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An arrangement for washing and dewatering cellulose pulp comprising: a press roll, which is arranged to rotate during operation and which has a perforated outer surface for dewatering the pulp; a stationary guide surface, arranged at a distance from the perforated outer surface of the press roll so as to enclose the press roll in the circumferential direction, such that a substantially closed vat is defined between stationary guide surface and the press roll; a pulp passage, being provided in said vat between the perforated outer surface of the press roll and its stationary guide surface, such that during operation, pulp that is fed into the vat is transported in a direction of rotation and, at the end of the pulp passage, is pressed in a pinch, between the press roll and a second press roll; the washing arrangement involving two substantially similar press rolls, and the pinch being formed between these press rolls so as to form a wedge volume close to the nip, such that pulp in the pulp passage is merging into this wedge volume before the merged flows of pulp enter the nip, characterized in that a radial distance between the stationary guide surface and the associated press roll is generally increasing towards the pinch, such that the guide surface diverges from the outer surface of the press roll towards the pinch, and that, close to the pinch, the stationary guide surface includes no holes for liquid to escape, such that the pressure that is build up in the pinch is not lost. a press roll, which is arranged to rotate during operation and which has a perforated outer surface for dewatering the pulp; a stationary guide surface, arranged at a distance from the perforated outer surface of the press roll so as to enclose the press roll in the circumferential direction, such that a substantially closed vat is defined between stationary guide surface and the press roll; a pulp passage, being provided in said vat between the perforated outer surface of the press roll and its stationary guide surface, such that during operation, pulp that is fed into the vat is transported in a direction of rotation and, at the end of the pulp passage, is pressed in a pinch, between the press roll and a second press roll; the washing arrangement involving two substantially similar press rolls, and the pinch being formed between these press rolls so as to form a wedge volume close to the nip, such that pulp in the pulp passage is merging into this wedge volume before the merged flows of pulp enter the nip, characterized in that a radial distance between the stationary guide surface and the associated press roll is generally increasing towards the pinch, such that the guide surface diverges from the outer surface of the press roll towards the pinch, and that, close to the pinch, the stationary guide surface includes no holes for liquid to escape, such that the pressure that is build up in the pinch is not lost.
An apparatus for producing a hydrogen-containing product, the apparatus comprising: a catalyst-containing reactor having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet for receiving a feed, the outlet for discharging an effluent formed from the feed; a reformer furnace comprising a combustion section and a heat exchanger section, the combustion section containing a plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes, the plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes operatively disposed to receive at least a portion of the effluent discharged from the catalyst-containing reactor, the heat exchanger section containing a plurality of heat exchangers, the heat exchanger section operatively disposed to receive a combustion product gas from the combustion section; a first heat exchanger of the plurality of heat exchangers operatively configured to heat a reactant gas mixture by indirect heat exchange with the combustion product gas; and a heat exchanger having an inlet and an outlet, the heat exchanger operatively configured to provide on demand cooling of at least a fraction of the reactant gas mixture from the first exchanger and discharge the at least a fraction of the reactant gas mixture as an effluent from the outlet of the heat exchanger, wherein the inlet of the catalyst-containing reactor is operatively disposed to receive at least a portion of the effluent from the outlet of the heat exchanger as at least a portion of the feed to the catalyst-containing reactor. a catalyst-containing reactor having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet for receiving a feed, the outlet for discharging an effluent formed from the feed; a reformer furnace comprising a combustion section and a heat exchanger section, the combustion section containing a plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes, the plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes operatively disposed to receive at least a portion of the effluent discharged from the catalyst-containing reactor, the heat exchanger section containing a plurality of heat exchangers, the heat exchanger section operatively disposed to receive a combustion product gas from the combustion section; a first heat exchanger of the plurality of heat exchangers operatively configured to heat a reactant gas mixture by indirect heat exchange with the combustion product gas; and a heat exchanger having an inlet and an outlet, the heat exchanger operatively configured to provide on demand cooling of at least a fraction of the reactant gas mixture from the first exchanger and discharge the at least a fraction of the reactant gas mixture as an effluent from the outlet of the heat exchanger, wherein the inlet of the catalyst-containing reactor is operatively disposed to receive at least a portion of the effluent from the outlet of the heat exchanger as at least a portion of the feed to the catalyst-containing reactor.
