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A method for separating mineral particles (72, 72') from unwanted material in tailings (12, 611, 701, 801) of a flotation process, the method comprising: providing collection apparatus functionalized with a synthetic material comprising a plurality of molecules (73, 79) having a functional group configured to render the surface of the collection apparatus hydrophobic to collect mineral particles (72, 72') of interest to the surface (123, 223, 323) of the collection apparatus; and causing the collection apparatus to contact with tailings having the mineral particles of interest, including the tailings from a flotation process, characterized in that the collection apparatus is a conveyor belt configured with a collection area to support the functionalized polymer being hydroxyl-terminated polydimethysiloxanes, wherein said collection area comprise an irregular arrangement of fibers, or comprise a plain surface, and further wherein the fibers, or the plain surfaces, respectively are made of glass, ceramic, metal, nylon, cotton or another fabric material and coated with hydroxyl-terminated polydimethysiloxanes. providing collection apparatus functionalized with a synthetic material comprising a plurality of molecules (73, 79) having a functional group configured to render the surface of the collection apparatus hydrophobic to collect mineral particles (72, 72') of interest to the surface (123, 223, 323) of the collection apparatus; and causing the collection apparatus to contact with tailings having the mineral particles of interest, including the tailings from a flotation process, characterized in that the collection apparatus is a conveyor belt configured with a collection area to support the functionalized polymer being hydroxyl-terminated polydimethysiloxanes, wherein said collection area comprise an irregular arrangement of fibers, or comprise a plain surface, and further wherein the fibers, or the plain surfaces, respectively are made of glass, ceramic, metal, nylon, cotton or another fabric material and coated with hydroxyl-terminated polydimethysiloxanes.
A device for handling a yarn end at a spinning unit of a ring spinning machine after detecting the yarn end on a bobbin using a yarn end detecting device, the device for handling a yarn end comprising a suction tube with suction mouth assignable to the spinning unit, the suction tube being connected to a source of vacuum, wherein the suction tube is mounted on a positioning system in order to guide the mouth of the suction tube to a drafting arrangement of the spinning unit for resuming the spinning process, said positioning system comprising a supporting part, which is mounted linearly displaceably on a vertical guide, and said positioning system being characterized by a horizontal arm, which is mounted swingingly about a vertical axis on the supporting part, wherein the suction tube is mounted on the horizontal arm and is linearly displaceable in a horizontal direction (C + -C -).
A piston for a compression ignition engine comprising: a crown portion having an outer diameter and an inner diameter wherein a ratio of said inner diameter to said outer diameter is greater than 0.65; a reentrant portion being connected with said crown potion; a torroidal portion being connected with reentrant portion, said torroidal portion defining a maximum bowl depth; a floor portion being connected with said torroidal portion; and a recess portion about a central axis of the piston, said recess portion being connected with said floor portion, said recess portion having a recess depth wherein said maximum bowl depth is greater than said recess depth; characterised in that the reentrant portion has a reentrant angle of about 63 to 68 degrees; the floor portion has a floor angle of about 65 to 70 degrees; the recess portion has a recess volume Vr defined by an equation Vr ≥ KVb where K is a constant of about 0.002 and Vb is a volume of a piston bowl; and the piston further comprises a floor transition portion being connected between said floor portion and said torroidal portion wherein said floor transition portion is a radius of about 3 mm. a crown portion having an outer diameter and an inner diameter wherein a ratio of said inner diameter to said outer diameter is greater than 0.65; a reentrant portion being connected with said crown potion; a torroidal portion being connected with reentrant portion, said torroidal portion defining a maximum bowl depth; a floor portion being connected with said torroidal portion; and a recess portion about a central axis of the piston, said recess portion being connected with said floor portion, said recess portion having a recess depth wherein said maximum bowl depth is greater than said recess depth; characterised in that the reentrant portion has a reentrant angle of about 63 to 68 degrees; the floor portion has a floor angle of about 65 to 70 degrees; the recess portion has a recess volume Vr defined by an equation Vr ≥ KVb where K is a constant of about 0.002 and Vb is a volume of a piston bowl; and the piston further comprises a floor transition portion being connected between said floor portion and said torroidal portion wherein said floor transition portion is a radius of about 3 mm.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: selecting, by a first wireless device, a direction for a wireless transmission over a channel; monitoring, by the first wireless device, an availability of the channel in the selected direction for a duration of a first channel listening time corresponding to the selected direction; determining that the channel is available in the selected direction based at least in part on either an absence of channel reservation messages during the monitoring or a first channel reservation message received during the monitoring, the first channel reservation message indicating a permissibility of a simultaneous transmission by the first wireless device in the selected direction; and transmitting, by the first wireless device, a second channel reservation message to a second wireless device over the channel in the selected direction based at least in part on the determination that the channel is available in the selected direction. selecting, by a first wireless device, a direction for a wireless transmission over a channel; monitoring, by the first wireless device, an availability of the channel in the selected direction for a duration of a first channel listening time corresponding to the selected direction; determining that the channel is available in the selected direction based at least in part on either an absence of channel reservation messages during the monitoring or a first channel reservation message received during the monitoring, the first channel reservation message indicating a permissibility of a simultaneous transmission by the first wireless device in the selected direction; and transmitting, by the first wireless device, a second channel reservation message to a second wireless device over the channel in the selected direction based at least in part on the determination that the channel is available in the selected direction.
