Abstract: The pouring apparatus includes: a ladle including a nozzle and configured to store molten metal; a tilting mechanism configured to tilt the ladle so that a tapping position from the nozzle of the ladle is maintained at a constant position; and a radiation thermometer including a sensor head configured to output a signal related to a temperature at a measurement position and an amplifier configured to process the signal output by the sensor head, wherein the sensor head is disposed so that the measurement position is at the tapping position, and outputs a signal related to a temperature of molten metal in a molten metal flow at the tapping position.

Abstract: A barrel polishing apparatus according to an aspect includes a fixed tank and a rotary disk that define a polishing space. The fixed tank has a predetermined axis as a center axis. The fixed tank includes a cylindrical rigid body and a first lining covering an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical rigid body. The rotary disk has a disk-shaped rigid body and a second lining covering a surface of the disk-shaped rigid body on the polishing space side, and is rotatably disposed in a state where a gap is formed between the first lining and the second lining. The disk-shaped rigid body has a convex portion protruding toward the polishing space along a predetermined axis direction. The length in the predetermined axis direction of the part overlapping the gap of the convex portion is one-third or more of the length in the predetermined axis direction of the gap.

Abstract: To achieve the object of making it easier to collectively grasp the state of the production line, an information processing method includes a first screen displaying step and a second screen displaying step. A first screen displaying step displays a first screen including a plurality of widgets. Each of the widgets is configured based on information outputted from application software which is associated with each of the widgets among a plurality of pieces of application software that manage a state of a production line. A second screen displaying step, when an operation performed on any widget of the plurality of widgets has been accepted, displays a second screen of application software which is associated with the widget.

Abstract: In order to attain the object to enable a teacher to easily carry out teaching with enhanced safety of the teacher who is to teach an action to a robot, a robot includes a force sensor, an arm part, and an end effector fixed to the arm part via the force sensor. A control device includes one or more processors that execute a moving process for causing the end effector to move and a generation process for generating, with reference to a detection value from the force sensor, teaching information corresponding to a travel route of the end effector.

Abstract: A separation device that separates a mixture of magnetic bodies that are granular and non-magnetic bodies that is granular into the magnetic bodies and the non-magnetic bodies. The separation device includes a magnetic force separating mechanism, a wind force generation portion, a first wind force separating portion, and a second wind force separating portion. The magnetic force separating mechanism separates the mixture into first separated objects and second separated objects by attracting the magnetic bodies from the mixture of magnetic force. The first separated objects mainly contain the magnetic and non-magnetic bodies. The second separated objects mainly contain the non-magnetic bodies and magnetic bodies. The wind force generation portion generates wind force. The first wind force separates the first separated objects into the magnetic and non-magnetic bodies of wind force. The second wind force separates the second separated objects into the non-magnetic bodies and magnetic bodies of wind force.

Abstract: Provided is an automatic polishing system that is capable of adjusting a degree of polishing in accordance with a condition of a surface of a body of a mobile object. The automatic polishing system includes: a multi-articulated robot; a polishing machine including a spindle that spins around an axis and a polishing tool that is fixed at an end of the spindle; a sensor which is provided between the multi-articulated robot and the polishing machine and which detects normal reaction (z-axis component Fz) that acts from a polish target surface to the polishing machine and moment (z-axis component Mz) that acts around the axis of the spindle; and a control unit which controls the multi-articulated robot based on the normal reaction (z-axis component Fz) and the moment (z-axis component Mz).

Abstract: A casting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an upper frame, a lower frame, a main link member, a sub-link member and a lifting/lowering mechanism. The upper mold is attached to the upper frame. The lower frame is disposed in parallel with the upper frame. The lower mold is attached to the lower frame. A top end part of the main link member is rotatably connected to the upper frame and a bottom end part thereof is rotatably connected to the lower frame. The sub-link member is disposed in parallel with the main link member, the top end part thereof is rotatably connected to the upper frame and the bottom end part thereof is rotatably connected to the lower frame. The lifting/lowering mechanism causes the sub-link member to lift or lower with respect to the main link member.

Abstract: A mold shake-out system to suppress the effects of an excessive or insufficient water sprinkling amount in mold shake-out that separates a mold, into which castings have been poured, into castings and molding sand, the mold shake-out system including: a shake-out device that separates the castings and a mold into the castings and the molding sand; a water sprinkling portion that sprinkles water in the shake-out device; and a control device that controls the water sprinkling amount in the water sprinkling portion; the control device adjusting the water sprinkling amount on the basis of molding/pouring data including molding data regarding the mold into which castings have been poured and which is loaded into the shake-out device, pouring data regarding molten metal that forms the castings, and time data from when the molten metal is poured into the mold until when the mold is loaded into the shake-out device.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a main mold and core setting device and a main mold and core setting method which enable core setting work, hitherto implemented by a core setting operator using subtle hand sensation, to be completely reproduced by automation.

