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Method for manufacturing an intermediate or exhaust casing for a turbomachine, said casing comprising an inner hub and an outer annular ferrule extending around the hub and of an axis of rotation, said ferrule being configured to define with the hub, an annular flow path for a gas stream and being rigidly linked to the hub by arms, characterised in that it comprises steps consisting of: a) producing casing sectors, each casing sector comprising a hub sector, a first ferrule sector and at least one arm linking said hub and ferrule sectors, b) arranging said casing sectors circumferentially next to each other with respect to said axis, such that each hub sector has longitudinal edges facing longitudinal edges of adjacent hub sectors, and c) welding said longitudinal edges facing said hub sectors, wherein, in step b), at least some of said first ferrule sectors have longitudinal edges at a circumferential distance of longitudinal edges of first adjacent ferrule sectors, and the method comprises, after step c), an additional step d) consisting of adding and welding second ferrule sectors between said longitudinal edges at a distance from said first ferrule sectors. a) producing casing sectors, each casing sector comprising a hub sector, a first ferrule sector and at least one arm linking said hub and ferrule sectors, b) arranging said casing sectors circumferentially next to each other with respect to said axis, such that each hub sector has longitudinal edges facing longitudinal edges of adjacent hub sectors, and c) welding said longitudinal edges facing said hub sectors,
A method for producing a lens to be fitted to an eye, comprising the steps of: generating a compound radical; and hydrophilizing a surface of a polymer lens by reacting with the compound radical, wherein in the compound radical generation step, a radical generation reaction system is irradiated with light, and the compound radical is a radical containing one element selected from the group consisting of Group 15 elements and Group 16 elements, and a Group 17 element. generating a compound radical; and hydrophilizing a surface of a polymer lens by reacting with the compound radical, wherein in the compound radical generation step, a radical generation reaction system is irradiated with light, and the compound radical is a radical containing one element selected from the group consisting of Group 15 elements and Group 16 elements, and a Group 17 element.
An air conditioner comprising a frost formation detecting section for detecting frost formation on an outdoor heat exchanger during heating operation, and a control apparatus for performing defrosting operation upon detection of frost formation, wherein the control apparatus invalidates detection of frost formation without performing defrosting operation during a predetermined masking time period from the start of operation of the compressor by start of heating operation, and validates the detection of frost formation after elapse of the masking time period and performs defrosting operation when frost formation is detected, the air conditioner being configured such that the control apparatus invalidates the detection of frost formation and forcibly performs defrosting operation when thermo-OFF for stopping the compressor during heating operation and thermo-ON for operating the stopped compressor are repeatedly performed.
A tesla-type turbine for converting the enthalpy of a gas volume flow into mechanical energy, comprising at least one disk which is arranged on an axis of rotation and which can be set in rotation with a gas volume flow flowing substantially tangentially towards it, so that mechanical energy can be removed at a shaft coupled to the disk, wherein the tesla-type turbine comprises at least one gas receiving chamber for receiving and discharging the gas volume flow flowing at least partially tangentially to the disk, and wherein a disk body forming the disk comprises at least one cavity, characterized in that a cooling medium, in particular a cooling liquid, is received or can be received in the cavity for the purpose of cooling the disk body.
A recombinant Deinococcus bacterium comprising a recombinant nucleic acid encoding a pyruvate decarboxylase and an alcohol dehydrogenase, said recombinant nucleic acid construct being integrated into the genome of the bacterium.
