Abstract: A retaining unit that retains a stack body in which piston rings are stacked in an axial direction, a cutting-out unit that delivers a piston ring at the tip end of the stack body from the stack body, and a detecting unit that detects a boundary between the piston rings that are adjacent to each other in the stack body are included, and the cutting-out unit includes a moving unit that moves a pushing-out unit and a restricting unit, and after inserting the pushing-out unit and the restricting unit into a dividing portion that is a boundary between the piston ring at the tip end and a piston ring that is adjacent to the piston ring at the tip end in the stack body, in a state in which movement of the piston ring that is adjacent to the piston ring at the tip end in a delivering direction in which the piston ring at the tip end is delivered is restricted by the restricting unit, the moving unit moves the pushing-out unit in the delivering direction, so that the piston ring at the tip end is separated from the s

Abstract: To provide high-strength granules having a broad range of applications of the glass composition, and a method for their production. The method for producing glass raw material granules comprises mixing and granulating a glass raw material composition with water, wherein the glass raw material composition contains at least silica and an aluminum source, and the aluminum source contains hydraulic alumina.

Abstract: A device for drawing a metal tube capable of sufficiently applying a lubricating oil to an inner surface of a tube at the time of drawing and preventing occurrence of seizures is provided. The device for drawing a metal tube in which drawing is performed by making a metal blank tube 2 pass through between a die 10 for forming an outer surface and a plug 11 for forming an inner surface includes a control unit 31 configured to: measure an elapsed time from a time at which supplying of a lubricating oil L to a surface of the plug 11 is stopped until the metal blank tube 2 is set at a drawing position between the die 10 and the plug 11 and becomes ready to be drawn; control to not perform drawing of the metal blank tube 2 when the measured elapsed time exceeds a preset elapsed time; and control to initiate drawing of the metal blank tube 2 when the measured elapsed time is within a preset allowed time.

Abstract: A glass-melting furnace, which suppresses the effect of exhaust gas on molten glass quality, a process for producing molten glass, and a process and apparatus for producing glass products. The glass-melting furnace containing: a raw glass material particle feed portion disposed downwardly at a furnace wall portion in an upper portion of the glass-melting furnace; a heating unit provided under the feed portion, which forms a gas phase portion for converting raw glass material particles into liquid glass particles; a flue inlet disposed on the upstream side of the gas phase portion in a flow direction of the molten glass liquid; a furnace-bottom portion, which accumulates the liquid glass particles that produce the molten glass liquid; and a discharge portion, which discharges the molten glass liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a molten glass which can produce a molten glass having a good quality, a glass-melting furnace, a process for producing glass products and an apparatus for producing glass products. While an oxygen combustion burner 20 is rotated by a motor 38, glass raw material particles (not shown) are dropped into a high-temperature gas phase atmosphere produced by a flame F of the oxygen combustion burner 20, to be changed into liquid glass particles. By rotation of an outlet (nozzle) of the oxygen combustion burner 20, the falling position of the liquid glass particles 26, changes with time. Accordingly, generation of bubbles caused by continuous fall of the liquid glass particles in a particular position on a molten glass liquid surface is prevented. Accordingly, it is possible to produce a molten glass having a good quality with few bubbles.

Abstract: Glass raw material particles are dropped from an oxygen combustion burner 24, and the glass raw material particles are heated by a flame F of an oxygen combustion burner 24 and a thermal plasma P, to melt the particles. Liquid glass particles 30 produced by the melting fall downwardly in a melting tank 12, and fall on a surface of a molten glass liquid G in the melting tank 12. Then, an upper layer G1 of the molten glass liquid G is heated by electrodes 40, 40 of a heating apparatus 38 provided in the melting tank 12. By this method, air and residual gas generated in the molten glass liquid G and the liquid glass particles 30 fallen onto the surface of the molten glass liquid G, become bubbles, surface and are smoothly discharged.

