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A melting furnace with an agitator comprising: a melting furnace, the melting furnace being arranged to be able to contain a melt; and an agitator that agitates the melt by an electromagnetic force, wherein the agitator includes a first electrode that is provided at an arbitrary position of the melting furnace so as to come in contact with the melt contained in the melting furnace, a second electrode that is provided near a bottom wall of the melting furnace so as to come in contact with the melt, a first magnetic field device that is provided outside the melting furnace so as to face the bottom wall of the melting furnace and makes a north pole face the bottom wall, and a second magnetic field device that is provided outside the melting furnace so as to face the bottom wall of the melting furnace and makes a south pole face the bottom wall, and the first and second magnetic field devices (9A,9B) are disposed with a gap in a certain direction; characterised in that the gap is groove-shaped; in that a width of the gap is set so that a first flow of the melt and a second flow of the melt collide with each other at a position that corresponds to the groove-shaped gap between the first and second magnetic field devices (9A, 9B) in order that the melt flows out by a flow along a longitudinal direction between the first and second magnetic field devices (9A, 9B). a melting furnace, the melting furnace being arranged to be able to contain a melt; and an agitator that agitates the melt by an electromagnetic force, wherein the agitator includes a first electrode that is provided at an arbitrary position of the melting furnace so as to come in contact with the melt contained in the melting furnace, a second electrode that is provided near a bottom wall of the melting furnace so as to come in contact with the melt, a first magnetic field device that is provided outside the melting furnace so as to face the bottom wall of the melting furnace and makes a north pole face the bottom wall, and a second magnetic field device that is provided outside the melting furnace so as to face the bottom wall of the melting furnace and makes a south pole face the bottom wall, and the first and second magnetic field devices (9A,9B) are disposed with a gap in a certain direction; characterised in that the gap is groove-shaped; in that a width of the gap is set so that a first flow of the melt and a second flow of the melt collide with each other at a position that corresponds to the groove-shaped gap between the first and second magnetic field devices (9A, 9B) in order that the melt flows out by a flow along a longitudinal direction between the first and second magnetic field devices (9A, 9B).
A method of moving a pipe section (111, 411) into a position ready for welding to a pipeline, the method being performed at sea when laying a pipeline to the sea-bed, wherein the method comprises: holding one end of the pipeline within a J-lay tower on a pipe-laying vessel, the pipeline having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipeline having been characterised and stored in the memory of a control unit, providing a pipe section (111, 411) having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, making measurements of the bevelled free end of the pipe section (111, 411) whilst the pipe section (111, 411) is outside the J-lay tower, characterising and storing in the memory of the control unit the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipe section (111, 411) with the use of such measurements, the control unit calculating, using the stored characterisations of the geometry of the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and pipe section (111, 411), a target orientation that lines up the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and the pipe section (111, 411), and effecting movement of the pipe section (111, 411) relative to the pipeline in dependence on the target orientation so calculated and bringing the pipe section (111, 411) and the pipeline into contact in a position ready for welding the two free ends together, the two free ends thereby defining a joint to be welded. holding one end of the pipeline within a J-lay tower on a pipe-laying vessel, the pipeline having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipeline having been characterised and stored in the memory of a control unit, providing a pipe section (111, 411) having a free end which is bevelled ready for welding, making measurements of the bevelled free end of the pipe section (111, 411) whilst the pipe section (111, 411) is outside the J-lay tower, characterising and storing in the memory of the control unit the geometry of the bevelled free end of the pipe section (111, 411) with the use of such measurements, the control unit calculating, using the stored characterisations of the geometry of the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and pipe section (111, 411), a target orientation that lines up the bevelled free ends of the pipeline and the pipe section (111, 411), and effecting movement of the pipe section (111, 411) relative to the pipeline in dependence on the target orientation so calculated and bringing the pipe section (111, 411) and the pipeline into contact in a position ready for welding the two free ends together, the two free ends thereby defining a joint to be welded.
