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Method for testing the operability of a safety valve in a safety case; 1.1 wherein the safety valve has a valve member and, for positioning the valve member, a single-acting pneumatic actuator with a drive fluid; 1.2 wherein the safety valve has a positioner which adjusts the pressure in the drive fluid and thereby controls and/or regulates the position of the valve member; 1.3 wherein the valve member assumes a safety position when the pressure in the drive fluid corresponds to an ambient pressure; 1.4 wherein a solenoid valve is pneumatically connected between the actuator and the positioner and is used to vent the actuator to ambient; 1.5 wherein a first pressure sensor is provided that measures the pressure of the drive fluid between the positioner and the solenoid valve; 1.6 wherein, in the event of a safety case, both the solenoid valve and the positioner vent the actuator to ambient; wherein the method comprises the following steps: 1.7 the safety case is triggered, as a result of which the valve member should move to its safety position; 1.8 the point in time at which the valve member has assumed the safety position is determined; 1.9 at this point in time, the first pressure sensor measures a residual pressure in the drive fluid; 1.10 if the residual pressure is higher than or equal to a first threshold, then the test of the operability of the safety valve is considered failed; 1.11 if the residual pressure is lower than the first threshold, then the test of the operability of the safety valve is considered passed. 1.1 wherein the safety valve has a valve member and, for positioning the valve member, a single-acting pneumatic actuator with a drive fluid; 1.2 wherein the safety valve has a positioner which adjusts the pressure in the drive fluid and thereby controls and/or regulates the position of the valve member; 1.3 wherein the valve member assumes a safety position when the pressure in the drive fluid corresponds to an ambient pressure; 1.4 wherein a solenoid valve is pneumatically connected between the actuator and the positioner and is used to vent the actuator to ambient; 1.5 wherein a first pressure sensor is provided that measures the pressure of the drive fluid between the positioner and the solenoid valve; 1.6 wherein, in the event of a safety case, both the solenoid valve and the positioner vent the actuator to ambient; wherein the method comprises the following steps: 1.7 the safety case is triggered, as a result of which the valve member should move to its safety position; 1.8 the point in time at which the valve member has assumed the safety position is determined; 1.9 at this point in time, the first pressure sensor measures a residual pressure in the drive fluid; 1.10 if the residual pressure is higher than or equal to a first threshold, then the test of the operability of the safety valve is considered failed; 1.11 if the residual pressure is lower than the first threshold, then the test of the operability of the safety valve is considered passed.
Household appliance with a gas burner and a gas supply facility for the gas burner, with a gas valve, a gas line, which is configured to feed gas to the gas valve, and a fastening apparatus for fastening the gas valve to a housing of the household appliance, wherein the fastening apparatus comprises a valve receiving section for receiving the gas valve, a line receiving section for receiving the gas line and a fastening section, which is configured to fasten the fastening apparatus to the housing, characterised by a fluid duct which fluidically connects the valve receiving section to the line receiving section.
Device for controlling an aircraft, comprising a yoke having a first and a second yoke portion (1A, 1B), each of which are connected to a control system for controlling the aircraft, characterized in that the first and the second yoke portion (1A, 1B) can each be separately moved in a translational manner and moved in the same direction in a rotational manner and are provided for controlling the aircraft.
An inspection system for mounting on a user's hand for inspection and/or measurement in difficult-to-access environments, the inspection system comprising: an imaging unit comprising two sub-units, the first sub-unit being configured to provide images from a first point of view and the second sub-unit being configured to provide images from a second point of view; and a measuring unit configured to provide data relating to a physical property measured at a measurement location on the user's hand; wherein the imaging unit has a separation sensor (64, 65, 66) configured to measure the separation between the two sub-units of the imaging unit. an imaging unit comprising two sub-units, the first sub-unit being configured to provide images from a first point of view and the second sub-unit being configured to provide images from a second point of view; and a measuring unit configured to provide data relating to a physical property measured at a measurement location on the user's hand; wherein the imaging unit has a separation sensor (64, 65, 66) configured to measure the separation between the two sub-units of the imaging unit.
An energy storage device comprising an electrode assembly having a pair of electrodes overlapped with each other, at least one of the electrodes including a current collecting substrate, an active material layer arranged on the current collecting substrate, an intermediate layer arranged between the current collecting substrate and the active material layer, and an insulating layer arranged on the current collecting substrate and in contact with at least the intermediate layer, the active material layer containing an active material and a first binder, the intermediate layer containing a carbonaceous material and a second binder, the insulating layer containing an insulating material and a third binder, the second binder being a nonaqueous binder, and the third binder being an aqueous binder.
