Showing papers on "Consumables published in 2005"
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13 Jul 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared two welding consumables for use in narrow gap deep groove welding operations, including creating test welds on fixtures having joint grooves of various angles for a given groove depth, followed by controlled standardized non-aggressive slag removal operations, and quantification of the amount of slag remaining in the groove.
Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for characterizing a welding consumable, such as flux or an electrode, and/or for comparing two or more welding consumables for use in narrow gap deep groove welding operations, including creating test welds on fixtures having joint grooves of various angles for a given groove depth, followed by controlled standardized non-aggressive slag removal operations, and quantification of the amount of slag remaining in the groove, wherein the welding consumables are each characterized using the same fixtures, welding conditions, workpiece groove depths, groove angles, and removal operations, to construct a set of results, such as a table or rating, by which the individual welding consumables can be rated and/or a determination can be made as to which of two consumables provides superior performance with respect to ease of removal in deep groove welding operations.
36 citations
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of thermal spray processes, including lower cost, improved engineering performance, and/or increased component life, are discussed, as well as the application characteristics of these processes.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter deals with Thermal Spray Coatings that is an established industrial method for the surfacing and resurfacing of engineered components. Thermal spray coatings provide a functional surface to protect or modify the behavior of a substrate material and component. The design of the proper coating system is based on cost and technical considerations. Technical considerations are based on the wear mechanism and environmental factors that the engineered parts are exposed to. Cost considerations include the materials used, the gun or process employed, consumables such as gas and electricity, labor costs, and the life of the component before it needs to be repaired. Thermal spray processes are easy to use, cost little to operate, and have attributes that are beneficial to applications in almost all industries. The chapter reveals the benefits of thermal spray processes, including lower cost, improved engineering performance, and/or increased component life. Thermal spray solutions are actively used in aerospace, agriculture, maritime, metal working, papermaking and printing, pumps/motors, electronics, computers, petrochemicals, geothermal, nuclear power, utilities involving power/water/sewage, golf, military, offshore oil platforms and submersed pipe lines, refineries, railroad, automotive, and diesel industries.
20 citations
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30 Sep 2005TL;DR: In this article, a method for identifying consumables intended for use in an imaging apparatus, such as consumables having a memory storing at least first data and second data, is presented.
Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for identifying consumables intended for use in an imaging apparatus, such as consumables having a memory storing at least first data and second data. One such method involves incrementing the first data during printing operations using the imaging apparatus; the imaging apparatus determining when the first data corresponds to a first predetermined value; and setting the second data to a second predetermined value based on a correspondence of the first data to the first predetermined value.
20 citations
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25 Mar 2005TL;DR: A chromium-free welding consumable and a method of welding stainless steel to reduce the presence of chromium emissions was proposed in this paper, where the consumable is made from an alloy that reduces the emission of chromIUM during a welding process, and include predominantly nickel, with between approximately five and twenty five percent by weight copper, up to approximately five percent of palladium and up to ten percent of molybdenum.
Abstract: A chromium-free welding consumable and a method of welding stainless steel to reduce the presence of chromium emissions. The consumable is made from an alloy that reduces the emission of chromium during a welding process, and include predominantly nickel, with between approximately five and twenty five percent by weight copper, up to approximately five percent by weight of palladium, up to approximately ten percent by weight of molybdenum and up to five percent non-copper alloying ingredients. Welding consumables made from the alloy are particularly well-suited for welding austenitic stainless steels, such as type 304 stainless steel. The method involves using chromium-free weld filler material with a stainless steel base material.
19 citations
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The RESOLVE project as mentioned in this paper developed and integrated a modular processing package that can answer these science and engineering questions, such as what chemical extraction processes are the most practical and efficient, and what are the engineering challenges to be faced in this environment?
