Abstract: There is provided casting equipment including a control device that acquires, regarding multiple processes in the casting equipment, specific data regarding casting molds in each frame, and that associates the specific data for the respective processes with the casting molds, separately for the casting molds in each frame; and a display device provided, with respect to a first process among the multiple processes and a second process later than the first process, on equipment for executing the second process. The control device displays, on the display device, the specific data for the first process associated with the casting molds that are to be processed in the second process.

Abstract: Reduced is, when a user performs an input operation, restriction of an action of the user other than the operation. A garment includes: a contact sensor which has fibrous electric conductors and which detects an input operation performed by a user; a transmitting section that transmits information indicative of the input operation to a management device; and a notification section that executes notification according to an instruction from the management device.

Abstract: A calling system includes: a mutual capacitive contact sensor which has fibrous electric conductors, the mutual capacitive contact sensor being formable integrally with a garment to be worn by a first person or being attachable to the garment; a first information provision section configured to provide the first person with first information for assisting the first person in operating the contact sensor; a second information provision section configured to provide a second person with second information for calling the second person; a control section configured to cause the second information provision section to provide the second information on the basis of an operation by the first person for the contact sensor, so as to execute a calling process of calling the second person.

Abstract: A measuring device includes: a support which supports a measurement target object; a furnace which heats the measurement target object; an elevating mechanism which moves the furnace; and an electronic balance which measures the weight of the measurement target object, the elevating mechanism moving the furnace so that the measurement target object which is supported by the support is housed in the furnace.

Abstract: The gas measuring device includes a filter configured to remove background gas from sample gas in an atmosphere, and a gas sensor configured to detect target gas from the sample gas passed through the filter, wherein the background gas is at least one kind of gas selected from nitrogen gas, oxygen gas, and rare gases.

Abstract: A calibration system including a stage, a weighting jig, a parallel link mechanism, and a control apparatus is provided. A weighted body includes a force sensor configured to output a value based on a load value including at least a component in one axial direction among components in six axial directions of a load applied to the weighted body, and a master sensor calibrated to output the load value according to the load. The parallel link mechanism includes output parts corresponding to the six rods, respectively. The six rods are connected in parallel to the weighting jig. The control apparatus is configured to control an output of each of the output parts, relatively displace the weighting jig with respect to the stage, and calibrate the force sensor on the basis of the value output from the force sensor and the load value output from the master sensor.

Abstract: A mold strength measuring device according to an aspect obtains information about strength of a mold having a product surface and a back surface opposite to the product surface. The mold strength measuring device comprising a cutting tool and a measurement probe. The cutting tool form a bottomed hole extending from the back surface toward the product surface in the mold. The measurement probe to be inserted into the hole to measure a reaction force received from a bottom of the hole.

Abstract: A measuring device according to one aspect is used to measure a loss on ignition of foundry sand. This measuring device includes a container configured to accommodate foundry sand, the container having a discharge port for discharging the foundry sand to a discharge position, a heating device configured to heat the foundry sand in the container, a conveying device configured to convey the foundry sand discharged from the discharge port from the discharge position to a measurement position, a balance configured to measure the weight of the foundry sand disposed at the measurement position, and a furnace configured to heat the foundry sand.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a mold information management device, a casting system, and a mold information management method each of which makes it possible to reduce a rate of occurrence of defective casting products due to unreadable identification marks, as compared to a conventional rate of the occurrence. A mold information management device includes at least one processor, the processor carrying out: a determination process for determining whether an identification mark is good or not, on the basis of image data or profile data obtained by capturing an image of or scanning a surface of a mold on which the identification mark is engraved; and an associating process for associating the identification mark with information on at least one of history and properties of the mold, in a case where the identification mark has been determined to be good in the determination process.

Abstract: The additive composition of the present invention is one blended in a sand composition which is subjected to foaming to mold a sand mold, and includes (A) an alkylsulfonate metal salt having an alkyl group with 9 to 22 carbon atoms. The additive composition may further include at least one component selected from a group consisting of (B) an alkylsulfate metal salt, (C) a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether sulfate metal salt, and (D) an alkylbenzene sulfonate metal salt.

