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A drilling method comprising: a) running a drill string including a bottom hole assembly (10, 400, 500) part way into a bore; then b) pumping fluid through the drill string; then c) running the drill string further into the bore; then d) reconfiguring a check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) located in the BHA (10, 400, 500) from a running configuration, in which a valve member (70, 232, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) permits flow both up and down the drill string, to a drilling configuration in which the valve member (70, 232, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) permits flow down through the drill string but prevents flow up through the drill string, wherein the valve member (70, 323, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) is reconfigured by translating an activating device (40, 240, 354) from surface to engage with the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) and releasing a locking mechanism which retains the valve member (70, 232, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) in the running configuration; then e) pumping fluid through the drill string and the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) in the drilling configuration to open the valve member of the check valve arrangement; and then f) drilling the bore. a) running a drill string including a bottom hole assembly (10, 400, 500) part way into a bore; then b) pumping fluid through the drill string; then c) running the drill string further into the bore; then d) reconfiguring a check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) located in the BHA (10, 400, 500) from a running configuration, in which a valve member (70, 232, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) permits flow both up and down the drill string, to a drilling configuration in which the valve member (70, 232, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) permits flow down through the drill string but prevents flow up through the drill string, wherein the valve member (70, 323, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) is reconfigured by translating an activating device (40, 240, 354) from surface to engage with the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) and releasing a locking mechanism which retains the valve member (70, 232, 234, 332) of the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) in the running configuration; then e) pumping fluid through the drill string and the check valve arrangement (20, 220, 320, 420, 520) in the drilling configuration to open the valve member of the check valve arrangement; and then f) drilling the bore.
Method of producing a weighing system for an upper-pan weighing machine according to the principle of electromagnetic force compensation, comprising - a region fixed relative to a housing, - a load receiver movably connected by two guides (3, 4) with the region fixed relative to a housing, - a translation lever, - a material thin location or a material thin location pair (11/11') for mounting the translation lever and - a coupling element which transfers the force from the load receiver to the short lever arm of the translation lever, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - providing a block material and - integral machining out the load receiver, the region fixed relative to a housing, the guides (3, 4), the coupling element, the translation lever and the material thin location or material thin location pair (11/11') from the material block, wherein the translation lever during the step of integral machining out is connected by way of at least one further, fixing thin location with the region fixed relative to a housing and this further, fixing thin location or further fixing thin locations is or are separated at the end of the step of integral machining out, characterised in that at least two material thin locations (11, 12) or material thin location pairs (11/11'; 12/12') are arranged adjacent to one another in longitudinal direction of the translation lever at a spacing so that in principle they are usable for mounting the translation lever, wherein, however, all apart from one material thin location (11; 12) or one material thin location pair (11/11'; 12/12') as fixing thin location or locations are separated so that through selection of the material thin location (11; 12) which is not separated or the material thin location pair (11/11'; 12/12') which is not separated exactly one of at least two selectable translation ratios of the translation lever is realised. - a region fixed relative to a housing, - a load receiver movably connected by two guides (3, 4) with the region fixed relative to a housing, - a translation lever, - a material thin location or a material thin location pair (11/11') for mounting the translation lever and - a coupling element which transfers the force from the load receiver to the short lever arm of the translation lever, - providing a block material and - integral machining out the load receiver, the region fixed relative to a housing, the guides (3, 4), the coupling element, the translation lever and the material thin location or material thin location pair (11/11') from the material block,
A THz imaging device for real-time measurement of properties of a multiphase flow flowing in a pipeline, the THz imaging device comprising a THz imaging subsystem having - a THz source configured to be arranged at the pipeline and to irradiate the multiphase flow with THz radiation at an operating frequency selected from a THz frequency range above 0.1 THz and below 10 THz, - a THz camera comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels, the THz camera being configured to be placed parallel to the multiphase flow direction for sandwiching the pipeline together with the THz source and for receiving the THz radiation transmitted through the multiphase flow to capture a two-dimensional THz image of the multiphase flow, and - an image processing module configured to process the captured two-dimensional THz image for measuring the multiphase flow, wherein the measured multiphase flow comprises at least one of oil, water, gas and solid contaminants. - a THz source configured to be arranged at the pipeline and to irradiate the multiphase flow with THz radiation at an operating frequency selected from a THz frequency range above 0.1 THz and below 10 THz, - a THz camera comprising a two-dimensional array of pixels, the THz camera being configured to be placed parallel to the multiphase flow direction for sandwiching the pipeline together with the THz source and for receiving the THz radiation transmitted through the multiphase flow to capture a two-dimensional THz image of the multiphase flow, and - an image processing module configured to process the captured two-dimensional THz image for measuring the multiphase flow,
