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A method of welding a workpiece , comprising: activating a melting device to form a molten weld pool in the workpiece ; deactivating the melting device ; activating a welding device to initiate a weld in the weld pool ; and effecting relative movement between the activated welding device and the workpiece to continue the initiated weld while the melting device is deactivated; characterised by protecting the deactivated melting device from radiated heat emitted by the activated welding device by moving a barrier into a blocking position between the deactivated melting device and the activated welding device in response to deactivation of the melting device ; wherein the welding device and the melting device are in fixed relation during said relative movement between the activated welding device and the workpiece . activating a melting device to form a molten weld pool in the workpiece ; deactivating the melting device ; activating a welding device to initiate a weld in the weld pool ; and effecting relative movement between the activated welding device and the workpiece to continue the initiated weld while the melting device is deactivated; characterised by protecting the deactivated melting device from radiated heat emitted by the activated welding device by moving a barrier into a blocking position between the deactivated melting device and the activated welding device in response to deactivation of the melting device ; wherein the welding device and the melting device are in fixed relation during said relative movement between the activated welding device and the workpiece .
Beer dispensing facility, comprising: a plurality of tanks , wherein each tank comprises a specific base product with a different composition; and at least one dispensing tap connected to the outlet of a mixing apparatus ; wherein the base product of each tank goes through a purge and empty barrel detection apparatus to the mixing apparatus , such that each base component or product is connected with an inlet of the mixing apparatus through the purge and empty barrel detection apparatus ; and where each tank is connected with an inlet of a single mixing apparatus which is a monobloc and is configured for mixing the base products coming from at least two tanks in a proportion that can be regulated by control means ; said proportion being suitable for obtaining a homogeneous end product with respect to the base products mixed in the mixing apparatus for obtaining said end product , being the facility characterized in that the mixing apparatus consists of a single monobloc device with seatings for four proportional valves and a collector consisting of a transverse channel with a cover at each end and housing a pressure switch configured for detecting service as a result of a drop in pressure; and where the collector also includes an outlet channel connected with an outlet flow meter . a plurality of tanks , wherein each tank comprises a specific base product with a different composition; and at least one dispensing tap connected to the outlet of a mixing apparatus ; wherein the base product of each tank goes through a purge and empty barrel detection apparatus to the mixing apparatus , such that each base component or product is connected with an inlet of the mixing apparatus through the purge and empty barrel detection apparatus ; and where each tank is connected with an inlet of a single mixing apparatus which is a monobloc and is configured for mixing the base products coming from at least two tanks in a proportion that can be regulated by control means ; said proportion being suitable for obtaining a homogeneous end product with respect to the base products mixed in the mixing apparatus for obtaining said end product , being the facility characterized in that the mixing apparatus consists of a single monobloc device with seatings for four proportional valves and a collector consisting of a transverse channel with a cover at each end and housing a pressure switch configured for detecting service as a result of a drop in pressure; and where the collector also includes an outlet channel connected with an outlet flow meter .
A method of evaluating stratified flow of a fluid downhole comprising: a. applying thermal energy to the flow of fluid at a position in the flow of fluid; b. sensing a temperature of the fluid stream downstream of the position over time; and c. estimating a type of fluid in the flow of fluid based on the step of sensing temperature downstream; characterised in that the step of applying thermal energy to the flow of fluid is performed at different radial positions in the flow of fluid, and temperatures downstream of the different radial positions are sensed, and the thermal energy is applied upstream and spaced axially away from where the temperature is sensed at each radial position. a. applying thermal energy to the flow of fluid at a position in the flow of fluid; b. sensing a temperature of the fluid stream downstream of the position over time; and c. estimating a type of fluid in the flow of fluid based on the step of sensing temperature downstream; characterised in that the step of applying thermal energy to the flow of fluid is performed at different radial positions in the flow of fluid, and temperatures downstream of the different radial positions are sensed, and the thermal energy is applied upstream and spaced axially away from where the temperature is sensed at each radial position.
