Abstract: A gas phase reduction device for carbon dioxide is a gas phase reduction device for carbon dioxide that exerts a catalytic function by light irradiation to generate oxidation-reduction reaction. The gas phase reduction device includes an oxidation tank in which an aqueous solution is put, a reduction tank to which carbon dioxide is supplied, a semiconductor photoelectrode installed in the aqueous solution, and a porous electrode-supported electrolyte membrane that is a joint body of an electrolyte membrane and a porous reduction electrode, the porous electrode-supported electrolyte membrane being installed between the oxidation tank and the reduction tank with the electrolyte membrane facing the oxidation tank and the porous reduction electrode facing the reduction tank.

Abstract: An acquisition portion of a pretreatment control apparatus acquires identification information capable of identifying a treatment medium (step S1). A first transmission portion transmits a pretreatment instruction based on the identification information to a pretreatment device which performs a pretreatment with respect to the treatment medium (step S13). A second transmission portion transmits a transmission instruction for identified print data based on the identification information, to a storage device which stores print data (step S3). As a result, the pretreatment control apparatus can transmit the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data by acquiring a single piece of identification information. Therefore, the number of processing steps by the pretreatment control apparatus is fewer than when the pretreatment instruction and the identified print data are transmitted by acquiring different information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium, an acquiring unit configured to acquire temperature information of the printing unit, and a control unit configured to control the printing unit so as to start relative scanning in a case where a temperature that is indicated by the temperature information has reached a print permission temperature. The print permission temperature in a first print mode whose speed at a time of a constant speed in relative scanning is a first speed is a first temperature. The print permission temperature in a second print mode whose speed at the time of the constant speed is a second speed that is faster than the first speed is a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an additively-manufactured object in which deposition is performed by melting and solidifying a metal depending on three-dimensional shape data of a target shape, includes: acquiring the three-dimensional shape data; creating a deposition plan in which a formation track and a heating condition of the metal are determined; determining a difference between a shape of the additively-manufactured object that thermally contracts by cooling after deposition and a shape of the three-dimensional shape data by an operation; modifying the deposition plan until the difference falls within a predetermined allowable range; and additively manufacturing the additively-manufactured object based on the deposition plan in which the difference falls within the allowable range.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising graphite particles satisfying x?2.0 when a compressive load required to consolidate to 1.7 g/cm3 in autograph measurement is x (kN/cm2), 5.0?y?20.0 when, a particle size at which a cumulative volume from a small diameter side of a volume-based particle size distribution measured by a laser diffraction method reaches 50% is y, the above mentioned x and y satisfy the following Formula (1), and a degree of graphitization satisfies 90.0% or more: 11.3x?0.66y+1.4?14.5??(1).

Abstract: Provided are an ink set which is used for recording an image on a surface having a surface energy of 40 mN/m or greater and included in an impermeable base material, the ink set including an ink containing water, a colorant, and resin particles, and a pretreatment liquid containing water and resin particles, in which the resin particles contained in the pretreatment liquid include at least one of a mixture of acrylic resin particles and polyester resin particles or composite particles including an acrylic resin and a polyester resin, and the resin particles contained in the ink include at least one of acrylic resin particles or polyurethane resin particles; an image recording method; a method of producing a laminate; an image recorded material; and a laminate.

Abstract: An image recording method includes a step of preparing a first ink containing water and at least one selected from the group consisting of a chromatic colorant and a black colorant, a step of preparing a second ink containing a white colorant and water, an applying step of applying each of the first ink and the second ink onto a resin base material by an ink jet method, and a drying step of including irradiating the first ink and the second ink applied onto the resin base material with microwaves.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes front-wheel and rear-wheel driving systems, and a control system. The front-wheel driving system includes a first travel motor mechanically coupled to a front wheel of a vehicle and a first accumulator electrically coupled to the first travel motor. The rear-wheel driving system includes a second travel motor mechanically coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and a second accumulator electrically coupled to the second travel motor. The control system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors, and controls the first and second travel motors. When a difference between an SOC of the first accumulator and an SOC of the second accumulator is greater than a threshold value, the one or more processors change a torque distribution ratio between the first and second travel motors from a reference distribution ratio.

Abstract: A distribution system is linked to a delivery vehicle delivering a product stored in a warehouse to a delivery destination and includes an automatic conveyance device and an automatic conveyance device server. An automatic conveyance device server transmits a release instruction to an automatic conveyance device when receiving a request for delivery, transmits a loading instruction for loading of a product to a delivery vehicle to the automatic conveyance device when receiving loading permission, and transmits a release completion notification to a transmitter of a delivery request when receiving information indicating the releasing is completed.

