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A method for processing crystallizing polymers into pellets using an apparatus including an underwater pelletizer and a dryer (32, 108), said method including extruding strands of a crystallizing polymer through a die plate for cutting in said underwater pelletizer, cutting the polymer strands into pellets in a cutting chamber of said pelletizer, transporting said pellets out of said cutting chamber through slurry line (30, 116) to said dryer (32, 108) as a water and pellet slurry, and crystallizing said pellets, characterized in that, a high velocity gas is injected into said slurry line (30, 116) with said water and pellet slurry therein to generate a water vapor mist and enhance the speed of the pellets into and out of said dryer (32, 108), said water vapor mist being formed by aspirating the water into vapor using said high velocity gas so as to separate the pellets from the water, said high velocity gas being injected into said slurry line (30, 116) through an injection port, and said pellets exiting the dryer (32, 108) being crystallized utilizing internal heat retained by said pellets.
An extensible composite member having an extensible portion comprising two sheet materials and a plurality of elastic members intermediate between the sheet materials, the two sheet materials being discontinuously bonded to each other at joints in the extending direction of the extensible portion and a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the extensible portion, the elastic members being arranged in the extensible portion avoiding the joints between the sheet materials and having both ends thereof fixed to the sheet materials, each of the two sheet materials forming a plurality of folds continuously running across a plurality of the elastic members.
A process for preparing an aerated chocolate which comprises injecting a gas phase into tempered liquid chocolate immediately before the chocolate is moulded so that the gas phase forms a plurality of bubbles forming a discontinuous phase dispersed in a continuous fat phase, wherein the gas phase is obtained by incorporating a solvent component into a gas by bubbling the gas through a reservoir containing the solvent to give the gas phase.
A process device for use in a control or monitoring system associated with an industrial process, the process device comprising: a transmitter housing coupled to a pipe carrying a process fluid that is associated with an industrial process; a fluid disruption generating element adapted to cause fluid disruption within the process fluid flowing through the pipe; a process variable sensor coupled to the fluid disruption generating element and adapted to measure a process variable associated with the process fluid; a power generation element coupled to the process fluid, the power generation element adapted to generate an electrical output signal in response to the fluid disruption of the process fluid flowing within the pipe; a power storage component coupled to the power generation element and adapted to store a charge based on the electrical output; and circuitry coupled to the power storage component and to the process variable sensor, the circuitry adapted to receive a power supply from the power storage component and to provide an output signal related to the process variable. a transmitter housing coupled to a pipe carrying a process fluid that is associated with an industrial process; a fluid disruption generating element adapted to cause fluid disruption within the process fluid flowing through the pipe; a process variable sensor coupled to the fluid disruption generating element and adapted to measure a process variable associated with the process fluid; a power generation element coupled to the process fluid, the power generation element adapted to generate an electrical output signal in response to the fluid disruption of the process fluid flowing within the pipe; a power storage component coupled to the power generation element and adapted to store a charge based on the electrical output; and circuitry coupled to the power storage component and to the process variable sensor, the circuitry adapted to receive a power supply from the power storage component and to provide an output signal related to the process variable.
