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A system for welding thermoplastic components along a weld line , comprising: a component positioning system that includes a trailing force applicator ; and a welding subsystem configured to weld the thermoplastic components together at a weld zone , the welding subsystem having a probe , characterised in that : the trailing force applicator has a first lateral side trailing force applicator disposed on a first lateral side of the weld line and a second lateral side trailing force applicator disposed on a second lateral side of the weld line ; the first lateral side trailing force applicator and the second lateral side trailing force applicator are laterally spaced apart from the weld zone ; at least a portion of the first lateral side trailing force applicator and at least a portion of the second lateral side trailing force applicator are disposed aft of the weld zone ; and in that the system is configured so that the first lateral side trailing force applicator , the second lateral side trailing force applicator , and the welding subsystem probe are moved relative to the thermoplastic components during welding, or the thermoplastic components are moved relative to the first lateral side trailing force applicator , the second lateral side trailing force applicator , and the welding subsystem probe . a component positioning system that includes a trailing force applicator ; and a welding subsystem configured to weld the thermoplastic components together at a weld zone , the welding subsystem having a probe , the trailing force applicator has a first lateral side trailing force applicator disposed on a first lateral side of the weld line and a second lateral side trailing force applicator disposed on a second lateral side of the weld line ; the first lateral side trailing force applicator and the second lateral side trailing force applicator are laterally spaced apart from the weld zone ; at least a portion of the first lateral side trailing force applicator and at least a portion of the second lateral side trailing force applicator are disposed aft of the weld zone ; and in that the system is configured so that the first lateral side trailing force applicator , the second lateral side trailing force applicator , and the welding subsystem probe are moved relative to the thermoplastic components during welding, or the thermoplastic components are moved relative to the first lateral side trailing force applicator , the second lateral side trailing force applicator , and the welding subsystem probe .
An apparatus for decoding multiview video, comprising: means for reading view information of one or more views associated with each interoperability point of 2 N -1 interoperability points in multiview video coding from a bitstream, N being the number of coded views in total in said multiview video, the view information being indicative of the number of views associated with each interoperability point and a view identifier for each of the one or more views of each interoperability point, an interoperability point of said 2 N -1 interoperability points corresponding to a combination of M views of said multiview video, 1 ≤ M ≤ N; and means for reading HRD (hypothetical reference decoder) parameters and bitstream restriction information for each interoperability point from the bitstream, the HRD parameters including at least a buffer size, a bit rate, an initial coded picture buffer removal delay and parameters indicative of timing of each picture for each interoperability point. means for reading view information of one or more views associated with each interoperability point of 2 N -1 interoperability points in multiview video coding from a bitstream, N being the number of coded views in total in said multiview video, the view information being indicative of the number of views associated with each interoperability point and a view identifier for each of the one or more views of each interoperability point, an interoperability point of said 2 N -1 interoperability points corresponding to a combination of M views of said multiview video, 1 ≤ M ≤ N; and means for reading HRD (hypothetical reference decoder) parameters and bitstream restriction information for each interoperability point from the bitstream, the HRD parameters including at least a buffer size, a bit rate, an initial coded picture buffer removal delay and parameters indicative of timing of each picture for each interoperability point.
A system comprising: a machine ; a processor ; an energy harvesting device configured to harvest energy from the machine or a process that the machine is used for, the energy harvesting device being further configured to generate an output from the machine or process, wherein the processor is configured to use the output of the energy harvesting device to determine an operating state of the machine or process; characterised by a monitoring system configured to monitor the machine or process, wherein the processor is configured to correlate one or more outputs of the monitoring system with the operating state of the machine or process as determined by the output of the energy harvesting device, by determining whether the one or more outputs of the monitoring system were produced during a first time period that the machine or process was in a first operating state or during a second time period that the machine or process was in a second operating state, where the first operating state and the second operating state was determined by the output of the energy harvesting device. a machine ; a processor ; an energy harvesting device configured to harvest energy from the machine or a process that the machine is used for, the energy harvesting device being further configured to generate an output from the machine or process, wherein the processor is configured to use the output of the energy harvesting device to determine an operating state of the machine or process; characterised by a monitoring system configured to monitor the machine or process, wherein the processor is configured to correlate one or more outputs of the monitoring system with the operating state of the machine or process as determined by the output of the energy harvesting device, by determining whether the one or more outputs of the monitoring system were produced during a first time period that the machine or process was in a first operating state or during a second time period that the machine or process was in a second operating state, where the first operating state and the second operating state was determined by the output of the energy harvesting device.