Abstract: Ever since the Clementine and Lunar Prospector mission instrument data indicated the possibility of significant concentrations of hydrogen at the lunar poles, speculation on the form and concentration of the hydrogen has been debated. Should hydrogen or water exist in usable and easily accessible concentrations, this resource could have profound implications on the design and affordability of initial and long-term human Lunar exploration hardware and systems, lunar surface operations and mobility, Earth-Moon transportation, and transportation to Mars and beyond. In particular, the ability to make propellants, life support consumables, and fuel cell reagents can significantly reduce mission cost by reducing launch mass, providing affordable pre-positioning of consumables, and enabling reusability; reduce risk by providing backup life support consumables and reduced dependence on Earth; and enable extended surface operations by providing an energy rich environment and affordable access to multiple surface targets. Even if water is present at the poles, exploration at other locations of interest on the Moon will require different methods of obtaining mission consumables, such as oxygen, and other resources of interest, such as metals and silicon. President Bush’s announcement in January 2004 for the United States to return to the Moon and to further explore Mars and beyond ‘...including use of lunar and other space resources to support sustained human exploration...’ has placed new emphasis on fundamental science questions, such as “What resources are available on the Moon, where are they, and in what form?” as well as critical engineering questions, such as “How will we mine these resources, what chemical extraction processes are the most practical and efficient, and what are the engineering challenges to be faced in this environment?” The environment in the permanently shadowed regions at the poles is especially challenging due to the extremely low temperature (<80 K) and the unknown physical properties and content of trapped gases in the regolith and ice (if present). The goal of the Regolith & Environment Science and Oxygen & Lunar Volatile Extraction (RESOLVE) project is to develop and integrate a modular processing package that can answer these science and engineering questions. The RESOLVE project is being performed by a small team consisting of lunar resource, flight hardware, terrestrial mining, and ISRU processing experts from NASA, JPL, academia, and industry. The project officially started at the end of January, 2005, and this paper will outline the project’s development objectives and approach, and describe the instruments, processes, and systems that are being evaluated in the 1 year, leading to development and testing of a prototype under simulated lunar polar environmental conditions by the 4 year. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION Many studies have shown that the ability to process and refine materials that have been extracted and separated from in-situ resources into useful products, known as In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), can have a substantial impact on individual missions and mission architecture concepts [1, 2, 3, . In particular, the ability to make propellants, life support consumables, and fuel cell reagents can significantly reduce mission cost by reducing launch mass and enabling reusability; reduce risk by providing backup life support consumables and reduced dependence on Earth; and enable extended surface operations by providing an energy rich environment and affordable access to multiple
15 citations
Patent•
23 Mar 2005
TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus for automatically determining consumable type when a consumable is disposed within an electrode holder of a welding-type system is disclosed. But this apparatus is limited to a single consumable.
Abstract: An apparatus for automatically determining a consumable type when a consumable is disposed within an electrode holder (16) of a welding-type system (10) is disclosed. The invention includes a detector assembly that measures a physical characteristic of a connected consumable and provides feedback regarding that which is measured. From the feedback, the operating parameters of a welding-type process may be automatically prescribed.
14 citations
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24 Jan 2005TL;DR: In this article, a management memory is used to store management information related to status information of the consumables in an image forming device, such as the remaining lifetime of a consumable from a memory including in the consumable, and the management information from the management memory included in the image forming unit.
Abstract: A device for and method of managing status information on a consumable for an image forming device by using memory included in the consumable is provided. The image forming device having more than one consumables and transferring an electrostatic image formed on a surface of a photosensitive medium onto paper comprises an image forming unit printing a predetermined image in response to a control of a central controller, and a management memory storing management information related to status information of the consumables. The central controller reads the consumable information including remaining lifetime of the consumable from a consumable memory including in the consumable, reads the management information from the management memory included in the image forming device, calculates an amount of use of the consumables during an operation of the image forming device, and updates the consumable information and the management information using the calculated amount of use.
