Abstract: Provided are a polyimide tube including a polyimide resin composition, wherein the polyimide resin composition contains a polyimide resin in which an acicular highly thermally conductive filler such as carbon nanotubes is dispersed in 15 volume percent or more relative to the total volume of the composition; the acicular highly thermally conductive filler has an orientation of 1.3 or more, the orientation being represented by the modulus of elasticity of the polyimide resin composition in the circumferential direction/the modulus of elasticity of the polyimide resin composition in the axial direction; and the polyimide tube has high thermal conductivity, is excellent in terms of mechanical strength and indentation strength, and provides a high fixing property and an excellent offsetting property; a process for producing such a tube; and a fixing belt including such a tube serving as a base member.

Abstract: A polyimide tube composed of a polyimide resin composition in which 5 to 23.5 volume percent of boron nitride and 1 to 15 volume percent of an acicular substance are dispersed as a filler in a polyimide resin on the basis of the total volume of the composition, a method of producing the tube, a method of producing a polyimide varnish used for producing the tube, and a fixing belt including the tube as a base member are provided.

Abstract: A bonded body obtained by unifying a plurality of structural members exhibiting 0.6*10?6/K or less of absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient in room temperature, 100 GPa or more of modulus of elasticity and 40 GPa·cm3/g or more of specific rigidity, the plurality of structural members having bonding surfaces that are brought into contact with each other and are unified by a heating process, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The sintered block contains 51.5 to 70.0 oxide-equivalent mass % of Si, the oxide-equivalent mass % being calculated as a ratio of Si in elements (Mg, Al and Si) constituting the sintered block on oxide (MgO, Al2O3, SiO2) basis. Surplus SiO2 residing in the sintered block forms a liquid phase during the heating process to activate mass transfer, so that the material of the bonded portion becomes substantially the same as the base material.

Abstract: The address specified from an upper-level unit is divided into a Bank address, a Row address and a Column address. Parity bits are separately generated to the Row address and the Column address supplied in a time division multiplexed manner, and check bits are generated based on the both parity bits and the data concerned. With this, in addition to a case when a one-bit error is produced in either the Row address or the Column address, it is possible to detect as a two-bit error even when bit errors are produced in both the Row address and the Column address.

Abstract: If a received packet is REQUEST, an IP address and a MAC address, which are stored in the REQUEST, are extracted. If the extracted MAC address is the MAC address of a network appliance to be examined, the MAC address and the IP address extracted from the REQUEST are associated with and stored.

Abstract: This invention provides a black low thermal expansion high specific rigidity ceramic sintered body having a black tone, manifesting very small thermal expansion at room temperature and abounding in rigidity and specific rigidity, and a method for the production thereof. The black low thermal expansion high specific rigidity ceramic sintered body is characterized by having a chemical composition comprising 8.0–17.2 mass % of MgO, 22.0–38.0 mass % of Al2O3, 49.5–65.0 mass % of SiO2, a total of 0.1–2 mass % of one or more transition elements as reduced to oxides, and 0–2.5 mass % of Li2O, and having the mass ratios satisfy the relationships of (SiO2?8×Li2O)/MgO?3.0 and (SiO2?8×Li2O)/Al2O3?1.2. The method for the production of a black low thermal expansion high specific rigidity ceramic sintered body of this invention is characterized by forming the sintered body in an atmosphere of a non-oxidizing gas at a temperature in the range of 1200–1500° C.

Abstract: An estimation system has a storage unit which stores an estimation function for calculating a unit component price of a harness based on a designated processing condition, an input unit which acquires the processing condition from an estimation requester, and a control unit which calculates the unit component price of the harness based on the processing condition designated by the estimation requester and the estimation function read out from the storage unit, and stores the calculated unit component price in the storage unit.

