Abstract: Provided are: an alkali metal titanium oxide having a uniform composition and that is such that there are no residual by-products having a different composition or unreacted starting materials; and a method for producing a titanium oxide and proton exchange body obtained by processing the alkali metal titanium oxide. The method produces an alkali metal titanium oxide by firing the result of impregnating the surface and inside of pores of porous titanium compound particles with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal-containing component. The alkali metal titanium oxide is subjected to proton exchange, and with the proton exchange body of the alkali metal titanium oxide as the starting material, the titanium oxide is produced through a heat processing step.

Abstract: Provided are an alkali metal titanium oxide and titanium oxide that have a novel form and are industrially advantageous. The alkali metal titanium oxide is obtained by firing the result of impregnating the surface and interior of pores of porous titanium compound particles with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal-containing component, and has the form of secondary particles resulting from the aggregation of primary particles having an anisotropic structure. The titanium oxide is obtained using the alkali metal titanium oxide as a starting material. The secondary particles can further assume a clumped structure, have a suitable size, and are easily handled, and so are industrially advantageous. In particular, the H2Ti12O25 of the present invention is an electrode material that is for a lithium secondary battery, has a high capacity and a superior initial charging/discharging rate and cycling characteristics, and has an extremely high practical value.

Abstract: {Technical Problem} To provide a gate valve that can control the amount of squeeze of sealing material according to each of situations, that is, under the in-manufacturing or during vacuum-maintaining state; thereby, the invented gate valve is capable of suppressing deterioration of its sealing material and lengthening the service life of the sealing material used therein. {Solution to Problem} The gate valve 100 of the embodiment has the control device 11, which is comprised of the equipment control unit 12 that transmits an instruction either an in-manufacturing CLOSE instruction or a FULL CLOSE instruction and the storage means 13 that stores position date that corresponds to each of such instructions. The control device 11 receives either of such instructions and generates the position signal referring to the corresponding position data.

Abstract: {Summary} {Technical Problem} To provide a gate valve that can control the amount of squeeze of sealing material according to each of situations, that is, under the in-manufacturing or during vacuum-maintaining state; thereby, the invented gate valve is capable of suppressing deterioration of its sealing material and lengthening the service life of the sealing material used therein. {Solution to Problem} The gate valve 100 of the embodiment has the control device 11, which is comprised of the equipment control unit 12 that transmits an instruction either an in-manufacturing CLOSE instruction or a FULL CLOSE instruction and the storage means 13 that stores position date that corresponds to each of such instructions. The control device 11 receives either of such instructions and generates the position signal referring to the corresponding position data.

Abstract: To reduce invasion and adhesion of foreign matters into and onto the gating-member retreat room in the transition from the gate-open state to the gate-close state including retreat and on-shutting-movement of the gating-member. The shutter, being moved in the shuttering movement room, shuts the entrance aperture by making the shutter sealing contact with the stationary seal by such movement of the shutter itself when the gating-member is accommodated in the gating-member retreat room, and, also being moved in the shuttering movement room, shuts the entrance aperture by making the shutter sealing contact with the second gate seal by such movement of the shutter itself when the gating-member, being moved in the shuttering movement room, shuts the exhaust port by making the first gate seal contact with the stationary seal by such movement of the gating-member itself.

Abstract: To reduce invasion and adhesion of foreign matters into and onto the gating-member retreat room in the transition from the gate-open state to the gate-close state including retreat and on-shutting-movement of the gating-member. The shutter, being moved in the shuttering movement room, shuts the entrance aperture by making the shutter sealing contact with the stationary seal by such movement of the shutter itself when the gating-member is accommodated in the gating-member retreat room, and, also being moved in the shuttering movement room, shuts the entrance aperture by making the shutter sealing contact with the second gate seal by such movement of the shutter itself when the gating-member, being moved in the shuttering movement room, shuts the exhaust port by making the first gate seal contact with the stationary seal by such movement of the gating-member itself.

Abstract: For controlling the tone of the printed matter, the measurement data is stably obtained against various error factors and the ink supply is precisely controlled. The process data 11 is used as target data of the print matter. The dot area rate in the process data is calculated along the paper transport direction within the ink key width. Then, the selective integral and averaging 23 is executed on the calculated dot area rate greater than a prescribed threshold and the dot area rate in the actually printed matter at points corresponding with each other. The tone is controlled on the basis of the control quantity such as the ink key opening and the ink source opening obtained on the basis of the dot area rate and the spectral reflection rate as calculated by the selective integral and averaging.

Abstract: A color measuring unit measures color tone of an image printed on a test sheet. An arithmetic unit compares color tone set based on print production format (PPF) data with the color tone measured by the color measuring unit to set a color-adjustment amount. An operator selects an ink key zone for color adjustment while viewing the image using an operating unit, and sets a corrected color-adjustment amount for the ink key zone. Based on the color-adjustment amount and the corrected color-adjustment amount, an ink- supply amount is adjusted for the ink key zone.