An image processing apparatus comprising: target finding acquisition means for acquiring a target finding that is selected from a plurality of imaging findings and that is included in a medical image; type identification means for acquiring a type of image feature corresponding to the acquired target finding, from types of image feature; feature quantity calculation means for calculating an image feature quantity of the acquired type for each of a plurality of cross-sectional images of the medical image; and cross-sectional image identification means for identifying one of the plurality of cross-sectional images based on the calculated image feature quantity, wherein the imaging findings are associated in advance with the types of image feature, and wherein the imaging findings and the target finding are expressed as words. target finding acquisition means for acquiring a target finding that is selected from a plurality of imaging findings and that is included in a medical image; type identification means for acquiring a type of image feature corresponding to the acquired target finding, from types of image feature; feature quantity calculation means for calculating an image feature quantity of the acquired type for each of a plurality of cross-sectional images of the medical image; and cross-sectional image identification means for identifying one of the plurality of cross-sectional images based on the calculated image feature quantity, wherein the imaging findings are associated in advance with the types of image feature, and wherein the imaging findings and the target finding are expressed as words.
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source is used to selectively melt material to form a workpiece, forming a melt pool in the process of melting, the method comprising: using an imaging apparatus to generate an image of the melt pool comprising an array of individual image elements, the image including a measurement of at least one physical property for each of the individual image elements; from the measurements, mapping a melt pool boundary of the melt pool; computing a geometric length of the melt pool boundary; controlling at least one aspect of the additive manufacturing process with reference to the geometric length; and evaluating the geometric length for indications of a process fault, wherein the geometric length exceeding a predetermined limit value indicates a process fault. using an imaging apparatus to generate an image of the melt pool comprising an array of individual image elements, the image including a measurement of at least one physical property for each of the individual image elements; from the measurements, mapping a melt pool boundary of the melt pool; computing a geometric length of the melt pool boundary; controlling at least one aspect of the additive manufacturing process with reference to the geometric length; and evaluating the geometric length for indications of a process fault, wherein the geometric length exceeding a predetermined limit value indicates a process fault.
A 3D printing device for producing a three-dimensional component from at least two different materials (M1, M2), the 3D printing device having both a spray printing unit and an electron beam and/or laser unit, and, in order to produce the three-dimensional component, the spray printing unit being set up and provided to spray on the at least two different materials (M1, M2), and the electron beam and/or laser unit being set up and provided to connect sprayed-on material (M1, M2) in an integrally joined manner by way of melting by means of an electron beam and/or by means of the laser beam of the electron beam and/or laser unit, characterized in that the 3D printing device is set up to spray on a first material as metal powder and a second material as plastic material present in liquid form by means of the spray printing unit in one work process, and to melt sprayed-on first material selectively and at least locally in a second work process.
A method for manufacturing a medical handle having an illumination device (1, 1', 1"), comprising at least one optical semiconductor component, which is designed as a radiation source, a circuit board or multilayer ceramic designed as a carrier for the at least one optical semiconductor component and an electrical power supply unit formed by electric contacts for supplying electric power to the at least one optical semiconductor component, wherein the method is characterized by the following steps: • providing a medical handle, • providing the illumination device (1, 1', 1"), • sheathing the illumination device (1, 1', 1") with a transparent thermoplastic polymer, such that it forms a sheathing, which surrounds the at least one optical semiconductor component and the circuit board or the multilayer ceramic on all sides and surrounds the electrical contacts at least partially, and • attaching the at least one sheathed optical semiconductor component in or on the medical handle. • providing a medical handle, • providing the illumination device (1, 1', 1"), • sheathing the illumination device (1, 1', 1") with a transparent thermoplastic polymer, such that it forms a sheathing, which surrounds the at least one optical semiconductor component and the circuit board or the multilayer ceramic on all sides and surrounds the electrical contacts at least partially, and • attaching the at least one sheathed optical semiconductor component in or on the medical handle.
