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Method for providing an indication of movement from a sensor signal from a position transmitter, the indication of movement indicating a speed of movement, the sensor signal from the position transmitter generating an edge following a movement over a particular travel range, having the following steps of: - determining a pulse duration (dT) as the interval of time between the last two provided edges of the sensor signal; - providing (S4, S6) an indication which depends on the pulse duration (dT) or an indication which depends on the period since the last edge of the sensor signal as the indication of movement, depending on whether a period corresponding to the pulse duration (dT) has elapsed since the last provided edge of the sensor signal. - determining a pulse duration (dT) as the interval of time between the last two provided edges of the sensor signal; - providing (S4, S6) an indication which depends on the pulse duration (dT) or an indication which depends on the period since the last edge of the sensor signal as the indication of movement, depending on whether a period corresponding to the pulse duration (dT) has elapsed since the last provided edge of the sensor signal.
A method for coating a rotor shaft of a gas turbine engine with a ceramic coating (60; 72), comprising the steps of: applying a bond coat material to a surface of a rotor shaft to form a bond coat on the surface; and applying a ceramic coat (60; 72) comprising an abrasive coat (60; 72) over the bond coat, wherein the step of applying the bond coat material: produces a bond coat having increased porosity and a lower elastic modulus as compared to a fully dense layer of the same bond coat material, applied in a spray without any steps being taken to increase porosity or reduce modulus; and comprises either: applying the bond coat material mixed with a fugitive material, and removing the fugitive material to produce porosity; or applying the bond coat material mixed with a modulus reducing additive to produce porosity at least partially filled with the additive, wherein the modulus reducing additive is hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), polyester or lucite, wherein the abrasive coat (60; 72) is configured to be the layer which first encounters a vane tip of a vane when the rotor shaft is in use. applying a bond coat material to a surface of a rotor shaft to form a bond coat on the surface; and applying a ceramic coat (60; 72) comprising an abrasive coat (60; 72) over the bond coat, wherein the step of applying the bond coat material: produces a bond coat having increased porosity and a lower elastic modulus as compared to a fully dense layer of the same bond coat material, applied in a spray without any steps being taken to increase porosity or reduce modulus; and comprises either: applying the bond coat material mixed with a fugitive material, and removing the fugitive material to produce porosity; or applying the bond coat material mixed with a modulus reducing additive to produce porosity at least partially filled with the additive, wherein the modulus reducing additive is hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), polyester or lucite, produces a bond coat having increased porosity and a lower elastic modulus as compared to a fully dense layer of the same bond coat material, applied in a spray without any steps being taken to increase porosity or reduce modulus; and comprises either: applying the bond coat material mixed with a fugitive material, and removing the fugitive material to produce porosity; or applying the bond coat material mixed with a modulus reducing additive to produce porosity at least partially filled with the additive, wherein the modulus reducing additive is hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), polyester or lucite, applying the bond coat material mixed with a fugitive material, and removing the fugitive material to produce porosity; or applying the bond coat material mixed with a modulus reducing additive to produce porosity at least partially filled with the additive, wherein the modulus reducing additive is hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), polyester or lucite, wherein the abrasive coat (60; 72) is configured to be the layer which first encounters a vane tip of a vane when the rotor shaft is in use.
An insert made of electrically conducting material, insertable at least partly inside a seat on a first member, and connectable to a second member, so as to mechanically and electrically connect said first member and said second member; said insert comprising: - a fastening member connectable electrically to a first electrically conducting area (4, 7) on said first member; - a supporting surface connectable mechanically to said second member; characterized in that said supporting surface is electrically connectable to a second electrically conducting area of said first member; said insert further comprising: - a first flange defining said supporting surface, which cooperates with said first member; and - a stem projecting from said supporting surface and insertable inside said seat; said fastening member being interposed between said first flange and said stem; said fastening member comprising at least one thread which screws onto said first electrically conducting area (4, 7). - a fastening member connectable electrically to a first electrically conducting area (4, 7) on said first member; - a supporting surface connectable mechanically to said second member; - a first flange defining said supporting surface, which cooperates with said first member; and - a stem projecting from said supporting surface and insertable inside said seat;