A process for producing hydroxyethyl piperazine compounds, comprising the steps of: i) feeding a feed stream of piperazine at a first location into a reactive distillation column having a top, middle, and a bottom, ii) feeding a feed stream of ethylene oxide at one or more second location into the reactive distillation column, iii) performing the reaction of piperazine and ethylene oxide in a reaction zone of the reactive distillation column, iv) removing an overhead stream comprising unreacted piperazine from the top of the reactive distillation column, v) removing a bottoms product containing hydroxyethyl piperazine compounds from the bottom of the reactive distillation column, wherein the first location of the feed stream of piperazine is towards the top of the reactive distillation column and the second location of the feed stream of ethylene oxide is at a location lower on the reactive distillation column than the first location, and the ethylene oxide feed is fed at multiple locations into the reactive distillation column. i) feeding a feed stream of piperazine at a first location into a reactive distillation column having a top, middle, and a bottom, ii) feeding a feed stream of ethylene oxide at one or more second location into the reactive distillation column, iii) performing the reaction of piperazine and ethylene oxide in a reaction zone of the reactive distillation column, iv) removing an overhead stream comprising unreacted piperazine from the top of the reactive distillation column, v) removing a bottoms product containing hydroxyethyl piperazine compounds from the bottom of the reactive distillation column,
A method for producing a metal nitride and metal carbide, the method comprising: i) contacting at least one metal oxide comprising at least one first metal M 1 with a cyanometallate comprising at least one second metal M 2 to form a reaction mixture, wherein the cyanometallate comprises a dicyanometallate, a tetracyanometallate, a hexacyanometallate, and/or an octacyanometallate; and, ii) subjecting the reaction mixture to a temperature of at least 300°C for a reaction period. i) contacting at least one metal oxide comprising at least one first metal M 1 with a cyanometallate comprising at least one second metal M 2 to form a reaction mixture, wherein the cyanometallate comprises a dicyanometallate, a tetracyanometallate, a hexacyanometallate, and/or an octacyanometallate; and, ii) subjecting the reaction mixture to a temperature of at least 300°C for a reaction period.
A method for treating a surface of a compressed wood board by coating, wherein a surface of the compressed wood board to be coated with a top coat (3a, 3b) is primed with an aqueous barrier coat prior to coating, characterized in that the aqueous barrier coat is an aqueous acrylate-based barrier coat (2a, 2b) which comprises at least one acrylate and/or acrylate copolymer wherein, in order to produce a barrier against water vapour, the barrier coat (2a, 2b) comprises a proportion of more than 35% of synthetic resin, and wherein the barrier coat (2a, 2b) minimizes the raising of fibres of the compressed wood board during coating with the barrier coat (3a, 3b).
A paint discharging nozzle designed for discharging paint supplied at a predetermined pressure, the paint discharging nozzle comprising: a housing having a nozzle hole through which paint is discharged; a paint chamber configured to supply paint to the nozzle hole; a needle valve retractably or advancingly fitted into the housing to close or open the nozzle hole; a driving mechanism disposed in the housing and configured to cause the needle valve to perform a retracting or advancing operation with respect to the nozzle hole; and a bearing disposed to surround the needle valve within the housing to be in sliding contact with a peripheral surface of the needle valve as the retracting or advancing operation of the needle valve is performed, wherein the bearing is movable in an axial direction of the needle valve, and wherein a backlash, in a space within which the bearing is movable in the axial direction of the needle valve, has a length of at least a circumferential length of a sphere of the bearing or a roller. a housing having a nozzle hole through which paint is discharged; a paint chamber configured to supply paint to the nozzle hole; a needle valve retractably or advancingly fitted into the housing to close or open the nozzle hole; a driving mechanism disposed in the housing and configured to cause the needle valve to perform a retracting or advancing operation with respect to the nozzle hole; and a bearing disposed to surround the needle valve within the housing to be in sliding contact with a peripheral surface of the needle valve as the retracting or advancing operation of the needle valve is performed, wherein the bearing is movable in an axial direction of the needle valve, and wherein a backlash, in a space within which the bearing is movable in the axial direction of the needle valve, has a length of at least a circumferential length of a sphere of the bearing or a roller.
A filtration media comprising a blend of fibers having a weight percent of 81 wt% to 87 wt% of a weight of the media and a resin binder having a weight percent of 13 wt% to 19 wt% of the weight of the media, the blend of fibers comprising a cellulose fiber component having a weight of 82.5 wt% to 96 wt% of the weight of the blend of fibers and a synthetic fiber component having a weight percent of 4 wt% to 17.5 wt% of the weight of the blend of fibers, the cellulose fiber component comprising 32% to 66% by weight of the media curled softwood pulp of a type that when formed into a 60 pounds per 3,000 square feet (98 gm/m 2) handsheet with a caliper of less than 26 mils (0,66 mm), the handsheet has an air permeability of 100 - 175 cfm (508 - 889 l/m 2 s), and the media has a wet Mullen ratio of 60% to 80%.
