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A method for monitoring a beam guiding optics in a laser machining head during laser material machining, wherein - a physical parameter of at least one optical element of the beam guiding optics that correlates with the degree of soiling of the at least one optical element, is measured during laser material machining, - the focal position is detected for focal position control, - the measured focal position is compensated for as long as the measured value of the physical parameter of the at least one optical element of the beam guiding optics has not yet reached an associated critical value, and - an error signal is output when the measured parameter value of the at least one optical element (16; 18; 26) of the beam guiding optics reaches the associated critical value, characterized in that the physical parameter of the at least one optical element is the temperature thereof, and that the temperature of at least two optical elements is measured, and that the measured temperature values of the individual optical elements of the beam guiding optics are further compared with each other in order to detect soiling of an optical element by a temperature increase that is markedly higher than the temperature increases of the other optical elements. - a physical parameter of at least one optical element of the beam guiding optics that correlates with the degree of soiling of the at least one optical element, is measured during laser material machining, - the focal position is detected for focal position control, - the measured focal position is compensated for as long as the measured value of the physical parameter of the at least one optical element of the beam guiding optics has not yet reached an associated critical value, and - an error signal is output when the measured parameter value of the at least one optical element (16; 18; 26) of the beam guiding optics reaches the associated critical value,
Method for diagnosing an after-treatment system of a spark ignition engine of a motor vehicle, comprising a catalytic converter associated with a proportional upstream oxygen probe and with a binary downstream probe for regulating the richness of the air/fuel mixture to be introduced into the engine, comprising a step of calculating the oxygen storage capacity (OSC) of the catalytic converter, and comprising: - steps able to detect a start of lifting the foot off the accelerator pedal of the vehicle on the part of a driver of the vehicle, at the moment from which the catalytic converter is substantially empty of oxygen; - in the case of such a detection, a step in which injection of fuel into the engine is interrupted and a throttle body of the engine is opened; then a step in which an oxygen storage capacity (OSC) of the catalytic converter is calculated during said foot-lifting phase; - a step of calculating an average value of calculated oxygen storage capacity (OSC) values, and a step of comparing said average value with a threshold in order to determine the defective or nondefective state of the catalytic converter, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT it is detected that the catalytic converter is substantially empty of oxygen at the start of a foot-lifting action by steps during which: - an oxygen ratio (Ros) is calculated in the catalytic converter, equal to the percentage of the oxygen storage capacity (OSC) of the catalytic converter corresponding to the oxygen quantity which is stored; - said oxygen ratio (Ros) is compared with a threshold; and - it is detected that the catalytic converter is substantially empty if said ratio is below said threshold. - steps able to detect a start of lifting the foot off the accelerator pedal of the vehicle on the part of a driver of the vehicle, at the moment from which the catalytic converter is substantially empty of oxygen; - in the case of such a detection, a step in which injection of fuel into the engine is interrupted and a throttle body of the engine is opened; then a step in which an oxygen storage capacity (OSC) of the catalytic converter is calculated during said foot-lifting phase; - a step of calculating an average value of calculated oxygen storage capacity (OSC) values, and a step of comparing said average value with a threshold in order to determine the defective or nondefective state of the catalytic converter, - an oxygen ratio (Ros) is calculated in the catalytic converter, equal to the percentage of the oxygen storage capacity (OSC) of the catalytic converter corresponding to the oxygen quantity which is stored; - said oxygen ratio (Ros) is compared with a threshold; and - it is detected that the catalytic converter is substantially empty if said ratio is below said threshold.