Abstract: An image is created from PPF data and the image is displayed. An operator inputs a pre-set value of color adjustment from a color-adjustment-quantity operation screen. The color-adjustment-quantity operation screen includes a print display unit that displays a print color in a print measured by a calorimeter, a color-sample display unit that displays a target color in a color sample measured by the calorimeter, and a corrected-color display unit that displays a corrected color corresponding to a deviation between a calorimetric value of the print and a calorimetric value of the color sample.

Abstract: An image is created from PPF data and the image is displayed. An operator inputs a total amount of color adjustment as a pre-set value from a color-adjustment-quantity operation screen. An arithmetic unit adjusts a quantity of each ink component to be supplied to the areas based on the pre-set value. The arithmetic unit, for example, adds or subtracts certain values from the standard quantities. An ink supply device correspond to each ink component prints the image on a paper based on the quantity of each ink component adjusted by the arithmetic unit (12).

Abstract: An image is created from PPF data and the image is displayed. An operator selects one or more areas from the displayed image in which color adjustment is to be performed. An arithmetic unit adjusts a quantity of each ink component to be supplied to the areas selected by the operator based on standard quantities of ink for each ink component. The arithmetic unit, for example, adds or subtracts certain values from the standard quantities. An ink supply device correspond to each ink component prints the image on a paper based on the quantity of each ink component adjusted by the arithmetic unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production process for methanol in which a distillation system is reduced in a size by removing efficiently heat generated in a methanol synthesis reaction and inhibiting by-products from being formed. The present invention provides a production process for methanol comprising a synthetic gas production step in which hydrocarbon is reacted with steam to generate synthetic gas comprising main components of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, a methanol synthesis step in which the synthetic gas described above is reacted on a methanol synthesis catalyst and resulting crude methanol is recovered in the form of liquid and a distillation step in which recovered crude methanol described above is distilled to be separated into waste water containing low boiling organic compounds and high boiling organic compounds and refined methanol, wherein a reactor having a specific structure is used in the methanol synthesis step described above.

Abstract: Disclosed are a printing color management system and a printing color management method, wherein a plurality of machine plates, which is associated with a plurality of monochromatic images wherein a color image is color-separated, is created in accordance with image data, and an color image is created in such a manner that the plurality of machine plates is used to sequentially print a plurality of monochromatic images on an overlapping basis. The printing color management system and the printing color management method are capable of creating a printed image closely similar in color to a target printed matter, while an image quality of the printed image is guaranteed.

Abstract: A method of preparing a magnetostrictive material, including the steps of: (a) forming a melt of metals having a composition corresponding to the magnetostrictive material; (b) subjecting the melt to a micro-gravity environment; and (c) cooling the melt in the micro-gravity environment at a rate of at least 50° C. per second, while applying a magnetic field to the melt, to solidity the melt.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a crystal thin plate of a substance capable of forming a crystal, wherein a molten layer of the substance formed on a support is cooled in the atmosphere of an inert gas or in vacuum at a rate of 10-300° C. per second under a micro-gravity environment to solidify and crystallize the molten layer. The cooling is performed by contacting a portion of the support with a cooling medium.

Abstract: A composite material having a plurality of laminated polysilylenemethylene layers each having an inside region adjacent to a surface thereof in which nanoparticles of a metal of Au, Pt, Pd, Cu or Ag are dispersed. The composite material is produced by heating a layer of disilacyclobutane overlaid with a layer of nanoparticles of the above metal to polymerize the disilacyclobutane. The above procedure is repeated at least once more.

Abstract: A method of preparing a magnetostrictive material, including the steps of:

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production process for methanol in which a distillation system is reduced in a size by removing efficiently heat generated in a methanol synthesis reaction and inhibiting by-products from being formed. The present invention provides a production process for methanol comprising a synthetic gas production step in which hydrocarbon is reacted with steam to generate synthetic gas comprising main components of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, a methanol synthesis step in which the synthetic gas described above is reacted on a methanol synthesis catalyst and resulting crude methanol is recovered in the form of liquid and a distillation step in which recovered crude methanol described above is distilled to be separated into waste water containing low boiling organic compounds and high boiling organic compounds and refined methanol, wherein a reactor having a specific structure is used in the methanol synthesis step described above.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production process for methanol in which a distillation system is reduced in a size by removing efficiently heat generated in a methanol synthesis reaction and inhibiting by-products from being formed. The present invention provides a production process for methanol comprising a synthetic gas production step in which hydrocarbon is reacted with steam to generate synthetic gas comprising main components of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, a methanol synthesis step in which the synthetic gas described above is reacted on a methanol synthesis catalyst and resulting crude methanol is recovered in the form of liquid and a distillation step in which recovered crude methanol described above is distilled to be separated into waste water containing low boiling organic compounds and high boiling organic compounds and refined methanol, wherein a reactor having a specific structure is used in the methanol synthesis step described above.

Abstract: A method of preparing a crystalline or amorphous material, wherein a droplet of a melt of a metal-containing material is cooled in the atmosphere of an inert gas or in vacuum and in a microgravity environment to solidify the droplet. The cooling is performed by impingement of the droplet prior to solidification against a cooling surface.