13 citations
Patent•
16 Jun 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a plurality of selling devices (40a-40c) for selling consumables on a network (100a), ordering devices (10, 20) for ordering predetermined consumables; and an order placement/reception controller (30) for order the consumables ordered by the ordering devices from either of the selling devices.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to order consumables from a desired provider. SOLUTION: This system includes a plurality of selling devices (40a-40c) for selling consumables on a network (100a); ordering devices (10, 20) for ordering predetermined consumables; and an order placement/reception controller (30) for ordering the consumables ordered by the ordering devices from either of the selling devices. The ordering device has a registering process part (10) for registering users in the order placement/reception controller, a residual amount detecting part (24) for detecting the residual amount of consumables, and an ordering process part (25) which reports preregistered ID information to the order placement/reception controller when the residual amount of consumables has reached a threshold. The order placement/reception controller has a registered information holding part (31) for holding user registered information, a provider selecting part (35) for selecting the selling device, and an order placement/reception process part (36) for sending order information to the selling device. Each of the selling devices has a selling process part (42) which performs the process of selling consumables according to order information. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
8 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an assessment regarding the weldability of a 40 mm thick, supermartensitic stainless steel conforming to prEN 10088-2: X1CrNiMoCu1 2-5-2, which still profits from a lot of interest within the oil and gas industry especially for flow lines and process equipment of mild sour gas, was placed on the low-temperature fracture behaviour of weldments made with up-to-date matching consumables applicable for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, slug catchers, etc.
Abstract: This paper describes the assessment regarding the weldability of a 40 mm thick, supermartensitic stainless steel conforming to prEN 10088-2: X1CrNiMoCu1 2-5–2, which still profits from a lot of interest within the oil and gas industry especially for flow lines and process equipment of mild sour gas [1]. The emphasis in this study was placed on the low-temperature fracture behaviour of weldments made with up-to-date matching consumables applicable for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, slug catchers, etc. The weldability was evaluated by studying the influence on material properties of various thermal weld cycles, eventually followed by a post weld heat treatment (PWHT), typical for large pressure vessels where heat treatments very often are imposed by current codes. The investigation has shown, because of its low carbon, nitrogen and sulphur content, that the 1,5 Mo steel grade exhibits an adequate weldability and a superior response to PWHT. A close control of chemical composition and manufacturing route though is necessary to produce an economically attractive, weldable 13 Cr stainless steel having high strength in combination with satisfactory toughness and corrosion resistance. Submerged arc and gas metal arc welds, both adapted for longitudinal and circumferential welding, have been realised with consumables (over)matching in composition with the base metal. Also shielded metal arc welding, still the most widely used process for repairing, has been investigated. Several trials have been executed on all weldments to optimise the heat treatment. All weldments were assessed by performing standard mechanical testing, metallographic examinations, impact and CTOD fracture toughness testing and wide plate tests. Correlations between small and large scale test behaviour have permitted to advise the most appropriate post weld heat treatment for such thick supermartensitic stainless steel weldments and will allow formulating a first proposal for impact and/or CTOD fracture toughness requirements.
8 citations
Patent•
08 Feb 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a consumables ordering system capable of alleviating burden of equipment and burden of maintenance operation in a user side for inventory management of consumables of OA equipments installed in each user side.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a consumables ordering system capable of alleviating burden of equipment and burden of maintenance operation in a user side for inventory management of consumables of OA equipments installed in each user side. SOLUTION: In the consumables ordering system, each OA equipment 1 in each user side comprises a consumables consumption quantity notifying means for transmitting consumption quantity of the consumables which are consumed in own equipment until reduction of the consumables is detected when residual quantity of the consumables which are consumed by an operation of the own equipment reaches a predetermined threshold value to a consumables ordering proxy device as consumption quantity notification information together with user identification information, while the consumables ordering proxy device 2 orders the consumables for a specified user in a predetermined form in accordance with the corresponding user identification information when accumulated consumption quantity reaches to corresponding inventory quantity after comparing each accumulated consumption quantity of the consumables corresponding to each user with corresponding each inventory quantity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
7 citations
Patent•
22 Feb 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a printer driver which operates a computer as a print controller for controlling a printer which performs printing using consumables operates the computer as consumables information acquisition means for acquiring the information regarding the residual quantity of consumables from the printer.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control timing for acquiring the residual quantity of consumables from a printer according to the residual quantity of consumables. SOLUTION: This printer driver which operates a computer as a print controller for controlling a printer which performs printing using consumables operates the computer as a consumables information acquisition means for acquiring the information regarding the residual quantity of consumables from the printer, a storage means for storing the acquired information regarding the residual quantity of consumables and the acquired time, a consumables information managing means for setting up the reference time used as standard of timing for acquiring the information regarding the residual quantity of consumables, and a display means for displaying the information based on the information regarding the residual quantity of consumables stored in the storage means, the consumables information managing means making the consumables information acquisition means to acquire the information regarding the residual quantity of consumables from the printer and the smaller is the acquired residual quantity of consumables, the shorter is set the set reference time. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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21 Nov 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a transfer characteristic of welding electrodes, flux, or other welding consumables is determined using an analytical scale or other weight measurement instrument within an environmental chamber to weigh welding consumable test items while the atmospheric conditions inside the chamber are controlled.
Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for determining a transfer characteristic of welding electrodes, flux, or other welding consumable, or materials used in producing welding consumables, in which an analytical scale or other weight measurement instrument is situated within an environmental chamber to weigh welding consumable test items while the atmospheric conditions inside the chamber are controlled. A data acquisition system is located outside the chamber and is operatively coupled with the scale to obtain a number of measurements at different times while the atmospheric condition in the interior of said environmental chamber is controlled to a test condition.
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper verified that the consumption of steel for welded structures in China in 2004 has exceeded 100 million tons, which makes China the world number one welding manufacture country.
Abstract: In this paper, it is verified that the consumption of steel for welded structures in China in 2004 has exceeded 100 million tons, which makes China the world number one welding manufacture country. Since the beginning of the reforming and opening policy in China, many important and large welded structures have been made and welding has played an indispensable role in the development of national economy. The production and application of welding consumables, the distribution of welding robots, the education and training of welding professional are analyzed. Although the yield of welding consumables and welding wires have been expanded rapidly and China has become the largest welding consumables production and consumption country, the rate of manual welding electrodes is still beyond 75%, the welding mechanization and automation rate is around 35% and the ratio between the annual yield of welding consumables and steel is up to 0.77%. These problems should be solved in a shorter time. According to the development trend of welding technology, the applications of welding robot system, fully digital welding power sources, laser and laser hybrid welding, friction stir welding as well as high efficient welding processes should be emphasized in China’s shipbuilding industry. Our international competition strength should be improved by attracting excellent welding professional to the production front and improving the cooperation between governments, enterprises, universities and research institutes as well as with our predominance of high quality, high efficiency and low production costs.
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24 Nov 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, an automatic machine monitoring system has been proposed to reduce a callout frequency of an attendant, to minimize wastefulness of consumables to reduce operation cost by grouping automatic machines installed close to each other, and incidentally performing measures such as receipt replenishment or a consumables exchange about each automatic machine of the same group when the attendant calls out to cope with cash shortage, failure or the like occurring in the automatic machines of the corresponding group.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a call-out frequency of an attendant, to minimize wastefulness of consumables to reduce operation cost by grouping automatic machines installed close to each other, and incidentally performing measures such as receipt replenishment or a consumables exchange about each automatic machine of the same group when the attendant calls out to cope with cash shortage, failure or the like occurring in the automatic machine of the corresponding group. SOLUTION: This automatic machine monitoring system has: an automatic machine grouping means grouping the automatic machine that is a monitoring target according to the installation place; an automatic machine state storage means for storing failure information and residual amount information of cash, a receipt and the consumables notified from the automatic machine; a measures necessity storage means storing whether cash replenishment or recovery, the receipt replenishment and the consumables exchange in the automatic machine are needed or not; a display output means for display-outputting instruction contents to the attendant or a state of the automatic machine; and an input means for inputting grouping information of the automatic machine. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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20 Oct 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a component replacement reporting device is provided with; a CPU 1 being a measurement means for measuring a cumulative period of use of consumables; a non-volatile memory 2 being a storage means for storing measurement results therein; a component replacing operation determination means 3 for determining whether a replacing operation by attachment/detachment of the consumables has been performed or not; and a reset control report means 4 for advising a user to reset the cumulative periods of use in the case of determining it by the component replacement operation determination, and only when consumables are actually replaced
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly perform a reset operation when replacing consumables in a projection type image display device or the like using consumables such as a light source lamp which have characteristics degraded by periods of use. SOLUTION: This component replacement reporting device is provided with; a CPU 1 being a measurement means for measuring a cumulative period of use of consumables; a non-volatile memory 2 being a storage means for storing measurement results therein; a component replacing operation determination means 3 for determining whether a replacing operation by attachment/detachment of consumables has been performed or not; and a reset control report means 4 for advising a user to reset the cumulative period of use in the case of determining it by the component replacing operation determination means 3 that the replacing operation of consumables has been performed. Only when consumables are actually replaced, the user is allowed to reset it in accordance with an advice of the reset control report means 4. