Ngk Insulators, Inc.

Yoshimi Inc.

Mie Tlo Co., Ltd.

Yasushi Okumura

Yasuhiro Ito

Tsuyoshi Kuroda

Makoto Arai

Kenji Kawaguchi

Yoshiharu Yoshimi

Masataka Tokuda

The manufacturing methods according to the present teachings provide shape memory alloy products having both a uniform composition and a precise shape memory recovery temperature. In this manufacturing method, raw material powders (e.g., Ti and Ni powders) may be precisely mixed. Next, a compound may be synthesized from the raw material powder mixture using a combustion synthesis method. The combustion synthesized compound may be melted and cast into a desired shape (e.g., a shape of the final product or a shape close to that of the final product).

Methods for making shape memory alloy products

A method for controlling the combustion of burners in a batch-type combustion furnace, includes the steps of electrically linking a where the fuel gas control valves are electrically linking to corresponding air control valves for each of the burners in a batch-type combustion furnace. The method includes the steps of preliminarily calibrating the air-fuel ratio adjusted with zero and span adjustments between the fuel gas control valve and the corresponding air control valve so as to give a theoretical air-fuel ratio when same electric signals are given to the fuel gas control valve and the air control valve. The next step is inputting an electric signal from a temperature controller to the fuel gas control valve, then adding an electric signal for adjusting an excess air volume to a same electrical signal as that for the fuel gas control valve, and finally inputting the resulting electric signal obtained by the above addition to the air control valve, wherein the combustion of each of the burners is controlled.

Method for controlling combustion of a burner in a batch-type combustion furnace

A direct ignition type pulsated combustion apparatus including a burner provided in a combustion furnace, a combustion air line connected to the burner for feeding combustion air to the burner, a fuel gas line connected to the burner for feeding a fuel gas to the burner, an air valve and a fuel valve provided in the combustion air line and the fuel gas line, respectively. A plurality of actuators provided for the air valve and the fuel valve are adapted to open and close the air valve and the fuel valve, respectively. An air bypass line is provided in the combustion air line to bypass the air valve. A fuel bypass line provided in the fuel gas line for bypassing the fuel gas valve. A control unit actuates the opening/closing cycles and timings of the air and the fuel gas valves connected to the actuators, respectively, allowing the cycle time of opening and closing the air valve to be controlled independently of the cycle time of opening and closing the fuel gas valve.

Pulsated combustion apparatus and a method for controlling such a

A method of firing a ceramic formed body, in which the ceramic formed body is fired by controlling a firing output state in such a manner that a high output state and a low output state are repeated reciprocally, is disclosed. In the method of firing a ceramic formed body, the improvement controls an opening angle of a burner defining the high output state, while a pulse output defining a reciprocal interval between the high output state and the low output state is maintained at constant.

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Nagoya, Japan

Yasushi Okumura