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An optical detection device of surface defects of an O-ring which lies on a plane comprising a first monochromatic light source (2,2',2",2"') according to a first wavelength adapted to illuminate said O-ring according to a first direction a second monochromatic light source (3,3',3",3"') according to a second wavelength adapted to illuminate said O-ring according to a second direction distinct from said first direction and optical detection means adapted to film said object to be inspected and to detect variations in colour, said device comprises a double illuminator characterized in that the double illuminator comprises - a lower part comprising a diffusing dome and a plurality of red LEDs (2"'), producing a first red light radiation, illuminating said diffusing dome in a manner such as to reflect said first red light radiation onto the O-ring along the side-perimeter surface thereof and - an upper part comprising a flat surface and a plurality of green LEDs (3"'), producing a second green light radiation, illuminating said flat surface, in a manner such as to reflect said second green light radiation perpendicular with respect to the plane on which the O-ring lies, such that said second green light radiation illuminates the O-ring frontally. - a lower part comprising a diffusing dome and a plurality of red LEDs (2"'), producing a first red light radiation, illuminating said diffusing dome in a manner such as to reflect said first red light radiation onto the O-ring along the side-perimeter surface thereof and - an upper part comprising a flat surface and a plurality of green LEDs (3"'), producing a second green light radiation, illuminating said flat surface, in a manner such as to reflect said second green light radiation perpendicular with respect to the plane on which the O-ring lies, such that said second green light radiation illuminates the O-ring frontally.
A bendable structure comprising: - a body conceived to be bent; - an actuator for inducing a bending force in the body, wherein the actuator comprises - a first wire manufactured from a uni-directional shape memory alloy material and arranged in contact with a portion of the body for forming a bridge structure; characterized in that, the first wire is pre-deformed; and by further comprising: - a second deformable uni-directional SMA wire joined by a rigid or flexible hinge to the first pre-deformed uni-directional SMA wire, wherein, for enabling bending of the bendable structure, the second wire is adapted to elongate in response to shortening of the first wire by transfer of mechanical energy and the first wire is adapted to elongate in response to shortening of the second wire by transfer of mechanical energy. - a body conceived to be bent; - an actuator for inducing a bending force in the body, wherein the actuator comprises - a first wire manufactured from a uni-directional shape memory alloy material and arranged in contact with a portion of the body for forming a bridge structure; characterized in that, the first wire is pre-deformed; and by further comprising: - a second deformable uni-directional SMA wire joined by a rigid or flexible hinge to the first pre-deformed uni-directional SMA wire, wherein, for enabling bending of the bendable structure, the second wire is adapted to elongate in response to shortening of the first wire by transfer of mechanical energy and the first wire is adapted to elongate in response to shortening of the second wire by transfer of mechanical energy.
Measuring system for detecting target molecules in a liquid sample by measurement of fluorescence emission after excitation in an evanescent field, wherein the measuring system comprises a measuring device and a plurality of replaceable disposable measuring cassettes having a flow-through measuring cell, wherein the measuring device has an insertion shaft, in which one of the replaceable disposable measuring cassettes is arranged in at least one position in such a way that a light source which is arranged in the measuring device may offer an excitation radiation, which impinges onto the boundary surface of liquid sample and measuring cell such that total reflection of the excitation radiation takes place by forming an evanescent field in the liquid sample, wherein the disposable measuring cassettes comprise a body of an optically transparent material and a base lying adjacent to the under-side of the body, and wherein the disposable measuring cassettes, besides the flow-through measuring cell, comprise a sample filling opening, a sample channel and pressure openings, wherein the sample channel is in fluid contact with the measuring cell and comprises at least one of the following features: a) a zone for dissolving a tracer, b) a sample mixing region and/or c) a liquid detection region, and wherein the measuring cell and the sample channel and the features a), b) and/or c) are formed by a recess which is provided in the body, in the base or both in the body and in the base and wherein both the body and the base of the disposable cassettes each are a one-component part, which each are produced from one material, the areas on which the body and the base lie on one another around this recess are bonded to one another directly and in a fluid-tight manner by laser welding, pressure seals are provided, with which the sample filling opening can be sealed in a pressure-tight manner up to a pressure or negative pressure, respectively, of +/- 100 mbar and the measuring device comprises a pressure source, which is connected to the pressure openings of the sample channel when the measuring cassette is inserted into the insertion shaft and which can move the sample through the sample channel by means of positive or negative pressure of at least +/- 100 mbar, wherein the light source for the excitation radiation and the fluorescence detector are arranged in the measuring system in such a way that the fluorescence excitation as well as the fluorescence measurement occur through the optically transparent material of the body from above.