Apparatus for repairing an atrioventricular valve comprising: an implant structure , which comprises a contracting mechanism , which comprises a rotatable structure , arranged such that rotation of the rotatable structure contracts the implant structure; a longitudinal member , which is removably coupled to the contracting mechanism ; and a tool for rotating the rotatable structure , characterized in that the tool is configured to be guided over the longitudinal member , to engage the rotatable structure , and to rotate the rotatable structure in response to a rotational force applied to the tool . an implant structure , which comprises a contracting mechanism , which comprises a rotatable structure , arranged such that rotation of the rotatable structure contracts the implant structure; a longitudinal member , which is removably coupled to the contracting mechanism ; and a tool for rotating the rotatable structure , characterized in that the tool is configured to be guided over the longitudinal member , to engage the rotatable structure , and to rotate the rotatable structure in response to a rotational force applied to the tool .
Instrument for vessel fusion and separation, with an elongate shank extending away from the housing and carrying a tool at its distal end, with a first branch which belongs to the tool and comprises a first electrode face , with a second branch which belongs to the tool and is mounted so as to be movable towards the first electrode face and away from same, wherein the second branch has an electrode face and a longitudinal slot , with a cutter which belongs to the tool and consists of an electrically conductive material, and is arranged movably relative to the shank and protrudes into the longitudinal slot or can be inserted in same, with a drive element extending from the housing through the shank to the cutter , characterised in that the cutter and the drive element establish a gap between them, and that the instrument comprises an isolator which is arranged so as to connect the cutter and the drive element together.
A method for producing a biomass-derived thermosetting polymer material, said method comprising: feeding a biomass feed material to an infeed of a twin screw extruder; operating mixing elements and reversing elements within the twin screw extruder, wherein the twin screw extruder having a length between the infeed and an outlet; injecting water with a temperature of 230 °C or above from a water heater into at least one inlet along the length of the twin screw extruder, wherein the at least one inlet generally corresponds with a pressure boundary within the twin screw extruder; and adjusting a pressure-sustaining valve connected between the length of the twin screw extruder and the outlet to produce the biomass-derived thermosetting polymer material; and wherein the pressure in the twin screw extruder exceeds 172 bar (2500 psi). feeding a biomass feed material to an infeed of a twin screw extruder; operating mixing elements and reversing elements within the twin screw extruder, wherein the twin screw extruder having a length between the infeed and an outlet; injecting water with a temperature of 230 °C or above from a water heater into at least one inlet along the length of the twin screw extruder, wherein the at least one inlet generally corresponds with a pressure boundary within the twin screw extruder; and adjusting a pressure-sustaining valve connected between the length of the twin screw extruder and the outlet to produce the biomass-derived thermosetting polymer material; and wherein the pressure in the twin screw extruder exceeds 172 bar (2500 psi).
Method for antibiotic therapy guidance, stratification and/or control in a patient suffering from an infectious disease and receiving treatment with one or more antibiotic agents, the method comprising - providing a first sample isolated from said patient, - providing a second sample isolated from said patient at a time point after isolating the first sample and initiating antibiotic treatment, - determining levels of procalcitonin (PCT) or fragment(s) thereof in the first and the second sample, and - determining a level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in at least the second sample, - wherein i. the levels of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in said first and second samples are compared to a reference level and/or to each other to determine a change in the level of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample in comparison to the first sample, ii. and the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample and optionally the first sample are compared to a reference level and/or to each other to determine a change in the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample in comparison to the first sample, - wherein the levels of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in said first and second samples, and the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample and optionally the first sample are indicative of whether a change in the treatment with one or more antibiotic agents is required. - providing a first sample isolated from said patient, - providing a second sample isolated from said patient at a time point after isolating the first sample and initiating antibiotic treatment, - determining levels of procalcitonin (PCT) or fragment(s) thereof in the first and the second sample, and - determining a level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in at least the second sample, - wherein i. the levels of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in said first and second samples are compared to a reference level and/or to each other to determine a change in the level of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample in comparison to the first sample, ii. and the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample and optionally the first sample are compared to a reference level and/or to each other to determine a change in the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample in comparison to the first sample, i. the levels of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in said first and second samples are compared to a reference level and/or to each other to determine a change in the level of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample in comparison to the first sample, ii. and the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample and optionally the first sample are compared to a reference level and/or to each other to determine a change in the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample in comparison to the first sample, - wherein the levels of PCT or fragment(s) thereof in said first and second samples, and the level of proADM or fragment(s) thereof in the second sample and optionally the first sample are indicative of whether a change in the treatment with one or more antibiotic agents is required.
