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A rheology system comprising: a rheometer comprising a lower plate and an upper plate; a manipulator comprising an arm; a loading end effector; a cleaning end effector; and a controller communicatively coupled to the rheometer and the manipulator, the controller comprising a processor and a computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to: direct the manipulator to couple the loading end effector to the arm; direct the manipulator to engage a specimen with the loading end effector; direct the manipulator to position the specimen on the lower plate of the rheometer; direct the upper plate to engage the specimen between the upper plate and the lower plate; direct the manipulator to uncouple the loading end effector from the arm; direct the manipulator to couple the cleaning end effector to the arm; and direct the manipulator to engage the lower plate with the cleaning end effector. a rheometer comprising a lower plate and an upper plate; a manipulator comprising an arm; a loading end effector; a cleaning end effector; and a controller communicatively coupled to the rheometer and the manipulator, the controller comprising a processor and a computer readable and executable instruction set, which when executed, causes the processor to: direct the manipulator to couple the loading end effector to the arm; direct the manipulator to engage a specimen with the loading end effector; direct the manipulator to position the specimen on the lower plate of the rheometer; direct the upper plate to engage the specimen between the upper plate and the lower plate; direct the manipulator to uncouple the loading end effector from the arm; direct the manipulator to couple the cleaning end effector to the arm; and direct the manipulator to engage the lower plate with the cleaning end effector. direct the manipulator to couple the loading end effector to the arm; direct the manipulator to engage a specimen with the loading end effector; direct the manipulator to position the specimen on the lower plate of the rheometer; direct the upper plate to engage the specimen between the upper plate and the lower plate; direct the manipulator to uncouple the loading end effector from the arm; direct the manipulator to couple the cleaning end effector to the arm; and direct the manipulator to engage the lower plate with the cleaning end effector.
Process for welding pipe connections for high temperature applications, particularly in power plants, comprising a first pipe section and a second pipe section, wherein the first pipe section is made of a ferritic material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and wherein the second pipe section is made of an austenitic material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, which is different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion; the process comprising the steps of: - axially aligning the first and second pipe sections (12, 14) to be connected; characterized in that the process further comprises the steps of: - making an at least partially V-shaped welding groove open radially inwards - filling the welding groove with a weld joint filler material of austenitic material and forming a weld joint by performing an inside welding process inside the first and second pipe sections (12, 14) to be connected; wherein the austenitic filler material has a third coefficient of thermal expansion which is closer to the second coefficient of thermal expansion with respect to the first coefficient of thermal expansion of the material of the first pipe section; wherein the inside welding process is performed such that the weld joint has a first fusion line along the first pipe section and the weld joint and a second fusion line along the second pipe section and the weld joint. - axially aligning the first and second pipe sections (12, 14) to be connected; - making an at least partially V-shaped welding groove open radially inwards - filling the welding groove with a weld joint filler material of austenitic material and forming a weld joint by performing an inside welding process inside the first and second pipe sections (12, 14) to be connected; wherein the austenitic filler material has a third coefficient of thermal expansion which is closer to the second coefficient of thermal expansion with respect to the first coefficient of thermal expansion of the material of the first pipe section; wherein the inside welding process is performed such that the weld joint has a first fusion line along the first pipe section and the weld joint and a second fusion line along the second pipe section and the weld joint.
A computer-implemented process performed by a processor in a computer operating as an access point device, comprising: connecting with a client device over a first connection using a low power communication device, the connecting comprising: accessing a shared secret stored on shared storage, the shared secret and shared storage being accessible over a computer network by the access point device and by the client device, authenticating the client device using the shared secret using communication over the low power communication device, and in response to authenticating the client device, automatically establishing the first connection over the low power communication device; receiving, over the connection using the low power communication device, a message from the client device instructing the access point device to activate a high power radio in the access point device; connecting with the client device over a second connection using the high power radio; initiating sharing of a network connection of the access point device with the client device using the second connection on the high power radio. connecting with a client device over a first connection using a low power communication device, the connecting comprising: accessing a shared secret stored on shared storage, the shared secret and shared storage being accessible over a computer network by the access point device and by the client device, authenticating the client device using the shared secret using communication over the low power communication device, and in response to authenticating the client device, automatically establishing the first connection over the low power communication device; receiving, over the connection using the low power communication device, a message from the client device instructing the access point device to activate a high power radio in the access point device; connecting with the client device over a second connection using the high power radio; initiating sharing of a network connection of the access point device with the client device using the second connection on the high power radio. accessing a shared secret stored on shared storage, the shared secret and shared storage being accessible over a computer network by the access point device and by the client device, authenticating the client device using the shared secret using communication over the low power communication device, and in response to authenticating the client device, automatically establishing the first connection over the low power communication device; receiving, over the connection using the low power communication device, a message from the client device instructing the access point device to activate a high power radio in the access point device; connecting with the client device over a second connection using the high power radio; initiating sharing of a network connection of the access point device with the client device using the second connection on the high power radio.
A freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition comprising (a) from 20 wt% to 80 wt%, based on the total weight of the freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition, of at least one anti-freezing compound selected from the group consisting of glycerin alkoxylate, pentaerythritol alkoxylate, sorbitol alkoxylate, and mixtures thereof; and (b) from 20 wt% to 80 wt%, based on the total weight of the freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition, of at least one emulsifier wherein the at least one emulsifier comprises a C12 to C14 primary or secondary alkoxylate, castor oil ethoxylate, ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer, butylene oxide, or a mixture thereof; wherein the freeze-thaw stabilizer additive composition provides a paint formulation having a stability such that the change in viscosity of the paint formulation is from 0 percent to less than 10 percent after the formulation is subjected to the Freeze-Thaw Stability Test described in GB/T-9168-2008, when the viscosity of the paint formulation is measured at 23 °C using a Stormer Viscometer before and after the Freeze-Thaw Stability Test.
An apparatus for an ink jet printer, the apparatus comprising: a first opening defining a first print area of the ink jet printer; and a frame about the first opening configured to receive overspray from operation of the ink jet printer; characterized in that the frame is formed of a woven material having a coating with low adhesion with ink. a first opening defining a first print area of the ink jet printer; and a frame about the first opening configured to receive overspray from operation of the ink jet printer; characterized in that the frame is formed of a woven material having a coating with low adhesion with ink.
A planar waveguide laser device that forms a waveguide by a plate-like laser medium having birefringence and a clad (2a, 2b) attached to at least one of the surfaces of the laser medium perpendicular to a thickness direction thereof, and is arranged to amplify laser light by a gain produced by excitation light incident on the laser medium, and to perform laser oscillation, wherein the laser medium is formed of a birefringent material that has an optic axis perpendicular to a light axis that is a direction in which the laser light travels, wherein said optic axis is a direction in which the refractive index is unique in the laser medium, and wherein the clad (2a, 2b) is formed of a material having a refractive index in a range between refractive indexes of the laser medium in the direction of said optic axis and in the direction orthogonal to both said optic axis and said light axis, characterized in that a surface of the clad (2a, 2b) opposite to a surface attached to the laser medium is a roughened surface that scatters the laser light or an absorption layer (5a, 5b) that absorbs the laser light is further arranged on a surface of the clad (2a, 2b) opposite to a surface attached to the laser medium, wherein the absorption layer (5a, 5b) is any one of chromium, titanium, and Cr 4+:YAG.
A robot capable of autonomously navigating through a warehouse among a plurality of other robots and a plurality of human operators, wherein the robots are configured to execute orders on items at locations in the warehouse with the assistance of the human operators, the robot comprising: A mobile base unit to propel the robot through the warehouse to locations corresponding to items in an order to be executed; A display device associated with the mobile base unit having a display area to allow the human operators to interact with the robot, wherein the display device includes an input device for enabling an operator of the plurality of human operators to select one of the other robots to assist in executing an order; A processor, in communication with the display device, configured to display on a first portion of the display area information corresponding to an item on which the operator is to assist the robot execute the order at a first location; the processor further configured to display on a second portion of the display area a plan view of all or a portion of the warehouse, including shelving units and icons representing other robots within a predetermined area surrounding the first location, wherein the icons of the other robots each include a status indicator to allow the operator to select a next robot of the other robots to assist in executing an order; said processor being in communication with a management server configured to change the status of the robot selected by the operator to indicate that said other robot has been selected by the operator, the status indicators of the other robots being received from the management server. A mobile base unit to propel the robot through the warehouse to locations corresponding to items in an order to be executed; A display device associated with the mobile base unit having a display area to allow the human operators to interact with the robot, wherein the display device includes an input device for enabling an operator of the plurality of human operators to select one of the other robots to assist in executing an order; A processor, in communication with the display device, configured to display on a first portion of the display area information corresponding to an item on which the operator is to assist the robot execute the order at a first location; the processor further configured to display on a second portion of the display area a plan view of all or a portion of the warehouse, including shelving units and icons representing other robots within a predetermined area surrounding the first location, wherein the icons of the other robots each include a status indicator to allow the operator to select a next robot of the other robots to assist in executing an order; said processor being in communication with a management server configured to change the status of the robot selected by the operator to indicate that said other robot has been selected by the operator, the status indicators of the other robots being received from the management server.