A nailing machine, particularly for assembling flanges of wooden spools for winding electrical cables, steel cables, ropes, fiber optic cables or wire-like elements in general, comprising: - a station for composing a flange of a spool to be assembled; - a nailing station; - means for supporting the flange to be assembled on a substantially horizontal plane; - means for the advancement of the flange to be assembled from said composition station to said nailing station along an advancement direction, said flange to be assembled being composed of two layers of strips (8a, 8b) in which the strips of one layer are oriented at right angles to said advancement direction and the strips of the other layer are oriented parallel to said advancement direction; - means for compacting the strips (8a, 8b) of said two layers respectively along a direction that is parallel to said advancement direction and along a direction that is perpendicular to said advancement direction; - nailing means, arranged at said nailing station; - means for rotating said flange to be assembled about its own axis, which is oriented substantially vertically, said means being arranged at said nailing station; characterized in that said nailing means comprise at least two rows (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) of nailing clamps, which are oriented at right angles to each other, respectively at least one first row (12a, 12b) of nailing clamps that is oriented parallel to said advancement direction and at least one second row (13a, 13b) of nailing clamps that is oriented at right angles to said advancement direction. - a station for composing a flange of a spool to be assembled; - a nailing station; - means for supporting the flange to be assembled on a substantially horizontal plane; - means for the advancement of the flange to be assembled from said composition station to said nailing station along an advancement direction, said flange to be assembled being composed of two layers of strips (8a, 8b) in which the strips of one layer are oriented at right angles to said advancement direction and the strips of the other layer are oriented parallel to said advancement direction; - means for compacting the strips (8a, 8b) of said two layers respectively along a direction that is parallel to said advancement direction and along a direction that is perpendicular to said advancement direction; - nailing means, arranged at said nailing station; - means for rotating said flange to be assembled about its own axis, which is oriented substantially vertically, said means being arranged at said nailing station;
A compound represented by the formula 2 wherein R 2 is H, or when R 3 is H, then R 2 is CHR 5 CHR 6 CHO, CR 5 =CR 6 CHO or C(CH 3)CHO, wherein R 5, R 6 each independently may represent H or methyl; R 3 is H, or when R 2 is H, then R 3 is CHR 5 CHR 6 CHO, CR 5 =CR 6 CHO or C(CH 3)CHO, wherein R 5, R 6 each independently may represent H or methyl; and R 4 is isobutyl or isoamyl. R 2 is H, or when R 3 is H, then R 2 is CHR 5 CHR 6 CHO, CR 5 =CR 6 CHO or C(CH 3)CHO, wherein R 5, R 6 each independently may represent H or methyl; R 3 is H, or when R 2 is H, then R 3 is CHR 5 CHR 6 CHO, CR 5 =CR 6 CHO or C(CH 3)CHO, wherein R 5, R 6 each independently may represent H or methyl; and R 4 is isobutyl or isoamyl.
A polymerization process for the production of high density polyethylene by polymerization of ethylene in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising a chromium compound, an alcohol and a support material characterized in that the alcohol is a secondary cyclic alcohol, the support material is silica support material, the chromium compound is selected from chromium acetate, chromium acetyl acetonate, chromium acetate hydroxide and chromium trioxide and the catalyst composition comprises additionally a titanium compound.
Mobile shopping basket comprising at least one basket, at least one pulling handle and castors (16, 18), wherein the castors are fastened to a bottom segment of the basket, wherein the bottom segment has a castor insertion recess, wherein the castor insertion recess is divided into an insertion region having a latching element and into a securing region in such a manner that the castor is insertable via the insertion region into the securing region and is securable in the securing region by means of the latching element in the securing region, characterized in that the securing region is arranged at the edge and the insertion region is arranged on the inside, wherein the castor is secured without further additional parts, wherein the securing region comprises a rib-like structure.
