Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a high Si content and good plating adhesion. The method for manufacturing a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes the following: hot-rolling a steel raw material having a Si content of 1.0 mass % or more and coiling a steel sheet at 500° C. to 700° C.; subjecting a surface of the steel sheet after the coiling to an oxidation treatment at a heating temperature of a steel sheet temperature of 750° C. or lower, and subsequently subjecting the surface to a reduction treatment; and subjecting the steel sheet after the reduction treatment to a hot-dip galvanizing treatment to form a Zn-plated layer on a surface of the steel sheet.

Abstract: A deposition planning method for an additively manufactured object includes: acquiring shape data; determining a welding path of each layer by slicing a three-dimensional shape of the additively manufactured object into layers; classifying a plurality of welding paths into intersection region paths and constant region paths; dividing the intersection region paths into a lower layer path and an upper layer path of an intersection portion; and determining welding conditions of the intersection region paths such that an upper layer deposit amount is more than a lower layer deposit amount, a sum of the upper layer deposit amount and the lower layer deposit amount is equal to a deposit amount in the constant region paths, and in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the weld beads formed along the upper layer path, profiles of the weld beads adjacent to each other overlap each other.

Abstract: A TiAl alloy material containing: Al: 42.0 atomic % or more and 44.0 atomic % or less; Cu: 0.5 atomic % or more and 2.5 atomic % or less; and Nb: 3.0 atomic % or more and 7.0 atomic % or less, with the balance being Ti and unavoidable impurities, and lamellar grains have an average grain size of 20 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less.

Abstract: A deformation prediction method for an additively manufactured object includes steps of dividing a shape of the additively manufactured object into a plurality of blocks, calculating deformation amount and deformation direction of each block before and after forming a weld bead by parallel processing of a plurality of threads based on the inherent strain method, setting at least one block group composed of blocks to be joined together among the plurality of blocks, and calculating deformation of an entirety of the block group by adding the deformation amount of each block composing the block group according to the deformation direction of the block.

Abstract: A door beam includes an outer flange, an inner flange, and a pair of webs connecting the outer flange and the inner flange. The outer flange, the inner flange, and the pair of webs define a closed cross-sectional portion. The outer flange includes an outer central portion constituting the closed cross-sectional portion, and outer protruding portions protruding outward from the closed cross-sectional portion. The inner flange is formed with an attachment press working portion having been subjected to press working so as to serve as an attachment portion with respect to the inner panel at both end portions in the longitudinal direction. The outer protruding portion is formed with a mastic press working portion having been subjected to press working so as to serve as an attachment portion with respect to the outer panel.

Abstract: A shape sensor is provided for acquiring a shape profile along an extension direction of an existing weld bead, and a control unit includes a welding information acquisition unit for acquiring welding information during formation of an adjacent weld bead when forming the adjacent weld bead at a position adjacent to the existing weld bead, and a defect candidate extraction unit for determining an angle characteristic portion having a base angle equal to or greater than a threshold in the existing weld bead based on the shape profile, determining a welding characteristic portion of the welding information based on the welding information, and extracting the welding characteristic portion corresponding to the angle characteristic portion as a defect candidate by associating the welding characteristic portion with the angle characteristic portion.

Abstract: A spring constant correction device and method measure a position and attitude of a distal end of an articulated robot when the articulated robot is operated in a state where elastic deformation is compensated, compare measurement values of the position and attitude of the distal end and target values of the position and attitude, and correct a spring constant based on a result of the comparison. In case of the correction, the spring constant is corrected at a predetermined position based on at least three of: an angle of an end point attitude based on the measured attitude; a torque of the distal end in the end point attitude; an angle of the distal end in a target attitude; and a torque of the distal end in the target attitude. A program of such a method is recorded in a recording medium.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin strand used as a manufacturing material for a 3D printer, the fiber-reinforced resin strand containing: a base material containing a thermoplastic resin; and at least one fiber or fiber bundle disposed in the base material and extending in a strand-axial direction. Twisting is applied to the fiber or the fiber bundle along the strand-axial direction, and the number of times of the twisting per 1 m in length of the fiber-reinforced resin strand in the strand-axial direction is 30 or more and 80 or less.

Abstract: In a building step, a base measurement processing of acquiring a measured height by measuring, using a shape sensor, a height of a base at a position where a torch is to be moved when depositing weld beads; a welding condition setting processing of obtaining a planned height of the base at the position where the torch is to be moved from a deposition plan, comparing the measured height acquired in the base measurement processing and the planned height to obtain a differential height, and setting a welding condition in a feedback correction for reducing the differential height; and a correction ratio update processing of performing a selection from a plurality of correction ratios set in advance and updating a correction ratio in the welding condition based on a selected correction ratio are executed.

Abstract: A TiAl alloy may be suitable for forging and may be used to produce a TiAl alloy material having excellent oxidation resistance, high-temperature creep strength, excellent hot forgeability, and can be subjected to die forging. The TiAl alloy may contain, in atomic percentage: Ti; Al in a range of from 42.0 to 43.6%; Cu in a range of from 0.5 to 2.0%; and Nb in a range of from 3.0 to 7.0%; and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A method for checking quality of a heat exchanger includes the steps of: performing a liquid pressure test for the heat exchanger including a first flow path and a second flow path adjacent to the first flow path by filling the first flow path and the second flow path with a liquid in a pressurized state; discharging the liquid from the first flow path and the second flow path; and promoting evaporation of the liquid remaining in the first flow path and the second flow path by reducing pressure inside each of the first flow path and the second flow path using a vacuum pump. The step of promoting evaporation of the liquid is performed to feed heated gas into the first flow path and the second flow path.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal-resin composite includes preparing a mold including a first mold forming a housing portion and a second mold movable with respect to the first mold, housing an extruded material in the housing portion, arranging resin material on the first mold, moving the second mold to form a cavity defined by the extruded material and the mold, and filling the cavity with the resin material. In the filling, a protrusion of the extruded material is brought into close contact with the housing portion or its peripheral edge by molding pressure applied from the mold to the extruded material, and the cavity is disconnected from a gap between an inner surface of the housing portion and the extruded material.

