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Maintenance station for casting moulds, having a handling installation on which a spray installation is disposed, wherein a cleaning medium by way of the spray installation is able to be sprayed onto the mould surfaces (11a, 12a) of at least one casting mould, wherein the cleaning medium is a mixture of compressed air and abrasive particles, characterized in that - the abrasive particles are configured as ice particles and/or salt granules; - the handling installation is configured as a robot by way of which the spray installation in a self-acting manner is repositionable across the mould surfaces (11a, 12a) of the casting mould, wherein the spray installation by way of a supply installation is connected to a blasting apparatus, wherein the blasting apparatus comprises a reservoir in which the abrasive particles which by way of the supply installation are able to be supplied to the spray installation are stored, and in that - a coating installation by way of which a coating is able to be applied to the surface (11a, 12a) of the casting mould is provided, wherein o the coating installation is provided on the handling installation on which the spray installation is disposed; or o the coating installation is disposed on a dedicated handling installation. - the abrasive particles are configured as ice particles and/or salt granules; - the handling installation is configured as a robot by way of which the spray installation in a self-acting manner is repositionable across the mould surfaces (11a, 12a) of the casting mould, wherein the spray installation by way of a supply installation is connected to a blasting apparatus, wherein the blasting apparatus comprises a reservoir in which the abrasive particles which by way of the supply installation are able to be supplied to the spray installation are stored, and in that - a coating installation by way of which a coating is able to be applied to the surface (11a, 12a) of the casting mould is provided, wherein o the coating installation is provided on the handling installation on which the spray installation is disposed; or o the coating installation is disposed on a dedicated handling installation. o the coating installation is provided on the handling installation on which the spray installation is disposed; or o the coating installation is disposed on a dedicated handling installation.
A method, associated with an optical link in an optical network, the method comprising the steps of: swapping a first group of channels or first portion of spectrum on the optical link in a first frequency band with a first set of replacement channels or first portion of replacement spectrum using a first technique; and swapping a second group of channels or second portion of spectrum on the optical link in a second frequency band with a second set of replacement channels or second portion of replacement spectrum using a second technique that is different from the first technique, wherein the second frequency band is less sensitive than the first frequency band with respect to capacity changes on the optical link, wherein the first technique and the second technique are each based at least in part on the number of channels or portion of spectrum that can be swapped at any given time instance on the optical link. swapping a first group of channels or first portion of spectrum on the optical link in a first frequency band with a first set of replacement channels or first portion of replacement spectrum using a first technique; and swapping a second group of channels or second portion of spectrum on the optical link in a second frequency band with a second set of replacement channels or second portion of replacement spectrum using a second technique that is different from the first technique, wherein the second frequency band is less sensitive than the first frequency band with respect to capacity changes on the optical link, wherein the first technique and the second technique are each based at least in part on the number of channels or portion of spectrum that can be swapped at any given time instance on the optical link.
A vehicle alarm system sounder device, comprising a first transducer element and a first sound generating surface, the first transducer element being arranged in connection with the first sound generating surface to thereby generate an alarm sound upon a first signal being sent from a control device, the sounder device comprising a second transducer element being arranged in connection with the first sound generating surface, or a second sound generating surface of the sounder device, to thereby generate an indicating sound, being different from the alarm sound, upon a second signal being sent from the control device, the sounder device comprises a transducer driver characterized in that the sounder device comprises a switch having at least a first position and a second position, the first position constituting a position wherein an electrical connection between the transducer driver and the first transducer element is closed, and the second position constituting a position wherein an electrical connection between the transducer driver and the second transducer element is closed, the control device being a micro-controller arranged to control the switch between the first and the second positions, the transducer driver being adapted to receive the first and second signals being sent from the control device, and adapted to produce a first output signal if the first signal is received, and to produce a second output signal if the second signal is received, wherein the first transducer element is adapted to generate the alarm sound upon being fed with the first output signal, and wherein the second transducer element is adapted to generate the indication sound upon being fed with the second output signal.