A process for preparing for processing into ethanol a starch-containing biomass particle stream comprising fiber; the process, comprising being characterised by a) mixing the starch-containing biomass particle stream with a liquid solvent comprising ethanol and water to dissolve at least a portion of the starch in the starch-containing biomass particle stream to form a carbohydrate slurry stream containing starch dissolved in the liquid solvent and the fiber: b) transferring the carbohydrate slurry stream to a settling tank; c) holding the carbohydrate slurry stream in the settling tank for a time sufficient to allow a portion of the fibers to settle to the bottom of the tank; d) thereafter, removing the upper volume of the dissolved carbohydrate stream to form a liquid carbohydrate stream from which a portion of the fiber has been removed; and e) thereafter, mixing an enzyme with the liquid carbohydrate stream to convert at least a portion of the starch in the liquid carbohydrate stream to sugars. a) mixing the starch-containing biomass particle stream with a liquid solvent comprising ethanol and water to dissolve at least a portion of the starch in the starch-containing biomass particle stream to form a carbohydrate slurry stream containing starch dissolved in the liquid solvent and the fiber: b) transferring the carbohydrate slurry stream to a settling tank; c) holding the carbohydrate slurry stream in the settling tank for a time sufficient to allow a portion of the fibers to settle to the bottom of the tank; d) thereafter, removing the upper volume of the dissolved carbohydrate stream to form a liquid carbohydrate stream from which a portion of the fiber has been removed; and e) thereafter, mixing an enzyme with the liquid carbohydrate stream to convert at least a portion of the starch in the liquid carbohydrate stream to sugars.
A gain control method, comprising: acquiring a signal power of a current period; determining a maximum received power of a next period according to the signal power of the current period; and determining a gain value of the next period according to the maximum received power of the next period characterized in that, acquiring the signal power of the current period comprises: acquiring a power of a synchronization signal block with a maximum power in the current period. acquiring a signal power of a current period; determining a maximum received power of a next period according to the signal power of the current period; and determining a gain value of the next period according to the maximum received power of the next period characterized in that, acquiring the signal power of the current period comprises: acquiring a power of a synchronization signal block with a maximum power in the current period.
A vehicle light distribution control apparatus, comprising: a camera configured to capture a scene in a forward direction of the vehicle; a lighting apparatus configured to illuminate a forward direction of the vehicle with illumination light; and a controller configured to detect an image portion in an image captured by the camera as an object estimated as another vehicle when the image portion meets a predetermined criterion, and control a light distribution of the illumination light based on a detection result, wherein if the controller detects the object estimated as another vehicle within an illumination region of the illumination light, the controller limits the illumination region of the illumination light such that the object estimated as another vehicle is not illuminated by the illumination light; characterized in that if, after the limitation of the illumination region, the image portion related to the object detected as the object estimated as another vehicle does not meet the predetermined criterion, the controller cancels the limitation on the illumination region of the illumination light and determines that the object detected as the object estimated as another vehicle is a reflecting object other than another vehicle; and then, even if an image portion related to the object determined as the reflecting object other than another vehicle meets the predetermined criterion, the controller prohibits the limitation on the illumination region of the illumination light with respect to the image portion related to the object. a camera configured to capture a scene in a forward direction of the vehicle; a lighting apparatus configured to illuminate a forward direction of the vehicle with illumination light; and a controller configured to detect an image portion in an image captured by the camera as an object estimated as another vehicle when the image portion meets a predetermined criterion, and control a light distribution of the illumination light based on a detection result, wherein if the controller detects the object estimated as another vehicle within an illumination region of the illumination light, the controller limits the illumination region of the illumination light such that the object estimated as another vehicle is not illuminated by the illumination light; if, after the limitation of the illumination region, the image portion related to the object detected as the object estimated as another vehicle does not meet the predetermined criterion, the controller cancels the limitation on the illumination region of the illumination light and determines that the object detected as the object estimated as another vehicle is a reflecting object other than another vehicle; and then, even if an image portion related to the object determined as the reflecting object other than another vehicle meets the predetermined criterion, the controller prohibits the limitation on the illumination region of the illumination light with respect to the image portion related to the object.