Abstract: A side sill reinforcement structure includes a battery unit for drive, a side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the battery unit, and a reinforcing member that connects the battery unit and the side sill. The reinforcing member includes a closed cross-sectional portion group having a first closed cross-sectional portion disposed on the innermost side in the vehicle width direction and a second closed cross-sectional portion disposed adjacent to the first closed cross-sectional portion. The first closed cross-sectional portion includes a first upper wall and a first lower wall. The second closed cross-sectional portion includes a second upper wall and a second lower wall. The thickness of the first upper wall is larger than the thickness of the second upper wall, and the thickness of the first lower wall is larger than the thickness of the second lower wall.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes dividing a three-dimensional model shape into a plurality of layers, and dividing each divided layer into a plurality of bead models. A trapezoidal bead model has four vertices. The dividing into the plurality of bead models includes, in the same layer, the bead model for a previously formed weld bead and the bead model for a subsequently formed weld bead that is adjacent to the previously formed weld bead are arranged to have an overlapping portion, and among four vertices of the bead model for the subsequently formed weld bead, selecting as a selected vertex the vertex positioned at an end of the bottom line of the bead model, the end being away from the overlapping portion, and rotating the other three vertices about the selected vertex to change a shape of the trapezoidal bead model.

Abstract: A target shape is set from a three-dimensional shape data of an additively-manufactured object, and the set target shape is sliced into a plurality of bead models having shapes corresponding to weld beads. A dripping amount of a filler metal to a lower layer during bead formation in a bead deposition portion where the sliced bead models overlap vertically is predicted according to welding conditions of the weld beads. A bead height of each bead model in the bead deposition portion is modified according to the predicted dripping amount. A deposition plan to manufacture the additively-manufactured object is created by using the plurality of bead models including the bead model with modified bead height.

Abstract: A flux-cored wire with a steel sheath filled with flux, including based on a total mass of the wire, C: 0.026% to 0.060% by mass, Si: more than 0% to 0.50% by mass, Mn: 1.3% to 2.8% by mass, Cu: 0.20% to 1.50% by mass, Ni: 0.45% to 1.00% by mass, Mo: 0.15% to 0.65% by mass, Mg: 0.30% to 0.65% by mass, and B: 0.001% to 0.010% by mass. Provided that Cr: 0.10% by mass or less and Al: 0.10% by mass or less. A Nb content [Nb] of the wire expressed in % by mass based on the total mass of the wire and a V content [V] of the wire expressed in % by mass based on the total mass of the wire satisfy [Nb]+[V]=0.015 or less.

Abstract: A flux cored wire which exhibits excellent welding workability during gas-shielded arc welding, while enabling the achievement of a welded metal that has excellent tensile strength and toughness at low temperatures. The wire is obtained by filling a sheath with a flux and is adequately controlled with respect to the corresponding chemical components, while having a ? of from 10.0 to 30.0 as calculated by the mathematical formula (I): ?=4.1×??3.2×??32.3. The respective contents, in mass %, of Si, Cr, Mo, Ti, C, N, Mn, Cu and Ni, relative to the total mass of the wire, are respectively represented by [Si], [Cr], [Mo], [Ti], [C], [N], [Mn], [Cu] and [Ni], ?=0.02×[Si]+[Cr]+1.20×[Mo]+0.3×[Ti]+0.30 and ?=24×[C]+28×[N]+0.25×[Mn]+0.5/[Cu]+1.10×[Ni].

Abstract: A surface-treated titanium material for a fuel cell separator, including a titanium substrate having a passive film on a surface of the titanium substrate and a surface layer formed on the titanium substrate. The surface layer includes a titanium oxide layer and carbon particles, the carbon particles are dispersed in an inside of the titanium oxide layer, and a total film thickness of the titanium oxide layer and the passive film is 25 nm or more.

Abstract: In each of roller groups, multiple straightening rollers include a first roller, a second roller, . . . , an n-th roller in this order in a direction in which a welding wire passes through, and the n rollers (n is an integer of 4 or more) bend the welding wire alternately in opposite directions and straighten a curl of the welding wire. The n rollers are arranged such that an entrance wire deformation amount ?in calculated by using a numerical formula of ?in={2t(?in+t)/ Lin2}×100 ranges from 0.6 to 1.0 (%), and an exit wire deformation amount tout calculated by using a numerical formula of ?out=2t(?out+t)/Lout2}×100 ranges from 0.0 to 0.3 (%) . Diameters 2r of the multiple straightening rollers are 20 mm or less. An arrangement interval L of the multiple straightening rollers is 11.5 mm or more.

Abstract: A metal-resin composite includes: a metal plate including at least one cut-and-raised portion including a cutout hole and a cut-and-raised piece; and a resin material disposed only on one surface side of the metal plate, the resin material cured by burying the cut-and-raised portion, the resin material integrated with the metal plate.