Electrode for the electrochemical machining of recesses in holes of smaller diameter with an electrode base body and an adjoining machining head, wherein the electrode base body has on the outside an insulating layer and wherein the machining head forms an active cathode region, wherein the machining head has a conical extension whose outer diameter corresponds to the diameter of the electrode body on the side facing the electrode base body and on the opposite side it is adapted to the geometry of the to be generated recess, characterized in that on the machining head an insulating cap is arranged on the side facing away from the electrode base body, and that the machining head and the insulating cap have a through bore.
A fibre mixture consisting of beta-galactooligosaccharides, inulin, resistant starch, and soluble soy polysaccharides, wherein the weight ratio beta-galactooligosaccharides: inulin: resistant starch: soluble soy polysaccharides is about 38: 38: 4: 20.
A tandem photovoltaic device, comprising an upper cell unit, a lower cell unit and a tunnel junction between the upper cell unit and the lower cell unit, wherein the lower cell unit is a crystalline silicon cell; the tunnel junction comprises an upper crystalline silicon layer, a lower crystalline silicon layer and an intermediate layer between the upper crystalline silicon layer and the lower crystalline silicon layer; the upper crystalline silicon layer, the lower crystalline silicon layer and the intermediate layer are in direct contact with each other, and doping types of the upper crystalline silicon layer and the lower crystalline silicon layer are opposite, a doping concentration of the upper crystalline silicon layer at an interface with the intermediate layer, and a doping concentration of the lower crystalline silicon layer at an interface with the intermediate layer are both greater than or equal to 10 18 cm -3; and the intermediate layer comprises at least one dielectric layer, and a band gap width of the dielectric layer being greater than or equal to 3 eV. the tunnel junction comprises an upper crystalline silicon layer, a lower crystalline silicon layer and an intermediate layer between the upper crystalline silicon layer and the lower crystalline silicon layer; the upper crystalline silicon layer, the lower crystalline silicon layer and the intermediate layer are in direct contact with each other, and doping types of the upper crystalline silicon layer and the lower crystalline silicon layer are opposite, a doping concentration of the upper crystalline silicon layer at an interface with the intermediate layer, and a doping concentration of the lower crystalline silicon layer at an interface with the intermediate layer are both greater than or equal to 10 18 cm -3; and the intermediate layer comprises at least one dielectric layer, and a band gap width of the dielectric layer being greater than or equal to 3 eV.
A rendering processing method, comprising: extracting step, extracting a region from each of a plurality of cross sections in a volume data representing a solid to be rendered, based on data of brightness values of texels for each of the plurality of cross sections, wherein the plurality of cross sections are perpendicular to an axis set for the volume data; calculating step, calculating for a pair of two adjacent cross sections, adjacent in the axis direction, among the plurality of cross sections, a center of gravity for each region extracted in each cross section of the pair of two adjacent cross sections; determining step, determining for each region extracted in each cross section of the pair of two adjacent cross sections, whether or not a brightness value of the center of gravity for the region matches a brightness value of a corresponding texel in the other cross section of the pair of two adjacent cross sections, wherein the corresponding texel is determined by tracing the center of gravity for the region in parallel with the axis; calculating step, calculating a correlation value based on a total number of matching and a total number of non-matching times determined for the pair of two adjacent cross sections in the determining step; deleting step, deleting any one of the pair of two adjacent cross sections upon detecting that the correlation value exceeds a first threshold; and rendering step, rendering the solid by using data of cross sections after the deleting step. extracting step, extracting a region from each of a plurality of cross sections in a volume data representing a solid to be rendered, based on data of brightness values of texels for each of the plurality of cross sections, wherein the plurality of cross sections are perpendicular to an axis set for the volume data; calculating step, calculating for a pair of two adjacent cross sections, adjacent in the axis direction, among the plurality of cross sections, a center of gravity for each region extracted in each cross section of the pair of two adjacent cross sections; determining step, determining for each region extracted in each cross section of the pair of two adjacent cross sections, whether or not a brightness value of the center of gravity for the region matches a brightness value of a corresponding texel in the other cross section of the pair of two adjacent cross sections, wherein the corresponding texel is determined by tracing the center of gravity for the region in parallel with the axis; calculating step, calculating a correlation value based on a total number of matching and a total number of non-matching times determined for the pair of two adjacent cross sections in the determining step; deleting step, deleting any one of the pair of two adjacent cross sections upon detecting that the correlation value exceeds a first threshold; and rendering step, rendering the solid by using data of cross sections after the deleting step.
