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A method of strengthening a mechanical part made of a ferrous alloy, including: - a step of hardening the mechanical part by addition of carbon at a temperature at least equal to the austenitic transformation point of the ferrous alloy of the part, then a quenching of said part, - a step of reducing the hardness of said part by low-frequency induction heating to a temperature comprised in the tempering zone of said ferrous alloy, the duration of said low-frequency induction heating being comprised between 10 and 30 seconds, - a step of surface hardening of said part by high-frequency induction heating to a temperature at least equal to the austenitic transformation point of said ferrous alloy, the duration of high-frequency induction heating being comprised between 20 and 40 ms, - then a quenching of said part. - a step of hardening the mechanical part by addition of carbon at a temperature at least equal to the austenitic transformation point of the ferrous alloy of the part, then a quenching of said part, - a step of reducing the hardness of said part by low-frequency induction heating to a temperature comprised in the tempering zone of said ferrous alloy, the duration of said low-frequency induction heating being comprised between 10 and 30 seconds, - a step of surface hardening of said part by high-frequency induction heating to a temperature at least equal to the austenitic transformation point of said ferrous alloy, the duration of high-frequency induction heating being comprised between 20 and 40 ms, - then a quenching of said part.
A method for Additive Manufacturing of a three-dimensional, transparent, ophthalmic lens, the method comprising the following steps: /1/ constituting a first voxel of a first composition comprising at least one polymer or prepolymer; /2/ constituting a second voxel of a second composition comprising at least a polymer or pre-polymer; /3/ inducing connectivity between the constituted first and second voxels, thereby creating an incremental intermediate element (p); /4/ repeating steps /2/ and /3/ with successive additional voxels (n+1, n+2,...N), creating incremental intermediate elements (p+1, p+2,...P), thereby forming the three-dimensional, transparent, ophthalmic lens; wherein the at least one polymer or pre-polymer of the second composition has a refractive index in the range of about 0,02 to about 0,001 of the first composition; wherein at least one of the polymers or pre-polymers comprises at least one thermoplastic; and wherein the method further comprises during step /3/, melting, fusing, sintering, or bonding particles of the at least one thermoplastic. /1/ constituting a first voxel of a first composition comprising at least one polymer or prepolymer; /2/ constituting a second voxel of a second composition comprising at least a polymer or pre-polymer; /3/ inducing connectivity between the constituted first and second voxels, thereby creating an incremental intermediate element (p); /4/ repeating steps /2/ and /3/ with successive additional voxels (n+1, n+2,...N), creating incremental intermediate elements (p+1, p+2,...P), thereby forming the three-dimensional, transparent, ophthalmic lens; wherein the at least one polymer or pre-polymer of the second composition has a refractive index in the range of about 0,02 to about 0,001 of the first composition; wherein at least one of the polymers or pre-polymers comprises at least one thermoplastic; and wherein the method further comprises during step /3/, melting, fusing, sintering, or bonding particles of the at least one thermoplastic.
Push chain which is rigid when pushed and can be actuated by a chain drive, comprising chain links (21, 22) assembled in a flush manner from discs that are identical in shape, each disc having at least one curved edge portion extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the disc, an edge portion externally opposite the curved edge portion, and tooth-shaped projections on one of the edge portions (2, 3), two bolt receiving holes (7, 8) being provided in each disc, which are each suitable for receiving bolts (17 to 20) that hold together a plurality of discs, characterised in that the disc in the form of a toothed segment disc (1, 1') is modelled on a toothed segment of a gear wheel such that teeth (4 to 6) project from the curved edge portion of the toothed segment disc (1, 1') so as to diverge outwards, and in that the edge portion which is externally opposite the curved edge portion is straight and/or plane in the longitudinal direction of the toothed segment disc (1, 1').