A method for producing three-dimensional molding, comprising a step of feeding a polyarylene sulfide resin particulate to a powder sintering three-dimensional printer, wherein the polyarylene sulfide resin particulate has: 100μm or less and more than 1μm of mean particle diameter, which is a particle diameter d50 of which cumulative frequency is 50% from the smaller particle diameter side of particle size distribution measured with a laser diffraction particle size distribution meter based on the dispersion/diffraction theory of Mie; 4 or less of uniformity, the uniformity being as defined in the description; 150 Pa·s or more and 500 Pa·s or less of melt viscosity measured at 300°C and shear rate of 1216 sec -1 ; and 150 to 210°C of crystallization temperature defined as a temperature of heat generation peak measured with a differential scanning calorimeter during crystallization as heated from 50°C to 340°C at 20°C/min, kept at 340°C for 5 min and cooled from 340°C to 50°C at 20°C/min.
A distributed optical fibre sensor for measuring one or more parameters as functions of position along a sensing optical fibre that extends along a path through an environment, comprising: a first probe light source arranged to generate pulses of first probe light in one or more first wavelength bands; a second probe light source arranged to generate pulses of second probe light in one or more second wavelength bands separate from said first wavelength bands; a wavelength division multiplexer arranged to launch the first probe light pulses and the second probe light pulses into the sensing optical fibre for backscatter within the sensing optical fibre; and a receiver arranged to receive and separately detect both Raman shifted components of the backscattered probe light, and coherent Rayleigh backscattered components of the second probe light. a first probe light source arranged to generate pulses of first probe light in one or more first wavelength bands; a second probe light source arranged to generate pulses of second probe light in one or more second wavelength bands separate from said first wavelength bands; a wavelength division multiplexer arranged to launch the first probe light pulses and the second probe light pulses into the sensing optical fibre for backscatter within the sensing optical fibre; and a receiver arranged to receive and separately detect both Raman shifted components of the backscattered probe light, and coherent Rayleigh backscattered components of the second probe light.
A process for the design of a dental appliance for a facial skeleton comprising crowns of teeth and the roots corresponding thereto, the process comprising the following steps: - constituting by computed tomography a volume image of the facial skeleton in the form of an initial digital file, said volume image comprising the image of the mandibular joint in one reference position, - constituting a volume image of each dental arch of said facial skeleton, - matching the volume image of the facial skeleton and the volume images of the dental arches, - modifying said volume image of the facial skeleton by computer processing of said initial digital file, and obtaining a modified digital file, - designing said dental appliance by using said initial digital file and said modified digital file, and producing a file usable by digitally-controlled machines capable of manufacturing a dental appliance, wherein, in the step of modification of said volume image of the facial skeleton, the recording of the displacements of the mandible during a plurality of movements of said mandible is taken into account, so as to account for possible movements of said joint after capture of the movement of the same mandible, said process being characterized in that : - the recording of the displacements of the mandible implements markers or sensors on the mandible and on the maxillar arch, said recording beginning in the reference position used when constituting the volume image of the facial skeleton; - when constituting said volume image of the facial skeleton, the patient is equipped with said markers or sensors; and in that it comprises a calculation by rigid transformation to compensate the movements of the facial skeleton during recording of the mandibular kinematics. - constituting by computed tomography a volume image of the facial skeleton in the form of an initial digital file, said volume image comprising the image of the mandibular joint in one reference position, - constituting a volume image of each dental arch of said facial skeleton, - matching the volume image of the facial skeleton and the volume images of the dental arches, - modifying said volume image of the facial skeleton by computer processing of said initial digital file, and obtaining a modified digital file, - designing said dental appliance by using said initial digital file and said modified digital file, and producing a file usable by digitally-controlled machines capable of manufacturing a dental appliance, - the recording of the displacements of the mandible implements markers or sensors on the mandible and on the maxillar arch, said recording beginning in the reference position used when constituting the volume image of the facial skeleton; - when constituting said volume image of the facial skeleton, the patient is equipped with said markers or sensors;
