Abstract: The invention provides a management system of coal and/or steelmaking dust being managed outdoors. The management system includes an imaging unit, a threshold information acquiring unit, and a determining unit. The imaging unit is configured to perform imaging of heat distribution image information indicating a heat distribution image of a surface layer of a pile of the coal and/or steelmaking dust from a position where imaging of an entire surface layer of the pile can be performed. The threshold information acquiring unit is configured to acquire threshold information indicating a threshold of a temperature of the surface layer of the pile. The determining unit is configured to determine heat generation of the pile based on the heat distribution image information and the threshold information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for improving the cooling performance of a cooling tower in a circulating cooling water system having the cooling tower. The present invention provides a method for improving cooling performance of a cooling tower in a circulating cooling water system having the cooling tower, wherein cooling water used in the circulating cooling water system is cooling water to which an agent including a surfactant is added, and the cooling water satisfies (a) a dynamic contact angle of 55° or less and (b) a bubble bulkiness of 250 mL or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a management system of a material which is a steelmaking raw material and/or a fuel for power generation and which is managed outdoors. The management system includes a moisture content information acquiring unit, a weather information acquiring unit, and a predicting unit. The moisture content information acquiring unit is configured to acquire moisture content information indicating a moisture content contained in the material. The weather information acquiring unit is configured to acquire weather information indicating outdoor meteorological phenomena forecasted for the future. The predicting unit is configured to predict a moisture content contained in the material at a specific time point in the future based on the moisture content information and the weather information.

Abstract: The invention provides a management system of a material which is a steelmaking raw material and/or a fuel for power generation and which is managed outdoors. The management system includes an information managing unit, a weather information acquiring unit, and an assessing unit. The information managing unit is configured to manage, for each of piles of the material, powder dust prevention processing information including a presence or absence of existing powder dust prevention processing with respect to the material and a type of the powder dust prevention processing. The weather information acquiring unit is configured to acquire weather information indicating outdoor meteorological phenomena forecasted for the future. The assessing unit is configured to assess an occurrence of powder dust for each of the piles based on the powder dust prevention processing information and the weather information.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for a coal-containing formed product, which contains a macromolecular polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of 2.0 dl/g or higher.

Abstract: Provided is an antioxidant capable of coating the surface layer of a coal deposit (coal pile) and further reducing the amount of oxygen permeation into the inside of the deposit. The present invention is an antioxidant for coal, containing an oil-in-water type resin emulsion having an average particle size of emulsion particles of 0.3 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less. The antioxidant preferably further contains a surfactant. The worker sprays the above antioxidant on the coal deposit. This forms a consolidated layer on the surface of the coal deposit that is highly effective in suppressing oxygen permeation. Therefore, the permeation of oxygen in the air atmosphere into the inside of the coal deposit is blocked, thus preventing the oxidation of the coal.

Abstract: Provided is a binder for a coal-containing formed product, which contains a macromolecular polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of 2.0 dl/g or higher.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a copper-based sintered slide member comprising 0.5 to 20% by weight of tin, 0.1 to 35% by weight of manganese, 2 to 25% by weight of a solid lubricant and the balance essentially consisting of copper; and a multilayer copper-based sintered slide member comprising a copper-based alloy sintered layer and a metal backing plate which are formed into an integral multilayer structure, wherein the copper-based alloy sintered layer comprises 0.5 to 20% by weight of tin, 0.1 to 35% by weight of manganese, 2 to 25% by weight of a solid lubricant and the balance essentially consisting of copper. The above slide members are in the form of a lead-free copper-based sintered slide member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a copper-based sintered slide member comprising 0.5 to 20% by weight of tin, 0.1 to 35% by weight of manganese, 2 to 25% by weight of a solid lubricant and the balance essentially consisting of copper; and a multilayer copper-based sintered slide member comprising a copper-based alloy sintered layer and a metal backing plate which are formed into an integral multilayer structure, wherein the copper-based alloy sintered layer comprises 0.5 to 20% by weight of tin, 0.1 to 35% by weight of manganese, 2 to 25% by weight of a solid lubricant and the balance essentially consisting of copper. The above slide members are in the form of a lead-free copper-based sintered slide member.

Abstract: A thermoforming apparatus includes a female die and a movable plug for thermoforming a softened thermoplastic resin sheet. The female die includes a rim forming recess in the shape of a bowl-shaped recess, communicating with a bottom opening and forming a bottom wall of the bowl, an outer wall, a bottom wall and an inner wall of a rim of the bottom, and a bottom plate movable forward and backward relative to the rim forming recess. The softened thermoplastic resin sheet is thrust by the plug while the bottom plate is held at a first stop position. The thermoplastic resin sheet is brought into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the bowl-shaped recess and then the bottom plate is moved to a second stop position so that a rim is formed.

Abstract: A bowl-shaped container has a rim of a bottom and the rim is hollow. The container is made of a thermoplastic resin sheet, and wherein the hollow rim is formed by folding the thermoplastic resin sheet including a side wall surface and a bottom wall surface continuous with each other into the shape of a bag and by welding the sheet at the wall surface sides. The body of the container may have a plurality of ribs protruding outward and no slit-like recess in its inner circumferential face. The ribs are formed by thrusting the thermoplastic resin sheet into a plurality of grooves formed in a forming female die.

Abstract: A filter press according to the present invention comprises tension bearing means which are mounted on the filter plates respectively and which prevent movements of the forward ends of the filter cloths to bear the tensions for drawing out the forward ends of the filter cloths from the cloth reservoir means when the distance between the filter plates is decreased to bring the filter plates adjacent to each other into contact with each other, so that the tensions of the filter cloths are not applied to the drawing means when the distance between the filter plates is decreased. Therefore, attitudes of the filter plates are not changed by the tensions of the filter cloths and the filter plates can be brought into intimate contact with each other with constant pressure therebetween.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wear-resistance alloy comprising 10 to 40 wt % of Zn, 3 to 10 wt % of Al, 0.1 to 4 wt % of Cr and the balance Cu.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wear-resistance alloy consisting essentially of about 10 to 40 wt % of Zn, about 3 to 10 wt % of Al, about 0.1 to 4 wt % of Cr, and optionally not more than about 8 wt % of Mn and not more than about 2 wt % of Ni, with the balance, Cu.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wear-resistance aluminum bronze alloy comprising 4 to 15 wt % of Al, 0.1 to 10 wt % of Cr and the balance Cu, and optionally containing not more than 6 wt % of Ni and not more than 15 wt % of Mn.

Abstract: A plant growth regulator comprising, as its active component, one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of [+]-hexylitaconic acid, and the dihydro derivative and lower alkyl monoesters thereof is effective for growth regulation of plants.