Abstract: With the blasting apparatus in which the injection nozzle is disposed to inject the blast material against the work pieces from the outside of the tubular barrel formed of the mesh net for accommodation of the work pieces and rotatable about the center axis, the work pieces can be stirred homogenously and efficiently without excessive occurrence of the collision of the work pieces against one another and without occurrence of the collision of the work pieces against one another and with a strong shock force. Therefore, the treating efficiency is enhanced and, it is possible to inhibit the occurrence of the cracking and breaking of the work pieces. Further, with the blasting apparatus in which the tubular barrel is supported circumferentially outside the center axis of the support member rotatable about the center axis, it is possible to more inhibit the occurrence of the cracking and breaking of the work pieces.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electroplating device including an anode inserted through and disposed in a hole provided in a work and communicating with the outside, and a member for rotating the work about its center axis and supplying a plating electric current to the work. Thus, a uniform plated film can be formed on both of the outer and inner surfaces of the work having the hole communicating with the outside such as a ring-shaped work, of which a ring-shaped bonded magnet is representative, by using the electroplating device.

Abstract: The method of producing an R—Fe—B type sintered magnet according to the present invention includes the steps of: (a) preparing an alloy powder material in a first state, in which a first amount of lubricant has been applied to a surface of an alloy powder; (b) partially evaporating said lubricant in said alloy powder material in said first state to transform said alloy powder material into a second state, in which the amount of said lubricant has been reduced to a second amount; (c) compacting said alloy powder material in said second state to form a compact; and (d) sintering said compact.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator for MRI comprises a pair of plate yokes opposed to each other with space in between. A magnet is provided in each of the opposed surfaces of the pair of plate yokes. A column yoke is connected to the pair of plate yokes. An enhancing member made of magnetic material and having a curved slant face is provided in an inner surface of the connection between the column yoke and the plate yokes at a place farthest from the magnet. A first bolt of magnetic field adjusting bolts is screwed into the plate yoke, with a tip of the first bolt contacting the enhancing member. A second bolt of the magnetic field adjusting bolts is screwed into the plate yoke, with a tip of the second bolt contacting an upper end face of the column yoke. An engaging portion for engagement of the enhancing member with the yoke may be provided.

Abstract: A powder pressing apparatus comprises a die formed with a plurality of cavities. None of the cavities overlap with another in the direction of pushing the compacts. The magnetic field generator includes a pair of yokes sandwiching the die. The yokes and the die have their respective upper surfaces generally in a same plane. A die lubricant is applied to the die but not to a region on which the compacts are to be slid. A rare-earth alloy powder in a feeder box is supplied into each of the cavities. The powder in the cavities is oriented, pressed, and the formed compacts and the yokes are demagnetized. The compacts are pushed and slid off the die on an anti-wear layer, by a flexible pushing member provided in a front portion of the feeder box. The compacts are sintered into rare-earth magnets, which are suitable for a coreless motor.

Abstract: With the intention of establishing fabrication methods for cheaply produced (Fe,Co)—Cr—B—R-type bonded magnets or (Fe,Co)—Cr—B—R—M-type bonded magnets containing few rare earth elements and having a coercive force iHc above 5 kOe and a residual magnetic flux density Br above 5.

Abstract: A plate yoke has an upper surface formed with a projection and a guiding rail. A new magnet block is transported by sliding on the upper surface of the plate yoke, and is bonded side by side with the projection or a magnet block which is already fixed. During the above operation, a magnetic member is held above the plate yoke. Preferably, the new magnet block is transported toward a corner portion, with side surfaces of the magnet block held parallel to a side surface of the projection and a side surface of the guiding rail respectively. When the magnet unit and the column yoke is connected, the column yoke or the magnet unit is lowered so that a guiding rod attached to an end face of the column yoke is inserted into a hole formed in the magnetic unit. Further, the column yoke is guided by a guiding member disposed between a permanent magnet on the plate yoke and a position where the column yoke is to be connected on the plate yoke.

