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A replaceable cartridge for a plasma arc torch, the replaceable cartridge comprising: a replaceable cartridge body and being characterised by the replaceable cartridge body having a first section and a second section, the second section including an exit orifice of an arc constricting member that forms a part of the second section, the first and second sections (112A, 112B) joined at an interface to form a substantially hollow chamber, the interface providing a coupling force that secures the first and second sections (112A, 112B) together; an electrode included within the substantially hollow chamber; and a contact start spring element affixed to the electrode, wherein the contact start spring element and at least a portion of the electrode are irremovably disposed within the substantially hollow chamber of the replaceable cartridge body, the spring element imparting a separating force that biases the electrode toward the second section of the replaceable cartridge body in a direction along an axis of the contact start spring element, the separating force having a magnitude that is less than a magnitude of the coupling force, wherein the contact start spring element is integrated directly into the cartridge and is designed not to be separable or disassemblable from the cartridge. a replaceable cartridge body and being characterised by the replaceable cartridge body having a first section and a second section, the second section including an exit orifice of an arc constricting member that forms a part of the second section, the first and second sections (112A, 112B) joined at an interface to form a substantially hollow chamber, the interface providing a coupling force that secures the first and second sections (112A, 112B) together; an electrode included within the substantially hollow chamber; and a contact start spring element affixed to the electrode, wherein the contact start spring element and at least a portion of the electrode are irremovably disposed within the substantially hollow chamber of the replaceable cartridge body, the spring element imparting a separating force that biases the electrode toward the second section of the replaceable cartridge body in a direction along an axis of the contact start spring element, the separating force having a magnitude that is less than a magnitude of the coupling force, wherein the contact start spring element is integrated directly into the cartridge and is designed not to be separable or disassemblable from the cartridge.
A method of establishing a quantum key between a first quantum network node ( QNode X) and a second quantum network node ( QNode Y), the first and second nodes sharing respective authentication keys with a third network node ( QNode W) and the method comprising a key agreement step followed by an authentication step, and characterised in that in the authentication step: (i) each of the first ( QNode X) and second ( QNode Y) nodes generates a respective cryptographic hash ( AI, AJ) of a message ( MXY, MYX) it generated and sent to the other node ( QNode Y, QNode X) in the key agreement step, each respective cryptographic hash ( AI, AJ) being generated using the respective authentication key ( AI,AJ) shared with the third node ( QNode W), then each of the first and second nodes exchange the respective cryptographic hashes ( AI, AJ) and pass the exchanged hashes to the third node; (ii) at the third node ( QNode W), the cryptographic hash ( AI) generated by the first node and passed to the third node by the second node is de-crypted, re-encrypted ( AJ) using the authentication key shared by the second and third nodes and passed to the second node ( QNode Y); (iii) at the third node ( QNode W), the cryptographic hash ( AJ) generated by the second node and passed to the third node by the first node is de-crypted, re-encrypted ( AI) using the authentication key shared by the first and third nodes and passed to the first node; and (iv) at the first and second nodes, the re-encrypted cryptographic hashes ( AJ, AI) generated by the third node are decrypted to reproduce the messages ( MXY,MYX) generated by the first and second nodes in the key agreement step. (i) each of the first ( QNode X) and second ( QNode Y) nodes generates a respective cryptographic hash ( AI, AJ) of a message ( MXY, MYX) it generated and sent to the other node ( QNode Y, QNode X) in the key agreement step, each respective cryptographic hash ( AI, AJ) being generated using the respective authentication key ( AI,AJ) shared with the third node ( QNode W), then each of the first and second nodes exchange the respective cryptographic hashes ( AI, AJ) and pass the exchanged hashes to the third node; (ii) at the third node ( QNode W), the cryptographic hash ( AI) generated by the first node and passed to the third node by the second node is de-crypted, re-encrypted ( AJ) using the authentication key shared by the second and third nodes and passed to the second node ( QNode Y); (iii) at the third node ( QNode W), the cryptographic hash ( AJ) generated by the second node and passed to the third node by the first node is de-crypted, re-encrypted ( AI) using the authentication key shared by the first and third nodes and passed to the first node; and (iv) at the first and second nodes, the re-encrypted cryptographic hashes ( AJ, AI) generated by the third node are decrypted to reproduce the messages ( MXY,MYX) generated by the first and second nodes in the key agreement step.