A putter head, comprising: a ball striking surface having a heel end and a toe end; and a body member extending in a direction away from the ball striking surface, wherein the putter head has a moment of inertia about a center of the ball striking surface of at least 20,000 g-cm 2, wherein the body member includes a first side arm extending rearward and laterally outward from a heel end of the ball striking surface, a second side arm extending rearward and laterally outward from a toe end of the ball striking surface, and a rear base member extending between the first and second side arms in a manner parallel to the ball striking surface, wherein a first end of the rear base member is located behind the ball striking surface and extends laterally outward of a first plane (P 2) oriented perpendicular to the ball striking surface at the heel end of the ball striking surface and extending rearwardly from the heel end of the ball striking surface, and wherein a second end of the rear base member is located behind the ball striking surface and extends laterally outward of a second plane (P 1) oriented perpendicular to the ball striking surface at the toe end of the ball striking surface and extending rearwardly from the toe end of the ball striking surface. a ball striking surface having a heel end and a toe end; and a body member extending in a direction away from the ball striking surface, wherein the putter head has a moment of inertia about a center of the ball striking surface of at least 20,000 g-cm 2, wherein the body member includes a first side arm extending rearward and laterally outward from a heel end of the ball striking surface, a second side arm extending rearward and laterally outward from a toe end of the ball striking surface, and a rear base member extending between the first and second side arms in a manner parallel to the ball striking surface, wherein a first end of the rear base member is located behind the ball striking surface and extends laterally outward of a first plane (P 2) oriented perpendicular to the ball striking surface at the heel end of the ball striking surface and extending rearwardly from the heel end of the ball striking surface, and wherein a second end of the rear base member is located behind the ball striking surface and extends laterally outward of a second plane (P 1) oriented perpendicular to the ball striking surface at the toe end of the ball striking surface and extending rearwardly from the toe end of the ball striking surface.
A press-forming mold designing method wherein the minimum curvature radius R 0 of a press-forming mold is controlled to satisfy the following equation: R 0 / t ≥ 2 R / t + 2 R / t + 1 ε f / 2 1 − 1 + 2 R / t ε f wherein R 0 is the minimum curvature radius of the press-forming mold, ε f is the critical strain for the occurrence of fracture in a plane strain region of a metal sheet workpiece, t is the sheet thickness of the metal sheet workpiece, and R is the minimum bending radius allowing the metal sheet workpiece to be bent without the occurrence of fracture on the surface.
A process for polymerising lactide into polylactic acid, the process comprising the steps of: - feeding a first lactide feed into a first polymerisation reactor section; wherein the first lactide feed comprises L-lactide; - feeding the output of the first polymerisation reactor section into a second polymerisation reactor section; and, - feeding a second lactide feed into the second polymerisation reaction section between the first polymerisation reactor section and the second polymerisation reactor section after at most 95% of the total residence time; wherein the second lactide feed comprises D and/or meso-lactide; and, wherein the second lactide feed comprises at least 40% by weight D/Meso-lactide, compared to the total weight of the second lactide feed. - feeding a first lactide feed into a first polymerisation reactor section; wherein the first lactide feed comprises L-lactide; - feeding the output of the first polymerisation reactor section into a second polymerisation reactor section; and, - feeding a second lactide feed into the second polymerisation reaction section between the first polymerisation reactor section and the second polymerisation reactor section after at most 95% of the total residence time; wherein the second lactide feed comprises D and/or meso-lactide; and, wherein the second lactide feed comprises at least 40% by weight D/Meso-lactide, compared to the total weight of the second lactide feed.
Progressive braking device for closures, comprising a first shaft whose rotation causes the movement of the closure, it also comprising a second shaft integral in rotation with the first shaft, and a movable element along said second shaft against the action of at least one spring, so that said at least one spring slows the rotation of said first and second shafts (1, 3), wherein between said first and second shafts (1, 3) a bearing is placed, characterized in that the progressive braking device comprises a plurality of support rods between said movable element and said bearing, said movable element being displaceable also along said support rods.
