Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for heat dissipation fins can stably operate a stacker apparatus when stacking and collecting heat dissipation fins. Drop guide blades are provided above a holding apparatus for the heat dissipation fins disposed downstream of a cutoff apparatus that cuts a heat dissipation fin molding formed by a press apparatus into heat dissipation fins. When a stacker apparatus receives a heat dissipation fin from the holding apparatus, the drop guide blades approach the stacker apparatus and the heat dissipation fin is stacked and collected in the stacker apparatus by dropping to the stacker apparatus while being guided by the drop guide blades. After collecting the heat dissipation fins, only lowering operations of the stacker apparatus are performed.

Abstract: A signal processing method for ultrasonic inspection includes: a step of generating ultrasonic waves by driving an ultrasonic probe by using a plurality of burst wave signals with different frequencies, respectively, and causing the ultrasonic waves to inject an inspection target; a receiving step of receiving a plurality of multiple reflected waves corresponding to the plurality of burst wave signals having injected the inspection target, respectively; a step of obtaining a plurality of detection signals by executing detection processing of receiving signals of the plurality of multiple reflected waves corresponding to the plurality of burst wave signals, respectively; and a generating step of generating an inspection signal for obtaining an inspection result related to the inspection target by using the plurality of detection signals.

Abstract: A power-receiving-module-type telemeter transmitter of a telemeter measuring system that is provided in a rotor and that performs communication using power received from a power transmitting antenna formed in an arc shape on a stator side, includes: a plurality of power receiving modules disposed in the rotor at intervals in a circumferential direction; an OR circuit that outputs a highest voltage among voltages input from the plurality of power receiving modules; a sensor that measures a state of a monitoring target and that outputs measurement data indicating the state; and a transmitting unit that is driven by the voltage input from the OR circuit as a power source and that transmits a radio signal including the measurement data of the sensor.

Abstract: A phase rotation amount of each of subcarriers is calculated by calculating a difference between the first phase difference and the second phase difference between consecutive subcarriers included in radio signals, and performing phase addition processing based on the difference. A characteristic coefficient regarding a change rate of the phase rotation amount of each of the subcarriers with respect to a frequency is calculated by performing a linear regression analysis of the relationship between a frequency and the phase rotation amount, and a distance is estimated based on the characteristic coefficient.

Abstract: Hairpin-shaped heat exchanger tubes are guided with respect to a fin stack in which through-holes are formed in three or more lines. A guide apparatus includes: a first guide portion provided with a plurality of first guide pins that extend in an inclined direction; a second guide portion provided with a plurality of second guide pins that extend in an inclined direction in an opposite direction; a first guide pin axial direction moving apparatus that moves the first guide portion along an axial direction; a second guide pin axial direction moving apparatus that moves the second guide portion along an axial direction; a first guide pin row direction moving apparatus that moves the first guide portion along the row direction; and a second guide pin row direction moving apparatus that moves the second guide portion along the row direction. The hairpin-shaped heat exchanger tubes are held in gaps between the first guide pins and the second guide pins.

Abstract: Conveying of a molded body for heat exchanger fins at a high speed to prevents deformation of the molded body for heat exchanger fins and the generation of noise. A molding apparatus forms a plurality of cutaway portions at different positions on each molded body of the product width. A rotational shaft is provided that extends in the width direction and has a plurality of rotating discs that have a plurality of tapered protrusions, which are capable of advancing into the cutaway portions, formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof provided on the rotational shaft for each molded body for heat exchanger fins of the product width. When the plurality of cutaway portions of the molded bodies for heat exchanger fins of the product width, on which the plurality of cutaway portions has different positions, are disposed directly above the rotational shaft, the protrusions advance into the cutaway portions.

Abstract: Provided is a stacking apparatus for heat exchanger cores that can assemble heat exchanger cores manufactured by a conventional manufacturing apparatus for heat exchanger core into stacked heat exchanger cores. As a solution, the stacking apparatus for heat exchanger cores includes: a core uprightly supporting unit; a first core holder with a J shape that holds a first heat exchanger core in close contact with a second heat exchanger core, a second core holder that holds the first heat exchanger core and the second heat exchanger core in close contact, and a core holding unit that moves the first core holder and the second core holder; a core conveying unit including a bottom supporter, a third core holder with a J shape that holds the first heat exchanger core or the second heat exchanger core held by the bottom supporter in close contact, and a moving mechanism; and an operation control unit that controls an operation of the core holding unit and the core conveying unit.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus can achieve high-speed conveyance of a molded body for flattened tube fins, prevent generation of noise during conveyance, and have a smaller size. A conveying apparatus conveys a molded body for flattened tube fins obtained by providing a metal thin plate with cutaway portions, before the metal thin plate is cut into a predetermined length. The conveying apparatus includes a rotary conveying body including a plurality of protrusions that are tapered and able to enter the cutaway portions, and including a rotation shaft in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the molded body for flattened tube fins in a horizontal plane, and a rotary conveying body driving unit that rotates and drives the rotary conveying body.

Abstract: An alignment apparatus for aligning hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes at a regular pitch. An insertion position side is configured as a regular pitch alignment unit where arrangement plates are provided at an interval that is double the pitch of through-holes in a fin stack. An upstream side is configured as a wide pitch alignment unit where arrangement plates are provided at an interval equal to an integer multiple of two or more times the regular pitch alignment unit. The regular pitch alignment unit is provided with stopper apparatuses that stop the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes at different positions in an inclined direction for the respective arrangement plates. The wide pitch alignment unit is capable of moving along an alignment direction of the arrangement plates so as to allow the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes to move to the regular pitch alignment unit, where the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes are stopped at a more downstream position.

