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An inverter apparatus comprising: a heat sink; a first detector that detects a temperature of the heat sink; an inverter including a power module including a semiconductor device, the inverter being attached to the heat sink; a second detector that detects a temperature of the power module; an estimator that calculates estimated values of a thermal resistance and a thermal capacity of the heat sink, the estimator including a storage that stores standard values of a thermal resistance and of a thermal capacity of a standard heat sink, the estimator being configured to calculate the estimated values of thermal resistance and thermal capacity of the heat sink regarding the temperature variations of the standard and estimated heat sinks, measured by the first detector at times which are function of the thermal time constant of the standard heat sink; and a controller that controls driving of the inverter on the basis of the estimated values. a heat sink; a first detector that detects a temperature of the heat sink; an inverter including a power module including a semiconductor device, the inverter being attached to the heat sink; a second detector that detects a temperature of the power module; an estimator that calculates estimated values of a thermal resistance and a thermal capacity of the heat sink, the estimator including a storage that stores standard values of a thermal resistance and of a thermal capacity of a standard heat sink, the estimator being configured to calculate the estimated values of thermal resistance and thermal capacity of the heat sink regarding the temperature variations of the standard and estimated heat sinks, measured by the first detector at times which are function of the thermal time constant of the standard heat sink; and a controller that controls driving of the inverter on the basis of the estimated values.
A printer comprising a printing fluid circuit having at least one printing fluid supplier, an air pressurization system to build up air pressure inside the at least one printing fluid supplier, wherein the air pressurization system is fluidly connected to the at least one printing fluid supplier, and characterized by comprising: a controller configured to determine the air pressure which has been built up in the at least one printing fluid supplier by the air pressurization system, and to determine a degradation of the air pressurization system depending on the air pressure which has been built up in the at least one printing fluid supplier by the air pressurization system. determine the air pressure which has been built up in the at least one printing fluid supplier by the air pressurization system, and to determine a degradation of the air pressurization system depending on the air pressure which has been built up in the at least one printing fluid supplier by the air pressurization system.
Method for additive manufacturing of a component comprising the following steps: - additively building up a multiplicity of sections for the component by means of a powder bed-based method, wherein a multiplicity of the sections are provided with complementary connecting means during the additive building up in such a way that the sections can then be connected to each other in a form-fitting manner, wherein the connecting means, in the finished component, are arranged in a cavity thereof or extend therethrough, - arranging the sections to form a composite, wherein a multiplicity of the sections are mutually fixed after or during the arranging and - additively finishing the component, wherein material is deposited along a circumferential direction around the composite of the sections by means of a deposition welding method in such a way that the sections are connected to each other in a substance-bonding manner. - additively building up a multiplicity of sections for the component by means of a powder bed-based method, wherein a multiplicity of the sections are provided with complementary connecting means during the additive building up in such a way that the sections can then be connected to each other in a form-fitting manner, wherein the connecting means, in the finished component, are arranged in a cavity thereof or extend therethrough, - arranging the sections to form a composite, wherein a multiplicity of the sections are mutually fixed after or during the arranging and - additively finishing the component, wherein material is deposited along a circumferential direction around the composite of the sections by means of a deposition welding method in such a way that the sections are connected to each other in a substance-bonding manner.
A method of using a food storage and cooking device, the method comprising: disposing a food item in an inner volume of a food container; positioning the food container in the food storage and cooking device such that the inner volume of the food container can receive a flow of fluid and an outlet of the food container is substantially aligned with a drain of the food storage and cooking device; conveying a volume of fluid into the inner volume of the food container, the volume of fluid having a temperature sufficient to cook the food item disposed in the inner volume of the food container; conveying, after a predetermined time, a flow of fluid into the inner volume of the food container such that a volume of fluid within the inner volume of the food container exceeds a threshold volume of fluid; and automatically draining the volume of fluid from the inner volume of the food container into the drain of the food storage and cooking device in response to the volume of fluid within the inner volume of the food container exceeding the threshold volume of fluid, wherein the automatic draining of the volume of fluid from the inner volume of the food container includes syphoning the volume of fluid from the inner volume of the food container. disposing a food item in an inner volume of a food container; positioning the food container in the food storage and cooking device such that the inner volume of the food container can receive a flow of fluid and an outlet of the food container is substantially aligned with a drain of the food storage and cooking device; conveying a volume of fluid into the inner volume of the food container, the volume of fluid having a temperature sufficient to cook the food item disposed in the inner volume of the food container; conveying, after a predetermined time, a flow of fluid into the inner volume of the food container such that a volume of fluid within the inner volume of the food container exceeds a threshold volume of fluid; and automatically draining the volume of fluid from the inner volume of the food container into the drain of the food storage and cooking device in response to the volume of fluid within the inner volume of the food container exceeding the threshold volume of fluid, wherein the automatic draining of the volume of fluid from the inner volume of the food container includes syphoning the volume of fluid from the inner volume of the food container.
