Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Shuji Sotozaki

Yuichi Furukawa

Motoaki Ozaki

Tomohiro Koyama

Hiroaki Wakai

A method of manufacturing semi-solidified molten metal includes a step of keeping discharging inert gas from a probe in a continuous manner, and inserting the probe into molten metal held at a temperature that is higher than a temperature of the probe and that is equal to or higher than a liquidus-line temperature, a step of extracting the inserted probe from the molten metal such that at least part of a region of a surface of the inserted probe that is in contact with the molten metal is exposed from the molten metal, and a step of inserting the extracted probe again into the molten metal.

Method of manufacturing semi-solidified molten metal

A hot metal supply injection method includes generating a negative pressure in a cylindrical container by a negative pressure generation device, and causing molten metal to be sucked into the cylindrical container from a retention furnace, while keeping an opening portion of the cylindrical container immersed in the molten metal, arranging the opening portion of the cylindrical container in a gate of a cavity while holding the negative pressure by closing up the opening portion of the cylindrical container after moving an inner plunger tip to a tip side of the cylindrical container, and moving the inner plunger tip to a rear end side of the cylindrical container, then moving an outer plunger tip, together with the inner plunger tip, to the tip side of the cylindrical container, and filling the interior of the cavity with the molten metal through injection via the gate.

Hot metal supply injection method and hot metal supply injection device

A surface treatment method on a base material coated a surface with a carbon film includes: supplying at least any one of titanium, zirconium, niobium, vanadium, hafnium, tantalum, and tungsten to the carbon film; and heating the carbon film to 400&#xb0; C. or more under an inert atmosphere, thereby forming a coating film on the base material.

Surface treatment method and coating agent

A casting mold includes a carbon film with which at least a surface of the casting mold which forms a cavity is covered, and mold oil with which a surface of the carbon film is coated. In the casting mold, aluminum powder is added to the mold oil.

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Okazaki, Japan

Shuji Sotozaki