A method for manufacturing a front panel with a metallic layer and a thermoplastic layer , comprising the steps of: a) At least partially micro-perforating the metallic layer , particularly by means of a laser, such that the micro-perforated area is retro-illuminable; b) Placing the metallic layer in a mold cavity of an injection molding machine ; c) Injecting a thermoplastic material into the mold cavity , such that the thermoplastic layer is created from the thermoplastic material and is integrally formed and bonded with the metallic layer ; d) Letting the thermoplastic layer set in the mold; e) Ejecting the front panel formed by the metallic layer and the thermoplastic layer from the mold when the thermoplastic layer is set, characterized in that the thermoplastic material injected in step b) comprises up to 80 volume-% glass fiber, long glass fiber, carbon fiber, or nano or micro cellulose, wherein the method further comprises the following additional step x): x) Additionally bonding the metallic layer and the thermoplastic layer by means of - applying hot glue, - and/or laser welding, - and/or applying micro structures and/or nano structures. a) At least partially micro-perforating the metallic layer , particularly by means of a laser, such that the micro-perforated area is retro-illuminable; b) Placing the metallic layer in a mold cavity of an injection molding machine ; c) Injecting a thermoplastic material into the mold cavity , such that the thermoplastic layer is created from the thermoplastic material and is integrally formed and bonded with the metallic layer ; d) Letting the thermoplastic layer set in the mold; e) Ejecting the front panel formed by the metallic layer and the thermoplastic layer from the mold when the thermoplastic layer is set, the thermoplastic material injected in step b) comprises up to 80 volume-% glass fiber, long glass fiber, carbon fiber, or nano or micro cellulose, wherein the method further comprises the following additional step x): x) Additionally bonding the metallic layer and the thermoplastic layer by means of - applying hot glue, - and/or laser welding, - and/or applying micro structures and/or nano structures. - applying hot glue, - and/or laser welding, - and/or applying micro structures and/or nano structures.
An aircraft wing comprising a leading edge slat and a fixed aerofoil portion , the leading edge slat moveable between a stowed position and deployed position, wherein in the deployed position a trailing edge of the leading edge slat comprises a sealed portion and an unsealed portion , the sealed portion forming a seal with the fixed aerofoil portion and the unsealed portion providing an airflow gap between the leading edge slat and the fixed aerofoil portion , wherein the leading edge slat comprises an inboard end and an outboard end, the inboard end located towards the root of the aircraft wing and the outboard end located towards the tip of the aircraft wing , wherein the unsealed portion is located at the outboard end of the leading edge slat , and the sealed portion is located at the inboard end of the leading edge slat and extends across at least 75% of the trailing edge of the leading edge slat and the leading edge slat is fully sealed against the fixed aerofoil portion when in the stowed position.
Follower plate device - for sealing and evacuating a container which has a cylindrical, straight cylindrical or circular cylindrical inner contour and contains an in particular pasty fluid , - comprising a seal which is arranged on a periphery of the device and is adjusted so as to be insertable into the cylindrical inner contour of the container, in a peripherally sealing manner, and which delimits an outer side of the device from an inner side of the device , and - comprising a passage from the inner side to the outer side of the follower plate device, which is designed on the outer side for connection of a further line connection leading to an evacuation pump , characterised by - an exchangeable, open-pored porous component which is guided through the passage from the outer side. - for sealing and evacuating a container which has a cylindrical, straight cylindrical or circular cylindrical inner contour and contains an in particular pasty fluid , - comprising a seal which is arranged on a periphery of the device and is adjusted so as to be insertable into the cylindrical inner contour of the container, in a peripherally sealing manner, and which delimits an outer side of the device from an inner side of the device , and - comprising a passage from the inner side to the outer side of the follower plate device, which is designed on the outer side for connection of a further line connection leading to an evacuation pump , - an exchangeable, open-pored porous component which is guided through the passage from the outer side.
