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Device for manufacturing products, each product comprising a first component and a second component mutually connected in a determined desired relative position with an accuracy to within less than 50 micrometres, characterized in that the device comprises: - a plurality of assemblies, each assembly comprising: - a first holder configured and suitable for holding a first component; - a second holder configured and suitable for holding a second component; and - coupling means configured and suitable for mutually coupling the first holder and the second holder such that the first holder and the second holder can move relative to each other within a determined range to a relative position in which a first component held by the first holder and a second component held by the second holder are in the determined desired relative position and the first holder and the second holder are temporarily secured and fixed in the relative position; - a first actuator configured and suitable for moving the first holder and the second holder relative to each other within the determined range to the relative position; and - connecting means configured and suitable for mutually connecting the first component and the second component in the determined desired relative position. - a plurality of assemblies, each assembly comprising: - a first holder configured and suitable for holding a first component; - a second holder configured and suitable for holding a second component; and - coupling means configured and suitable for mutually coupling the first holder and the second holder such that the first holder and the second holder can move relative to each other within a determined range to a relative position in which a first component held by the first holder and a second component held by the second holder are in the determined desired relative position and the first holder and the second holder are temporarily secured and fixed in the relative position; - a first holder configured and suitable for holding a first component; - a second holder configured and suitable for holding a second component; and - coupling means configured and suitable for mutually coupling the first holder and the second holder such that the first holder and the second holder can move relative to each other within a determined range to a relative position in which a first component held by the first holder and a second component held by the second holder are in the determined desired relative position and the first holder and the second holder are temporarily secured and fixed in the relative position; - a first actuator configured and suitable for moving the first holder and the second holder relative to each other within the determined range to the relative position; and - connecting means configured and suitable for mutually connecting the first component and the second component in the determined desired relative position.
A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a piston body having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a lateral surface extending therebetween, the lateral surface having a cylindrical piston head portion and a skirt portion, the piston head portion defining a reciprocation axis of the piston; two pin bores being disposed on the second side for receiving a piston pin, the two pin bores being coaxial and defining a piston pin axis; at least one rib being disposed on the second side and extending outwardly therefrom, the at least one rib being aligned laterally between the two pin bores in a direction along the piston pin axis, the at least one rib having a longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to both the reciprocation axis and the piston pin axis; the at least one rib having a length in the direction of the longitudinal axis and a width in the direction of the piston axis, the length being greater than the width; characterized in that: the at least one rib has a recessed portion extending toward the second side of the piston body, the recessed portion being positioned at a longitudinal center portion of the at least one rib and so that the recessed portion receives therein a part of a piston pin that is received by the two pin bores, the recessed portion having a contour that follows a contour of the piston pin. a piston body having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a lateral surface extending therebetween, the lateral surface having a cylindrical piston head portion and a skirt portion, the piston head portion defining a reciprocation axis of the piston; two pin bores being disposed on the second side for receiving a piston pin, the two pin bores being coaxial and defining a piston pin axis; at least one rib being disposed on the second side and extending outwardly therefrom, the at least one rib being aligned laterally between the two pin bores in a direction along the piston pin axis, the at least one rib having a longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to both the reciprocation axis and the piston pin axis; the at least one rib having a length in the direction of the longitudinal axis and a width in the direction of the piston axis, the length being greater than the width; characterized in that: the at least one rib has a recessed portion extending toward the second side of the piston body, the recessed portion being positioned at a longitudinal center portion of the at least one rib and so that the recessed portion receives therein a part of a piston pin that is received by the two pin bores, the recessed portion having a contour that follows a contour of the piston pin. the at least one rib has a recessed portion extending toward the second side of the piston body, the recessed portion being positioned at a longitudinal center portion of the at least one rib and so that the recessed portion receives therein a part of a piston pin that is received by the two pin bores, the recessed portion having a contour that follows a contour of the piston pin.
