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: A casting mold making apparatus and a method employing a tank with a pour hole formed at a bottom wall of the tank and an opening section open toward the opposite side to a bottom wall side. A first process of the method includes stirring component materials inside the tank with a stirring impeller so as to make a foam mixture while an opening section side of the tank is closed and the pour hole is closed. The second process is performed after the first process and includes opening the pour hole, pressing the tank against a mold such that a fill hole formed so as to pass into the mold is disposed adjacent to the pour hole, and supplying compressed air into the tank while stirring the foam mixture inside the tank with the stirring impeller so as to fill the foam mixture into a cavity of the mold.

Abstract: A mold processing system includes a conveyance line intermittently conveying a mold with a predetermined standstill time, a processing apparatus, a conveyance apparatus conveying the processing apparatus along the conveyance line, and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls the conveyance apparatus to set the processing apparatus at a position corresponding to a first position on the conveyance line and controls the processing apparatus to perform a part of the process on the mold conveyed to the first position, and the control unit controls, after completion of the part of the process, the conveyance apparatus to move the processing apparatus to a position corresponding to a second position and controls the processing apparatus to perform the rest of the process within the standstill time.

Abstract: An information display system includes: a display; an input device; a control device connected with the display and the input device; and a database configured to associate and store various parameters measured and calculated in a step of producing a cast, wherein the control device includes a graph display control unit configured to refer to the database and display a graph on the display, and an information display control unit configured to display, in response to acceptance of a user operation, information relevant to parameter included in the various parameters and associated with the display parameter at the data point selected by the user operation, on the display.

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: Provided is a method for producing magnesium hydride, the method including a plasma treatment step of exposing a raw material mixture of at least one magnesium-based raw material selected from the group consisting of magnesium, magnesium hydroxide, and magnesium oxide and magnesium hydride to hydrogen plasma.

Abstract: An industrial machine startup control system for controlling startup of an industrial machine, the industrial machine startup control system including: a vital data measurement device that measures vital data of a worker; a health state analysis device that acquires the vital data of the worker measured by the vital data measurement device, and that determines a health state of the worker based on the acquired vital data; and a startup control device that controls whether or not to allow startup of the industrial machine based on the determination result from the health state analysis device.

Abstract: A shot processing system according to an aspect includes a shot processing apparatus to project shot media, a measurement device output a signal waveform related to a wave generated due to collision of the shot media, a control device to control the shot processing apparatus. The control device includes a processing condition acquisition unit to acquire a required intensity, a control unit to control the shot processing apparatus to cause the shot processing apparatus to perform the shot processing to the measurement device under a first shot condition, an intensity analysis unit to acquire a measured intensity by analyzing the signal waveform output by the shot processing to the measurement device, and a correction unit to correct a shot condition of the shot processing apparatus from the first shot condition to a second shot condition to reduce a difference between the required intensity and the measured intensity.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stress reference piece includes the following steps (1) to (3): (1) preparing an aluminum alloy member containing an element that generates a ? phase; (2) performing a shot peening treatment on the aluminum alloy member; and (3) performing a tempering treatment on the aluminum alloy member after the shot peening treatment, the tempering treatment accelerating generation of the ? phase.

Abstract: A molding sand supply device according to one aspect includes a sampling tool to sample molding sand, and a conveying device to convey the molding sand sampled by the sampling tool to a supply position along a bent conveyance path.

Abstract: A mold molding apparatus can successively mold casting molds having the necessary casting mold strength, and a method for controlling the mold molding apparatus. A molding sensor measures a pressure of molding sand exerted on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze foot, or on a surface of one or both of a pattern plate and a squeeze board; and a control device that controls operation of the mold molding apparatus based on outputs from the molding sensors.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus configured to laminate a plurality of thin films to form a modeled object, the additive manufacturing apparatus including a stage; a roll coater, including a first roll and a second roll, configured to form each of the thin films, the thin film being made of a modeling material, the modeling material being a material of the modeled object; and a drive unit configured to move the roll coater on the stage, the roll coater: is arranged so that the second roll is located on the stage; passes the modeling material between a first roll surface of the first roll and a second roll surface of the second roll; and the drive unit moves the roll coater on the stage in a direction orthogonal to the second axis, and thereby laminates the thin film, formed on the second roll surface, onto the stage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a force sensor that is capable of detecting plastic deformation of a strain element. The force sensor detects components, in a plurality of directions, of a force exerted on the strain element. The force sensor includes: inspection strain gauges disposed in stress concentration areas of the strain element; and an inspection bridge circuit that includes the inspection strain gauges and that is configured to detect a component, in a specific direction, of a stress that occurs in the strain element.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprises an additive manufacturing apparatus forming a molded object by curing slurry which becomes a base material of the molded object and a removing apparatus removing slurry attached to the molded object, in which the removing apparatus comprises a container having an axis of rotation and a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of small holes, the container permitting the molded object to be fixed therein, and a drive unit driving the container to rotate around the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A particle diameter distribution of shot media before forming an operating mix is bimodal and substantially continuous, and out of a first particle group corresponding to a first peak and a second particle group corresponding to a second peak, one is an aggregate of particles in a shape having an angular part while the other is an aggregate of particles in a shape configured with a convex curved surface.

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: The present invention includes: a connector unit configured to disconnectably connect an injection container unit and a lid member; and a vertically driving mechanism configured to cause the injection container unit and the lid member to move up and down together when the injection container unit and the lid member are connected together and to cause the lid member to move up and down when the injection container unit and the lid member are not connected together.

Abstract: The additive manufacturing system includes a container having an upper part being opened, a base part being vertically movable, and defining a space therein, the space being fillable with sand as a base material of a molded object, an additive manufacturing apparatus forming a green body of the molded object layer by layer in the container while causing the base part to move down, and a microwave oven defining a space therein, the space configured to house the container including the green body, the microwave oven configured to irradiate the container with a microwave to obtain the molded object, wherein a part or a whole of the container is made of a dielectric.

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.

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.