Abstract: An interface apparatus for providing a user with a hang gliding experience in a virtual space includes: a control bar which the user is to grip; a tilt mechanism which supports the control bar from above such that the control bar is tiltable; a force sensor that is provided to the tilt mechanism and that detects a force and a moment which are applied from the user to the control bar; and an input and output section that provides a signal indicative of the force and the moment to a simulation apparatus configured to generate the virtual space and that acquires, from the simulation apparatus, a control signal for controlling the tilt mechanism so as to tilt the control bar.

Abstract: An interface apparatus configured to provide a user with a climbing experience in a virtual space includes: a board to which holds are attached; a movement mechanism configured to move positions of the holds on the board; force sensors that each detect a force and a moment which are applied from the user to a corresponding one of the holds or which are applied from each of the holds to the user; and an input and output section that provides a signal indicative of the force and the moment to a simulation apparatus configured to generate the virtual space and that acquires, from the simulation apparatus, a control signal for controlling the movement mechanism so as to move the holds.

Abstract: An interface apparatus for providing a user with a board sport experience in a virtual space includes: a board on which the user is to board; a tilt mechanism that supports the board from below such that the board is tiltable; a force sensor that is provided to the board or the tilt mechanism and that detects a force and a moment which are applied from the user to the board; and an input and output section that provides a signal indicative of the force and the moment to a simulation apparatus configured to generate the virtual space and that acquires, from the simulation apparatus, a control signal for controlling the tilt mechanism so as to tilt the board.

Abstract: An interface apparatus includes: a plurality of force plates provided over a floor of a real space; and an output section that provides, with respect to a plurality of users, a simulation apparatus configured to generate a virtual space with an output signal from a force plate 11 that has detected a foot pressure of a user and a signal indicating a position of the user on the floor and a posture of the user, the position and the posture each having been specified on the basis of a position of the force plate on the floor.

Abstract: A device for producing a tetrahydroborate, the device including a reaction chamber inside which a hydrogen plasma is generated, a sample stage which is provided in the reaction chamber and on which a borate is placed, and a hydrogen ion shielding member which is provided to cover at least some of the borate to be placed.

Abstract: A management method for managing a production line including a plurality of steps includes carrying out a first displaying process and carrying out a second displaying process, wherein, among a first indicator group (I1), an indicator corresponding to a certain step functions as a GUI element configured to change a screen to be displayed on a display from a top screen (G1) to a second screen.

Abstract: A laser marking apparatus includes a head marking the identifier on a mold, a light-shielding case, a light-shielding gate provided at either a carrying-in port or a carrying-out port of the light-shielding case, and a control unit controlling operation of the head and operation of the light-shielding gate, and the control unit closes the light-shielding gate and causes the head to start a marking operation on the mold in response to carrying-in of the mold into the operation space and opens the light-shielding gate in response to the marking operation ending.

Abstract: For efficiently generating training data, a main device includes a processor. The processor performs: a wear determination process of determining, in view of an output signal from a sub-sensor provided close to an odor sensor associated with a service user, whether the odor sensor is worn by the service user; a first acquisition process of acquiring an output signal from the odor sensor; a second acquisition process of acquiring type information indicative of a type of excretion of the service user, which has been determined by a service provider; and a training data generation process of generating h includes sensor information indicative of the output signal having been acquired in the first acquisition process from the odor sensor that has been, in the wear determination process, determined to be worn by the service user and which includes the type information having been acquired in the second acquisition process.

Abstract: An electric cylinder system includes: an electric cylinder including a rod and a strain detector; an output unit configured to output, on the basis of a reference load value in accordance with an output value of a strain detector for calibration obtained when the rod presses the strain detector for calibration and a measurement load value in accordance with an output value of the strain detector obtained when the rod presses the strain detector for calibration, a gain and an offset for causing the measurement load value to approach the reference load value; a storage unit configured to store the gain and the offset as a calibration parameter; and a calibration unit configured to calibrate a load value in accordance with an output value detected by the strain detector on the basis of the calibration parameter wherein the gain and the offset satisfy a preset relationship.