A toothbrush including an elongate handle and a brushing member supported at one end of the elongate handle and made up of a support that is formed in the extension of the elongate handle and that bears brush bristles arranged perpendicular to said support, said handle being curved in the region (1 b) of said end and the bristles of said brushing member being oriented on the concave side of said handle, the support being wider on either side of the extension of the handle, characterized in that the bristles are arranged on the wider support to form a brushing member made up of two brush parts with an elongate general shape, parallel to one another, separated from one another along their inner longitudinal border, following the extension of the handle, making it possible to brush simultaneously, for one, the rear face of the teeth of the upper jaw, and for the other, the rear face of the teeth of the lower jaw, with application of the bristles of the brush parts perpendicular to the faces to be brushed.
A fluid control valve connected to a wet gas flow passage in order to control a flow of wet gas, comprising: an introduction passage for introducing the wet gas into the fluid control valve; a filter including mesh for removing foreign matter contained in the wet gas flowing through the introduction passage; a guiding passage provided to extend upward from an upper portion of the filter; a valve port disposed above the introduction passage and constituted by an upper portion open end of the guiding passage; a discharge passage that discharges the wet gas that has passed through the filter from the fluid control valve through the valve port; and a valve portion that opens and closes the valve port using a valve body, characterized in that the filter is disposed in a lowermost portion of the introduction passage, is formed in a cylindrical shape and mesh formed with a large number of small holes is provided on a side face of a cylinder such that water is suctioned up over the cylinder side face with utilizing the surface tension of water forming the water film in the small hole of the mesh, and the discharge passage is branched from the introduction passage via the guiding passage, the introduction passage communicating with the wet gas flow passage. an introduction passage for introducing the wet gas into the fluid control valve; a filter including mesh for removing foreign matter contained in the wet gas flowing through the introduction passage; a guiding passage provided to extend upward from an upper portion of the filter; a valve port disposed above the introduction passage and constituted by an upper portion open end of the guiding passage; a discharge passage that discharges the wet gas that has passed through the filter from the fluid control valve through the valve port; and a valve portion that opens and closes the valve port using a valve body, characterized in that the filter is disposed in a lowermost portion of the introduction passage, is formed in a cylindrical shape and mesh formed with a large number of small holes is provided on a side face of a cylinder such that water is suctioned up over the cylinder side face with utilizing the surface tension of water forming the water film in the small hole of the mesh, and the discharge passage is branched from the introduction passage via the guiding passage, the introduction passage communicating with the wet gas flow passage.
A switched-mode power supply (300, 400), comprising: - a primary side, - a secondary side, - a transformer between the primary side and the secondary side, said transformer comprising a primary winding (302, 402) coupled to the primary side and a secondary winding (303, 403) coupled to the secondary side, - a first capacitor (309, 409) adapted to capacitively couple the primary winding and the secondary winding, and - an auxiliary winding (304, 404) and an impedance circuit, said auxiliary winding and said impedance circuit being coupled between the primary winding and the first capacitor, the impedance circuit comprising a first impedance component (307, 407) and a second impedance component (308, 408), the second impedance component being coupled in series with the auxiliary winding (304, 404), and the first impedance component being coupled in parallel with the series-connected second impedance component and auxiliary winding; characterised in that at least one of the impedance components (307, 308, 407, 408) is adjustable, and that the switched-mode power supply further comprises a second capacitor coupled in series with the first capacitor and a control unit adapted to measure the voltage over the second capacitor and to control the impedance of at least one of the impedance components (407, 408) based on the measured voltage. - a primary side, - a secondary side, - a transformer between the primary side and the secondary side, said transformer comprising a primary winding (302, 402) coupled to the primary side and a secondary winding (303, 403) coupled to the secondary side, - a first capacitor (309, 409) adapted to capacitively couple the primary winding and the secondary winding, and - an auxiliary winding (304, 404) and an impedance circuit, said auxiliary winding and said impedance circuit being coupled between the primary winding and the first capacitor, the impedance circuit comprising a first impedance component (307, 407) and a second impedance component (308, 408), the second impedance component being coupled in series with the auxiliary winding (304, 404), and the first impedance component being coupled in parallel with the series-connected second impedance component and auxiliary winding;