Method for monitoring an environment of a motor vehicle driving inside a car park , comprising the following steps of: - determining at least one section of the environment, - dividing the section into a plurality of tiles , - capturing the section by means of one or more environmental sensors in order to determine environmental sensor data corresponding to the capture, - determining , on the basis of the environmental sensor data for the plurality of tiles , whether there is an object in the plurality of tiles in each case, wherein the one or more environmental sensors comprise one or more environmental sensors of the car park , wherein the one or more environmental sensors belong to an infrastructure of the car park, wherein a first and a second section are determined, wherein the second section is at a greater distance from the motor vehicle than the first section , and the tiles in the first section have a smaller size than the tiles in the second section, wherein, if there is an object in a tile in the second section , an instantaneous motor vehicle speed is reduced to a value of greater than zero m/s and an actuator of the motor vehicle, in particular a brake, is changed to a standby state, and wherein, if there is an object in a tile in the first section , the motor vehicle is stopped autonomously. - determining at least one section of the environment, - dividing the section into a plurality of tiles , - capturing the section by means of one or more environmental sensors in order to determine environmental sensor data corresponding to the capture, - determining , on the basis of the environmental sensor data for the plurality of tiles , whether there is an object in the plurality of tiles in each case,
A composite porous solid article for the separation of components of a fluid comprising: a) 0.5 to 35 weight percent of a high molecular fluoropolymer binder in the form of particles, having a melt viscosity of greater than 1 kpoise as measured by ASTM D3835 at 232°C and 100s -1 , wherein said fluoropolymer comprises a homopolymer of vinylidene fluoride, or a copolymer comprising more than 50 weight percent of vinylidene fluoride units, and b) 65 to 99.5 weight percent of interactive particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 3,000 microns, the weight percent based on the total of thermoplastic fluoropolymer and interactive particles, wherein said interactive particles exhibit interconnectivity. a) 0.5 to 35 weight percent of a high molecular fluoropolymer binder in the form of particles, having a melt viscosity of greater than 1 kpoise as measured by ASTM D3835 at 232°C and 100s -1 , wherein said fluoropolymer comprises a homopolymer of vinylidene fluoride, or a copolymer comprising more than 50 weight percent of vinylidene fluoride units, and b) 65 to 99.5 weight percent of interactive particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 3,000 microns, the weight percent based on the total of thermoplastic fluoropolymer and interactive particles,
A method in a base station of a radio network, for supporting Device-to-Device, D2D, communication over a D2D radio link between a first wireless device (D1) and a second wireless device, the method comprising: - obtaining a first path gain (G12) of the D2D radio link, - obtaining a second path gain (G1) of a cellular radio link between the base station and the first wireless device, based on a link quality report received from the first wireless device, - obtaining a third path gain (G2) of a cellular radio link between the base station and the second wireless device, based on a link quality report received from the second wireless device, and - applying a D2D communication mode with network coding for the D2D communication over said radio D2D link when the first, second and third path gains satisfy a threshold condition, wherein the threshold condition dictates that the first path gain (G12) is above a first predefined threshold (θ D-D ), and both the second path gain (G1) and the third path gain (G2) are below a second predefined threshold (θ BS-D ). - obtaining a first path gain (G12) of the D2D radio link, - obtaining a second path gain (G1) of a cellular radio link between the base station and the first wireless device, based on a link quality report received from the first wireless device, - obtaining a third path gain (G2) of a cellular radio link between the base station and the second wireless device, based on a link quality report received from the second wireless device, and - applying a D2D communication mode with network coding for the D2D communication over said radio D2D link when the first, second and third path gains satisfy a threshold condition, wherein the threshold condition dictates that the first path gain (G12) is above a first predefined threshold (θ D-D ), and both the second path gain (G1) and the third path gain (G2) are below a second predefined threshold (θ BS-D ).
A compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R 1 is carbonyl-R a , where R a is selected from: R 2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl; R 3 is carbonyl-R b or sulfonyl-R b , where R b is selected from: and n is 1, 2, 3, or 4. R 1 is carbonyl-R a , where R a is selected from: R 2 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C 1-6 alkyl; R 3 is carbonyl-R b or sulfonyl-R b , where R b is selected from: and n is 1, 2, 3, or 4.
An actuator for mounting to an engine of an aircraft, the actuator comprising, a body formed at least partially from a thermal plastic, a portion of the thermal plastic being covered by a plating, the plating including a layer of electroless copper, a layer of electrolytic copper, a layer of nickel strike, and a wear-resistant finishing layer, wherein the layer of electroless copper is arranged directly in contact with an exterior surface of the thermal plastic; wherein the layer of electrolytic copper is positioned adjacent the layer of electroless copper; and wherein the layer of nickel strike is positioned between the layer of electrolytic copper and the finishing layer; wherein the finishing layer is formed from a hard material selected from electroless nickel, chrome, or cobalt-phosphorous, or includes an additive selected from PTFE, boron, silicon carbide or chromium carbide to enhance the wear resistance of the finishing layer. a body formed at least partially from a thermal plastic, a portion of the thermal plastic being covered by a plating, the plating including a layer of electroless copper, a layer of electrolytic copper, a layer of nickel strike, and a wear-resistant finishing layer, wherein the layer of electroless copper is arranged directly in contact with an exterior surface of the thermal plastic; wherein the layer of electrolytic copper is positioned adjacent the layer of electroless copper; and wherein the layer of nickel strike is positioned between the layer of electrolytic copper and the finishing layer; wherein the finishing layer is formed from a hard material selected from electroless nickel, chrome, or cobalt-phosphorous, or includes an additive selected from PTFE, boron, silicon carbide or chromium carbide to enhance the wear resistance of the finishing layer.
