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Rema S. A.. REMA S.A. (REMA Share Company) is a manufacturer of machines for processing wood and wood-based materials, located in Warsaw, Poland. The company produces circular sawing machines especially designed for sawing boards for the furniture industry. The company’s headquarters is in the town of Reszel (Warmińsko-mazurskie province).

History

The enterprise was established in the middle of the 19th century as a foundry.

In the period between World Wars I and II, the company manufactured agricultural machines and devices. After the annexation of Northern Lands in 1945 to Poland, the company was one of the first industrial plants activated in the territory of what was then Olsztyn Province.

At first smithy begun to work in June 1945. In November 1945 the firm was taken over by the state-owned Northern Trust of Agricultural Machines in Gdańsk. Then, a new profile of production was opened: agricultural machines and machine tools for processing of peat.

The company accepted its new name: State Factory of Agricultural Machines. Three years later the factory was assigned to Management of Local Industry in Olsztyn and changed its name to "Mechanical Plant and Foundry". Production then began to diversify further. The company started producing builder's hoisting winches as well as machines and devices for the manufacture of litter peat. On January 1, 1975, the firm was taken over by the Management of Industrial Machinery for Forestry and changed its name to Reszel’s Plant of Industrial Machinery for Forestry (being still a part of the Trust structure).

In the period between 1953-62 the production program became extremely varied. Aside from a line of simple devices (wheeled sets, special benches, hoisting winches), there was also an assortment of high accuracy and precision products (air-compressors, tractors, hydraulic pumps, circular sawing machines).

Since 1963, after the Trust decided to distribute production of machine tools for wood over several factories in Poland, the company began to specialise in the production of circular sawing machines, shredders and fragmentisers for processing wood and wood-based materials.

From 1973 to 1985 the factory was intensively enlarged. A new foundry started production of cast iron. New productive halls were built and in 1983 a new division was opened in Bisztynek, producing farmer’s circular saws.

In December 1990 the enterprise was transformed into legal form of Share Company, owned solely by the Treasury of the State, and changed its name to REMA S.A. (REMA Share Company).

Present activity
Rema services, repairs and sells spare parts for woodcutting machine tools. The primary line of products is the circular sawing machines with under-cutting spindle (scoring unit) for wood and chipboards. The company also produces cross-cutting circular saws, builder's circular saws, angular saws, radial arm saws, multi-blade rip saws, multi-functional machine tools and dust extractors. The foundry department produces cast iron: grey, nodular and alloy.

References

External links
 Official Website

Woodworking machines
Saws
Shim. Shim may refer to:

 Shim (spacer), a thin and often tapered or wedged piece of material
 CPU shim, a spacer for a computer heat sink
 Shim (fencing), a device used in the sport fencing
 Shim (lock pick), a tool used to bypass padlocks
 Shim (computing), an application compatibility workaround
 Shim (magnetism), a device used to adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field
 Shim (band), an Australian hard rock band

Microscopy
 Second-harmonic imaging microscopy
 Scanning helium ion microscope

People
 Shim (surname)
 Sim (Korean surname), pronounced "shim"
 Shim (musician) (born 1983), Israeli singer-songwriter and artist

See also
 
 
 Shimmer (disambiguation)
 Shimon (disambiguation)
 Sim (disambiguation)
Glass rod. A glass stirring rod, glass rod, stirring rod or stir rod is a piece of laboratory equipment used to mix chemicals. They are usually made of solid glass, about the thickness and slightly longer than a drinking straw, with rounded ends.

Structure

Stir rods  are generally made of borosilicate (commonly known as Pyrex) glass or polypropylene plastic. 
They are usually between 10 and 40 centimeters in length and about half a centimeter in diameter. 
Glass rods are created from a single length of thin glass that is then cut into smaller segments. The ends are generally rounded (for example, by flame polishing) to prevent scratching the surface of glassware during use, which may lead to cracks if the glassware is later heated. Other shapes are possible, such as a flat paddle which can be used to circulate sediment, a triangular paddle to imitate a rubber policeman or a round button used to crush solids.

Uses
A stirring rod is used for mixing liquids, or solids and liquids.

Stir rods are used as part of proper laboratory technique when decanting supernatants because the contact helps to negate the adhesion between the side of the glassware and the supernatant that is responsible for the liquid running down the side. Using a stir rod also grants more control over the rate of flow, which is important in cases where chemicals may react violently. This process is also used to pour a large-mouthed flask or beaker into a test tube.

Glass rods can also be used to induce crystallization in a recrystallization procedure, when they are used to scratch the inside surface of a test tube or beaker.

They can also break up an emulsion during an extraction.

Teaching
These are two classic physics experiments performed using glass rods.