An operation method of any one of plants including: a secondary system of a pressurized-water-type nuclear power plant, which has at least a low-pressure feed water heater and a high-pressure feed water heater sequentially arranged in a feed water pipe reaching a steam generator from a condenser or further has a deaerator arranged between the low-pressure feed water heater and the high-pressure feed water heater, and leads high-temperature feed water to the steam generator; a primary system of a boiling-water-type nuclear power plant, which has a low-pressure feed water heater and a high-pressure feed water heater sequentially arranged in a feed water pipe reaching a pressure vessel from a condenser, and leads high-temperature feed water to the pressure vessel; and a feed water system of a thermal power plant which has at least a low-pressure feed water heater and a high-pressure feed water heater sequentially arranged in a feed water pipe reaching a boiler from a condenser, or further has a deaerator arranged between the low-pressure feed water heater and the high-pressure feed water heater, and leads high-temperature feed water to the boiler, the operation method of the plant comprising: forming an oxide film for suppressing an elution of an element constituting a structural material such as the feed water pipe (19;32;45), the low-pressure feed water heater (20;34;47), the deaerator (21;48) and the high-pressure feed water heater (22;35;49) which come in contact with the high-temperature feed water, on a surface of the structural material, by injecting an oxidant into the high-temperature feed water, when the plant generates power; and introducing a corrosion suppression substance into the feed water so as to deposit the corrosion suppression substance on the surface of the structural material in a region in which the corrosion accelerated by a flow of the feed water occurs, wherein the corrosion suppression substance is an oxide or hydroxide containing one or more elements selected from Ti, Zr, Ce, Nb, La, Nd and Y. forming an oxide film for suppressing an elution of an element constituting a structural material such as the feed water pipe (19;32;45), the low-pressure feed water heater (20;34;47), the deaerator (21;48) and the high-pressure feed water heater (22;35;49) which come in contact with the high-temperature feed water, on a surface of the structural material, by injecting an oxidant into the high-temperature feed water, when the plant generates power; and introducing a corrosion suppression substance into the feed water so as to deposit the corrosion suppression substance on the surface of the structural material in a region in which the corrosion accelerated by a flow of the feed water occurs, wherein the corrosion suppression substance is an oxide or hydroxide containing one or more elements selected from Ti, Zr, Ce, Nb, La, Nd and Y.
A light emitting element comprising a resonator structure which has a first reflecting member, a second reflecting member, and a light emission layer placed between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member, part of light resonated between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member being transmitted through the first reflecting member or the second reflecting member in the resonator structure, wherein a wavelength (λS2) at which a resonator output spectrum from the resonator structure has a maximum value is located between a wavelength (λS1) at which an inner light emission spectrum of the light emission layer has a maximum value and a wavelength at which relative luminous efficiency has a maximum value, wherein the wavelength (λS1) at which the inner light emission spectrum has the maximum value lies within a range of 450 nm to 480 nm, wherein the wavelength (λS2) at which the resonator output spectrum has the maximum value is located toward longer wavelength relative to the wavelength (λS1) at which the inner light emission spectrum has the maximum value, and characterized in that a change rate R E of light emission intensity of the inner light emission spectrum at the wavelength (λS2) at which the resonator output spectrum has the maximum value is -0.03 [1/nm] or lower.
An antenna comprising a waveguide having a top broadwall and a plurality of radiant elements formed on said top broadwall and configured to radiate and receive circularly polarized waves, the broadwall having a broadwall axis extending longitudinally thereto, wherein each radiant element comprises two slots (11a, 11b) arranged at 90° to each other, the slots (11a, 11b) of each radiant element being non-overlapping, extending on opposite sides with respect of the broadwall axis and being spaced apart from each other by a mutual distance comprised in a range of λ g /4 ±20%, wherein λ g is a nominal guide wavelength; characterized in that said radiant elements form groups of radiant elements, each group including a first and a second radiant elements (5a, 5b) arranged specularly to each other with respect to an axis perpendicular to the broadwall axis.
A fence-post system (10; 110) comprising: a first fence post (12; 112) including a first front flange (16; 116) having a first front width (FW1; FW1') and a first rear flange (18; 118), the first fence post (12; 112) formed from a folded sheet having a first thickness (T1; T1') of a first material; and a second fence post (14; 114) including a second front flange (22; 122) having a second front width (FW2; FW2') and a second rear flange (24; 124), the second fence post (14; 114) formed from a folded sheet material having a second thickness (T2; T2') of a second material; wherein the first and second materials have a similar or identical density, characterised in that the first front width (FW1; FW1') is greater than the second front width (FW2; FW2'), and the second thickness (T2') is greater than the first thickness (T1; T1') such that a linear mass density of the first and second fence posts (12, 14; 112, 114) is the same or substantially the same. a first fence post (12; 112) including a first front flange (16; 116) having a first front width (FW1; FW1') and a first rear flange (18; 118), the first fence post (12; 112) formed from a folded sheet having a first thickness (T1; T1') of a first material; and a second fence post (14; 114) including a second front flange (22; 122) having a second front width (FW2; FW2') and a second rear flange (24; 124), the second fence post (14; 114) formed from a folded sheet material having a second thickness (T2; T2') of a second material; wherein the first and second materials have a similar or identical density, characterised in that the first front width (FW1; FW1') is greater than the second front width (FW2; FW2'), and the second thickness (T2') is greater than the first thickness (T1; T1') such that a linear mass density of the first and second fence posts (12, 14; 112, 114) is the same or substantially the same.