An optical assembly, comprising: at least one optical waveguide having a diameter; an electrically conductive layer surrounding the at least one optical waveguide, wherein the electrically conductive layer comprises an electrically conductive band that is helically spun around the at least one optical waveguide and wherein a gap is established between adjacent side edges of the electrically conductive band; at least one strength member (14, 15, 16) disposed between the at least one optical waveguide and the electrically conductive layer, the at least one strength member (14, 15, 16) comprising a yarn; and a sheath surrounding the electrically conductive layer, wherein any distance (D1, D3) between the electrically conductive layer and the at least one optical waveguide is less than the diameter of the at least one optical waveguide. at least one optical waveguide having a diameter; an electrically conductive layer surrounding the at least one optical waveguide, wherein the electrically conductive layer comprises an electrically conductive band that is helically spun around the at least one optical waveguide and wherein a gap is established between adjacent side edges of the electrically conductive band; at least one strength member (14, 15, 16) disposed between the at least one optical waveguide and the electrically conductive layer, the at least one strength member (14, 15, 16) comprising a yarn; and a sheath surrounding the electrically conductive layer, wherein any distance (D1, D3) between the electrically conductive layer and the at least one optical waveguide is less than the diameter of the at least one optical waveguide.
An age hardened steel product in the form of a thin cast steel strip having a thickness less than 3.0 mm comprising, by weight, less than 0.25% carbon, between 0.20 and 2.0% manganese, between 0.05 and 0.50% silicon, less than 0.01% aluminum, at least one element from the group consisting of niobium between 0.01% and 0.20%, vanadium between 0.01% and 0.20%, and a mixture thereof, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having a majority of the microstructure comprised of bainite and acicular ferrite, whereby, after age hardening at an age hardening temperature range of between 550°C and 800°C, the steel product has a total elongation of at least 6%, a yield strength of at least 340 MPa and a tensile strength of at least 410 MPa.
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional component (3, 4, 9, 13, 17) by application of a build material in layers, wherein during a build operation both the component (3, 4, 9, 13, 17) and at least one characterizing element (5, 6, 10, 15, 18) associated with the component (3, 4, 9, 13, 17), which characterizing element (5, 6, 10, 15, 18) holds information about the component (3, 4, 9, 13, 17), are manufactured in a shared build space of a layer manufacturing system, wherein the at least one characterizing element (5, 6, 10, 15, 18) is manufactured in such a way that it is equipped with a number of openings for coding the information.
A laundry or tableware treating machine including: - a treating chamber where the items can be introduced to be treated with a treating medium; - a control unit; - a heat pump system including a compressor, a first heat exchanger for heating a refrigerant, a second heat exchanger for cooling the refrigerant and heating the treating medium and expansion means; - at least an active switching device, controllable by the control unit, for selectively switching ON/OFF the compressor; characterized in that it further comprises: - at least a passive switching device not controllable by control unit, and including a thermo protector circuit adapted to cut the power supply to the compressor when predetermined temperature or voltage load or current thresholds are exceeded; - monitoring means to detect the opening of the thermo protector circuit to cut the power supply to the compressor, wherein the monitoring means includes at least one of the following: a system for monitoring the temperature of the refrigerant; a sensing circuit to detect a change of potential and/or current at an assembly comprising the compressor and the thermo protector circuit. - a treating chamber where the items can be introduced to be treated with a treating medium; - a control unit; - a heat pump system including a compressor, a first heat exchanger for heating a refrigerant, a second heat exchanger for cooling the refrigerant and heating the treating medium and expansion means; - at least an active switching device, controllable by the control unit, for selectively switching ON/OFF the compressor; - at least a passive switching device not controllable by control unit, and including a thermo protector circuit adapted to cut the power supply to the compressor when predetermined temperature or voltage load or current thresholds are exceeded; - monitoring means to detect the opening of the thermo protector circuit to cut the power supply to the compressor, wherein the monitoring means includes at least one of the following: a system for monitoring the temperature of the refrigerant; a sensing circuit to detect a change of potential and/or current at an assembly comprising the compressor and the thermo protector circuit.
