Abstract: Provided are a tire tangential load measuring device capable of directly measuring a tangential load of a tire and a tire rolling resistance evaluating device capable of evaluating a rolling resistance of a tire using the tire tangential load measuring device, without using a large-sized device. A tire tangential load measuring device (10) includes two or more load rolls (44A, 44B) smaller in diameter than that of the tire and arranged side by side, an air cylinder (13) as a moving mechanism capable of pressing the two or more load rolls (44A, 44B) against the rotating tire with a predetermined load fz, and a strain gauge (51) as a tangential load sensor for measuring the tangential load fx of the tire in a rotating state while the surfaces of the two or more load rolls (44A, 44B) are pressed against the tread surface of the tire with the predetermined load fz. The tire rolling resistance evaluating device uses the tangential load measuring device (10).

Abstract: A crack-free continuous casting mold configured so that occurrence of cracks at a casting billet can be reduced even in a case where a casting speed exceeds 500 mm/min. The continuous casting mold continuously casts a casting billet while cooling molten metal by a cooling device provided at a cooling casting mold. The cooling device includes multiple cooling nozzles configured to release coolant water to the casting billet pulled out of the cooling casting mold to cool the casting billet. Multiple ejection ports of the multiple cooling nozzles are arranged along an outer circumferential direction of a surface of the casting billet. Each ejection port has a short side and a long side, and is configured such that the long side is arranged along an axial direction of the casting billet.

Abstract: A metal base plate material includes trip-shaped first regions each having a plurality of first ridges arranged substantially parallel to each other and at substantially equal intervals such that an angle of intersection with a longitudinal direction is greater than or equal to 10° and less than or equal to 25°. Strip-shaped second regions each have a plurality of second ridges arranged substantially parallel to each other and at substantially equal intervals and angled to face the plurality of the first ridges in a crosswise direction. The first regions and second regions are separated by a gap regions therebetween, at substantially equal intervals. First ends on a downstream side of the plurality of the first ridges and second ends on a downstream side of the plurality of the second ridges are positioned differently from each other in the longitudinal directions.

Abstract: A method for joining members according to the present invention includes: providing a first member, a second member, a guide shaft member, a rubber member, a first plunger, a second plunger, and a drive mechanism; inserting the second member into a hole portion of the first member; inserting the guide shaft member into a through-hole of the rubber member; inserting the rubber member, into which the guide shaft member is inserted, inside the second member; arranging an assembly in which the first member, the second member, the rubber member, and the guide shaft member so as to horizontally extend; arranging the assembly so as to be sandwiched by the first plunger and the second plunger; and moving the second plunger toward the first plunger; compressing the rubber member by the first plunger and the second plunger in a direction where the guide shaft member extends, and expanding the rubber member radially outside the guide shaft member; and thus expanding and deforming at least a portion of the second member

Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a joint body having a first metal member and a second metal member joined together by welding. With a density of the welding set higher than a density of the welding of other portions, the second metal member is bent within a plane by changing a positional relation of the second metal member relative to the first metal member in plan view.

Abstract: The present invention is a production method of a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet including annealing a belt-shaped steel sheet having a Si content of greater than or equal to 0.2% by mass, wherein the annealing is continuously carried out using an annealing furnace having an oxidation heating zone and a reduction heating zone in this order, while the steel sheet is fed using rollers. The annealing includes oxidizing a surface of the steel sheet in the oxidation heating zone at a temperature at which roll pickup does not occur and reducing an iron oxide layer, formed by the oxidizing, in the reduction heating zone before the iron oxide layer reaches an initial roller in the reduction heating zone.