A heating system, comprising: at least one magnetic module, wherein each magnetic module is configured to generate a magnetic field; and a conductive fluid transportation network comprising: a conductive fluid, and one or more heating sections, wherein the conductive fluid is configured to flow through at least the one or more heating sections of the conductive fluid transportation network, wherein the heating system is configured to cause relative movement between the at least one magnetic module and the one or more heating sections thereby generating a variable magnetic flux in the conductive fluid in the one or more heating sections resulting in eddy currents in the conductive fluid, wherein the generated eddy currents heat the conductive fluid in the one or more heating sections. at least one magnetic module, wherein each magnetic module is configured to generate a magnetic field; and a conductive fluid transportation network comprising: a conductive fluid, and one or more heating sections, wherein the conductive fluid is configured to flow through at least the one or more heating sections of the conductive fluid transportation network, a conductive fluid, and one or more heating sections, wherein the conductive fluid is configured to flow through at least the one or more heating sections of the conductive fluid transportation network, wherein the heating system is configured to cause relative movement between the at least one magnetic module and the one or more heating sections thereby generating a variable magnetic flux in the conductive fluid in the one or more heating sections resulting in eddy currents in the conductive fluid, wherein the generated eddy currents heat the conductive fluid in the one or more heating sections.
Noria-like transport device for supporting plates for bakery products or the like, comprising supporting means for said plates, cooperating, on either side of a vertical median plane, with a driving means, each driving means comprising at least a chain (5a, 5b), a belt or the like, and describing a looped circuit so as to define an ascending column of supporting means and a descending column of supporting means, the supporting means being defined by at least one pair of angle brackets (3a, 3b) on which the lateral edges of a supporting plate can rest, said transport device including synchronized operating means (10, 11) for said driving means and a loading and unloading conveyor extending at least under the ascending column and the descending column between said driving means (5a, 5b), the device being characterized in that: - each driving means (5a, 5b) includes at least one connecting support (12a, 12b) articulated about a horizontal axis (13a, 13b) of at least one angle bracket(3a, 3b), - said device includes means for maintaining and guiding (15a, 15b) said angle brackets (3a, 3b) in a substantially horizontal plane at least in a transfer portion from the ascending column to the descending column along the circuit traveled by each driving means. - each driving means (5a, 5b) includes at least one connecting support (12a, 12b) articulated about a horizontal axis (13a, 13b) of at least one angle bracket(3a, 3b), - said device includes means for maintaining and guiding (15a, 15b) said angle brackets (3a, 3b) in a substantially horizontal plane at least in a transfer portion from the ascending column to the descending column along the circuit traveled by each driving means.
A first radio station configured to serve a first cell, comprising: a transceiver configured to communicate with a radio terminal; and at least one processor configured to: support Dual Connectivity using the first cell and a second cell served by a second radio station; transmit, to the radio terminal configured to perform the Dual Connectivity, using the transceiver, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, message which includes a first period and a second period, wherein the first period is related to uplink transmission in the first cell by the radio terminal and the second period is related to uplink transmission in the second cell by the radio terminal; and transmit, using the transceiver, information for instructing the radio terminal to start the first period in the first cell. a transceiver configured to communicate with a radio terminal; and at least one processor configured to: support Dual Connectivity using the first cell and a second cell served by a second radio station; transmit, to the radio terminal configured to perform the Dual Connectivity, using the transceiver, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, message which includes a first period and a second period, wherein the first period is related to uplink transmission in the first cell by the radio terminal and the second period is related to uplink transmission in the second cell by the radio terminal; and transmit, using the transceiver, information for instructing the radio terminal to start the first period in the first cell. support Dual Connectivity using the first cell and a second cell served by a second radio station; transmit, to the radio terminal configured to perform the Dual Connectivity, using the transceiver, a Radio Resource Control, RRC, message which includes a first period and a second period, wherein the first period is related to uplink transmission in the first cell by the radio terminal and the second period is related to uplink transmission in the second cell by the radio terminal; and transmit, using the transceiver, information for instructing the radio terminal to start the first period in the first cell.