A block-based computing system (100; 900; 1000) comprising: a plurality of processor cores comprising a first processor core (110; 905; 1005) configured to: execute instructions of a first instruction block, wherein the first instruction block is an atomic collection of block-based processor instructions that includes an instruction block header and a plurality of instructions; and in response to determining that a branch in the first instruction block will be taken, generate a target address pointing to a second instruction block before the first instruction block is committed; and control logic (160; 920; 1020) configured to receive the target address pointing to the second instruction block and to initiate non-speculative execution of the second instruction block, before the first instruction block is committed, based on exit type information encoded in the header of the first instruction block and the target address, wherein the exit type information indicates a type of the branch. a plurality of processor cores comprising a first processor core (110; 905; 1005) configured to: execute instructions of a first instruction block, wherein the first instruction block is an atomic collection of block-based processor instructions that includes an instruction block header and a plurality of instructions; and in response to determining that a branch in the first instruction block will be taken, generate a target address pointing to a second instruction block before the first instruction block is committed; and execute instructions of a first instruction block, wherein the first instruction block is an atomic collection of block-based processor instructions that includes an instruction block header and a plurality of instructions; and in response to determining that a branch in the first instruction block will be taken, generate a target address pointing to a second instruction block before the first instruction block is committed; and control logic (160; 920; 1020) configured to receive the target address pointing to the second instruction block and to initiate non-speculative execution of the second instruction block, before the first instruction block is committed, based on exit type information encoded in the header of the first instruction block and the target address, wherein the exit type information indicates a type of the branch.
A disk brake system, comprising: a pressure plate; a reaction plate; and a plurality of friction disks (40, 42) located between the pressure plate and the reaction plate, wherein a first friction disk (40, 42) in the plurality of friction disks comprises a first disk half and a second disk half; and characterised by further comprising a carbon foam damping feature axially between the first disk half and the second disk half, the damping feature comprising a porosity of 60%-85%. a pressure plate; a reaction plate; and a plurality of friction disks (40, 42) located between the pressure plate and the reaction plate, wherein a first friction disk (40, 42) in the plurality of friction disks comprises a first disk half and a second disk half; and characterised by further comprising a carbon foam damping feature axially between the first disk half and the second disk half, the damping feature comprising a porosity of 60%-85%.
A system for marking a strobel (100, 202, 302), comprising: a loading area for introducing the strobel (100, 202, 302) onto a conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506); a camera (214, 318) for capturing an image of the strobel (100, 202, 302) when the strobel (100, 202, 302) is moved by the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) to an imaging area; a printer (218, 324, 500) for printing guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220), which are gauge lines printed on strobel material, for a particular shoe model on the strobel (100, 202, 302) when the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) moves the strobel (100, 202, 302) from the imaging area to a printing area, wherein the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) comprise lines, printed by the printer (218, 324, 500), that are between 0.4mm and 1.1mm thick; and a computing device (216, 322) for determining a position of the strobel (100, 202, 302) from the image, and based on the position, instructing the printer (218, 324, 500) where to print the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) for the particular shoe model on the strobel (100, 202, 302). a loading area for introducing the strobel (100, 202, 302) onto a conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506); a camera (214, 318) for capturing an image of the strobel (100, 202, 302) when the strobel (100, 202, 302) is moved by the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) to an imaging area; a printer (218, 324, 500) for printing guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220), which are gauge lines printed on strobel material, for a particular shoe model on the strobel (100, 202, 302) when the conveyor (206, 306, 410, 506) moves the strobel (100, 202, 302) from the imaging area to a printing area, wherein the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) comprise lines, printed by the printer (218, 324, 500), that are between 0.4mm and 1.1mm thick; and a computing device (216, 322) for determining a position of the strobel (100, 202, 302) from the image, and based on the position, instructing the printer (218, 324, 500) where to print the guidelines (102, 104, 106, 220) for the particular shoe model on the strobel (100, 202, 302).