Flue gas cleaning installation with a fluidized bed reactor comprising a flue gas inlet unit, a reactor chamber and a nozzle unit, wherein the nozzle unit is arranged between the flue gas inlet unit and the reactor chamber, wherein the nozzle unit comprises nozzles of a first type for the introduction of the gas to be cleaned and a solid into the reactor chamber and wherein the nozzle unit comprises nozzles of a second type for the introduction of liquid into the reactor chamber, wherein the number of nozzles of the first type substantially corresponds to the number of nozzles of the second type, wherein the nozzles of the first type and the nozzles of the second type are arranged relative to one another in such a way that their outlets on the reactor chamber side are at an angle of between 100° and 130° relative to one another, wherein the nozzles of the second type are designed as atomizer nozzles, wherein the nozzles of the first type are designed as Venturi nozzles.
An assembly for separating debris from pressurization air flow, the pressurization airflow being adjacent a bearing compartment seal of a gas turbine engine, the assembly comprising: a bearing compartment mounted within a gas turbine engine , the bearing compartment including a bearing compartment seal that is operably supplied with a pressurization air flow; a baffle positioned in the pressurization air flow upstream of the bearing compartment seal ; a pressurization air supply plenum upstream of the baffle ; a capture annulus disposed adjacent the baffle and having a cavity to collect the debris, wherein the baffle is integral with a shaft and rotates therewith; the capture annulus comprises a portion of the bearing compartment ; characterised by channels that extend through the capture annulus to allow for evacuation of the debris from the cavity to the pressurization air supply plenum . a bearing compartment mounted within a gas turbine engine , the bearing compartment including a bearing compartment seal that is operably supplied with a pressurization air flow; a baffle positioned in the pressurization air flow upstream of the bearing compartment seal ; a pressurization air supply plenum upstream of the baffle ; a capture annulus disposed adjacent the baffle and having a cavity to collect the debris, wherein the baffle is integral with a shaft and rotates therewith; the capture annulus comprises a portion of the bearing compartment ; characterised by channels that extend through the capture annulus to allow for evacuation of the debris from the cavity to the pressurization air supply plenum .
Medical shaft instrument , comprising an instrument head , having a jaw member, comprising two scissor-like movable jaw member branches for applying clamps , wherein the instrument head is connectable via an instrument shaft having an outer tube with an instrument handle , inter alia for actuating the jaw member and a clip magazine in which a retaining rail is fixed for supporting a number of clamps in a predetermined storage position distance from each other according to the "single-storage-principle", wherein all the clamps are advanceable respectively by one storage position in the direction towards the distal end of the instrument shaft by means of a forth and back movable conveying and advancing rail in the context of a single conveying stroke and wherein the clamp of the number of clamps which is closest to the instrument head is conveyable into the jaw member between the jaw member branches , wherein the retaining rail comprises a support plate or bridge extending in the distal direction, which covers a jaw member area in the region of the one jaw member branch on the side thereof facing the other jaw member branch , such that tipping of an advanced or advanceable clamp on the one jaw member branch is prevented, characterized in that the support plate or the bridge projects laterally as a guidance or guide member, seen in the longitudinal direction of the retaining rail .
A non-naturally occurring dendritic-like myeloid leukaemia cell according to ATCC Patent Deposit Designation PTA-123875.
A respiratory gas supply device of a respiration-synchronization type to supply a respiratory gas in response to a respiratory cycle of a user comprising: a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in a gas flow path , and a control unit configured to select one pressure gradient threshold from predetermined multiple pressure gradient thresholds which are smaller zero (A1, ..., A4), wherein pressure gradient is the rate of temporal change of the pressure value, wherein the control unit is configured to judge a point at which a pressure gradient calculated from a signal of the pressure sensor becomes smaller than the one pressure gradient threshold selected as an inspiration sensing point (G) and to supply the respiratory gas for a certain period of time from the inspiration sensing point (g), and is configured to switch the one pressure gradient threshold to any one of the multiple pressure gradient thresholds based on a frequency of the inspiration sensing point (G) during a predetermined time. a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure in a gas flow path , and a control unit configured to select one pressure gradient threshold from predetermined multiple pressure gradient thresholds which are smaller zero (A1, ..., A4), wherein pressure gradient is the rate of temporal change of the pressure value, wherein the control unit is configured to judge a point at which a pressure gradient calculated from a signal of the pressure sensor becomes smaller than the one pressure gradient threshold selected as an inspiration sensing point (G) and to supply the respiratory gas for a certain period of time from the inspiration sensing point (g), and is configured to switch the one pressure gradient threshold to any one of the multiple pressure gradient thresholds based on a frequency of the inspiration sensing point (G) during a predetermined time.