A loop simulation device for determining an image of a knitting fabric corresponding to knitting fabric design data such that a loop of each stitch is represented, the device characterized by: means for determining an initial value of the position of the each stitch such that a distribution of the position of the each stitch does not deviate from a grid form, a stitch portion storage unit for storing the three-dimensional position of each stitch on a virtual knitting fabric based on the design data, movement amount calculating means for determining a movement amount of the each stitch of the knitting fabric such that distances between the each stitch and upper, lower, left, and right stitches satisfy a predetermined rule and a stitch orientation of the each stitch approximates stitch orientations of left and right stitches when the stitch orientation of the each stitch differs from the stitch orientations of the left and right stitches, wherein the stitch orientation is the orientation in which the adjacent stitch positions are linked; wherein the processing of said movement amount calculating means begins from said initial value and wherein the stitch orientation is the orientation in which the lower stitch position and upper stitch position are linked, and is expressed in principle as an inclination from the y axis; and convergence determining means for repeating processing performed by said movement amount calculating means until a position of the each stitch is converged on a converged value, the converged value being set as a stitch position. means for determining an initial value of the position of the each stitch such that a distribution of the position of the each stitch does not deviate from a grid form, a stitch portion storage unit for storing the three-dimensional position of each stitch on a virtual knitting fabric based on the design data, movement amount calculating means for determining a movement amount of the each stitch of the knitting fabric such that distances between the each stitch and upper, lower, left, and right stitches satisfy a predetermined rule and a stitch orientation of the each stitch approximates stitch orientations of left and right stitches when the stitch orientation of the each stitch differs from the stitch orientations of the left and right stitches, wherein the stitch orientation is the orientation in which the adjacent stitch positions are linked; wherein the processing of said movement amount calculating means begins from said initial value and wherein the stitch orientation is the orientation in which the lower stitch position and upper stitch position are linked, and is expressed in principle as an inclination from the y axis; and convergence determining means for repeating processing performed by said movement amount calculating means until a position of the each stitch is converged on a converged value, the converged value being set as a stitch position.
An optical unit comprising, seen in the direction from the object side to the imaging surface, a first lens, a second lens, and a diaphragm present in the light path between the first lens and the second lens, where a first distance between the vertex of the first lens and the vertex of the second lens is 250-650 μm, the diaphragm is a non-transparent carrier provided with an opening which is transparent to incident light from the object side, which carrier has a thickness of 10-500 μm, the opening is filled with a material that is transparent to incident light, wherein seen in the direction from the object side to the imaging surface, a third lens is disposed behind the second lens, which third lens abuts against a substrate, wherein a fourth lens abuts against the substrate, seen in the direction of the imaging surface, wherein the ratio between the first distance and a second distance between the vertex of the third lens and the vertex of the fourth lens ranges between 0.4 and 0.7.
A clamping apparatus for holding a container for a container processing system, comprising: a pair of clamping arms (12, 14); a pivoting device which is connected to the pair of clamping arms (12, 14) and mounts the pair of clamping arms (12, 14) so as to be pivotable relative to one another; and a rotary element which is arranged between the pair of clamping arms (12, 14), wherein the pair of clamping arms (12, 14) can be pivoted relative to one another by means of the pivoting device, depending on a rotary position of the rotary element, by magnetic interaction between the rotary element and the pair of clamping arms (12, 14), characterized in that: the rotary element has an axis of rotation which runs substantially in parallel with at least one pivot shaft (34, 36) of the pivoting device; and/or a rotation of the rotary element is delimited by a stop. a pair of clamping arms (12, 14); a pivoting device which is connected to the pair of clamping arms (12, 14) and mounts the pair of clamping arms (12, 14) so as to be pivotable relative to one another; and a rotary element which is arranged between the pair of clamping arms (12, 14), wherein the pair of clamping arms (12, 14) can be pivoted relative to one another by means of the pivoting device, depending on a rotary position of the rotary element, by magnetic interaction between the rotary element and the pair of clamping arms (12, 14), characterized in that: the rotary element has an axis of rotation which runs substantially in parallel with at least one pivot shaft (34, 36) of the pivoting device; and/or a rotation of the rotary element is delimited by a stop. the rotary element has an axis of rotation which runs substantially in parallel with at least one pivot shaft (34, 36) of the pivoting device; and/or a rotation of the rotary element is delimited by a stop.
Battery assembly, comprising: - a battery pack having a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each arranged parallel to a longitudinal axis, wherein the battery cells are arranged axially and/or radially next to each other, characterized by: - two clamping plates which are arranged on in each case one axial end side of the battery pack, - at least one tie rod which is configured to brace the two clamping plates against each other in order to apply a preloading force to the battery pack, and - at least one spring element for each tie rod, - wherein the spring element is elastically deformable in order to allow length compensation of the battery cells. - a battery pack having a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each arranged parallel to a longitudinal axis, wherein the battery cells are arranged axially and/or radially next to each other, characterized by: - two clamping plates which are arranged on in each case one axial end side of the battery pack, - at least one tie rod which is configured to brace the two clamping plates against each other in order to apply a preloading force to the battery pack, and - at least one spring element for each tie rod, - wherein the spring element is elastically deformable in order to allow length compensation of the battery cells.
