PURPOSE: To provide the manufacture of an axle case that has a high strength and a stable welded quality and also facilitates automation of post processes and reduction in cost. CONSTITUTION: An axle case is manufactured such that two halved axle cases 25, 25', which are each provided with a center bulged part 23, 23' and a semi- tubular part 24, 24' extending left and right of the bulged part, ar...

PURPOSE: To increase output of a gas turbine by effectively using blowdown water of an exhaust heat recovery boiler in a gas turbine combined plant constituted of the gas turbine and the exhaust heat recovery boiler. CONSTITUTION: Output of a gas turbine 3 is increased by providing a flash tank 12 to generate steam by way of flashing blowdown water of an exhaust heat recovery boiler 4, injecting t...

PURPOSE: To prevent overheating of a turbine constituting member at the time of speeding up and idling and to shorten starting time by way of omitting holding time at the number of halfway rotation. CONSTITUTION: A train of a combined cycle electric power plant is constituted of units U1 , U2 , U3 , U4 . The units U1 , U2 , U3 , U4 are communicated to a common auxiliary steam mother pipe 26 throug...

PURPOSE: To realize a gas turbine combined cycle electric power generating method improving electric power generating efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A tubular steam superheater 5 using high temperature combustion gas as a heating source is provided between a combustor 4 and a gas turbine 6, and steam generated by an exhaust heat recovery boiler 10 is superheated and supplied to a steam turbine 12. Or a...

PURPOSE: To realize a regenerative type gas turbine combined cycle electric power generating method improving electric power generating efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A tubular steam heater 6 using high temperature high pressure combustion gas as its heating source is provided between a combustor 4 and a gas turbine 9 in regenerative type gas turbine combined cycle electric power generation to generate...

PURPOSE: To increase an effective range of an engine brake by fuel cut control so as to reduce fuel consumption by automatically stop an engine when automatic stop conditions are met after the start of the engine and providing a means to automatically start the engine when automatic start conditions are met. CONSTITUTION: A control means 66 performs a fuel cut control when various signals are inpu...

PURPOSE: To provide a differential motion restricting function of a speed sensitive type, and hold maneuvering performance and stability of a vehicle high by relieving its differential motion restricting force according to the necessity. CONSTITUTION: A differential device is provided with a differential mechanism 61 to distribute rotation of a differential case 21 driven in rotation by an engine ...

PURPOSE: To set the degree of opening in starting of accelerator and the semi- clutch stroke simply, quickly, and accurately by furnishing an accel. start opening setting device and a semi-clutch stroke setting device. CONSTITUTION: An accel. function setting device 221 (accel. start opening setting device) gives an accel. stroke function as an accel. stroke command to an accel. actuator which dri...

PURPOSE: To provide a negative plate safe for heat dispersion for a sealed lead-acid battery used in trickle charge by adding lignin which is treated in heated sulfuric acid solution for a specified time to a negative active material. CONSTITUTION: Lignin is immersed in dilute sulfuric acid solution with a specific gravity of 1.3 heated at 70 deg.C for 60 minutes, filtered and dried. The treated l...

PURPOSE: To enhance current collecting efficiency and provide a battery with long life by forming many cutting out working parts having a specified shape in a flat-plate type current collector, and three-dimensionally forming the working parts in the thickness direction from the current collector flat surface. CONSTITUTION: A working part 2 is three-dimensionally stood in two steps in a hook shape...

PCT No. PCT/US96/07265 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 21, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 21, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 26, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/34357 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 1996A crossing network that matches buy and sell orders based upon a satisfaction and quantity profile is disclosed. The crossing network includes a number of trader terminals that can be used for entering order. The orders are entered in the form...

An enhancer (42) receives, combines, and correlates at least two sets of data from different imaging sources, such as a mammographic imaging system (12) and an ultrasound imaging system (16), for imaging bodily tissue, such as breast tissue. The processed data can then be displayed. The enhancer (42) embeds sets of data in matrixes and uses singular value decomposition to compress the data into si...

A system is provided for conveying fluid lubricant forwardly to lubricate a forward bearing support member of a vehicular tandem axle assembly. The system includes a first open-sided trough in to which the fluid lubricant is deposited by a differential gear assembly. Trough is in fluid communication with a second open-sided trough that slopes forwardly and downwardly to the center line of bearing ...

A plastic grommet for use on metal studs in wall construction protecting wires, cabling, conduit, and the like. The grommet also makes the passing of such utilities easier and quieter. The grommet will function singularly or assembled to a clone. The grommet includes a cylindrical body having an enlarged flange on one end with radially projecting spring snaps on the exterior of the body whereby th...

The present invention provides lubricant compositions for the powder metallurgical field. The lubricant compositions contain a solid phase lubricant such as graphite, molybdenum disulfide, and polytetrafluoroethylene in combination with a liquid phase lubricant that is a binder for the solid phase lubricant. The binder can be chosen from various classes of compounds including polyethylene glycols,...

A Si3N4 reinforced aluminosilicate ceramic composite made of A. from about 5 to about 40 weight percent of Si3N4 reinforcement material; B. from about 15 to about 35 weight percent of the recrystalization products formed from a molten glass composed of (1) from about 8 to about 16 weight percent of Al2O3, (2) from about 14 to about 45 mole percent of an alkaline earth oxide selected form the group...

Rigid polyurethane foams are produced by reacting an organic polyisocyanate with a sucrose-based polyether polyol in the presence of a catalyst and a blowing agent selected from hydrogen-containing chlorofluorocarbons, hydrogen-containing fluorocarbons, hydrocarbons and mixtures thereof. These foams are characterized by good demold and insulation properties.

A method for catalyzing the blowing reaction and making polyurethane foams employing a catalyst composition consisting essentially of a hydroxy-functional imidazole of the following formula I I where R1 is a C1-C10 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl and R3 is hydrogen or a C1-C20 organic group optionally having an ether functionality, provided that when R1 is methyl, R2 and R3 are...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a polyester film low in the content of a cyclic trimer and an oligomer and having excellent heat resistance and electric insulating properties. SOLUTION: A polyester resin satisfying formula [COOH]/[IV] < 50 is extruded in a molten state to be biaxially stretched and heat-treated so as to satisfy formula 1.0

PURPOSE: To provide an image forming device which is constituted to be prevented from being an obstacle on the feed of a small size document and return movement of a long document as a document receiving tool suitable for the feed of a long document wound in a roll-form manner is constantly arranged so as to eliminate a need for ensurance of a storage place. CONSTITUTION: A document feed table 3 i...