Abstract: A method of producing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: heat-curing a thermosetting resin and a curing agent having a ratio of the number of reactive groups of the curing agent to the number of reactive groups of the thermosetting resin of at least 2 but not higher than 11 to obtain an additive for bonded magnets; and kneading the additive for bonded magnets, magnetic powder, and a thermoplastic resin to obtain a compound for bonded magnets in which a filling ratio of the magnetic powder is at least 91.5% by mass.

Abstract: A method of producing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: heat-curing a thermosetting resin and a curing agent having a ratio of the number of reactive groups of the curing agent to the number of reactive groups of the thermosetting resin of at least 2 but not higher than 11 to obtain an additive for bonded magnets; and kneading the additive for bonded magnets, magnetic powder, and a thermoplastic resin to obtain a compound for bonded magnets in which a filling ratio of the magnetic powder is at least 91.5% by mass.

Abstract: An electric power consumption estimation apparatus includes: a total electric power consumption data acquisition unit that acquires total electric power consumption data indicative of a total electric power consumption from an electric power meter; an operating state data acquisition unit that acquires operating state data indicative of whether or not each of the plurality of devices is in an operating state, from each of the devices; an average electric power consumption analysis unit that estimates an average electric power consumption of each of the plurality of devices from the total electric power consumption and whether or not each of the devices is in the operating state; and an electric power consumption calculation unit that calculates a device electric power consumption, which is the electric power consumption of each of the plurality of devices for each predetermined period by using the average electric power consumption.

Abstract: A cBN sintered compact comprises: cubic boron nitride grains and a binder phase, wherein 1) the binder phase comprises a Ti—Al alloy containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Mg, and Zn, and further comprises Ti2CN and TiB2; 2) the ratio ITi2CN/ITi-Al in XRD is 2.0 or more and 30.0 or less where ITi2CN represents the peak intensity of Ti2CN appearing at 2? angle from 41.9° to 42.2° and ITi-Al represents the peak intensity of the Ti—Al alloy at 2? angle from 39.0° to 39.3°; 3) areas where Ti and B elements overlap have an average aspect ratio of 1.7 or more and 6.5 or less and an area rate of 0.025% or more and 0.120% or less, in a mapping image of the Ti and B elements by Auger electron spectroscopy.

Abstract: A cBN sintered compact in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises: cBN grains in the amount of 40 vol % or more and 80 vol % or less; and a binder phase containing titanium boride grains. The cBN sintered compact satisfies the following relation: 3.0?X/Y?10.0, where Y is the sum of the lengths of envelopes on which the cBN grains are in contact with the binder phase, and X is the sum of the interfacial lengths of the titanium boride grains that are present within 2 ?m from the surfaces of each cBN grain and have an oblateness of 1.3 or more and 30.0 or less where the oblateness is defined by L2/(4?S), where L is the interfacial length and S is the area of the titanium boride grain.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin having an array of reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction, the device making it possible, with a comparatively simple configuration, to connect earlier and later reinforcing fibers to each other when switching the reinforcing fibers, is provided. The device having an array of reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction according to the present invention comprises: an impregnation unit that impregnates reinforcing fibers with a resin; and a switching device that, when the reinforcing fibers to be impregnated are changed to new fibers, connects the newly fed reinforcing fibers to the previously fed reinforcing fibers. When switching the reinforcing fibers, the device connects the new reinforcing fiber to the preceding reinforcing fiber by forming a bonded body in which the preceding reinforcing fibers and the new reinforcing fibers are bonded by fusing a melted second resin in a form of a thin film.

Abstract: The present application provides an apparatus that is for producing a fiber-reinforced resin having reinforcement fibers aligned in one direction and that is capable of, with a relatively simple configuration, connecting a preceding reinforcement fiber and a subsequent reinforcement fiber when switching between the reinforcement fibers. An apparatus according to the present invention is for producing a fiber-reinforced resin having reinforcement fibers aligned in one direction, and comprises: an impregnation part which impregnates a reinforcement fiber with a resin; and a switching device which performs switching of reinforcement fibers on the upstream side of the impregnation part, from a preceding reinforcement fiber to a new reinforcement fiber. During the switching operation, the switching device forms a fabric using the preceding reinforcement fiber and the new reinforcement fiber as warp and other fibers as weft so as to connect the new reinforcement fiber with the preceding reinforcement fiber.

Abstract: A cBN sintered compact in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises: cBN grains in the amount of 40 vol % or more and 80 vol % or less; and a binder phase containing titanium boride grains. The cBN sintered compact satisfies the following relation: 3.0?X/Y?10.0, where Y is the sum of the lengths of envelopes on which the cBN grains are in contact with the binder phase, and X is the sum of the interfacial lengths of the titanium boride grains that are present within 2 ?m from the surfaces of each cBN grain and have an oblateness of 1.3 or more and 30.0 or less where the oblateness is defined by L2/(4?S), where L is the interfacial length and S is the area of the titanium boride grain.

