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Method for the secondary treatment of laundry, wherein, after the mangling or finishing of the items of laundry, it is detected whether they still have stains, and at least one possibly detected stain in the mangled or finished item of laundry concerned is at least for the most part removed by a targeted local treatment in the region of the at least one detected stain of the mangled or finished item of laundry, characterized in that, for determining the position of the at least one stain on the item of laundry, the item of laundry is moved in relation to a sensor device and, after the detection of the at least one stain, individual nozzles of a nozzle bar for applying the bleaching and/or spotting agent are individually activated in such a way that only the respective stain of the item of laundry to be treated is exposed to the bleaching and/or spotting agent.
A photovoltaic inverter system characterized in that it is configured to continuously operate in a buck converter mode, the system comprising: a plurality of buck converters, each bucking circuit associated with a corresponding DC power source; a full bridge unfolding circuit configured to generate a utility grid current; wherein each bucking circuit is configured to continuously operate in the buck converter mode to generate a corresponding full wave rectified sine wave current (120,122,124,126), and further wherein the plurality of bucking circuits are configured together to generate a resultant full wave rectified sine wave at a single common current node by summing the plurality of full wave rectified sine wave currents generated by the plurality of bucking circuits; further wherein the full bridge current unfolding circuit generates a desired utility grid AC current in response to the resultant full wave rectified sine wave current; and still further wherein each bucking circuit is configured to increase the level of the voltage sourcing of each buck converter, via a corresponding boost converter, each boost converter configured such that it is not continuously boosting over the entire PV inverter switching cycle thereby minimizing the impact on PV inverter system efficiency for having to boost the corresponding DC power source voltage, when a corresponding DC power source (104,106,108,110) voltage is lower than the instantaneous voltage of a utility grid connected to the PV inverter system. a plurality of buck converters, each bucking circuit associated with a corresponding DC power source; a full bridge unfolding circuit configured to generate a utility grid current; wherein each bucking circuit is configured to continuously operate in the buck converter mode to generate a corresponding full wave rectified sine wave current (120,122,124,126), and further wherein the plurality of bucking circuits are configured together to generate a resultant full wave rectified sine wave at a single common current node by summing the plurality of full wave rectified sine wave currents generated by the plurality of bucking circuits; further wherein the full bridge current unfolding circuit generates a desired utility grid AC current in response to the resultant full wave rectified sine wave current; and still further wherein each bucking circuit is configured to increase the level of the voltage sourcing of each buck converter, via a corresponding boost converter, each boost converter configured such that it is not continuously boosting over the entire PV inverter switching cycle thereby minimizing the impact on PV inverter system efficiency for having to boost the corresponding DC power source voltage, when a corresponding DC power source (104,106,108,110) voltage is lower than the instantaneous voltage of a utility grid connected to the PV inverter system.
Apparatus for packaging a product with an extensible film, comprising conveying means for conveying a product in the apparatus, evacuating means to evacuate the product from the apparatus at the end of packaging, unwinding means (14, 31) to unwind the extensible film from a reel mounted on the apparatus, tensioning means (40, 41) for tensioning said extensible film, a lifting device intended for receiving the product from said conveying means and lifting the product to bring the product into contact with said extensible film, said unwinding means (14, 31) comprising a first gripping element and a second gripping element that are movable independently of one another in an unwinding direction for unwinding the extensible film from the reel, said first gripping element comprising a first fixed jaw and a first movable jaw, one end of the first movable jaw being provided with a plurality of first teeth, arranged in a comb configuration, said second gripping element comprising a second fixed jaw and a second movable jaw, one end of the second movable jaw being provided with a plurality of second teeth, arranged in a comb configuration, characterised in that said lifting device is provided with a plurality of parallel grooves, oriented in a direction parallel to said unwinding direction and dimensioned in such a manner that the first teeth of the first movable jaw of said first gripping element and the second teeth of the second movable jaw of said second gripping element can be inserted into said grooves.