Device for the thermal treatment, sintering or melting of inorganic raw materials or for the production, sintering or thermal post-treatment of ceramics, refractory ceramics, technical ceramics, building ceramics, glass, cement, metals, composite materials or carbonaceous or carbon-bonded products, comprising a) a surface with lining, b) an electric heating element adapted to heat the lined surface to a first low temperature in the range of 600°C to < 1200°C, and c) a microwave plasma torch, designed to be switched on from the first low temperature and to heat the surface with lining to a second, high temperature in the range from 1200°C to 2000°C, where the b) electrical heating element comprises a heating element material composite, wherein the heating element material composite comprises: b1) a ceramic outer shell, and b2) an electrically conductive inner core, based on a ceramic, a metal, carbon or an intermetallic phase or a MAX phase or mixtures thereof. a) a surface with lining, b) an electric heating element adapted to heat the lined surface to a first low temperature in the range of 600°C to < 1200°C, and c) a microwave plasma torch, designed to be switched on from the first low temperature and to heat the surface with lining to a second, high temperature in the range from 1200°C to 2000°C, b) electrical heating element comprises a heating element material composite, wherein the heating element material composite comprises: b1) a ceramic outer shell, and b2) an electrically conductive inner core, based on a ceramic, a metal, carbon or an intermetallic phase or a MAX phase or mixtures thereof. b1) a ceramic outer shell, and b2) an electrically conductive inner core, based on a ceramic, a metal, carbon or an intermetallic phase or a MAX phase or mixtures thereof.
Manufacturing process for manufacturing a plate for creating holograms or other light-bending or diffractive microstructures on web-shaped or sheet-shaped printing substrates, the plate comprising a relief for a relief printing process, the relief consisting of one or more raised dies and of one or more adjacent depressions and the relief having a microrelief for printing or embossing the microstructure, the microrelief exclusively disposed on the dies, wherein a primary plate has a negative of the microrelief and wherein the microrelief is non-metallic and created by molding the negative characterized in that, in a first step, a blank of the plate is provided with dies and, in a second step, the blank and the primary plate are pressed together, trapping a fluid such as a curable silicone material between the blank and the primary plate, and thereby applying at least a part of the fluid to the blank and molding the negative exclusively into the fluid applied to the dies of the relief.
A switching amplifier comprising: a half-bridge first PWM modulator; a half-bridge second PWM modulator; at least one amplifier stage, configured to receive input signals (I IN+, I IN-); and a PWM control stage, configured to control switching of the first PWM modulator and of the second PWM modulator as a function of the input signals (I IN+, I IN-) by respective first PWM control signals (S PWM+) and second PWM control signals (S PWM-); wherein the amplifier stage and the PWM control stage have a fully differential structure; characterized by a common-mode feedback-control network coupled to outputs of the first PWM modulator and of the second PWM modulator and configured to maintain a common-mode voltage of the PWM control stage substantially constant. a half-bridge first PWM modulator; a half-bridge second PWM modulator; at least one amplifier stage, configured to receive input signals (I IN+, I IN-); and a PWM control stage, configured to control switching of the first PWM modulator and of the second PWM modulator as a function of the input signals (I IN+, I IN-) by respective first PWM control signals (S PWM+) and second PWM control signals (S PWM-); wherein the amplifier stage and the PWM control stage have a fully differential structure; characterized by a common-mode feedback-control network coupled to outputs of the first PWM modulator and of the second PWM modulator and configured to maintain a common-mode voltage of the PWM control stage substantially constant.
An eyedrop medicament for use in the alleviation of dry eye symptoms comprising at least 70% of a tocopherol or tocotrienol with no additional active agents, wherein administration of a single drop of said eyedrop medicament on a once-weekly basis alleviates the symptoms of dry eye for at least seven days.
A playing field for toy tops, comprising: a playing board (2, 2a, 2b) for released toy tops to get about; a plurality of turntables disposed on the playing board; a motor; and a power transmission mechanism which transmits power of the motor to the turntables, thereby rotating the turntables, wherein the playing board is formed in a shape of a mortar having a diameter which becomes smaller toward a lower end with a vertical center line kept, the turntables are disposed at points of the playing board other than a center of the playing board, the turntables are disposed such that upper surfaces incline along the playing board, and rotary shafts of the turntables incline in a direction toward the center of the playing board according to the inclination of the upper surfaces. a playing board (2, 2a, 2b) for released toy tops to get about; a plurality of turntables disposed on the playing board; a motor; and a power transmission mechanism which transmits power of the motor to the turntables, thereby rotating the turntables, wherein the playing board is formed in a shape of a mortar having a diameter which becomes smaller toward a lower end with a vertical center line kept, the turntables are disposed at points of the playing board other than a center of the playing board, the turntables are disposed such that upper surfaces incline along the playing board, and rotary shafts of the turntables incline in a direction toward the center of the playing board according to the inclination of the upper surfaces.
