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A scroll compressor, comprising: a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port, the housing having a sidewall with an internal surface surrounding an internal chamber with an oil sump at a bottom of the internal chamber; scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) in the housing, the scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) having respective bases and respective scroll ribs (114, 118) that project from the respective bases (116, 120) and which mutually engage, the scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) operative to compress fluid entering from the inlet port and discharge compressed fluid toward the outlet port; a motor providing a rotational output operatively driving one of the scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) to facilitate relative movement for the compression of fluid; an oil equalization fitting (214, 218, 318) mounted through the sidewall arranged below the inlet port to communicate oil to and from the oil sump, the oil equalization fitting (214, 218, 318) provided with an extension (217, 225) projecting inwardly from the internal surface and into the internal chamber, characterized in that the extension (217, 225) projects inwardly from the internal surface a sufficient distance so oil returning through the inlet port and down the sidewall substantially does not interfere with oil equalization. a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port, the housing having a sidewall with an internal surface surrounding an internal chamber with an oil sump at a bottom of the internal chamber; scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) in the housing, the scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) having respective bases and respective scroll ribs (114, 118) that project from the respective bases (116, 120) and which mutually engage, the scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) operative to compress fluid entering from the inlet port and discharge compressed fluid toward the outlet port; a motor providing a rotational output operatively driving one of the scroll compressor bodies (110, 112) to facilitate relative movement for the compression of fluid; an oil equalization fitting (214, 218, 318) mounted through the sidewall arranged below the inlet port to communicate oil to and from the oil sump, the oil equalization fitting (214, 218, 318) provided with an extension (217, 225) projecting inwardly from the internal surface and into the internal chamber, characterized in that the extension (217, 225) projects inwardly from the internal surface a sufficient distance so oil returning through the inlet port and down the sidewall substantially does not interfere with oil equalization.
A method for separating out a continuous single thread of fiber from many fiber branches comprising: rotating an electrically grounded collector shape about a first axis; rotating a metallic disk about a second axis substantially orthogonal to said first axis, said metallic disk configured with at least two insulating washers attached using a metallic fastener adapted to engage a metal shaft, said metallic disk and fastener being electrically grounded; electrospinning synthetic polymer fiber streams from an electrically charged syringe needle, the tip of said syringe needle being positioned substantially in line with the edge of the metallic disk realizing an electrical potential difference; positioning said collector shape to intercept a portion of an electromagnetic field generated by the potential difference between said charged syringe needle and said rotating metallic disk, branch threads in said polymer fiber streams being generally aligned with said electromagnetic field; extracting a fiber branch thread from said polymer fiber streams spun from said syringe needle, wherein said fiber branch thread is intercepted by attraction to said collector shape, and depositing said fiber branch thread as substantially aligned fiber on said collector shape. rotating an electrically grounded collector shape about a first axis; rotating a metallic disk about a second axis substantially orthogonal to said first axis, said metallic disk configured with at least two insulating washers attached using a metallic fastener adapted to engage a metal shaft, said metallic disk and fastener being electrically grounded; electrospinning synthetic polymer fiber streams from an electrically charged syringe needle, the tip of said syringe needle being positioned substantially in line with the edge of the metallic disk realizing an electrical potential difference; positioning said collector shape to intercept a portion of an electromagnetic field generated by the potential difference between said charged syringe needle and said rotating metallic disk, branch threads in said polymer fiber streams being generally aligned with said electromagnetic field; extracting a fiber branch thread from said polymer fiber streams spun from said syringe needle, wherein said fiber branch thread is intercepted by attraction to said collector shape, and depositing said fiber branch thread as substantially aligned fiber on said collector shape.
Use of a creped polylactic acid carrier as carrier material in an adhesive tape serving for temporary lining and protection of the substrate furnished with the adhesive tape, where the carrier material is provided at least on one side with an adhesive coating and where the polylactic acid fraction in the carrier material is greater than or equal to 50 wt%.