A staple cartridge, comprising: a plurality of staples, wherein each said staple comprises a base and a deformable member extending from said base; and an implantable, bioabsorbable staple cartridge body, comprising; a first compressible layer comprised of a first material, wherein said staples are embedded in said first compressible layer; and a second compressible layer comprised of a second material, wherein said first compressible layer comprises a first stiffness, wherein said second compressible layer comprises a second stiffness, and wherein said first stiffness is different than said second stiffness; and wherein each said deformable member comprises a tip, wherein said bases are embedded in said first compressible layer, and wherein said tips are embedded in said second compressible layer. a plurality of staples, wherein each said staple comprises a base and a deformable member extending from said base; and an implantable, bioabsorbable staple cartridge body, comprising; a first compressible layer comprised of a first material, wherein said staples are embedded in said first compressible layer; and a second compressible layer comprised of a second material, wherein said first compressible layer comprises a first stiffness, wherein said second compressible layer comprises a second stiffness, and wherein said first stiffness is different than said second stiffness; and wherein each said deformable member comprises a tip, wherein said bases are embedded in said first compressible layer, and wherein said tips are embedded in said second compressible layer. a first compressible layer comprised of a first material, wherein said staples are embedded in said first compressible layer; and a second compressible layer comprised of a second material, wherein said first compressible layer comprises a first stiffness, wherein said second compressible layer comprises a second stiffness, and wherein said first stiffness is different than said second stiffness; and wherein each said deformable member comprises a tip, wherein said bases are embedded in said first compressible layer, and wherein said tips are embedded in said second compressible layer.
A tantalum powder, comprising flake tantalum powder and granular tantalum powder, characterized in that the mixing ratio of the flake tantalum powder to the granular tantalum powder is from 1:0.1-1, such as, 1:0.25-1, or 1:0.4-0.9, and wherein in said tantalum powder the proportion of -400 mesh tantalum powder is from 20 to 40%.
An air flap device for a cooling and/or refrigerating appliance of the kitchen equipment, comprising: - an air flap which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a first axis of rotation between an open position and a closed position, which in the open position unblocks an air passage aperture for the passage of air and in the closed position blocks said air passage aperture at least substantially against the passage of air, and - a motorised flap actuating mechanism for pivotably adjusting the air flap, characterised in that the flap actuating mechanism comprises a movably disposed flap actuating element having a flap engaging section which may be moved from outside the pivoting space of the air flap into it as a result of movement of the flap actuating element in order to thereby collide with an impulse of movement with the air flap and to lift it from one of the two flap positions towards the other one. - an air flap which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a first axis of rotation between an open position and a closed position, which in the open position unblocks an air passage aperture for the passage of air and in the closed position blocks said air passage aperture at least substantially against the passage of air, and - a motorised flap actuating mechanism for pivotably adjusting the air flap,
A turbomachine sealing component comprising: a substrate (63; 65) having a circumferential surface (61; 66); and a coating on the circumferential surface, wherein the coating or a layer thereof is patterned to form circumferential sealing ridges (150; 170) for cutting grooves in a vane or blade rubbed against the turbomachine sealing component, wherein the coating comprises a bondcoat and an additional layer, characterized in that: the turbomachine sealing component further comprises an abradable material atop the coating, wherein the sealing ridges (150; 170) are at least partially embedded in the abradable material. a substrate (63; 65) having a circumferential surface (61; 66); and a coating on the circumferential surface, wherein the coating or a layer thereof is patterned to form circumferential sealing ridges (150; 170) for cutting grooves in a vane or blade rubbed against the turbomachine sealing component, wherein the coating comprises a bondcoat and an additional layer, characterized in that: the turbomachine sealing component further comprises an abradable material atop the coating, wherein the sealing ridges (150; 170) are at least partially embedded in the abradable material.
Method to measure the functionality of a valve arrangement including a pressure control valve comprising a valve element cooperating with a throttling element and controlling a differential pressure, the method being to expose the pressure control valve to a plurality of flow rates spanning over a test range, and for each flow rate to measure the position of the valve element relative to the throttling element, characterized in that the method includes changing the flow rate from a first limit flow rate of said test range to a second limit flow rate, and subsequently changing from said second limit flow rate to said first limit flow rate, and for each flow rate to measure the position of the valve element relative to the throttling element, the measurement data thus forms a measured hysteresis, the method including to compare this measured hysteresis to an expected standard hysteresis of a generally well working valve and system, and using possible deviations to identify that the valve arrangement does not function according to said expected standard hysteresis.