Process for preparing radiation-curing allophanate-containing prepolymers having residual monomer contents of less than 0.5% by weight and an NCO content of less than 1% by weight, wherein A) diisocyanates, B) hydroxy-functional compounds which contain groups which react, with polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation (radiation-curing groups) and C) polyester, polyether or polycarbonate polyols having a functionality of at least 1.9 and a number-average molecular weight (M n) of at least 1000 g/mol D) optionally in the presence of a catalyst are used to form NCO-group-containing prepolymers having radiation-curing groups, which are subsequently reacted E) optionally after addition of monofunctional isocyanates in the presence F) of an allophanatization catalyst to give allophanate-containing prepolymers, the ratio of NCO groups of the compounds from A) to the OH groups of the compounds from B) and C) being 1.45: 1.0 to 1.1: 1.0 and the ratio of the OH groups from B) to the OH groups from C) being 8.0: 1 to 1.5: 1. A) diisocyanates, B) hydroxy-functional compounds which contain groups which react, with polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation (radiation-curing groups) and C) polyester, polyether or polycarbonate polyols having a functionality of at least 1.9 and a number-average molecular weight (M n) of at least 1000 g/mol D) optionally in the presence of a catalyst are used to form NCO-group-containing prepolymers having radiation-curing groups, which are subsequently reacted E) optionally after addition of monofunctional isocyanates in the presence F) of an allophanatization catalyst to give allophanate-containing prepolymers,
A computer-implemented method for generating unknown-unsafe scenarios for assessing the safety of automated vehicles, comprising: - a first process of providing a plurality of different scenarios, - a second process of reducing of the plurality of different scenarios to scenarios which comprise a higher portion of unknown-unsafe scenarios, preferably which comprise only unknown-unsafe scenarios, characterized by that said second process comprises: - reducing said plurality of scenarios toward a higher portion of unknown-unsafe scenarios by determining for each scenario a severity indicator as a change of criticality over time and discarding scenarios with a severity indicator not exceeding a predefined threshold, wherein said severity indicator is defined as - the time derivative of a criticality indicator, wherein the criticality indicator is a prognosed time-to-collision. - a first process of providing a plurality of different scenarios, - a second process of reducing of the plurality of different scenarios to scenarios which comprise a higher portion of unknown-unsafe scenarios, preferably which comprise only unknown-unsafe scenarios, - reducing said plurality of scenarios toward a higher portion of unknown-unsafe scenarios by determining for each scenario a severity indicator as a change of criticality over time and discarding scenarios with a severity indicator not exceeding a predefined threshold, wherein said severity indicator is defined as - the time derivative of a criticality indicator, wherein the criticality indicator is a prognosed time-to-collision.
A method for preparing a biological sample for analysis, the sample comprising at least one protein having a primary structure and a secondary structure, the method comprising: extracting the biological sample from an organism, causing a volume of the sample to adopt a shape wherein its surface area to volume ratio is greater than that of a sphere of the same volume by a factor that is at least about 2 and a thickness between about 1 to 2000 microns to permit uniform and rapid heating, thereby forming a shaped sample; wherein the causing includes placing the biological sample in a container, reducing the pressure within the container, and sealing the container after reducing the pressure, and heating the shaped sample in the container by heat conduction so that the secondary structure of the protein is disrupted, but the primary structure is not, wherein the heating takes place at a first period of time after extracting the biological sample from an organism which is sufficiently short to prevent degradation of the primary structure of the protein, and wherein during the heating the sample is substantially free of aldehydes, fixative material and fixing solutions that can change the molecules of the sample. extracting the biological sample from an organism, causing a volume of the sample to adopt a shape wherein its surface area to volume ratio is greater than that of a sphere of the same volume by a factor that is at least about 2 and a thickness between about 1 to 2000 microns to permit uniform and rapid heating, thereby forming a shaped sample; wherein the causing includes placing the biological sample in a container, reducing the pressure within the container, and sealing the container after reducing the pressure, and heating the shaped sample in the container by heat conduction so that the secondary structure of the protein is disrupted, but the primary structure is not,
Method for controlling an electrical installation using a graphics-based control system and a geo-referenced information system, in which at least one component of the electrical installation and one item of geo-referenced information linked to the component of the electrical installation can be displayed, characterized in that a) the geo-referenced information can be selected in the geo-referenced information system and b) in the case of a change of the geo-referenced information performed by an operator in the geo-referenced information system, the change is checked with regard to its relevance for the graphics-based control system, c) following this, if relevance exists, the operating procedure corresponding to the changed geo-referenced information is determined for the graphics-based control system and d) following this, the corresponding operating procedure is implemented in the graphics-based control system, wherein the geo-referenced information system is a geo-information system and the graphics-based control system is a supervisory control and data access (SCADA) system. a) the geo-referenced information can be selected in the geo-referenced information system and b) in the case of a change of the geo-referenced information performed by an operator in the geo-referenced information system, the change is checked with regard to its relevance for the graphics-based control system, c) following this, if relevance exists, the operating procedure corresponding to the changed geo-referenced information is determined for the graphics-based control system and d) following this, the corresponding operating procedure is implemented in the graphics-based control system,
A plastic vehicle tank defining an interior volume provided to contain a liquid and comprising: a. an upper wall; b. a lower wall; c. at least one connecting element joining the upper wall to the lower wall of the plastic vehicle tank, said at least one connecting element being located inside the interior volume provided to contain a liquid, characterized in that the connecting element comprises a structure made of continuous fibers embedded in a matrix. a. an upper wall; b. a lower wall; c. at least one connecting element joining the upper wall to the lower wall of the plastic vehicle tank, said at least one connecting element being located inside the interior volume provided to contain a liquid, characterized in that the connecting element comprises a structure made of continuous fibers embedded in a matrix.