Abstract: A powder pressing apparatus comprises a die having a through hole, an upper punch and a lower punch. At least one of the upper and lower punches has a punching surface having an edge portion provided with a projection. The projection has a tip chamfered by a width not greater than 0.5 mm. The punching surface has a slope having a surface roughness Ra not greater than 1.0 &mgr;m. A rare-earth alloy powder is fed into a cavity formed in the through hole of the die. The rare-earth alloy powder in the cavity is oriented by magnetic field, and pressed by using the upper and lower punches. The upper punch and the lower punch are brought closest to each other at a minimum distance not smaller than 1.7 mm during the pressing. An obtained compact is used for manufacture of a sintered body and a voice coil motor.

Abstract: Its basic means is a monolithically bonded construct prepared by monolithically bonding together a rare-earth magnet 2 and a an alloy material that is a high melting point metal or a high specific-tenacity material through the solid phase diffusion bonding by the hot isostatic pressing treatment, and a monolithically bonded construct with an interposal of a thin layer of the high melting point metal between a rare-earth magnet 2 and an alloy material 3, 4 that is a high specific-tenacity material.

Abstract: A microwave dielectric ceramic composition exhibiting excellent relative permitting (∈) and high Qf-value, enabling the temperature coefficient of resonance frequency to be easily adjusted, and being best suited for a filter having cavities made of, e.g., iron or copper exhibiting a large temperature coefficient of resonance frequency. The ceramic is of a BaO—TiO2—Nd2O3—Sm2O3 ceramic, type wherein Nd2O3 is partly substituted by Bi2O3, Nd2O3 is Partly substituted by Ln2O3 (where Ln is La, Ce or Pr) and, the above substituted Ln2O3 is partly substituted by EU2O3 to improve the properties so that ∈ is 82.5 to 92.5, Qf is 6000 to 7300 GHz and &tgr;f is 10-20 ppm/° C. This makes it possible to impart favorable electric characteristics to resonance cavities of various materials and sizes.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition for electronic devices, which exhibits &tgr;f and ∈r characteristics equivalent or superior to those of the dielectric ceramic composition of the prior art, can inhibit the evaporation of Zn from the composition to thereby facilitate the control of makeup of the composition, can give homogeneous ceramics through short-time sintering more stably, is improved particularly in permittivity (Qf) and controllability of temperature characteristics, and permits downsizing of the dielectric elements. This composition is a solid solution of XBa(Zn⅓.Ta⅔)O3—Y(BaZ.Sr1−Z)(Ga½.Ta½)O3 which contains a specific trivalent metal ion and has a Zn content adjusted to a predetermined level, wherein part of Ta contained in the XBa(Zn⅓.Ta⅔)O3 moiety has been replaced by Nb. The composition is improved not only in permittivity by virtue of the above replacement but also in the degree of sintering by virtue of the above trivalent metal, i.e.

Abstract: A wafer includes an insulating layer provided on a wafer substrate and formed of a film composition represented by a formula, Al—N(1−x)—Ox (wherein 0.05≦×≦0.8). There is provided a wafer for a magnetic head as well as a magnetic head which is excellent in heat transferring property; in which the instability of a magnetic head characteristic due to a temperature rise is produced, and a reduction in output due to the polishing at a finishing step cannot be produced; and which is excellent in water resistance.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a three-layer clad material in which stainless steel is used as the substrate, Ni or an Ni alloy is monolithically pressure-welded to either principal plane of the substrate, and Cu is monolithically pressure-welded to the other principal plane, or a two- or three-layer clad material in which Ni or an Ni alloy is monolithically pressure-welded to at least one principal plane of the substrate, wherein this high-strength, high-drawability clad material allows the thickness ratio of the stainless steel to be further increased, mechanical strength (tensile strength) to be raised above that of a conventional two- or three-layer clad material, and the thickness of the entire clad material to be reduced.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to present a thin-plate magnet with a fine crystalline structure that is 70 &mgr;m to 500 &mgr;m thick, making miniature, thin magnetic circuits possible, and has, as cast, an inherent coercive force iHc of 2.5 kOe or higher and residual magnetic flux density of 9 kG or higher and a performance-to-cost ratio rivaling that of hard ferrite magnets when Nd—Fe—B fine crystalline permanent magnets with a low rare earth content that are a mixture of a soft magnetic phase and a hard magnetic phase are produced. iHc can be increased to 2.

