Abstract: A force plate includes: a base plate; a top plate attached to the base plate; a strain element that is attached to the top plate, the strain element being configured to be deformed in accordance with deformation of the top plate; and a plurality of strain gauges configured to detect the deformation of the strain element.

Abstract: A system for determining a set temperature of molten metal in a pouring facility includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a molten metal temperature at a nozzle tip of a ladle during pouring processing, and a control unit configured to acquire temperature transition obtained by plotting the molten metal temperature for each mold in each of the pouring processing, wherein the control unit determines the upper limit temperature to cause a percentage of the number of optimum temperature transitions included in a plurality of acquired temperature transitions in the number of the plurality of acquired temperature transitions to become a predetermined percentage, and determines a temperature obtained by adding a drop temperature that is a temperature dropped during conveyance processing and the determined upper limit temperature, as the set temperature.

Abstract: A processor (213) carries out, after a device is activated and before a blasting medium projected to a projection target object (500), a first inspection process (T1) for determining, in a state in which no blasting medium (400) is supplied to an impeller (110) while each motor of the impeller is rotating, whether a current value supplied to the each motor of the impeller is not more than a first threshold (?1), and a second inspection process (T?1) for determining, in a state in which the impeller is projecting the blasting medium, whether the current value supplied to the each motor of the impeller is not less than a second threshold (?2), and displays, on a display (300), at least one of (1) respective determination results of the first inspection process and the second inspection process and (2) a determination result obtained by generalizing the determination results (1).

Abstract: A technique to facilitate continuing the operation through a load applied by a user who proceeds with a picture program is provided. A force plate functions as a controller controlling a game console. The foot pressure includes a transmitting section configured to transmit, when the COP of a user enters a peripheral part of the force plate, an alert signal to an HM display configured to output a picture from the game console.

Abstract: A management device manages a manufacturing line for a product. The management device includes a storage for storing sensor information obtained by a sensor disposed in the manufacturing line, a storage for storing control information in the manufacturing line, and a storage for storing defect information including image data of a product determined to be defective with regard to a defect of the product. The management device includes a display unit and a display controller for causing the display unit to display one screen including defect information, sensor information corresponding to the defect information, and control information corresponding to the defect information.

Abstract: A sand mold-forming additive capable of making a sand mold-forming composition having excellent forming property and a sand mold having excellent moisture resistance is provided. The sand mold-forming additive contains 0.01-2.00 parts by weight of an inorganic alkali metal compound (B) per 100 parts by weight of anionic surfactant (A). The inorganic alkali metal compound (B) is at least one selected from sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. The ionic surfactant (A) is preferably at least one selected from alkyl sulfonic acid metal salts (A1), alkyl sulfuric acid metal salts (A2), and polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether sulfuric acid ester metal salts (A3).

Abstract: A picking-up robot is successfully made more compact. The robot arm includes a plurality of arm tubes that fit one within another in a nested manner. A push chain is inserted in the robot arm. The push chain is connected to a foremost arm tube at one end of the push chain. A sprocket is rotatably attached to the strut. The push chain is engaged on the sprocket.

Abstract: An operation device receives an operation which an operator has carried out in order to move an operation target. The operation device includes an operation section, a first member, a second member, and a force sensor. The operation section is capable of being subjected to one or both of a tilting operation and a rotating operation. The first member is mechanically connected to the operation section and is displaced in accordance with an amount of operation by the operation section. The second member stops the first member at a predetermined stop position. The force sensor detects, while the second member is stopping the first member, a force or moment which is applied to the second member.

Abstract: A shot processing device includes: a cabinet defining a projection chamber, the cabinet including an opening that communicates with the projection chamber and opens toward an outer surface of a workpiece; a projector that is provided in the cabinet and projects shot media toward the outer surface of the workpiece via the opening; and a seal structure provided along an opening edge of the opening. The seal structure includes a magnet unit provided on a portion of the opening edge, the portion extending in a first direction intersecting a central axis of the workpiece.