A light system for building structures comprising: • an array of tapered rods made in a hard transparent or translucent polymer material, said tapered rods each having a light receiving base end and a light emitting front end, said tapered rods held together by a back-bone that connects the base ends of the tapered rods to achieve an array of tapered rods, wherein the tapered rods are adapted to receive a light input at the base ends and to transmit the light output to the front ends of the tapered rods; and • a building material; wherein the array of tapered rods is embedded in the building material with the proviso that the base ends and the front ends of the tapered rods are not covered with building material and characterized in that the base ends of the tapered rods merge into the back-bone as a common fundament shared by the tapered rods, wherein the array of tapered rods is injection molded as one piece with the common back-bone. • an array of tapered rods made in a hard transparent or translucent polymer material, said tapered rods each having a light receiving base end and a light emitting front end, said tapered rods held together by a back-bone that connects the base ends of the tapered rods to achieve an array of tapered rods, wherein the tapered rods are adapted to receive a light input at the base ends and to transmit the light output to the front ends of the tapered rods; and • a building material;
A device for verifying the authenticity of a valuable or security document, wherein the device comprises at least one first alternating voltage source, one first transformer, and at least one first electrode, wherein the first transformer is electrically connected on its input side to the first alternating voltage source and on its output side to the first electrode, wherein an output voltage with a first amplitude and an excitation frequency can be generated by means of the first alternating voltage source, wherein the output voltage can be transformed into an excitation voltage with a second amplitude by means of the first transformer, and wherein the first electrode generates an electrical excitation field as a function of the excitation voltage, characterized in that the first transformer and the first electrode are configured such that a resonance frequency of a resonant circuit, which comprises at least one secondary inductance of the first transformer and one capacitance of the first electrode, is greater than or equal to 80 kHz, the excitation frequency corresponding to the resonance frequency.
An apparatus for producing syngas comprising: at least two furnaces, each comprising at least one bayonet reforming tube, each furnace being adapted to: receive a gas comprising a hydrocarbon and at least one of steam and carbon dioxide via the bayonet reforming tube; heat and catalytically react the gas to form syngas at a first temperature; cool the syngas to a second temperature lower than the first temperature; and eject the syngas from the bayonet reforming tube; wherein each of the at least two furnaces has a flue gas effluent stream and a syngas effluent stream; a single common first heat recovery section (336; 310, 312, 331) operably connected to each of the at least two furnaces, wherein the flue gas effluent streams of each of the at least two furnaces are in thermal communication with a heat load within the first common heat recovery section (336; 310, 312, 331) and a second heat recovery section being adapted to transfer heat from a syngas effluent stream to hydrocarbon feedstock of each of the at least two furnaces before the hydrocarbon feedstock together with at least one of steam or carbon dioxide is received by a respective bayonet reforming tube of each of the at least two furnaces. at least two furnaces, each comprising at least one bayonet reforming tube, each furnace being adapted to: receive a gas comprising a hydrocarbon and at least one of steam and carbon dioxide via the bayonet reforming tube; heat and catalytically react the gas to form syngas at a first temperature; cool the syngas to a second temperature lower than the first temperature; and eject the syngas from the bayonet reforming tube; wherein each of the at least two furnaces has a flue gas effluent stream and a syngas effluent stream; receive a gas comprising a hydrocarbon and at least one of steam and carbon dioxide via the bayonet reforming tube; heat and catalytically react the gas to form syngas at a first temperature; cool the syngas to a second temperature lower than the first temperature; and eject the syngas from the bayonet reforming tube; wherein each of the at least two furnaces has a flue gas effluent stream and a syngas effluent stream; a single common first heat recovery section (336; 310, 312, 331) operably connected to each of the at least two furnaces, wherein the flue gas effluent streams of each of the at least two furnaces are in thermal communication with a heat load within the first common heat recovery section (336; 310, 312, 331) and a second heat recovery section being adapted to transfer heat from a syngas effluent stream to hydrocarbon feedstock of each of the at least two furnaces before the hydrocarbon feedstock together with at least one of steam or carbon dioxide is received by a respective bayonet reforming tube of each of the at least two furnaces.
A molding composition comprising a) at least one polyoxymethylene, wherein at least 25 % of the terminal groups of the polyoxymethylene are hydroxyl groups, the polyoxymethylene being present in an amount ranging from 40 to 90 wt.-%, wherein the weight is based on the total weight of the molding composition, b) at least one coupling agent, wherein the coupling agent is a polyisocyanate, c) at least one reinforcing fiber and d) optionally at least one formaldehyde scavenger. a) at least one polyoxymethylene, wherein at least 25 % of the terminal groups of the polyoxymethylene are hydroxyl groups, the polyoxymethylene being present in an amount ranging from 40 to 90 wt.-%, wherein the weight is based on the total weight of the molding composition, b) at least one coupling agent, wherein the coupling agent is a polyisocyanate, c) at least one reinforcing fiber and d) optionally at least one formaldehyde scavenger.
