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A method of designing and manufacturing a customized orthodontic bracket, the method comprising the steps of: a) storing a digital representation of portions of a patient's dentition in a computer; b) accessing a library of virtual three-dimensional bracket bodies in said computer; c) determining the shape and configuration of a bracket bonding pad, said bracket bonding pad having a tooth-facing surface conforming substantially to corresponding three-dimensional surfaces of a tooth of the patient; d) combining a bracket body from said library of bracket bodies with said bracket bonding pad to thereby create an individual, customized orthodontic bracket; and e) exporting digital data representing said customized orthodontic bracket from said computer to a manufacturing system for manufacturing said customized orthodontic bracket. a) storing a digital representation of portions of a patient's dentition in a computer; b) accessing a library of virtual three-dimensional bracket bodies in said computer; c) determining the shape and configuration of a bracket bonding pad, said bracket bonding pad having a tooth-facing surface conforming substantially to corresponding three-dimensional surfaces of a tooth of the patient; d) combining a bracket body from said library of bracket bodies with said bracket bonding pad to thereby create an individual, customized orthodontic bracket; and e) exporting digital data representing said customized orthodontic bracket from said computer to a manufacturing system for manufacturing said customized orthodontic bracket.
A 3D printing machine for fabricating a composite part, said machine comprising: a robot including a base portion, a robot arm and an end joint secured to the arm opposite to the base portion; at least one source of an extrudable material; and an end-effector mounted to the end joint, said end-effector including at least one extruder module (86, 88, 140) for extruding the extrudable material and a rotary assembly, said at least one extruder module (86, 88, 140) including a nozzle assembly (50, 92, 104) for extruding heated material out of the end-effector, said at least one extruder module (86, 88, 140) being mounted to the rotary assembly and said rotary assembly being rotatable so as to rotate the nozzle assembly (50, 92, 104) relative to the part without rotating the end-effector, wherein the end joint includes a rotatable connector, wherein the end-effector is rotatable relative to the part by the rotatable connector so that the nozzle assembly (50, 92, 104) can be oriented normal to the part in different orientations without significantly changing a pose of the robot, and wherein the end-effector has an outer housing with an angled corner wall, said rotatable connector being secured to a corner of the angled corner wall. a robot including a base portion, a robot arm and an end joint secured to the arm opposite to the base portion; at least one source of an extrudable material; and an end-effector mounted to the end joint, said end-effector including at least one extruder module (86, 88, 140) for extruding the extrudable material and a rotary assembly, said at least one extruder module (86, 88, 140) including a nozzle assembly (50, 92, 104) for extruding heated material out of the end-effector, said at least one extruder module (86, 88, 140) being mounted to the rotary assembly and said rotary assembly being rotatable so as to rotate the nozzle assembly (50, 92, 104) relative to the part without rotating the end-effector, wherein the end joint includes a rotatable connector, wherein the end-effector is rotatable relative to the part by the rotatable connector so that the nozzle assembly (50, 92, 104) can be oriented normal to the part in different orientations without significantly changing a pose of the robot, and wherein the end-effector has an outer housing with an angled corner wall, said rotatable connector being secured to a corner of the angled corner wall.
A method of positioning an apparatus for monitoring a parameter of one or more parabolic reflectors of a solar thermal field, the method comprising: - providing a position estimation module configured to detect a position of the apparatus, - providing a local position estimation module adapted to acquire information of an absorber tube of a respective parabolic reflector, - determining the position of the apparatus by the position estimation module, - positioning the apparatus at a first field location responsive to the position of said respective parabolic reflector, - acquiring information of an absorber tube of said respective parabolic reflector, characterized by - acquiring an image of the absorber tube by an imaging device of the local position estimation module to acquire the information of the absorber tube, - determining a second field location at which the apparatus is to be positioned for monitoring said respective parabolic reflector responsive to a position of the absorber tube, - positioning the apparatus at the second field location based on the information of the absorber tube, wherein the second field location being beyond the focus of said respective parabolic reflector for monitoring said respective parabolic reflector, wherein the apparatus is positioned at the second field location determined based on a position of the absorber tube, and - positioning the apparatus at the second field location aerially by an unmanned aerial vehicle. - providing a position estimation module configured to detect a position of the apparatus, - providing a local position estimation module adapted to acquire information of an absorber tube of a respective parabolic reflector, - determining the position of the apparatus by the position estimation module, - positioning the apparatus at a first field location responsive to the position of said respective parabolic reflector, - acquiring information of an absorber tube of said respective parabolic reflector, - acquiring an image of the absorber tube by an imaging device of the local position estimation module to acquire the information of the absorber tube, - determining a second field location at which the apparatus is to be positioned for monitoring said respective parabolic reflector responsive to a position of the absorber tube, - positioning the apparatus at the second field location based on the information of the absorber tube, wherein the second field location being beyond the focus of said respective parabolic reflector for monitoring said respective parabolic reflector, wherein the apparatus is positioned at the second field location determined based on a position of the absorber tube, and - positioning the apparatus at the second field location aerially by an unmanned aerial vehicle.
