Abstract: A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided.

Abstract: A method for improving surface thermal shock resistance of a member made of ceramics to which thermal shock resistance is required comprising, forming homogeneously distributed linear dislocation structure on the surface of the member made of ceramics to which thermal shock resistance is required by blasting abrasives composed of fine particles whose average particle size is from 5 ?m to 200 ?m and whose surface shape is convex, wherein Vickers hardness (HV) of said fine particles is 800 or more and equal to or less than the hardness of the member made of ceramics to which thermal shock resistance is required.

Abstract: A device for moving a metal cope towards and apart from a stationary metal drag, used in a metal mold casting device that uses the metal cope and drag, comprising: an upper die plate (9) for carrying the metal cope; a frame (5; 25); a metal mold opening and closing device (6) mounted on the frame for carrying and vertically moving the upper die plate relative to the frame so as to move the metal cope attached to the upper die plate between a position that is above and relatively near the metal drag and a position that is at the metal drag; and an actuator (3; 23, 23) connected to the frame for moving the frame so as to move the metal cope attached to the upper die plate between the position that is above and relatively near the metal drag and a position that is relatively far from the metal drag.

Abstract: A method for squeezing foundry sand filled in an upper and a lower molding space, comprising: a step to squeeze the foundry sand by causing the upper and the lower squeeze plate to further approach each other, and a step to squeeze it by causing pattern portions of the match plate to move to each of the upper and the lower squeeze plate.

Abstract: An inline-ready method of finishing the surface of a long material (W) capable of preventing any environmental problem from occurring and the mechanical properties of the long material from deteriorating, comprising the steps of holding the long material (W) by two or more elastic endless belts (1) with a specified force, rotating the elastic endless belts (1) in the same direction as or in the reverse direction to the moving direction of the long material by moving the long material (W) and increasing or decreasing the rotating speed of the elastic endless belts (1) more than or less than the moving speed of the long material, and loading powder and granular grinding material (S) between the elastic endless belts (1), characterized in that the grinding material (S) is moved relative to the long material (W) to rub the grinding material (S) against the long material (W) so as to finish the surface of the long material (W).

Abstract: These inventions provide a core-setting apparatus and a method for setting the core in a lower mold used for a molding apparatus, wherein the core-setting apparatus has a simple structure and can maintain the core in the mold in a highly accurate position. The inventions consist of: the core-setting apparatus to set a core in the lower mold while the upper and the lower mold and a match plate are separated from each other after molding the upper and lower mold that comprises: a handling tool having a holding means and a rotatable rod, wherein the handling tool is rotatably supported by the rod, a carrier for transferring the handling tool, wherein the carrier supports the rotatable rod and is moved to or from the location above the lower mold, and an actuator for lowering and lifting the cope flask together with the carrier and the handling tool which are located above the drag flask, wherein the actuator is mounted on the main body of the molding apparatus.

Abstract: A method of producing a sand mold, comprising: after defining a mold space at least by a pattern plate, a flask, and a squeeze means, and after blow-charging molding sand held in a sand blowing device located above the mold space into the mold space by ejecting a first compressed air near sand ejecting ports of the sand blowing device thereby fluidizing the molding sand near the sand ejecting ports, while supplying a second compressed air to a surface of the molding sand held in the sand blowing device, moving the squeeze means toward the pattern plate, where in the pressure of the first compressed air and the period of time for supplying the first compressed air are adjusted to produce a good sand mold.

Abstract: A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis.

Abstract: A ceramics sintered material cutting tool, characterizing in that it has a dislocation structure which formed on the surface thereof in a straight line from and distributed uniformity in a dislocation density of 1×104 to 9×1013 cm?2. The cutting tool is improved in a fracture toughness value and the resistance to thermal shock and thus has a prolonged life. The above cutting tools include, in particular, a twist drill and a throw away tip.

Abstract: These inventions intend to provide an improved method and apparatus for molding molds having no flask. A match plate is put between an upper and a lower flask having intakes for foundry sand. An upper and a lower molding space are defined by inserting an upper and a lower squeeze means into openings of a pair of the upper and the lower flask having no match plate, and a pair of the upper and the lower flask and the match plate are rotated and moved so that they become perpendicular, and are moved so that the intakes of the flasks move upward. The upper and the lower molding space are filled with the foundry sand. The foundry sand in the molding space is squeezed by a squeezing means. A pair of the flasks and the match plate are rotated so that they become horizontal. Then the match plate is removed. If necessary, the core is installed between the molds, the flasks are matched to each other, and the molds are removed from the pair of flasks.

Abstract: In a molding machine, foundry sand thrown into a molding space defined by a pattern plate and flask members is compressed in two steps. Namely, in the first step a lower subsidiary flask is stationary while in the second step the flask is movable. The pattern carrier molding machine comprises a molding base, flask-setting cylinders, a lift-support frame, and a segment-squeeze sand hopper. The auxiliary flask 62 of the compact pattern-plate carrier is installed movably up and down through a plurality of upward oil cylinders 63,63 that are expanded/contracted via special oil cylinders 64,65 operated by outside cylinders 68,69.