An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one photoconductor unit; at least one charging unit to charge the at least one photoconductor unit; a light scanning unit to irradiate light to the at least one photoconductor unit, a suction unit disposed at the rear of the at least one charging unit to suck oxides generated from the at least one charging unit; and a fan-motor unit disposed below the suction unit to discharge air toward a lower end of the suction unit and change a flow of air between the at least one photoconductor unit and the at least one charging unit to prevent substances from flowing into the at least one charging unit; wherein the fan-motor unit forms a flow of air in a direction opposite to a flow of air formed by the suction unit to prevent substances from flowing into the at least one charging unit; and wherein the fan-motor unit is disposed between the light scanning unit and the at least one photoconductor unit. at least one photoconductor unit; at least one charging unit to charge the at least one photoconductor unit; a light scanning unit to irradiate light to the at least one photoconductor unit, a suction unit disposed at the rear of the at least one charging unit to suck oxides generated from the at least one charging unit; and a fan-motor unit disposed below the suction unit to discharge air toward a lower end of the suction unit and change a flow of air between the at least one photoconductor unit and the at least one charging unit to prevent substances from flowing into the at least one charging unit; wherein the fan-motor unit forms a flow of air in a direction opposite to a flow of air formed by the suction unit to prevent substances from flowing into the at least one charging unit; and wherein the fan-motor unit is disposed between the light scanning unit and the at least one photoconductor unit.
Casting and rolling plant for producing a thin or ultra-thin strip with a thickness of a minimum of 0.8 mm to < 1.0 mm from a cast thin slab of steel in batch or endless operation, comprising at least one casting plant (2a, 2b) for casting a thin slab with a cast thickness of > 100 mm to 150 mm, preferably of > 100 to 140 mm, particularly preferably of > 100 mm to 130 mm, and a casting width of at least 600 mm, preferably at least 1000 mm, at least one continuous furnace arranged downstream of the at least one casting plant (2a, 2b) and at least seven, preferably eight, roll stands (9, 10, 14 - 20) arranged downstream of the continuous furnace, wherein the at least one casting plant (2a, 2b) comprises a casting mould (3, 3b), the long sides of which have a spacing of at least > 100 mm to 150 mm, preferably > 100 mm to 140 mm, particularly preferably of > 100 mm to 130 mm, from one another and wherein the casting and rolling plant does not have induction heating means for reheating the cast thin slab or induction heating means for reheating the rolled strip and wherein the casting and rolling plant is suitable for casting thin slabs at a casting rate of up to 7 m per minute.
A method implemented by a network device to monitor the performance of packet processing in an in-line service chain, the network device being one of a plurality of network devices forming a software defined network, SDN, and the in-line service chain, the SDN including a controller to configure the plurality of network devices, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a sequence of packets of a data flow traversing the in-line service chain; applying a hash function to the sequence of packets of the data flow to generate a set of hash values for the sequence of packets; and sending the set of hash values and a set of timestamps for the sequence of packets to the controller to determine delay and loss across a service of the in-line service chain, the method further characterized by: looking up a configuration file for each service associated with the data flow; identifying invariant bits for the data flow according to the configuration file, wherein each configuration file is generated by application of a template for the corresponding service; and inputting invariant bits into the hash function to generate the set of hash values. receiving a sequence of packets of a data flow traversing the in-line service chain; applying a hash function to the sequence of packets of the data flow to generate a set of hash values for the sequence of packets; and sending the set of hash values and a set of timestamps for the sequence of packets to the controller to determine delay and loss across a service of the in-line service chain, the method further characterized by: looking up a configuration file for each service associated with the data flow; identifying invariant bits for the data flow according to the configuration file, wherein each configuration file is generated by application of a template for the corresponding service; and inputting invariant bits into the hash function to generate the set of hash values.
