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A system for determining material accumulation relative to ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement, the system comprising: a frame member; first and second ground engaging tools coupled to the frame member, the first and second ground engaging tools being configured to engage soil within a field as the agricultural implement is moved across the field, characterized by the first and second ground engaging tools being electrically isolated from each other; a power source configured to apply a voltage across the first and second ground engaging tools; a sensor configured to measure a capacitance across the first and second ground engaging tools; and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to determine a presence of material accumulation between the first and second ground engaging tools based at least in part on the measured capacitance. a frame member; first and second ground engaging tools coupled to the frame member, the first and second ground engaging tools being configured to engage soil within a field as the agricultural implement is moved across the field, characterized by the first and second ground engaging tools being electrically isolated from each other; a power source configured to apply a voltage across the first and second ground engaging tools; a sensor configured to measure a capacitance across the first and second ground engaging tools; and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to determine a presence of material accumulation between the first and second ground engaging tools based at least in part on the measured capacitance.
A method for controlling an internal combustion engine provided with a manual transmission that transmits a driving force of the internal combustion engine to a driving wheel of a vehicle and performs shift, an EGR passage that recirculates, as EGR gas, a part of exhaust gas from an exhaust passage to an intake passage and an EGR valve that controls a flow amount of the EGR gas, characterized in that the method comprising: upon shifting during execution of EGR that recirculates the EGR gas to the intake passage, determining, by a judgement as to whether or not a fuel efficiency improving effect by the EGR is large after the shift on the basis of a vehicle operating condition after the shift which is predicted from a vehicle operating condition at a time of the shift, whether fuel-cut that stops fuel supply to the internal combustion engine is to be performed or not, the vehicle operating condition being based on an internal combustion engine speed and load.
A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet, the method comprising: (a) compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber; (b) applying the nascent web having the apparently random fiber distribution to a translating transfer surface that is moving at a transfer surface speed; (c) fabric-creping the nascent web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a creping fabric that is traveling at a fabric-creping speed, the fabric-creping speed being slower than the transfer surface speed, the fabric-creping step occurring under pressure in a fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric, the fabric pattern, nip parameters, velocity delta, and web consistency being selected such that the nascent web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping fabric to form a creped web with a drawable reticulum having a plurality of interconnected regions of different local basis weights including at least (i) a plurality of fiber enriched regions of high local basis weight, interconnected by way of (ii) a plurality of lower local basis weight linking regions; and (d) applying a vacuum to the web to increase the stretch of the web in the cross machine direction by at least about 5 percent with respect to a like web produced by a similar method, but without having a vacuum applied thereto after fabric-creping. (a) compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber; (b) applying the nascent web having the apparently random fiber distribution to a translating transfer surface that is moving at a transfer surface speed; (c) fabric-creping the nascent web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a creping fabric that is traveling at a fabric-creping speed, the fabric-creping speed being slower than the transfer surface speed, the fabric-creping step occurring under pressure in a fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric, the fabric pattern, nip parameters, velocity delta, and web consistency being selected such that the nascent web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping fabric to form a creped web with a drawable reticulum having a plurality of interconnected regions of different local basis weights including at least (i) a plurality of fiber enriched regions of high local basis weight, interconnected by way of (ii) a plurality of lower local basis weight linking regions; and (d) applying a vacuum to the web to increase the stretch of the web in the cross machine direction by at least about 5 percent with respect to a like web produced by a similar method, but without having a vacuum applied thereto after fabric-creping.
An optical system (100, 400, 500, 700, 800, 1100) comprising: a silicon (Si) substrate (102, 820); a buried oxide layer (104, 818) formed on the Si substrate; a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide layer (112, 806) formed above the BOX layer; a SiN waveguide (114, 714, 802) formed in the SiN waveguide layer, the SiN waveguide including a tapered section; an interposer waveguide (116, 722, 804) adiabatically coupled to the SiN waveguide to form a SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler that includes at least the tapered section of the SiN waveguide; and characterized by: a cavity (402, 724) formed in the Si substrate at least beneath the SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler. a silicon (Si) substrate (102, 820); a buried oxide layer (104, 818) formed on the Si substrate; a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide layer (112, 806) formed above the BOX layer; a SiN waveguide (114, 714, 802) formed in the SiN waveguide layer, the SiN waveguide including a tapered section; an interposer waveguide (116, 722, 804) adiabatically coupled to the SiN waveguide to form a SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler that includes at least the tapered section of the SiN waveguide; and characterized by: a cavity (402, 724) formed in the Si substrate at least beneath the SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler.