Abstract: A method and a device for easily setting a processing condition from a dent rate of a product by giving an arbitrary dent producing condition and a shotblast processing condition in a shotblasting process. The method calculates a processing time, a projection amount and a projection material speed for enabling a target dent rate to be set, from the number of dents in a predetermined dent unit area and time. The method comprises the steps of: calculating a dent unit area from a projection material hardness, a projection material particle size, a projection material speed and the hardness of a processed product; calculating the number of dents required to attain a predetermined target dent rate; and calculating a processing time from the number of dents, a projection amount, a projection material density and the projection material particle size.

Abstract: A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis.

Abstract: A device for damping runout vibration of a rotating shaft system at least including a rotating shaft and a rotating body rotatably supported by the shaft. A ring (24) is provided outside a bearing (23) fitted on a rotating shaft with a clearance between the ring and an outer ring of the bearing. A vibration damping mechanism includes, in order to suppress runout vibration of a rotating shaft system from the radially outside of the ring (24), a blade spring (25) compressed by a preload and a stopper (26) for setting an operation limit of the blade spring.

Abstract: An inline-ready method of finishing the surface of a long material (W) capable of preventing any environmental problem from occurring and the mechanical properties of the long material from deteriorating, comprising the steps of holding the long material (W) by two or more elastic endless belts (1) with a specified force, rotating the elastic endless belts (1) in the same direction as or in the reverse direction to the moving direction of the long material by moving the long material (W) and increasing or decreasing the rotating speed of the elastic endless belts (1) more than or less than the moving speed of the long material, and loading powder and granular grinding material (S) between the elastic endless belts (1), characterized in that the grinding material (S) is moved relative to the long material (W) to rub the grinding material (S) against the long material (W) so as to finish the surface of the long material (W).

Abstract: There are provided a dry aggregate mixture wherein the binder, even when heated, does not evolve unpleasant odor or gas hazardous to human health; a method of foundry molding wherein a space for foundry molding, up to minute portion thereof, can satisfactorily be filled with an aggregate mixture composed of a binder and granular aggregate; and a method of foundry molding wherein the mold used in molding of an aggregate mixture composed of a binder and granular aggregate can retain satisfactory properties even in high humidity. In the method of foundry molding, a mold is formed by the use of a dry mixture obtained by providing an aggregate mixture composed of granular aggregate, a water soluble binder and water and evaporating the water contained in the aggregate mixture through heating, pressure reduction or aeration while mixing so as to effect separation into single granules, or with the addition of a lubricant and a crosslinking agent thereto.

Abstract: An inline-ready method of finishing the surface of a long material (W) capable of preventing any environmental problem from occurring and the mechanical properties of the long material from deteriorating, comprising the steps of holding the long material (W) by two or more elastic endless belts (1) with a specified force, rotating the elastic endless belts (1) in the same direction as or in the reverse direction to the moving direction of the long material by moving the long material (W) and increasing or decreasing the rotating speed of the elastic endless belts (1) more than or less than the moving speed of the long material, and loading powder and granular grinding material (S) between the elastic endless belts (1), characterized in that the grinding material (S) is moved relative to the long material (W) to rub the grinding material (S) against the long material (W) so as to finish the surface of the long material (W).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supplying sample sand from a mixing machine to a sand-property-measuring apparatus so that sample sand having no clump of sand is sampled, and so that the value of the compactibility correlates with the value measured by conventional sand-property-measuring apparatus.

Abstract: A monitor system for monitoring a molding machine that includes a vertically-movable supporting frame, a pattern carrier on which a pattern is placed, a flask placed on a leveling frame, a sand hopper provided with an optional an air-jet chamber, sand-charging nozzles disposed around a plurality of squeeze feet that is disposed at a lower end of the sand hopper, and a filling frame connected to filling-frame cylinders and surrounding the squeeze feet and the sand-charging nozzles from their outside, the filling frame to be placed on the flask when lowered, comprising at least one sensor connected to the molding machine, for detecting an attribute of the molding sand as required and data analyzing monitor means connected to the sensor, for receiving data that correspond to the attribute detected by the sensor and analyzing the attribute and displaying the results of the analysis.

Abstract: A gravity type tiltable metal mold casting machine, comprising: a pair of opposing upright supporting frames (2, 2); a pair of opposing main rotating shafts (3, 3) rotatably mounted on the upright supporting frames (2, 2); a main frame (4) suspended from and between the main rotating shafts (3, 3); an electric motor (19) attached to one of the main rotating shafts (3, 3) for reversibly rotating it and hence the frame (4); a drag die plate (6) vertically moved by mold-fastening cylinders (5, 5) mounted on a lower part of the main frame (4); a metal drag (10) secured to the drag die plate (6), the metal drag having a drag pushing-out mechanism (23) for pushing an as-cast product out of the metal drag; a pair of opposing horizontal cope tilting shafts (13, 13) secured to an upper end of the main frame at locations rearward of the main rotating shafts (3, 3); a cope-attaching frame (14) rotatably mounted at one end on the cope tilting shafts (13, 13); a cope die plate (16) secured to a lower surface of the cope-a