Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing an alloy member, and an alloy member, the alloy member having excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, and further having abrasion resistance, and being manufactured by an additive manufacturing method using an alloy powder. The method for manufacturing an alloy member is characterized by having: an additive manufacturing step for forming an alloy substrate by means of a laminate shaping method using an alloy powder comprising, in an amount range of 5 atomic % to 35 atomic %, respectively, each element of Co, Cr, Fe, Ni, and Ti, and in an amount of 0 atomic % to 8 atomic % (exclusive of 0 atomic %) of Mo, with the balance being unavoidable impurities; and a surface treatment step for performing a surface treatment on the alloy substrate.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coated metal mold having superior durability and adhesion resistance over a usage range from cold to warm/hot; and a method for manufacturing the coated metal mold. The coated metal mold is characterized by having a hard coating on a surface, wherein the hard coating includes an A layer formed from a nitride and having a film thickness not smaller than 5 ?m, and a B layer formed of a diamond-like carbon coating, the B layer is disposed closer to the outer surface side than the A layer, the surface of the B layer has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra?0.2 ?m, a maximum height Rz?2.0 ?m, and a skewness Rsk<0.

Abstract: Provided is an abrasion test apparatus for measuring an abrasion state of a workpiece, including: a workpiece holding mechanism holding the workpiece; a contact tool repeatedly making contact and non-contact with the workpiece; a rotating mechanism holding the contact tool to be freely rotatable; and a heating mechanism intermittently heating an end portion of the contact tool.

Abstract: A coated mold which can exhibit good sliding properties, and has further reduced droplets and excellent durability. The coated mold has a hard coating on a work surface, the hard coating including layer A in which layer a1 and layer a2 are alternately laminated, wherein the layer a1 is composed of a Cr-based nitride and has a thickness of 100 nm or less, and the layer a2 is composed of a nitride or carbonitride of (V1-aMa) (M is at least one selected from Mo and W), has an atomic ratio a of M to the sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less, and has a thickness of 80 nm or less. Also: a method for manufacturing a coated mold; and a hard coat-forming target which can be used in the method for manufacturing a coated mold.

Abstract: Provided is an abrasion test apparatus for measuring an abrasion state of a workpiece, including: a workpiece holding mechanism holding the workpiece; a contact tool repeatedly making contact and non-contact with the workpiece; a rotating mechanism holding the contact tool to be freely rotatable; and a heating mechanism intermittently heating an end portion of the contact tool.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a coated metal mold having superior durability and adhesion resistance over a usage range from cold to warm/hot; and a method for manufacturing the coated metal mold. The coated metal mold is characterized by having a hard coating on a surface, wherein the hard coating includes an A layer formed from a nitride and having a film thickness not smaller than 5 and a B layer formed of a diamond-like carbon coating, the B layer is disposed closer to the outer surface side than the A layer, the surface of the B layer has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra?0.2 a maximum height Rz?2.0 and a skewness Rsk<0.

Abstract: In order to provide a covered member for which unexpected galling is suppressed in the initial stages when the member is used, and which has excellent sliding properties, a covered member has a hard film on the working surface and has excellent sliding properties, said hard film including an A layer, for which an a1 layer comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 30% or more of chromium in terms of atomic ratio in metal (including metalloid; the same shall apply hereinafter) component, and an a2 layer comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 60% or more of vanadium in terms of atomic ratio in metal component, are alternately laminated, and a B layer on the upper layer of said A layer and comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 60% or more of vanadium in terms of atomic ratio in metal component.

Abstract: There is provided a slide part used in an environment where there is a lubricant containing a molybdenum compound including a hard protective layer formed on an outermost surface of a substrate of the slide part; in which: the hard protective layer includes mainly carbon, nitrogen, and a metal element; the hard protective layer is composed of a complex of an amorphous carbon body containing nitrogen and a compound crystal of the metal element; the compound crystal is composed of at least one of a metal carbide, a metal nitride, and a metal carbonitride; and a surface hardness of the hard protective layer is 1800 or larger in Vickers hardness.

