Abstract: Provided is a low-resistance connection body for a high-temperature superconducting wire, in which a high-temperature superconducting bulk body and a high-temperature superconducting wire including a high-temperature superconducting layer are connected to each other, wherein a melting point of the high-temperature superconducting layer is higher than a melting point of the high-temperature superconducting bulk body; the high-temperature superconducting layer and the high-temperature superconducting bulk body are in contact at a connection site of the high-temperature superconducting wire and the high-temperature superconducting bulk body; and a surface of the high-temperature superconducting bulk body that is in contact with the high-temperature superconducting layer is crystallized due to crystal growth. Two high-temperature superconducting wires can be connected, with low resistance, through connection of the two high-temperature superconducting wires to one high-temperature superconducting bulk.

Abstract: A numerical control device includes an NC program storing unit, a parameter change unit configured to change parameter based on parameter change operation by an operator, a parameter change monitoring unit configured to detect change of the parameter by monitoring the parameter change unit and output command for starting the NC program based on the change of the parameter, and an NC program execution unit configured to execute the NC program based on command from the parameter change monitoring unit.

Abstract: An improved method of making a cathode for use in a lithium ion battery is comprised of mixing a lithium metal oxide and lithium metal phosphate in a solvent, where both of these are comprised of primary particles that have been agglomerated into secondary particles of particular size and mixing is insufficient to break up the particles of the lithium metal phosphate, coating the mixture of step (A) on to a metal foil and removing the solvent to form the cathode. The lithium metal oxide is also desirably not broken either. The cathode may be one that has lithium metal oxide and a particular lithium metal phosphate wherein the majority of the metal is Mn.

Abstract: A numerical controller includes: a program analyzing unit to obtain a first movement end point position of the tool; a direction calculating unit to calculate a synthetic movement direction that maximizes a synthetic velocity, based on an upper limit movement velocity of the tool in each of the two axis directions; an end point position calculating unit to calculate an intersection position of a circle and the synthetic movement direction as a second movement end point position, wherein the circle has as a radius a distance from a rotation center position of the table to the first movement end point position; a rotation angle calculating unit to calculate a rotation angle of the table based on the first movement end point position and the second movement end point position; and a rotation control unit to control rotation of the table based on the rotation angle.

Abstract: A numerical controller includes: a program analyzing unit to obtain an end point position of a tool; a first angle calculating unit to calculate an inclination angle of a synthetic feeding direction that maximizes a synthetic torque, based on an upper limit movement torque of the tool in each of the two axis directions; a second angle calculating unit to calculate an inclination angle of a cutting feed direction of the tool based on a start point position and the end point position of the tool; a rotation angle calculating unit to calculate a difference between the inclination angle of the synthetic feeding direction and the inclination angle of the cutting feed direction as a rotation angle of a table; and a servo motor control unit to control rotation of the table based on the rotation angle.

Abstract: A machine learning device for learning a threshold value of detecting an abnormal load in a machine tool, includes a state observation unit, and a learning unit. The state observation unit observes a state variable obtained based on at least one of information about a tool, main spindle revolution rate, and amount of coolant of the machine tool, material of a workpiece, and moving direction, cutting speed, and cut depth of the tool, and the learning unit learns the threshold value of detecting an abnormal load based on training data created from an output of the state observation unit and data related to detection of an abnormal load in the machine tool and on teacher data.

Abstract: Provided is a numerical controller that is capable of determining a proper timing of swarf discharge and allows an operator to change a swarf discharge method and examine appropriateness of the timing of the swarf discharge on an as needed basis, the numerical controller including a simulation unit that executes a simulation in which a workpiece is machined based on a machining program, a rendered workpiece volume calculation unit that calculates the volume of a rendered workpiece representing the shape of the workpiece rendered by the simulation, and a swarf accumulation amount prediction unit that predicts, based on the volume of the initial rendered workpiece when execution of the simulation is started and the volume of the rendered workpiece when execution of each block included in the machining program is completed, a swarf accumulation amount when the execution of the block is completed.

Abstract: A battery electrolyte solution contains a lithium salt, diethyl carbonate and at least one of 4-fluoroethylene carbonate and ethylene carbonate. This battery electrolyte is highly stable even when used in batteries in which the cathode material has a high operating potential (such as 4.5V or more) relative to Li/Li+. Batteries containing this electrolyte solution therefore have excellent cycling stability.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus that cools an electronic apparatus accommodated in a cabinet, the cooling apparatus includes: a plurality of cooling fans attached to the cabinet; and a control unit that controls a rotation speed of the cooling fans that have been grouped into a plurality of groups, for each of the groups, depending on a group temperature that typifies each of the groups to which the cooling fans belong.