A method of connectivity management, CM, for use in a mobile network, the method performed by a connectivity manager, the method comprising: selecting a connectivity management policy for a service in the mobile network in accordance with characteristics of the service, said characteristics including device capability, and location predictability associated with mobile devices (160, 360, 362, 364, 600) supported by the service, wherein connectivity management refers to methods for tracking the location and data traffic activity of the mobile devices and allocating network resources to the mobile devices, wherein the device capability includes information about the radio interfaces supported by the mobile devices, wherein the location predictability indicates a plurality of degrees of location predictability including a fixed position, predictable within a range and unpredictable, and wherein the step of selecting is further performed in accordance with an activity profile associated with the service, said activity profile indicating an activity status that includes active, idle and predicted to be active; and transmitting an instruction to a connectivity management function associated with the service, the instruction indicating the selected connectivity management policy. selecting a connectivity management policy for a service in the mobile network in accordance with characteristics of the service, said characteristics including device capability, and location predictability associated with mobile devices (160, 360, 362, 364, 600) supported by the service, wherein connectivity management refers to methods for tracking the location and data traffic activity of the mobile devices and allocating network resources to the mobile devices, wherein the device capability includes information about the radio interfaces supported by the mobile devices, wherein the location predictability indicates a plurality of degrees of location predictability including a fixed position, predictable within a range and unpredictable, and wherein the step of selecting is further performed in accordance with an activity profile associated with the service, said activity profile indicating an activity status that includes active, idle and predicted to be active; and transmitting an instruction to a connectivity management function associated with the service, the instruction indicating the selected connectivity management policy.
A process for treating chromatin in a population of mammalian cells, the process comprising the steps: (i) cross-linking the chromatin within the cells in a population of mammalian cells; (ii) permeabilising the outer and nuclear cell membranes of the mammalian cells; and (iii) fragmenting the cross-linked chromatin within the permeabilised cells using micrococcal nuclease to produce mono-nucleosomes wherein the inter-nucleosomal linkers are at least partially intact. (i) cross-linking the chromatin within the cells in a population of mammalian cells; (ii) permeabilising the outer and nuclear cell membranes of the mammalian cells; and (iii) fragmenting the cross-linked chromatin within the permeabilised cells using micrococcal nuclease to produce mono-nucleosomes wherein the inter-nucleosomal linkers are at least partially intact.
A damper for a continuous ink jet printer, comprising - a fluid receiving chamber, comprising at least a lateral wall (22, 70), a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet - a second chamber comprising a bottom wall with a surface and - at least one membrane (14, 14 1, 14 2, 32), said membrane being in a material having a Young modulus between 0,5 MPa and 1000 MPa and comprising damping rings or damping studs (36, 38, 40) which protrude from the membrane said membrane being deformed under the influence of a pressure variation in said fluid receiving chamber such that the damping rings or damping studs bear on the lower surface, thus ensuring a damping of said pressure variation. - a fluid receiving chamber, comprising at least a lateral wall (22, 70), a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet - a second chamber comprising a bottom wall with a surface and - at least one membrane (14, 14 1, 14 2, 32), said membrane being in a material having a Young modulus between 0,5 MPa and 1000 MPa and comprising damping rings or damping studs (36, 38, 40) which protrude from the membrane said membrane being deformed under the influence of a pressure variation in said fluid receiving chamber such that the damping rings or damping studs bear on the lower surface, thus ensuring a damping of said pressure variation.
A heater assembly configured to be received in a cylindrical cavity of a body having an inlet and an outlet, the heater assembly comprising: a continuous perforated helical baffle that defines a geometric helicoid about a longitudinal axis, the perforated helical baffle defining a predetermined pattern of perforations extending through the perforated helical baffle and parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of electrical resistance heating elements extending through the perforations, characterized in that: the plurality of electrical resistance heating elements includes a first electrical resistance heating element and a second electrical resistance heating element, the first electrical resistance heating element having a different length than the second electrical resistance heating element. a continuous perforated helical baffle that defines a geometric helicoid about a longitudinal axis, the perforated helical baffle defining a predetermined pattern of perforations extending through the perforated helical baffle and parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of electrical resistance heating elements extending through the perforations, characterized in that: the plurality of electrical resistance heating elements includes a first electrical resistance heating element and a second electrical resistance heating element, the first electrical resistance heating element having a different length than the second electrical resistance heating element.