Abstract: A cBN sintered compact includes a binder phase that contains a Ti—Al alloy containing at least one of the Si, Mg, and Zn elements, Ti2CN, TiB2, AlN, and Al2O3; the ratio ITi2CN/ITiAl is 2.0 or more and 30.0 or less, wherein ITi2CN represents the intensity of the Ti2CN peak appearing at 2? from 41.9° to 42.2° and ITiAl represents the intensity of the Ti—Al alloy peak appearing at 2? from 39.0° to 39.3° in XRD; and, in the mapped image of each element of Ti, Al, Si, Mg, and Zn by Auger electron spectroscopy, the ratio STiAlM/STiAl, is 0.05 or more and 0.98 or less wherein STiAlM represents the average area of the portions wherein Ti, Al and at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, Mg, and Zn overlap and STiAl represents the average area of the portions where Ti and Al overlap.

Abstract: A die support mechanism includes: a die holding member including a slit horizontally passing through the die holding member, wherein a lower side from the slit forms a die holding base configured to hold a blanking die having a punch hole, an upper side from the slit forms a ceiling portion having a ceiling hole concentric with the punch hole, a part of a sheet metal inserted in the slit is punched out as a blank by a blanking punch, and the ceiling portion separates the sheet metal from the blanking punch; a support base configured to horizontally slidably support the die holding member; and a guide portion formed on an inner surface of the ceiling hole and configured to come into sliding contact with the blanking punch and to slide the die holding member to a position where the punch hole is centered on the blanking punch.

Abstract: A cBN sinter comprising cubic boron nitride grains and a binder phase, the binder phase comprising Ti2CN and TiAl3, wherein the ratio ITi2CN/ITiAl3 of the peak intensity ITi2CN of Ti2CN appearing at 2?=41.9° to 42.2° to the peak intensity ITiAl3 of TiAl3 appearing at 2?=39.0° to 39.3° is in a range of 2.0 to 30.0 in an XRD measurement.

Abstract: A cBN sinter comprising cubic boron nitride grains and a binder phase, the binder phase comprising Ti2CN and Co2B, wherein the ratio ITi2CN/ICo2B of a peak intensity ITi2CN assigned to Ti2CN appearing at 2? = 41.9° to 42.2° to a peak intensity ITiAl3 assigned to Co2B appearing at 2? = 45.7° to 45.9° is in a range of 0.5 and 2.0 in an XRD measurement.

Abstract: A cBN sintered compact has cubic boron nitride particles and a ceramic binder phase, and in the sintered compact, WSi2 having an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm is dispersed such that a content thereof is 1 vol % to 20 vol %. A cutting tool has the cBN sintered compact as a tool body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sintered body containing W and WC, having excellent hardness, strength, compactness, and corrosion resistance, without containing W2C, and capable of being used for the purpose of a cutting tool or a glass molding die, or a seal ring. There is provided a sintered body containing 4 to 50 vol % of tungsten metal as binder phases, 50 to 95 vol % of tungsten carbide (WC), and 0.5 to 5.0 vol % of tungsten oxide (WO2), in which the tungsten oxide (WO2) has an average grain size of 5 nm to 150 nm and is present in a sintered body structure at an average density of 5 to 20 particles/?m2.

Abstract: A cBN sintered material cutting tool includes a cutting tool body that is made of a sintered material including cubic boron nitride particles and a binder phase, in which: an average particle size of the cBN particles is 0.5 ?m or less and a content ratio of the cBN particles in the sintered material is 35 vol % to 80 vol %; and the binder phase includes 1.0 vol % to 20 vol % of an Al compound, an average particle size of the Al compound present in the binder phase is 300 nm or less, and a value of a ratio (a value of SN/SO; area ratio) of a content SN of nitrogen (N) included in the Al compound to a content SO of oxygen (O) included in the Al compound is 1.1 to 5.

Abstract: A drilling tip according to the disclosure has a tip body which is provided with a tip portion tapered toward a tip side of the tip body; and a hard layer which is formed on a surface of the tip portion of the tip body, an outermost layer of the hard layer is a cBN sintered material having 70 to 95 vol % of cBN grains, and when a cross-sectional structure of the outermost layer is observed, a binder phase having a width of 1 nm or greater and 30 nm or less and containing Al, B, and N, and in which a ratio of an O content to an Al content is 0.1 or less exists between neighboring cBN grains.

Abstract: A cBN sintered compact has cubic boron nitride particles and a ceramic binder phase, and in the sintered compact, WSi2 having an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 200 nm is dispersed such that a content thereof is 1 vol % to 20 vol %. A cutting tool has the cBN sintered compact as a tool body.

Abstract: A cBN sintered material cutting tool includes a cutting tool body that is made of a sintered material including cubic boron nitride particles and a binder phase, in which: an average particle size of the cBN particles is 0.5 ?m or less and a content ratio of the cBN particles in the sintered material is 35 vol % to 80 vol %; and the binder phase includes 1.0 vol % to 20 vol % of an Al compound, an average particle size of the Al compound present in the binder phase is 300 nm or less, and a value of a ratio (a value of SN/SO; area ratio) of a content SN of nitrogen (N) included in the Al compound to a content SO of oxygen (O) included in the Al compound is 1.1 to 5.

Abstract: Provided is a cBN sintered material for a tool body in which a ratio (PNTB/PNBN) of the number (PNTB) of cBN particles in contact with a Ti boride having a long axis of 150 nm or more to the total number (PNBN) of cBN particles is 0.05 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a super-hard sintered material which contains 5 to 55 mass % of W and a WC balance containing inevitable impurities and is excellent in high hardness and high strength.