A container for fluids under pressure including first and second compartments (8, 10) separated by a shared bottom, said shared bottom including first and second metal skins (14a, 14b) respectively delimiting said first and second compartments, a foam thermal protection layer being inserted between the two metal skins (14a, 14b), characterized in that said foam thermal protection layer is glued on each of the first and second metal skins (14a, 14b).
An atomizer, comprising: a housing, defining a first airflow passage through an inlet end and an outlet end; a liquid storage chamber, disposed within the housing; an atomizing assembly, disposed in the path of the first airflow passage, and being in fluid connection with the liquid storage chamber; and a sealing element, characterized in that the sealing element comprises a sealing body and an air compensating valve, the sealing body is configured to form a seal between the housing and the atomizing assembly, the air compensating valve comprises a first side and a second side opposite to each other, the first side is located within the liquid storage chamber, the second side is in communication with external air; wherein the air compensating valve becomes open when the pressure of the external air on the second side is greater than the pressure in the liquid storage chamber on the first side. a housing, defining a first airflow passage through an inlet end and an outlet end; a liquid storage chamber, disposed within the housing; an atomizing assembly, disposed in the path of the first airflow passage, and being in fluid connection with the liquid storage chamber; and a sealing element, characterized in that the sealing element comprises a sealing body and an air compensating valve, the sealing body is configured to form a seal between the housing and the atomizing assembly, the air compensating valve comprises a first side and a second side opposite to each other, the first side is located within the liquid storage chamber, the second side is in communication with external air; wherein the air compensating valve becomes open when the pressure of the external air on the second side is greater than the pressure in the liquid storage chamber on the first side.
A machine tool comprising: a plurality of workpiece holders configured to hold a workpiece; a plurality of working portions configured to perform an operation on the workpiece, respectively; a plurality of working portion holders corresponding to the plurality of workpiece holders; and a control portion, wherein the control portion is configured to control the workpiece holders and the working portion holders so that the working portion holders hold the respective working portions and the working portions perform the operations on the workpiece held by the corresponding workpiece holder, wherein the control portion is configured to control to restrict a parallel execution of a predetermined operation and an operation to be affected by the predetermined operation and to permit a parallel operation of operations other than the restricted operations, wherein the predetermined operation is vibration machining, and the operation to be affected by the predetermined operation is precision machining, wherein only the execution of the machining where the influence of the vibration cannot be ignored is restricted while the execution of the machining where the influence of the vibration can be ignored is permitted. a plurality of workpiece holders configured to hold a workpiece; a plurality of working portions configured to perform an operation on the workpiece, respectively; a plurality of working portion holders corresponding to the plurality of workpiece holders; and a control portion, wherein the control portion is configured to control the workpiece holders and the working portion holders so that the working portion holders hold the respective working portions and the working portions perform the operations on the workpiece held by the corresponding workpiece holder, wherein the control portion is configured to control to restrict a parallel execution of a predetermined operation and an operation to be affected by the predetermined operation and to permit a parallel operation of operations other than the restricted operations, wherein the predetermined operation is vibration machining, and the operation to be affected by the predetermined operation is precision machining, wherein only the execution of the machining where the influence of the vibration cannot be ignored is restricted while the execution of the machining where the influence of the vibration can be ignored is permitted.
A passive tuned magnetic dashpot for damping movement of a first component relative to a second component, the passive tuned magnetic dashpot comprising: a voice coil coupled to the first component; a magnet coupled to the second component and concentric with the voice coil; and an inductor positioned in series with the voice coil, characterised in that the inductor enables frequency dependent damping, such that damping below a critical frequency 2 ω n is greater than damping above the critical frequency 2 ω n, where ω n is a natural frequency of movement of the first component relative to the second component. a voice coil coupled to the first component; a magnet coupled to the second component and concentric with the voice coil; and an inductor positioned in series with the voice coil, characterised in that the inductor enables frequency dependent damping, such that damping below a critical frequency 2 ω n is greater than damping above the critical frequency 2 ω n, where ω n is a natural frequency of movement of the first component relative to the second component.
