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Method for decontaminating bulk food and/or feed material, in particular raw food and/or feed materials, comprising the following method steps: - introducing the bulk material into a rotary tube dryer, - increasing the temperature of the bulk material by means of at least one infrared emitter up to a defined treatment temperature range while at the same time rotating the bulk material, - maintaining the temperature of the bulk material in the treatment temperature range during a treatment phase by means of the infrared emitter while at the same time rotating the bulk material, - reducing the temperature of the bulk material to a discharge temperature while at the same time rotating the bulk material, - discharging the bulk material from the rotary tube dryer, characterized in that, for quickly increasing the temperature of the bulk material, water is sprayed, preferably as a water aerosol or as saturated steam, into the light cone of the infrared and/or ultraviolet emitter by means of a device for spraying in steam or water. - introducing the bulk material into a rotary tube dryer, - increasing the temperature of the bulk material by means of at least one infrared emitter up to a defined treatment temperature range while at the same time rotating the bulk material, - maintaining the temperature of the bulk material in the treatment temperature range during a treatment phase by means of the infrared emitter while at the same time rotating the bulk material, - reducing the temperature of the bulk material to a discharge temperature while at the same time rotating the bulk material, - discharging the bulk material from the rotary tube dryer, characterized in that, for quickly increasing the temperature of the bulk material, water is sprayed, preferably as a water aerosol or as saturated steam, into the light cone of the infrared and/or ultraviolet emitter by means of a device for spraying in steam or water.
An ultrasonic actuator made of piezoelectric ceramic with a polarisation axis P, wherein the ultrasonic actuator has a temperature expansion coefficient α ∥ parallel to polarisation axis P, which differs from a temperature expansion coefficient α ⊥ normal to polarisation axis P, and wherein at least one friction element is disposed on the ultrasonic actuator, characterised in that the friction element is made of an anisotropic monocrystal with different temperature expansion coefficients along the three crystal axes a, b and c, wherein the temperature expansion coefficient is least along a first of the three crystal axes and the temperature expansion coefficient is greatest along a second of the three crystal axes, and wherein the friction element is orientated with respect to the ultrasonic actuator in such a way that the first crystal axis is disposed parallel to polarisation axis P of the ultrasonic actuator and the second crystal axis is disposed normal to polarisation axis P of the ultrasonic actuator.
A film which is selected from an extrusion molded film, a stretching molded film, an inflation molded film and a release film, and which comprises a poly-4-methyl-1-pentene resin composition comprising 50 to 99 parts by weight of poly-4-methyl-1-pentene, 1 to 50 parts by weight of polyamide and 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of modified poly-4-methyl-1-pentene obtainable by graft modification with an ethylenic unsaturated bond-containing monomer, provided that the total amount of and is 100 parts by weight.
A compound of general formula: in which: A is selected from the group consisting of G is S, R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, -NH 2, -NH(CH 3), -N(CH 3) 2, methoxy, ethoxy, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, trifluoromethyl and trifluoromethoxy, R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, methyl, methoxy and trifluoromethyl, Q is a substituted phenyl ring of the formula in which: Z 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy, Z 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, -OH, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, -NH(CH 3), -N(CH 3) 2, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, Z 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl, methoxy,-NH(CH 3) and -N(CH 3) 2, Z 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy, Z 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine methyl and methoxy, or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a hydrate, a solvate, or a salt thereof, or a mixture of same. A is selected from the group consisting of G is S, R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, -NH 2, -NH(CH 3), -N(CH 3) 2, methoxy, ethoxy, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, trifluoromethyl and trifluoromethoxy, hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, -NH 2, -NH(CH 3), -N(CH 3) 2, methoxy, ethoxy, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, cyclopropyl, trifluoromethyl and trifluoromethoxy, R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, methyl, methoxy and trifluoromethyl, Q is a substituted phenyl ring of the formula in which: Z 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy, Z 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, -OH, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, -NH(CH 3), -N(CH 3) 2, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, Z 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl, methoxy,-NH(CH 3) and -N(CH 3) 2, Z 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy, Z 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine methyl and methoxy, Z 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy, Z 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, -OH, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, -NH(CH 3), -N(CH 3) 2, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, Z 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl, methoxy,-NH(CH 3) and -N(CH 3) 2, Z 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and methoxy, Z 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine methyl and methoxy,
A luminaire comprising: a first receiver configured to receive, via a first communication medium, a message from a user device, for triggering onset of a factory reset time-out period of the luminaire; and a second receiver configured to receive, via a second, different communication medium having a limited physical transmission range, a command from the user device comprising a factory reset code, FRC, the second wireless communication medium selected from a) infrared, b) coded light, c) radio, or d) near-field communication; and a controller configured to: determine if the command comprising the FRC is received within the factory reset time-out period; and implement a factory reset of the luminaire, if the command comprising the FRC is determined to be received from the user device within the factory reset time-out period. a first receiver configured to receive, via a first communication medium, a message from a user device, for triggering onset of a factory reset time-out period of the luminaire; and a second receiver configured to receive, via a second, different communication medium having a limited physical transmission range, a command from the user device comprising a factory reset code, FRC, the second wireless communication medium selected from a) infrared, b) coded light, c) radio, or d) near-field communication; and a controller configured to: determine if the command comprising the FRC is received within the factory reset time-out period; and implement a factory reset of the luminaire, if the command comprising the FRC is determined to be received from the user device within the factory reset time-out period. determine if the command comprising the FRC is received within the factory reset time-out period; and implement a factory reset of the luminaire, if the command comprising the FRC is determined to be received from the user device within the factory reset time-out period.