Abstract: A stocker system for transporting a good via a transport vehicle to a stocker with multiple storage compartments, the stocker system including: a stocker information memory section configured to memorize stocker information including arrangement position information of the storage compartments in the stocker, and information of presence or absence of the good in the storage compartments; a stocker information updating section configured to update the stocker information in accordance with the goods being taken in and out of the storage compartments; and a stopping position setting section configured to acquire the arrangement position information of an empty storage compartment from the stocker information and to set a stopping position of the transport vehicle for the good to be put into the empty storage compartment based on the acquired arrangement position information of the empty storage compartment.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print an image on a print medium, an acquiring unit configured to acquire temperature information of the printing unit, and a control unit configured to control the printing unit so as to start relative scanning in a case where a temperature that is indicated by the temperature information has reached a print permission temperature. The print permission temperature in a first print mode whose speed at a time of a constant speed in relative scanning is a first speed is a first temperature. The print permission temperature in a second print mode whose speed at the time of the constant speed is a second speed that is faster than the first speed is a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature.

Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus adopting short pulse heating is designed to output a uniform image without unevenness. To this end, in a serial inkjet printing apparatus, a print head is subjected to a short pulse heating treatment before each print scan is carried out. In a case where a print medium is a first print medium, the print head is heated to a first target temperature before carrying out each of the print scans. In a case where the print medium is a second print medium, the print head is heated to a second target temperature lower than the first target temperature before carrying out each of the print scans.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions are executed by a processor of a pretreatment information generation device that generates pretreatment information to be used in pretreatment on a recording medium by a pretreatment device. The computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including receiving image data to be printed on the recording medium, and identifying the pretreatment information to perform the pretreatment with respect to the received image data.

Abstract: A method for charging raw materials into a blast furnace is as follows. The blast furnace includes a bell-less charging device that includes a plurality of main hoppers and an auxiliary hopper. The auxiliary hopper has a smaller capacity than the main hoppers. The method includes discharging ore charged in at least one of the plurality of main hoppers, and then sequentially charging the ore from a furnace wall side toward a furnace center side by using a rotating chute. The discharging of low-reactivity ore charged in the auxiliary hopper is started simultaneously with a start of charging of the ore or at a point in time after the start of the charging; and then, the low-reactivity ore is charged together with the ore from the rotating chute. The charging of the low-reactivity ore is stopped at least before a point in time at which charging of 56 mass % of the ore is completed.

Abstract: A polishing pad for polishing a silicon carbide substrate contains polyurethane and abrasive grains fixed by the polyurethane, and has a loss tangent (tan ?) represented by loss modulus (E?)/storage modulus (E?) of 0.1 to 0.35 at 30° C. and a glass transition temperature of 40° C. to 65° C. Also, a polishing method for polishing the silicon carbide substrate includes a holding step of holding a workpiece having the silicon carbide substrate by a chuck table and a polishing step of polishing the silicon carbide substrate by the polishing pad.

Abstract: A coating layer containing a silicone compound is formed on an inner surface of a hollow fiber membrane for manufacturing an oxygenator having a plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes for gas exchange. The method includes dissolving a silicone compound in an organic solvent having a surface tension of less than 70 dyn/cm to prepare a coating solution; and bringing an inner surface of the hollow fiber membranes into contact with the coating solution while bringing an outer surface of the hollow fiber membranes into contact with water to form a coating layer containing a silicone compound on the inner surface.

Abstract: A covering state of a coating layer containing a silicone compound on an inner surface of hollow fiber membranes is evaluated by dissolving the silicone compound and a dyeing agent in an organic solvent and causing the coating solution to pass through the hollow fiber membranes. The covering state of the silicone compound or a crosslinked product is determined by observing a dyed state of a hollow fiber membrane end surface on a coating solution passing start side and a dyed state of a hollow fiber membrane end surface on a coating solution passing end side of the hollow fiber membrane on which the coating layer is formed.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes a frame having a plate-shape, electric wiring that transmits an electric signal or electric power, a guide unit that guides the electric wiring along a surface of the frame, and a facing member disposed at a position closer to the frame surface than that of the electric wiring to overlap the electric wiring. The guide unit includes first, second, and third guide members in contact with the electric wiring. The third guide member is in contact with the electric wiring from a side opposite to a side in which the first and second guide members are in contact with the electric wiring and is disposed at a position not in a region between the first and second guide members. The electric wiring is curved in a direction away from the facing member in the region between the first guide member and second guide member.

Abstract: Clamping device 20 is a clamping device for clamping and fixing core 10, whose interior is divided into multiple flow channels F1, F2 by plates 11 that are stacked, of stacked heat exchanger 1 in stacking direction Z of plates 11, including: two end plates 21, 22 placed on both sides of core 10 in stacking direction Z; connecting member 23 connecting two end plates 21, 22 to keep two end plates 21, 22 apart by a distance greater than a length of core 10 in stacking direction Z; and bolts 24 inserted respectively into thread through-holes 21a, 22a formed on each of end plates 21, 22 for pressing core 10 in stacking direction Z.

Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes a first member having a first end face, a second member having a second end face facing the first end face through an air gap, and a coil wound around one of the first member and the second member. Each of the first member and the second member is formed from a laminated body of a plurality of steel plates, and a magnetic circuit formed from the first member and the second member includes a changing part at which a lamination direction of the laminated body changes at a right angle to generate a magnetic flux along a plane direction of each of the plurality of steel plates.