Patents Assigned to The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12280528
    Abstract: First training data including a set value related to a molding machine, a measured value obtained by measuring a physical quantity related to molding, and a degree of quality of a molded product generated by the molding machine is collected, a first learning model for outputting a degree of quality of a molded product when a set value and a measured value are input is generated by machine learning based on collected first training data, second training data including a defect degree for each defect type of a molded product, a measured value, and a set value capable of reducing the defect degree is collected, and a second learning model for outputting a set value capable of reducing a defect degree when a defect degree and a measured value are input is generated by machine learning based on collected second training data and a degree of quality output from the first learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 12109748
    Abstract: An operation quantity determination device for determining an operation quantity related to a molding machine, includes an observation unit configured to acquire observation data obtained by observing a physical quantity related to molding by the molding machine when the molding is executed, a state expression unit configured to generate a state expression map expressing a state of the molding machine based on the observation data acquired by the observation unit, and an operation quantity output unit configured to output the operation quantity based on the state expression map generated by the state expression unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Hirano, Akira Morii, Takashi Akagi, Akihiko Saeki, Yuta Ashihara, Pichai Kankuekul
  • Patent number: 12083726
    Abstract: An abnormality detection apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a ball screw provided in an injection molding machine includes: a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration of the ball screw; and a computation unit configured to detect an abnormality of the ball screw based on information related to a distribution of frequency components obtained by frequency analysis of a vibration intensity detected by the vibration sensor, and information related to a distribution of frequency components obtained by frequency analysis of a vibration intensity detected when the ball screw, which is normal, operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Hihara, Soma Mitani, Masato Kawakita
  • Publication number: 20240198569
    Abstract: An injection molding machine has a clamp that generates electromagnetic force and that secures a moving plate or a fixed plate using attractive force that is produced by the electromagnetic force; and a controller that controls separation force that acts on the moving plate or the fixed plate such that the separation force is less than the attractive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo SUSA, Motomu FURUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240198570
    Abstract: An injection molding machine has a clamp that generates electromagnetic force and that secures a moving plate or a fixed plate using attractive force that is produced by the electromagnetic force; a pressure sensor that is provided in the clamp, wherein the pressure sensor measures contact pressure that acts between the moving plate or the fixed plate and the clamp; and a controller for performing a measure to prevent detachment of the moving plate or the fixed plate based on the contact pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keigo SUSA, Motomu FURUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200398474
    Abstract: A twin-screw extruder is provided in which screws have different rotational speeds depending on the process of treating the raw material and in which degradation of the raw material is less likely to occur. Twin-screw extruder 1 has two screws 3, 5 that extend in parallel to each other. Each screw 3, 5 has cylindrical upstream screw 31 and downstream screw 35, wherein upstream screw 31 has shaft hole 315 that extends in longitudinal direction X and screw flight 316 on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and downstream screw 35 includes large diameter portion 353 having screw flight 357 on an outer circumferential surface thereof and small diameter shaft portion 351 that has a smaller diameter than large diameter portion 353, wherein small diameter shaft portion 351 of downstream screw 35 is inserted into shaft hole 315 of upstream screw 31. Upstream screw 31 and downstream screw 35 can be independently rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Tokyo Printing Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi IZUMIYA, Katsumi SUMIDA, Yoshitaka KIMURA, Masashi TANIMOTO, Hiroyuki OKUMA, Katsuyuki KANEKO, Shizuo UESHIGE, Nobuaki TANAKA, Takahiro NAKAMARU
  • Publication number: 20200338801
