the opening.

Abstract: A device for forcing a piston ring, which is a sealing member interposed between the cylindrical outer surface of a piston and the bore wall of a cylinder, radially outwardly beyond the cylindrical outer surface of the piston. A plunger rod which forces the piston ring radially outwardly is extended through a coiled spring. One end of the coiled spring is enlarged in diameter and is made into engagement with the edge surface of a radial hole into which is inserted the coiled spring while the other end of the coiled spring is made into engagement with the inner end of the plunger rod, whereby the piston ring is forced to extend radially outwardly by the compressive force of the coiled spring acting on the piston ring through a plunger.

Abstract: A shield tunneling machine in which a segment holding member is movable through a lifting beam in the radial direction of a shield frame so that the segment holding member holds a segment and sets it at a predetermined position in the circumferential direction of a tunnel within the shield frame; and an end balancer is pivotably connected to a base or root balancer which in turn is slidably mounted on the lifting beam so that the segment held by the segment holding member is correctly set at a predetermined position while the posture of the segment is suitably adjusted, whereby the erection and assembly of segments can be easily accomplished.

Abstract: An arc furnace is provided with a variable-capacity ring which is placed at the top of a furnace body and which is split into a plurality of circumferential sections which in turn define in combination a top furnace wall portion, and a driving mechanism for causing the ring to move horizontally. As the ring is moved radially outwardly or inwardly of the furnace body, the height of the furnace body is varied and consequently the capacity or the volume of the furnace body can be varied. As a result, the overcharging of the charge (scrap) is much facilitated; that is, the number of back charges can be reduced. Furthermore, when the pile of the charge in the furnace body is lowered, the capacity or volume of the arc furnace is decreased so that unwanted thermal losses and oxidation and resulting wear of electrodes can be reduced to a minimum.

Abstract: A device for protecting wear of heat transfer tubes in a fluidized-bed boiler is disclosed. The protective device is applied to a portion of a heat transfer tube which is strongly and exceedingly attacked by fluidized bed materials, so that the considerable decrease in service life of a heat transfer tube due to wear caused by the attack of fluidized bed materials can be avoided.