A method for treating radioactive iodine contained in steam discharged from a nuclear power facility (100, 200), which method comprises: a filling step of filling an air-permeable container with a granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent; a flow passing step of passing a flow of the steam discharged from the nuclear power facility (100, 200), through the container filled with the granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent; a step of removing hydrogen and the iodine from the steam discharged from the nuclear power facility (100, 200) when it generates hydrogen molecules, wherein the granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent is of zeolite 13X, having 97% or more of the ion exchange sites substituted with silver and not substituted with any material other than silver and having a silver content of 36 wt% or more when dried, a particle size of 10 × 20 mesh, a hardness of 94% or more as measured in accordance with JIS K 1474-4-7, and a water content of 12 wt% or less when dried at 150°C for 3 h and thereby reduced in weight. a filling step of filling an air-permeable container with a granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent; a flow passing step of passing a flow of the steam discharged from the nuclear power facility (100, 200), through the container filled with the granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent; a step of removing hydrogen and the iodine from the steam discharged from the nuclear power facility (100, 200) when it generates hydrogen molecules, wherein the granulated radioactive iodine adsorbent is of zeolite 13X, having 97% or more of the ion exchange sites substituted with silver and not substituted with any material other than silver and having a silver content of 36 wt% or more when dried, a particle size of 10 × 20 mesh, a hardness of 94% or more as measured in accordance with JIS K 1474-4-7, and a water content of 12 wt% or less when dried at 150°C for 3 h and thereby reduced in weight.
Polyclonal antibodies, specific for the capsular polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X (NmX), wherein said antibodies are suitable for in vitro detection of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X by immunochromatographic assay, in biological fluids without culture, wherein said antibodies do not cross-react with Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, Y, W, Z, E, H, I, K and L, and wherein said antibodies are obtainable by immunization of a mammal with whole inactivated Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X, followed by purification of the mammal serum by affinity chromatography with purified Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X capsular polysaccharides.
A method for selecting a frequency channel of given bandwidth in a cognitive radio application comprising the steps of - considering a frequency bin from a plurality of frequency bins, - evaluating at said considered frequency bin a function indicative of the frequency occupancy, - if the evaluation result indicates free spectrum at said considered frequency bin, repeating the previous step for a frequency bin adjacent to said considered frequency bin until the free frequency bins constitute a frequency channel of said given bandwidth, - if the evaluation result indicates occupied spectrum at said considered frequency bin, performing said step of evaluating for a next frequency bin determined by carrying out the following substeps: ∘ calculating a measure of the left and right derivative, respectively, of said function at said considered frequency bin, ∘ taking said measure of said left or right derivative as gradient approximation depending on which of the two provides the steepest descent, ∘ determining said next frequency bin by shifting the considered frequency bin over a frequency shift inversely proportional to said gradient approximation. - considering a frequency bin from a plurality of frequency bins, - evaluating at said considered frequency bin a function indicative of the frequency occupancy, - if the evaluation result indicates free spectrum at said considered frequency bin, repeating the previous step for a frequency bin adjacent to said considered frequency bin until the free frequency bins constitute a frequency channel of said given bandwidth, - if the evaluation result indicates occupied spectrum at said considered frequency bin, performing said step of evaluating for a next frequency bin determined by carrying out the following substeps: ∘ calculating a measure of the left and right derivative, respectively, of said function at said considered frequency bin, ∘ taking said measure of said left or right derivative as gradient approximation depending on which of the two provides the steepest descent, ∘ determining said next frequency bin by shifting the considered frequency bin over a frequency shift inversely proportional to said gradient approximation. ∘ calculating a measure of the left and right derivative, respectively, of said function at said considered frequency bin, ∘ taking said measure of said left or right derivative as gradient approximation depending on which of the two provides the steepest descent, ∘ determining said next frequency bin by shifting the considered frequency bin over a frequency shift inversely proportional to said gradient approximation.
A catalyst comprising palladium on an oxide of aluminium support, the oxide of aluminium support having, in the calcined state, a diffractogram obtained by X ray diffraction comprising peaks which correspond to the following interplanar spacings, d, and relative intensities, I/I 0: Interplanar spacings d (10 -10 m) ± 5 x 10 -3 d Relative intensities I/Io (%) 4.54 3-10 2.70-2.75 5-25 2.41 35-45 2.28 15-30 2.10 0-10 1.987 30-50 1.958 30-50 1.642 0-5 1.519 10-20 1.394 100 in which the palladium content in the catalyst is in the range 0.01% to 2% by weight and the specific surface area of the support is in the range 100 to 160 m 2 /g.
A thermally activated adhesive composition for use in a method for manufacturing a laminated core from sheet metal elements adhesively bonded to each other, containing: an aqueous dispersion, containing - 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin; - 4 to 8 parts by weight of a latent curing agent; and - 4 to 10 parts by weight of a latent accelerator. - 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin; - 4 to 8 parts by weight of a latent curing agent; and - 4 to 10 parts by weight of a latent accelerator.