Grinding machine for grinding of a profile, comprising a machine bed, wherein a machining device is arranged on the machine bed, wherein the machining device comprises a swivel head which carries a first grinding spindle with a first grinding tool, especially with a roughing grinding tool, and a second grinding spindle with a second grinding tool, especially with a finishing grinding tool, wherein a workpiece carrier being a rotary table is arranged on the machine bed, wherein the swivel axle of the swivel head is directed horizontally and the axis of rotation of the rotary table is directed vertically, characterized in that the swivel head further carries at least one third grinding spindle with a third grinding tool, wherein the first grinding tool and the second grinding tool are designed as profile tools for grinding of a non-planar contour and wherein the third grinding tool is designed as grinding tool for grinding of a cylindrical or planar surface of the workpiece which has to be ground, wherein the first grinding spindle and the second grinding spindle are designed as rod-shaped or tubular parts with a common longitudinal axis which extend to opposite sides from a centre region of the swivel head, wherein the third grinding spindle comprises a longitudinal axis which intersects perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the first and second grinding spindle (5, 7), wherein the longitudinal axis of the third grinding spindle is the axis of rotation of the third grinding tool and wherein the first grinding spindle, the second grinding spindle and the third grinding spindle form a T-shaped structure. wherein a machining device is arranged on the machine bed, wherein the machining device comprises a swivel head which carries a first grinding spindle with a first grinding tool, especially with a roughing grinding tool, and a second grinding spindle with a second grinding tool, especially with a finishing grinding tool, wherein a workpiece carrier being a rotary table is arranged on the machine bed, wherein the swivel axle of the swivel head is directed horizontally and the axis of rotation of the rotary table is directed vertically, characterized in that the swivel head further carries at least one third grinding spindle with a third grinding tool, wherein the first grinding tool and the second grinding tool are designed as profile tools for grinding of a non-planar contour and wherein the third grinding tool is designed as grinding tool for grinding of a cylindrical or planar surface of the workpiece which has to be ground, wherein the first grinding spindle and the second grinding spindle are designed as rod-shaped or tubular parts with a common longitudinal axis which extend to opposite sides from a centre region of the swivel head, wherein the third grinding spindle comprises a longitudinal axis which intersects perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the first and second grinding spindle (5, 7), wherein the longitudinal axis of the third grinding spindle is the axis of rotation of the third grinding tool and wherein the first grinding spindle, the second grinding spindle and the third grinding spindle form a T-shaped structure.
An eddy current flaw detecting probe (1, 1A) which is configured to approach an inspection target surface of an inspection target and detect a change of an eddy current generated in the inspection target, and thereby perform a flaw detection test, the eddy current flaw detecting probe comprising: a coil holder having a tubular shape extending along a center axis; a plurality of excitation coils (3, 31, 32) which is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field so as to generate the eddy current in the inspection target; and a plurality of detection coils (4, 41, 42) which are differentially connected to each other, wherein the plurality of excitation coils (3, 31, 32) include a first excitation coil and a second excitation coil which is disposed at a distance from the first excitation coil, wherein the plurality of detection coils (4, 41, 42) include a first detection coil which is disposed on a second center line intersecting a first center line which connects a center of the first excitation coil and a center of the second excitation coil to each other and a second detection coil which is disposed on a side opposite to the first detection coil with regard to the first center line, on the second center line, and wherein the coil holder includes a plurality of holder main bodies, wherein the plurality of holder main bodies are combined with each other to be inclined so as to protrude outward in a radial direction perpendicular to the center axis, and the plurality of excitation coils and the plurality of detection coils are fixed to the holder main bodies, there by the plurality of excitation coils and the plurality of detection coils are disposed so as to be inclined outward in the radial direction. a coil holder having a tubular shape extending along a center axis; a plurality of excitation coils (3, 31, 32) which is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field so as to generate the eddy current in the inspection target; and a plurality of detection coils (4, 41, 42) which are differentially connected to each other, wherein the plurality of excitation coils (3, 31, 32) include a first excitation coil and a second excitation coil which is disposed at a distance from the first excitation coil, wherein the plurality of detection coils (4, 41, 42) include a first detection coil which is disposed on a second center line intersecting a first center line which connects a center of the first excitation coil and a center of the second excitation coil to each other and a second detection coil which is disposed on a side opposite to the first detection coil with regard to the first center line, on the second center line, and wherein the coil holder includes a plurality of holder main bodies, wherein the plurality of holder main bodies are combined with each other to be inclined so as to protrude outward in a radial direction perpendicular to the center axis, and the plurality of excitation coils and the plurality of detection coils are fixed to the holder main bodies, there by the plurality of excitation coils and the plurality of detection coils are disposed so as to be inclined outward in the radial direction.