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A method of cleaning a print roller, comprising: providing an ultrasonic cleaning bar having at least one ultrasonic energy source; engaging the ultrasonic cleaning bar with an ink-carrying surface of the print roller, the ultrasonic cleaning bar and the ink-carrying surface defining a trough therebetween for containing a cleaning fluid; the method being characterized by executing a cleaning routine, the cleaning routine comprising filling the trough with the cleaning fluid so that the cleaning fluid contacts the ink-carrying surface; activating the ultrasonic energy source for a period of time to remove contaminants from the ink-carrying surface of the print roller so that the contaminants become suspended in the cleaning fluid; preventing cleaning fluid draining from the trough whilst the ultrasonic energy source is activated; and draining the suspension of cleaning fluid and contaminants from the trough; wherein the method comprises executing the cleaning routine at least two times in succession before cleaning of the print roller is complete. providing an ultrasonic cleaning bar having at least one ultrasonic energy source; engaging the ultrasonic cleaning bar with an ink-carrying surface of the print roller, the ultrasonic cleaning bar and the ink-carrying surface defining a trough therebetween for containing a cleaning fluid; the method being characterized by executing a cleaning routine, the cleaning routine comprising filling the trough with the cleaning fluid so that the cleaning fluid contacts the ink-carrying surface; activating the ultrasonic energy source for a period of time to remove contaminants from the ink-carrying surface of the print roller so that the contaminants become suspended in the cleaning fluid; preventing cleaning fluid draining from the trough whilst the ultrasonic energy source is activated; and draining the suspension of cleaning fluid and contaminants from the trough; filling the trough with the cleaning fluid so that the cleaning fluid contacts the ink-carrying surface; activating the ultrasonic energy source for a period of time to remove contaminants from the ink-carrying surface of the print roller so that the contaminants become suspended in the cleaning fluid; preventing cleaning fluid draining from the trough whilst the ultrasonic energy source is activated; and draining the suspension of cleaning fluid and contaminants from the trough; wherein the method comprises executing the cleaning routine at least two times in succession before cleaning of the print roller is complete.
Method for spatially arranging coils in a coil store in which a plurality of coils (1,..., 6) can be stored, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) providing electronic data about an initial storage state, which electronic data contains information about a respective initial diameter (D A) of the coils (1,..., 6) and a respective initial spatial storage position of the coils (1,..., 6) in the coil store, b) transporting a selected coil from an initial storage position to a processing machine for processing at least a portion of the sheet metal of the selected coil, c) detecting, by means of sensors, a reduced diameter of the selected coil after the portion of the sheet metal of the selected coil has been removed from the selected coil for processing by the processing machine, d) storing the reduced diameter of the selected coil, e) transporting the selected coil having the reduced diameter to a depositing storage position which, depending on the reduced diameter of the selected coil, is selected to differ from the initial storage position in a manner that saves storage space, and f) storing the depositing storage position of the selected coil. a) providing electronic data about an initial storage state, which electronic data contains information about a respective initial diameter (D A) of the coils (1,..., 6) and a respective initial spatial storage position of the coils (1,..., 6) in the coil store, b) transporting a selected coil from an initial storage position to a processing machine for processing at least a portion of the sheet metal of the selected coil, c) detecting, by means of sensors, a reduced diameter of the selected coil after the portion of the sheet metal of the selected coil has been removed from the selected coil for processing by the processing machine, d) storing the reduced diameter of the selected coil, e) transporting the selected coil having the reduced diameter to a depositing storage position which, depending on the reduced diameter of the selected coil, is selected to differ from the initial storage position in a manner that saves storage space, and f) storing the depositing storage position of the selected coil.
A method for processing a histogram of detected arrival time events output from a photosensitive sensor, the method comprising: isolating at least one parasitic light path component, wherein the isolating comprises capturing at least one cross-talk histogram comprising the at least one parasitic light path component, wherein the capturing the at least one cross-talk histogram comprises determining a parasitic light path function modelling the at least one parasitic light path component over the photosensitive sensor and histogram bins; and filtering histogram data to remove the at least one parasitic light path component from the histogram data, wherein the filtering comprises applying the parasitic light path function modelling the at least one parasitic light path component over the photosensitive sensor and histogram bins. isolating at least one parasitic light path component, wherein the isolating comprises capturing at least one cross-talk histogram comprising the at least one parasitic light path component, wherein the capturing the at least one cross-talk histogram comprises determining a parasitic light path function modelling the at least one parasitic light path component over the photosensitive sensor and histogram bins; and filtering histogram data to remove the at least one parasitic light path component from the histogram data, wherein the filtering comprises applying the parasitic light path function modelling the at least one parasitic light path component over the photosensitive sensor and histogram bins.