A measurement device configured to measure a three-dimensional shape of an object for measurement shaped by a shaping device, the measurement device comprising: a projector configured to project a plurality of light lines (340, 341) onto the object for measurement, each light line of the plurality of light lines being projected under a projection condition; an imager configured to capture an image of the object for measurement on which the plurality of light lines (340, 341) are projected; a shape data calculator configured to identify a projection condition of the light lines (340, 341) based on shaping information of the object for measurement and to calculate three-dimensional shape of the object for measurement by calculating a plurality of line shapes from the image captured by the imager, based on the projection condition, characterized in that the shape data calculator is further configured to acquire shape data acquired under ideal conditions, to calculate a predictive pattern data acquired when the light line for the ideal shape is projected while adding an assumed range of shape error for error that is determined by the shaping performance of the shaping device, and to identify the projection condition of the light lines (340, 341) by comparing the predictive image data with the image data captured by the imager. a projector configured to project a plurality of light lines (340, 341) onto the object for measurement, each light line of the plurality of light lines being projected under a projection condition; an imager configured to capture an image of the object for measurement on which the plurality of light lines (340, 341) are projected; a shape data calculator configured to identify a projection condition of the light lines (340, 341) based on shaping information of the object for measurement and to calculate three-dimensional shape of the object for measurement by calculating a plurality of line shapes from the image captured by the imager, based on the projection condition, characterized in that the shape data calculator is further configured to acquire shape data acquired under ideal conditions, to calculate a predictive pattern data acquired when the light line for the ideal shape is projected while adding an assumed range of shape error for error that is determined by the shaping performance of the shaping device, and to identify the projection condition of the light lines (340, 341) by comparing the predictive image data with the image data captured by the imager.
Powder inhaler for administering a medicament in the form of inhalable substances, substance formulations or mixtures, with a mouthpiece and a magazine that comprises a housing having a plurality of cavities for holding the medicament, the mouthpiece being in flow connection with one of the cavities, the closed housing having a cover that covers at least one carrier (26, 27) comprising the unsealed cavities, the carrier (26, 27) being movable relative to the cover for bringing a cavity into flow connection with the mouthpiece, and two disc-shaped carriers (26, 27) being arranged directly above one another, characterised in that the two disc-shaped carriers (26, 27) are rotatably mounted in locking manner in the housing, one carrier facing the mouthpiece and the other carrier on the base side being arranged in the housing, and wherein the carrier facing the mouthpiece comprises an outlet opening and an inlet opening which correspond to an exit opening and an entry opening in the cover, whereby medicament from the carrier on the base side is able to pass through the outlet opening in the carrier on the mouthpiece side and the exit opening in the cover into the mouthpiece and at the same time air aspirated through the entry opening of the cover and the inlet opening of the carrier on the mouthpiece side can be conveyed to the cavity.
A method for carrying out a strand resynthesis extension reaction during pairwise sequencing, wherein astrand resynthesis extension reaction is carried out between a first sequencing read and a second sequencing read, and wherein said strand resynthesis extension reaction extends one or more immobilised primers to copy a first template strand to generate a second immobilised template strand; characterised in that the strand resynthesis extension reaction is carried out using a non-thermostable strand displacement polymerase at a temperature of less than 55 °C, wherein said first template strands are a cluster, and wherein the same non-thermostable strand displacement polymerase is used during initial cluster generation and the strand resynthesis extension reaction.
A Direct Current relay comprising: a fixed contactor; and a movable contactor brought into contact with or separated from the fixed contactor to be electrically connected to or disconnected from the fixed contactor; a housing located on one side of the movable contactor such that one side thereof surrounds the movable contactor; characterised by an upper yoke located on another side of the housing opposite to the one side of the housing to surround the housing; and a pin member extending in a longitudinal direction and coupled through the upper yoke and the housing. a fixed contactor; and a movable contactor brought into contact with or separated from the fixed contactor to be electrically connected to or disconnected from the fixed contactor; a housing located on one side of the movable contactor such that one side thereof surrounds the movable contactor; characterised by an upper yoke located on another side of the housing opposite to the one side of the housing to surround the housing; and a pin member extending in a longitudinal direction and coupled through the upper yoke and the housing.