Hot-working material composed of a three-layer composite material, comprising a core layer of a hardenable steel which in the press-hardened state of the hot-working material has a tensile strength > 1900 MPa and/or a hardness > 575 HV10 and two outer layers bonded substance-to-substance to the core layer and composed of a steel which is softer than the core layer and in the press-hardened state of the hot-working material has a tensile strength > 750 MPa and/or a hardness > 235 HV10, wherein the core layer, besides Fe and unavoidable production-related impurities, in wt%, consists of C: 0.31-0.6%, Si: up to 0.5%, Mn: 0.5-2.0%, P: up to 0.06%, S: up to 0.03%, Al: up to 0.2%, Cr+Mo: up to 1.2%, Cu: up to 0.2%, N: up to 0.01%, Nb+Ti: up to 0.2%, Ni: up to 0.4%, V: up to 0.2%, B: up to 0.01%, As: up to 0.02%, Ca: up to 0.01%, Co: up to 0.02%, Sn: up to 0.05%, and the outer layers, besides Fe and unavoidable production-related impurities, in wt%, consist of C: 0.13-0.3%, Si: up to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3-3.0%, P: up to 0.1%, S: up to 0.06%, Al: up to 1.0%, Cr+Mo: up to 1.5%, Cu: up to 0.3%, N: up to 0.01%, Ni: up to 0.3%, Nb+Ti: up to 0.25%, V: up to 0.05%, B: up to 0.01%, Sn: up to 0.05%, Ca: up to 0.01%, Co: up to 0.02%.
Multicomponent filament having at least two sub-filaments (2a, 2b) co-extruded from at least two materials (A, B) in side-by-side arrangement and adhered to one another, wherein the material of a first sub-filament has melting temperature different from the melting temperature of the material of a second sub-filament by at least 10°C and wherein, in cross section, the contact surface between said two sub-filaments (2a, 2b) is substantially wave-shaped, wherein the first sub-filament forms a protrusion protruding within the second sub-filament, wherein the contact surface between the two sub-filaments (2a, 2b), in section, has a first and second inflection (f1, f2) placed on opposite sides of said protrusion, wherein the percentage by volume of the first sub-filament is lower than the percentage by volume of the second filament within the filament, and wherein the melting temperature of the material of the first sub-filament is lower than the melting temperature of the material of the second sub-filament.
A method for manufacturing an impregnated fibrous material comprising a fibrous material with continuous fibers and at least one thermoplastic polymer matrix wherein said impregnated fibrous material is made in a single unidirectional ribbon or in a plurality of parallel unidirectional ribbons and said method comprises a step of pre-impregnating said fibrous material in the form of a roving or several parallel rovings with said thermoplastic polymer and at least one step of heating the thermoplastic polymer matrix making it possible to melt or keep in molten state said thermoplastic polymer after pre-impregnation, said at least one heating step being carried out by means of at least one heat-conducting supporting part and at least one heating system, with the exception of a heating calender, said roving or rovings being in contact with part or all of the surface of said at least one supporting part and running partially or totally over the surface of said at least one supporting part present at the heating system, and the porosity rate in said impregnated fibrous material being less than 10%, especially less than 5%, in particular less than 2%, measured according to the methods described in the description, and characterized in that said at least one supporting part is thermostated at a temperature ranging, for a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, from Tc-30°C to Tm+50°C of said polymer, the crystallization temperature and the melting temperature being determined in accordance with ISO 11357-3, preferably from Tc to Tm, and for an amorphous polymer, from Tg+50°C to Tg+250°C of said polymer, the glass transition temperature being determined according to ISO 11357-2, preferably from Tg+100°C to Tg+200°C. said at least one heating step being carried out by means of at least one heat-conducting supporting part and at least one heating system, with the exception of a heating calender, said roving or rovings being in contact with part or all of the surface of said at least one supporting part and running partially or totally over the surface of said at least one supporting part present at the heating system, and the porosity rate in said impregnated fibrous material being less than 10%, especially less than 5%, in particular less than 2%, measured according to the methods described in the description, and characterized in that said at least one supporting part is thermostated at a temperature ranging, for a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer, from Tc-30°C to Tm+50°C of said polymer, the crystallization temperature and the melting temperature being determined in accordance with ISO 11357-3, preferably from Tc to Tm, and for an amorphous polymer, from Tg+50°C to Tg+250°C of said polymer, the glass transition temperature being determined according to ISO 11357-2, preferably from Tg+100°C to Tg+200°C.