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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28 Apr 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a consumable replacement request function capable of requesting replacement of consumables used for the refrigerator according to deterioration of the consumables by consumables, and the consumable use time comparison was performed.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator with a consumable replacement request function capable of requesting replacement of a consumable used for the refrigerator according to deterioration of the consumable by consumables. SOLUTION: A consumable use time integration means 203 integrates an operation time and the number of operation times of a refrigerator component that is an integration target by the consumables, and outputs them as a consumable use time. A consumable use time comparison means 206 can request the replacement according to the deterioration by the consumables so as to output a consumable replacement request signal from a replacement request time of the consumable set in a replacement time setting means 205 and the consumable use time outputted from the consumable use time integration means 203. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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14 Jul 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a consumables-workability judging device utilizing a radio tag which enables the compatibility-judgment for the consumables without unpacking and an image formation device using the same device is presented.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a consumables-workability judging device utilizing a radio tag which enables the compatibility-judgment for the consumables without unpacking and an image formation device using the same device. SOLUTION: The judging device is equipped with a compatible-comsumables product code memory section 11 in which the product code of the consumables usable for self-equipment is stored, a radio-tag transceiver section 10 which transmits and receives information with the radio tag attached to the consumables, a product-code reading means by which the consumables product-code is read from the information received by the radio tag, a product-code coincidence-judging means capable of judging whether the product code read by the product-code reading means is coincident with the product code stored in the compatible-consumables product code memory section 11 or not and a judgment-result notice means by which the judgment result from the product-code coincidence-judging means is notified to users. According to the above, the consumables-compatibility judgment for the consumables usable for self-equipment is made. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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07 Jul 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a consumables management system whose usability is, by easily and properly ordering consumables of an apparatus at an intended period, provided that the remaining amount of consumables decreases below a specified value.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a consumables management system whose usability is, by easily and properly ordering consumables of an apparatus at an intended period. SOLUTION: In a consumables management system 1, an apparatus 20 requiring replacement of consumables and a management server 20 which manages ordering/delivery of the consumables are connected through a communication path 30, and a recording medium 12, which stores the ID number of a consumables case 11, is fitted to the consumables case 11. When the apparatus 10 sends an order for delivery of a consumables case 11 to the management server 20, since the remaining amount of consumables decreases below a specified value, the apparatus 10 informs the management server 20 of the ID number of the recording medium 12 of the consumables case 11 read by a read part 13; the management server 20 informs the apparatus 10 of the ID number of the consumables case 11a to be delivered, according to the order in advance when the consumables case 11 is ordered; and the apparatus 10 stores the reported ID number in a nonvolatile memory 14, to perform ordering/delivery management by means of the ID number. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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21 Jul 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a multifunctional printer is equipped with a paper feeding device for feeding paper sheets to be used for printing, a fed paper sensor for counting the number of the paper sheets fed from the paper feeder, a printing processing means for carrying out printing processing to the printed paper sheets, and a discharged paper sensor is used to count the amount of papers passed through printing processing.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multifunctional printer apparatus which can correctly grasp a state of consumption of consumables. SOLUTION: The multifunctional printing apparatus is equipped with a paper feeding device for feeding paper sheets to be used for printing, a fed paper sensor for counting the number of the paper sheets fed from the paper feeding device, a printing processing means for carrying out printing processing to the paper sheets fed from the paper feeding device, and a discharged paper sensor for counting the number of papers passed through printing processing. A count value of the fed paper sensor is made the number of consumed sheets of the printing paper sheets, and a count value of the discharged paper sensor is made the number of printed sheets. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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10 Mar 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, an order receiving/issuing system for consumables which is equipped with a host device 1, a printer 2 and a order receiving server 5 is presented, in which the host device includes a network interface 13 which acquires from the printer 2 information indicative of the use number of consumables used up to the time at the printer, and transmits the information to the order sending server 5; and an order issuing process part 16 which places the order from an ordering form of the consumables corresponding to the use numbers.