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A component-mounting system (10, 10B), comprising: multiple component mounting machines installed along the direction in which a mounting target object is conveyed, each component mounting machine being configured to mount components supplied from component supply units to the mounting target object, and having a mounting section to and from which the component supply units are attachable and detachable; a unit storage container which is installed in the same line as that of the multiple component mounting machines being arranged, and has multiple stages of mounting units to and from which the component supply units are attachable and detachable; a first unit moving device for exchanging the component supply units between the mounting section of a specific stage from among multiple stages of the unit storage container and the mounting section of each component mounting machine, and a second unit moving device for exchanging the component supply units between the mounting section of the specific stage of the unit storage container and the mounting section of a non-specific stage different from the specific stage of the unit storage container; an automatic conveyance device for conveying the component supply units into and out of the unit storage container from outside the multiple component mounting machines. multiple component mounting machines installed along the direction in which a mounting target object is conveyed, each component mounting machine being configured to mount components supplied from component supply units to the mounting target object, and having a mounting section to and from which the component supply units are attachable and detachable; a unit storage container which is installed in the same line as that of the multiple component mounting machines being arranged, and has multiple stages of mounting units to and from which the component supply units are attachable and detachable; a first unit moving device for exchanging the component supply units between the mounting section of a specific stage from among multiple stages of the unit storage container and the mounting section of each component mounting machine, and a second unit moving device for exchanging the component supply units between the mounting section of the specific stage of the unit storage container and the mounting section of a non-specific stage different from the specific stage of the unit storage container; an automatic conveyance device for conveying the component supply units into and out of the unit storage container from outside the multiple component mounting machines.
A method for gently coloring keratin fibers, in particular human hair, wherein, - in a first step, the fibers are subjected to oxidative coloring and - then, in a second step, treated with a foamed preparation which has been made acidic and contains at least one nourishing substance. - in a first step, the fibers are subjected to oxidative coloring and - then, in a second step, treated with a foamed preparation which has been made acidic and contains at least one nourishing substance.
An atomizer, wherein the atomizer comprises a core assembly, the core assembly defines an air-inlet passage and a smoke-outlet passage at both ends, respectively, at least one atomizing chamber and at least one cooling passage, both of which are communicated with the air-inlet passage and the smoke-outlet passage, respectively, are formed in the core assembly, and the atomizing chamber is spaced from the at least one cooling passage, whereby in use a part of air entering the atomizer passes through the cooling passage and then is further mixed with smoke generated by atomizing another part of air through the atomizing chamber.
A vent valve (10, 680) for a fuel system comprising: a float (20, 620); a flapper assembly having a flapper (40, 640) and a seal (42, 642) mounted on or affixed to the flapper, the flapper assembly movably engaged with the float; an orifice plate (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 710) having a plate body (136, 236, 336, 436, 536) that includes a nipple portion (144, 244, 344, 444, 544, 744) extending to a terminal end that defines a valve seat (132, 232, 332, 432, 532, 732), characterised in that the valve seat comprises an orifice (150, 250, 350, 450, 550) with splines (152, 252, 352, 452, 552) arranged around an outer diameter of the orifice; and wherein the seal is configured to selectively engage the valve seat between a sealed, closed position and an unsealed, open position, wherein the splines facilitate movement of the seal from the closed position to the open position with reduced reopening force. a float (20, 620); a flapper assembly having a flapper (40, 640) and a seal (42, 642) mounted on or affixed to the flapper, the flapper assembly movably engaged with the float; an orifice plate (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 710) having a plate body (136, 236, 336, 436, 536) that includes a nipple portion (144, 244, 344, 444, 544, 744) extending to a terminal end that defines a valve seat (132, 232, 332, 432, 532, 732), characterised in that the valve seat comprises an orifice (150, 250, 350, 450, 550) with splines (152, 252, 352, 452, 552) arranged around an outer diameter of the orifice; and wherein the seal is configured to selectively engage the valve seat between a sealed, closed position and an unsealed, open position, wherein the splines facilitate movement of the seal from the closed position to the open position with reduced reopening force.