A turbine, comprising: a spacer having an annular body formed with opposing outward and inward surfaces (82, 83) and an orifice extending through the body from the outward to the inward surface; an assembly to secure the spacer around a rotor axially between sequential buckets (110, 111) of a forward turbine stage and an aft turbine stage, the spacer forming an annular passage around the rotor into which a fluid flows through the orifice, wherein the assembly comprises mating flanges (101, 102) at the forward and aft sides of the spacer, which are receivable in mating grooves (103, 104) of aft and forward sides of the sequential buckets; and a circuit defined through a gun hole formed within a fir tree section of the more forward one of the sequential buckets, the circuit being fluidly coupled to the annular passage to deliver the fluid from between the sequential buckets (110, 111) of the forward turbine stage and the aft turbine stage to an axial location forward of the forward turbine stage, wherein the circuit is configured to deliver the steam to a packing head region or any region disposed forward of the forward turbine stage that has a pressure that is lower than that of the axial location between the forward turbine stage and the aft turbine stage; and wherein the orifice is located at an axial location corresponding to that of a turbine nozzle a spacer having an annular body formed with opposing outward and inward surfaces (82, 83) and an orifice extending through the body from the outward to the inward surface; an assembly to secure the spacer around a rotor axially between sequential buckets (110, 111) of a forward turbine stage and an aft turbine stage, the spacer forming an annular passage around the rotor into which a fluid flows through the orifice, wherein the assembly comprises mating flanges (101, 102) at the forward and aft sides of the spacer, which are receivable in mating grooves (103, 104) of aft and forward sides of the sequential buckets; and a circuit defined through a gun hole formed within a fir tree section of the more forward one of the sequential buckets, the circuit being fluidly coupled to the annular passage to deliver the fluid from between the sequential buckets (110, 111) of the forward turbine stage and the aft turbine stage to an axial location forward of the forward turbine stage, wherein the circuit is configured to deliver the steam to a packing head region or any region disposed forward of the forward turbine stage that has a pressure that is lower than that of the axial location between the forward turbine stage and the aft turbine stage; and wherein the orifice is located at an axial location corresponding to that of a turbine nozzle
A process for the protection of a polyalkylene terephthalate cellular foam material, wherein the process comprises coating the foam with a protective layer of thermoset resin(s) comprising scavengers which prevent depolymerization due to thermally initiated reaction between the thermoset resin(s) and the thermoplastic foam, wherein the scavengers are selected from aromatic, aliphatic and alicyclic anhydrides, anhydrides containing copolymers, carboxylic acids, esters, ketenes and their dimers, carbonic and pyrocarbonic esters, sulfonic esters and anhydrides, isocyanates and polyisocyanates, epoxides, carbodiimides and polycarbodiimides, aziridines and polyaziridines, glycidyl ethers, cyclic lactones and lactames and its derivatives, peroxide scavengers and mixtures thereof.