A vision traffic marker node (12; 106; 206a-206f, 306a-306f) operated in a wireless mesh network of an intelligent distributed vision traffic marker node system comprising a management device including: a) a data acquisition layer being configured to receive data from a plurality of other vision traffic marker nodes (12; 106; 206a-206f, 306a-306f) operated in the wireless mesh network , the node and the other nodes (12; 106) including a sensor assembly with an imaging sensor (126; 400; 500; 600; 700), the data being traffic conditions captured by the imaging sensor; b) a processing layer (904; 914) configured for filtering the acquired data and producing modified data; and c) a management layer configured to assign each vision traffic marker node (12; 106; 206a-206f, 306a-306f) with at least one function role to perform a function and configured to receive the modified data and to coordinate with one or more other nodes so that the modified data is distributed as needed, and d) a communication layer configured to transfer data between the vision traffic marker nodes; and e) wherein the function role is one of a gateway node, a data relay node, a data collection node, and a power reserve role; wherein f) the management device is communicatively coupled to the plurality of vision traffic marker nodes and wherein the management device is adapted to select, from the said plurality of vision traffic marker nodes, reference nodes to monitor the environment as traffic conditions change and learn from the data collected over time and configure the nodes to perform the respective function adaptive to the traffic conditions. a) a data acquisition layer being configured to receive data from a plurality of other vision traffic marker nodes (12; 106; 206a-206f, 306a-306f) operated in the wireless mesh network , the node and the other nodes (12; 106) including a sensor assembly with an imaging sensor (126; 400; 500; 600; 700), the data being traffic conditions captured by the imaging sensor; b) a processing layer (904; 914) configured for filtering the acquired data and producing modified data; and c) a management layer configured to assign each vision traffic marker node (12; 106; 206a-206f, 306a-306f) with at least one function role to perform a function and configured to receive the modified data and to coordinate with one or more other nodes so that the modified data is distributed as needed, and d) a communication layer configured to transfer data between the vision traffic marker nodes; and e) wherein the function role is one of a gateway node, a data relay node, a data collection node, and a power reserve role; wherein f) the management device is communicatively coupled to the plurality of vision traffic marker nodes and wherein the management device is adapted to select, from the said plurality of vision traffic marker nodes, reference nodes to monitor the environment as traffic conditions change and learn from the data collected over time and configure the nodes to perform the respective function adaptive to the traffic conditions.