A steerable vehicle (1, 21, 31, 85) comprising a first vehicle steering device, vehicle wheels (3, 6, 7, 23, 27, 26, 32, 33, 34) arranged on at least one front axle (2, 22, 81) and on at least two rear axles (4, 5, 25, 82, 83), where said front axle and at least one of said rear axles are driven, and where a control unit (16, 216) is arranged to register parameters; - steering angle of the vehicle, - wheelbase of the vehicle (x, y, z), - wheel track of the vehicle, and based on said parameters further to calculate a wheel speed for each driven wheel in order to control wheel speed for said driven wheels with minimized wheel slip, characterized in that said control unit is arranged to automatically register altered wheelbase (x, y, z) and recalculate said wheel speeds for each driven wheel accordingly. - steering angle of the vehicle, - wheelbase of the vehicle (x, y, z), - wheel track of the vehicle,
A chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising: (a) first abrasive particles, wherein the first abrasive particles are ceria particles, and wherein the first abrasive particles have an average particle size of 30 nm to 1 μm and are present in the polishing composition at a concentration of 0.005 wt.% to 2 wt.%, (b) second abrasive particles, wherein the second abrasive particles are ceria particles, surface-modified silica particles, or organic particles, and wherein the second abrasive particles have an average particle size of 1 nm to 60 nm and are present in the polishing composition at a concentration of 0.005 wt.% to 2 wt.%, (c) a functionalized pyridine, benzoic acid, amino acid, or combination thereof, (d) a pH-adjusting agent, and (e) an aqueous carrier, wherein the polishing composition exhibits a multimodal particle size distribution, and wherein the pH of the polishing composition is 3.5 to 9. (a) first abrasive particles, wherein the first abrasive particles are ceria particles, and wherein the first abrasive particles have an average particle size of 30 nm to 1 μm and are present in the polishing composition at a concentration of 0.005 wt.% to 2 wt.%, (b) second abrasive particles, wherein the second abrasive particles are ceria particles, surface-modified silica particles, or organic particles, and wherein the second abrasive particles have an average particle size of 1 nm to 60 nm and are present in the polishing composition at a concentration of 0.005 wt.% to 2 wt.%, (c) a functionalized pyridine, benzoic acid, amino acid, or combination thereof, (d) a pH-adjusting agent, and (e) an aqueous carrier,
A method for producing an assembly of particles bound by a substrate, comprising the following steps: - making a compact film of solid particles floating on a carrier liquid, the solid particles potentially holding objects between them; - spraying particles onto the face of the compact film opposite to the one immersed in said carrier liquid, so as to create a substrate-forming-skin adhering to said solid particles and covering the full compact film of solid particles; and - extracting the obtained assembly outside the carrier liquid. - making a compact film of solid particles floating on a carrier liquid, the solid particles potentially holding objects between them; - spraying particles onto the face of the compact film opposite to the one immersed in said carrier liquid, so as to create a substrate-forming-skin adhering to said solid particles and covering the full compact film of solid particles; and - extracting the obtained assembly outside the carrier liquid.
A robotic control system, comprising: a robot unit including an endoscope operable to generate an endoscope image, and a robot operable to move the endoscope within an anatomical region; and a control unit including an endoscope controller operable to determine an endoscope pose within the anatomical region for an intra-operative visualization of an anatomical feature within the endoscope image, wherein the endoscope pose is derived from a delineation of a volume coordinate position of the anatomical feature within a pre-operative image of the anatomical region, and a robot controller operable to command the robot to move the endoscope to the endoscope pose within the anatomical region to visualize the anatomical feature within the endoscope image, characterised in that the endoscope controller is further operable to a) provide a listing of landmark names of the anatomical region to facilitate a delineation of the volume coordinate position of the anatomical feature, and/or b) provide an atlas of the anatomical region registered to the pre-operative image to facilitate a delineation of the volume coordinate position of the anatomical feature within the pre-operative image of the anatomical region, whereby each anatomical feature of the atlas is associated with a corresponding anatomical feature within the pre-operative image, and allow a user to select an anatomical feature of the atlas for delineating the volume coordinate position of the anatomical feature with the pre-operative image. a robot unit including an endoscope operable to generate an endoscope image, and a robot operable to move the endoscope within an anatomical region; and an endoscope operable to generate an endoscope image, and a robot operable to move the endoscope within an anatomical region; and a control unit including an endoscope controller operable to determine an endoscope pose within the anatomical region for an intra-operative visualization of an anatomical feature within the endoscope image, wherein the endoscope pose is derived from a delineation of a volume coordinate position of the anatomical feature within a pre-operative image of the anatomical region, and a robot controller operable to command the robot to move the endoscope to the endoscope pose within the anatomical region to visualize the anatomical feature within the endoscope image, an endoscope controller operable to determine an endoscope pose within the anatomical region for an intra-operative visualization of an anatomical feature within the endoscope image, wherein the endoscope pose is derived from a delineation of a volume coordinate position of the anatomical feature within a pre-operative image of the anatomical region, and a robot controller operable to command the robot to move the endoscope to the endoscope pose within the anatomical region to visualize the anatomical feature within the endoscope image,