Abstract: The member joining device includes: a tubular unit including a tubular assembly that is fixed, a flange portion whose position in a first central axis direction is fixed with respect to the tubular assembly; a shaft unit that includes a shaft assembly inserted into the tubular assembly in a linearly movable manner, and a protrusion portion whose position in a second central axis direction is fixed with respect to the shaft assembly, wherein the protrusion portion is positioned radially outside the first central axis of the tubular assembly, the protrusion portion faces the flange portion in the central axis direction; a rubber member arranged radially outside the tubular assembly, between the protrusion portion and the flange portion in the central axis direction; and a motion mechanism that moves the shaft unit in the central axis direction with respect to the tubular unit.

Abstract: A method for refining a titanium material, in which oxygen contained in a titanium material made of a pure titanium, a titanium alloy or an intermetallic compound containing titanium as one of main components is removed, the method includes: a first melting step of melting the titanium material under a noble gas atmosphere containing 5 to 70 vol % of hydrogen, thereby introducing hydrogen into a melt of the titanium material; and a second melting step of melting the titanium material into which hydrogen has been introduced in the first melting step under a noble gas atmosphere, thereby removing oxygen contained in the titanium material from the melt of the titanium material together with the hydrogen. Each of the first melting step and the second melting step is carried out at least once.

Abstract: An offshore floating facility includes a hull and an intermediate fluid type vaporizer. The intermediate fluid type vaporizer includes: a pump which pumps sea water; an intermediate fluid evaporator which evaporates an intermediate fluid by the sea water pumped up by the pump; an LNG evaporator which vaporizes an LNG by the intermediate fluid evaporated in the intermediate fluid evaporator; a gas pipe which guides the intermediate fluid evaporated in the intermediate fluid evaporator to the LNG evaporator; and a liquid pipe which guides the intermediate fluid condensed in the LNG evaporator to the intermediate fluid evaporator. The LNG evaporator is disposed on a deck of the hull, the intermediate fluid evaporator is disposed below the deck, and the intermediate fluid is allowed to naturally circulate between the intermediate fluid evaporator and the LNG evaporator.

Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is to provide a flux-cored wire that excels in slag removability and weldability, and is capable of high-efficiency operation without the risk of reheat cracking and makes it possible to obtain a welding bead with high corrosion resistance even when used in equipment operating at high temperature for a long time. The present invention relates to a flux-cored wire for gas-shielded arc welding that is used for welding using a specific shielding gas having a high Ar ratio, includes substantially no As, Sb, Pb and Bi, has slag component and alloy component compositions satisfying predetermined conditions, and satisfies the relationship {(3×?O2?)+?CO2?+(0.0085×A2)?(0.19×A)}?20.0 (where A={?Cr?+(4.3×?Nb?)}).

Abstract: A coil unit is inserted into a tube member, an electromagnetic-forming coil part is arranged at a tube member forming position, a coil-side terminal is connected to a power-supply-side terminal of an end part of a high-voltage power supply cable, the electromagnetic-forming coil part is energized by a power supply part to electromagnetically form the tube member, the coil-side terminal and the power-supply-side terminal are separated, and the coil unit is removed from the tube member. Thus, the tube member can be separated from the high-voltage power supply cable during transport.

Abstract: Both weight reduction and inhibition of torsional rigidity deterioration in a structural member requiring a torsional rigidity against a torsional moment are attained. A structural member has a first end including a first attaching part, a second end including a second attaching part, and an arm extending from the first end to the second end. The arm has a first outside surface, a second outside surface, and an arm surface. The arm has a first rib and a second rib protruding from the arm surface in a thickness direction. The first rib extends in an inclination direction that is a direction directed from the first outside surface toward the second outside surface and is a direction having a component of an arm direction. The second rib is formed so as to intersect with the first rib.

Abstract: A tire testing machine is for testing a tire, comprising a free roller section configured to include a plurality of rollers having an endmost roller disposed downstream of a lubricator in a conveying direction and farthest from a predetermined reference position, the endmost roller being disposed such that a horizontal distance from the reference position is equal to or greater than a radius of a largest of a plurality of tires set in advance as objects of application of a lubricant.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a press molded product includes forming a plurality of corner portions in a pressed portion of a pressed member, providing the pressed member between a first die and a second die, and press molding the pressed portion to decrease a height of the pressed portion. The press molding includes forming a pair of first bent portions in the pressed portion by means of the corner portions, the pair of first bent portions being bent to protrude toward the second die, forming a second bent portion in the pressed portion by means of the corner portions while holding the pair of first bent portions by a pair of holding portions, the second bent portion being bent to protrude toward the first die from a position between the pair of first bent portions, and pressing and deforming the second bent portion.