A method of determining a size distribution of water droplets in a cloud comprising: sampling a depth of the cloud with a beam of electromagnetic radiation; measuring a scattering signal of the electromagnetic radiation returned from the cloud over a range of field of view angles [ p total (θ)] to provide a measured scattering curve; removing a portion of the measured scattering curve; replacing the removed portion with an extrapolation of the remaining measured scattering curve to provide an estimated scattering curve; determining a first estimate droplet size distribution [ n] from the estimated scattering curve using a forward scattering model; providing a calculated scattering curve from n using a direct backscatter model and the forward scattering model; comparing the calculated scattering curve with the measured scattering curve to determine whether the calculated scattering curve follows the measured scattering curve within a set tolerance; and determining a first estimate of a droplet median volume diameter (D MVD) from n and determining a first estimate of a shape parameter (μ) from n, and characterised by altering the value of D MVD in response to the calculated scattering curve not following the measured scattering curve within the set tolerance to provide a second estimate of the droplet median volume diameter D MVD, and using D MVD and μ 1 to provide a second estimate droplet size distribution n. sampling a depth of the cloud with a beam of electromagnetic radiation; measuring a scattering signal of the electromagnetic radiation returned from the cloud over a range of field of view angles [ p total (θ)] to provide a measured scattering curve; removing a portion of the measured scattering curve; replacing the removed portion with an extrapolation of the remaining measured scattering curve to provide an estimated scattering curve; determining a first estimate droplet size distribution [ n] from the estimated scattering curve using a forward scattering model; providing a calculated scattering curve from n using a direct backscatter model and the forward scattering model; comparing the calculated scattering curve with the measured scattering curve to determine whether the calculated scattering curve follows the measured scattering curve within a set tolerance; and determining a first estimate of a droplet median volume diameter (D MVD) from n and determining a first estimate of a shape parameter (μ) from n, and characterised by altering the value of D MVD in response to the calculated scattering curve not following the measured scattering curve within the set tolerance to provide a second estimate of the droplet median volume diameter D MVD, and using D MVD and μ 1 to provide a second estimate droplet size distribution n.
Device to be used in biogas facilities for comminuting and milling of liquid - solid mixtures, comprising a ball mill having a rotably driven drum with horizontal axis of revolution and charged with balls, wherein a lid is provided to cover a front face of said drum the opposite face of which is closed by a bottom, both faces being provided with a rotary feed-through duct adapted to continuously fill in the product to be comminuted and to continuously discharge the comminuted product respectively, characterized in that the cylindric inner wall of said drum is freely suspended coaxially whithin a cylindric outer wall from which it is mechanically decoupled.
A wafer-level method of fabricating a plurality of stack assemblies, the method comprising: providing first and second wafers (314, 312, 414, 412), wherein at least one of the first wafer or the second wafer has a plurality of optical elements (316, 318, 416, 418) on its surface; using a single vacuum injection technique to form upper and lower spacers (380, 390) on opposite surfaces of the second wafer wherein the upper and lower spacers are part of a same vacuum injection molded piece; attaching the first wafer to the second wafer to form a wafer stack, the first and second wafers being attached such that each optical element is disposed between the first and second wafers; and separating the wafer stack into a plurality of stack assemblies, each of which includes at least one of the optical elements. providing first and second wafers (314, 312, 414, 412), wherein at least one of the first wafer or the second wafer has a plurality of optical elements (316, 318, 416, 418) on its surface; using a single vacuum injection technique to form upper and lower spacers (380, 390) on opposite surfaces of the second wafer wherein the upper and lower spacers are part of a same vacuum injection molded piece; attaching the first wafer to the second wafer to form a wafer stack, the first and second wafers being attached such that each optical element is disposed between the first and second wafers; and separating the wafer stack into a plurality of stack assemblies, each of which includes at least one of the optical elements.
