Abstract: A shaping system that fabricates a shaping object by stacking a material layer formed based on slice data, the shaping system comprises a control section which controls operations of respective sections of the shaping system. The control section controls the respective sections so that, at a prescribed timing, a marker is formed and stacked on a top surface of a marker support body, image distortion information is acquired from a position of the marker as detected by a marker position detecting section, and a correction process for correcting the slice data is executed.

Abstract: A shaping system of a three-dimensional object includes a control unit which performs an operation of supplying data of a calibration marker to the material layer forming unit and stacking a material layer formed based on the data of the calibration marker on the stage, and an operation of supplying, to the material layer forming unit, data for arranging the shaping material in an entire area of the shaping area excluding an arrangement area of the calibration marker after the material layer formed based on the data of the calibration marker and stacking, on the stage, a material layer formed based on the data for arranging the shaping material in the entire area of the shaping area excluding the arrangement area of the calibration marker.

Abstract: An oil supply structure for a power unit includes a working oil pump, a lubrication oil pump, an oil storage section, a working oil pressure detection part and a lubrication hydraulic pressure detection part, the oil storage section including a lubrication oil storage chamber in which a suction section of the lubrication oil pump is opened, and a working oil storage chamber in which a suction section of the working oil pump is opened, and oil overflowed from the working oil storage chamber being stored in the lubrication oil storage chamber.

Abstract: Before forming a shaped object, processing in which a calibration marker formed from a shaping material is formed by an imaging forming unit and the calibration marker is laminated on a stage via a transfer member is performed. The calibration marker laminated on the stage is detected by a sensor, and image distortion of the calibration marker laminated on the stage is measured based on this detection result. When the shaped object is formed, correction to reduce the image distortion is performed on slice image data provided to the image forming unit, based on the image distortion measured in advance.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a method of producing a polyester resin composition with improved crystallization, the polyester resin composition making it possible to produce a molded article with reduced appearance defects, such as fish eyes. With the method, a polyester resin composition containing a polyester resin and pentaerythritol is produced, and the method of producing the polyester resin composition includes a step of mixing the polyester resin and the pentaerythritol together in the presence of water.

Abstract: An object is to improve slow crystallization that is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoates, improve processability in mold processing, such as injection molding, improve processing speed, and suppress blooming from a obtaining molded article. Provided is an aliphatic polyester resin composition including a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), a vinyl acetate-containing copolymer (B), and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the polyhydroxyalkanoate (A) and the vinyl acetate-containing copolymer (B) are immiscible.

Abstract: An object is to increase crystallization speed, which is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoate, to improve processability in processing such as injection molding or blow molding and increase the speed of processing and is, in addition, to refine the crystal of polyhydroxyalkanoate to suppress a change of mechanical properties with passage of time of a resulting molded article. Disclosed herein is a polyester resin composition containing polyhydroxyalkanoate and pentaerythritol.

Abstract: A parallelization compiling method for generating a segmented program from a sequential program includes assigning macro tasks included in the sequential program to cores included in the multi-core processor in order to generate the segmented program, adding a new macro task to the sequential program or deleting one of the macro tasks from the sequential program, and compiling the sequential program into the segmented program in response to the adding of the new macro task under a condition that the macro tasks assigned to the cores do not migrate among the cores or compiling the sequential program into the segmented program in response to the deleting of the one of the macro tasks under a condition that remains of the macro tasks assigned to the cores do not migrate among the cores.

Abstract: A parallelization compiling method for generating a segmented program from a sequential program, in which multiple macro tasks are included and at least two of the macro tasks have a data dependency relationship with one another, includes determining an existence of invalidation information for invalidating at least a part of the data dependency relationship between the at least two of the plurality of macro tasks before compiling the sequential program into the segmented program, and generating the segmented program by compiling the sequential program into the segmented program with reference to a determination result of the existence of the invalidation information. When the invalidation information is determined to exist, the at least a part of the data dependency relationship is invalidated before the compiling of the sequential program into the segmented program.

Abstract: A parallelization compiling method includes analyzing a sequential program prepared for a single-core processor; dividing the sequential program into a plurality of processes based on an analysis result; and generating a parallelized program, which is subjected to a parallelized execution by a multi-core processor, from the plurality of processes. The generating of the parallelized program includes compiling the plurality of processes under an execution order restriction defined based on a predetermined parameter.