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To receive and issue orders for consumables on-line in accordance with user's using conditions of the consumables. SOLUTION: In an order receiving/issuing system for consumables which is equipped with a host device 1, a printer 2 and an order receiving server 5, the host device 1 includes a network interface 13 which acquires from the printer 2 information indicative of the use number of consumables used up to the time at the printer 2, and transmits the information to the order receiving server 5; and an order issuing process part 16 which places the order from an ordering form of the consumables corresponding to the use number. The order receiving server 5 has an ordering form storage part 54 in which information related to a plurality of ordering forms by every use number is stored; and a network interface 51 which receives the information indicative of the use number transmitted from the host device 1, extracts information related to the ordering form corresponding to the use number of consumables used up to the time by the printer 2 from the ordering form storage part 54 on the basis of the received information indicative of the use number, and transmits the information to the host device 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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02 Jun 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, IC tags are attached to consumables which can be recovered such as core member of paper, toner cartridge and ink cartridge and the information recorded on the IC tag is read when the consumables are recovered.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer which can efficiently be managed and its management method. SOLUTION: IC tags are attached to consumables which can be recovered such as core member of paper, toner cartridge and ink cartridge. Information such as printer identification information, used amount of the printer and printer status is written in by the printer. The information recorded on the IC tag is read when the consumables are recovered. The information is totalized and managed unitarily to carry out after-purchasing service and sales activity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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03 Feb 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a solution to simultaneously satisfy various demands of a user by enabling a user to determine a grade of consumables in a single image forming apparatus, which includes a recognition means 300 which can discriminate the kinds by level of the at least one consumable; a memory section 115 which stores the image output information with respect to the combinations of the consumables by the mounted consumables; and a main control section 117 which discriminates the levels of the respective consumables via the recognition mean 300, and controls so as to output output information corresponding to individual levels
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously satisfy various demands of a user by enabling a user to determine a grade of consumables in a single image forming apparatus. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus of the consumables includes a recognition means 300 which can discriminate the kinds by level of the at least one consumable; a memory section 115 which stores the image output information with respect to the combinations of the kinds by level of the mounted consumable; and a main control section 117 which discriminates the levels of the respective consumables via the recognition means 300, and controls so as to output image output information corresponding to individual levels from the memory section and output the same to the above condition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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23 Jun 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an automatic ordering method for a system comprising a management server connected through a network similarly to an image processing device connected through network and automatically ordering the consumables of the image processing devices.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic ordering method capable of reducing burdens imposed on a user and a manufacturer drastically. SOLUTION: In the automatic ordering method for a system comprising a management server connected through a network similarly to an image processing device connected through a network and automatically ordering the consumables of the image processing device, the consumables are collectively ordered from the control server to the manufacturer or a service center in accordance with the number of cumulative orders of the consumables given from the image processing device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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15 Feb 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a method for producing carbide-containing ferroalloy welding consumables and a surface hardened layer on a suitable substrate using the consumables is described. But the method of producing the welding consumable of the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a uniform melt containing the necessary concentrations of the main elements such as carbon, chromium and manganese required for the welding materials.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing carbide-containing ferroalloy welding consumables and a method for producing a surface hardened layer on a suitable substrate using the consumables. The method of producing the welding consumables of the present invention comprises the steps of preparing a uniform melt containing the necessary concentrations of the main elements such as carbon, chromium and manganese required for the welding consumables; And producing solid welding consumables from the melt.
Metal coating, surface hardening, chromium carbide, welding consumables, ferroalloy
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23 May 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method and an apparatus for indicating the time to replace consumables in an image forming apparatus by receiving the current date and the critical time of the consumables from a host and comparing them.