A pneumatic tool comprising: a drive mechanism configured to be actuated by a pneumatic pressure of compressed air, an electromagnetic valve configured to control supply of the compressed air to the drive mechanism, a control substrate configured to control actuations of the electromagnetic valve, a main power supply switch configured to switch on and off states of supply of power, and a joint to which a hose for supplying the compressed air from an outside is detachably mounted, characterized in that the main power supply switch is configured to be switched between on and off states by an operation of detachably mounting the hose to the joint. a drive mechanism configured to be actuated by a pneumatic pressure of compressed air, an electromagnetic valve configured to control supply of the compressed air to the drive mechanism, a control substrate configured to control actuations of the electromagnetic valve, a main power supply switch configured to switch on and off states of supply of power, and a joint to which a hose for supplying the compressed air from an outside is detachably mounted, characterized in that the main power supply switch is configured to be switched between on and off states by an operation of detachably mounting the hose to the joint.
Gas compression system with - a compressor for compressing hydrogen; - at least one recovery device for recovering hydrogen which escapes from the compressor as leakage gas during compression; and - a leakage gas return line which is designed to return the leakage gas recovered by the at least one recovery device into a stage in the gas compression system upstream of the compressor and/or into the suction line of a compressor stage, in particular into the suction line of the first compressor stage, of the compressor; wherein the compressor comprises a leakage gas discharge line for discharging the leakage gas from the compressor; and wherein each recovery device can be fluidically connected to the leakage gas discharge line and the leakage gas return line; characterized in that each recovery device has at least one metal hydride reservoir, each of which is heat-coupled to a heat exchanger; wherein each metal hydride reservoir comprises at least one hydride-forming metal alloy which is designed for cyclic de- or absorption of leakage gas with heat supply or removal through the respective heat exchanger; and wherein each recovery device is designed to increase the leakage gas pressure ( p L) prevailing in the leakage gas discharge line to at least the pressure ( p) prevailing in the stage of the gas compression system and/or to at least the suction pressure ( p s) prevailing in the suction line of the compressor stage. - a compressor for compressing hydrogen; - at least one recovery device for recovering hydrogen which escapes from the compressor as leakage gas during compression; and - a leakage gas return line which is designed to return the leakage gas recovered by the at least one recovery device into a stage in the gas compression system upstream of the compressor and/or into the suction line of a compressor stage, in particular into the suction line of the first compressor stage, of the compressor; wherein the compressor comprises a leakage gas discharge line for discharging the leakage gas from the compressor; and wherein each recovery device can be fluidically connected to the leakage gas discharge line and the leakage gas return line; characterized in that each recovery device has at least one metal hydride reservoir, each of which is heat-coupled to a heat exchanger; wherein each metal hydride reservoir comprises at least one hydride-forming metal alloy which is designed for cyclic de- or absorption of leakage gas with heat supply or removal through the respective heat exchanger; and wherein each recovery device is designed to increase the leakage gas pressure ( p L) prevailing in the leakage gas discharge line to at least the pressure ( p) prevailing in the stage of the gas compression system and/or to at least the suction pressure ( p s) prevailing in the suction line of the compressor stage.