An underwater energy storage system comprising: - a container adapted to be arranged in a body of water with a water surface, the container having a container volume comprising a void container volume adapted to be filled with gas and water to varying degrees at an internal pressure lower than the external pressure of the body of water surrounding the container, - means for pumping water from the void container volume into the body of water for storing energy, and means for allowing water from the body of water flowing via a turbine into the void container volume for generating energy, characterized in that: - the container comprises a water- and gas-tight membrane (15, 32) defining the container volume, and - incompressible objects are densely packed throughout the container volume limiting deformation of the membrane (15, 32) by the external pressure, and - the void container volume is formed by a communicating void interstitial volume between the incompressible objects. - a container adapted to be arranged in a body of water with a water surface, the container having a container volume comprising a void container volume adapted to be filled with gas and water to varying degrees at an internal pressure lower than the external pressure of the body of water surrounding the container, - means for pumping water from the void container volume into the body of water for storing energy, and means for allowing water from the body of water flowing via a turbine into the void container volume for generating energy, characterized in that: - the container comprises a water- and gas-tight membrane (15, 32) defining the container volume, and - incompressible objects are densely packed throughout the container volume limiting deformation of the membrane (15, 32) by the external pressure, and - the void container volume is formed by a communicating void interstitial volume between the incompressible objects.
A method of interacting with an elevator system comprising a sensor system, the method comprising: detecting, using the sensor system, performance data for the elevator system, the elevator system including one or more elevator cars; generating on a user interface a service and maintenance screen on a user mobile device, through a maintenance application (255a, 255) for a user of the elevator system to report maintenance issues regarding the elevator system in an issue report, and entering the issue report on the service and maintenance screen, or collecting accelerometer data using an accelerometer located in the user mobile device and generating an issue report in response to the accelerometer data; a controller receiving the issue report from the user mobile device; the controller determining a maintenance issue of the elevator system in response to at least one of the issue report and the performance data; and the controller transmitting the maintenance issue to a maintenance device belonging to a maintenance worker of the elevator system. detecting, using the sensor system, performance data for the elevator system, the elevator system including one or more elevator cars; generating on a user interface a service and maintenance screen on a user mobile device, through a maintenance application (255a, 255) for a user of the elevator system to report maintenance issues regarding the elevator system in an issue report, and entering the issue report on the service and maintenance screen, or collecting accelerometer data using an accelerometer located in the user mobile device and generating an issue report in response to the accelerometer data; a controller receiving the issue report from the user mobile device; the controller determining a maintenance issue of the elevator system in response to at least one of the issue report and the performance data; and the controller transmitting the maintenance issue to a maintenance device belonging to a maintenance worker of the elevator system.
Device for representing and displaying the coil temperature of an electrical power transformer, wherein a current converter is so arranged at a coil of the power transformer that this taps off the current, which is flowing across a coil of the power transformer, as a CT signal current, wherein the output of the current converter is so electrically connected with a heating element arranged within an oil-filled immersion sleeve that the heating element can be acted on by the CT signal current, wherein additionally arranged within the oil-filled immersion sleeve is a measuring sensor which is so electrically connected with an evaluating circuit constructed for displaying the measurement values that an image of the thermal heat relationships of the power transformer within the hermetically closed immersion sleeve can thereby be produced, which image can be displayed by means of the evaluating circuit, and wherein the energy supply of the evaluating circuit takes place by an electrical limitation circuit which is connected into the electrical connection of the power converter with the evaluating circuit and which equally taps off from the current converter the electrical energy required for the evaluating circuit.
A method of inspecting a joint in a structure, the method comprising: sending, by an ion beam source, an ion beam into a first surface of the structure to form an acoustic pulse source in the structure at a depth corresponding to a Bragg peak of the ion beam, wherein the acoustic pulse source is adjacent to the joint; and sensing, by an acoustic sensor positioned at a second surface of the structure, a travel time and a magnitude of an acoustic pulse generated by the acoustic pulse source to thereby form a response, wherein the joint is between the acoustic pulse source and the second surface; comparing the response to an acceptable response; and identifying an inconsistency if at least one of the travel time or the magnitude of the acoustic pulse is outside the acceptable response. sending, by an ion beam source, an ion beam into a first surface of the structure to form an acoustic pulse source in the structure at a depth corresponding to a Bragg peak of the ion beam, wherein the acoustic pulse source is adjacent to the joint; and sensing, by an acoustic sensor positioned at a second surface of the structure, a travel time and a magnitude of an acoustic pulse generated by the acoustic pulse source to thereby form a response, wherein the joint is between the acoustic pulse source and the second surface; comparing the response to an acceptable response; and identifying an inconsistency if at least one of the travel time or the magnitude of the acoustic pulse is outside the acceptable response.