Abstract: A machining program creating device that calculates a movement command indicating a tool path based on the machining program including the machining cycle command includes machining region calculating means for calculating a machining region based on a machining condition and a finished shape specified by the machining cycle command, movement command calculating means for calculating the movement command based on the machining condition specified by the machining cycle command, and the machining region calculated by the machining region calculating means, and machining program creating means for creating a machining program without a machining cycle command, based on an unmachined workpiece shape and the finished shape specified by the machining cycle command, the machining region calculated by the machining region calculating means, and the movement command calculated by the movement command calculating means.

Abstract: A lithium metal oxide powder comprises secondary particles comprised of agglomerated primary lithium metal oxide particles bonded together, the primary lithium metal oxide particles being comprised of Li, Ni, Mn, Co and oxygen and having a median primary particle size of 0.1 micrometer to 3 micrometers, wherein the secondary particles have a porosity that is at least about 10%. The lithium metal oxide powders are useful make lithium ion battery having improved performance particularly when the secondary particles deagglomerate when forming the cathode used in the lithium ion battery.

Abstract: The method is for manufacturing a high temperature multi-filamentary superconducting tape wire having an oxide superconducting layer formed on a tape-shaped metal substrate with an intermediate layer therebetween and a metal stabilizing layer formed on the oxide superconducting layer, wherein one or more lengthwise slits are formed in the oxide superconducting layer and the intermediate layer and no slits are formed in the metal substrate and the stabilizing layer. The method includes: a step for preparing a high temperature superconducting wire material having an oxide superconducting layer formed on a tape-shape metal substrate with an intermediate layer therebetween and a stabilizing layer formed on the oxide superconducting layer; and a step for applying a load to the high temperature superconducting wire material to form slits.

Abstract: A numerical controller that controls a machine based on a program includes a manual program execution instruction unit that gives instructions for advancing and reversing execution of the program in a manual manner, a program manual execution unit that sequentially executes the program, and a block information notification unit that identifies a block in the program the execution of which is about to be started, based on execution status of the program reported from the program manual execution unit, and that makes notification in accordance with an attribute of the identified block.

Abstract: A numerical controller includes a machining program creation unit for receiving an input of a machining program including a cycle command, a tool path creation unit for creating a plurality of tool paths based on the machining program, a display unit for displaying the machining program and the plurality of tool paths, and a correspondence relation management unit for recording a relation between an argument of the cycle command and the plurality of tool paths in an information table, wherein the correspondence relation management unit receives a selection of a selected tool path corresponding to one of the plurality of tool paths, and specifies an argument of the cycle command corresponding to the selected tool path with reference to the information table, and the display unit displays the specified argument in a different form from a form of another argument in the machining program.

Abstract: A method for forming lithium metal oxides comprised of Ni, Mn and Co useful for making lithium ion batteries comprises providing precursor particulates of Ni and Co that are of a particular size that allows the formation of improved lithium metal oxides. The method allows the formation of lithium metal oxides having improved safety while retaining good capacity and rate capability. In particular, the method allows for the formation of lithium metal oxide where the primary particle surface Mn/Ni ratio is greater than the bulk Mn/Ni. Likewise the method allows the formation of lithium metal oxides with secondary particles having much higher densities allowing for higher cathode densities and battery capacities while retaining good capacity and rate performance.

Abstract: A multi-computer system includes a plurality of computers including a first computer and a second computer associated with the first computer, the first computer including: a first setting information manager that controls storing of setting information of the first computer into a memory included in the first computer; a second setting information manager that controls storing of a copy of setting information of the second computer into the memory; and an associated information manager that controls storing of association information representing one or more associated computers associated with each of the plurality of computers into the memory. This configuration reduces a storage capacity for storing setting information.

Abstract: A numerical control apparatus includes an API interface section that accepts invocation of an API function, an API control section that executes the process of the API function based on the invocation of the API function, and processing period estimation means for estimating if the execution of the API function is completed in a predetermined period, and the API control section does not execute but terminates the process of the API function when the processing period estimation means estimates that the execution of the API function will not be completed in the predetermined period.