Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a first arc contactor electrically connected to a first lead-out conductor, a cylindrical guide portion provided on a second lead-out conductor side, a trigger electrode arranged to be movable between the first arc contactor and the guide portion, and igniting an arc along with a movement in a first half of a current breaking action, a compression chamber being formed by a cylinder having an outer wall and an inner wall both formed in a cylindrical shape, and a piston sliding between the outer wall and the inner wall, and an insulation nozzle guiding the arc-extinguishing gas to an arc ignited at the first arc contactor. The insulation nozzle is formed integrally with the inner wall of the cylinder.

Abstract: A mold strength measuring device according to an aspect obtains information about strength of a mold having a product surface and a back surface opposite to the product surface. The mold strength measuring device comprising a cutting tool and a measurement probe. The cutting tool form a bottomed hole extending from the back surface toward the product surface in the mold. The measurement probe to be inserted into the hole to measure a reaction force received from a bottom of the hole.

Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a trigger electrode which is arranged to be movable between a first arc contactor and a second arc contactor, a compression chamber for pressurizing arc-extinguishing gas, the compression chamber being formed by a cylinder which has an outer wall and an inner wall, each being formed in a cylindrical shape, and which is provided to the second arc contactor, and a piston that slides between the outer wall and the inner wall in conjunction with the trigger electrode, and an insulation nozzle that guides the arc-extinguishing gas pressurized in the compression chamber to an arc ignited between the first arc contactor and the second arc contactor. The insulation nozzle is supported by the inner wall of the cylinder.

Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can appropriately ensure a pressure and a density of arc-extinguishing gas to be sprayed to an arc, and can more surely maintain electric insulation performance.

Abstract: A casting mold molding machine includes a green sand mold molding sensor including a pressure sensor for evaluating moldability of a green sand mold molded by a casting mold molding machine, wherein the pressure sensor is embedded in a squeeze board or squeeze feet that compresses green sand.

Abstract: A gas circuit breaker comprises: a first arc contactor 21; a cylindrical second arc contactor 41; a rod-shaped trigger electrode 31 that is disposed to be movable between the first arc contactor 21 and the second arc contactor 41, and moves inside the cylindrical second arc contactor 41 to ignite an arc at the second arc contactor 41 in the latter half of the current break interval; and a guide portion 41b that has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the trigger electrode 31, has an inner diameter smaller than the inner diameter of a portion of the second arc contactor 41 which is close to the trigger electrode 31, and is disposed in the cylinder of the second arc contactor 41 so as to go around the trigger electrode 31 when the trigger electrode 31 is in a closed state with the first arc contactor 21.

Abstract: The strength measuring apparatus includes: a strength measuring instrument measuring the strength of the mold on the basis of a reaction force received from the mold; a moving unit moving the strength measuring instrument; a distance sensor measuring a distance to an object on the conveyance line; and a control unit controlling the moving unit, wherein the control unit determines a measurement position of the strength measuring instrument in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the conveyance line on the basis of the distance detected by the distance sensor and controls the moving unit to move the strength measuring instrument to a position above the measurement position.

Abstract: A green sand mold molding sensor that can measure the pressure applied to a parting plane of a green sand mold in order to determine the quality (casting mold strength) of a molded green sand mold. A green sand mold molding sensor including a pressure sensor for evaluating the molding properties of a green sand mold molded by a casting mold molding machine, wherein the pressure sensor is embedded in a plate having a model attached thereto.

Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can reduce deformation of an insulation nozzle and leakage of arc-extinguishing gas compressed to be sprayed to an arc, and can more surely maintain electric insulation performance.

Abstract: There is provided a gas circuit breaker that can suppress the mechanical vibration during movement of the moving electrode, reduce the generation of a triple junction during operation of the gas circuit breaker and the generation of the metal foreign materials, and maintain the electrical insulation performance more reliably.

Abstract: A casting mold molding device, a casting mold quality evaluation device, and a casting mold quality evaluation method are capable of evaluating the quality (casting mold strength) of a molded green sand mold without measuring a green sand mold by using a casting mold strength gauge each time a green sand mold is molded in one frame. A green sand mold molding sensor that, during molding of a green sand mold, measures a pressure value applied to a joining section between green sand introduced into a casting mold molding space and a plate having a model attached thereto; and a casting mold quality evaluation device that evaluates the quality of a molded green sand mold from the pressure value.

Abstract: A casting mold molding device, a casting mold quality evaluation device, and a casting mold quality evaluation method that are capable of evaluating the quality of a molded green sand mold without measuring a green sand mold by using a casting mold strength gauge each time a green sand mold is molded in one flask. The device includes a green sand mold molding sensor that, during molding of a green sand mold, measures a pressure value applied to a joining section between green sand introduced into a casting mold molding space and a squeeze board or squeeze feet; and a casting mold quality evaluation device that evaluates the quality of a molded green sand mold from the pressure value.

Abstract: A green sand mold molding sensor including a pressure sensor for evaluating moldability of a green sand mold molded by a casting mold molding machine, wherein the pressure sensor is embedded in a squeeze board or squeeze feet that compresses green sand.

Abstract: A mold-shift detection device for upper and lower molds molded and assembled with each other by a flaskless molding machine, comprises: a first distance sensor measuring a distance by irradiating side surfaces of the upper and lower molds with light; a cylinder causing the first distance sensor to scan the side surfaces of the upper and lower molds; and a controller detecting a mold-shift between the upper and lower molds, based on a measurement result in a scan range.

Abstract: A green sand mold molding sensor that can measure the pressure applied to a parting plane of a green sand mold in order to determine the quality (casting mold strength) of a molded green sand mold. A green sand mold molding sensor including a pressure sensor for evaluating the molding properties of a green sand mold molded by a casting mold molding machine, wherein the pressure sensor is embedded in a plate having a model attached thereto.

Abstract: The gas circuit breaker includes a sealed container filled with an arc-extinguishing gas, a pair of fixed arc electrodes arranged in the sealed container to be opposite to each other, a trigger electrode movably arranged between the fixed arc electrodes and generating an arc discharge according to movement, a pressurization chamber pressuring and increasing a pressure of the arc-extinguishing gas with pressurization means, and a pressure accumulation chamber in communication with the pressurization chamber and accumulating the pressurized arc-extinguishing gas. The trigger electrode switches the pressure accumulation chamber into a closed state or an open state. The pressure accumulation chamber is switched to the closed state in a first half of breaking of the electric current, and the pressure accumulation chamber is switched to the open state in a latter half of breaking of the electric current. The arc-extinguishing gas in the pressure accumulation chamber is guided to the arc discharge.