Abstract: In order to provide a covered member for which unexpected galling is suppressed in the initial stages when the member is used, and which has excellent sliding properties, a covered member has a hard film on the working surface and has excellent sliding properties, said hard film including an A layer, for which an a1 layer comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 30% or more of chromium in terms of atomic ratio in metal (including metalloid; the same shall apply hereinafter) component, and an a2 layer comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 60% or more of vanadium in terms of atomic ratio in metal component, are alternately laminated, and a B layer on the upper layer of said A layer and comprising a nitride, carbonitride, or oxynitride having 60% or more of vanadium in terms of atomic ratio in metal component.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a piezoelectric vibrator driving circuit for driving a piezoelectric vibrator, the piezoelectric vibrator having an equivalent circuit in which an LC series resonance circuit, an equivalent resistor Rx connected in series thereto and a damping capacitor Co connected in parallel to them are provided, the driving circuit is configured: to detect a driving current Iz flowing through the entire piezoelectric vibrator; to detect a damping current Iy flowing through the damping capacitor Co; to calculate a series resonance current Ix flowing through the LC series resonance circuit by subtracting the detected damping current Iy from the detected driving current Iz; and to perform a phase adjustment so that a phase difference between the calculated series resonance current Ix and a driving voltage Ve to be applied to the piezoelectric vibrator becomes approximately 0.

Abstract: The invention aims at providing a hard coating film excellent in lubrication characteristics; a process for the formation thereof; and tools for the plastic working of metal, and provides a hard coating film covering the surface of a substrate to come into contact with other member, wherein carbon atoms having carbon-carbon bonds are present in an amount of 10 at % or above. It is preferable that the hard coating film contain titanium carbide, while it is preferable to form a titanium nitride coating layer between the surface of the substrate and the hard coating film. The invention also provides a process for the formation of a hard coating film on the surface of a substrate by arc ion plating which comprises introducing a hydrocarbon gas during the arc ion plating with a metal target and which makes it possible to form on the surface of a substrate a coating film where carbon atoms having carbon-carbon bonds are present in an amount of 10 at % or above.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a piezoelectric vibrator driving circuit for driving a piezoelectric vibrator, the piezoelectric vibrator having an equivalent circuit in which an LC series resonance circuit, an equivalent resistor Rx connected in series thereto and a damping capacitor Co connected in parallel to them are provided, the driving circuit is configured: to detect a driving current Iz flowing through the entire piezoelectric vibrator; to detect a damping current Iy flowing through the damping capacitor Co; to calculate a series resonance current Ix flowing through the LC series resonance circuit by subtracting the detected damping current Iy from the detected driving current Iz; and to perform a phase adjustment so that a phase difference between the calculated series resonance current Ix and a driving voltage Ve to be applied to the piezoelectric vibrator becomes approximately 0.

Abstract: Provided is a coated-surface sliding part having excellent adhesion of a hard coating, and a method for producing the same part. The coated-surface sliding part is a sliding part wherein a hard coating is formed by physical deposition on the surface of a base material formed from, by mass percent, C 0.5 to 0.8%, Si 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn 0.2 to 1.0%, Cr 8.0 to 13.5%, Mo and/or W 0.5 to 4.0% in terms of (Mo+ 1/2 W), and N 0.01 to 0.1%, with the remainder being Fe and impurities. The physically deposited coating is a titanium metal coating further covered by a diamond-like carbon coating. The method for producing a coated-surface part involves sputtering in order to apply the physically deposited coating, which consists of the titanium metal coating and then the diamond-like carbon coating which forms the surface layer, to the surface of the base material having the aforementioned composition. The base material is preferably subjected to argon gas bombardment prior to application of the physically deposited coating.

Abstract: There is provided a slide part used in an environment where there is a lubricant containing a molybdenum compound including a hard protective layer formed on an outermost surface of a substrate of the slide part; in which: the hard protective layer includes mainly carbon, nitrogen, and a metal element; the hard protective layer is composed of a complex of an amorphous carbon body containing nitrogen and a compound crystal of the metal element; the compound crystal is composed of at least one of a metal carbide, a metal nitride, and a metal carbonitride; and a surface hardness of the hard protective layer is 1800 or larger in Vickers hardness.