Refrigerator with a refrigeration compartment (106, 108), wherein the refrigeration compartment (106, 108) can be opened and closed with a refrigeration compartment door (102, 104), wherein the refrigeration compartment door (102, 104) has an internal door with a first strut and a second strut, wherein a door tray is arranged movably in a height-adjustment direction between the first strut and the second strut, wherein a first guide element and a second guide element are arranged on the internal door, wherein the first guide element engages with a first counter-guide element of the door tray and the second guide element engages with a second counter-guide element of the door tray, wherein the first guide element is arranged at a first distance from the first strut and the second guide element is arranged at a second distance from the second strut, wherein in each case the distance (400, 402) is greater than zero, and characterised in that the door tray has an actuation element for adjusting the height of the door tray, which actuation element is arranged on the upper side of the door tray.
A stent comprising: a network of elongated struts having through-openings (24, 24') in the thickness of the struts at intervals along the neutral axes of the struts, wherein the struts are provided with a beneficial agent in the through-openings (24, 24') without increasing a wall thickness of the stent, characterized by a hinge having a reduced section formed at either end of each elongated strut, the hinge permitting the stent to expand from a first diameter to a second diameter by first elastically and then plastically deforming the reduced section. a network of elongated struts having through-openings (24, 24') in the thickness of the struts at intervals along the neutral axes of the struts, wherein the struts are provided with a beneficial agent in the through-openings (24, 24') without increasing a wall thickness of the stent, characterized by a hinge having a reduced section formed at either end of each elongated strut, the hinge permitting the stent to expand from a first diameter to a second diameter by first elastically and then plastically deforming the reduced section.
Process for automatic parameterisation of a task controller controlling section-cutting means of an agricultural machine equipped with a particle-spreading device using at least two rotating discs bearing projection blades, characterised in that for at least one set of discs of said spreading device and a section N said process includes a step of calculation of the coordinates of said section N, taking account of the shape of the spreading layer, and a step of transmission of said coordinates to said task controller.
Use of (i) water, (ii) sugar and (iii) humectant for improving heat transfer to a soap, wherein the (i) water, (ii) sugar and (iii) humectant are in contact in a soap base, and wherein the soap base comprises propylene glycol in an amount of from 0% to 1% by weight of the soap base, and wherein the soap base comprises soap in an amount of from 20 to 50% by weight of the soap base.
A preparation method of a rapid composite of a long silver-graphite electrical contact material and a solder strip material, comprising the following steps: first step, making a silver-graphite ingot into a silver-graphite electrical contact sheet material by an extrusion process; second step, adding a solder strip material to the silver-graphite electrical contact sheet material and performing a sintering to composite the a solder strip material with the silver-graphite electrical contact sheet material to obtain a composite blank; and third step, performing a rolling and a heat treatment on the composite blank for one or more times to complete the composite of the long silver-graphite electrical contact material and the solder strip material. first step, making a silver-graphite ingot into a silver-graphite electrical contact sheet material by an extrusion process; second step, adding a solder strip material to the silver-graphite electrical contact sheet material and performing a sintering to composite the a solder strip material with the silver-graphite electrical contact sheet material to obtain a composite blank; and third step, performing a rolling and a heat treatment on the composite blank for one or more times to complete the composite of the long silver-graphite electrical contact material and the solder strip material.
A test bench for testing the frictional or tribological properties of at least one plain bearing or test bearing shell, said test bench comprising a rotary shaft, said bearing shell ensuring guiding of the rotary shaft when traction or compression forces are applied dynamically to said bearing shell, a lever, a bearing shell support on which the rotary shaft is placed and a connecting rod having a head mounted on the shaft by means of said bearing shell, characterized in that the test bench comprises an electromagnetic actuator suitable for applying a force that is variable over time on the connecting rod, said electromagnetic actuator cooperating with the lever forming a right angle with the connecting rod, said lever providing a multiplication of the force applied by the actuator on the connecting rod and in that the electromagnetic actuator is in the form of an electromagnetic surface holding magnet that generates a traction or compression force of between 0 and 120 kN for an air gap value of between 8 and 1 mm.