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet configured to define an exterior boundary of the refrigerator with at least one opening therein; a first storage chamber defined by interior walls of the cabinet and configured to store food stuffs; a first door configured to open and close an access point to the first storage chamber by rotating about a vertical rotational axis; characterized in that the first door includes a second storage chamber accessible from an outside of the first door and a mounting part depressed in a direction of the cabinet; and the refrigerator further comprises a second door installed in the mounting part to selectively open and close the second storage chamber by rotation about a vertical axis, a thickness of the second door being equal to a thickness of the mounting part; and a supporting member provided between the second storage chamber and the second door and rotatably connected to the second storage chamber and configured to rotate about a horizontal axis which is parallel to the ground and perpendicular to the vertical axis, wherein the refrigerator further comprises a motion conversion unit to convert rotation of the second door around the vertical axis into rotation of the supporting member with respect to the horizontal axis, wherein the motion conversion unit comprises a link member having one end being connected to the second door and the other end being connected to the supporting member, such that, when the second door rotates to be opened, the supporting member is rotated downward to be opened in a forward direction. a cabinet configured to define an exterior boundary of the refrigerator with at least one opening therein; a first storage chamber defined by interior walls of the cabinet and configured to store food stuffs; a first door configured to open and close an access point to the first storage chamber by rotating about a vertical rotational axis; characterized in that the first door includes a second storage chamber accessible from an outside of the first door and a mounting part depressed in a direction of the cabinet; and the refrigerator further comprises a second door installed in the mounting part to selectively open and close the second storage chamber by rotation about a vertical axis, a thickness of the second door being equal to a thickness of the mounting part; and a supporting member provided between the second storage chamber and the second door and rotatably connected to the second storage chamber and configured to rotate about a horizontal axis which is parallel to the ground and perpendicular to the vertical axis, wherein the refrigerator further comprises a motion conversion unit to convert rotation of the second door around the vertical axis into rotation of the supporting member with respect to the horizontal axis, wherein the motion conversion unit comprises a link member having one end being connected to the second door and the other end being connected to the supporting member, such that, when the second door rotates to be opened, the supporting member is rotated downward to be opened in a forward direction.
A method for fabricating a composite structure, the method comprising laying up, with a delivery head of a tape placement machine, a continuous segment of a composite tape on a composite panel to form a flange portion of an initial ply of a composite stiffener; locating a backing plate, coupled to the delivery head, relative to the delivery head and composite panel; and further laying up, with the delivery head, the continuous segment of the composite tape on the backing plate to form a web portion of the initial ply of the composite stiffener.
A superhard cutter element for machining a workpiece comprising wood, metal, ceramic material or composite material, the superhard cutter element comprising a superhard structure having a rake side and a flank side, the rake side and the flank side enclosing a wedge angle ω, where the wedge angle ω is in the range of between 35 degrees and 65 degrees; wherein the superhard structure comprises polycrystalline diamond material in which the diamond content is at least 80 volume % of the PCD material and the PCD material comprises inter-bonded diamond grains having a mean size of at least 0.5 microns and at most 55 microns; the superhard cutting element further comprising a protective layer bonded to the superhard structure at a rake interface on the rake side, the protective layer being softer than the material of the superhard structure; characterised by a region of the protective layer proximate a cutting edge having a thickness in microns of at least (13.3 - 0.11ω) and at most the lower of (380 - 5.0ω) and (126.6 - 0.11ω), and by the diamond grains having a multi-modal size distribution with a first peak in the range from about 1 micron to about 5 microns, and a second peak in the range from about 6 microns to about 12 microns.
Process of producing a multilayer arrangement, at least comprising the steps of: - providing a donor substrate in order to separate off a solid-state layer, especially a wafer; - generating modifications, especially by means of LASER beams, in the donor substrate to define a crack progression; - providing a carrier substrate in order to accommodate the solid-state layer; - bonding the carrier substrate by means of a bonding layer to the donor substrate, wherein the carrier substrate is provided in order to increase the mechanical strength of the solid-state layer to be separated off for further processing, - disposing or generating a stress generation layer on the carrier substrate; - subjecting the stress generation layer to thermal stress in order to generate stresses in the donor substrate, wherein the generation of stress triggers a crack that propagates along the defined crack progression in order to separate the solid-state layer from the donor substrate, such that the solid-state layer separates off with the bonded carrier substrate. - providing a donor substrate in order to separate off a solid-state layer, especially a wafer; - generating modifications, especially by means of LASER beams, in the donor substrate to define a crack progression; - providing a carrier substrate in order to accommodate the solid-state layer; - bonding the carrier substrate by means of a bonding layer to the donor substrate, wherein the carrier substrate is provided in order to increase the mechanical strength of the solid-state layer to be separated off for further processing, - disposing or generating a stress generation layer on the carrier substrate; - subjecting the stress generation layer to thermal stress in order to generate stresses in the donor substrate, wherein the generation of stress triggers a crack that propagates along the defined crack progression in order to separate the solid-state layer from the donor substrate, such that the solid-state layer separates off with the bonded carrier substrate.