Elevator system comprising at least one elevator having an elevator car with at least one car door , and an elevator shaft comprising landing doors , at least one control unit for controlling the elevator, a safety circuit to which one or more safety circuit switches are connected, which safety circuit is connected to the control unit, whereby at least one safety circuit switch is assigned to the car door status and at least one safety circuit switch is assigned to a landing door status, and a car position detection device , which control unit comprises an operating mode control configured to switch between a first operating mode, wherein the safety circuit is activated and a second operating mode wherein at least one of the safety circuit switches of the safety circuit is bypassed by a bypass means , wherein upon activation of the second operating mode the control unit activates a roof position determination unit which is connected with the car position detection device and/or with a separate roof position detection device, and - that the roof position determination unit of the control unit comprises a roof zone indicator which is activated when the car roof is positioned within a certain level range with respect to a landing floor or other shaft access, and/or - that the roof position determination unit initiates a car operation stop circuit in the control unit to stop the elevator car when the car roof is positioned within a certain level range with respect to a landing floor or other shaft access, wherein the certain level is the landing door zone, wherein the car door is essentially aligned with the landing floor so that entering the car is possible without danger, characterized in that the roof position determination unit is connected with the car position detection device and/or with a separate roof position detection device, and that the roof zone indicator is a door zone indicator which is activated in a first indication mode when the car bottom is in a certain level range with respect to a landing door and which is activated in a second indication mode when the car roof is in a certain level range with respect to a landing door. - that the roof position determination unit of the control unit comprises a roof zone indicator which is activated when the car roof is positioned within a certain level range with respect to a landing floor or other shaft access, and/or - that the roof position determination unit initiates a car operation stop circuit in the control unit to stop the elevator car when the car roof is positioned within a certain level range with respect to a landing floor or other shaft access,
A communication plug with a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side surfaces and opposing end surfaces, the plug including: a grounding plane in the substrate ; a grounding strip on a side surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the grounding plane ; a plurality of vias arranged in two parallel rows on one opposing end surface and each extending through the substrate , such that pins inserted into the vias electrically connect the top surface to the bottom surface; a plurality of connection pads formed on the top and bottom surface near the opposite end surface of the substrate ; a first set of traces on the top surface extending from a first row of the parallel rows of vias to a respective connection pad on the top surface; a second set of traces on the bottom surface extending from a second row of the parallel rows of vias to a respective connection pad on the bottom surface, wherein the grounding strip is electrically connected to the grounding plane in the substrate; the plug housing including grounding openings on each side of the plug with the grounding openings aligning with the grounding strips such that the grounding strips is inserted into the plug housing . a grounding plane in the substrate ; a grounding strip on a side surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the grounding plane ; a plurality of vias arranged in two parallel rows on one opposing end surface and each extending through the substrate , such that pins inserted into the vias electrically connect the top surface to the bottom surface; a plurality of connection pads formed on the top and bottom surface near the opposite end surface of the substrate ; a first set of traces on the top surface extending from a first row of the parallel rows of vias to a respective connection pad on the top surface; a second set of traces on the bottom surface extending from a second row of the parallel rows of vias to a respective connection pad on the bottom surface, wherein the grounding strip is electrically connected to the grounding plane in the substrate; the plug housing including grounding openings on each side of the plug with the grounding openings aligning with the grounding strips such that the grounding strips is inserted into the plug housing .