A leaky wave antenna formed from an Air-Filled Substrate Integrated Waveguide (AFSIW) type waveguide structure having three layers of dielectric substrate, two layers of substrate, an upper layer and a lower layer sandwiching an intermediate layer with a longitudinal opening of length L defining a waveguide, the upper and lower walls of which are formed by the conducting planes covering the upper and lower layers and the width W 1 of which is delimited by two conductive side walls, with the inner faces of the conductive side walls being coated with a layer of dielectric material of thickness w(z), the upper layer of the structure having an opening forming a longitudinal radiating slot of width W f (z) positioned facing the longitudinal opening provided in the intermediate layer, with the thickness w(z) of the coating made of dielectric material disposed on the inner face of each of the side walls varying along the longitudinal axis z according to a given law, defined so as to acquire variations, along the z-axis, of the amplitude Alpha(z) and of the phase Beta(z) of the leaky wave of the guide, allowing an antenna to be produced with the desired radiation pattern (71, 72).
A fixing apparatus configured to heat a recording material having a toner image formed thereon and to fix the toner image on the recording material comprising: a film; a heater configured to contact the film, the heater including a substrate and a heat generation resistor formed on the substrate, lubricant being applied to a surface of the heater contacting the film; a thermal conduction member configured to contact a surface of the heater opposite to the surface of the heater that contacts the film, the thermal conduction member having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the substrate; and a pressurizing roller configured to form a pressing portion with the heater via the film, wherein the film rotates in sliding contact with the heater, and wherein the thermal conduction member contacts the heater in a configuration so as not to overlap with end regions of the heat generation resistor in a longitudinal direction of the heat generation resistor, characterized in that a resistance value of the end region of the heat generation resistor is lower than a resistance value of a center portion of the heat generation resistor in the longitudinal direction. a film; a heater configured to contact the film, the heater including a substrate and a heat generation resistor formed on the substrate, lubricant being applied to a surface of the heater contacting the film; a thermal conduction member configured to contact a surface of the heater opposite to the surface of the heater that contacts the film, the thermal conduction member having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the substrate; and a pressurizing roller configured to form a pressing portion with the heater via the film, wherein the film rotates in sliding contact with the heater, and wherein the thermal conduction member contacts the heater in a configuration so as not to overlap with end regions of the heat generation resistor in a longitudinal direction of the heat generation resistor, characterized in that a resistance value of the end region of the heat generation resistor is lower than a resistance value of a center portion of the heat generation resistor in the longitudinal direction.
A computer-implemented method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional part, comprising: - providing a surface representation of a 3D part in a 3D scene, the surface representation being enclosed inside a bounding volume; - discretizing the 3D scene into voxels; - forming an unsigned distance field by storing a minimal distance value to the surface representation of the 3D part for each voxel; - determining one or more voxels located outside the bounding volume, the one or more voxels located outside the bounding volume being associated with a label; - propagating by flood filling the label from a labelled voxel to a neighbor unlabelled voxel if the minimal distance value of the neighbor unlabeled voxel is equal or lower than the minimal distance value of the labelled voxel; - inverting the sign of the minimum distance value of all unlabelled voxels so as to obtain a signed distance field; - computing an iso-surface of the 3D part at iso-value zero based on the signed distance field; and - additive manufacturing the 3D part from the iso-surface. - providing a surface representation of a 3D part in a 3D scene, the surface representation being enclosed inside a bounding volume; - discretizing the 3D scene into voxels; - forming an unsigned distance field by storing a minimal distance value to the surface representation of the 3D part for each voxel; - determining one or more voxels located outside the bounding volume, the one or more voxels located outside the bounding volume being associated with a label; - propagating by flood filling the label from a labelled voxel to a neighbor unlabelled voxel if the minimal distance value of the neighbor unlabeled voxel is equal or lower than the minimal distance value of the labelled voxel; - inverting the sign of the minimum distance value of all unlabelled voxels so as to obtain a signed distance field; - computing an iso-surface of the 3D part at iso-value zero based on the signed distance field; and - additive manufacturing the 3D part from the iso-surface.