A prepreg comprising a single structural layer of electrically conductive unidirectional fibres and a first outer layer of curable resin substantially free of structural fibres, and optionally a second outer layer of curable resin substantially free of structural fibres, the sum of the thicknesses of the first and second outer resin layers at a given point having an average of at least 10 micrometres and varying over at least the range of from 50% to 120% of the average value, and wherein the first outer layer comprises electrically conductive particles; the average thickness being obtained by image analysis of sections through the prepreg, taking images of 6 slices through the prepreg and taking 56 thickness values every 300 μm (microns), and then averaging said values to arrive at the average thickness, the minimum and maximum sampled values providing the range over which the thickness varies.
A slat for fixed-wing aircraft comprising: a leading edge; a trailing edge; a chord; wherein, in order to improve the coefficient of lift and increase the stall angle of incidence, the slat further comprise an inboard edge that includes a first leg that extends from the leading edge and a second leg that extends from the first leg to the trailing edge, wherein the first leg extends to the trailing edge for at least 40% of the chord. a leading edge; a trailing edge; a chord; wherein, in order to improve the coefficient of lift and increase the stall angle of incidence, the slat further comprise an inboard edge that includes a first leg that extends from the leading edge and a second leg that extends from the first leg to the trailing edge, wherein the first leg extends to the trailing edge for at least 40% of the chord.
A damper system for a rotor, comprising: a magnetic coupling configured to magnetically engage a rotor supported by one or more primary bearings (14, 16), the magnetic coupling including a first magnet (114a-d) and a second magnet (116a-d), the first magnet (114a-d) coupled to the rotor and configured to rotate therewith; and a piston coupled to the magnetic coupling; and a damper (102, 201) engaging the piston, the damper (102, 201) being substantially non-load bearing and configured to damp the rotor such that the damper system resists radial movement of the rotor, wherein the second magnet (116a-d) is coupled to or forms at least a portion of the piston, characterized in that the first magnet (114a-d) and the second magnet (116a-d) are configured to apply radial opposing forces at radially opposing points around the rotor such that no net force is applied to the rotor when the rotor is centered in the damper system. a magnetic coupling configured to magnetically engage a rotor supported by one or more primary bearings (14, 16), the magnetic coupling including a first magnet (114a-d) and a second magnet (116a-d), the first magnet (114a-d) coupled to the rotor and configured to rotate therewith; and a piston coupled to the magnetic coupling; and a damper (102, 201) engaging the piston, the damper (102, 201) being substantially non-load bearing and configured to damp the rotor such that the damper system resists radial movement of the rotor, wherein the second magnet (116a-d) is coupled to or forms at least a portion of the piston, characterized in that the first magnet (114a-d) and the second magnet (116a-d) are configured to apply radial opposing forces at radially opposing points around the rotor such that no net force is applied to the rotor when the rotor is centered in the damper system.
An implement connectable to a work vehicle, said implement comprising an arm a fastening arrangement arranged at a first part of the arm, said fastening arrangement being connectable to the work vehicle; an attaching arrangement arranged at second part of the arm, said attaching arrangement being attachable to a tool; a second hydraulic circuit configured to carry hydraulic fluid to at least one second hydraulic function, wherein the second hydraulic function comprises a lifting function; and at least one second sensor (327; 727) arranged to obtain sensor signals at least related to the lifting function, a local control element (18; 308; 708; 808), characterized in that the implement comprises a digital interface (301; 701) to the work vehicle, wherein the local control element is arranged to receive the obtained sensor signals at least related to the lifting function, to process the received sensor signals so as to determine the load weight and to feed the determined load weight to the digital interface and wherein the digital interface (301; 701) is arranged to transfer the determined load weight to the work vehicle.
An adapter for a dispenser, the adapter comprising: a longitudinal body including: a first end configured for connection with a dip tube; and a second end configured for connection with a foam component; and a foam component; characterized in that the foam component is disposed about the second end of the longitudinal body; wherein the second end of the longitudinal body is substantially within the foam component. a longitudinal body including: a first end configured for connection with a dip tube; and a second end configured for connection with a foam component; and a first end configured for connection with a dip tube; and a second end configured for connection with a foam component; and a foam component; characterized in that the foam component is disposed about the second end of the longitudinal body; wherein the second end of the longitudinal body is substantially within the foam component.