Abstract: A shot processing device includes: a projection device that projects shot media onto an outer surface of a workpiece; a moving mechanism that relatively moves the projection device with respect to the workpiece in a first direction; a tilting mechanism that tilts the projection device around an axis extending in a second direction; and a control device that performs attitude control of the projection device and causes the projection device to project the shot media. The projection device includes: a cabinet including an opening; a projector that projects the shot media toward the outer surface via the opening; and a first distance sensor and a second distance sensor provided in the cabinet and spaced apart from each other in a third direction. The control device performs the attitude control based on a first distance measured by the first distance sensor and a second distance measured by the second distance sensor.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a force sensor including: preparing a first substrate which is made of a material that transmits electromagnetic waves and includes on its surface a metal array arranged in a periodic pattern and a second substrate which includes on its surface a metal layer that reflects electromagnetic waves; forming a spacer member on the surface of the first substrate; forming a first metal layer around the spacer member on the surface of the first substrate; forming a second metal layer in a region corresponding to the first metal layer on the second substrate; and fusing the first metal layer and the second metal layer together to fix the first substrate and the second substrate in a state in which the spacer member formed on the surface of the first substrate abuts the surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a force sensor including: a first substrate that is made of a material that transmits electromagnetic waves and includes a metal array arranged in a periodic pattern on its surface; a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate with a gap therebetween and includes a metal layer that reflects the electromagnetic waves transmitted through the first substrate on its surface; a connecting member configured to connect the first substrate to the second substrate and define an internal space that houses the metal array and the metal layer; and an inert substance that fills the internal space.

Abstract: The gas measurement device includes a filter unit including a plurality of terminals configured to be applied a voltage or a current and a filter configured to vibrate in response to the voltage or the current being applied to the plurality of terminals and a gas sensor configured to detect gas molecules passing through the filter and output a measurement value corresponding to the detected gas molecules.

Abstract: The manufacturing method includes surface treatment and bonding. In the surface treatment, micro-order or nano-order asperities are formed on a surface of the metallic member. The bonding includes directly bonding the metallic member and the fiber-reinforced resin member by repeatedly bonding a melted portion of the fiber-reinforced resin member to the surface of the metallic member while partially melting the fiber-reinforced resin member, the metallic member having the asperities formed by the surface treatment.

Abstract: A gas measuring device includes: a filter to which a power supply that applies a voltage or current is connected, which generates resistance heat, and which combusts a predetermined combustible gas in contact therewith; and a gas sensor configured to detect the combustible gas that has passed through the filter.

Abstract: A shot processing apparatus includes: a storage part configured to store a shot media; a nozzle configured to project, together with compressed air, the shot media sucked in by negative pressure; a conveyance path configured to convey the shot media from the storage part to the nozzle; a compressed air supply part configured to supply the compressed air to the nozzle; a pressure gauge configured to detect a pressure in the conveyance path; and an abnormality detection part configured to detect an abnormality of the nozzle based on a detection result from the pressure gauge.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an electronic device includes: preparing an unfired or low-temperature-fired electronic device body composed of a ceramic material; barrel polishing the electronic device body; and firing the electronic device body after the barrel polishing. The barrel polishing is performed using media composed only of a material that sublimates at a temperature less than the temperature in the firing, and the firing includes sintering the electronic device body and burning off polishing debris generated by the barrel polishing.

Abstract: A pick-up method causes (a) a plate having, on an upper surface of the plate, a projection having a columnar shape and (b) a lower surface of a tray to get closer to each other so as to cause the projection and a shaft part to come into contact with each other and to push up a head part to a position upward of an upper surface of the tray, and causes a robot hand to grip the head part.

Abstract: A powder removal device according to one aspect removes powder from an additive molded object. The powder removal device includes a rotation drum having a processing chamber, and a holder disposed in the processing chamber to fix the additive molded object, wherein the rotation drum is rotatable around a first axis, and the holder is attached to the rotation drum to rotate around the first axis together with the rotation drum.