A method operational in a processing circuit for generating a unique identifier, comprising: performing one or more tests over one or more circuit paths (706, 708) for one or more circuits (702, 704); the method being characterized by: repeating the one or more tests over the one or more circuit paths (706, 708) for the one or more circuits (702, 704) while adjusting an operating frequency and/or operating voltage for each of the one or more circuits; ascertaining a threshold frequency and/or threshold voltage for each of the one or more circuit paths (706, 708); and generating an identifier based on a plurality of the threshold frequencies and/or threshold voltages ascertained for the one or more circuit paths (706, 708). performing one or more tests over one or more circuit paths (706, 708) for one or more circuits (702, 704); repeating the one or more tests over the one or more circuit paths (706, 708) for the one or more circuits (702, 704) while adjusting an operating frequency and/or operating voltage for each of the one or more circuits; ascertaining a threshold frequency and/or threshold voltage for each of the one or more circuit paths (706, 708); and generating an identifier based on a plurality of the threshold frequencies and/or threshold voltages ascertained for the one or more circuit paths (706, 708).
Method for ascertaining an energy-efficient operating point (31, 44, 45, 46) of a machine tool (2, 3, 4) of a machine tool system, wherein identical workpieces are able to be supplied to the machine tool (2, 3, 4) in a chronological sequence for machining, wherein the machine tool (2, 3, 4) has an operating-point-dependent machine cycle time and an operating-point-dependent power demand, wherein the machine tool system comprises at least two machine tools (2, 3, 4) and has a system cycle time (t 1) and wherein the machine cycle time is shorter than the system cycle time (t 1), wherein the energy-efficient operating point (31, 44, 45, 46) is ascertained according to a machine-cycle-time-dependent energy demand characteristic function of the machine tool (2, 3, 4), wherein the energy demand characteristic function represents a machine-cycle-time-dependent energy demand of the machine tool (2, 3, 4) over the system cycle time (t 1), wherein the most energy-efficient operating point (31, 44, 45, 46) is ascertained while maintaining the system cycle time (t 1), wherein the energy demand characteristic function is determined by using a machine-cycle-time-dependent power demand characteristic curve, wherein the energy demand characteristic function is a parabola, wherein the parabola is determined by the equation ∑ E t MTZ = m ⋅ t MTZ + b ⋅ t MTZ + P Warten ⋅ t Warten, wherein Σ E ( t MTZ) is a machine-cycle-time-dependent energy demand of the machine tool (2, 3, 4) over the system cycle time (t 1), wherein the factor ( m · t MTZ + b) is the machine-cycle-time-dependent power demand characteristic curve, wherein t MTZ is the machine cycle time, wherein t Warten is a waiting time of the machine tool (2, 3, 4) after the end of the machine cycle time until the end of the system cycle time (t 1), wherein P Warten is a power demand of the machine tool (2, 3, 4) during the waiting time and wherein m has a negative arithmetic sign, wherein a point of intersection at which the parabola intersects the system cycle time (t 1) is determined, wherein an imaginary horizontal line is placed through the point of intersection and wherein the operating point (31, 44, 45, 46) of the machine tool (2, 3, 4) is placed on the point of intersection if the machine-cycle-time-dependent energy demand of the machine tool (2, 3, 4) lies above the horizontal line.
Method for checking an installation which can adopt a plurality of states (20 to 25), comprising - storing an item of state transition information in the installation for all defined transitions (13, 30 to 39) of the installation from a first of the plurality of states to a second state in each case, - forming a current item of state transition information relating to a current state transition of the installation, and - automatically checking the current state transition information using the state transition information stored in the installation, characterized in that the installation stores installation documentation which provides data which indicate to a user when it is determined during checking that the current state transition (13, 30 to 39) is not defined and is therefore inadmissible. - storing an item of state transition information in the installation for all defined transitions (13, 30 to 39) of the installation from a first of the plurality of states to a second state in each case, - forming a current item of state transition information relating to a current state transition of the installation, and - automatically checking the current state transition information using the state transition information stored in the installation,
A light-emitting device comprising a solid light-emitting element, a metal member reacting with sulfuric gas and a phosphor-containing layer, characterized in that the phosphor-containing layer contains a sulfuric gas-adsorbing substance that adsorbs sulfuric gas along with a sulfide phosphor, and, when the phosphor-containing layer is tripartitioned from the side near the metal member to far into a proximal layer portion, an intermediate layer portion and an outer layer portion, the concentration of sulfuric gas-adsorbing substance in the proximal layer portion is higher than those in the intermediate layer portion and the outer layer portion.