A method for printing, the method comprising steps of: providing a substrate extending in a machine direction, the substrate comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface and defining a width (Ws) in a cross direction; depositing energy curable ink onto the first surface of the substrate to define a printed region; directing ultraviolet light from a light source onto the first surface of the substrate to define an illumination zone extending for a length, expressed in metres, in the machine direction on the first surface of the substrate; advancing the printed region through the illumination zone; curing energy curable ink advancing through the illumination zone with ultraviolet light traveling from the light source; removing heat energy from the substrate, wherein the step of removing heat energy further comprises partially wrapping the substrate onto a chill roll; characterized in that a portion of the ultraviolet light travels through the substrate and away from the second surface of the substrate; and wherein the chill roll comprises a reflective surface, and further comprising the step of reflecting ultraviolet light traveling from the second surface of the substrate with the reflective surface. providing a substrate extending in a machine direction, the substrate comprising a first surface and an opposing second surface and defining a width (Ws) in a cross direction; depositing energy curable ink onto the first surface of the substrate to define a printed region; directing ultraviolet light from a light source onto the first surface of the substrate to define an illumination zone extending for a length, expressed in metres, in the machine direction on the first surface of the substrate; advancing the printed region through the illumination zone; curing energy curable ink advancing through the illumination zone with ultraviolet light traveling from the light source; removing heat energy from the substrate, wherein the step of removing heat energy further comprises partially wrapping the substrate onto a chill roll; characterized in that a portion of the ultraviolet light travels through the substrate and away from the second surface of the substrate; and
An ionomer dispersion comprising: a dispersion medium; and an ionomer solid in the dispersion medium, wherein the concentration of the ionomer solid in the ionomer dispersion is 20% by weight or more, and when the viscosity of the ionomer dispersion is measured using a rheometer while the shear rate is increasing from 0.001 s -1 to 1,000 s -1 and then decreasing from 1,000 s -1 to 0.001 s -1, the viscosity ratio of the ionomer dispersion defined by the following Equation 1 is 1.7 or less: Viscosity ratio = η 2 / η 1 wherein η1 is a first viscosity of the ionomer dispersion, measured while the shear rate is increasing, when the shear rate is 1 s -1, and η2 is a second viscosity of the ionomer dispersion, measured while the shear rate is decreasing, when the shear rate is 1 s -1, wherein the viscosity ratio is measured according to the description. a dispersion medium; and an ionomer solid in the dispersion medium, wherein the concentration of the ionomer solid in the ionomer dispersion is 20% by weight or more, and when the viscosity of the ionomer dispersion is measured using a rheometer while the shear rate is increasing from 0.001 s -1 to 1,000 s -1 and then decreasing from 1,000 s -1 to 0.001 s -1, the viscosity ratio of the ionomer dispersion defined by the following Equation 1 is 1.7 or less: Viscosity ratio = η 2 / η 1 wherein η1 is a first viscosity of the ionomer dispersion, measured while the shear rate is increasing, when the shear rate is 1 s -1, and η2 is a second viscosity of the ionomer dispersion, measured while the shear rate is decreasing, when the shear rate is 1 s -1, wherein the viscosity ratio is measured according to the description.
Safety torch comprising a housing, a light source arranged in a head of the housing, and an at least partly translucent light source cover for at least partly covering the light source, wherein an end of the housing opposite the head forms a handle arranged for housing a primary battery system and a secondary battery system; wherein the safety torch further comprises a circuit switch arranged to be brought from a first position, in which the primary battery system can feed the light source and the secondary battery system is interrupted from feeding the light source, into a second position, in which the secondary battery system can feed the light source and the primary light source is interrupted from feeding the light source, characterized in that the safety torch further comprises a battery system cartridge arranged for accommodating the primary battery system and the secondary battery system, said cartridge being removably insertable into the handle.
A motorcycle tyre comprising: a tread portion; a pair of bead portions; a toroidal carcass extending between the pair of bead portions; and a band layer disposed outward in a tyre radial direction of the carcass and inside the tread portion, the band layer comprising a band ply having one or more steel cords spirally wound in a tyre circumferential direction, characterized in that the tyre has a parameter in which a load index LI (kg) of the tyre is divided by a bending/compression stiffness ratio that is obtained by dividing a bending stiffness (g·cm) of the steel cords by a compression stiffness (N/mm) of the steel cords being in a range of 1500 to 6000. a tread portion; a pair of bead portions; a toroidal carcass extending between the pair of bead portions; and a band layer disposed outward in a tyre radial direction of the carcass and inside the tread portion, the band layer comprising a band ply having one or more steel cords spirally wound in a tyre circumferential direction, characterized in that the tyre has a parameter in which a load index LI (kg) of the tyre is divided by a bending/compression stiffness ratio that is obtained by dividing a bending stiffness (g·cm) of the steel cords by a compression stiffness (N/mm) of the steel cords being in a range of 1500 to 6000.