Abstract: A forming apparatus comprises a die formed with a through hole for provision of a cavity. A feeder box stored with a raw material powder having an average grain diameter of 0.1 &mgr;m˜500 &mgr;m is positioned above the cavity of the die, and the raw material powder is allowed to fall into the cavity while an inside of the feeder box and an inside of the cavity are each maintained at a pressure not greater than 10 kPa. During the supply of the raw material powder, the feeder box may be vibrated, or the supply may be made via a hose. The raw material powder may be a granulated powder or a rare-earth alloy powder. The raw material powder supplied in the cavity is pressed by an upper punch and a lower punch into a compact.

Abstract: A rare earth metal-based permanent magnet has a metal oxide film formed on the surface thereof by a sol-gel coating process. The rare earth metal-based permanent magnet is produced by forming a metal oxide film on the surface thereof by a sol-gel coating process. The metal oxide film is thin and dense. The adhesion of the film to the surface of the magnet is excellent. The film exhibits an excellent corrosion resistance. Typical examples of the metal oxide films are Al, Si, Ti and Zr oxide films. An interfacial layer with an R (rare earth element) atom chemically bonded with a film forming metal atom through an oxygen atom is formed between the metal oxide film and the entire surface of the magnet.

Abstract: A working apparatus of a magnet member comprises: a transfer path for guiding magnet members to be ground in one direction; transfer means for pushing the plurality of magnet members in a transfer direction to continuously send out the magnet members to the transfer path; a pair of grinding means disposed such as to sandwich the transfer path for grinding opposite surfaces of the transferred magnet member; and pushing means disposed downstream from the grinding means for pushing the magnet member in a direction opposite from the transfer direction. With this structure, it is possible to work the magnet member into a predetermined shape with excellent productivity.

Abstract: A powder pressing apparatus includes a powder feeding apparatus for supply of a powder such as a rare-earth alloy powder into a cavity of a tooling. The powder feeding apparatus includes a feeder box having a bottom face provided with an opening. Inside the feeder box, there are provided a hopper for supply of the powder into the cavity, a feeder for supply of the powder to the hopper, and a vibration generator for vibration of the hopper. Surfaces of the feeder and hopper to contact the powder are mirror-polished. Leg portions are provided in two sides of the bottom face parallel to a moving direction of the feeder box. The leg portions make the bottom face of the feeder box spaced from an opening of the cavity. The powder supplied to the powder feeding apparatus is weighed by a weighing unit. The opening of the feeder box is provided with a linear member arranged in a grid pattern having a regular pitch. The linear member is rotationally shaken in a horizontal plane when the powder is fed into the cavity.

Abstract: A three-layer clad material in which stainless steel is used as the substrate, Ni or an Ni alloy is monolithically pressure-welded to either principal plane of the substrate, and Cu is monolithically pressure-welded to the other principal plane, wherein this high-strength, high-drawability clad material allows the thickness ratio of the stainless steel to be further increased, mechanical strength (tensile strength) to be raised above that of a conventional two- or three-layer clad material, and the thickness of the entire clad material to be reduced. Uniform tension can be created across the entire thin sheet, folding or creasing can be prevented from occurring during pressure welding, the thickness of the thin Ni and Cu sheets prior to pressure welding can be reduced to about 5 &mgr;m, and the thickness ratio of each of the thin sheets in the three-layer clad material for cell cases can be reduced to about 0.

Abstract: A magnetic field generator for an MRI includes a generator main body. The generator main body includes a pair of plate yokes opposed to each other with space in between, a permanent magnet disposed in each of the opposed surfaces of the plate yokes, and a column yoke for magnetically connecting the plate yokes. As a packing member, a shielding member, and if necessary, a stud pin as well as a fixing member are prepared. When packing, the shielding member is attached to the generator main body for shielding an opening. The stud pin may be used for providing a gap between the generator main body and the shielding member. For an open-type generator, the fixing member should preferably be attached to bridge the pair of plate yokes at a middle portion of the opening.