An industrial vehicle including a control lever device (25, 50) comprising: a control lever (34, 51) that is tiltable forward and rearward relative to a vehicle body of the industrial vehicle and that includes a control knob (36, 52) having a knob body (37, 53), a switch button that is provided on the control knob (36, 52) and adapted to be pushable while the control lever (34, 51) is operated, wherein the switch button has a movement axis indicating a movable direction of the switch button, wherein the movement axis is inclined forward relative to a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the control knob (36, 52) so that a pushing direction of the switch button is directed rearward from the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the control knob (36, 52), characterized in that the control knob (36, 52) includes a raised portion (38, 54) formed to rise from the knob body (37, 53), the raised portion (38, 54) of the knob body (37, 53) is formed at an intermediate position of the knob body or at a position near a rear end of the knob body in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to protrude obliquely frontward and upward, the raised portion (38, 54) has a circular end face portion (39, 55) facing obliquely frontward and upward, and the switch button is provided in the center of the end face portion (39, 55). a control lever (34, 51) that is tiltable forward and rearward relative to a vehicle body of the industrial vehicle and that includes a control knob (36, 52) having a knob body (37, 53), a switch button that is provided on the control knob (36, 52) and adapted to be pushable while the control lever (34, 51) is operated, wherein the switch button has a movement axis indicating a movable direction of the switch button, wherein the movement axis is inclined forward relative to a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the control knob (36, 52) so that a pushing direction of the switch button is directed rearward from the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the control knob (36, 52), characterized in that the control knob (36, 52) includes a raised portion (38, 54) formed to rise from the knob body (37, 53), the raised portion (38, 54) of the knob body (37, 53) is formed at an intermediate position of the knob body or at a position near a rear end of the knob body in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to protrude obliquely frontward and upward, the raised portion (38, 54) has a circular end face portion (39, 55) facing obliquely frontward and upward, and the switch button is provided in the center of the end face portion (39, 55).
A retraction device for retracting a movably supported furniture part into the closed end position relative to a furniture carcass, with an entrainment member which can be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part and which is supported movably along an at least portion-wise linear displacement path, and with at least one spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member, wherein the spring device can be stressed by way of a spring holder which is separate from the entrainment member, wherein the spring holder is movably supported at or on the entrainment member and wherein there is provided a coupling device for motionally coupling the entrainment member and the spring holder together, wherein by way of the coupling device, the articulation mounting point of the spring device on the spring holder falls back relative to the position of the moving entrainment member when the entrainment member is being pulled outwardly, wherein the movement of the articulation mounting point of the spring device on the spring holder is slower than the movement of the entrainment member, wherein the entrainment member is arranged on a displaceable slider, characterized in that the coupling device includes the slider and the spring holder, wherein the slider and the spring holder have tooth arrangements (22a, 22b) engaging into one another.
Method implemented by a terminal for accessing a CSG femtocell (206A, 206B, 206C) of a first access network, wherein said terminal comprises a list which may contain at least one identifier (CSG IDA, CSG IDB) of a CSG femtocell (206A, 206B) to which an access right for said terminal is defined, said method comprising a discovering procedure of: - scanning at least one frequency band for discovering at least one CSG femtocell; - decoding, based on a key (PSCA, PSCB), a data stream broadcasted from said at least one CGS femtocell; - obtaining, based on said decoded data stream, at least one identifier (CSG IDA, CSG IDB) of said CSG femtocell (206A, 206B); and - determining, based on said list, whether said terminal has authorised access to said at least one discovered femtocell; the method being characterised in that, prior to initiating said discovering procedure, at least one parameter chosen among said at least one frequency band, said key and said list is determined based on a message received from a remote server via a second cellular access network different from said first access network, in response to an information request message from the terminal wishing to obtain CSG femtocell information, the at least one parameter being related to CSG femtocells the terminal is authorized to access. - scanning at least one frequency band for discovering at least one CSG femtocell; - decoding, based on a key (PSCA, PSCB), a data stream broadcasted from said at least one CGS femtocell; - obtaining, based on said decoded data stream, at least one identifier (CSG IDA, CSG IDB) of said CSG femtocell (206A, 206B); and - determining, based on said list, whether said terminal has authorised access to said at least one discovered femtocell;