Method for communication between road users (10, 20, 30, 40), which can each connect to a server S via at least one communication interface (a, b, c, d) for communication, wherein the following steps are carried out in the method by the server for the purpose of establishing communication: • transmitting the current GPS position q of the road users (10, 20, 30, 40) to the server S via a computer program product which is executed on a smartphone or a head unit in the vehicle; • capturing the users having the same computer program product and located in a defined area, to form a group with group data; • feeding the group data from the server S back to the road users (10, 20, 30, 40); • establishing local and thematic information for determining communication participants; • determining a group of communication participants (10, 20, 30, 40) on the basis of the local and thematic information, with a local area being defined for the local restriction of the communication participants and with at least one technological aspect and/or one interest-based aspect being taken as a basis for the thematic restriction on the part of the server; and • granting permission for the communication of data by the road users based on a prioritization by the server of the data transmitted by the road users to the server once the group has been determined, characterized in that the local and thematic information is determined from the average of the spatial coordinates of the road users (10, 20, 30, 40) and the respective average speed v and the average direction of the road users (10, 20, 30, 40). • transmitting the current GPS position q of the road users (10, 20, 30, 40) to the server S via a computer program product which is executed on a smartphone or a head unit in the vehicle; • capturing the users having the same computer program product and located in a defined area, to form a group with group data; • feeding the group data from the server S back to the road users (10, 20, 30, 40); • establishing local and thematic information for determining communication participants; • determining a group of communication participants (10, 20, 30, 40) on the basis of the local and thematic information, with a local area being defined for the local restriction of the communication participants and with at least one technological aspect and/or one interest-based aspect being taken as a basis for the thematic restriction on the part of the server; and • granting permission for the communication of data by the road users based on a prioritization by the server of the data transmitted by the road users to the server once the group has been determined,
Method of regulating a heating apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises: - an envelope (14, 16) defining an interior space and an outer space to the apparatus; - an electric heating element (12, 22) adapted to convert electrical energy into heat and located in the interior space; - an inertial element made of a material with thermal inertia, capable of storing the heat emitted by the electric heating element and of returning the heat to air outside the apparatus; - a sensor for a temperature of the outside air; wherein the control method comprises a first mode of operation of the apparatus for maintaining the outside air at a first temperature (T 1) and a second mode of operation of the apparatus for maintaining outside air at a second temperature (T c) that is greater than the first temperature; characterized in that the heating apparatus further comprises a blowing device, designed to direct an air flow towards the electric heating element and/or the inertial element, wherein the air flow is in communication with the outside air; and wherein the method comprises the following steps: - as the apparatus is in the first mode of operation and the blowing device is at a standstill, reception of a command to change to the second mode of operation; then - increasing the electrical energy supplied to the heating element, and starting of the blowing device; then - stopping of the blowing device if the temperature of the outside air reaches a first predetermined value (T 3) equal to T 1 + α(T c - T 1), such that 0 < α ≤ 1. - an envelope (14, 16) defining an interior space and an outer space to the apparatus; - an electric heating element (12, 22) adapted to convert electrical energy into heat and located in the interior space; - an inertial element made of a material with thermal inertia, capable of storing the heat emitted by the electric heating element and of returning the heat to air outside the apparatus; - a sensor for a temperature of the outside air; - as the apparatus is in the first mode of operation and the blowing device is at a standstill, reception of a command to change to the second mode of operation; then - increasing the electrical energy supplied to the heating element, and starting of the blowing device; then - stopping of the blowing device if the temperature of the outside air reaches a first predetermined value (T 3) equal to T 1 + α(T c - T 1), such that 0 < α ≤ 1.
A hybrid module, in particular a hybrid module for arrangement in a drive train of a motor vehicle, the hybrid module having: an electric machine having a rotor unit which comprises a rotor of the electric machine, a rotor bearing support for rotationally supporting the rotor unit, and an intermediate shaft for transmitting a torque between an internal combustion engine that can be connected to the hybrid module and a transmission or output that can be connected to the hybrid module, wherein the intermediate shaft is rotatably supported by at least one first bearing and one second bearing, characterised in that the first bearing is supported on the rotor bearing support and the second bearing is supported on the rotor unit. an electric machine having a rotor unit which comprises a rotor of the electric machine, a rotor bearing support for rotationally supporting the rotor unit, and an intermediate shaft for transmitting a torque between an internal combustion engine that can be connected to the hybrid module and a transmission or output that can be connected to the hybrid module, wherein the intermediate shaft is rotatably supported by at least one first bearing and one second bearing, characterised in that the first bearing is supported on the rotor bearing support and the second bearing is supported on the rotor unit.
An aqueous slurry composition for the production of a coating on a substrate, comprising: a binder comprising an aqueous solution of lithium doped potassium silicate, the binder characterized by an absence of chromium; and an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder incorporated into the binder, wherein the aluminum or the aluminum alloy powder and the binder are contained as a one-part composition, the aluminum or the aluminum alloy powder and the binder contained in a predetermined weight ratio; wherein the lithium-doped potassium silicate comprises potassium and lithium in the ratio of 7:1 to 11:1 by weight as K2O:Li2O, and further wherein the ratio of silicate to potassium is of 2.4:1 to 2.8:1 by weight as SiO2:K2O. a binder comprising an aqueous solution of lithium doped potassium silicate, the binder characterized by an absence of chromium; and an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder incorporated into the binder, wherein the aluminum or the aluminum alloy powder and the binder are contained as a one-part composition, the aluminum or the aluminum alloy powder and the binder contained in a predetermined weight ratio; wherein the lithium-doped potassium silicate comprises potassium and lithium in the ratio of 7:1 to 11:1 by weight as K2O:Li2O, and further wherein the ratio of silicate to potassium is of 2.4:1 to 2.8:1 by weight as SiO2:K2O.