System for transporting a switch or crossing, having a wagon for transporting the switch or crossing , the transport wagon having a longitudinal direction and a running envelope , characterized in that the transport system also has at least one removable or retractable first lateral handling platform that is able, when the transport wagon is at a standstill, to be located in at least one use position to the side of a first side of the transport wagon , on the outside of the running envelope , allowing a worker to access the switch or crossing .
A power compensator for compensating voltage (Vsx, 2204) at a location along a power transmission line, that varies from a nominal mains voltage (Vs*, 2202) the compensator having: a controller for controlling a voltage generated across the compensator, the controller comprising a control loop configured to restore the voltage (Vsx) at a location along the power transmission line to the value of a reference voltage (Vsx*, 2200); characterised in that the control loop is configured such that the reference voltage (Vsx*) is generated by automatically adjusting the nominal mains voltage (Vs*) to the value of reference voltage (Vsx*) based on a settable gain value (K, 2214) selected to compensate for voltage droop for that location; such that, in use, the voltage generated across the controller is configured to be controlled to maintain a power transmission line voltage (Vsx) at a value dependent on the power transmission line location by droop control. a controller for controlling a voltage generated across the compensator, the controller comprising a control loop configured to restore the voltage (Vsx) at a location along the power transmission line to the value of a reference voltage (Vsx*, 2200); characterised in that the control loop is configured such that the reference voltage (Vsx*) is generated by automatically adjusting the nominal mains voltage (Vs*) to the value of reference voltage (Vsx*) based on a settable gain value (K, 2214) selected to compensate for voltage droop for that location; such that, in use, the voltage generated across the controller is configured to be controlled to maintain a power transmission line voltage (Vsx) at a value dependent on the power transmission line location by droop control.
An ice making method comprising: an ice making initiation operation (S100) of forming ice (I) by an ice formation unit; an ice release time determining operation (S200) of determining a point in time at which ice (I) is to be released in consideration of a signal from a detection unit for detecting whether the formation of ice has reached an intended level and an ice making lapse time which has lapsed after the formation of ice (I) was initiated by the ice formation unit; and an ice releasing operation (S300) of releasing the formed ice (I) when a point in time at which ice is to be released is determined in the ice releasing time determining operation (S200), wherein, in the ice release time determining operation (S200), when the ice making lapse time is equal to a pre-set maximum ice making time, it is determined as an ice releasing time although it is not determined that the formation of ice (I) has reached the intended level by the detection unit and, wherein, in the ice release time determining operation (S200), although the ice making lapse time is less than a pre-set minimum ice making time, when it is determined that the formation of ice has reached the intended level by the detection unit, it is determined that it is time to release ice when the minimum ice making time has expired, and wherein the minimum ice making time is 80% to 90% of the pre-set maximum ice making time. an ice making initiation operation (S100) of forming ice (I) by an ice formation unit; an ice release time determining operation (S200) of determining a point in time at which ice (I) is to be released in consideration of a signal from a detection unit for detecting whether the formation of ice has reached an intended level and an ice making lapse time which has lapsed after the formation of ice (I) was initiated by the ice formation unit; and an ice releasing operation (S300) of releasing the formed ice (I) when a point in time at which ice is to be released is determined in the ice releasing time determining operation (S200), wherein, in the ice release time determining operation (S200), when the ice making lapse time is equal to a pre-set maximum ice making time, it is determined as an ice releasing time although it is not determined that the formation of ice (I) has reached the intended level by the detection unit and, wherein, in the ice release time determining operation (S200), although the ice making lapse time is less than a pre-set minimum ice making time, when it is determined that the formation of ice has reached the intended level by the detection unit, it is determined that it is time to release ice when the minimum ice making time has expired, and wherein the minimum ice making time is 80% to 90% of the pre-set maximum ice making time.
A ripple filter unit for expanding the particle energy distribution of a particle beam, comprising a first and a second ripple filter, arranged in series, substantially with the same orientation, the first and the second ripple filter are movable relative to each other in such a way as to vary the filter characteristics of the ripple filter unit dynamically by means of the relative positions of the first and the second ripple filter, wherein each of the first and the second ripple filter comprises a pattern of ridges and valleys and the first and second ripple filter are moveable relative to each other in such a way as to displace the ridges of the first and the second ripple filter relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the ridges, characterized in that it comprises a control means for controlling the ripple filter unit by displacing the ridges of the first and the second ripple filter relative to each other in the beam path during treatment.