A heat medium circulation device comprising: a refrigerant circuit which is formed by annularly connecting a compressor, a use-side heat exchanger, an expanding device and a heat source-side heat exchanger to one another; and a mechanical chamber in which a portion of at least the refrigerant circuit and a control device are accommodated, the mechanical chamber also comprising a refrigerant concentration sensor and an open/close mechanism placed at a low position in the mechanical chamber, in which flammable refrigerant having a density greater than that of air is used as working fluid, characterized in that the open/close mechanism is placed at a position lower than the control device, the control device being configured to operate a flap to an opening direction by driving a servomotor, and in that the open/close mechanism is opened by operation of the flap when a detection value of the refrigerant concentration sensor becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value. a refrigerant circuit which is formed by annularly connecting a compressor, a use-side heat exchanger, an expanding device and a heat source-side heat exchanger to one another; and a mechanical chamber in which a portion of at least the refrigerant circuit and a control device are accommodated, the mechanical chamber also comprising a refrigerant concentration sensor and an open/close mechanism placed at a low position in the mechanical chamber, in which flammable refrigerant having a density greater than that of air is used as working fluid, characterized in that the open/close mechanism is placed at a position lower than the control device, the control device being configured to operate a flap to an opening direction by driving a servomotor, and in that the open/close mechanism is opened by operation of the flap when a detection value of the refrigerant concentration sensor becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
A machine for making pouches from a laminate film, comprising: an infeed section, disposed to receive the laminate film; a sealing section, disposed to receive the laminate film from the infeed section, including a sealing platen, further including at least one servo motor (101, 103) connected to move the sealing platen to intermittently contact the laminate film, wherein the at least one servo motor (101, 103) has a control input and a feedback output, wherein the sealing section further includes at least one driven roll to move the laminate film through the sealing section; an outfeed section, disposed to receive the laminate film from the sealing section; and a controller, connected to receive feedback from the feedback output, and having a control output responsive to the feedback and connected to the control input, wherein the controller includes a distance calibration module connected to the control output and the feedback output, and wherein the controller receives a user adjustable distance offset input for adding to a distance the sealing platen travels.
A method, comprising: acquiring, with an x-ray detector tilted at an angle with respect to an x-ray source, an x-ray image, wherein the x-ray detector is configured with one or more objects positioned between a subject being imaged and the x-ray detector; calculating the angle from the x-ray image, wherein calculating the angle from the x-ray image comprises determining one or more tilt parameters by analyzing the shadows in the x-ray image caused by the one or more objects; generating a corrected x-ray image based on the calculated angle; and displaying the corrected x-ray image. acquiring, with an x-ray detector tilted at an angle with respect to an x-ray source, an x-ray image, wherein the x-ray detector is configured with one or more objects positioned between a subject being imaged and the x-ray detector; calculating the angle from the x-ray image, wherein calculating the angle from the x-ray image comprises determining one or more tilt parameters by analyzing the shadows in the x-ray image caused by the one or more objects; generating a corrected x-ray image based on the calculated angle; and displaying the corrected x-ray image.
Vibration cutting device, which has the following characteristics: a. at least one first oscillating head (10; 70), b. a controller, with which the first oscillating head can be selectively electrically excited in order to carry out oscillations in a frequency range below the kilohertz range, and c. a cutting tool arranged between a first and a second fixture, while at least the first fixture is connected with the first oscillating head so that the mechanical oscillations of the first oscillating head can be transferred to the cutting tool, characterized in that d. the first oscillating head (10; 70) consists of a mass body (12; 72) and an electromagnetic drive (14; 74), e. the cutting tool can be deflected with an amplitude of ± 5 mm parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cutting tool, and f. the oscillating head is connected with the first fixture via a spring set. a. at least one first oscillating head (10; 70), b. a controller, with which the first oscillating head can be selectively electrically excited in order to carry out oscillations in a frequency range below the kilohertz range, and c. a cutting tool arranged between a first and a second fixture, while at least the first fixture is connected with the first oscillating head so that the mechanical oscillations of the first oscillating head can be transferred to the cutting tool, characterized in that d. the first oscillating head (10; 70) consists of a mass body (12; 72) and an electromagnetic drive (14; 74), e. the cutting tool can be deflected with an amplitude of ± 5 mm parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cutting tool, and f. the oscillating head is connected with the first fixture via a spring set.