A gene expression modulation system comprising a gene expression cassette that is capable of being expressed in a host cell comprising a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide comprising: i) a transactivation domain; ii) a DNA-binding domain that recognizes a response element associated with a gene whose expression is to be modulated; and iii) an ecdysone receptor ligand binding domain comprising a substitution mutation; wherein the ecdysone receptor ligand binding domain is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a codon mutation that results in an A107P substitution of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and, wherein the substitution mutation reduces steroid binding activity or steroid sensitivity. i) a transactivation domain; ii) a DNA-binding domain that recognizes a response element associated with a gene whose expression is to be modulated; and iii) an ecdysone receptor ligand binding domain comprising a substitution mutation;
A method comprising: (a) obtaining a cross-linked biological sample comprising a nucleic acid molecule complexed to at least one nucleic acid binding protein; (b) contacting the cross-linked biological sample to a non-specific endonuclease to cleave the nucleic acid molecule into a plurality of segments; (c) attaching a first segment and a second segment of the plurality of segments at a junction thereby obtaining a product; (d) reversing crosslinks in the product of (c) to obtain an additional product; and (e) subjecting the additional product of (d) to size selection to obtain a plurality of selected segments having a size from 100 bp to 600 bp, wherein attaching comprises contacting at least the first segment and the second segment to at least one bridge oligonucleotide. (a) obtaining a cross-linked biological sample comprising a nucleic acid molecule complexed to at least one nucleic acid binding protein; (b) contacting the cross-linked biological sample to a non-specific endonuclease to cleave the nucleic acid molecule into a plurality of segments; (c) attaching a first segment and a second segment of the plurality of segments at a junction thereby obtaining a product; (d) reversing crosslinks in the product of (c) to obtain an additional product; and (e) subjecting the additional product of (d) to size selection to obtain a plurality of selected segments having a size from 100 bp to 600 bp,
A method of generating mix coefficients for downmixing a multi-channel input signal having a plurality of input channels, to an output signal having a plurality of output channels, comprising: determining the energy of the input signal at a plurality of input channels of the input signal; determining the energy of the output signal for at least one of the output channels; comparing the determined energy of the input signal and the determined energy of the output signal; and generating based on the comparison at least one mix coefficient responsive to the energies of the input signal and the output signal such that the energy of the input signal and the apparent direction of the input signal are substantially preserved in the output signal.
Method for producing a rubber component, in the case of which at least one electronic assembly is embedded between a lower and an upper ply (10, 11) of a rubber material, comprising the steps: a) feeding a strip of the lower ply of the rubber material, which is equipped on the top side with electronic assemblies applied at a predetermined interval, in a conveying direction; b) applying a portion, cut to a predetermined final size, of the upper ply of the rubber material to that electronic assembly which is arranged first as viewed in the conveying direction, and fixedly adhesively connecting said portion to the lower ply of the rubber material so as to embed the electronic assembly in order to form a rubber component at the leading end of the lower ply as viewed in the conveying direction, wherein the portion of the upper ply has a length shorter than the interval; c) severing the rubber component from the lower ply. a) feeding a strip of the lower ply of the rubber material, which is equipped on the top side with electronic assemblies applied at a predetermined interval, in a conveying direction; b) applying a portion, cut to a predetermined final size, of the upper ply of the rubber material to that electronic assembly which is arranged first as viewed in the conveying direction, and fixedly adhesively connecting said portion to the lower ply of the rubber material so as to embed the electronic assembly in order to form a rubber component at the leading end of the lower ply as viewed in the conveying direction, wherein the portion of the upper ply has a length shorter than the interval; c) severing the rubber component from the lower ply.
An imaging optical system comprising in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power, characterized in that the imaging optical system is configured so that both of an enlargement conjugate point on the enlargement conjugate side and a reduction conjugate point on the reduction conjugate side are conjugate with an intermediate imaging position that is arranged between the enlargement conjugate point and the reduction conjugate point, that the intermediate imaging position is arranged in an optical path within the third lens unit, that the first lens unit and the fifth lens unit are configured to be stationary during focusing, and that each of the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit is configured to move with changing a distance between that and an adjacent lens unit during focusing. a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power, characterized in that the imaging optical system is configured so that both of an enlargement conjugate point on the enlargement conjugate side and a reduction conjugate point on the reduction conjugate side are conjugate with an intermediate imaging position that is arranged between the enlargement conjugate point and the reduction conjugate point, that the intermediate imaging position is arranged in an optical path within the third lens unit, that the first lens unit and the fifth lens unit are configured to be stationary during focusing, and that each of the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the fourth lens unit is configured to move with changing a distance between that and an adjacent lens unit during focusing.