Mitutoyo Corporation

Kabushikikaisha Piste Snow Industries

Minoru Katayama

Kazushige Ishibashi

Tatsuki Nakayama

Nobuyuki Hama

Fumihiro Takemura

Toshihiro Kanematsu

Hiroyuki Hidaka

Hiroomi Honda

Hideki Mishima

Takafumi Kano

Takayuki Ishioka

A control method of surface characteristic measuring apparatus relatively displaces by a relative displacement mechanism, detects when the distal end of the stylus contacting the measurable surface, calculates an amount of relative displacement in the Z-axis direction between the measuring device and the measured object required for a measuring arm to be leveled after the distal end of the stylus contacts the measurable surface, calculates a displacement amount generated in the distal end of the stylus in an X-axis direction when the measuring device and the measured object are relatively displaced only by in the Z-axis direction; and levels the measuring arm by relatively displacing only by the measuring device and the measured object in the Z-axis direction by the relative displacement mechanism, and relatively displaces only by the measuring device and the measured object in the X-axis direction by the relative displacement mechanism at the same time.

Control method of surface characteristic measuring apparatus

Surface texture measuring apparatus includes a measurement arm table storing mass of an entire measurement arm, an arm length from a supporting point to a stylus, and a horizontal and vertical barycenter of the measurement arm in a horizontal posture for each type of the measurement arm in which a second measurement arm having a different mass is attached; a measurement arm specifier; an inclination angle detector detecting an inclination angle of the detector; and a controller reading out from the measurement arm table the mass, the arm length, the horizontal barycenter, and the vertical barycenter for a specified measurement arm, calculating a difference between a measurement force of the measurement arm in the horizontal posture and a measurement force of the measurement arm in an inclined posture based on the read-out information and the inclination angle detected by the inclination angle detector, and adjusting a measurement force.

Surface texture measuring apparatus

A surface texture measuring instrument is provided that is capable of performing a correction operation depending on the rotation angle position of a detector even when the detector is rotated for measurement.

Straightness correcting method for surface texture measuring instrument, and surface texture measuring instrument

In advance to measuring texture of the workpiece by a surface texture measuring machine ( ), a workpiece orientation adjustment stage ( ) is manually moved by the surface texture measuring machine ( ) in accordance with calculated orientation correction amount of the workpiece, thus adjusting orientation of the workpiece. Since it is only necessary for an operator to operate respective adjustment means until reaching a displayed correction amount, operation thereof can be facilitated and orientation thereof can be highly accurately adjusted without impairing operability.

Surface texture measuring machine, leveling device for surface texture measuring machine and orientation-adjusting method of workpiece of surface texture measuring machine

A method of adjusting the relative attitude of a work in a surface texture measuring instrument for measuring the work having a feature region includes a measurement step of performing measurement of the feature region along an X-axis direction after positioning a detector in a Y-axis direction and the X-axis direction, a determination step of repeating the measurement which is performed while changing the position in the X-axis direction, and a step of adjusting the attitude of the work on the basis of the amount of relative attitude correction. Therefore, the direction of the feature region in the work is adjusted so as to be parallel to the Y axis.

Surface texture measuring instrument and a method of adjusting an attitude of a work for the same

Skiing facilities, which supply artificial snow onto the ski slope floor to form a ski slope, the skiing facilities, comprises a movable ski slope floor provided in a part of the ski slope floor along a width direction, a movable floor driving mechanism, which is provided under the ski slope floor, for driving the movable ski slope floor in up and down directions, a cover member, which is provided under the ski slope floor, for covering a gap generated between the movable ski slope floor and the ski slope floor when the movable slope floor is driven, and a cover member driving mechanism, which is provided under the ski slope floor, for closing a gap generated between the movable ski slope floor and the ski slope floor by driving the cover member.

Skiing facilities capable of changing shape of surface of ski slope and method for changing shape of surface of ski slope of skiing facilities

In skiing ground facilities having a plurality of artificial snow manufacturing apparatuses of ice crushing type, this invention provides a system that is capable of precisely monitoring the respective artificial snow manufacturing apparatuses. This system comprises a monitoring apparatus, connected to the artificial snow manufacturing apparatus, for monitoring the operation state of each artificial snow manufacturing apparatus. This system has an outer monitoring apparatus, which is provided at an outer monitoring site positioned at a location away from the skiing ground, and is selectively connected to the monitoring apparatus provided at each skiing ground, whereby making it possible to monitor the operation state of each artificial manufacturing apparatus of each skiing ground.

Indoor skiing ground facilities having lighting fixtures

A surface texture measuring machine includes a vertical V-axis column D, a vertically movable table E, a horizontal X-axis guide and a slider disposed on the vertically movable table E, a probe C attached to the slider a V-axis detector a displacement detector an X-axis detector and a control device CPU. The control device CPU calculates the amount of a bending deformation in the X-axis direction at the height of the X-axis guide from a height signal from the V-axis detector and a displacement amount signal from the X-axis detector and sets a value that is obtained by subtracting the bending deformation amount from the X-axis direction displacement amount, as an X-axis displacement in measurement.

Surface texture measuring machine and method of correcting a measured value for the machine

A facility including an inclined plane for sliding for which snow is used, a snow producing apparatus for producing snow from water and supplying the snow to the facility, and an air jet apparatus for forming an air roof by air flow so that the air roof covers space over the facility, are provided. The air roof covers space over the facility for which artificial snow is used, thus making the building of a roof and the like unnecessary and lowering building costs. The inside of the facility is opened to the fresh air by stopping the supply of air for forming the air roof, which makes special equipment for measures against exhaust gas unnecessary.

Artificial snow system with air roof

A system comprises a facility for which snow is used, a snow producing unit for producing snow from water, and a collection section for collecting meltwater and supplies the collected meltwater to the snow producing unit as water used for producing snow. According to such a system, since snow is again produced from meltwater and used, artificial snow can be supplied to a facility for which artificial snow is used without using a large amount of water.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Minoru Katayama