A sintered metal bearing that is formed through sintering of a compact obtained through compression molding of raw-material powder, the sintered metal bearing comprising: chamfered portions (8e, 8e', 8f, 8f') that are respectively formed at least along outer rims of both end surfaces (8b, 8c) of the sintered metal bearing; and a dynamic pressure generating portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the sintered metal bearing by sizing, wherein an axial dimension (a1, a1') of each of the chamfered portions (8e, 8e') is set larger than a radial dimension (b1, b1') of the each of the chamfered portions (8e, 8e'), and wherein a difference in axial dimension (a1, a1') between the chamfered portions (8e, 8e') on one end side and another end side in an axial direction of the sintered metal bearing is set larger than a difference in radial dimension (b1, b1') between the chamfered portions (8e, 8e') on the one end side and the another end side in the axial direction. chamfered portions (8e, 8e', 8f, 8f') that are respectively formed at least along outer rims of both end surfaces (8b, 8c) of the sintered metal bearing; and a dynamic pressure generating portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the sintered metal bearing by sizing, wherein an axial dimension (a1, a1') of each of the chamfered portions (8e, 8e') is set larger than a radial dimension (b1, b1') of the each of the chamfered portions (8e, 8e'), and wherein a difference in axial dimension (a1, a1') between the chamfered portions (8e, 8e') on one end side and another end side in an axial direction of the sintered metal bearing is set larger than a difference in radial dimension (b1, b1') between the chamfered portions (8e, 8e') on the one end side and the another end side in the axial direction.
A free-flow pump having an impeller (11, 22, 33) that is spaced from an inlet in such a manner that a free passage for solids contained in the pumped liquid results between the inlet and an impeller exit, the impeller comprising an impeller base constituted by a front side (14, 24) of a hub body (12, 23) projecting at the center of the impeller (11, 22, 33) and by a disk surface (18, 28) located deeper than the front side (14, 24) of the hub body (12, 23) and reaching to an outer circumference of the impeller (11, 22, 33) with its maximum depth, the disk surface (18, 28) being provided with vanes (19, 29, 34) comprising open vane front sides (20, 30, 35) adjoining the hub body (12, 23) at their inner end and extending from there to the outer circumference of the impeller (11, 22, 33), characterized in that at least within an inner third of its radius, the impeller base is not located deeper with respect to the inner end of the vane front sides (20, 30, 35) than at most one sixth of the height difference between the inner end of the vane front sides (20, 30, 35) and the maximum depth of the disk surface (18, 28).
A gas turbine engine comprising a variable cycle system and a turbomachinery comprising at least one compressor section and at least one turbine section operably coupled to a shaft of the gas turbine engine; the variable cycle system comprising: an actuation system configured to adjust a variable cycle of the turbomachinery of the gas turbine engine by adjusting power absorption or power production; characterised in that the variable cycle system further comprises: an electric component mechanically interfaced to the shaft, the electric component configured to add or subtract torque to the shaft; and a controller operable to adjust an output of the electric component to compensate for a power change induced by the actuation system by operating the electric component as an electric motor to compensate for power absorption of the turbomachinery and operating the electric component as an electric generator to compensate for power production of the turbomachinery, wherein the controller provides separate control of thrust and cycle responses. an actuation system configured to adjust a variable cycle of the turbomachinery of the gas turbine engine by adjusting power absorption or power production; characterised in that the variable cycle system further comprises: an electric component mechanically interfaced to the shaft, the electric component configured to add or subtract torque to the shaft; and a controller operable to adjust an output of the electric component to compensate for a power change induced by the actuation system by operating the electric component as an electric motor to compensate for power absorption of the turbomachinery and operating the electric component as an electric generator to compensate for power production of the turbomachinery, wherein the controller provides separate control of thrust and cycle responses. an electric component mechanically interfaced to the shaft, the electric component configured to add or subtract torque to the shaft; and a controller operable to adjust an output of the electric component to compensate for a power change induced by the actuation system by operating the electric component as an electric motor to compensate for power absorption of the turbomachinery and operating the electric component as an electric generator to compensate for power production of the turbomachinery, wherein the controller provides separate control of thrust and cycle responses.