An adhered object removal method for removing adhered objects from jig used in film deposition processes accomplished by thin film crystal growth, comprising: preparing a jetting media having a lower hardness than the hardness of the jig; and jetting the jetting media toward the jig, whereby in the jetting, the jetting media forms fracture starting points at a crystal grain boundary of the adhered object when the jetting media collides with the jig, and the jetting media collides with the fracture starting points and causes the adhered objects to dislodge at the crystal grain boundary, whereby the jetting media does not contain a metal component, and adhered objects are removed by collision energy when the jetting media jetted toward the jig collides with the jig, and wherein at least a surface layer of the jetting media is comprised of resin. preparing a jetting media having a lower hardness than the hardness of the jig; and jetting the jetting media toward the jig, whereby in the jetting, the jetting media forms fracture starting points at a crystal grain boundary of the adhered object when the jetting media collides with the jig, and the jetting media collides with the fracture starting points and causes the adhered objects to dislodge at the crystal grain boundary, whereby the jetting media does not contain a metal component, and adhered objects are removed by collision energy when the jetting media jetted toward the jig collides with the jig, and wherein at least a surface layer of the jetting media is comprised of resin.
Communication device comprising autonomous means of electrical energy storage, characterized in that the device furthermore comprises; - a first wireless communication system configured to communicate with a first communication network, of mobile telephone network or WIMAX type; - a second wireless communication system, configured to communicate with a second communication network, different from a network of mobile telephone or WIMAX type, the second network being of Low Power Wide Area Network, LPWAN, type, the network with which the second communication system is configured to communicate, being distinct from a WIFI network, • the communication range of each of the first and second communication systems being greater than 1 km, • and the transmission power of the second communication system being, for a given communication distance, less than that of the first wireless communication system; - a drive unit, such as a microcontroller, configured to: - transmit and/or receive digital data by the first communication system; and - transmit and/or receive digital data by the second communication system. - a first wireless communication system configured to communicate with a first communication network, of mobile telephone network or WIMAX type; - a second wireless communication system, configured to communicate with a second communication network, different from a network of mobile telephone or WIMAX type, the second network being of Low Power Wide Area Network, LPWAN, type, the network with which the second communication system is configured to communicate, being distinct from a WIFI network, • the communication range of each of the first and second communication systems being greater than 1 km, • and the transmission power of the second communication system being, for a given communication distance, less than that of the first wireless communication system; • the communication range of each of the first and second communication systems being greater than 1 km, • and the transmission power of the second communication system being, for a given communication distance, less than that of the first wireless communication system; - a drive unit, such as a microcontroller, configured to: - transmit and/or receive digital data by the first communication system; and - transmit and/or receive digital data by the second communication system. - transmit and/or receive digital data by the first communication system; and - transmit and/or receive digital data by the second communication system.
A flow control valve seal (6; 7; 8) for installing in a flow control valve device, the flow control valve device comprising a housing having an introduction part for receiving a cooling water from an internal combustion engine and a discharge part for discharging the cooling water, and a resin rotor disposed in the housing and having an outer peripheral surface formed in a spherical or cylindrical shape, the rotor being rotated relative to the housing, wherein, the flow control valve seal is configure to be disposed between the introduction part or the discharge part and the rotor in the housing; wherein the flow control valve seal (6; 7; 8) is formed in a ring-like shape that is configured to slidably contact the outer peripheral surface of the rotor; wherein an aqueous solution of PH 7-11 containing ethylene glycol as a main component is used as the cooling water; the flow control valve seal (6; 7; 8) is an injection molded body of a resin composition having injection-moldable fluororesin as a base resin; the resin composition contains a non-fibrous filler and does not contain a fibrous filler; and the fluororesin is at least one resin selected from among a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro alkylvinyl ether copolymer resin, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer resin, and a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer resin. wherein the flow control valve seal (6; 7; 8) is formed in a ring-like shape that is configured to slidably contact the outer peripheral surface of the rotor; wherein an aqueous solution of PH 7-11 containing ethylene glycol as a main component is used as the cooling water; the flow control valve seal (6; 7; 8) is an injection molded body of a resin composition having injection-moldable fluororesin as a base resin; the resin composition contains a non-fibrous filler and does not contain a fibrous filler; and the fluororesin is at least one resin selected from among a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro alkylvinyl ether copolymer resin, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer resin, and a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer resin.