Stripping tool for removing an outer sheath and/or core insulation of an electrical single-core or multi-core cable, the stripping tool comprising hollow body shells (7, 8) which are interconnected by means of a common pivot pin (5, 6) and can be pivoted towards one another to form a hollow body, which accommodates a cable at least in part, the hollow body shells (7, 8) having, on a shell edge on which the hollow body shells (7, 8) can be pivoted towards one another, cutting elements arranged next to one another in the direction of the shell edge, characterised in that the cutting elements are assigned a guide slot which has at least one web formed laterally with respect to a cutting element for aligning a cable on a cutting element, and in the case of a plurality of webs, these being formed in the direction of the shell edge on opposite sides of two cutting elements, in particular of two cutting elements that lie next to one another.
Process for the electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide, comprising producing protons at an anode, transporting produced protons through a cation exchange membrane into catholyte, producing peroxide anions in a cathode membrane assembly comprising a gas diffusion electrode and an anion exchange membrane adjoined to said gas diffusion electrode and in contact with said catholyte, which produced peroxide anions migrate at least in part into said catholyte, and combining protons and peroxide anions in said catholyte to form hydrogen peroxide, carried out in a reactor comprising a cathode membrane assembly comprising an anion exchange membrane adjoined to a gas diffusion electrode, and an anode membrane assembly comprising a cation exchange membrane adjoined to a second gas diffusion electrode, wherein said anode membrane assembly and cathode membrane assembly define a reaction volume and said cation exchange membrane and said anion exchange membrane are exposed to said reaction volume.
An object identification system, comprising: a guided surface waveguide probe comprising a charge terminal elevated over a terrestrial medium (203, 410) that produces an electromagnetic guided surface wave along a surface of a lossy conducting medium by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence ( θ i, B) of the lossy conducting medium, the electromagnetic guided surface wave has a frequency-dependent illumination area in which one or more object identification tags are powered by the electromagnetic guided surface wave and outside of which other object identification tags are not powered by the electromagnetic guided surface wave; and a receiver at the illumination area, the receiver receiving return signals from the one or more object identification tags located in the illumination area, the return signals emitted by the object identification tags as an automated response to being powered by the electromagnetic guided surface wave. a guided surface waveguide probe comprising a charge terminal elevated over a terrestrial medium (203, 410) that produces an electromagnetic guided surface wave along a surface of a lossy conducting medium by generating at least one resultant field that synthesizes a wave front incident at a complex Brewster angle of incidence ( θ i, B) of the lossy conducting medium, the electromagnetic guided surface wave has a frequency-dependent illumination area in which one or more object identification tags are powered by the electromagnetic guided surface wave and outside of which other object identification tags are not powered by the electromagnetic guided surface wave; and a receiver at the illumination area, the receiver receiving return signals from the one or more object identification tags located in the illumination area, the return signals emitted by the object identification tags as an automated response to being powered by the electromagnetic guided surface wave.
Antenna with a coupling loop and an antenna loop that is inductively fed by way of the coupling loop and operates in resonance, characterized in that the antenna loop is formed by a folded conductor arrangement; - the folded conductor arrangement has a folded conductor piece, which forms two subpieces that are of equal length and run parallel, the free endsof the conductor piece being connected to one another in a conducting manner; - the folded conductor arrangement enclosing with the parallel-running subpieces an antenna area of the antenna loop, a total length of each of the subpieces being 1.75 to 3.5 times the periphery of the antenna area; - portions of the conductor piece that overlap when seen axially and/or radially are so closely adjacent to one another that the wavelength of the current distribution in the conductor piece corresponds to at most 0.8 times the vacuum wavelength of the electromagnetic field generated by the current distribution; and - the total length of the conductor piece or the total length of each of the subpieces of the folded conductor piece corresponds to a wavelength or half wavelength of the current distribution in the conductor piece. - the folded conductor arrangement has a folded conductor piece, which forms two subpieces that are of equal length and run parallel, the free endsof the conductor piece being connected to one another in a conducting manner; - the folded conductor arrangement enclosing with the parallel-running subpieces an antenna area of the antenna loop, a total length of each of the subpieces being 1.75 to 3.5 times the periphery of the antenna area; - portions of the conductor piece that overlap when seen axially and/or radially are so closely adjacent to one another that the wavelength of the current distribution in the conductor piece corresponds to at most 0.8 times the vacuum wavelength of the electromagnetic field generated by the current distribution; and - the total length of the conductor piece or the total length of each of the subpieces of the folded conductor piece corresponds to a wavelength or half wavelength of the current distribution in the conductor piece.