Abstract: The problem of providing an apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins that is capable of realizing high speed conveying of the molded body for heat exchanger fins, preventing the generation of noise during conveying, and miniaturization is provided. An apparatus conveys a metal strip in a predetermined direction after tube insertion portions are formed in a thin metal plate, and has a plurality of conveying units disposed along a conveying direction of the molded body for heat exchanger fins, each conveying unit including: a rotating conveyor that has a plurality of tapered protrusions that are capable of advancing into the tube insertion portions and a rotating shaft in a direction that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the metal strip on a horizontal plane; and a rotating conveyor driving unit that rotationally drives the rotating conveyor.

Abstract: A phase rotation amount of each of subcarriers is calculated by calculating a difference between the first phase difference and the second phase difference between consecutive subcarriers included in radio signals, and performing phase addition processing based on the difference. A characteristic coefficient regarding a change rate of the phase rotation amount of each of the subcarriers with respect to a frequency is calculated by performing a linear regression analysis of the relationship between a frequency and the phase rotation amount, and a distance is estimated based on the characteristic coefficient.

Abstract: A wireless power supply device that wirelessly supplies power from a stator side to a plurality of power-receiving antennas disposed on a rotor rotated about an axis (O) at intervals in a circumferential direction includes: an oscillator (90) that oscillates a high-frequency signal; and an annular power transmitter (71) that has a leaky waveguide (80) in which a plurality of radiating portions (83) that radiate the high-frequency signal as a radio wave are arranged in the circumferential direction and extend in a circular arc shape in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: An alignment apparatus is capable of suppressing widening of legs of hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes and aligning the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes in the horizontal direction at a regular pitch. The alignment apparatus includes: a plurality of outer guide plates that have rollers, which contact upstream sides of legs of the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes that have been stopped by a stopper apparatus, and that contact outer side surfaces of the legs; a horizontal movement apparatus that moves the outer guide plates in a horizontal direction; an up-down movement apparatus that moves the outer guide plates in an up-down direction; and a control unit that drives the horizontal movement apparatus to move the outer guide plates a predetermined distance toward an insertion position, and then drives the up-down movement apparatus to raise the outer guide plates by a predetermined distance to change an orientation of the hairpin-shaped heat-exchanger tubes to the horizontal direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins is capable of realizing high-speed conveying of the molded body for heat exchanger fins, of preventing the generation of noise during conveying, and of miniaturization. As a solution, an apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins has a plurality of conveying units, which each include a rotating conveyor driving unit and a rotating conveyor with a rotating shaft and rotating discs on which a plurality of protrusions that advance into the tube insertion portions of a heat exchanger fin are formed, disposed along a conveying direction of the metal strip, has a drive belt suspended between the rotating shafts of adjacent conveying units, and has an operation control unit that synchronizes rotational driving operations of the rotating shafts of the respective rotating conveyor driving units.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus can achieve high-speed conveyance of a molded body for flattened tube fins, prevent generation of noise during conveyance, and have a smaller size. A conveying apparatus conveys a molded body for flattened tube fins obtained by providing a metal thin plate with cutaway portions, before the metal thin plate is cut into a predetermined length. The conveying apparatus includes a rotary conveying body including a plurality of protrusions that are tapered and able to enter the cutaway portions, and including a rotation shaft in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the molded body for flattened tube fins in a horizontal plane, and a rotary conveying body driving unit that rotates and drives the rotary conveying body.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins that can achieve high-speed conveyance of a molded body for heat exchanger fins, prevent generation of noise during conveyance, and have a smaller size.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins that can achieve high-speed conveyance of a molded body for heat exchanger fins, prevent generation of noise during conveyance, and have a smaller size.

Abstract: An apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins is capable of realizing high-speed conveying of the molded body for heat exchanger fins, of preventing the generation of noise during conveying, and of miniaturization. As a solution, an apparatus for conveying a molded body for heat exchanger fins has a plurality of conveying units, which each include a rotating conveyor driving unit and a rotating conveyor with a rotating shaft and rotating discs on which a plurality of protrusions that advance into the tube insertion portions of a heat exchanger fin are formed, disposed along a conveying direction of the metal strip, has a drive belt suspended between the rotating shafts of adjacent conveying units, and has an operation control unit that synchronizes rotational driving operations of the rotating shafts of the respective rotating conveyor driving units.

Abstract: Hairpin-shaped heat exchanger tubes are guided with respect to a fin stack in which through-holes are formed in three or more lines. A guide apparatus includes: a first guide portion provided with a plurality of first guide pins that extend in an inclined direction; a second guide portion provided with a plurality of second guide pins that extend in an inclined direction in an opposite direction; a first guide pin axial direction moving apparatus that moves the first guide portion along an axial direction; a second guide pin axial direction moving apparatus that moves the second guide portion along an axial direction; a first guide pin row direction moving apparatus that moves the first guide portion along the row direction; and a second guide pin row direction moving apparatus that moves the second guide portion along the row direction. The hairpin-shaped heat exchanger tubes are held in gaps between the first guide pins and the second guide pins.

Abstract: Provided is a stacking apparatus for heat exchanger cores that can assemble heat exchanger cores manufactured by a conventional manufacturing apparatus for heat exchanger core into stacked heat exchanger cores. As a solution, the stacking apparatus for heat exchanger cores includes: a core uprightly supporting unit; a first core holder with a J shape that holds a first heat exchanger core in close contact with a second heat exchanger core, a second core holder that holds the first heat exchanger core and the second heat exchanger core in close contact, and a core holding unit that moves the first core holder and the second core holder; a core conveying unit including a bottom supporter, a third core holder with a J shape that holds the first heat exchanger core or the second heat exchanger core held by the bottom supporter in close contact, and a moving mechanism; and an operation control unit that controls an operation of the core holding unit and the core conveying unit.