A method for managing devices for responding to an incident, the method comprising: monitoring, by a profile manager device, inputs related to availability and/or loading of one or more networks (12, 14) for use in responding to the incident, inputs related to each of a plurality of devices for responding to the incident, and inputs related to the incident; determining, by the profile manager device for the plurality of devices for responding to the incident and based on the inputs, (i) application requirements identifying a set of applications for execution by the plurality of devices in responding to the incident and (ii) device profile configurations setting forth parameters for the plurality of devices to operate on the one or more networks (12, 14) during the incident; and for each of the plurality of devices, causing, by the profile manager device, applications to be provided to the plurality of devices based on the determined application requirements and providing, by the profile manager device, the device profile configurations to the plurality of devices. monitoring, by a profile manager device, inputs related to availability and/or loading of one or more networks (12, 14) for use in responding to the incident, inputs related to each of a plurality of devices for responding to the incident, and inputs related to the incident; determining, by the profile manager device for the plurality of devices for responding to the incident and based on the inputs, (i) application requirements identifying a set of applications for execution by the plurality of devices in responding to the incident and (ii) device profile configurations setting forth parameters for the plurality of devices to operate on the one or more networks (12, 14) during the incident; and for each of the plurality of devices, causing, by the profile manager device, applications to be provided to the plurality of devices based on the determined application requirements and providing, by the profile manager device, the device profile configurations to the plurality of devices.
System for putting boats on hold when they are afloat on a water body after they have been launched and/or before they are hauled out of the water, said system comprising: - a floating device, comprising a central floating element and secondary elements extending from the central floating element, each secondary element being associated with a reception place (20/i) and comprising at least one point for driving, by thrust or traction, a boat positioned in the associated reception place; and - a first system for moving, adapted to moving the secondary elements around the central floating element and, via the points for driving, moving the boats that are positioned in the reception places. - a floating device, comprising a central floating element and secondary elements extending from the central floating element, each secondary element being associated with a reception place (20/i) and comprising at least one point for driving, by thrust or traction, a boat positioned in the associated reception place; and - a first system for moving, adapted to moving the secondary elements around the central floating element and, via the points for driving, moving the boats that are positioned in the reception places.
A gas flow diverter for the gas flow of an exhaust pipe of a gas turbine, having a flap pivotable about a rotational axis between a first and a second closing position by means of a drive motor, wherein the flap traverses a pivot angle upon its pivoting from the first into the second closing position, and wherein the gas flow diverter has at least one counterweight, arranged on a lever arm rotatably mounted about a pivot axis, to exert torque acting upon the flap about the rotational axis, characterised in that due to the dead weight of the flap and the dead weight of the counterweight, the flap and the counterweight together generate in the given closing position torque about the rotational axis of the flap towards the other closing position in the case in question, and in an intermediate position between the two closing positions of the flap there is a common, stable equilibrium position due to the dead weight of the flap and the dead weight of the counterweight, which equilibrium position lies in an angular range of +/- 30° starting from the angle bisector of the pivot angle of the flap between first and second closing position.
An ink-jet printing method comprising a printing step of ejecting a water-based ink onto a surface of a printing medium to print characters or images thereon, in which: the water-based ink comprises a pigment, a polypropylene glycol, an organic solvent, a surfactant and water; the polypropylene glycol comprises a polypropylene glycol (b-1) having a polymerization degree of not less than 5 and not more than 30, and a content of the polypropylene glycol (b-1) in the water-based ink is not less than 0.5% by mass and not more than 2% by mass; the organic solvent comprises at least a glycol ether (c-1), and the glycol ether (c-1) has a viscosity of not more than 7.5 mPa•s as measured at 20°C; a content of a high-boiling organic solvent having a boiling point of not lower than 250°C in the water-based ink is not more than 5% by mass; and an amount of droplets of the water-based ink ejected upon printing the characters or images onto the printing medium is not more than 5 pL, and a printing speed used upon the printing is not less than 70 m/min in terms of a transportation speed of the printing medium. the water-based ink comprises a pigment, a polypropylene glycol, an organic solvent, a surfactant and water; the polypropylene glycol comprises a polypropylene glycol (b-1) having a polymerization degree of not less than 5 and not more than 30, and a content of the polypropylene glycol (b-1) in the water-based ink is not less than 0.5% by mass and not more than 2% by mass; the organic solvent comprises at least a glycol ether (c-1), and the glycol ether (c-1) has a viscosity of not more than 7.5 mPa•s as measured at 20°C; a content of a high-boiling organic solvent having a boiling point of not lower than 250°C in the water-based ink is not more than 5% by mass; and an amount of droplets of the water-based ink ejected upon printing the characters or images onto the printing medium is not more than 5 pL, and a printing speed used upon the printing is not less than 70 m/min in terms of a transportation speed of the printing medium.