Abstract: A management method for managing a working environment of a worker who moves in a workplace includes: a receiving process of receiving, from a mobile device worn by the worker, (i) a measurement value that has been obtained in a measuring process of carrying out environment measurement and (ii) positional information indicative of a location at which the measuring process has been carried out; and a making process of making, with reference to the measurement value and the positional information, a map that shows spatial distribution of measurement values in the workplace.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the possibility that a connector for charging cannot be appropriately inserted into a power feeding port of an electric automobile. The information processing device identifies a position of a power feeding port provided in an electric automobile and controls an arm portion, on the basis of a result of identification, so as to move a connector to a position facing the power feeding port. The information processing device controls the arm portion so as to insert the connector into the power feeding port. At this time, the information processing device controls the arm portion, on the basis of a value detected by a force sensor, so that a force along a direction other than an insertion direction in which the connector is inserted and/or a torque have/has a magnitude not greater than a threshold.

Abstract: A method for managing a working environment of a worker who moves in a workplace includes: a measuring process in which a mobile device worn by the worker carries out environment measurement with use of a sensor; a location identifying process in which the mobile device identifies a location at which the measuring process has been carried out; and a transmitting process in which the mobile device transmits, to a management device, (i) a measurement value that has been obtained in the measuring process and (ii) positional information indicative of the location that has been identified in the location identifying process, in association each other.

Abstract: The present invention improves the reliability of a force sensor in terms of mechanical troubles. The force sensor includes: a primary bridge circuit that includes a first strain gauge group disposed on a first main face of a strain element and that is configured to detect a component, in a specific direction, of a force exerted on a strain element; and a secondary bridge circuit that includes a second strain gauge group disposed on a second main face of the strain element and that is configured to detect a component of a force in the same direction as the specific direction.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a vibration barrel polishing method using a vibration barrel polishing system that includes a polishing tank having a bottom surface therein and a polishing jig capable of holding a workpiece and rotatable around a rotation axis is provided. This method includes a step of supporting the polishing jig in the polishing tank in a state in which a lowermost portion of the polishing jig is separated from the bottom surface, a clearance d between the lowermost portion of the polishing jig and the bottom surface being greater than or equal to a grain diameter of a polishing medium, a step of causing the polishing medium to flow in the polishing tank, and a step of rotating the polishing jig around the rotation axis in the state in which the lowermost portion of the polishing jig is separated from the bottom surface.

Abstract: A core molding method is a method of molding a core using a metal mold that is pressure-fed with mulled sand, and includes heating the metal mold such that the temperature of the metal mold reaches a temperature higher than a predetermined baking temperature, pressure-feeding the heated metal mold with the mulled sand, holding the temperature of the metal mold having been pressure-fed with the mulled sand at the baking temperature, and removing the core from the metal mold after the holding.

Abstract: A deterioration evaluation method includes a determination step of determining a shot peening condition for imparting a maximum residual stress to an object formed of a metal material; a first shot peening step of performing first shot peening on the object under the shot peening condition; a first measurement step of measuring a first residual stress of the object after the first shot peening step; a second shot peening step of performing second shot peening on the object after the first measurement step under the shot peening condition; a second measurement step of measuring a second residual stress of the object after the second shot peening step; and an evaluation step of evaluating deterioration of the object based on the first residual stress and the second residual stress.

Abstract: The present invention achieves a force sensor in which an electrode, element, and/or the like connected to a strain gauge can be suitably attached to a strain element. The force sensor includes: a strain element including an arm portion that is deformable under an external force; and a strain gauge attached to the arm portion. The strain element includes a projection that sticks out from the arm portion in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the arm portion.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dust collector including a pulse jet type dust removal mechanism capable of uniformly removing dust over the entire length of a cylindrical filter without increasing the pressure loss of the cylindrical filter; and a dust removal method for such a dust collector.

Abstract: A casting mold molding machine includes a green sand mold molding sensor including a pressure sensor for evaluating moldability of a green sand mold molded by a casting mold molding machine, wherein the pressure sensor is embedded in a squeeze board or squeeze feet that compresses green sand.

Abstract: A dust solidification apparatus that homogenizes dust components having a simple structure and capable of performing dust solidification in a stable manner includes: a storage tank that stores dust; a forming member within the storage tank, the forming member having a forming hole; and a pressurizing rod configured to freely advance and withdraw with respect to the inside of the forming hole, wherein the rod is made to advance into the forming hole to solidify dust filled therein, thereby obtaining a solidified substance, the forming hole has entry and discharge sections for the pressurizing rod and is in communication with the storage tank, and a stirring passage is provided in the outside of the discharge section to guide dust pushed out from the discharge section by the entry of the pressurizing rod into the entry section in a direction different from the discharge direction and to stir the dust.