Abstract: Glass raw material particles are dropped from an oxygen combustion burner 24, and the glass raw material particles are heated by a flame F of an oxygen combustion burner 24 and a thermal plasma P, to melt the particles. Liquid glass particles 30 produced by the melting fall downwardly in a melting tank 12, and fall on a surface of a molten glass liquid G in the melting tank 12. Then, an upper layer G1 of the molten glass liquid G is heated by electrodes 40, 40 of a heating apparatus 38 provided in the melting tank 12. By this method, air and residual gas generated in the molten glass liquid G and the liquid glass particles 30 fallen onto the surface of the molten glass liquid G, become bubbles, surface and are smoothly discharged.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing molten glass, a process for producing molten glass, an apparatus for producing a glass product and a process for producing a glass product, which are capable of preventing deterioration of the quality of molten glass caused by deposition of scattered particles on a furnace wall or a flue. In the present invention, together with the operation of introducing and melting glass material particles by an oxygen combustion burner, glass cullet pieces are dropped from glass cullet pieces-introducing tubes to form a substantially cylindrical enclosure around a flame by a flow of glass cullet pieces. That is, glass cullet pieces are dropped from eight glass cullet pieces-introducing tubes to partition off the furnace wall from the flame. And, particles scattering from the flame are captured as deposits on the surface of falling glass cullet pieces and dropped into a glass melt in the melt reservoir.

Abstract: A glass-melting furnace, which suppresses the effect of exhaust gas on molten glass quality, a process for producing molten glass, and a process and apparatus for producing glass products. The glass-melting furnace containing: a raw glass material particle feed portion disposed downwardly at a furnace wall portion in an upper portion of the glass-melting furnace; a heating unit provided under the feed portion, which forms a gas phase portion for converting raw glass material particles into liquid glass particles; a flue inlet disposed on the upstream side of the gas phase portion in a flow direction of the molten glass liquid; a furnace-bottom portion, which accumulates the liquid glass particles that produce the molten glass liquid; and a discharge portion, which discharges the molten glass liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides (i) a glass melting furnace, (ii) a process for producing molten glass, (iii) an apparatus for producing a glass product, and (iv) a process for producing a glass product, which are capable of preventing deterioration of the quality of molten glass caused by deposition of particles floating on a wall of the furnace. The melting furnace described herein includes a melting tank in which a flue located substantially at the center of a ceiling wall and a number of first heating units are disposed, such that particles floating in the furnace are suctioned off by a suction power of the flue and discharged from the furnace without being directed to a surrounding furnace wall. This drastically reduces the amount of floating particles deposited on the furnace wall, which prevents damage to the furnace wall and deterioration of the quality of glass produced therein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a molten glass which can produce a molten glass having a good quality, a glass-melting furnace, a process for producing glass products and an apparatus for producing glass products. While an oxygen combustion burner 20 is rotated by a motor 38, glass raw material particles (not shown) are dropped into a high-temperature gas phase atmosphere produced by a flame F of the oxygen combustion burner 20, to be changed into liquid glass particles. By rotation of an outlet (nozzle) of the oxygen combustion burner 20, the falling position of the liquid glass particles 26, 26 . . . changes with time. Accordingly, generation of bubbles caused by continuous fall of the liquid glass particles in a particular position on a molten glass liquid surface is prevented. Accordingly, it is possible to produce a molten glass having a good quality with few bubbles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glass-melting furnace etc. which can maintain homogeneity of molten glass in an apparatus and a process for producing molten glass by melting glass raw material particles and glass cullet pieces. In the present invention, glass raw material particles are dropped from a glass raw material particle heating unit 14 constituted by oxygen combustion burners 34, 34 . . . and a glass raw material particle feed portion, and the glass raw material particles are changed into liquid glass particles 38, 38 . . . in high-temperature gas phases produced by flames 32, 32 . . . of oxygen combustion burners 34, 34 . . . . In the step of heating and melting the glass raw material particles, glass cullet pieces 30, 30 . . . are feed by an feed means 40 of a glass cullet piece feed portion 12 so as to be spread radially toward the plurality of flames 32, 32 . . . around the feed portion.

Abstract: Split cores comprising laminated iron cores each having formed thereon a tooth, and a yoke and a pole piece which are connected to the tooth at both ends thereof, and arranged and connected together into an annular shape to make a stator. Both ends of the yokes and both ends of the pole pieces are displaced in one circumferential direction by laminated iron core from a top laminated layer of the iron cores of the split cores to a bottom laminated layer of the iron cores or split cores.