Abstract: A method and an apparatus for indicating the time to replace consumables in an image forming apparatus by receiving the current date and the critical time of the consumables from a host and comparing them. The apparatus and method include receiving information regarding replacement of the consumables from the host; comparing the received information regarding the replacement of the consumables to information on the critical time to replace the consumables; and when the comparison result indicates the need to replace the consumables, indicating the time to replace the consumables. The information regarding replacement of the consumables includes a current date, and the information on the critical time includes the critical time. The indicating of the time may include comparing the current date and the critical time and when the current date is the same as or greater than the critical time, determining that the consumables need to be replaced.
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16 Nov 2005
22 Sep 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the microstructure of flux-cored arc (FCA) weld metal using a method blown as IIW scheme was evaluated and it was mainly intended to figure out any practical difficulties in applying this method and also to provide the consumable makers with basic guide line in developing FCA welding consumables far better properties.
Abstract: Quantitative evaluation was performed on the microstructure of flux-cored arc(FCA) weld metal using a method blown as IIW scheme. It was mainly intended to figure out any practical difficulties in applying this method and also to provide the consumable makers with basic guide line in developing FCA welding consumables far better properties. Assessment of the experimental results showed IIW scheme was quite reliable in the low heat input range where the acicular ferrite was a major constituent. However, in the high heat input range, some scatter was noticed as the other phases like grain boundary ferrite and Widmansttaten ferrite become dominant. It implies that the accuracy of IIW scheme depends on the faction of microstructural constituents and it become worse as the fraction of latter two phases increases. This tendency was discussed in terms of the characteristics of those two phases. In addition, base line microstructure of rutile type FCA weld metal was addressed for developing new FCA welding consumables intended for higher heat input welding.
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18 Aug 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a solution to dissolve the problem that at recovery of used consumables a user is requested to perform troublesome operation of answering or inputting required information each time when the user facsimiles or telephones service centers of respective makers or accesses a home page of a web site.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dissolve the problem that at recovery of used consumables a user is requested to perform troublesome operation of answering or inputting required information each time when the user facsimiles or telephones service centers of respective makers or accesses a home page of a web site. SOLUTION: When it is detected by a consumables residual quantity detecting means that residual quantity of consumables is small, a consumables order system, in which an image forming apparatus or a host computer orders the consumables for an order receiving side server, operates and sends information for placing an order to the order receiving side server and further information for recovering the consumables detected by the consumables residual quantity detecting means is sent from the order receiving side server to the image forming apparatus or the host computer and based on the information, data about a procedure for recovering the consumables can be optionally output from the image forming apparatus. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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22 Sep 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a setting picture is displayed from which a managing method for the consumables of the image forming apparatus can be set (S1103) when the model name of the imaging system cannot be specified.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent setting of managing information for consumables to a new image forming apparatus by error SOLUTION: When the model name of the image forming apparatus can be specified, a setting picture is displayed from which a managing method for the consumables of the image forming apparatus can be set (S1103) When the model name of the image forming apparatus cannot be specified, the setting picture is displayed from which the managing method for the consumables of the image forming apparatus cannot be set (S1102) COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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21 Apr 2005
TL;DR: In this article, when the light source lamp of a projector reaches its life expectancy, the user of the projector 100 accesses the projector by using a client PC 200 and acquires an accumulated operating time of the light-source lamp.
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide new consumables at lower prices than normal prices, when the consumables have reached the lifetime earlier than the average. SOLUTION: When the light source lamp of a projector 100 reaches its life expectancy, the user of the projector 100 accesses the projector 100 by using a client PC 200 and acquires an accumulated operating time of the light source lamp. Then, the client PC 200 transmits the accumulated operating time to a server 300 for trading the consumables. The server 300 for trading the consumables obtains charges for the light source lamp in accordance with the accumulated operating time thus received. At this time, the charges are obtained so that they become less expensive than the regular charges if the received accumulated operating time is shorter than the standard accumulated operating time. The charges thus obtained are notified to the client PC 200. The client PC 200 displays the notified charges to a CRT or the like. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI