Provided is a metal material capable of optimizing a response of a fermentative microorganism, a method of controlling a response of a fermentative microorganism, and a method of producing a fermented food product. A metal material includes a crystal grain having an average crystal grain size for controlling a response of a fermentative microorganism. The average crystal grain size of the crystal grain is preferably 100 nm or more and 10 μm or less. The metal material is preferably stainless steel. It is preferable that the response of the fermentative microorganism is adsorption or growth of the fermentative microorganism on the metal material.

The disclosure provides a micro control device for simulating the electric thermal field change of a plate/strip, comprising a plate shape simulating test platform, a high current regulating power supply, a current regulating device, a thermal imager, a thermocouple, a non-contact type full field strain gauge, a high-power current control device and an electro-plastic control system; for a plate/strip with large width to thickness ratio and high hardness and brittleness alloy, different numbers of electrodes are arranged laterally along the movable supporting beam. A high-power current control device is used to realize the sub-regional control of the electric field, thermal field and stress field of the plate/strip; at the same time, the movable supporting beam and tension sensor are used to test the working conditions of the plate/strips with different lengths and widths, to simulate the instantaneous synchronous entanglement process between different fields. An electro-plastic control system is used to realize the intelligent closed-loop control of specific working conditions. The device provides a high-precision physical test platform for studying the non-uniform electro-plastic effect of a high width to thickness ratio and high hardness brittle strip during an actual rolling process, and adds a new and high-efficiency adjustment method to the traditional rolling mill system.

The present invention provides fabrication methods for cold rolled, precoated and press hardened steel sheets, for which the chemical composition includes, with contents expressed by weight, 0.24%≤C≤0.38%, 0.40%≤Mn≤3%, 0.10%≤Si≤0.70%, 0.015%≤Al≤0.070%, 0%≤Cr≤2%, 0.25%≤Ni≤2%, 0.015%≤Ti≤0.10%, 0%≤Nb≤0.060%, 0.0005%≤B≤0.0040%, 0.003%≤N≤0.010%, 0.0001%≤S≤0.005%, 0.0001%≤P≤0.025%, it being understood that the titanium and nitrogen content satisfy: Ti/N>3.42, and that the carbon, manganese, chromium and silicon content satisfy: 2.6C+Mn/5.3+Cr/13+Si/15≥1.1%, with the chemical composition optionally including one or more of the following elements: 0.05%≤Mo≤0.65%, 0.001%≤W≤0.30%, 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%, with the remainder made up of iron and inevitable impurities coming from preparation.

The present invention provides fabrication methods for cold rolled, precoated and press hardened steel sheets, for which the chemical composition includes, with contents expressed by weight, 0.24%≤C≤0.38%, 0.40%≤Mn≤3%, 0.10%≤Si≤0.70%, 0.015%≤Al≤0.070%, 0%≤Cr≤2%, 0.25%≤Ni≤2%, 0.015%≤Ti≤0.10%, 0%≤Nb≤0.060%, 0.0005%≤B≤0.0040%, 0.003%≤N≤0.010%, 0.0001%≤S≤0.005%, 0.0001%≤P≤0.025%, it being understood that the titanium and nitrogen content satisfy: Ti/N>3.42, and that the carbon, manganese, chromium and silicon content satisfy: 2.6C+Mn/5.3+Cr/13+Si/15≥1.1%, with the chemical composition optionally including one or more of the following elements: 0.05%≤Mo≤0.65%, 0.001%≤W≤0.30%, 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%, with the remainder made up of iron and inevitable impurities coming from preparation.

There are provided a very thin martensitic stainless steel foil and a manufacturing method thereof, which are capable of reducing shape defects and the like. A martensitic stainless steel foil of the present invention has a thickness of at most 35 μm, and having a steepness of at most 0.75% when the steel foil has a length of 650 mm. Preferably, a metallographic structure in a cross-section of the steel foil is a ferrite structure, in which carbides are dispersed. More preferably, the steel foil consisting of, by mass, 0.25% to 1.5% C, 10% to 18% Cr, at most 1.0% Si (exclusive of 0%), at most 1.5% Mn (exclusive of 0%), at most 3.0% Mo (inclusive of 0%), and the balance of Fe with inevitable impurities.

There are provided a very thin martensitic stainless steel foil and a manufacturing method thereof, which are capable of reducing shape defects and the like. A martensitic stainless steel foil of the present invention has a thickness of at most 35 μm, and having a steepness of at most 0.75% when the steel foil has a length of 650 mm. Preferably, a metallographic structure in a cross-section of the steel foil is a ferrite structure, in which carbides are dispersed. More preferably, the steel foil consisting of, by mass, 0.25% to 1.5% C, 10% to 18% Cr, at most 1.0% Si (exclusive of 0%), at most 1.5% Mn (exclusive of 0%), at most 3.0% Mo (inclusive of 0%), and the balance of Fe with inevitable impurities.

The invention provides a method to obtain a high strength and high toughness yield during production of steel beams by developing a metallurgical model, the method comprising at a tandem mill. In particular, the method comprises rolling a steel beam blank above a non-recrystallization temperature and enhance the RCR value, the beam blank having an austenite grain structure to obtain a rolled beam; and rolling the rolled beam below the non-recrystallization temperature to obtain critical strain accumulation for increased austenite grain refinement to achieve certain CCR value, wherein the non-recrystallization temperature (T.sub.nr). Also provided is a computer implemented method of determining the impact of changes to process parameters on the resulting product.

The invention provides a method to obtain a high strength and high toughness yield during production of steel beams by developing a metallurgical model, the method comprising at a tandem mill. In particular, the method comprises rolling a steel beam blank above a non-recrystallization temperature and enhance the RCR value, the beam blank having an austenite grain structure to obtain a rolled beam; and rolling the rolled beam below the non-recrystallization temperature to obtain critical strain accumulation for increased austenite grain refinement to achieve certain CCR value, wherein the non-recrystallization temperature (T.sub.nr). Also provided is a computer implemented method of determining the impact of changes to process parameters on the resulting product.

An induction motor overheat monitoring method and device detects overheating of an induction motor from a detection value of a current sensor. A resistance calculation relationship data indicating a relationship between a resistance and a feature amount at the time of starting of the induction motor and a determination reference value for determining overheating are stored in advance. At each starting, a current of the induction motor is detected, a signal regarding a phase angle difference is calculated, and a feature amount of the motor is calculated from the signal regarding the phase angle difference. Further, a resistance of the induction motor is calculated by using the feature amount of the motor and the resistance calculation reference data stored in advance. Then, a temperature of the induction motor is calculated from the resistance of the induction motor, and it is determined if the motor is overheated.

An induction motor overheat monitoring method and device detects overheating of an induction motor from a detection value of a current sensor. A resistance calculation relationship data indicating a relationship between a resistance and a feature amount at the time of starting of the induction motor and a determination reference value for determining overheating are stored in advance. At each starting, a current of the induction motor is detected, a signal regarding a phase angle difference is calculated, and a feature amount of the motor is calculated from the signal regarding the phase angle difference. Further, a resistance of the induction motor is calculated by using the feature amount of the motor and the resistance calculation reference data stored in advance. Then, a temperature of the induction motor is calculated from the resistance of the induction motor, and it is determined if the motor is overheated.