A combustor dryer, in particular a pulse or pulsed combustor dryer, for dehydration and/or granulation of a wet feedstock, in particular a viscous feedstock such as a feedstock containing natural fibres, sugars and/or vegetable starches, comprising several, in particular at least a first and a second, combustion chambers (11a-11d) and a drying chamber, wherein the combustion chambers (11a-11d) are connected with the drying chamber; wherein the combustor dryer is configured so that an oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the first combustion chamber is different, or can be controlled to be different, to an oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the second combustion chamber, at least with respect to an oscillation frequency, wherein the combustor dryer is further configured so that a first combustion chamber frequency f1 of the oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the first combustion chamber and/or a second combustion chamber frequency f2 of an oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the second combustion chamber are adjusted or controlled or controllable to at least 100 Hz, preferably at least 200 Hz and/or not more than 1000 Hz, preferably not more than 600 Hz, wherein the combustor dryer is further configured so that combustion chamber frequencies f1 and f2 respectively of the oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the first combustion chamber and of the oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the second combustion chamber are adapted or controlled or controllable so that a beat frequency f3 resulting from the combustion chamber frequencies f1 and f2 is generated in the drying chamber, wherein the beat frequency f3 is the absolute value of the difference of combustion chamber frequencies f1 and f2 respectively of the oscillating gas emerging into the drying chamber from the first combustion chamber and of the oscillating gas emerging into the drying chamber from the second combustion chamber, wherein the beat frequency is at least 10 Hz and less than 30 Hz, wherein the beat frequency f3 is adapted or controlled or controllable so that it corresponds to at least 0.1 %, preferably at least 1 %, further preferably at least 2 % of the value of a lower combustion chamber frequency and/or so that it corresponds to not more than 50 %, preferably not more than 20 % of the value of the lower combustion chamber frequency, and wherein the combustor dryer comprises control means for controlling the first combustion chamber frequency f1 of the oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the first combustion chamber and/or the second combustion chamber frequency f2 of the oscillation of gas emerging into the drying chamber from the second combustion chamber (11 b) and/or the beat frequency f3 of said frequencies f1 and f2 and/or an average frequency f4 = (f1 + f2)/2 of said frequencies f1 and f2.
A tunnel freezer having a metal belt for carrying product therethrough, characterised in that the weight of said belt is from 1 kg per square meter of surface area to 6 kg per square meter of surface area.
A slewing ring bearing (35, 50) for a wind turbine, the slewing ring bearing (35, 50) comprising: an outer race defining a first outer raceway wall; an inner race rotatable relative to the outer race, the inner race defining a first inner raceway wall; and, a first plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) disposed between the first inner and outer raceway walls, wherein the outer race defines a second outer raceway wall and the inner race defines a second inner raceway wall, the slewing ring bearing (35, 50) further comprising a second plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) disposed between the second inner and outer raceway walls, wherein each of the plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) defines a predetermined contact angle (80, 82), the predetermined contact angle (80, 82) defined as an angle between a reference line (73, 74) extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis (57, 59) of one of the plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) and a reference line extending parallel to a horizontal plane of the pitch bearing, the predetermined contact angle (80, 82) comprising angles between 0 degrees (°) and 90°; the first and second plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) comprise tapered rolling elements (76, 78); and the longitudinal axes (57, 59) of the first and second plurality of tapered rolling elements (56, 58) converge at a common point on the main axis of the bearing. an outer race defining a first outer raceway wall; an inner race rotatable relative to the outer race, the inner race defining a first inner raceway wall; and, a first plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) disposed between the first inner and outer raceway walls, wherein the outer race defines a second outer raceway wall and the inner race defines a second inner raceway wall, the slewing ring bearing (35, 50) further comprising a second plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) disposed between the second inner and outer raceway walls, wherein each of the plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) defines a predetermined contact angle (80, 82), the predetermined contact angle (80, 82) defined as an angle between a reference line (73, 74) extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis (57, 59) of one of the plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) and a reference line extending parallel to a horizontal plane of the pitch bearing, the predetermined contact angle (80, 82) comprising angles between 0 degrees (°) and 90°; the first and second plurality of line contact rolling elements (56, 58) comprise tapered rolling elements (76, 78); and the longitudinal axes (57, 59) of the first and second plurality of tapered rolling elements (56, 58) converge at a common point on the main axis of the bearing.
