Abstract: A group management device includes a required information acquisition unit, a supplement instruction unit, a mounting information acquisition unit, and a group update unit. The required information acquisition unit acquires information showing required groups that are groups determined to require supplements of the consumables used in image forming devices that are managed per group. The supplement instruction unit performs a supplement instruction of the consumables for the required groups. The mounting information acquisition unit acquires mounting information showing the image forming device mounted with the consumable supplemented in response to the supplement instruction.

Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a network interface, a memory, and a processor configured to, upon receipt of first information indicating a status of a first apparatus via the network interface, store the first information in the memory, upon receipt of second information indicating a status of a second apparatus via the network interface, store the second information in the memory, and determine a priority of on-site maintenance between the first and second apparatuses based on the first and second information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display device and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a first screen for display on the display device and on which one of a plurality of malfunctioning part candidates of the image processing apparatus and one of a plurality of timings at which a particular sound was output by the image processing apparatus that malfunctioned, are selectable, when a first malfunctioning part candidate and a first timing are selected on the first screen, generate a second screen for display on the display device and on which one or more reference sounds corresponding to the particular sound are selectable, and when one of the reference sounds is selected on the second screen, generate error information indicating the first malfunctioning part candidate and the selected reference sound.

Abstract: A continuous casting method of steel of continuously casting a slab by using a vertical liquid bending type continuous casting machine. The method includes, while performing continuous casting by using an in-mold electromagnetic stirring device, applying an alternating-current moving magnetic field that moves in a width direction of a mold to molten steel inside the mold, inducing a swirling flow in the molten steel, and stirring the molten steel. A travel speed of the alternating-current moving magnetic field calculated by a specified formula is in a range of 0.20 to 1.50 m/s.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display device, an input device, a storage, and a communication circuit. The display device is configured to display at least one image for display. The input device is configured to detect a user's selection of an image for display in the at least one image for display and to detect an input, to a drawing region of the display device, of a drawing by a user indicating an image quality abnormality with respect to a target image corresponding to the selected image for display. The storage is configured to store drawing information based on the input of the drawing via the input device and to store estimation abnormality information related to the drawing information. The communication circuit is configured to output the drawing information, which can be used for servicing the image forming apparatus, to a server.

Abstract: There are provided an image processing device and an image processing method capable of efficiently specifying an abnormal sound in case of the occurrence of malfunction that is an important element to clarify the cause of the malfunction. The image processing device includes acquisition means, playing means, changing means, and determination means. The acquisition means acquires a plurality of kinds of sound data indicating sounds different from each other. The playing means plays one kind of sound data from the sound data. The changing means changes the one sound data to another kind of sound data. The determination means determines one kind of sound data from the sound data.

Abstract: A first outer peripheral seal in a first metal separator of a fuel cell stack includes a first peripheral metal bead. A first bypass stopper is provided in a space between a first end ridge and a first outer peripheral seal. The first bypass stopper prevents bypassing of an oxygen-containing gas by blocking part of the space. A gap is provided between the first bypass stopper and the first metal bead of a first outer peripheral seal. The gap separates the first bypass stopper from the first metal bead.

Abstract: There are provided an image processing device and an image processing method capable of efficiently specifying an abnormal sound in case of the occurrence of malfunction that is an important element to clarify the cause of the malfunction. The image processing device includes acquisition means, playing means, changing means, and determination means. The acquisition means acquires a plurality of kinds of sound data indicating sounds different from each other. The playing means plays one kind of sound data from the sound data. The changing means changes the one sound data to another kind of sound data. The determination means determines one kind of sound data from the sound data.

Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a network interface, a memory, and a processor configured to, upon receipt of first information indicating a status of a first apparatus via the network interface, store the first information in the memory, upon receipt of second information indicating a status of a second apparatus via the network interface, store the second information in the memory, and determine a priority of onsite maintenance between the first and second apparatuses based on the first and second information stored in the memory.

Abstract: A method of producing the fuel cell stack, including: a stacking step of stacking a plurality of power generation cells each including a membrane electrode assembly, a pair of separator plates sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly, and a seal member; and a compressing step of applying a compression load to the plurality of power generation cells stacked. In the compressing step, the compression load is applied in a manner that the membrane electrode assembly is plastically deformed, without exceeding an elastic limit of the seal member.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display device and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a first screen for display on the display device and on which one of a plurality of malfunctioning part candidates of the image processing apparatus and one of a plurality of timings at which a particular sound was output by the image processing apparatus that malfunctioned, are selectable, when a first malfunctioning part candidate and a first timing are selected on the first screen, generate a second screen for display on the display device and on which one or more reference sounds corresponding to the particular sound are selectable, and when one of the reference sounds is selected on the second screen, generate error information indicating the first malfunctioning part candidate and the selected reference sound.