A method for operating a primary station, the primary station comprising means for carrying out MIMO transmissions to at least one secondary station, said MIMO transmissions involving precoding, the method comprising using a precoding codebook matrix/vector of length 2L, characterized in that said precoding codebook for 8 antennas can be defined in the form: Wnew m υ = G υ W n 1 s 1 φ m s 2 W n 2 s 2 where Wnew m υ is the new codebook entry for codebook index m and number of layers v, derived from the selection of two matrices/vectors W n 1 s 1 and W n 2 s 2 , each from one of a predetermined set of LxL matrices defined by indices n1 and n2 and sets of columns {s1} and {s2}, respectively, G v is a suitable scaling factor and φ m is a phase factor, which is different per column, wherein the effective size of the codebook is not the same for all values of transmission rank, wherein the matrices/vectors W n 1 s 1 and W n 2 s 2 are defined by the expression W n = I − 2 u n u n H u n H u n , where I is an LxL identity matrix and the vector u n is given by the following table: Codebook index u n Number of layers υ 1 2 3 4 0 u 0 = [1 -1 -1 -1] T W 0 1 W 0 14 / 2 W 0 124 / 3 W 0 1234 / 2 1 u 1 = [1 - j 1 j ] T W 1 1 W 1 12 / 2 W 1 123 / 3 W 1 1234 / 2 2 u 2 = [1 1 -1 1] T W 2 1 W 2 12 / 2 W 2 123 / 3 W 2 3214 / 2 3 u 3 = [1 j 1 - j ] T W 3 1 W 3 12 / 2 W 3 123 / 3 W 3 3214 / 2 4 u 4 = 1 − 1 − j / 2 − j 1 − j / 2 T W 4 1 W 4 14 / 2 W 4 124 / 3 W 4 1234 / 2 5 u 5 = 1 1 − j / 2 j − 1 − j / 2 T W 5 1 W 5 14 / 2 W 5 124 / 3 W 5 1234 / 2 6 u 6 = 1 1 + j / 2 − j − 1 + j / 2 T W 6 1 W 6 13 / 2 W 6 134 / 3 W 6 1324 / 2 7 u 7 = 1 − 1 + j / 2 j 1 + j / 2 T W 7 1 W 7 13 / 2 W 7 134 / 3 W 7 1324 / 2 8 u 8 = [1 -1 1 1] T W 8 1 W 8 12 2 W 8 124 / 3 W 8 1234 / 2 9 u 9 = [1 -j -1 - j ] T W 9 1 W 9 14 / 2 W 9 134 / 3 W 9 1234 / 2 10 u 10 = [1 1 1 -1] T W 10 1 W 10 13 / 2 W 10 123 / 3 W 10 1324 / 2 11 u 11 = [1 j -1 j ] T W 11 1 W 11 13 / 2 W 11 134 / 3 W 11 1324 / 2 12 u 12 = [1 -1 -1 1] T W 12 1 W 12 12 / 2 W 12 123 / 3 W 12 1234 / 2 13 u 13 = [1 -1 1 -1] T W 13 1 W 13 13 / 2 W 13 123 / 3 W 13 1324 / 2 14 u 14 = [1 1 -1 -1] T W 14 1 W 14 13 / 2 W 14 123 / 3 W 14 3214 / 2 15 u 15 = [1 1 1 1] T W 15 1 W 15 12 / 2 W 15 123 / 3 W 15 1234 / 2 and wherein L=4.
A sample measuring apparatus comprising: a container holding unit arranged to hold a reagent container comprising an openable/closable lid portion arranged to cover an opening of the reagent container ; a reagent dispensing unit arranged to aspirate a reagent in the reagent container with the lid portion being in an opened state and dispenses the aspirated reagent into a reaction container ; a reagent cooler arranged to store the container holding unit , wherein the reagent cooler comprises a top surface portion having a hole portion ; and a measuring unit arranged to measure components contained in a measurement specimen prepared from a sample and the reagent dispensed in the reaction container , characterized in that : the sample measuring apparatus further comprises: a pressing unit arranged to seal the opening , by pressing, toward the opening , the lid portion laid over the opening ; in that : the pressing unit and the reagent dispensing unit advance through the hole into the reagent cooler , and in that : the sample measuring apparatus further comprises: a shutter mechanism arranged to open and close the hole portion of the reagent cooler , wherein the pressing unit is arranged to come into contact with the shutter mechanism along with a downward movement of the pressing unit to open the shutter mechanism . a container holding unit arranged to hold a reagent container comprising an openable/closable lid portion arranged to cover an opening of the reagent container ; a reagent dispensing unit arranged to aspirate a reagent in the reagent container with the lid portion being in an opened state and dispenses the aspirated reagent into a reaction container ; a reagent cooler arranged to store the container holding unit , wherein the reagent cooler comprises a top surface portion having a hole portion ; and a measuring unit arranged to measure components contained in a measurement specimen prepared from a sample and the reagent dispensed in the reaction container , characterized in that : the sample measuring apparatus further comprises: a pressing unit arranged to seal the opening , by pressing, toward the opening , the lid portion laid over the opening ; in that : the pressing unit and the reagent dispensing unit advance through the hole into the reagent cooler , and in that : the sample measuring apparatus further comprises: a shutter mechanism arranged to open and close the hole portion of the reagent cooler , wherein the pressing unit is arranged to come into contact with the shutter mechanism along with a downward movement of the pressing unit to open the shutter mechanism . a shutter mechanism arranged to open and close the hole portion of the reagent cooler , wherein the pressing unit is arranged to come into contact with the shutter mechanism along with a downward movement of the pressing unit to open the shutter mechanism .
