Abstract: There is provided a steam turbine blade made of Ti-base alloy comprising an &agr;+&bgr; type phase in which a difference of a tensile strength is small between a blade portion and a dovetail portion, a tensile strength at a room temperature of the dovetail portion is equal to or more than 100 kg/mm2 and a suitable toughness is commonly provided together with a strength, as a steam turbine blade having a length of 43 inch or more, a method of manufacturing the same, a steam turbine power generating plant and a low pressure steam turbine.

Abstract: A combined cycle power generation system in which a generator is driven by a steam turbine and a gas turbine includes a steam turbine rotor having a mono-block rotor shaft with blades mounted thereon in multi-stages from a high pressure side to a low pressure side and a casing covering the rotor. An inlet temperature of steam to first stage blades is not less than 530° C. and the rotor shaft is made of a Ni—Cr—Mo—V low alloy steel of bainitic structure having a higher creep rupture strength at the high pressure side than at the low pressure side and a 538° C. and 105 h creep rupture strength not less than 12 kg/mm2 at a central portion, and having mounted thereon at the central portion, first stage blades at the high pressure side or FATT of not more than 20° C.

Abstract: A steam turbine in which principal components to be exposed to high temperatures are all made of ferritic steel, whereby the temperatures of main steam and reheat steam can be increased to 610-660 (° C.). The rotor shaft (23 in FIG. 1) of the steam turbine is made of ferritic forged steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 15 (kg/mm2) at the service temperature of the rotor shaft. Likewise, the casing (18) is made of ferritic cast steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 10 (kg/mm2). The steam turbine of high thermal efficiency can be applied to a steam-turbine power plant.

Abstract: A compact steam turbine power-generation plant has a compact steam turbine that operates at a high temperature in a range of 600 to 660.degree. C. Ferrite based heat resisting steels provide for thermal efficiency. The main steam temperature and the reheated steam temperature can be set in a range of 600 to 660.degree. C. by making the main parts exposed to the high temperature atmosphere, such as the rotor shaft, from ferrite based forged steels and cast steels and by making a final stage blade of a low pressure turbine from a martensite steel. The final stage blade is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a tensile strength of 120 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more; the rotor shaft is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a 10.sup.5 h creep rupture strength of 11 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more; and the inner casing is made from a ferrite based cast steel having a 10.sup.5 h creep rupture strength of 10 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more.

Abstract: A color image is scanned in the matrix direction by the number of colors calculating unit and the number (A) of colors of different full color pixel values is counted. In this instance, each time the number (A) of colors is counted up, a pallet forming unit sequentially stores the full color pixel values as representative colors into entries and forms a subtractive color pallet. When the number (A) of colors exceeds the number (n) of entries of the subtractive color pallet, a transfer format discriminating unit counts the number (N) of transfer pixels up to the end of one-preceding row and compares a transfer data amount by a full color format with a transfer data amount by a pallet format in the number (N) of transfer pixels, thereby allowing the data transfer by the color format of a smaller one of the transfer data amounts to be executed by a data transfer unit.

Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor shaft, movable blades assembled on the rotor shaft, fixed blades for guiding inflow of steam to the moving blades, and an inner casing for holding the fixed blades. The rotor shaft and at least a first stage of the movable blades are made of high-strength martensitic steel comprising 0.05-0.20(%) of C, at most 0.15(%) of Si, 0.3-0.7(%) of Mn, 9.5-13(%) of Cr, 0.3-0.7(%) of Ni, 0.05-0.35(%) of V, 0.02-0.15(%) of Nb, 0.01-0.06(%) of N, 0.05-0.5(%) of Mo, 1.0-3.5(%) of W, 2-10(%) of Co and 0.0005-0.03(%) of B and at least 78(%) of Fe (the percentages being given in terms of weight). The inner casings is made of martensitic cast steel comprising 0.06-0.16(%) of C, at most 0.5(%) of Si, at most 1(%) of Mn, 0.2-1.0(%) of Ni, 8-12(%) of Cr, 0.05-0.35(%) of V, 0.01-0.15(%) of Nb, 0.01-0.1(%) of N, at most 1.5% of Mo, 1-4(%) of W and 0.0005-0.03(%) of B and at least 85(%) of Fe (the percentages being given in terms of weight).

Abstract: A process discriminating unit allows an optimum converting process among a first magnification processing unit, a second magnification processing unit, a first reduction processing unit, a second reduction processing unit, and a third reduction processing unit to be executed on the basis of a conversion magnification (K), a resolution (D), and an image size. Particularly, each of the second magnification processing unit, first reduction processing unit, and second reduction processing unit magnifies an original image to a virtual image of a dot size obtained by magnifying a target image by 2 or 4 by an interpolation based on a simple repetition by a nearest neighborhood method and, after that, reduces to the target image in which the pixel value is obtained by averaging a plurality of pixels corresponding to one target pixel of the virtual image.

Abstract: A high and low pressure sides integrating steam turbine having high and low pressure sides integrating steam turbine blades, each made of a martensite steel including 8-13 wt % Cr, and having a blade length of 33 inches or more for 60 Hz power generation and 40 inches for 50 Hz power generation.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, such as a laser printer, ink jet printer, or a thermal transfer, which comprises a neural network. The apparatus improves image quality by reducing a zigzag included, e.g., in input image data, reducing the circuit size by reducing the number of bits having small weights for an input combination, and concurrently correcting the size of center, left and right picture elements in a predetermined window. The neural network outputs correction data for the size and position of the center dot in a window in response to an input of dot image data in a window or subdot pattern exposure data for the center dot. Additionally, the neural network uses any of the three values, +1, -1 and 0, for the coefficient of input combination for a hidden layer neuron, e.g., after a teacher pattern is learned. Further, the neural network outputs correction data for 3.times.N subblocks of picture elements obtained by dividing blocks of picture elements in the center, left and right of a window.

Abstract: A steam turbine has main components such as rotor shaft exposed to high temperature and intermediate pressure, which are made of a ferritic steel and the main steam temperature and the re-heat steam temperature are 610.degree. C. to 660.degree. C., and a steam turbine power plant employs the turbine. Further, the rotating blades are made of only a martensitic steel or a combination of the martensitic steel and a Ni base alloy, the turbine rotor is made of a ferritic forged steel having a creep rupture strength at the operating temperature for 100 thousands hours of above 15 kg/mm.sup.2, and the casing is made of a ferritic cast steel having a creep rupture strength at the operating temperature for 100 thousands hours of above 10 kg/mm.sup.2.

Abstract: A heat resisting steel whose metal structure is entirely martensite phase produced by tempering after quenching. The steel comprises, by weight, 0.05 to 0.20% C, not more than 0.15% Si, not more than 1.5% Mn, not more than 1.0% Ni, 8.5 to 13.0% Cr, not more than 3.50% Mo, not more than 3.5% W, 0.05 to 0.30% V, 0.01 to 0.20% Nb, not more than 5.0% Co, 0.001 to 0.020% boron, 0.005 to 0.040% nitrogen, 0.0005 to 0.0050% oxygen and 0.00001 to 0.0002% hydrogen. The steel has preferably not more than 10 of the Cr equivalent. The steel has 10 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more of 100,000 hours creep rupture strength at 650.degree. C.

Abstract: A method of operating an electron microscope under a high temperature and the electron microscope are provided. The electron microscope can stably set and efficiently heat a sample to observe and measure high temperature physical properties such as phase transformation, phase transition and the like required for development of a heat resistant material. In the method of operating the electron microscope and the electron microscope, a sample to be observed is set so as to position at a central hole of a double spiral flat filament, the detachable heating stage is fixed to the heating holder using screws of a pivot, and the heating stage is tilted by vertical movement of a crank-shaped arm. The heating stage and the arm are insulated from each other by an insulating body, and current from a power source is conducted by a conductor wire to heat the filament.

Abstract: A steam turbine in which principal components to be exposed to high temperatures are all made of ferritic steel, whereby the temperatures of main steam and reheat steam can be increased to 610-660 (.degree.C.). The rotor shaft (23 in FIG. 1) of the steam turbine is made of ferritic forged steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 15 (kg/mm.sup.2) at the service temperature of the rotor shaft. Likewise, the casing (18) is made of ferritic cast steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 10 (kg/mm.sup.2). The steam turbine of high thermal efficiency can be applied to a steam-turbine power plant.