A power generation system, comprising: (a) at least one solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) capable of reforming fuel, said SOFC having a fuel side and an air side; (b) a preheating device in fluid communication with said fuel side and said air side of said SOFC; (c) an air supply in fluid communication with said preheating device such that air is heated in said preheating device and then introduced to said air side of said SOFC; (d) a fuel supply in fluid communication with said preheating device; and (e) at least one energy conversion device in fluid communication with an SOFC effluent from said fuel side of said SOFC; characterized in that fuel from said fuel supply is burned, vaporized, atomized, or a combination thereof in said preheating device and then introduced to said fuel side of said SOFC; and wherein said energy conversion device is a combustion engine in fluid communication with said SOFC effluent and said air supply, said engine having an engine effluent in fluid communication with a turbine; and wherein the power generation system further comprises: - at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with said SOFC effluent and said air supply such that air passes through said heat exchanger prior to introduction to said air side of said SOFC, and said SOFC effluent passes through said heat exchanger prior to introduction to said energy conversion device; - at least one compressor in fluid communication with said air supply and said SOFC; - a catalytic converter having an inlet, wherein said inlet is in fluid communication with said energy conversion device. (a) at least one solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) capable of reforming fuel, said SOFC having a fuel side and an air side; (b) a preheating device in fluid communication with said fuel side and said air side of said SOFC; (c) an air supply in fluid communication with said preheating device such that air is heated in said preheating device and then introduced to said air side of said SOFC; (d) a fuel supply in fluid communication with said preheating device; and (e) at least one energy conversion device in fluid communication with an SOFC effluent from said fuel side of said SOFC; - at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with said SOFC effluent and said air supply such that air passes through said heat exchanger prior to introduction to said air side of said SOFC, and said SOFC effluent passes through said heat exchanger prior to introduction to said energy conversion device; - at least one compressor in fluid communication with said air supply and said SOFC; - a catalytic converter having an inlet, wherein said inlet is in fluid communication with said energy conversion device.
An inhaler comprising a pressurised inhaler reservoir of an inhalable composition including a propellant, a heater to selectively volatilise at least some components of the composition, and a power source arranged to selectively supply electrical power to the heater when a user inhales from the inhaler, the power source being arranged to heat the heater to a temperature that will volatilise some, but not all of the components of the composition, wherein the heater is made of a conductive material and has an internal pathway along its central axis for the passage of the composition; and the heater being powered by an inhaler capacitor.
A slide bearing for a crankshaft in which halved members made by dividing a cylinder in two in a direction parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically and mating, wherein grooves are provided at an end of the axial direction of the lower halved member in the circumferential direction, characterized in that the grooves are provided, from a bearing angle (ω 0) which is bigger than the angle of the mating surface on a downstream side of a rotation direction of the crankshaft, toward an upstream side of the rotation direction, the angles being defined with respect to the mating surface on the upstream side of the rotation direction in a direction counter to the rotation direction, and wherein the height (h) of a peripheral edge part configured at the outside of the grooves in the axial direction is changed corresponding to the rotation direction and the gradient of the height (h) of the peripheral edge part is configured in asymmetry using the center of the grooves in the rotation direction as a symmetry axis.
A method performed by a communication device for receiving a downlink transmission across a plurality of subframes, comprising: receiving control information comprising a repetition index, receiving a set indicator for indicating one of a plurality of sets, wherein each set comprises a plurality of subframe values, wherein a number of subframes used to carry the downlink transmission is indicated by a said subframe value, and wherein the said subframe value is indicated by the repetition index, which is used to determine the number of repetitions across the subframes, within the indicated set. receiving control information comprising a repetition index, receiving a set indicator for indicating one of a plurality of sets, wherein each set comprises a plurality of subframe values, wherein a number of subframes used to carry the downlink transmission is indicated by a said subframe value, and wherein the said subframe value is indicated by the repetition index, which is used to determine the number of repetitions across the subframes, within the indicated set.