Vanishing rods experiment 
This experiment introduces students to the concept of an index of refraction in a liquid. Glass rods are placed in beakers of liquid, in this case oil and water. In water, the glass rods are visible because the refractive index of water is different for water and glass. In the oil, however, the glass rods seem to disappear because they have a refractive index very similar to that of glass, so the light does not bend as it crosses the glass/oil interface.

Electrification 

Glass rods can also be used to demonstrate electrification by friction. This occurs when there are two surfaces rubbing together. In this instance, rubbing a glass rod with silk transfers negative charge from it. This effect is known as the triboelectric effect and can be performed with a variety of materials. Because glass rods and silk are relatively common, they are often chosen to demonstrate this effect.

See also
Magnetic stirrer
Rubber policeman
Swizzle stick

References

Laboratory glassware
Prince Philip Medal. The Prince Philip Medal is named after Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who was the Senior Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE).  In 1989 Prince Philip agreed to the commissioning of solid gold medals to be "awarded periodically to an engineer of any nationality who has made an exceptional contribution to engineering as a whole through practice, management or education."  The first of these medals was awarded in 1991 to Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle.

Background
The Prince Philip medal is awarded through the Royal Academy of Engineering. Nominations are opened around September each year.
Candidates can be from any nationality and hence it is an international award. Although it is an annual award, at times when 
there is no qualified candidate, the medal is not awarded. Winners include people from industry and university.

Winners

Previous recipients of the Prince Philip medal were:

Others
Another different medal also known as the Prince Philip medal is the City and Guilds Institute of London Gold Medal, awarded by the City & Guilds.

See also

 List of engineering awards

Notes

International awards
Awards established in 1991
Awards of the Royal Academy of Engineering
1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
Medal
Duncan Hawthorne. Duncan Hawthorne is an international businessman in the electricity industry. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Nuclear Power. He holds an honours degree in control engineering from the Open University and an MBA from Strathclyde University in Glasgow.

Duncan has held various positions in the Electrical Generation Businesses in the United Kingdom and North America at South of Scotland Electricity Board, Scottish Nuclear, British Energy, AmerGen and Bruce Power from Apprentice level through Technician, Engineering and Managerial positions to Senior Executive level.

Career
Duncan joined the power industry in Scotland with the South of Scotland Electricity Board as an apprentice at the Cumbernauld Training Centre, and spent time at some of the SSEB power stations. He held engineering and managerial posts at Hunterston B, which during this period was vested with Scottish Nuclear. Upon the formation of British Energy, he joined the head office organization in East Kilbride.

North America and Bruce Power Formation
Duncan headed to North America as part of AmerGen, a joint venture which included British Energy, in Philadelphia. It was while in North America he joined Dr. Robin Jeffery (the deputy chairman of British Energy) in the formation of Canagen based in Toronto, as part of the British Energy organization to become part of the Canadian electricity setup. It was this that led to the formation of Bruce Power.

Duncan was part of the executive team throughout the Bruce Nuclear acquisition, the formation of Bruce Power and the development of the company's current partnership structure with the Cameco Corporation, TransCanada Corporation, BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust, a trust established by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, the Power Workers’ Union and The Society of Energy Professionals.

Horizon Nuclear Power
He was a non-executive board member of Horizon Nuclear Power based in the UK.

However, in March 2016, it was announced that Duncan would take up the post of CEO as of the 1 May 2016.

Awards and recognitions
Duncan has participated in Canadian and international organizations related to the electricity industry. He is Chair of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA), In 2013, Duncan was elected as the President of WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operators). He is a member of Canada Defense Science Advisory Board.

References

Alumni of Strathclyde Business School
Living people
British chief executives in the energy industry
Year of birth missing (living people)
OMERS
Aviation regulations. Most country's administrations have regulatory authorities devoted to producing and publishing regulations for aeronautical operations.

Countries, organizations and publications
In Canada, the publication is called Canadian Aviation Regulations, and is produced by Transport Canada.

For a number of European States, the regulations are produced by the European Aviation Safety Agency.

In the United States, the publication is called Federal Aviation Regulations, and is produced by the Federal Aviation Administration.

In Brazil, the publication is called Regulamento Brasileiro da Aviação Civil - RBAC, and is produced by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil.

See also
Aviation law
Aviation safety

Civil aviation authorities
Aviation law
Cao Bochun. Cao Bochun (; born November 1941) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. He was the secretary of CCP Guangxi committee, and currently serves as vice director of environment and resources protection committee of 11th National People's Congress.