High pressure cleaning appliance having a pump for conveying a cleaning liquid, wherein the pump comprises a suction conduit and a pressure conduit and a check valve is arranged in the pressure conduit, and wherein the pump comprises an overflow valve which, in dependence on the pressure of the cleaning liquid prevailing in the pressure conduit, unblocks a flow path via an overflow conduit for discharging cleaning liquid from the pressure conduit, wherein the overflow valve comprises a closing body which, in a closing position, abuts in a liquid-tight manner against a valve seat, and which is moveable against the closing force of a closing spring into an open position at a distance from the valve seat and which is connected by way of a valve rod to a control piston that is displaceably held in a control chamber and is able to be acted upon with pressurized cleaning liquid, and wherein the control piston subdivides the control chamber into an outlet pressure chamber and an overflow chamber, wherein the outlet pressure chamber is connected by way of a pressure channel to a region of the pressure conduit arranged downstream from the check valve and has a first passage opening, and wherein the overflow chamber is connected by way of a conduit portion of the overflow conduit to a region of the pressure conduit arranged upstream from the check valve and has a second passage opening that forms the valve seat, wherein the two passage openings (96, 80) are of different size, characterized in that the first passage opening is passed through in a liquid-tight manner by a piston rod fixed to the control piston and the control piston is able to be acted upon on its side facing toward the larger passage opening by the closing force of the closing spring.
A system for capturing a sample gas for analysis, comprising: an accumulator, wherein the accumulator comprises a chamber, and wherein the chamber comprises a sample side and a pressure side, and further wherein the sample side can contain a variable volume of the sample gas, and wherein a volume of the sample gas is fed to the accumulator; and an analyzer, wherein an aliquot of the sample gas is withdrawn from the accumulator and fed to the analyzer, and wherein the analyzer (150 analyzes a desired component of the sample gas, characterized in that the accumulator is adapted to allow the transfer of sample gas at constant pressure, and in that the chamber comprises a chamber separator that separates the sample side from the pressure side and prevents flow of gas between the sample side and the pressure side, and wherein the chamber separator comprises a flexible membrane that is impermeable by gas. an accumulator, wherein the accumulator comprises a chamber, and wherein the chamber comprises a sample side and a pressure side, and further wherein the sample side can contain a variable volume of the sample gas, and wherein a volume of the sample gas is fed to the accumulator; and an analyzer, wherein an aliquot of the sample gas is withdrawn from the accumulator and fed to the analyzer, and wherein the analyzer (150 analyzes a desired component of the sample gas, characterized in that the accumulator is adapted to allow the transfer of sample gas at constant pressure, and in that the chamber comprises a chamber separator that separates the sample side from the pressure side and prevents flow of gas between the sample side and the pressure side, and wherein the chamber separator comprises a flexible membrane that is impermeable by gas.
A radio communication method in which a mobile station receives signaling information transmitted by a base station via a shared control channel, detects a presence/absence of data addressed to the mobile station, demodulates a shared data channel when the data is present, and receives data transmitted by the base station, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting, from the base station to the mobile station, a synchronization request specifying a signature via the shared control channel; transmitting, at the mobile station, a data series configured of a part or all of the signature specified by the synchronization request, as a response to the synchronization request, via a random access channel; generating, at the base station, timing advance information when receiving the data series, and transmitting, from the base station to the mobile station, the timing advance information; and adjusting, at the mobile station, a transmission timing of uplink data based on the timing advance information. transmitting, from the base station to the mobile station, a synchronization request specifying a signature via the shared control channel; transmitting, at the mobile station, a data series configured of a part or all of the signature specified by the synchronization request, as a response to the synchronization request, via a random access channel; generating, at the base station, timing advance information when receiving the data series, and transmitting, from the base station to the mobile station, the timing advance information; and adjusting, at the mobile station, a transmission timing of uplink data based on the timing advance information.