An optical fiber cable comprising a plurality of tubes, each of said tubes accommodating an optical unit having a plurality of stranded optical fiber ribbons, and each optical fiber ribbon comprising a plurality of optical fibers, and a cable sheath configured to cover an outer side of an assembly including said plurality of tubes, wherein each of the optical fiber ribbons is intermittently provided with coupling portions, at which adjacent optical fibers of said plurality of optical fibers are coupled therebetween, and non-coupling portions, at which adjacent optical fibers of said plurality of optical fibers are not coupled therebetween, in a longitudinal direction between a part or all of the plurality of optical fibers in a state where the plurality of optical fibers is arranged in parallel, wherein each tube has a Young's modulus lower than a Young's modulus of the cable sheath, wherein the respective tubes of the assembly are assembled stranded with one another, and the assembly is in a state where a part of the plurality of tubes is in surface contact with the cable sheath with each tube being elastically deformed with respect to another tube of said plurality of tubes inside the cable sheath, characterised in that each tube is made of low density polyethylene, and in that a thickness of each tube is equal to or thicker than 0.03 mm and is equal to or thinner than 0.2mm, and the Young's modulus of each tube is equal to or higher than 10MPa and is equal to or lower than 400MPa.
An engineered flooring product comprising a core layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the core layer comprising: (a) a first hydrate compound comprising magnesium hydroxide and magnesium chloride; (b) one or more second hydrate compounds comprising magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate; and (c) one or more stabilizing agents, namely one or more fibrous materials that provide stability to the core layer. (a) a first hydrate compound comprising magnesium hydroxide and magnesium chloride; (b) one or more second hydrate compounds comprising magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate; and (c) one or more stabilizing agents, namely one or more fibrous materials that provide stability to the core layer.
A mobile autonomous agricultural system comprising: a powered mobile unit for carrying agricultural equipment, and configured to move along rows of crops; at least one laser curtain sensor configured to project a laser curtain away from the mobile unit; a location module configured to monitor a location of the mobile unit relative to a row; a controller configured to control the travel of the mobile unit; a safety module configured to: to generate a safety output in response to determining that the laser curtain is interrupted within a laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400); characterised by the safety module being configured to: receive a location signal from the location module related to the location of the mobile unit relative to a row, and select a mode of operation to process the laser curtain in a predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400), based on the received location signal, each mode of operation corresponding to a different predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400). a powered mobile unit for carrying agricultural equipment, and configured to move along rows of crops; at least one laser curtain sensor configured to project a laser curtain away from the mobile unit; a location module configured to monitor a location of the mobile unit relative to a row; a controller configured to control the travel of the mobile unit; a safety module configured to: to generate a safety output in response to determining that the laser curtain is interrupted within a laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400); characterised by the safety module being configured to: receive a location signal from the location module related to the location of the mobile unit relative to a row, and select a mode of operation to process the laser curtain in a predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400), based on the received location signal, each mode of operation corresponding to a different predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400). to generate a safety output in response to determining that the laser curtain is interrupted within a laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400); characterised by the safety module being configured to: receive a location signal from the location module related to the location of the mobile unit relative to a row, and select a mode of operation to process the laser curtain in a predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400), based on the received location signal, each mode of operation corresponding to a different predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400). receive a location signal from the location module related to the location of the mobile unit relative to a row, and select a mode of operation to process the laser curtain in a predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400), based on the received location signal, each mode of operation corresponding to a different predefined laser curtain pattern (100, 200, 300, 400).