A process comprising (a) providing a photoreactive composition, said photoreactive composition comprising at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction, and at least one multiphoton photoinitiator system; and (b) imagewise exposing at least a portion of said composition to light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where said composition is exposed to the light, said imagewise exposing being carried out by defining an array of three-dimensional light extraction structures by scanning at least the perimeter of a planar slice of each of a desired three-dimensional structure and then scanning a plurality of planar slices to complete the structure, each said light extraction structure having at least one shape factor selected from height, length, width, and geometric configuration wherein at least one light extraction structure has a geometric configuration that is both truncated and symmetrical, and said array of light extraction structures having a distribution that is uniform or non-uniform; wherein said imagewise exposing is further carried out such that (i) at least one said shape factor of at least one said light extraction structure is different from the corresponding shape factor of at least one other said light extraction structure; and (ii) at least a majority of said light extraction structures has a height of less than 300 microns, a length or width of less than 500 microns, and an average surface roughness of less than half the wavelength of light for which the structure is designed, wherein "light extraction structure" means a microstructure having a length, width, and height of at least about one micrometer, that is capable of directing or distributing light. (a) providing a photoreactive composition, said photoreactive composition comprising at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction, and at least one multiphoton photoinitiator system; and at least one reactive species that is capable of undergoing an acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction, and at least one multiphoton photoinitiator system; and (b) imagewise exposing at least a portion of said composition to light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons, thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where said composition is exposed to the light, (i) at least one said shape factor of at least one said light extraction structure is different from the corresponding shape factor of at least one other said light extraction structure; and (ii) at least a majority of said light extraction structures has a height of less than 300 microns, a length or width of less than 500 microns, and an average surface roughness of less than half the wavelength of light for which the structure is designed,
Power-interruption apparatus which comprises an external housing and a handle, wherein a first receiving space and a second receiving space are provided within the external housing, wherein the handle is provided in the first receiving space and projects at least partially to the outside of the external housing, wherein the power-interruption apparatus also comprises a locking apparatus, wherein the locking apparatus comprises a locking head and a sliding part, wherein the locking head is provided on the external housing and has a cam wheel part, wherein the sliding part is provided in a sliding manner in the second receiving space, characterized in that the sliding part comprises a first side panel, a second side panel, an opening and a first pin, wherein the first side panel and the second side panel are connected to one another, and wherein the opening is formed between the first side panel and the second side panel, wherein the cam wheel part extends through the opening between the first side panel and the second side panel, wherein the first pin can be provided selectively on the first side panel or the second side panel in order to lock the power-interruption apparatus.
A corrosion-resistant permanent magnet comprising a magnet body and a composite coating provided on and covering surfaces of the magnet body, the composite coating comprising, in the order recited, - a first metal oxide layer in physical contact with the magnet body, - a metal layer, - a second metal oxide layer, - a linker layer, and - a layer formed from poly(2-chloro-p-xylylene). - a first metal oxide layer in physical contact with the magnet body, - a metal layer, - a second metal oxide layer, - a linker layer, and - a layer formed from poly(2-chloro-p-xylylene).
A method for cleaning process water circulated in a paper recycling system, comprising a process water treatment step which comprises at least one pre-acidification step and at least one anaerobic cleaning step, wherein at least a portion of the process water to be cleaned is subjected to hydrolysis and acidification in the at least one pre-acidification step, and the process water thus treated is subsequently being contacted with anaerobic microorganisms in the at least one anaerobic cleaning step in order to break down impurities contained in the process water, wherein at least one saccharide-cleaving enzyme is being added to the process water before or during the at least one pre-acidification step and the pH value of the process water is being adjusted to 8.0 or less at least during the at least one pre-acidification step and during the at least one anaerobic cleaning step, wherein neither alkaline hydrolysis nor chemical hydrolysis is being carried out during the entire process water treatment.
Method of controlling a deceleration phase of a powertrain of a hybrid vehicle comprising a heat engine capable of supplying a loss torque (CF_SM1) to the wheels and a second motor controlled during the deceleration phase to provide either a traction torque to the wheels or a recovery torque of kinetic energy in an energy accumulator, the recovery torque being able to be constrained by a recovery limit when a saturation condition of the recovery is activated, the method comprising the following successive steps: - supply of the traction torque only by the second motor when a torque setpoint to the wheels is positive, - supply of the recovery torque (CSM2_1) by the second motor as soon as the wheel torque setpoint is negative (Ccons), - a supply step of the loss torque (CF_SM1) in addition to the recovery torque (CSM2_1) if the condition saturation energy recovery is activated, said method being characterized in that the supply of the loss torque is controlled by a start command of the heat engine, then by a command to send the heat engine with the wheels, and then by an operating control of the heat engine without fuel injection. - supply of the traction torque only by the second motor when a torque setpoint to the wheels is positive, - supply of the recovery torque (CSM2_1) by the second motor as soon as the wheel torque setpoint is negative (Ccons), - a supply step of the loss torque (CF_SM1) in addition to the recovery torque (CSM2_1) if the condition saturation energy recovery is activated,
Three-dimensional polymer network for encapsulating a pharmaceutical ingredient, said polymer network comprising a) at least one first polymer; and b) at least one cross-linking agent; characterized in that said at least one first polymer comprises a first polyuronate derivative, said first polyuronate derivative being modified with a hydrophobic moiety; and in that said at least one cross-linking agent is calcium chloride and a cyclodextrin derivative. a) at least one first polymer; and b) at least one cross-linking agent;