Safety system for vehicle occupants, having at least one sensor (13, 14, 15), at least one actuator (17, 18, 19) and at least one control device and having output stages (11E, 11F) for controlling the at least one actuator (17, 18, 19), wherein the safety system comprises means for activating actuators (17, 18, 19) which are not activated by an accident, wherein switching means (11A, 11B, 11C, 11D) are provided and enable the output stages (11E, 11F) for controlling the at least one actuator (17, 18, 19) for a predefinable first period (enable time), characterized in that the switching means (11A, 11B, 11C, 11D) enable the output stages (11E, 11F) again during a second period (t1-t2; t1-t3) upon expiry of the first period (t0-t1).
An earphone comprising: an acoustic driver; a housing containing the acoustic driver; and an ear interface comprising: a body portion, removable from the earphone, that fits beneath the tragus and anti-tragus and has a surface that rests against the concha of a user's ear when worn by the user, an outlet extending from the body portion and shaped to enter and seal the user's ear canal with minimal pressure when worn by the user so that the outlet is not relied upon to provide retention of the earphone in the ear, and a positioning and retaining structure extending from the body portion and terminating at an extremity, wherein the positioning and retaining structure is arranged for contacting the antihelix of the user's ear along a length of the positioning and retaining structure when the ear interface is fit into the user's ear, and the extremity of the positioning and retaining structure seats under the base of the helix of the user's ear. an acoustic driver; a housing containing the acoustic driver; and an ear interface comprising: a body portion, removable from the earphone, that fits beneath the tragus and anti-tragus and has a surface that rests against the concha of a user's ear when worn by the user, an outlet extending from the body portion and shaped to enter and seal the user's ear canal with minimal pressure when worn by the user so that the outlet is not relied upon to provide retention of the earphone in the ear, and a positioning and retaining structure extending from the body portion and terminating at an extremity, wherein the positioning and retaining structure is arranged for contacting the antihelix of the user's ear along a length of the positioning and retaining structure when the ear interface is fit into the user's ear, and the extremity of the positioning and retaining structure seats under the base of the helix of the user's ear. a body portion, removable from the earphone, that fits beneath the tragus and anti-tragus and has a surface that rests against the concha of a user's ear when worn by the user, an outlet extending from the body portion and shaped to enter and seal the user's ear canal with minimal pressure when worn by the user so that the outlet is not relied upon to provide retention of the earphone in the ear, and a positioning and retaining structure extending from the body portion and terminating at an extremity, wherein the positioning and retaining structure is arranged for contacting the antihelix of the user's ear along a length of the positioning and retaining structure when the ear interface is fit into the user's ear, and the extremity of the positioning and retaining structure seats under the base of the helix of the user's ear.
A turbomachine comprising: an endwall with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, radially extending blades extending from the endwall, wherein a first one of the blades defines a pressure surface of a flow channel, a second one of the blades defines a suction surface of the flow channel, and the endwall defines an inner surface of the flow channel, and wherein the endwall includes a radially raised portion that is raised proximate the suction surface, wherein the apex of the raised portion is closer to the suction surface than to the pressure surface, and a radially depressed portion downstream of the raised portion, wherein the depressed portion extends axially through the flow channel from an outlet of the channel defined by trailing edges of the blades to a point over half of the way upstream toward an inlet defined by leading edges of the blades, wherein the endwall includes a radially neutral portion between the apex of the raised portion and the pressure surface that conforms to a shape of a nominal axisymmetric flow path, wherein the neutral portion is substantially neutral in radial elevation, extending from the pressure surface to a midway point between the pressure surface and the suction surface circumferentially, wherein the raised portion is axially positioned in its entirety between said inlet and said outlet.
A colour-coded security marker containing a plurality of preselected colour features (704a-704d) having known and preselected spectral characteristics (108a-108c) knowingly discernible under incident narrowband electromagnetic wavelengths selected from a range between about middle/near ultraviolet to about near infra-red, the spectral characteristics producing unique and known spectral signatures knowingly attributed to the colour-coded security marker.