Abstract: A maintenance support device includes a memory that stores data of a maintenance manual that describes a first maintenance work to be performed to resolve a failure of an image processing apparatus, and a processor configured to acquire, and store in the memory, work result information corresponding to a second maintenance work that has been performed to resolve the failure of the image processing apparatus, and generate additional information based on the acquired work result information and store in the memory the additional information in association with the data of the maintenance manual.

Abstract: Provided are a permanent magnet recovery device and a permanent magnet recovery method capable of recovering, without degradation of permanent magnet properties, a permanent magnet attached to a laminated steel sheet, having an insulating film, via a resin material. A permanent magnet recovery device includes a heat-treating furnace that stores a permanent magnet holder in which permanent magnets are attached thereto, having insulating films, via a resin material and a high-frequency wave absorbent is provided at each end portion of the permanent magnet holder in a lamination direction of the laminated steel sheet so as to contact at least the resin material, and a microwave generator that emits microwaves into the heat-treating furnace. In this aspect, the permanent magnet holder is a predetermined rotating electrical machine rotor, and a high-frequency wave absorbent is further provided along an outer peripheral portion of the laminated steel sheet of the rotor.

Abstract: The method controls a discharging gap suitably and easily, effectively damages an adhesive which is an insulator by a shock wave generated in a discharging gap, and disassembles the composite material into conductors. The method of disassembling the composite material includes: a protrusion formation step S1 of forming an elastic protrusion in a predefined part of a first conductor; a composite material formation step S2 of applying an insulator on a surface of the first conductor on which the protrusion stands and bonding or joining the first conductor and a second conductor facing a protruding end of the protrusion with the insulator to form a composite material 1; and a separation step of applying an electric pulse between the first conductor and the second conductor to damage the insulator, thereby separating the first conductor and the second conductor from each other.

Abstract: A maintenance support system includes a network interface, a memory, and a processor configured to, upon receipt of first information indicating a status of a first apparatus via the network interface, store the first information in the memory, upon receipt of second information indicating a status of a second apparatus via the network interface, store the second information in the memory, and determine a priority of on-site maintenance between the first and second apparatuses based on the first and second information stored in the memory.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a display device and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a first screen for display on the display device and on which one of a plurality of malfunctioning part candidates of the image processing apparatus and one of a plurality of timings at which a particular sound was output by the image processing apparatus that malfunctioned, are selectable, when a first malfunctioning part candidate and a first timing are selected on the first screen, generate a second screen for display on the display device and on which one or more reference sounds corresponding to the particular sound are selectable, and when one of the reference sounds is selected on the second screen, generate error information indicating the first malfunctioning part candidate and the selected reference sound.

Abstract: A maintenance support server includes a communication interface, a first memory, a second memory, and a processor. The communication interface communicates with a terminal device. The first memory stores machine body internal information relating to maintenance to an image forming apparatus. The second memory stores search history information indicating a search history of the machine body internal information with respect to the first memory. The processor stores a search result obtained by searching for the machine body internal information from the first memory in response to a search request from the terminal device as search history information in the second memory and transmits questionnaire information to the terminal device together with the search result.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display device, a first detection unit, a second detection unit, a first acquisition unit, and an output unit. The display device displays at least one image for display. The first detection unit detects a user's selection of an image for display in at least one image for display. The second detection unit detects an input to a drawing region of drawing indicating an image quality abnormality with respect to a target image corresponding to the selected image for display. The first acquisition unit acquires drawing information based on the input of the drawing detected by the second detection unit. The output unit outputs the drawing information acquired by the first acquisition unit.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a display device, an input device, a storage, and a communication circuit. The display device is configured to display at least one image for display. The input device is configured to detect a user's selection of an image for display in the at least one image for display and to detect an input, to a drawing region of the display device, of a drawing by a user indicating an image quality abnormality with respect to a target image corresponding to the selected image for display. The storage is configured to store drawing information based on the input of the drawing via the input device and to store estimation abnormality information related to the drawing information. The communication circuit is configured to output the drawing information, which can be used for servicing the image forming apparatus, to a server.

Abstract: An electric pulse decomposition method for separating a composite material by an electric pulse, the composite material being obtained by bonding or joining a plurality of conductors to each other with an insulating member, the electric pulse decomposition method including a protrusion formation step for forming a protrusion in a specific site, on a side on which the composite material is arranged, of at least one of the plurality of conductors, and a separation step for separating the plurality of conductors in the composite material 1 by respectively bringing electrodes into contact with surfaces of the plurality of conductors and applying an electric pulse between the electrodes to destroy the insulating member. This makes it possible to separate the plurality of conductors from the composite material by making a shock wave caused by a current of the dielectric breakdown functioning as an adhesive to effectively destroy the insulating member.