An apparatus for creating a biologically effective monopolar electric pulse, the apparatus comprising: electrodes (1, 2, 3, 4) adapted to deliver first and second stimuli; wherein the first stimulus is adapted to generate a first bipolar electric pulse and the second stimulus is adapted to generate a second bipolar electric pulse; characterized in that the first bipolar electric pulse and the second bipolar electric pulse are biologically ineffective, and the first and second stimuli are configured such that the first and second biologically ineffective bipolar electric pulses are superposed to create the biologically effective monopolar electric pulse at a location positioned away from the electrodes (1, 2, 3, 4) delivering the first and second stimuli. the first stimulus is adapted to generate a first bipolar electric pulse and the second stimulus is adapted to generate a second bipolar electric pulse; characterized in that the first bipolar electric pulse and the second bipolar electric pulse are biologically ineffective, and the first and second stimuli are configured such that the first and second biologically ineffective bipolar electric pulses are superposed to create the biologically effective monopolar electric pulse at a location positioned away from the electrodes (1, 2, 3, 4) delivering the first and second stimuli.
A particle filter for an exhaust system which leads exhaust gases out from a combustion engine, which filter comprises a first filter component with a first end surface and a second end surface, comprising at least one first duct which has an inlet aperture whereby exhaust gases are led into the first filter component, and at least one second duct which is provided with stopping means 6a at the first end surface 4a to prevent the exhaust gases from being led into them there and has an outlet aperture at the second end surface, whereby exhaust gases are led out from the first filter component, and a wall element which separates the first duct and the second duct and which contains passages dimensioned to allow exhaust gases, but not particles, to pass through, characterised in that the first duct comprises also an outlet aperture at the second end surface, whereby exhaust gases are led out from the first filter component, and that the particle filter comprises a second filter component so located that it extends across the outlet aperture of the first duct and the outlet aperture of the second duct of the first filter component, this second filter component being dimensioned to allow exhaust gases to pass through, but not particles, and be led out from the outlet apertures (5b, 6b) of the first filter component.
A method for enriching pancreatic endocrine cells comprising: a) exposing an in vitro cell population comprising pancreatic endocrine cells to a ligand that binds a cell-surface marker selected from the group consisting of CD49A, CD29, CD99, CD10, CD59, CD141, CD165, CD44, CD57, CD294, CD66c, CD340, CD26, CD49f and CD73; and b) selecting cells from said in vitro cell population that express a marker selected from the group consisting of CD49A, CD29, CD99, CD10, CD59, CD141, CD165, G46-2.6, CD44, CD57 and selecting cells from said in vitro cell population that do not express a marker selected from the group consisting of CD294, CD66c, CD340, CD26, CD49f and CD73, or selecting cells from said in vitro cell population that do not express a marker selected from the group consisting of CD294, CD66c, CD26, CD49f and CD73, thereby enriching for pancreatic endocrine cells. a) exposing an in vitro cell population comprising pancreatic endocrine cells to a ligand that binds a cell-surface marker selected from the group consisting of CD49A, CD29, CD99, CD10, CD59, CD141, CD165, CD44, CD57, CD294, CD66c, CD340, CD26, CD49f and CD73; and b) selecting cells from said in vitro cell population that express a marker selected from the group consisting of CD49A, CD29, CD99, CD10, CD59, CD141, CD165, G46-2.6, CD44, CD57 and selecting cells from said in vitro cell population that do not express a marker selected from the group consisting of CD294, CD66c, CD340, CD26, CD49f and CD73, or selecting cells from said in vitro cell population that do not express a marker selected from the group consisting of CD294, CD66c, CD26, CD49f and CD73,
A modular construction system light matrix comprising - a housing having side walls, an end wall and a front edge encircling a front opening of said housing opposite to said end wall; - an array of light emitting elements arranged on a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being arranged in said housing; - a compartment grid arranged in said housing, and having compartment grid walls (310, 320) extending from said printed circuit board towards said front opening of the housing, and forming an array of compartments, one compartment for each light emitting element; and - a light diffusing element arranged at said opening of the housing, wherein the diffuser element comprises a plurality of diffuser tiles, each diffuser tile for covering a compartment of the compartment grid, wherein each diffuser tile has a front surface, a back surface and sidewalls formed perpendicularly to the front surface, wherein the diffuser element comprises a