    Abstract: An extruder which can be applied to various types of resin and elastomer without having to replace a die is provided. An extruder of the present inventions has: a barrel to which raw material, that is raw elastomer or raw material resin, is supplied; a screw that is driven to rotate in the barrel in order to process the raw material together with the barrel; and die 5 that is provided at a discharge point of the barrel and that discharges the raw material that has been processed. Die 5 includes first flat plate 11 having at least one first hole 13 and second flat plate 12 having at least one second hole 14, wherein first flat plate 11 and second flat plate 12 are arranged adjacent to each other along longitudinal axis X1 of the barrel, and at least either first flat plate 11 or second flat plate 12 is movable relative to the other flat plate such that an overlapping part of first hole 13 and second hole 14 can be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi HANDA, Yohei SHIMIZU, Makoto TOJO, Jun KAKIZAKI
  • Patent number: 10688704
    Abstract: Moving servo motors of molds in synchronization with the operations of platens which enables fine patterns or shapes to be formed even on a large molded article. A mold clamping device forms patterns or the like on a molded article by detecting a mold position of a second platen among first, second, third platens with digital mold opening/closing position detector, and driving servo motors for molds of the molds in synchronization with a digital mold opening/closing position signal from the digital mold opening/closing position detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanosuke Ikegaya, Yukio Fujiwara, Kazunari Suzuki, Toshimitsu Okuoka
  • Patent number: 10675600
    Abstract: A multi-shaft kneading machine includes a channel and two screws rotatable around first axes of rotation. A pair of gate rods sandwich the two screws and are rotatable around second axes of rotation. Each of the pair of gate rods has two recess parts that form respective spaces through which the two screws penetrate. Each of the pair of gate rods has a first contact surface, which comes into surface contact with a screw when a gate rod is rotated to a minimum degree-of-opening position. Large diameter parts are fitted into the groove of the cylinder, and a small diameter part have a radius of curvature equal to half a distance between two second axes of rotation and smaller than a radius of curvature of the large diameter parts. The small diameter parts of the pair of gate rods are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Manabu Ikeya, Makoto Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Kodate, Takayuki Yamazawa, Seiji Takamoto
  • Patent number: 10501865
    Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently growing a nitride single crystal even under low pressure conditions. The present invention relates to a method for producing a nitride single crystal, comprising growing a nitride crystal on the surface of a seed crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure by setting a pressure in a reaction vessel having the seed crystal, a nitrogen-containing solvent, a mineralizer containing a fluorine atom, and a raw material placed therein to 5 to 200 MPa and performing control so that the nitrogen-containing solvent is in at least either a supercritical state or a subcritical state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ishiguro, Quanxi Bao, Chiaki Yokoyama, Daisuke Tomida, Shigefusa Chichibu, Rinzo Kayano, Mutsuo Ueda, Makoto Saito, Yuji Kagamitani
  • Publication number: 20190267240
    Abstract: A laser annealing apparatus (1) according to the embodiment includes: a laser beam source (11) configured to emit a laser beam (L1) to crystallize an amorphous silicon film (101a) on a substrate (100) and to form a poly-silicon film (101b); a projection lens (13) configured to condense the laser beam to irradiate a silicon film (101); a probe beam source configured to emit a probe beam (L2); a photodetector (25) configured to detect the probe beam (L3) transmitted through the silicon film (101); a processing apparatus (26) configured to calculate a standard deviation of detection values of a detection signal output from the photodetector, and to determine a crystalline state of the crystallized film based on the standard deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi OHMORI, Suk-Hwan CHUNG, Ryosuke SATO, Masashi MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190240867
    Abstract: Mixing performance of resin material in the rotational direction of the screw is enhanced. Kneading disc 7 is fitted onto rotatable shaft 3 and is arranged in cylinder 2. Outer circumferential surface 8 of kneading disc 7 of the present invention that faces cylinder 2 has band portion 9 that extends between both ends 7a, 7b of kneading disc 7 in axial direction X of shaft 3 and that forms a minimum gap with cylinder 2. Band portion 9 includes at least one bent part 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahide TAKEUCHI, Motoi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180187328
    Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently growing a nitride single crystal even under low pressure conditions. The present invention relates to a method for producing a nitride single crystal, comprising growing a nitride crystal on the surface of a seed crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure by setting a pressure in a reaction vessel having the seed crystal, a nitrogen-containing solvent, a mineralizer containing a fluorine atom, and a raw material placed therein to 5 to 200 MPa and performing control so that the nitrogen-containing solvent is in at least either a supercritical state or a subcritical state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tohru Ishiguro, Quanxi Bao, Chiaki Yokoyama, Daisuke Tomida, Shigefusa Chichibu, Rinzo Kayano, Mutsuo Ueda, Makoto Saito, Yuji Kagamitani
  • Patent number: 9245757