Abstract: The invention aims at providing a hard coating film excellent in lubrication characteristics; a process for the formation thereof; and tools for the plastic working of metal, and provides a hard coating film covering the surface of a substrate to come into contact with other member, wherein carbon atoms having carbon-carbon bonds are present in an amount of 10 at % or above. It is preferable that the hard coating film contain titanium carbide, while it is preferable to form a titanium nitride coating layer between the surface of the substrate and the hard coating film. The invention also provides a process for the formation of a hard coating film on the surface of a substrate by arc ion plating which comprises introducing a hydrocarbon gas during the arc ion plating with a metal target and which makes it possible to form on the surface of a substrate a coating film where carbon atoms having carbon-carbon bonds are present in an amount of 10 at % or above.

Abstract: There is provided a hard-material-coated member which is suitable as a long-life mold for plastic working of metals and which has a metal as base material and coating layers formed at least on its working plane by physical vapor deposition. At least three layers, i.e., a layer a) as the outermost layer, a layer c) just above the base material and a layer b) between layer a) and the layer c) are formed as coating layers. The hardness values of these layers in terms of hardness symbol HV 0.025 are as follows: 2500>(the hardness of the layer a)>1000, 3500>(the hardness of the layer b)>2300, 2500>(the hardness of the layer c)>1000, (500+the hardness of the layer a)<(the hardness of the layer b), and (500+the hardness of the layer c)<(the hardness of the layer b); the thickness of the layer b) is smaller than that of the layer c); and the total thickness of the coating layers is 5 to 15 ?m.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hard-material-coated member which is the most suitable as a long-life mold for plastic working which is used for plastic working of metals such as cold or warm-hot forging or pressing and is required to have wear resistance, and as a long-life casting member having excellent resistance to waste by melting and wear resistance. In the present invention, there is provided a hard-material-coated member with an excellent durability comprising a metal as base material and having coating layers formed at least on its working plane by physical vapor deposition, wherein at least three layers, i.e., a layer a as the outermost layer, a layer c just above the base material and a layer b between the layer a and the layer c are formed as the coating layers; the hardness values of these layers in terms of hardness symbol HV 0.

Abstract: A television circuit (10) according to the invention includes a multiplier (12), and a voltage signal (V1) is outputted from an LPF (22) in accordance with the presence or absence of a color burst signal which is to be inputted to the multiplier (12). A rectangular-wave signal (Va) is obtained on the basis of the voltage signal (V1) through a peak holding circuit (24) and a sampling/holding circuit (42). A rectangular-wave signal (Vc) is obtained by averaging the rectangular-wave signal (Va) and a rectangular-wave signal (Vb) which is obtained by delaying the signal (Va) by a 1H delay circuit (44) by an adder (46) and a 1/2 multiplication circuit (48). On the basis of the rectangular-wave signal (Vc), a voltage signal (V3) is produced by an LPF (52) having a relatively small time constant, which is compared with a reference voltage (Vref) by a level-comparator (54), whereby a signal is outputted. The signal is used as a color killer signal for a color killer circuit, for example.

Abstract: A Y/C separation circuit includes a first adder by which a carrier-multiplexed composite video signal is produced by multiplexing a color sub-carrier signal which is in synchronization with a color burst signal on a composite video signal during a vertical blanking period. The carrier-multiplexed composite video signal inputted to a 1H delay line and outputted from the 1H delay line. The carrier-multiplexed composite video signals at the input and the output of the 1H delay line are inputted to a second adder, and a subtracter, respectively. A luminance signal component and a chrominance signal component are respectively outputted from the second adder and the subtracter.

Abstract: A capacitive circuit incorporated in an integrated circuit, the capacitive circuit including a high-pass type non-inverting amplifier which receives an input signal and a differential amplifier which receives the input signal and an output signal of the non-inverting amplifier. A differential component between both signals is detected by the differential amplifier and fed-back to the input signal, the input impedance having a capacitive characteristic because the input signal is phase-shifted by 90 degrees.