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a head comprising a first nozzle group, a second nozzle group, and a third nozzle group each nozzle group comprising a plurality of nozzles disposed in a sub scanning direction, and each being capable of ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a main scanning unit configured to scan the head in a main scanning direction; a sub scanning unit configured to move the medium in the sub scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction; and a control unit; wherein when the liquid is ejected to form a plurality of raster lines (L1-L6) on the medium, the control unit is configured to maintain fixed values for each total value of a nozzle usage rate of the first nozzle group, total value of a nozzle usage rate of the second nozzle group, and total value of a nozzle usage rate of the third nozzle group, corresponding to the respective raster lines (L1-L6), characterized in that the nozzle usage rate of the first, second and third nozzle groups (95a, 95b, 95c) varies in accordance with a mask pattern in which the nozzle usage rate is set to decrease toward the nozzle at the most upstream side in the sub scanning direction of the respective nozzle group (95a, 95b, 95c) and the nozzle at the most downstream side in the sub-scanning direction of the respective nozzle group (95a, 95b, 95c). a head comprising a first nozzle group, a second nozzle group, and a third nozzle group each nozzle group comprising a plurality of nozzles disposed in a sub scanning direction, and each being capable of ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a main scanning unit configured to scan the head in a main scanning direction; a sub scanning unit configured to move the medium in the sub scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction; and a control unit; wherein when the liquid is ejected to form a plurality of raster lines (L1-L6) on the medium, the control unit is configured to maintain fixed values for each total value of a nozzle usage rate of the first nozzle group, total value of a nozzle usage rate of the second nozzle group, and total value of a nozzle usage rate of the third nozzle group, corresponding to the respective raster lines (L1-L6), characterized in that the nozzle usage rate of the first, second and third nozzle groups (95a, 95b, 95c) varies in accordance with a mask pattern in which the nozzle usage rate is set to decrease toward the nozzle at the most upstream side in the sub scanning direction of the respective nozzle group (95a, 95b, 95c) and the nozzle at the most downstream side in the sub-scanning direction of the respective nozzle group (95a, 95b, 95c).
A droplet ejecting head comprised of an actuator in which multiple ink flow channels to which ink is provided and multiple partition walls are alternatively arranged, the partition wall between the neighboring ink flow channels responds to an applied voltage given to an electrode formed on a surface of the partition wall and does deformation motion, and by the deformation motion of the partition wall, the ink in the ink flow channel is ejected from a nozzle communicated with the ink flow channel: wherein the ink flow channel is rectangularly formed in cross section in the arranged direction, and when the depth direction parallel to the surface of the partition wall is defined as the vertical direction, the arranged direction of the partition wall perpendicular to the depth direction is defined as the horizontal direction, an aspect ratio (vertical length/ horizontal length) in the cross sectional shape of the ink flow channel rectangularly formed is 5.00 or more and less than 7.75, characterised in that a resonance frequency of the partition wall is 1.5 MHz or more.