Abstract: An oil filter exposed to an outside of an internal combustion engine that may be damaged by a stone or a similar object thrown rearwardly from a front tire. A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a power unit that includes an internal combustion engine and a transmission. The transmission is coupled to the internal combustion engine. A lower portion of the power unit forms an oil reservoir. The power unit includes an oil filter, an actuator, and a transmission mechanism. The actuator is configured to drive the transmission. The transmission mechanism is configured to transmit power from the actuator to the transmission. The oil filter is disposed outside a wall portion of the power unit. The wall portion configures a part of the oil reservoir. The oil filter is disposed adjacent to the wall portion and the actuator.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to: improve slowness of crystallization that is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoate; suppress bloom of a nucleating agent or the like; and improve surface smoothness and mold transferability of an obtained molded body. The present invention provides an aliphatic polyester resin composition including polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), pentaerythritol (B), and a filler (C).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve spinnability, productivity, and tensile strength of a polyester fiber containing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate). By spinning the polyester resin containing the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) at a high spinning velocity, the spinnability, productivity, and tensile strength of the polyester fiber can be improved.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to inhibit the blooming of pentaerythritol useful as a crystallization nucleating agent for biodegradable polyesters, which are decomposed into water and carbon dioxide by the action of microorganisms, in particular, for polyhydroxyalkanoates. Provided is a polyester resin composition including a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), an acrylic compound (B), and pentaerythritol (C).

Abstract: This invention aims at improving the tear strength of a film and a sheet molded from a resin composition containing microorganism-produced aliphatic polyester. This invention relates to a biodegradable polyester resin composition containing polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) in the proportion of 60 to 400 parts by weight and modified-glycerin in the proportion of 10 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of aliphatic polyester (P3HA) having a repeating unit represented by Formula (1): [—CHR—CH2—CO—O—] (wherein R is an alkyl group represented by CnH2n+1 and n is an integer of 1 or more and 15 or lower) and a film or a sheet obtained by molding the biodegradable polyester resin composition in which the maximum major axis of phases containing the aliphatic polyester (P3HA) measured by a transmission electron microscopy analysis-image analysis method (TEM method) is 18 ?m or lower and the average value is 8 ?m or lower.

Abstract: Disclosed are injection-moldable fluororesin compositions of melt flowable fluororesin and mesoporous silica. The fluororesin compositions are melt flowable and have a melt flow rate of from 2 to 60 g/10 min. The mesoporous silica has an average pore diameter of from 2 to 50 nm, and the pores of the mesoporous silica are filled with the melt flowable fluororesin. The fluororesin compositions have excellent melt moldability for manufacturing molded products from the fluororesin composition that demonstrate high hardness.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition that improves slow crystallization, which is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoates, and is excellent in molding processability and productivity. The resin composition is an aliphatic polyester resin composition comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A), an amide bond-containing compound (B), and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the amide bond-containing compound (B) is represented by any one of the following general formulas: R1—C(O)N(R2)2, R1—C(O)NH—(R3)—NHC(O)—R1, R1—NHC(O)NH—(R3)—NHC(O)NH—R1, R1—NHC(O)—R2, R1—NHC(O)—(R3)—C(O)NH—R1, R1—C(O)NH—(R3)—C(O)NH—R1, R1—NHC(O)NH—(R3)—C(O)NH—R1, and R1—NHC(O)NH—(R3)—NHC(O)—R1.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing an electrode catalyst layer for fuel cell. This manufacturing method comprises: (a) separating an ionomer solution by centrifugation into a supernatant that includes only an ionomer as a low molecular-weight component in the ionomer solution and a sediment including an ionomer as a high molecular-weight component having a higher molecular weight than that of the low molecular-weight component included in the supernatant; (b) using the ionomer included in the sediment as an ionomer for electrode catalyst layer and producing a catalyst ink that includes catalyst-supported particles with a catalyst metal supported thereon, a solvent and the ionomer for electrode catalyst layer; and (c) using the catalyst ink to form an electrode catalyst layer.

Abstract: A breather chamber for an internal combustion engine wherein the breather chamber has a large size that is formed while an increase in the size of the internal combustion engine is suppressed. The breather chamber of an internal combustion engine includes looped cam chains for transmitting the power of a horizontally disposed crankshaft to camshafts provided in cylinder heads and includes cam chain chambers disposed alongside portions of cylinder block portions which intersect the direction of the crankshaft. The breather chamber is located on a side of a plane formed by a rotation locus of the cam chain in the direction of the crankshaft in the cam chain chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition excellent in processability and productivity, which improves low crystallization rate and improves processability in forming such as injection molding or sheet forming. Provided is a polyester resin composition including a polyester resin (A), a crystallization promoter (B), and pentaerythritol (C).