A laser surgical system, comprising: i. a pulsed laser (1010; 2130; 9100) to produce a laser beam of laser pulses; ii. an optics module (1020; 2140; 4100; 5100/5200/5600;6410/6420/6430/6440/ 5600/7100) configured to receive the laser beam, to focus and direct the laser beam onto a target tissue, the target tissue being a lens of an eye, to photodisrupt the lens; and to scan the laser beam over a scanning depth range of the surgical system, which spans the distance of the epithelium to the crystalline lens of the eye; iii. an applanation plate (2150; 2240; 3300; 4200) operable to be in contact with the eye to produce an interface and to transmit laser pulses to the target and reflected or scattered light or sound from the target through the interface; iv. an Optical Coherence Tomography imaging device (1030; 2200; 2230/4100; 5300) configured to direct OCT light to and capture reflected OCT light from the lens of the eye, and to create an image of wherein the distance between the lens and cornea is identifiable; and v. a system control module (1040; 2120; 3100; 6100; 9200) configured to process imaging information on the image from the imaging device and to control the optics module to adjust the laser beam focus to the lens of the eye based on the imaging information, wherein the optics module comprises a surgical laser beam scanner located in an optical path of the laser beam to scan the surgical laser beam without scanning the OCT light, characterised in that the OCT imaging device includes a second beam scanner. i. a pulsed laser (1010; 2130; 9100) to produce a laser beam of laser pulses; ii. an optics module (1020; 2140; 4100; 5100/5200/5600;6410/6420/6430/6440/ 5600/7100) configured to receive the laser beam, to focus and direct the laser beam onto a target tissue, the target tissue being a lens of an eye, to photodisrupt the lens; and to scan the laser beam over a scanning depth range of the surgical system, which spans the distance of the epithelium to the crystalline lens of the eye; iii. an applanation plate (2150; 2240; 3300; 4200) operable to be in contact with the eye to produce an interface and to transmit laser pulses to the target and reflected or scattered light or sound from the target through the interface; iv. an Optical Coherence Tomography imaging device (1030; 2200; 2230/4100; 5300) configured to direct OCT light to and capture reflected OCT light from the lens of the eye, and to create an image of wherein the distance between the lens and cornea is identifiable; and v. a system control module (1040; 2120; 3100; 6100; 9200) configured to process imaging information on the image from the imaging device and to control the optics module to adjust the laser beam focus to the lens of the eye based on the imaging information, wherein the optics module comprises a surgical laser beam scanner located in an optical path of the laser beam to scan the surgical laser beam without scanning the OCT light, characterised in that the OCT imaging device includes a second beam scanner.
A crawler device comprising: a wheel support extending in a front-rear direction; wheels respectively rotatably supported at a front portion and a rear portion of the wheel support; and a crawler belt made of an endless elastic material, the crawler belt run around the wheels at the front and rear portions of the wheel support, each of the wheels comprising a rigid wheel body and an exterior part made of an elastic material, the exterior part fixed to an outer periphery of the wheel body; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the exterior part comprises a base portion and raised portions (22x, 22y), the base portion fixed to the outer periphery of the wheel body, the raised portions (22x, 22y) formed in an outer periphery of the base portion such that the raised portions (22x, 22y) continuously extend in a width direction and are arranged in a circumferential direction spaced from each other; drain grooves extending through the exterior part in the width direction are formed between the raised portions (22x, 22y); top surfaces of the raised portions (22x, 22y) of the exterior part of the wheel surface contact an inner peripheral surface of the crawler belt with a frictional force working therebetween; and, restriction members (41, 42, 43, 44; 46) are provided in the wheel support or the wheel bodies to stop opposite side edges of the crawler belt, thereby restricting the crawler belt from being displaced with respect to the wheels in the width direction. a wheel support extending in a front-rear direction; wheels respectively rotatably supported at a front portion and a rear portion of the wheel support; and a crawler belt made of an endless elastic material, the crawler belt run around the wheels at the front and rear portions of the wheel support, each of the wheels comprising a rigid wheel body and an exterior part made of an elastic material, the exterior part fixed to an outer periphery of the wheel body; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the exterior part comprises a base portion and raised portions (22x, 22y), the base portion fixed to the outer periphery of the wheel body, the raised portions (22x, 22y) formed in an outer periphery of the base portion such that the raised portions (22x, 22y) continuously extend in a width direction and are arranged in a circumferential direction spaced from each other; drain grooves extending through the exterior part in the width direction are formed between the raised portions (22x, 22y); top surfaces of the raised portions (22x, 22y) of the exterior part of the wheel surface contact an inner peripheral surface of the crawler belt with a frictional force working therebetween; and, restriction members (41, 42, 43, 44; 46) are provided in the wheel support or the wheel bodies to stop opposite side edges of the crawler belt, thereby restricting the crawler belt from being displaced with respect to the wheels in the width direction.