1. A cold rolled and heat treated steel sheet having a composition comprising the following elements, expressed in per cent by weight: 0.10% ≤ carbon ≤ 0.6%, 4 % ≤ manganese ≤ 20 %, 5 % ≤ aluminium ≤ 15 %, 0 ≤ silicon ≤ 2 %, aluminium + silicon + nickel ≥ 6.5%, and can possibly contain one or more of the following optional elements 0.01% ≤ niobium ≤ 0.3%, 0.01% ≤ titanium ≤ 0.2% 0.01% ≤ vanadium ≤ 0.6% 0.01% ≤ copper ≤ 2.0% 0.01% ≤ nickel ≤ 2.0% cerium ≤ 0.1% boron ≤ 0.01% magnesium ≤ 0.05% zirconium ≤ 0.05% molybdenum ≤ 2.0% tantalum ≤ 2.0% tungsten ≤ 2.0% the remainder being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by elaboration, wherein the microstructure of said steel sheet comprises in area fraction, 10 to 50 % of austenite, said austenite phase optionally including intragranular kappa carbides, the reminder being regular ferrite and a minimum of 0.1% of ordered ferrite of D03 structure (Fe,Mn,X)3Al, optionally including up to 2% of intragranular kappa carbides (Fe,Mn)3AICx, said steel sheet presenting a ultimate tensile strength higher than or equal to 900 MPa, wherein tensile strength is measured according to ISO standard ISO 6892-1 and the microstructure is measured as defined in the description. 0.10% ≤ carbon ≤ 0.6%, 4 % ≤ manganese ≤ 20 %, 5 % ≤ aluminium ≤ 15 %, 0 ≤ silicon ≤ 2 %, aluminium + silicon + nickel ≥ 6.5%, and can possibly contain one or more of the following optional elements 0.01% ≤ niobium ≤ 0.3%, 0.01% ≤ titanium ≤ 0.2% 0.01% ≤ vanadium ≤ 0.6% 0.01% ≤ copper ≤ 2.0% 0.01% ≤ nickel ≤ 2.0% cerium ≤ 0.1% boron ≤ 0.01% magnesium ≤ 0.05% zirconium ≤ 0.05% molybdenum ≤ 2.0% tantalum ≤ 2.0% tungsten ≤ 2.0%
An affinity matrix for the isolation of a molecule from an aqueous solution, the affinity matrix comprising a particulate polymeric support containing a mixture of particles, wherein a first fraction of particles of the mixture have a dye covalently attached to enable optical detection of the polymeric support, and a second fraction of particles of the mixture have an affinity ligand other than the dye attached for the capture of the molecule, wherein none of the particles of the mixture contain both the dye and the affinity ligand.
A method comprising the steps of: initializing a capture mode; receiving data representing an image and associating a time stamp with said image time of capture; receiving data representing rotational position sampled by an inertial sensor; deactivating said capture mode; characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: interpolating an orientation of the image based on said time stamp and rotational position data; determining an average velocity of rotation and further adjusting said interpolation of the orientation as appropriate; rotating said image in response to said interpolated orientation to generate a rotated image; wherein aspect ratio of said image changes in response to said orientation; and storing said rotated image. initializing a capture mode; receiving data representing an image and associating a time stamp with said image time of capture; receiving data representing rotational position sampled by an inertial sensor; deactivating said capture mode; interpolating an orientation of the image based on said time stamp and rotational position data; determining an average velocity of rotation and further adjusting said interpolation of the orientation as appropriate; rotating said image in response to said interpolated orientation to generate a rotated image; wherein aspect ratio of said image changes in response to said orientation; and storing said rotated image.
A lens assessment device for quantitatively assessing a lens of an examinee, comprising: measurement data input means for inputting measurement data on a chromatic vision of the examinee; a measurement data storage for storing the inputted measurement data; a reference data storage for storing reference data on the chromatic vision; and quantitative assessment means for quantitatively assessing the lens of the examinee by comparing the measurement data and the reference data, wherein the measurement data and the reference data both relate to measurement data of the chromatic vision for one or more specific colors being measured based on two or more test images displayed on a color monitor, one of which is an image showing a stimulus, and wherein the reference data storage stores data as the reference data, the data being measurement data of chromatic vision of a large group of people who have an artificial lens inserted into the eye and the data being classified by kinds of the artificial lenses. measurement data input means for inputting measurement data on a chromatic vision of the examinee; a measurement data storage for storing the inputted measurement data; a reference data storage for storing reference data on the chromatic vision; and quantitative assessment means for quantitatively assessing the lens of the examinee by comparing the measurement data and the reference data, wherein the measurement data and the reference data both relate to measurement data of the chromatic vision for one or more specific colors being measured based on two or more test images displayed on a color monitor, one of which is an image showing a stimulus, and wherein the reference data storage stores data as the reference data, the data being measurement data of chromatic vision of a large group of people who have an artificial lens inserted into the eye and the data being classified by kinds of the artificial lenses.