    Abstract: Provided is a laser annealing treatment including a laser light source that outputs pulse laser light, an optical system that shapes the pulse laser light, and leads the shaped pulse laser light to a semiconductor film subject to treatment, and a stage that carries the semiconductor film to be irradiated by the pulse laser light, wherein the pulse laser light irradiating the semiconductor film presents a rising time equal to or less than 35 nanoseconds from 10% of the maximum height to the maximum height in the pulse energy density, and a falling time equal to or more than 80 nanoseconds from the maximum height to 10% of the maximum height, thereby increasing, while an energy density suitable for crystallization and the like is not particularly increased, a margin quantity thereof, and carrying out high quality annealing treatment without decreasing a throughput.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd
    Inventors: Junichi Shida, Suk-Hwan Chung, Masashi Machida
  • Patent number: 8999078
    Abstract: A forging heat resistant steel of an embodiment contains in percent by mass C: 0.05-0.2, Si: 0.01-0.1, Mn: 0.01-0.15, Ni: 0.05-1, Cr: 8 or more and less than 10, Mo: 0.05-1, V: 0.05-0.3, Co: 1-5, W: 1-2.2, N: 0.01 or more and less than 0.015, Nb: 0.01-0.15, B: 0.003-0.03, and a remainder comprising Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Reki Takaku, Haruki Ohnishi, Kenichi Okuno, Kenichi Imai, Kazuhiro Miki, Tsukasa Azuma, Satoru Ohsaki
  • Patent number: 8974612
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide at a low cost a low-alloy steel having a high strength and excellent high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics under a high-pressure hydrogen environment. The invention is a high-strength low-alloy steel having high-pressure hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance characteristics, which has a composition comprising C: 0.10 to 0.20% by mass, Si: 0.10 to 0.40% by mass, Mn: 0.50 to 1.20% by mass, Ni: 0.75 to 1.75% by mass, Cr: 0.20 to 0.80% by mass, Cu: 0.10 to 0.50% by mass, Mo: 0.10 to 1.00% by mass, V: 0.01 to 0.10% by mass, B: 0.0005 to 0.005% by mass and N: 0.01% by mass or less, and further comprising one or two of Nb: 0.01 to 0.10% by mass and Ti: 0.005 to 0.050% by mass, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Takasawa, Yoru Wada, Ryoji Ishigaki, Yasuhiko Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150023862
    Abstract: A first object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently growing a nitride single crystal even under low pressure conditions. The present invention relates to a method for producing a nitride single crystal, comprising growing a nitride crystal on the surface of a seed crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure by setting a pressure in a reaction vessel having the seed crystal, a nitrogen-containing solvent, a mineralizer containing a fluorine atom, and a raw material placed therein to 5 to 200 MPa and performing control so that the nitrogen-containing solvent is in at least either a supercritical state or a subcritical state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tohoku University, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru ISHIGURO, Quanxi BAO, Chiaki YOKOYAMA, Daisuke TOMIDA, Shigefusa CHICHIBU, Rinzo KAYANO, Mutsuo UEDA, Makoto SAITO, Yuji KAGAMITANI
  • Patent number: 8899954
    Abstract: In a crosshead, a pair of sheets (7) are formed by bisecting a parison (3) suspended from a resin flow passage (30) formed between a core (9) and a die (8) by causing a first dividing body (33) of a separator (5, 5a) provided on the core (9) or the die (8) to contact a second dividing body (40) provided on the core (9) or the die (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Ito, Ryuichi Kawachi, Naoto Saito, Yukio Fujiwara, Satoru Araya, Kazuhiro Ohtaki, Masahiro Niihori, Takatoshi Watanabe, Naoya Tabuchi, Wataru Iwase
  • Patent number: 8899820
    Abstract: There is provided a melting kneading devolatilizing extruder in which the surface renewability of a molten raw material is improved. The melting kneading devolatilizing extruder of the invention includes at least one surface renewable screw segment each including a plurality of discs that are arrayed such that a phase angle E, which is a deviation angle between the discs around an axis of a screw, is 0°<E<90° within a surface renewal region, and the surface renewable screw segment includes a void portion between the discs so that the discs are arranged at intervals in a direction of the axis of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Inagawa, Seiji Takamoto, Hiroaki Shintani, Shigeki Inoue
  • Patent number: 8870441
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to improve capacity of process and not require a vent portion by an upper polygonal groove and a transition portion provided to a transport cylinder. A plastic extrusion method and apparatus according to the invention is a method and a configuration, in which an upper polygonal groove and a transition portion are integrally or separately provided to a transport cylinder so as to increase a frictional coefficient of an inner wall of the cylinder, to increase transport efficiency of a plastic raw material by a screw, and to allow at least gas, etc., pass toward a hopper side without using a vent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyohei Yata, Seiji Takamoto, Fumio Kobayashi, Shigeki Inoue