Abstract:
Disclosed are: a welding method capable of increasing the welding speed up to approximately 20 m/min., yet capable of producing good bead configurations and preventing welding defects such as blowholes; and a method of producing a welded member using the welding method. Specifically disclosed is a laser/arc hybrid welding method for butt-welding flat plates of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy, or butt-welding both ends of a strip-shaped plate of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy which has been formed into a tubular shape, wherein in the butt welding, the laser beam irradiation and the arc discharge trace the same welding line in such a manner that laser welding is followed by TIG arc welding.
Abstract:
A heavy duty tire comprises a tread portion provided with tread blocks each provided in the ground contact surface thereof with a single zigzag sipe. A ratio A/B of a block length (A) which is the circumferential length of the block measured along a straight line passing through the centroid of the ground contact surface to a maximum block width (B) which is the axial distance between the axial extreme ends of the ground contact surface is 0.8 to 1.7. The zigzag sipe is disposed within a central region which is defined as extending from the centroid of the ground contact surface towards each side in the tire circumferential direction by 25% of the block length (A). The zigzag sipe is composed of a pair of major straight segments extending axially inwardly from both sides of in the tire axial direction of the block, and a minor straight segment extending between the inner ends of the respective major straight segments, so that the circumferential distance between the circumferential extreme ends of the sipe is in a range of from 10 to 35% of the block length (A).
Abstract:
An inorganic-organic hybrid film-coated stainless steel foil comprising a stainless steel foil substrate having coated on one surface or both surfaces thereof an inorganic-organic hybrid film, wherein the inorganic-organic hybrid film comprises a skeleton formed of an inorganic three-dimensional network structure mainly comprising a siloxane bond, with at least one crosslinked oxygen of the skeleton being replaced by an organic group and/or a hydrogen atom; and an inorganic-organic hybrid film-coated stainless steel foil comprising a stainless steel foil having coated thereon a plurality of inorganic-organic hybrid films each mainly comprising a siloxane bond, wherein at least a part of Si constituting each inorganic-organic hybrid film is chemically bonded to one or both of an organic group and hydrogen, provided that the uppermost layer out of the plurality of inorganic-organic hybrid films may be an inorganic SiO2 film, and adjacent films of the plurality of inorganic-organic hybrid films (including the inorganic SiO2 film) differ in the composition from each other.
Abstract:
Provided is a charge pump circuit which is preferably used for reducing noise generated when electric charges are accumulated in a capacitor of the charge pump circuit. A load driving system 1 includes a charge pump circuit 2, a clock generation circuit 4, an amplifier circuit 6, and a load 8. The charge pump circuit 2 includes capacitors C1 and C2, a transistor PTr3 which is a P-channel MOS transistor and controls current supply to the C1, switching elements SW1 to SW3, and a supply current control circuit 20. The charge pump circuit 2 switches the SW1 to SW3, to thereby perform the accumulation of electric charges to the C1 and the transfer of the accumulated electric charges to the C2 for generating a negative power source. The supply current control circuit 20 includes a transistor PTr4, a switching element SW4, and a transistor NTr6 which forms a current mirror with a transistor NTr5 which constitutes an output stage of the amplifier circuit 6. The C1 is charged with a supply current which is positively correlated with a load current via the NTr6, the SW4, the PTr3, and the PTr4.
Abstract:
Disclosed are: a welding method capable of increasing the welding speed up to approximately 20 m/min., yet capable of producing good bead configurations and preventing welding defects such as blowholes; and a method of producing a welded member using the welding method. Specifically disclosed is a laser/arc hybrid welding method for butt-welding flat plates of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy, or butt-welding both ends of a strip-shaped plate of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy which has been formed into a tubular shape, wherein in the butt welding, the laser beam irradiation and the arc discharge trace the same welding line in such a manner that laser welding is followed by TIG arc welding.
Abstract:
Provided is a charge pump circuit which is preferably used for reducing noise generated when electric charges are accumulated in a capacitor of the charge pump circuit. A load driving system 1 includes a charge pump circuit 2, a clock generation circuit 4, an amplifier circuit 6, and a load 8. The charge pump circuit 2 includes capacitors C1 and C2, a transistor PTr3 which is a P-channel MOS transistor and controls current supply to the C1, switching elements SW1 to SW3, and a supply current control circuit 20. The charge pump circuit 2 switches the SW1 to SW3, to thereby perform the accumulation of electric charges to the C1 and the transfer of the accumulated electric charges to the C2 for generating a negative power source. The supply current control circuit 20 includes a transistor PTr4, a switching element SW4, and a transistor NTr6 which forms a current mirror with a transistor NTr5 which constitutes an output stage of the amplifier circuit 6. The C1 is charged with a supply current which is positively correlated with a load current via the NTr6, the SW4, the PTr3, and the PTr4.
Abstract:
There is provided a substrate material, for an HDD suspension, which has excellent adhesion between a stainless steel foil and an insulating resin layer and maintains high etching performance by preventing metal components in the stainless steel from diffusing into the insulating resin layer. The substrate material for an HDD suspension of the invention is a material obtained by shaping a stainless steel foil, wherein, on the surface of the stainless steel foil and on at least one side thereof, there are laminated, at least, a covering layer made chiefly of either one or both of a metal oxide and a metal hydroxide with chromium excluded as the metal species, and an insulating resin layer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a precoated metal sheet excellent in the coating material adhesion and having little affect on environment. The precoated metal sheet of the invention is a precoated metal sheet comprising a metal or plated metal sheet having stacked on the surface thereof at least a coat layer and an organic resin layer, the metal or plated metal sheet mainly comprising zinc and aluminum and the coat layer mainly comprising one or both of a metal oxide and a metal hydroxide each using a metal species exclusive of chromium.
Abstract:
A fluid-operated valve comprises a first valve chamber (16) and a second valve chamber (25) communicating with each other through a through-hole (21), a first cylinder chamber (39) formed adjacent to the first valve chamber (16) and accommodating a first piston (6) so as to be slidable therein, a valve body (3) positioned in the second valve chamber (25) and adapted to come into contact with or move away from a valve seat (22) around the through-hole (21), a valve stem (4) having one end connected to the first piston (6) and the other end connected to the valve body (3), and an annular diaphragm (8) having an inner peripheral portion fixed to the valve stem (4) and an outer peripheral portion fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the first valve chamber (16). The first piston (6) is urged by a spring (9) to bring the valve body (3) into contact with the valve seat (22). The first piston (6) is moved by supplying the working fluid into the first cylinder chamber (39) through the working fluid supply port of a first cylinder (5) to move the valve body (3) away from the valve seat (22).