Abstract: A manufacturing method for an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint includes forming a cup member and a shaft member, forming a joining hole in a thickness of a bottom portion to prepare the cup member as a finished component, and forming a joining outer surface on an end portion of the shaft member to be joined onto the bottom portion of the cup member to prepare the shaft member as a finished component. The method also includes fitting the joining hole of the cup member and the joining outer surface of the shaft member as the finished components to each other, and welding a fitting portion between the joining hole and the joining outer surface through irradiation of a beam from an inner side of the cup member, a diameter of the fitting portion being an equal dimension for each joint size.

Abstract: The invention provides a two-pack curable polyorganosiloxane composition having an excellent rapid curing property, and methods for producing an adhered article using the compositions. The two-pack curable polyorganosiloxane composition consisting of a first component and a second component, the composition comprising: (A) an alkenyl group-containing polyorganosiloxane that contains two or more alkenyl groups in the molecule; (B) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane that has two or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in the molecule; and (C) a platinum group catalyst, wherein the ratio of the number of the hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in (B), HB, to the number of the alkenyl groups in (A), ViA, is 0.5 to 10.0; the content of (C) is 0.5 to 2000 ppm in terms of a platinum group metal; the first component comprises (A) and (C); and the second component comprises (B).

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint includes forming a cup member and a shaft member, forming a joining hole in a thickness of a bottom portion to prepare the cup member as a finished component, and forming a joining outer surface on an end portion of the shaft member to be joined onto the bottom portion of the cup member to prepare the shaft member as a finished component. The method also includes fitting the joining hole of the cup member and the joining outer surface of the shaft member as the finished components to each other, and welding a fitting portion between the joining hole and the joining outer surface through irradiation of a beam from an inner side of the cup member, a diameter of the fitting portion being an equal dimension for each joint size.

Abstract: Provided is a production facility which allows a worker to perform manual works such as restoration, setting change, and manufacturing, without entering an action area of a robot. The production facility includes a casing, a swaging as a dedicated device housed in the casing, for performing swaging using a boot band, and an internal transfer device. A human work area on the front side of the production facility and an action area of a transfer robot on the back side of the production facility are separated by the swaging device and the casing. The worker positioned on the front side of the production facility operates swaging device without entering the action area of the transfer robot so that the transfer robot need not be stopped when the work is performed.

Abstract: Provided is a production facility which allows a worker to perform manual works such as restoration, setting change, and manufacturing, without entering an action area of a robot. The production facility (1) includes a casing (11), a swaging device (12) as a dedicated device housed in the casing (11), for performing swaging using a boot band, and an internal transfer device (13). A human work area (F) on the front side of the production facility (1) and an action area (B) of a transfer robot (2) on the back side of the production facility (1) are separated by the swaging device (12) and the casing (11). The worker positioned on the front side of the production facility (1) operates swaging device (12) without entering the action area (B) of the transfer robot (2) so that the transfer robot (2) need not be stopped when the work is performed.

Abstract: A parts aligning apparatus that has a plurality of parts carried on a track located upstream of the apparatus. A first track of the apparatus carries the parts thereon. When a sensing device senses a particular face of each part is contacting the first track, an air jet device emits a burst of compressed air, causing the part on the first track to turn over onto a second track so that the particular face faces upward, or away from the track surface. During this process, the part turns around a common apex between the first and second tracks, which serves as a support point.

Abstract: An adhesive composition which comprises:(A) 100 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 s may be the same or different from each other and each represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group or a halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group; and n is a positive integer);(B) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a tetraalkoxysilane represented by the following formula:R.sup.2.sub.a Si(OR.sup.3).sub.4-a (II)(wherein R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a vinyl group; R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy-substituted alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms; and a is 0 or 1),or a partially hydrolyzed condensate thereof; and(C) 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of a trialkoxysilane represented by the formula (III):R.sup.4 (R.sup.5).sub.b Si(OR.sup.6).sub.3-b (III)(wherein R.sup.4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aminoalkyl group; R.sup.

Abstract: A room-temperature curable polyorganosiloxane composition comprising the following components (A) to (C): (A) 100 parts by weight of (1) a mixture of a terminally reactive polyorganosiloxane represented by the formula R.sup.1.sub.a (R.sub.2 O).sub.3-a SiZ[R.sub.2 SiO].sub.n SiR .sup.1.sub.2 ZSi(OR.sup.2).sub.3-a R.sup.1.sub.a ; (2) a silane represented by the formula R.sup.3.sub.b Si(OR.sup.4).sub.4-b or a partially hydrolyzed condensation product thereof; the amount of (A) (1) being from 85 to 100 parts by weight; (B) from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of a curing catalyst; and (C) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a polycondensation reaction product of an amino group-containing silane represented by the formula X.sub.c Si(WNH.sub.2)Y.sub.3-c and a silazane represented by the formula X.sub.d Y.sub.3-d SiNHSiY.sub.3-d X.sub.d ; where all symbols are defined in the specification.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a silicon-bonded unsaturated aliphatic radical; (B) an organopolysiloxane having a silicon-bonded mercaptoalkyl radical; and (C) a photoreaction-initiating amount of photoreaction initiator. The photoreaction initiator includes arylcarbonyl phosphine oxide compounds, having a radical selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted aryl radicals, and another two radicals selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon radicals. The above silicone, composition is efficiently cured by visible light radiation and usable for photo-curable adhesives.