Header for a heat exchanger, comprising at least one connecting flange (5, 6) with an internal fluid passage, a header plate and a cover which, after assembly, closes a longitudinal opening of said header plate which interacts with said cover to form said header, the wall of said cover having at least one external collar delimiting a hole for the flow of fluid, said header being configured to allow said flange (5, 6) to be crimped onto the cover, thereby bringing the internal passage into fluid communication with the hole in said collar, said collar having a wall thickness smaller than that of said cover from which the collar extends, thereby maximizing the cross section of said hole for the flow of fluid, the header plate consisting of a wall defining a base extended by two parallel branches comprising terminal edges, characterized in that the cross section of said header plate is substantially U-shaped, its opening being engaged by said cover receiving said connecting flange (5, 6), and characterized in that the flange (5, 6) is crimped by using the parallel terminal edges delimiting the longitudinal opening of the header plate, which are bent onto corresponding edges provided on said flange (5, 6) attached to said cover.
A gas turbine comprising a picture frame, a first vane, and a sealing arrangement to seal a gap (24, 26, 44, 46) between the picture frame and the first vane, the sealing arrangement comprising two seals arranged in series between the picture frame and the first vane, characterized in that - at least one of the seals is a piston seal, a back end of the piston seal is arranged in a piston volume of a bulkhead, which is attached to the picture frame, - the piston seal comprises a piston seal front end for contacting a first vane, - the majority of the piston seal front end is at least half the width of the widest part of the piston seal in a radial direction relative to a gas turbine longitudinal axis, - the piston seal front end has a tapered portion for contacting the first vane, and - at a back end of the piston volume, a source of cooling fluid is provided as a source of pressure such that the piston seal remains in contact with the first vane. - at least one of the seals is a piston seal, a back end of the piston seal is arranged in a piston volume of a bulkhead, which is attached to the picture frame, - the piston seal comprises a piston seal front end for contacting a first vane, - the majority of the piston seal front end is at least half the width of the widest part of the piston seal in a radial direction relative to a gas turbine longitudinal axis, - the piston seal front end has a tapered portion for contacting the first vane, and - at a back end of the piston volume, a source of cooling fluid is provided as a source of pressure such that the piston seal remains in contact with the first vane.
A gripper head assembly for a product processing machine comprising: a gripper support including; a first plate including a plurality of first plate slots; a second plate including a plurality of second plate slots; and an adjustment plate disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the adjustment plate including a plurality of adjustment slots; and a plurality of grippers, each gripper of the plurality of grippers extending through and slidably secured to one first plate slot, one adjustment slot and one second plate slot, the plurality of grippers being urged along a length of the first plate slots and second plate slots by the movement of the adjustment plate to change a spacing of the plurality of grippers relative to the gripper support. a gripper support including; a first plate including a plurality of first plate slots; a second plate including a plurality of second plate slots; and an adjustment plate disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the adjustment plate including a plurality of adjustment slots; and a first plate including a plurality of first plate slots; a second plate including a plurality of second plate slots; and an adjustment plate disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the adjustment plate including a plurality of adjustment slots; and a plurality of grippers, each gripper of the plurality of grippers extending through and slidably secured to one first plate slot, one adjustment slot and one second plate slot, the plurality of grippers being urged along a length of the first plate slots and second plate slots by the movement of the adjustment plate to change a spacing of the plurality of grippers relative to the gripper support.
Device for cleaning waste water having a throughput tank with a tank bottom, a tank wall,an inflow connecting pipe and a outflow connecting pipe wherein, in the throughput tank, filler bodies are present to which aerobic microorganisms are adhered, and wherein a ventilation system for ventilating the waste water in the throughput tank with an oxygen containing gas is connected to the throughput tank, wherein the inflow connecting pipe and the ventilation system are arranged at the tank bottom and the outflow connecting pipe is arranged at the upper area of the throughput tank, wherein the filler bodies have a specific weight approximately equal to the specific weight of the waste water and are suspended in the waste water, wherein the ventilation of the throughput tank from the bottom is done by the ventilation system which is arranged at the tank bottom of the throughput tank and comprises distributor tubes with nozzle opening integrated inti the tank bottom, and wherein the ventilation is designed to be such an amount of gas that the waste water and the filler bodies suspended therein, are mixed and that the microorganisms on the filler bodies are fed with sufficient oxygen, characterized in that distributor tubes on their sides being in contact with the waste water, are provided with nozzle openings which have the shape of holes or slits and are distributed across the whole length of the distributor tubes.