A method of producing a formable high strength aluminum alloy product, comprising: continuously casting a molten aluminum alloy composition to provide a cast aluminum alloy product having a casting exit temperature, wherein the molten aluminum alloy composition comprises an aluminum alloy comprising at least 0.1 wt. % Zr, at least 2 wt. % Mg, and Zn as a predominate alloying element other than Al; optionally cooling the cast aluminum alloy product to a temperature of from 20 °C to 50 °C below the casting exit temperature; hot rolling the cast aluminum alloy product to provide an aluminum alloy hot band; coiling the aluminum alloy hot band to provide a hot band coil; cooling the hot band coil to a temperature of from 200 °C to 400 °C; homogenizing the hot band coil to provide a homogenized hot band coil; further processing the hot band coil to provide a final gauge aluminum alloy product; and solutionizing the final gauge aluminum alloy product. continuously casting a molten aluminum alloy composition to provide a cast aluminum alloy product having a casting exit temperature, wherein the molten aluminum alloy composition comprises an aluminum alloy comprising at least 0.1 wt. % Zr, at least 2 wt. % Mg, and Zn as a predominate alloying element other than Al; optionally cooling the cast aluminum alloy product to a temperature of from 20 °C to 50 °C below the casting exit temperature; hot rolling the cast aluminum alloy product to provide an aluminum alloy hot band; coiling the aluminum alloy hot band to provide a hot band coil; cooling the hot band coil to a temperature of from 200 °C to 400 °C; homogenizing the hot band coil to provide a homogenized hot band coil; further processing the hot band coil to provide a final gauge aluminum alloy product; and solutionizing the final gauge aluminum alloy product.
A chromatographic device for isolating and/or cleaning double-stranded nucleic acids, preferably double-stranded DNA, comprising: 1. a base body; 2. at least one hollow space inside the base body, which is equipped with an inlet and an outlet; 3. a stationary phase, which is arranged in the hollow space; characterised in that the stationary phase comprises at least one porous chromatographic resin, which operates as a size exclusion chromatographic medium, and comprises immobilised metal ions. 1. a base body; 2. at least one hollow space inside the base body, which is equipped with an inlet and an outlet; 3. a stationary phase, which is arranged in the hollow space; characterised in that the stationary phase comprises at least one porous chromatographic resin, which operates as a size exclusion chromatographic medium, and comprises immobilised metal ions.
Planar wound-care article, comprising - a base surface which is a non-equilateral rectangle or is derived from such a rectangle, comprising at least one rounded corner, and a recess arranged on a longitudinal side which is semi-circular or semi-elliptical; - a planar layer comprising a superabsorbent polymer, - an envelope surrounding the planar layer, which consists at least partially of a liquid-permeable material, - wherein, in a top view of the planar side thereof, the planar layer has a surface area which, when not wetted, is 3% to 75% smaller than the surface area of the inner space provided by the envelope or the envelope seam. - a base surface which is a non-equilateral rectangle or is derived from such a rectangle, comprising at least one rounded corner, and a recess arranged on a longitudinal side which is semi-circular or semi-elliptical; - a planar layer comprising a superabsorbent polymer, - an envelope surrounding the planar layer, which consists at least partially of a liquid-permeable material, - wherein, in a top view of the planar side thereof, the planar layer has a surface area which, when not wetted, is 3% to 75% smaller than the surface area of the inner space provided by the envelope or the envelope seam.
Device for characterizing a coolant, comprising: a corrosion-susceptible electrode; a corrosion-resistant electrode, wherein the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode can be introduced into the coolant; a voltage source connected in an electrically conductive manner to said corrosion-susceptible electrode and said corrosion-resistant electrode and designed to provide a voltage; a current measuring device for measuring a current flowing through the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode; an evaluation unit for characterizing the coolant in relation to a corrosion protection effect on the basis of the current flowing through the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode; and a cleaning device for removing, after each characterization of the coolant, a corrosion protection layer that forms on the corrosion-susceptible electrode when the corrosion-susceptible electrode contacts the coolant, characterized in that the device further comprises: a non-conductive sheathing surrounding the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode in such a way that in each case only one end face of the corrosion-susceptible electrode and of the corrosion-resistant electrode is uncovered. a corrosion-susceptible electrode; a corrosion-resistant electrode, wherein the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode can be introduced into the coolant; a voltage source connected in an electrically conductive manner to said corrosion-susceptible electrode and said corrosion-resistant electrode and designed to provide a voltage; a current measuring device for measuring a current flowing through the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode; an evaluation unit for characterizing the coolant in relation to a corrosion protection effect on the basis of the current flowing through the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode; and a cleaning device for removing, after each characterization of the coolant, a corrosion protection layer that forms on the corrosion-susceptible electrode when the corrosion-susceptible electrode contacts the coolant, characterized in that the device further comprises: a non-conductive sheathing surrounding the corrosion-susceptible electrode and the corrosion-resistant electrode in such a way that in each case only one end face of the corrosion-susceptible electrode and of the corrosion-resistant electrode is uncovered.