Born in Zhuzhou, Hunan Province, Cao graduated from aeronautic engineering school in Zhuzhou in December 1963, and stayed as a teacher in the school. He joined Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1966. In the early-1970s, the school was transformed into a branch of Jiangnan Aeronautic Engine Factory (National 331 Factory), and he became a worker and technician. He was eventually promoted to vice head of the factory. In 1983, he was appointed as vice secretary of CCP Zhuzhou municipal committee and director of propaganda department. He became the secretary of CCP Zhuzhou committee in 1984. He later served as secretary of CCP Xiangtan municipal committee, and vice governor of Hunan Province. In June 1992, he became the vice secretary of CCP Liaoning committee. From June 1992 to 1995, he was the secretary of CCP Dalian municipal committee. In July 1997, he was appointed as secretary of CCP committee of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and was re-elected in October 2001. On January 31, 2002, he was elected as chairman of Guangxi People's Congress, and was re-elected in January 2003. He retired in 2006, and was appointed as vice director of environment and resources protection committee of National People's Congress on 29 June 2006 and was re-elected in March 2008. 

Cao was an alternate member of 14th Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of 15th and 16th Central Committees of CCP. He is a standing committee member of 11th National People's Congress.

References 

1941 births
Members of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress
Living people
People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan
Politicians from Zhuzhou
Political office-holders in Guangxi
Political office-holders in Liaoning
MP Lafer. The MP Lafer was an automobile built in Brazil by Lafer S.A. beginning in 1974. Created by Percival Lafer, a furniture manufacturer, it was a fiberglass-bodied two-seat roadster that took its styling cues from the classic British sports cars of the 1940s and early '50s, with a strong resemblance to the MG T-series and Morgan Plus 4. Unlike those, however, its chassis, engine, manual transmission, steering and suspension were from the Volkswagen Beetle (known as the Fusca in Brazil). Although the stock VW Type 1 four-cylinder made it somewhat underpowered, it became a sought-after car in its time. Approximately 4,300 were built over its 16-year production span. It was available in two models—the classic MP, and the more modern TI, introduced in March 1984. Some 1,000 were exported, most to Europe but some to the United States.

References

Cars introduced in 1974
1980s cars
1990s cars
Cars of Brazil
Retro-style automobiles
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Rear-engined vehicles
Pete Becker. Pete Becker is a consultant and computer programmer, recognized as one of the world's foremost experts in the C++ programming language. He has been contributing to the C++ standardization process since its start and has authored several publications, including magazine articles and columns, and a book on the first C++ Library Technical Report (aka TR1).

Career 

Becker worked for eight years at Borland International as a quality assurance engineer and manager, library implementor, and development manager. From 1997 to 2005 he was employed at Dinkumware, working on the source code and documentation of their C++ Standard Library and C Standard Library implementations.

C++ Standards Committee 

Becker has been a member of the ISO/IEC (JTC1/SC22/WG21) C++ Standards committee since its inception in 1991. His work includes a proposal for standard support of dynamic libraries and arbitrary-precision arithmetic in C++. He has been the Project Editor from 2004 until 2011, when C++11 was released.

Publications 

Becker has written several columns and articles, focusing primarily on C++. From 1995 to 2001, Becker was a regular columnist for C/C++ Users Journal. From 2005 to 2006 he wrote a monthly column entitled "The New C++ Not-So-Standard Library", focusing on various aspects of the C++ TR1 library extensions. After C/C++ Users Journal merged with Dr Dobb's Journal, Becker's column reappeared as "The New C++", now focusing on more general aspects of C and C++ programming.

In 2006 he published The C++ Standard Library Extensions: A Tutorial and Reference, a book covering the new functions and components proposed as extensions to the C++ Standard Library in C++ Technical Report 1.

References

External links
Pete Becker's homepage

C++ people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
FemiSapien. FemiSapien is a female humanoid robot that WowWee announced at CES in January 2008. It can respond to sight, sound, and touch and can be programmed with a sequence of movements. At CES 2008 an estimated release date of late summer and $99 MSRP were given, and was being sold for $89.99 in 2009.

Features 
Three modes of interaction.
Learning Mode: can be programmed with a sequence of movements.
Responsive Mode: make her responds to walking commands, and also you can interact with her as she reacts to your sounds, or watch her perform comedy scenes with you or another robot.
Attentive Mode: you can activate actions such as autonomous wandering, blowing kisses, poses, holding hands, dancing, belching, and she will even engage you in "conversation"!
Ability to control other WowWee robots.
Ability to respond/dance to music.

Specifications 

Dimensions:
Length: 4" (10.2 cm)
Height: 15" (38.1 cm)
Width: 8" (20.3 cm)
Weight: 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg)
5 x motors (with joint position sensors)
4 x position switches in each joystick hand access up to 56 functions
1 x IR receiver
2 x IR transmitters
1 x microphone to detect words, music and sharp noises
1 x speaker with nearly 90 seconds of sound
2 x tilt sensors for forwards and backwards fall detection
Requires 6 "AA" alkaline batteries

References

External links
Authoritative multi-page review with video of Femisapien
RoboCommunity FemiSapien page
WowWee website
WowWee videos on FemiSapien
CNN video on FemiSapien
Femisapien community forum

Toy brands
Toy robots
2000s toys
Bipedal humanoid robots
Entertainment robots
WowWee
2009 robots
Bensen Mid-Jet. The Bensen Mid-Jet (a pun on "Midget jet") was a small helicopter developed by Igor Bensen in the United States in the early 1950s in the hope of attracting the interest of the United States Navy. It was a single-seat, open framework machine based on the B-5 rotor kite with small, gasoline- or fuel oil-burning ramjets mounted as tipjets on the rotor blades. Tests carried out in 1954 showed it to be able to lift four times its own weight and cruise at 75 mph (120 km/h).

Specifications

See also

References

External links
 Bensen Aircraft Foundation
 Bensen Aircraft at Vortechonline.com

1950s United States experimental aircraft
1950s United States helicopters
Mid-Jet
Ramjet-powered aircraft
Tipjet-powered helicopters
Aircraft first flown in 1953
Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel. The Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel (OIMS, ) was founded in Moscow in May 1924, as a spin-off from a military science society at the Zhukovsky Airforce Academy. Chaired by Grigory Kramarov, it counted 200 charter members, including prominent Soviet experts in space-exploration and rocketry such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Fridrikh Tsander, and Vladimir Vetchinkin.  The society facilitated discussions among engineers and educators on space travel and organized public educational events.

OIMS hosted a famous public debate on October 4, 1924, to discuss Robert Goddard's proposal to launch a rocket to the Moon.

The society lasted for only about one year.

References

Scientific organizations established in 1924
Scientific societies based in Russia
Soviet and Russian space institutions
Space science organizations
Space program of the Soviet Union
Victoria Grist Windmill. Victoria Grist Windmill is an historic gristmill in Memorial Square in Victoria, Texas, United States. The windmill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1976, and became an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Landmark in May 1991.

The windmill was built in 1870 and is probably the last remaining windmill of European design in the Southwestern United States. Standing 35 feet high and supporting four 15-foot blades, the Dutch turret-mill style windmill was constructed by German immigrant Fred Meiss, Jr. and Otto Fiek near Spring Creek. The turret-style allowed the top to be turned so the sails face the wind. The millstones were made in Germany, and Rudolph Witte brought them through the port of Indianola in the 1840s. The stones were capable of grinding 500 pounds of cornmeal a week. The walls of the mill are constructed of wooden logs and covered with shakes. In 1935, the Victoria Grist Windmill was moved from its earlier location (west of Victoria) to Memorial Square.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Victoria County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Victoria County

References

Buildings and structures in Victoria, Texas
Industrial buildings completed in 1870
Smock mills in the United States
Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Grinding mills in Texas
German-American culture in Texas
Octagonal buildings in the United States
Agricultural buildings and structures in Texas
Wind power in Texas
Windmills in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Victoria, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places
1870 establishments in Texas
Windmills on the National Register of Historic Places
Lancair 320. The Lancair 320 is a two-seat single-engined light aircraft marketed in kit form by the U.S. general aviation manufacturer Lancair. It is based on the Lancair 235, but with a larger fuselage and more powerful engine, and like the 235, it is a low-winged monoplane of composite construction with a retractable tricycle undercarriage, with side-by-side seating in an enclosed cockpit.  The Lancair 360 is similar, but with a more powerful engine.

In 1990 the ACT Apache 1, based on the Lancair 320 was proposed to be jointly built by Aerotech S.A. of Switzerland and Aviation Composite Technology Inc. in the Philippines for use by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.

Specifications

References
Notes

Bibliography
Lancair retrieved June 24, 2008
Lancair 320 story and info SW Aviator retrieved June 24, 2008

External links

320
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
1980s United States sport aircraft
Single-engined piston aircraft
Aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear
Michell solution. In continuum mechanics, the Michell solution is a general solution to the elasticity equations in polar coordinates () developed by John Henry Michell in 1899. The solution is such that the stress components are in the form of a Fourier series in  .

Michell showed that the general solution can be expressed in terms of an Airy stress function of the form

The terms  and  define a trivial null state of stress and are ignored.

Stress components 
The stress components can be obtained by substituting the Michell solution into the equations for stress in terms of the Airy stress function (in cylindrical coordinates).  A table of stress components is shown below.

Displacement components 
Displacements  can be obtained from the Michell solution by using the stress-strain and strain-displacement relations.  A table of displacement components corresponding the terms in the Airy stress function for the Michell solution is given below.  In this table

where  is the Poisson's ratio, and  is the shear modulus.

Note that a rigid body displacement can be superposed on the Michell solution of the form

to obtain an admissible displacement field.

See also 
 Linear elasticity
 Flamant solution
 John Henry Michell

References 

Elasticity (physics)