Control unit for an elevator system, the control unit having a cabin operating panel to be installed in an elevator cabin of the elevator system and a key detection module to be installed in the elevator cabin, the cabin operating panel having buttons for controlling the elevator system and the key detection module being used to detect a mechanical key based on the shape thereof, the control unit further having an authorization management, by means of which authorization for carrying out at least one control function of the elevator system can be assigned to a key, characterized in that the cabin operating panel has a touchscreen for displaying at least one button, this button being displayed based on the authorization assigned to the key by the authorization management for carrying out a control function, and the cabin operating panel having a glass plate which has a through-opening through which a key can be inserted into the key detection module, and the glass plate forming a surface of the touchscreen.
Connecting device for connecting at least two electric cables (5a, 5b, 5c) to an electric machine of a vehicle, with a housing and at least two contact elements (4a, 4b, 4c), wherein at least two first openings (7a, 7b, 7c) for the passage of one of the cables (5a, 5b, 5c) in each case are arranged in a housing wall so that all cables (5a, 5b, 5c) routed in a first direction through the first openings (7a, 7b, 7c) into the housing and and running onwards in the first direction in a straight line within the housing each meet precisely one contact element (4a, 4b, 4c), characterised in that at least two second openings (8a, 8b, 8c) for the passage of one of the cables (5a, 5b, 5c) in each case are arranged in the housing wall so that, of the cables routed in a second direction through the second openings (8a, 8b, 8c) into the housing and running onwards in the second direction in a straight line within the housing, exclusively one directly meets precisely one of the contact elements and is able to be connected electrically to said element and all remaining cables (5a, 5b) are able to be electrically connected to one of the remaining contact elements (4a, 4b) by means of a conductor bar (9a, 9b) in each case, wherein the second direction is essentially at right angles to the first direction.
A refrigeration system, comprising: a compressor, a condenser, an economizer, a throttle valve, and an evaporator which are connected via a pipeline; a first air path, a first valve and a pneumatic valve that comprises a valve body and a drive air chamber, an air outlet of the economizer being connected to an interstage air inlet of the compressor via the valve body, and the drive air chamber being connected to a low pressure portion of the refrigeration system via the first air path, the lower pressure portion having a pressure lower than that in the economizer; wherein the first valve for controlling on/off of the first air path is disposed on the first air path.
A method of registering a network device, comprising: in a respective slave device of a plurality of slave devices coupled to a master device: receiving beacon messages from the master device, the beacon messages specifying dedicated upstream time slots for the respective slave device, dedicated downstream time slots for the respective slave device, and contention-based time slots; during a contention-based time slot, transmitting an association request to the master device; during a first dedicated downstream time slot, receiving an association response from the master device; in response to receiving the association response, transmitting an authentication request to the master device during a dedicated upstream time slot; and receiving an authentication response from the master device during a second dedicated downstream time slot. receiving beacon messages from the master device, the beacon messages specifying dedicated upstream time slots for the respective slave device, dedicated downstream time slots for the respective slave device, and contention-based time slots; during a contention-based time slot, transmitting an association request to the master device; during a first dedicated downstream time slot, receiving an association response from the master device; in response to receiving the association response, transmitting an authentication request to the master device during a dedicated upstream time slot; and receiving an authentication response from the master device during a second dedicated downstream time slot.