Abstract: There is provided an oxide dispersion-strengthened nickel alloy which has a hot working property, a structure stability at high temperature, improved creep characteristics at high temperature and improved heat resistant fatigue characteristics. The oxide dispersion-strengthened alloy is composed of an oxide containing one or more kinds of elements in an amount of 2 wt % or less selected from the group composed of titanium, zirconium and hafnium, chromium in an amount of 15-35 wt %, carbon in an amount of 0.01-0.4 wt % and Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 in an amount of 0.3-2.0 wt %, and the balance of substantially nickel, wherein Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 is dispersed as particles in the matrix of the nickel alloy containing one or more kinds of elements selected from the group composed of titanium, zirconium and hafnium, chromium and carbon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydantoin derivative, salt thereof, process for the preparation thereof, and medicine containing the derivative. The derivative is represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein M is --CONH--NHR.sup.1 group, --CONH--OR.sup.2 group, ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a phenyl radical, a substituted phenyl group, a naphthyl radical, a substituted naphthyl group, a pyridyl radical, a furyl radical or a thienyl radical, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a phenyl radical or a substituted phenyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different independently, each being a phenyl radical, or an aralkyl group, or R.sup.3 may form a substituted or non-substituted C.sub.5-6 saturated heterocyclic ring together with R.sup.4 and a possible nitrogen or oxygen atom, R.sup.5 forms a substituted or non-substituted saturated heterocyclic ring together with R.sup.6 and a possible nitrogen or oxygen atom, R.sup.

Abstract: A gas turbine includes a turbine stubshaft, a plurality of turbine disks coupled to the shaft by turbine stacking bolts with spacers interposed therebetween, turbing moving blades planted in each of the disks, a shroud provided with a sliding surface in a spaced-apart relation to the tips of the moving blades, a distant piece connected to the disks by the bolts, a plurality of compressor disks coupled to the distant piece by compressor stacking bolts, compressor blades planted in each of the compressor disks, and a compressor stubshaft formed integrally with the compressor disk located at the first stage. At least a sliding portion of the shroud is made of a heat-resistant cast alloy having in turn a chilled layer and columnar grains in a direction oriented from the sliding surface thereof toward the interior thereof.

Abstract: A cobalt-base alloy comprises 0.2-1 wt % C 0.4-2 wt % Si, 0.2-1.5 wt % Mn, 5-15 wt % Ni, 20-35 wt % Cr, 3-15 wt % W, 0.003-0.1 wt % Ni, 20-35 wt % Cr, 3-15 wt % W, 0.003-0.1 wt % B, 0.05-1 wt % Nb, 0.01-1 wt % Ta, 2 wt % or less Fe, 30 ppm or less oxygen, 100 ppm or less nitrogen, and the balance of 45 wt % or more Co, wherein the content of Si is larger than that of Mn. The alloy is in a form of casting and has a structure containing a eutectic carbide and a secondary carbide dispersed therein. The cast alloy is produced through solution treatment at 1,100.degree.-1.200.degree. C., and aging treatment at 950.degree.-1,050.degree. C., and cooling rate after the solution treatment and after the aging treatment is 150.degree. to 300.degree. C./h. A gas turbine nozzle is made of a casting of the above-mentioned alloy.

Abstract: In order to enable a carbureter body formed of a soft material such as a synthetic resin to be coupled easily between an air cleaner and a manifold pipe in its state of not developing a distortion, the carbureter for an internal combustion engine comprises: reinforcing members each having a high rigidity and a length greater than the full length of the carbureter body but smaller than the length obtained by adding this length of the carbureter body to the thicknesses of two elastic sealing members used in coupling the carbureter body to the air cleaner and to the manifold pipe; a plurality of arms for nipping the reinforcing members in their posture of being placed along a suction bore of the carbureter body. Shaft-receiving bores for supporting a throttle valve shaft and a choke valve shaft are disposed at locations at which these valve shafts are not affected by the strains which are apt to develop when the carbureter body is coupled to the air cleaner and to the manifold pipe.