Pharmaceutical picking machine with at least one storage rack (2A, 2B), at least one storage and retrieval device moving in an aisle in front of the storage rack (2A, 2B) for storing drug packages in storage spaces on storage surfaces of the storage rack (2A, 2B) and for removing these drug packages from the storage surfaces, a control device for controlling the storage and retrieval device, and a filling device for successively filling a plurality of transport containers (14A, B, C) each with a group of several drug packages corresponding to one order, characterized in that the filling device comprises a plurality of fixedly arranged collecting containers (10A, 10B, 10C) each having an opening at the bottom, wherein the collecting containers can each receive a group of a plurality of drug packages corresponding to an order and have a discharge device with the aid of which all the drug packages accumulated in the collecting container (10A, 10B, 10C) can be discharged simultaneously, wherein the discharge devices each have a closing device (11A, 11B, 11C) for closing and releasing the opening at the bottom, first transport devices (17A, 17B, 17C), each having a transport channel which extends into the aisle into the access area of the at least one storage and retrieval device, into which the storage and retrieval device can dispense drug packages and which forwards the drug packages into an associated collection container (10A, 10B, 10C), each collection container (10A, 10B, 10C) being assigned a first transport device (17A, 17B, 17C), at least one second transport device is provided for receiving the unloaded accumulated drug packages of the group from a respective collecting container (10A, 10B, 10C) and for forwarding the unloaded drug packages of the group into the transport container positioned at the filling location, and a device for receiving a transport container to be filled at a filling location of the filling device, the transport container to be filled being arranged at the filling location in such a way that the packages of medicaments unloaded by means of the unloading device are directed into the transport container, wherein the at least one second transport device comprises a funnel-like guide channel with an upper and a lower opening, the upper opening being arranged below the bottom openings of all collecting containers (10A, 10B, 10C) and the lower opening being arranged above a transport container positioned at the filling location and open at the top.
A method for detecting inflammation in the urinary tract or urethra of a patient, which method comprises a) contacting leucocytes obtained from a urine sample provided by the patient with a luminescence reagent which emits light on reaction with an oxidant; b) adding an activator to stimulate the NADPH oxidase system of the leucotyes to the mixture of leucocytes and luminescence reagent; c) continuously monitoring and/or measuring light emitted by the luminescence reagent over a predetermined time period commencing before and ending after the addition of the activator, this light emission being indicative of the presence or absence of inflammation in the urinary tract or urethra of the patient. a) contacting leucocytes obtained from a urine sample provided by the patient with a luminescence reagent which emits light on reaction with an oxidant; b) adding an activator to stimulate the NADPH oxidase system of the leucotyes to the mixture of leucocytes and luminescence reagent; c) continuously monitoring and/or measuring light emitted by the luminescence reagent over a predetermined time period commencing before and ending after the addition of the activator, this light emission being indicative of the presence or absence of inflammation in the urinary tract or urethra of the patient.
A process for making an article by additive manufacturing having a resistance to dripping when burned comprising depositing a multitude of thermoplastic monofilament strands each having a diameter from 0.1 to 20.0 mm using a fused deposition modeling apparatus in a pattern and fusing the multitude of strands together to make an article of manufacture having voids therein; wherein the article of additive manufacture comprises a thermoplastic polymer composition, the article of manufacture having (a) at least 50% of the monofilament strands oriented within 45 degrees of the long part of the axis; (b) the multitude of strands is greater than 10; (c) a micro structure as measured by optical microscopy containing from 1% to 20% by volume of voids wherein at least 80% of the voids are high aspect voids and less than 20% of the voids are spherical voids with a diameter of 10 to 100 microns; and (d) wherein the thermoplastic polymer composition comprises either the combination of a thermoplastic polymer with a flame retardant compound, a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties, or a combination of a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties with a flame retardant compound.
A hydroelectric turbine comprising a stator and a shaftless rotor, the stator defining an opening in which the rotor is housed for rotation about a central axis of the rotor; a set of bearings supporting the rotor within the stator, the bearings comprising an array of bearing units on one or other of the stator and rotor and a corresponding journal on the other of the stator and rotor; characterized in that the opening is shaped and dimensioned such that the journal only contacts a small arc of the bearing units at any one time to permit the rotor to undergo displacement along the circumference of the opening in a direction opposite to that in which the rotor is rotating.