A guiding device for a conveyor, the guiding device comprising: - a support structure extending along a predefined axis, said support structure comprising at least one first channel and at least one second channel substantially opposite each other, spaced apart from each other and oriented along respective axes which are substantially parallel to said predefined axis, said support structure also comprising coupling means for coupling with a fixed structure of the conveyor; - at least one first positioning element, slidably inserted into said first channel; - at least one second positioning element, slidably inserted into said second channel; and - a plurality of pins, rotatably interposed between said first positioning element and said second positioning element, wherein each pin supports one or more rolling bodies (30; 32; 34; 36; 38; 40) arranged to form a sliding surface for goods being transported by the conveyor, wherein each pin is provided with a first end portion and with a second end portion, opposite each other, the guiding device being characterized in that at least one of the rolling bodies (30; 34; 36; 38; 40) supported by a respective pin is integrally formed with said pin, and wherein each pin is integrally formed with a rolling body consisting of at least one spacing element having a substantially cylindrical shape, placed at one of the two end portions (26, 28) of said pin, whereas at least one further roll-shaped rolling body, designed to rotate around the axis of said pin, is fitted onto the remaining part of the surface of said pin. - a support structure extending along a predefined axis, said support structure comprising at least one first channel and at least one second channel substantially opposite each other, spaced apart from each other and oriented along respective axes which are substantially parallel to said predefined axis, said support structure also comprising coupling means for coupling with a fixed structure of the conveyor; - at least one first positioning element, slidably inserted into said first channel; - at least one second positioning element, slidably inserted into said second channel; and - a plurality of pins, rotatably interposed between said first positioning element and said second positioning element, wherein each pin supports one or more rolling bodies (30; 32; 34; 36; 38; 40) arranged to form a sliding surface for goods being transported by the conveyor, wherein each pin is provided with a first end portion and with a second end portion, opposite each other,
A method for welding together pieces using a friction welding process to form an end product that has an angled or curved wall, the method characterized in that it comprises: providing first and second pieces which together define the end product geometry, each piece comprising an end product geometry portion (41a, 41b) and a sacrificial weld portion (5a, 5b), the sacrificial weld portion (5a, 5b) forming a dog-leg relative to the end product geometry portion (41a, 41b) and terminating in a planar weld interface surface (40a, 40b), wherein for each piece, the end product geometry portions (41a, 41b) and the sacrificial geometry portions (5a, 5b) meet at a vertex (47a, 47b) and wherein a plane (42a, 42b) on each piece (41a, 41b) passes through the vertex and divides the end geometry portion (41a, 41b) from the sacrificial geometry portion (5a, 5b); arranging the pieces with their planar weld interface surfaces (40a, 40b) together at a weld surface interface and the sacrificial weld portions (5a, 5b) in coaxial alignment; applying mechanical friction between the planar weld interface surfaces (40a, 40b); applying an axial force orthogonal to the weld interface surfaces (40a, 40b) sufficient to upset the sacrificial weld portions (5a, 5b) and bring together the end product geometry portions (41a, 41b); and removing the sacrificial geometry portions to provide the end product. providing first and second pieces which together define the end product geometry, each piece comprising an end product geometry portion (41a, 41b) and a sacrificial weld portion (5a, 5b), the sacrificial weld portion (5a, 5b) forming a dog-leg relative to the end product geometry portion (41a, 41b) and terminating in a planar weld interface surface (40a, 40b), wherein for each piece, the end product geometry portions (41a, 41b) and the sacrificial geometry portions (5a, 5b) meet at a vertex (47a, 47b) and wherein a plane (42a, 42b) on each piece (41a, 41b) passes through the vertex and divides the end geometry portion (41a, 41b) from the sacrificial geometry portion (5a, 5b); arranging the pieces with their planar weld interface surfaces (40a, 40b) together at a weld surface interface and the sacrificial weld portions (5a, 5b) in coaxial alignment; applying mechanical friction between the planar weld interface surfaces (40a, 40b); applying an axial force orthogonal to the weld interface surfaces (40a, 40b) sufficient to upset the sacrificial weld portions (5a, 5b) and bring together the end product geometry portions (41a, 41b); and removing the sacrificial geometry portions to provide the end product.
Sterile cover for a medical imaging device, comprising: a frame member configured to cover an imaging front side of the medical imaging device, wherein a side intended to face the imaging front side of the medical device is a facing side of the frame member, and at least one transparent cover portion within the frame member arranged to allow at least imaging by the medical imaging device when the frame member is attached to the medical imaging device, wherein the frame member comprises at least two attachment portions configured to provide a positive-fit connection with corresponding attachment portions of the medical imaging device, and wherein the frame member further comprises at least one guiding member protruding from the facing side of the frame member intended to be received by a recess on the imaging front side of the medical imaging device. a frame member configured to cover an imaging front side of the medical imaging device, wherein a side intended to face the imaging front side of the medical device is a facing side of the frame member, and at least one transparent cover portion within the frame member arranged to allow at least imaging by the medical imaging device when the frame member is attached to the medical imaging device, wherein the frame member comprises at least two attachment portions configured to provide a positive-fit connection with corresponding attachment portions of the medical imaging device, and wherein the frame member further comprises at least one guiding member protruding from the facing side of the frame member intended to be received by a recess on the imaging front side of the medical imaging device.