diffuser grid providing a barrier between mutually facing sidewalls of the diffuser tiles, wherein the diffuser grid is formed in a material different from a material of the diffuser tiles, characterised in that a lower side of the diffuser grid is adapted to abut against an upper side of the compartment grid. - a housing having side walls, an end wall and a front edge encircling a front opening of said housing opposite to said end wall; - an array of light emitting elements arranged on a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being arranged in said housing; - a compartment grid arranged in said housing, and having compartment grid walls (310, 320) extending from said printed circuit board towards said front opening of the housing, and forming an array of compartments, one compartment for each light emitting element; and - a light diffusing element arranged at said opening of the housing, wherein the diffuser element comprises a plurality of diffuser tiles, each diffuser tile for covering a compartment of the compartment grid, wherein each diffuser tile has a front surface, a back surface and sidewalls formed perpendicularly to the front surface, wherein the diffuser element comprises a diffuser grid providing a barrier between mutually facing sidewalls of the diffuser tiles, wherein the diffuser grid is formed in a material different from a material of the diffuser tiles, characterised in that a lower side of the diffuser grid is adapted to abut against an upper side of the compartment grid. wherein the diffuser element comprises a plurality of diffuser tiles, each diffuser tile for covering a compartment of the compartment grid, wherein each diffuser tile has a front surface, a back surface and sidewalls formed perpendicularly to the front surface, wherein the diffuser element comprises a diffuser grid providing a barrier between mutually facing sidewalls of the diffuser tiles, wherein the diffuser grid is formed in a material different from a material of the diffuser tiles, characterised in that a lower side of the diffuser grid is adapted to abut against an upper side of the compartment grid.
A method for preparing nanoparticles of a catalyst tolerant to methanol comprising a) a metal center comprising at least one transition metal either supported or not supported and selected from platinum, ruthenium, palladium, rhodium or iridium; (b) a sub-monolayer of a chalcogen atom selected from selenium or sulphur, said monolayer being the covering of the metal center by a discontinuous layer of chalcogen atom on the surface of the metal center; comprising i) preparing with stirring a mixture of the transition metal either supported or not supported with a mixture of water and isopropanol, the volume ratio of water to isopropanol ranging from 2/1 to 10/1 for a period ranging from 5 to 60 minutes; ii) adding an inorganic compound comprising a chalcogen in a chalcogen/transition metal molar ratio of less than or equal to 1; (iii) stirring at a temperature ranging from 20 to 50°C for a period ranging from 5 to 24 hours; (iv) evaporating the water and the isopropanol; (v) calcinating, under an inert atmosphere, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 400°C, for a period ranging from 30 min to 2 hours. a) a metal center comprising at least one transition metal either supported or not supported and selected from platinum, ruthenium, palladium, rhodium or iridium; (b) a sub-monolayer of a chalcogen atom selected from selenium or sulphur, said monolayer being the covering of the metal center by a discontinuous layer of chalcogen atom on the surface of the metal center; i) preparing with stirring a mixture of the transition metal either supported or not supported with a mixture of water and isopropanol, the volume ratio of water to isopropanol ranging from 2/1 to 10/1 for a period ranging from 5 to 60 minutes; ii) adding an inorganic compound comprising a chalcogen in a chalcogen/transition metal molar ratio of less than or equal to 1; (iii) stirring at a temperature ranging from 20 to 50°C for a period ranging from 5 to 24 hours; (iv) evaporating the water and the isopropanol; (v) calcinating, under an inert atmosphere, at a temperature ranging from 100 to 400°C, for a period ranging from 30 min to 2 hours.
A method for optimizing aircraft carbon disc brake wear during taxiing, comprising: calculating from the parameters of braking torque, wheel speed, brake pedal depression, aircraft mass per wheel, ambient temperature and state of brake wear, the actual energy absorbed by each carbon disc brake during taxiing operations; from the calculations of energy absorbed, determining a current carbon disc brake temperature; and selectively inhibiting and enabling actuation of said carbon disc brakes as a function of said disc brake temperature. calculating from the parameters of braking torque, wheel speed, brake pedal depression, aircraft mass per wheel, ambient temperature and state of brake wear, the actual energy absorbed by each carbon disc brake during taxiing operations; from the calculations of energy absorbed, determining a current carbon disc brake temperature; and selectively inhibiting and enabling actuation of said carbon disc brakes as a function of said disc brake temperature.