A method for detecting resistant germs in a sample, by identification of living resistant germs through measurement of enzymatic activity of the proteins DNase or hyaluronidase formed by the living germs, comprising: contacting the sample by a sample carrier (16; 16a; 16b) comprising an agent for killing different germs, wherein said agent at least includes an antibiotic and/or an antimycotic, and by a colorant comprising fluorophore and a quencher, said colorant being split by the protein such that the fluorophore is released; introducing the sample carrier in analyzing means; detecting light emissions originating from the fluorophore from the sample carrier (16; 16a; 16b) by the analyzing means; and outputting an indication by the analyzing means indicating that the sample contains at least one germ resistant to the agent for killing different germs, if the detected light emission exceeds a threshold value; and outputting an indication by the analyzing means indicating that the sample does not contain germs resistant to the agent for killing different germs, if the light emission does not exceed the threshold value. contacting the sample by a sample carrier (16; 16a; 16b) comprising an agent for killing different germs, wherein said agent at least includes an antibiotic and/or an antimycotic, and by a colorant comprising fluorophore and a quencher, said colorant being split by the protein such that the fluorophore is released; introducing the sample carrier in analyzing means; detecting light emissions originating from the fluorophore from the sample carrier (16; 16a; 16b) by the analyzing means; and outputting an indication by the analyzing means indicating that the sample contains at least one germ resistant to the agent for killing different germs, if the detected light emission exceeds a threshold value; and outputting an indication by the analyzing means indicating that the sample does not contain germs resistant to the agent for killing different germs, if the light emission does not exceed the threshold value.
Vulcanization mold for vulcanizing a pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a passenger vehicle winter tire, having mold segments which form the profiled tread strip of the tire and have mold webs which form depressions for forming profile blocks (6a, 8a, 11a) or block-like profile positives (19, 20), lamellar plates for forming sipes (21, 22) in the profile blocks (6a, 8a, 11a) and/or block-like profile positives (19, 20) being anchored in depressions, the lamellar plates dividing the depressions into portions, in which in each case at least one ventilating bore is configured in the mold segment, characterized in that in each case a number of elevations which cross the respective depression are configured in the portions of the depressions parallel to the extent of the lamellar plates, which elevations run in a straight manner and have a base width and a height of from 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, and the mutual spacing of which is between 1 mm and 1.5 mm, and the course of which is interrupted by the ventilating bores.
. A method at a network element (514, 618) for monitoring user plane traffic for a user equipment (510, 610), the method comprising: receiving, from the user equipment, a set of characteristics and a range of values for each of the set of characteristics for user plane traffic between the user equipment and the network element; monitoring user plane traffic for the user equipment at the network element, the monitoring determining whether at least one characteristic of the user plane traffic falls outside of the range of values, resulting in a characteristic violation; and if the at least one characteristic of the user plane traffic falls outside the range of values, performing an action resulting from the characteristic violation; wherein the receiving is performed during a network registration procedure (522, 630) between the user equipment and the network element. receiving, from the user equipment, a set of characteristics and a range of values for each of the set of characteristics for user plane traffic between the user equipment and the network element; monitoring user plane traffic for the user equipment at the network element, the monitoring determining whether at least one characteristic of the user plane traffic falls outside of the range of values, resulting in a characteristic violation; and if the at least one characteristic of the user plane traffic falls outside the range of values, performing an action resulting from the characteristic violation; wherein the receiving is performed during a network registration procedure (522, 630) between the user equipment and the network element.