Abstract: A coated hard alloy blade member is disclosed which includes a substrate formed of a hard alloy of a WC-based cemented carbide or a TiCN-based cermet, and a hard coating deposited on the substrate. The hard coating includes an inner layer of TiCN having unilaterally grown crystals of an elongated shape and an outer layer of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 having a crystal form .kappa. or .kappa.+.alpha. wherein .kappa.>.alpha.. The resulting blade member is highly resistant to wear and fracturing, and possesses cutting ability of a higher level.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wire saw for use in cutting works of electronics materials or optical materials and a method for manufacturing the same, said wire saw having the following characteristic features. Namely, onto a high-strength core wire 2, abrasive grains 3 having a grain size not smaller than two-thirds the thickness of a layer of resin bond 4 on said core wire 2 but not exceeding a half the diameter of said core wire are fixed with said resin bond, said resin bond containing a filler having a grain size smaller than two-thirds the thickness of said resin bond layer. The thus structured and arranged wire saw has an improved efficiency and precision in cutting. The wire saw can be manufactured readily by using an enamelling oven.

Abstract: A coated hard alloy blade member is disclosed which includes a substrate formed of a hard alloy of a WC-based cemented carbide or a TiCN-based cermet, and a hard coating deposited on the substrate. The hard coating includes an inner layer of TiCN having unilaterally grown crystals of an elongated shape and an outer layer of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 having a crystal form .kappa. or .kappa.+.alpha. wherein .kappa.>.alpha.. The resulting blade member is highly resistant to wear and fracturing, and possesses cutting ability of a higher level.

Abstract: A blade member of tungsten carbide based cemented carbide for cutting tools has a tungsten carbide based cemented carbide substrate having a hard phase, a binder phase and unavoidable impurities. The hard phase has 5% to 60% by weight of one or more of carbide and carbo-nitride of titanium, tantalum and tungsten, and carbide and carbonitride of titanium, tantalum, niobium and tungsten. The binder phase has 3% to 10% by weight of cobalt and a balance tungsten carbide. The substrate has a surface softening layer having a cobalt-pool phase and an interior portion. The surface softening layer has an outermost region in which hardness is generally constant with respect to depth from the substrate surface and an inner region in which hardness rises inwardly of the substrate up to the hardness of the interior portion. There is also disclosed a process for producing the above-mentioned blade member.

Abstract: A surface coated tungsten carbide-base sintered hard alloy material for inserts of cutting tools having excellent wear resistance and toughness comprising(1) a substrate having an internal portion consisting essentially of 5-30 percent by weight of one composite metal carbo-nitride, as a compound forming a hard dispersion phase, selected from the group consisting of (Ti, W)CN, (Ti, Nb, W)CN, (Ti, Ta, W)CN, and (Ti, Nb, Ta, W)CN; 4-10 percent Co as a component forming a binder phase, and the balance of WC as a component forming the hard disperse phase and inevitable impurities; the substrate having a surface portion formed with a Co-enriched layer being substantially free of the composite metal carbo-nitride; and(2) a hard surface layer coated over the surface of the substrate, comprising an innermost layer consisting essentially of TiC, the innermost layer containing one of a W component and W and Co components diffused from the substrate; a diffusion preventing layer formed by one of a single layer of one co

Abstract: Erosion-resistant silicon carbide composite sintered material, produced from starting materials composed mainly of SiC and also containing ZrB.sub.2 added thereto in an amount up to 50 volume %, resist penetration of, and erosion by, molten metals (such as molten steel) and show high erosion resistance, while retaining the outstanding characteristics unique to silicon carbide, such as high resistance to oxidation, creep and abrasion, and high mechanical strength and impact resistance at high temperatures. Thus the products can be advantageously used as protective pipes for molten metals, crucibles, rollers, nozzles, dies, blow pipes, agitator blades, rotating shafts, inner linings and other structural members which are to be used while in contact with molten metals (particularly molten steel) or other high-temperature metal parts. The corrosion resistance is particularly outstanding when the sintered materials additionally include metallic aluminum or an aluminum compound such as Al.sub.4 C.sub.3, AlN, AlB.