A method for operating a light of a trailer, which light uses a light diode as illuminant, by means of an outlet connection of a towing vehicle, which outlet connection is adapted to be used by an electric light bulb and is monitored by means of a towing vehicle control, wherein the current of the light diode is detected and evaluated in a circuitry connected to the outlet connection of the towing vehicle and used for controlling a light bulb simulation unit, such that an electric current of a light bulb is simulated on the side of the outlet connection by means of the light bulb simulation unit, wherein, while being operated, the circuitry is electrically coupled to the light, characterized in that the power dissipation caused by the light bulb simulation will be reduced, for which purpose the energy resulting from the power dissipation will be temporarily stored in an energy storage device provided in the circuitry and will be at least partially fed back to the towing vehicle.
An electric construction machine in which a battery storage room covered by an exterior cover is formed in a rear part of a swing structure and a plurality of batteries as electric power sources are arranged in the battery storage room, and a duct for discharging air is provided between inside the storage room and the exterior thereof, characterized in that the electric construction machine comprises: a battery storage structure storing the batteries and having an air flow channel through which air can flow upward from a lower part of the battery storage structure; a flexible covering sheet entirely covering the top and side faces of the battery storage structure; and the duct is arranged for discharging the air and has one end arranged in an upper part of the covering sheet, in the rear part of the swing structure extending in its longitudinal direction two rear beams, on which the battery storage structure is mounted, a space for taking in air being formed between said beams, the battery storage structure comprises, seen in vertical direction, plural stages of battery tables, each having plural air vents, for holding the batteries in plural stages seen in said vertical direction and in plural columns seen in horizontal direction for forming a channel for upward air flow from said space along said staged batteries towards said duct. a battery storage structure storing the batteries and having an air flow channel through which air can flow upward from a lower part of the battery storage structure; a flexible covering sheet entirely covering the top and side faces of the battery storage structure; and the duct is arranged for discharging the air and has one end arranged in an upper part of the covering sheet, in the rear part of the swing structure extending in its longitudinal direction two rear beams, on which the battery storage structure is mounted, a space for taking in air being formed between said beams, the battery storage structure comprises, seen in vertical direction, plural stages of battery tables, each having plural air vents, for holding the batteries in plural stages seen in said vertical direction and in plural columns seen in horizontal direction for forming a channel for upward air flow from said space along said staged batteries towards said duct.
An antenna comprising: a plurality of helical elements (22, 24) defining an antenna column, wherein at least one of the helical elements (22, 24) is an antenna element that is conductive; and a plurality of circumferentially disposed linear stiffener elements extending along a length of the column and being coupled to the plurality of helical elements at each location where the stiffener elements and the helical elements cross, wherein the antenna is adapted to be folded from a deployed configuration into a flattened configuration, the linear stiffener elements are adapted to be lined up and oriented on top of each other and in contact with each other along the length of the column when the antenna is in the flattened configuration, and wherein the antenna is further adapted to be rolled from the flattened configuration into a ball configuration. a plurality of helical elements (22, 24) defining an antenna column, wherein at least one of the helical elements (22, 24) is an antenna element that is conductive; and a plurality of circumferentially disposed linear stiffener elements extending along a length of the column and being coupled to the plurality of helical elements at each location where the stiffener elements and the helical elements cross, wherein the antenna is adapted to be folded from a deployed configuration into a flattened configuration, the linear stiffener elements are adapted to be lined up and oriented on top of each other and in contact with each other along the length of the column when the antenna is in the flattened configuration, and wherein the antenna is further adapted to be rolled from the flattened configuration into a ball configuration.
An apparatus comprising: an aerodynamic structure of an aircraft; a flap of the aerodynamic structure; a first spoiler of the aerodynamic structure, the first spoiler to deflect away from a first side of the aerodynamic structure; and a second spoiler on a second side of the aerodynamic structure opposite of the first side, the second spoiler to deflect away from the second side to reduce a load on at least one of the first spoiler or the flap of the aerodynamic structure, the second spoiler having a deflected height that is approximately 1 to 2.5% of a chord length of the aerodynamic structure. an aerodynamic structure of an aircraft; a flap of the aerodynamic structure; a first spoiler of the aerodynamic structure, the first spoiler to deflect away from a first side of the aerodynamic structure; and a second spoiler on a second side of the aerodynamic structure opposite of the first side, the second spoiler to deflect away from the second side to reduce a load on at least one of the first spoiler or the flap of the aerodynamic structure, the second spoiler having a deflected height that is approximately 1 to 2.5% of a chord length of the aerodynamic structure.