Abstract: This aluminum alloy brazing sheet is provided with: a core material comprising 2.0 mass % or less (including 0 mass %) of Mg and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities; and a brazing material comprising Si, Bi, Mg, and a remainder of Al and unavoidable impurities. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet satisfies the expressions 3?CSi?13, 0.13CMg?0.3?CBi?0.58CMg0.45, CMg-b?0.1, and 0.2?CMg?1.1 when the Si content of the brazing material is denoted by CSi, the Bi content of the brazing material is denoted by CBi, the Mg content of the brazing material is denoted by CMg-b, the Mg content of the core material is denoted by CMg-c, and CMg=CMg-b+CMg-c/2.

Abstract: An arc-tracking welding method according to the present invention is an arc-tracking welding method in a consumable-electrode-type welding apparatus provided with a weaving function for swinging a torch in the welding direction, wherein a welding current and a welding voltage to be supplied to a consumable electrode include high-frequency components. A change in resistance value resulting from a fluctuation in electrode height is detected from the welding current and the welding voltage during welding. Then, a shift of a weld line is detected from information about the detected resistance value and both end positions of a weaving amplitude.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-strength sheet containing: C: 0.15% by mass to 0.35% by mass, a total of Si and Al: 0.5% by mass to 3.0% by mass, Al: 0.01% by mass or more, N: 0.01% by mass or less, Mn: 1.0% by mass to 4.0% by mass, P: 0.05% by mass or less, and S: 0.01% by mass or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel structure satisfies that: a ferrite fraction is 5% or less, the total fraction of tempered martensite and tempered bainite is 60% or more, the amount of retained austenite is 10% or more, MA has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, retained austenite has an average size of 1.0 ?m or less, retained austenite having a size of 1.5 ?m or more accounts for 2% or more of the total amount of retained austenite, and the amount of solute nitrogen in a steel sheet is 0.002% by mass or less.

Abstract: A mechanical stopper device wherein a fixed body includes a fixing-side stopper, including: a lever that can swing about a supporting shaft provided to the fixed body; and a pair of elastic bodies, attached to the fixed body, on both sides in the lever swinging direction, and which can contact with both side surfaces of the lever. Further, a rotating body includes a stopper pin that can be in contact with both the side surfaces of the lever. The ratio between a distance (a) from a supporting point of the lever to a contact position where the lever and the stopper pin are in contact with each other, and a distance (b) from the supporting point of the lever to a contact position where the lever and the elastic bodies are in contact with each other is 1.05?a/b?2.30, and thickness (D) of the elastic bodies is 20 mm?D?40 mm.

Abstract: A joint body includes first and second metal members and a joint portion including a welded portion where the first and second metal members are joined together, the welded portion having a line shape. The joint portion includes first and second longitudinal portions and a plurality of connecting portions. The first longitudinal portion has first intersecting portions arranged in a first direction and extends in the first direction. The second longitudinal portion has second intersecting portions arranged in the first direction and extends in the first direction. The welded portion intersects itself at the first and second intersecting portions. The connecting portions are arranged in the first direction. The connecting portions extend in a first direction and connect the first and second longitudinal portions.

Abstract: In a method for joining members, a first tube, and a second tube capable of being inserted into the first tube are prepared. The second tube is inserted in a tube hole of the first tube in an axial direction of the first tube. The second tube is radially expanded toward the first tube so that the first tube and the second tube are joined by press-fitting. The first tube is made of a material having a spring back amount larger than a spring back amount of the second tube.