An imaging system, comprising; a sample stage comprising a surface to support a sample container, the sample container having a plurality of sample locations; an optical stage having an objective lens (142, 446), the optical stage being positionable relative to the sample stage to image samples at the plurality of sample locations; a first light source for illuminating a current sample location of the plurality of sample locations; characterized in further comprising an off-axis focus system comprising a focusing laser (150, 270) generating a plurality of pairs of spots wherein one of the pairs of spots is projected on a next sample location of the plurality of sample locations while the first light source is illuminating the current sample location and another of the pairs of spots is projected on the current sample location; an actuator physically coupled to at least one of the sample stage and the optical stage to move the sample stage relative to the optical stage to focus the optical stage onto the current sample location; and a drive circuit to determine a focus setting for the next sample location responsive to a differential measurement of the pair of spots by an image sensor (140, 254) and to provide a drive signal to the actuator before the optical stage is positioned to image a sample at the next sample location, wherein at least one parameter of the drive signal is determined using a difference between a focus setting for the current sample location and the determined focus setting for the next sample location. a sample stage comprising a surface to support a sample container, the sample container having a plurality of sample locations; an optical stage having an objective lens (142, 446), the optical stage being positionable relative to the sample stage to image samples at the plurality of sample locations; a first light source for illuminating a current sample location of the plurality of sample locations; characterized in further comprising an off-axis focus system comprising a focusing laser (150, 270) generating a plurality of pairs of spots wherein one of the pairs of spots is projected on a next sample location of the plurality of sample locations while the first light source is illuminating the current sample location and another of the pairs of spots is projected on the current sample location; an actuator physically coupled to at least one of the sample stage and the optical stage to move the sample stage relative to the optical stage to focus the optical stage onto the current sample location; and a drive circuit to determine a focus setting for the next sample location responsive to a differential measurement of the pair of spots by an image sensor (140, 254) and to provide a drive signal to the actuator before the optical stage is positioned to image a sample at the next sample location, wherein at least one parameter of the drive signal is determined using a difference between a focus setting for the current sample location and the determined focus setting for the next sample location.
A method comprising: at a control circuit having access to a wireless two-way transceiver: receiving via the wireless two-way transceiver information from a server regarding its available services; determining a need to offload execution of a task to the server based on the information from the server regarding its available services, to determine suitability of the server to execute the task; determining present unavailability of the server; transmitting a first message to the server via the wireless two-way transceiver to prompt the server to awaken; transmitting a second message to the server to establish a wireless connection with the server; upon establishing the wireless connection with the server, using the wireless connection to offload execution of the task to the server receiving from the server, via the two-way transceiver, executed task results; and in response to receiving the executed task results, transmitting to the server via the two-way transceiver a third message to prompt the server to sleep. receiving via the wireless two-way transceiver information from a server regarding its available services; determining a need to offload execution of a task to the server based on the information from the server regarding its available services, to determine suitability of the server to execute the task; determining present unavailability of the server; transmitting a first message to the server via the wireless two-way transceiver to prompt the server to awaken; transmitting a second message to the server to establish a wireless connection with the server; upon establishing the wireless connection with the server, using the wireless connection to offload execution of the task to the server receiving from the server, via the two-way transceiver, executed task results; and in response to receiving the executed task results, transmitting to the server via the two-way transceiver a third message to prompt the server to sleep.
A unit for the heat treatment of a process fluid comprising: * a plurality of devices for treatment of the process fluid which include at least a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a condensate separator, * at least one union element between two devices of the plurality, the union element having connecting ends respectively in the region of an inlet portion and of an outlet portion; * connecting elements for connecting the process fluid treatment devices (1, 2, 3) and the at least one union element; characterized in that each of the treatment devices (1, 2,3) comprises a respective housing, in such a way as to render them structurally independent, and has connecting ends in the region of respective portions of restricted cross-section (11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 31, 32) for the inlet and/or outlet of the process fluid, the connecting ends of two treatment devices (1, 2, 3) or of one treatment device (1, 2, 3) and of one union element being connected to one another by means of the connecting elements, in such a way as to form a treatment path which passes through the devices (1, 2, 3). * a plurality of devices for treatment of the process fluid which include at least a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a condensate separator, * at least one union element between two devices of the plurality, the union element having connecting ends respectively in the region of an inlet portion and of an outlet portion; * connecting elements for connecting the process fluid treatment devices (1, 2, 3) and the at least one union element;