Abstract: An apparatus for subjecting a rare earth alloy block to a hydrogenation process includes a casing, gas inlet and outlet ports, a member arranged to produce a gaseous flow, and a windbreak plate. The casing defines an inner space for receiving a container. The container includes an upper opening and stores the rare earth alloy block therein. A hydrogen gas and an inert gas are introduced into the inner space through the gas inlet port, and are exhausted from the inner space through the gas outlet port. The gaseous flow is produced by a fan, for example, in the inner space. The windbreak plate is disposed upstream with respect to the gaseous flow that has been produced inside the inner space. Also, the windbreak plate reduces a flow rate of the gaseous flow that has been produced near the upper opening of the container.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a rare earth magnet is disclosed. In a first step, a compact is produced by compacting rare earth alloy powder in a predetermined space in an orienting magnetic field. Next, a demagnetizing process is performed for the compact, and the compact is ejected from the predetermined space. Then, a additional demagnetizing process is performed for magnetic powder adhering to a surface of the compact by applying an magnetic field to the compact after the compact is ejected.

Abstract: A method for producing rare earth sintered magnets includes the steps of pressing and compacting an alloy powder for the rare earth sintered magnets, thereby preparing a plurality of green compacts, arranging the green compacts on a receiving plane in a direction in which a projection area of each of the green compacts onto the receiving plane is not maximized, and heating the green compacts, thereby sintering the green compacts and obtaining a plurality of sintered bodies.

Abstract: To make a raw alloy, consisting mostly of amorphous structure, highly productively and at a reduced cost for a nanocomposite magnet, a molten alloy represented by Fe100-x-y-zRxQyMz (where R is at least one element selected from Pr, Nd, Dy and Tb; Q is B and/or C; M is at least one element selected from Co, Al, Si, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, Ga, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ag, Pt, Au and Pb; and 1 at %?x<6 at %, 15 at %?y?30 at % and 0 at %?z?7 at %) is prepared. This molten alloy is rapidly cooled by a strip casting process in which the alloy is fed onto a chill roller, rotating at a peripheral velocity of 3 m/s to less than 20 m/s, at a feeding rate per unit contact width of 0.2 kg/min/cm to 5.2 kg/min/cm. In this manner, an alloy including at least 60 volume percent of amorphous phase can be obtained.

Abstract: A ferrite magnet obtained by adding at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Mn and Zn to a ferrite having a hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure, in which a portion of Sr, Ba, Pb or Ca is replaced with at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi and that always includes La, during the fine pulverization process thereof, and then subjecting the mixture to re-calcining and/or sintering process(es). By adding a small amount of the element such as Co, Ni, Mn or Zn to the ferrite already having the hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure during the fine pulverization process thereof, the magnetic properties can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention aims to prevent heating and ignition of a material powder of a rare-earth alloy while reducing the oxygen content thereof so as to improve the magnetic properties of the rare-earth magnet. A rare-earth alloy powder is compacted by using a powder compacting apparatus including: an airtight container capable of storing a rare-earth alloy powder therein; an airtight feeder box moved between a powder-filling position and a retracted position; and an airtight powder supply device capable of supplying the rare-earth alloy powder from the container into the feeder box without exposing the rare-earth alloy powder to the atmospheric air.

Abstract: A permanent magnet for a particle accelerator and a magnetic field generator, in which Nd—Fe—B based magnets are used but are not demagnetized so easily even when exposed to a radiation, are provided. A permanent magnet for a particle accelerator is used in an environment in which the magnet is exposed to a radiation at an absorbed dose of at least 3,000 Gy. The magnet includes R (which is at least one of the rare-earth elements), B, TM (which is at least one transition element and includes Fe) and inevitably contained impurity elements. The magnet is a sintered magnet that has been magnetized to a permeance coefficient of 0.5 or more and that has a coercivity HcJ of 1.6 MA/m or more.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for magnetic field analysis, contributing to not only determining whether or not demagnetization would occur in a permanent magnet but also calculating its magnetic flux density distribution after the demagnetization, is provided. In a magnetic field analysis method according to the present invention, first, permeance coefficients at multiple sites in a permanent magnet and/or numerical values that are dependent on the permeance coefficients are calculated based on B-H curve data of the permanent magnet at a first temperature T1. Next, modified B-H curve data of the permanent magnet, which has been operated at a second temperature T2 that is different from the first temperature T1, are derived for the respective sites based on B-H curve data of the permanent magnet at the second temperature T2 and the permeance coefficients or the numerical values.

Abstract: With the deposited-film forming apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the distance between the tubular barrel and the evaporating section can be varied, unlike the prior art deposited-film forming apparatus and hence, the efficient formation of the deposited film on the surface of each of the work pieces accommodated in the tubular barrel and the inhibition of the softening of the formed film can be achieved simultaneously. Therefore, it is possible to inhibit the damaging of the deposited film formed on the surface of each of the work pieces and the production of projections on the deposited film, and to form a deposited film at a high quality in respect of a corrosion resistance and the like and at low cost.

Abstract: A ferrite magnet obtained by adding a ferrite having a spinel-type structure to a ferrite having a hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure, in which a portion of Sr, Ba, Pb or Ca is replaced with at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi and that always includes La, during the fine pulverization process thereof. By adding a small amount of the element such as Co, Ni, Mn or Zn to the ferrite already having the hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure during the fine pulverization process thereof, the magnetic properties can be improved.