Field chopper having a chopper drum with a drum casing on which a plurality of chopper blades are mounted, which chopper blades are each equipped with a blade body which ends in a blade cutting element, and having an arrangement for determining the sharpness of the chopper blade with a sensor which is aligned with the blade cutting element and the cutting edge, and a processing device which is connected to the sensor and can be operated to detect, if appropriate, a blunt state of the chopper blades on the basis of the signals of the sensor and to output information derived therefrom to an operator or an automatic controller for bringing about a grinding process and the duration thereof to a grinding device or can be operated to interrogate, on the basis of the signal of the sensor, a further device for sensing the sharpness of the chopper blade, characterized in that the chopper blades are equipped, on a face which is adjacent to the blade cutting element, with a hard material coating which, in the case of a sharp chopper blade, forms the cutting edge thereof and contains a material which is different from the blade body and can be sensed by the sensor or is composed of said material, and in that the sensor is sensitive to the material which is contained in the hard material coating, but not to the material of the blade body.
A process for selectively recovering silver from an electrically conducting substrate, said process comprising the following successive steps of: a) providing a system comprising: ∘ an electrically conducting substrate, comprising a first face covered with silver and a second face covered with aluminium, the first face forming a first positive electrode and the second face forming a first negative electrode, and ∘ a control device, connected to the first positive electrode and to the first negative electrode, the control device enabling the potential or current of an electrode to be controlled; b) dipping the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode into an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution being an aqueous solution comprising at least one acid and a silver complexing agent, the electrolyte solution having a pH ranging from -1 to 6; and c) applying a potential or a current to the first positive electrode or to the first negative electrode, so as to dissolve silver from the first positive electrode in the electrolyte solution and to passivate aluminium from the first negative electrode. a) providing a system comprising: ∘ an electrically conducting substrate, comprising a first face covered with silver and a second face covered with aluminium, the first face forming a first positive electrode and the second face forming a first negative electrode, and ∘ a control device, connected to the first positive electrode and to the first negative electrode, the control device enabling the potential or current of an electrode to be controlled; ∘ an electrically conducting substrate, comprising a first face covered with silver and a second face covered with aluminium, the first face forming a first positive electrode and the second face forming a first negative electrode, and ∘ a control device, connected to the first positive electrode and to the first negative electrode, the control device enabling the potential or current of an electrode to be controlled; b) dipping the first positive electrode and the first negative electrode into an electrolyte solution, the electrolyte solution being an aqueous solution comprising at least one acid and a silver complexing agent, the electrolyte solution having a pH ranging from -1 to 6; and c) applying a potential or a current to the first positive electrode or to the first negative electrode, so as to dissolve silver from the first positive electrode in the electrolyte solution and to passivate aluminium from the first negative electrode.
A laser beam welding diagnosis apparatus that performs diagnosis of a laser beam welded portion of a welded pipe welded by butting both edges of a steel strip against each other and irradiating a butted portion with a laser beam, the laser beam welding diagnosis apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to continuously capture images of a laser beam welding penetration side of the laser beam welded portion; and a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate, from an image captured by the imaging unit, a feature amount of a spatter accompanying laser beam welding penetration; characterized in that the laser beam welding diagnosis apparatus further comprises: a welding diagnosis unit configured to determine that a welding defect not resulting in penetrated welding in the laser beam welded portion has occurred when values of the feature amounts of a predetermined area corresponding to the laser beam welded portion on the obtained images become equal to or less than a predetermined value for a predetermined duration or longer; and an output unit configured to output a welding quality state including the occurrence of the welding defect. an imaging unit configured to continuously capture images of a laser beam welding penetration side of the laser beam welded portion; and a feature amount calculating unit configured to calculate, from an image captured by the imaging unit, a feature amount of a spatter accompanying laser beam welding penetration; characterized in that the laser beam welding diagnosis apparatus further comprises: a welding diagnosis unit configured to determine that a welding defect not resulting in penetrated welding in the laser beam welded portion has occurred when values of the feature amounts of a predetermined area corresponding to the laser beam welded portion on the obtained images become equal to or less than a predetermined value for a predetermined duration or longer; and an output unit configured to output a welding quality state including the occurrence of the welding defect. a welding diagnosis unit configured to determine that a welding defect not resulting in penetrated welding in the laser beam welded portion has occurred when values of the feature amounts of a predetermined area corresponding to the laser beam welded portion on the obtained images become equal to or less than a predetermined value for a predetermined duration or longer; and an output unit configured to output a welding quality state including the occurrence of the welding defect.