A testing apparatus for determining free play of a moveable aircraft control surface mounted to a stationary aircraft structure for displacements about a hinge axis, wherein the testing apparatus comprises: a support structure including attachment assemblies for positionally fixing the testing apparatus to the stationary aircraft structure; an actuator carried by the support structure having a rectilinearly moveable actuator shaft which contacts the aircraft control surface when the support structure is positionally mounted to the stationary aircraft structure, wherein the actuation of the actuator causes the actuator shaft to apply a load to the moveable aircraft control surface to cause deflection thereof about the hinge axis; a load cell operatively connected to the actuator shaft for sensing applied loads to the aircraft control surface and outputting a load signal indicative thereof; and a displacement transducer operatively connectable to the aircraft control surface to output a deflection measurement signal indicative of the aircraft control surface; characterized in that each of the attachment assemblies includes an adjustable stem and an attachment suction cup attached to an end of the stem for placement against a surface of the aircraft structure. a support structure including attachment assemblies for positionally fixing the testing apparatus to the stationary aircraft structure; an actuator carried by the support structure having a rectilinearly moveable actuator shaft which contacts the aircraft control surface when the support structure is positionally mounted to the stationary aircraft structure, wherein the actuation of the actuator causes the actuator shaft to apply a load to the moveable aircraft control surface to cause deflection thereof about the hinge axis; a load cell operatively connected to the actuator shaft for sensing applied loads to the aircraft control surface and outputting a load signal indicative thereof; and a displacement transducer operatively connectable to the aircraft control surface to output a deflection measurement signal indicative of the aircraft control surface; characterized in that each of the attachment assemblies includes an adjustable stem and an attachment suction cup attached to an end of the stem for placement against a surface of the aircraft structure.
Exhaust-gas turbocharger which has a turbine housing, a bearing housing and a compressor housing, wherein the turbine housing has a coolant inlet, a cooling jacket arranged in the interior of the turbine housing, and a coolant outlet, and the cooling jacket is divided into two subregions, characterized in that the coolant inlet is arranged on the underside of the turbine housing, the coolant outlet is arranged on the top side of the turbine housing, coolant supplied to the turbine housing via its coolant inlet is divided between the two subregions (23a, 23b) by means of tubular connections and the coolant flows exiting the subregions (23a, 23b) are merged again using further tubular connections and supplied to the coolant outlet.
Footwear, in particular a sock, comprising a shank having a shank end for accommodating a lower leg, a foot part arranged on the shank with a top and a bottom for accommodating a foot, and a deflection region arranged on the foot part for accommodating toes, wherein the footwear has at least one heating element with connections for a voltage source, and wherein the heating element in the region of the foot part is arranged on the top of the foot part and has a heating zone, characterized in that the heating zone of the heating element is arranged internally at the deflection region such that toes of a foot accommodated in the footwear are surrounded by the heating element.
A preparation method of drug-containing sustained release microparticles, comprising: (a) dissolving a biodegradable polymer and a drug in a halogenated alkane solvent to form a drug-containing biodegradable polymer solution; (b) homogeneously mixing the drug-containing biodegradable polymer solution in a continuous phase containing surfactant to form a dispersed phase; (c) maintaining an emulsion including the continuous phase and the dispersed phase at temperature lower than the boiling point of the halogenated alkane solvent to form microparticles in the continuous phase; (d) primarily drying the microparticles; (e) mixing the primarily dried microparticles with an aqueous alcohol solution, and maintaining the aqueous alcohol solution at temperature above the boiling point of the halogenated alkane solvent to extract and evaporate the residual halogenated alkane solvent from the microparticles; and (f) secondarily drying the obtained microparticles to produce drug-containing microparticles. (a) dissolving a biodegradable polymer and a drug in a halogenated alkane solvent to form a drug-containing biodegradable polymer solution; (b) homogeneously mixing the drug-containing biodegradable polymer solution in a continuous phase containing surfactant to form a dispersed phase; (c) maintaining an emulsion including the continuous phase and the dispersed phase at temperature lower than the boiling point of the halogenated alkane solvent to form microparticles in the continuous phase; (d) primarily drying the microparticles; (e) mixing the primarily dried microparticles with an aqueous alcohol solution, and maintaining the aqueous alcohol solution at temperature above the boiling point of the halogenated alkane solvent to extract and evaporate the residual halogenated alkane solvent from the microparticles; and (f) secondarily drying the obtained microparticles to produce drug-containing microparticles.