An array substrate, comprising: a base substrate; a first signal line, extending in a first direction and located on the base substrate; a second signal line, extending in a second direction, located on a side of the first signal line away from the base substrate, and insulated with the first signal line, the first direction and the second direction crossing with each other, wherein a side of the first signal line facing the second signal line is provided with a groove, the groove is located at a crossing region between the first signal line and the second signal line, at the crossing region, the orthographic projection of the second signal line on the base substrate completely falls into the orthographic projection of the groove on the base substrate; the first signal line further comprises a first portion and a second portion which are located on two sides of the groove in the first direction, the first portion comprises a first connection portion connected with the groove, the second portion comprises a second connection portion connected with the groove, characterized in that in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the base substrate, a width of the first signal line at the groove is greater than a width of at least one selected from the group consisting of the first connection portion and the second connection portion. a base substrate; a first signal line, extending in a first direction and located on the base substrate; a second signal line, extending in a second direction, located on a side of the first signal line away from the base substrate, and insulated with the first signal line, the first direction and the second direction crossing with each other, wherein a side of the first signal line facing the second signal line is provided with a groove, the groove is located at a crossing region between the first signal line and the second signal line, at the crossing region, the orthographic projection of the second signal line on the base substrate completely falls into the orthographic projection of the groove on the base substrate; the first signal line further comprises a first portion and a second portion which are located on two sides of the groove in the first direction, the first portion comprises a first connection portion connected with the groove, the second portion comprises a second connection portion connected with the groove, characterized in that in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the base substrate, a width of the first signal line at the groove is greater than a width of at least one selected from the group consisting of the first connection portion and the second connection portion.
A sensor cleaning device comprising: a first valve to move fluid from a first end to a second end of the first valve; a second valve to control airflow from an air compressor; a set of fluid nozzles to eject the fluid onto a lens of a sensor; and a housing structure coupled to the first valve, the second valve, and the set of fluid nozzles, the housing structure comprising: (i) a first channel to channel the fluid from the second end of the first valve to the set of fluid nozzles, (ii) an expansion chamber, (iii) a second channel to channel air from the second valve to the expansion chamber, and (iv) a slit opening to eject air from the expansion chamber to the lens of the sensor; wherein the expansion chamber is arranged to allow air from the second channel to fill up so as to increase the pressure of the air within the expansion chamber before the air is ejected from the slit opening. a first valve to move fluid from a first end to a second end of the first valve; a second valve to control airflow from an air compressor; a set of fluid nozzles to eject the fluid onto a lens of a sensor; and a housing structure coupled to the first valve, the second valve, and the set of fluid nozzles, the housing structure comprising: (i) a first channel to channel the fluid from the second end of the first valve to the set of fluid nozzles, (ii) an expansion chamber, (iii) a second channel to channel air from the second valve to the expansion chamber, and (iv) a slit opening to eject air from the expansion chamber to the lens of the sensor; wherein the expansion chamber is arranged to allow air from the second channel to fill up so as to increase the pressure of the air within the expansion chamber before the air is ejected from the slit opening.
An electrical or electronic circuit or circuit modules including a metal-ceramic substrate in the form of a printed circuit board comprising at least one ceramic layer having first and second surface sides (2a, 2b) being provided on at least one of said surface sides (2a, 2b) with a metallization (3, 4), the ceramic material forming the ceramic layer including aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and yttrium oxide, characterized in that aluminium oxide, zirconium dioxide and yttrium oxide are included in the ceramic layer in the following proportions, relative to the total weight thereof: zirconium dioxide between 2 and 15 percent by weight; yttrium oxide between 0.01 and 1 percent by weight and aluminium oxide between 84 and 97 percent by weight, wherein the averaged grain size of the aluminium oxide used is between 2 and 8 micrometers and the ratio of the length of the grain boundaries of the aluminium oxide grains and the total length of all grain boundaries is greater than 0.6, wherein the ceramic layer has a thermal conductivity greater than 25 W/mK, characterized in that the metallization has a layer thickness between 0.05 mm and 1.2 mm. zirconium dioxide between 2 and 15 percent by weight; yttrium oxide between 0.01 and 1 percent by weight and aluminium oxide between 84 and 97 percent by weight,