Process for the continuous or semicontinuous manufacture of a (hydro)fluoroolefin compound comprising (i) bringing at least one compound comprising from three to six carbon atoms, at least two fluorine atoms and at least one hydrogen atom, provided that at least one hydrogen atom and one fluorine atom are situated on adjacent carbon atoms, into contact with potassium hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium in a stirred reactor equipped with at least one inlet for the reactants and with at least one outlet, to give the (hydro)fluoroolefin compound, which is separated from the reaction medium in the gaseous form, and potassium fluoride, (ii) bringing the potassium fluoride formed in (i) into contact in an aqueous medium with calcium hydroxide in a second reactor, to give potassium hydroxide and to precipitate calcium fluoride, (iii) separating the calcium fluoride precipitated in stage (ii) from the reaction medium and (iv) optionally recycling the reaction medium to stage (i) after optional adjustment of the concentration of potassium hydroxide, characterized in that the potassium hydroxide represents, in the reaction medium of stage (ii), between 10 and 35% by weight, with respect to the weight of the water and potassium hydroxide mixture of the medium.
A data processing apparatus, for processing input data comprising a plurality of partial data pieces, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of processing modules arranged to execute data processing on a plurality of partial data pieces of the input data through a plurality of sequential stages, wherein at least one stage has a plurality of allocated processing modules such that a plurality of the partial data pieces are processed in parallel, and wherein, during the data processing of each partial data piece, it is determined, depending on a processing result for the partial data piece in a preceding stage, whether or not to execute processing on the partial data piece in a subsequent stage, characterized by comprising: determining means arranged to determine, with respect to at least one of the plurality of stages, a proportion of an amount of data that is to be processed in the subsequent stage to an amount of data processed in that stage, as a passage rate; calculating means arranged to calculate respective numbers of processing modules to be allocated to the plurality of stages based on the passage rate determined by the determining means; and changing means (110, 80) arranged to change a connection between the plurality of processing modules so that the respective numbers of processing modules calculated by the calculating means are allocated to the plurality of stages. determining means arranged to determine, with respect to at least one of the plurality of stages, a proportion of an amount of data that is to be processed in the subsequent stage to an amount of data processed in that stage, as a passage rate; calculating means arranged to calculate respective numbers of processing modules to be allocated to the plurality of stages based on the passage rate determined by the determining means; and changing means (110, 80) arranged to change a connection between the plurality of processing modules so that the respective numbers of processing modules calculated by the calculating means are allocated to the plurality of stages.
An ultrasonic imaging system, comprising: - an ultrasound probe configured to collect ultrasound images of a target to be segmented; - a memory unit (42, 116) including non-transitory storage media, the memory unit comprising: a. a plurality of clusters of ultrasound images, each cluster comprising a plurality of images associated with an orientation of the target to be segmented in relation to the ultrasound probe; and b. one or more models associated with each of the plurality of clusters, the one or more models including at least one aspect (142, 144) associated with the orientation of the respective cluster; - a comparison unit configured in the non-transitory storage media of the memory unit, the comparison unit configured to compare an ultrasound image collected with the ultrasound probe to images in one or more of the plurality of clusters to determine a closest matching orientation and to select the one or more models based upon the closest matching orientation; and - a model adaptation module configured to adapt the one or more models to the collected ultrasound image and identify the orientation of the target to be segmented in relation to the ultrasound probe. - an ultrasound probe configured to collect ultrasound images of a target to be segmented; - a memory unit (42, 116) including non-transitory storage media, the memory unit comprising: a. a plurality of clusters of ultrasound images, each cluster comprising a plurality of images associated with an orientation of the target to be segmented in relation to the ultrasound probe; and b. one or more models associated with each of the plurality of clusters, the one or more models including at least one aspect (142, 144) associated with the orientation of the respective cluster; a. a plurality of clusters of ultrasound images, each cluster comprising a plurality of images associated with an orientation of the target to be segmented in relation to the ultrasound probe; and b. one or more models associated with each of the plurality of clusters, the one or more models including at least one aspect (142, 144) associated with the orientation of the respective cluster; - a comparison unit configured in the non-transitory storage media of the memory unit, the comparison unit configured to compare an ultrasound image collected with the ultrasound probe to images in one or more of the plurality of clusters to determine a closest matching orientation and to select the one or more models based upon the closest matching orientation; and - a model adaptation module configured to adapt the one or more models to the collected ultrasound image and identify the orientation of the target to be segmented in relation to the ultrasound probe.