Abstract: A rare-earth sintered magnet with excellent corrosion resistance and sinterability and a method for producing such a magnet are provided. The rare-earth sintered magnet includes an R2T14Q type tetragonal compound (where R is at least one rare-earth element, T is at least one transition metal element always including Fe, and Q is boron and/or carbon) as a main phase and a grain boundary phase surrounding the main phase. The R2T14Q type tetragonal compound as the main phase includes Cr, which substitutes for a portion of Fe, and carbon, which substitutes for a portion of boron, as respective essential elements. The concentration of carbon in the main phase is higher than that of carbon in the grain boundary phase.

Abstract: A method of cutting a rare-earth alloy with a wire 20, on which abrasive grains are fixed with a resin layer provided on the outer surface of a core wire, includes the steps of: providing a wire, of which the surface is coated with a lubricant including a glycol, by reeling the wire up in a pair of reel bobbins 40a and 40b; reeling the wire off one of the reel bobbins and letting the wire travel on a plurality of rollers 10a, 10b and 10c; and cutting the rare-earth alloy with the traveling wire while a portion of the rare-earth alloy being cut with the wire is supplied with a first coolant which is mainly composed of water. As a result, the life of a wire can be extended when a rare-earth alloy is cut with a wire saw machine using a coolant which is mainly composed of water.

Abstract: The method for producing a solder bump transfer sheet of the invention includes the steps of: providing a sheet having a chromium oxide layer containing substantially no iron oxide as the outermost surface; and forming a plurality of solder bumps placed in a predetermined pattern on the chromium oxide layer.

Abstract: A ferrite magnet obtained by adding either an oxide of Mn or oxides of Mn and Co to a ferrite having a hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure, in which a portion of Sr, Ba, Pb or Ca is replaced with at least one element that is selected from the group consisting of the rare earth elements (including Y) and Bi and that always includes La, during the fine pulverization process thereof, and then subjecting the mixture to re-calcining and/or sintering process(es). By adding a small amount of the element Mn or elements Mn and Co to the ferrite already having the hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure during the fine pulverization process thereof, the magnetic properties can be improved.

Abstract: An electroplating device including an anode inserted through and disposed in a hole provided in a work and communicating with the outside, and a member for rotating the work about its center axis and supplying a plating electric current to the work. Alternatively, a separate member may supply the plating electric current to the work. A plating solution in the hole in the work may be allowed to flow. Thus, a uniform plated film can be formed on both of the outer and inner surfaces of the work having the communicating with the outside such as a ring-shaped work, of which a ring-shaped bonded magnet is representative, by using the electroplating device.

Abstract: A method of recording different identifiers, each including at least one character, on multiple plate-type members, involves the use of a photomask of a first type and at least two photomasks of a second type. The photomask of the first type has an opaque pattern that defines a blank region to write the identifier thereon. Each of the photomasks of the second type has an opaque pattern defining the at least one character. The method further includes the steps of forming a photoresist layer on the surface of one of the plate-type members, exposing the photoresist layer, except the blank region, to a radiation through the photomask of the first type, and forming a latent image of the at least one character in the blank region through at least one of the photomasks of the second type.

Abstract: A method of cutting a rare-earth alloy with a wire saw, obtained by fixing abrasive grains on a core wire with a resin layers, includes the step of moving the wire saw while a portion of the rare-earth alloy being machined with the wire saw is immersed in a coolant, which is mainly composed of water and has a surface tension of about 25 mN/m to about 60 mN/m at about 25° C., thereby cutting the rare-earth alloy. In the wire saw, an average distance between two of the abrasive grains, which are adjacent to each other in a length direction, is about 150% to less than about 400% of the average grain size of the abrasive grains, an average height of portions of the abrasive grains, protruding from the surface of the resin layer, is about 70% or less of the average grain size of the abrasive grains, and a thickness deviation percentage of the resin layer with respect to the core wire is about 40%.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for magnetic field analysis, contributing to not only determining whether or not demagnetization would occur in a permanent magnet but also calculating its magnetic flux density distribution after the demagnetization, is provided. In a magnetic field analysis method according to the present invention, first, permeance coefficients at multiple sites in a permanent magnet and/or numerical values that are dependent on the permeance coefficients are calculated based on B-H curve data of the permanent magnet at a first temperature T1. Next, modified B-H curve data of the permanent magnet, which has been operated at a second temperature T2 that is different from the first temperature T1, are derived for the respective sites based on B-H curve data of the permanent magnet at the second temperature T2 and the permeance coefficients or the numerical values.

Abstract: A method of marking a sintered body includes the step of preparing the sintered body by sintering a mixture of first and second types of powder particles. The first type of powder particles is made of a first material and the second type of powder particles is made of a second material that has a different etch susceptibility from the first material. The method further includes the step of writing ID information on the surface of the sintered body by forming a first concave region to a depth of at least about 10 nm under the surface of the sintered body and a second concave region under the first concave region, respectively. The first concave region is formed by etching away both the first and second types of powder particles, while the second concave region is formed by etching away only the first type of powder particles.

Abstract: A ferrite magnet powder and a ferrite magnet exhibiting improved magnetic properties are provided at a reduced manufacturing cost. An application product and manufacturing methods thereof are also provided. An oxide magnetic material includes, as a main phase, a ferrite having a hexagonal M-type magnetoplumbite structure. The material includes: A, which is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, Pb and Ca; R, which is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y (yttrium), the rare earth elements and Bi; Fe; and B (boron). The constituents A, R, Fe and B of the material satisfy the inequalities of 7.04 at %?A?8.68 at %, 0.07 at %?R?0.44 at %, 90.4 at %?Fe?92.5 at % and 0.015 at %?B?0.87 at % to the sum of the elements A, R, Fe and B.