A method of controlling iron in a hydrometallurgical leach process comprising the steps of: leaching a feed slurry ; forming a pregnant leach solution (12a, 12b; 112a, 112b); removing a first leach residue from the pregnant leach solution ; and sending a portion of the pregnant leach solution and/or raffinate produced therefrom, to an iron removal process ; wherein the iron removal process comprises: sequentially processing the pregnant leach solution and/or raffinate produced therefrom in a first reactor (R 1 ), a second reactor (R 2 ), and a third reactor (R 3 ); maintaining a pH level of the first reactor (R 1 ) in the range of 4-5, by virtue of the addition of a first base; maintaining a pH level of the second (R 2 ) and/or third (R 3 ) reactors above 8.5, by virtue of a second base; and forming solids comprising magnetite ; performing a solid liquid separation step after the iron removal process ; and performing a magnetic separation step to remove magnetite from said solids comprising magnetite . leaching a feed slurry ; forming a pregnant leach solution (12a, 12b; 112a, 112b); removing a first leach residue from the pregnant leach solution ; and sending a portion of the pregnant leach solution and/or raffinate produced therefrom, to an iron removal process ; wherein the iron removal process comprises: sequentially processing the pregnant leach solution and/or raffinate produced therefrom in a first reactor (R 1 ), a second reactor (R 2 ), and a third reactor (R 3 ); maintaining a pH level of the first reactor (R 1 ) in the range of 4-5, by virtue of the addition of a first base; maintaining a pH level of the second (R 2 ) and/or third (R 3 ) reactors above 8.5, by virtue of a second base; and forming solids comprising magnetite ; sequentially processing the pregnant leach solution and/or raffinate produced therefrom in a first reactor (R 1 ), a second reactor (R 2 ), and a third reactor (R 3 ); maintaining a pH level of the first reactor (R 1 ) in the range of 4-5, by virtue of the addition of a first base; maintaining a pH level of the second (R 2 ) and/or third (R 3 ) reactors above 8.5, by virtue of a second base; and forming solids comprising magnetite ; performing a solid liquid separation step after the iron removal process ; and performing a magnetic separation step to remove magnetite from said solids comprising magnetite .
A counter-deflection load estimation system for a tire, the tire including a pair of sidewalls extending to a circumferential tread and supporting a vehicle , the vehicle including a controlled area network bus , the system comprising: a sensor being mounted to the tire , the sensor being configured for measuring a parameter of the tire including a radial acceleration of the tire ; means for determining a counter-deflection of the tire from said measured parameter; means for receiving a linear vehicle speed signal through the controlled area network bus ; a processor in electronic communication with the sensor and with the controlled area network bus ; and a load estimation module in electronic communication with the processor , the load estimation module being configured for receiving the linear vehicle speed signal and the counter-deflection of the tire and for determining a load on the tire ; characterized in that the system is configured for determining the counter-deflection from a mid-region between radial acceleration minimums . a sensor being mounted to the tire , the sensor being configured for measuring a parameter of the tire including a radial acceleration of the tire ; means for determining a counter-deflection of the tire from said measured parameter; means for receiving a linear vehicle speed signal through the controlled area network bus ; a processor in electronic communication with the sensor and with the controlled area network bus ; and a load estimation module in electronic communication with the processor , the load estimation module being configured for receiving the linear vehicle speed signal and the counter-deflection of the tire and for determining a load on the tire ; characterized in that the system is configured for determining the counter-deflection from a mid-region between radial acceleration minimums .