Abstract: To provide an alkali free glass which is suitable as a glass substrate for LCD and has few defects of bubbles and an undissolved starting material, and a process for producing an alkali free glass which can readily lower the defects in bubbles and an undissolved starting material. An alkali free glass with a matrix composition comprising SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO and containing substantially no alkali metal oxide, of which the temperature at which the viscosity becomes 102 dPa·s, is at most 1,600° C. and which contains sulfur in an amount of from 0.001 to 0.1% as calculated as SO3, as represented by the mass percentage, per 100% of the total amount of the above matrix composition, and a process for producing a glass which comprises preparing a starting material and melting it so that a sulfate be incorporated to the starting material in an amount of from 0.01 to 5% as calculated as SO3, as represented by the mass percentage, per 100% of the total amount of the above matrix composition.

Abstract: Although in a conventional permanent magnet type synchronous motor, cogging torque is reduced by displacing permanent magnets of a rotor in a circumferential direction or displacing a stator core in a circumferential direction, since the skew so produced reduces the output of the motor and moreover the winding work of windings cannot be automated to make the resulting motor highly expensive, split cores are provided which solves those problems and enables the winding work of windings to be automated so as to obtain an inexpensive and high-output motor.

Abstract: A device production system includes a substrate transport section which transports a substrate; a plurality of exposure sections each of which is capable of exposing the substrate; and a controller which cooperatively controls the substrate transport section and the plurality of exposure sections so that operation states of the plurality of exposure sections are in desired states. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the efficiency both in using the substrate and in the device production.

Abstract: Provided is a crystallized glass spacer for a field emission display resistant to charging with application of an electric field and resistant to chipping or cracking thanks to high fracture toughness. An SiO2—TiO2-based glass is subjected to a reduction and crystallization heat treatment at 600-900° C. in a hydrogen atmosphere or in a mixed atmosphere of hydrogen and nitrogen, to obtain a crystallized glass spacer for FED consisting essentially of, in molar percentage, SiO2: 20-50%, TiO2: 25-45%, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO: 20-50%, B2O3+Al2O3: 0-10% and ZrO2: 0-10%, and containing as a principal crystal at least one crystal selected from BaXTi8O16-based crystals (X=0.8-1.5), Ba2TiSi2O8-based crystals and TiO2-based crystals.

Abstract: To provide an alkali free glass which is suitable as a glass substrate for LCD and has few defects of bubbles and an undissolved starting material, and a process for producing an alkali free glass which can readily lower the defects in bubbles and an undissolved starting material. An alkali free glass with a matrix composition comprising SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO and containing substantially no alkali metal oxide, of which the temperature at which the viscosity becomes 102 dPa·s, is at most 1,600° C. and which contains sulfur in an amount of from 0.001 to 0.1% as calculated as SO3, as represented by the mass percentage, per 100% of the total amount of the above matrix composition, and a process for producing a glass which comprises preparing a starting material and melting it so that a sulfate be incorporated to the starting material in an amount of from 0.01 to 5% as calculated as SO3, as represented by the mass percentage, per 100% of the total amount of the above matrix composition.

Abstract: Provided is a crystallized glass spacer for a field emission display resistant to charging with application of an electric field and resistant to chipping or cracking thanks to high fracture toughness. An SiO2—TiO2-based glass is subjected to a reduction and crystallization heat treatment at 600-900° C. in a hydrogen atmosphere or in a mixed atmosphere of hydrogen and nitrogen, to obtain a crystallized glass spacer for FED consisting essentially of, in molar percentage, SiO2: 20-50%, TiO2: 25-45%, MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO: 20-50%, B2O3+Al2O3: 0-10% and ZrO2: 0-10%, and containing as a principal crystal at least one crystal selected from BaXTi8O16-based crystals (X=0.8-1.5), Ba2TiSi2O8-based crystals and TiO2-based crystals.

Abstract: An information recording/ reproduction apparatus which is provided with a hard disc as a first recording medium that constantly records recording information that is input from the outside, and a HD drive as a first reproduction device which reproduces at least the aforementioned information while recording it in the first recording area, or information that was recorded in the first recording area, as well as provided with a hard disc as a second recording medium on which related information that is related to the information recording/reproduction apparatus itself, a HD drive as a recording device which records the aforementioned related information on the second recording medium, an input unit or remote control unit as a specification device that is used for specifying the related information to be reproduced, and an HD drive as a second reproduction device which reproduces the specified related information from the second recording medium.