Abstract: A transverse vibration rolling system and a preparation method for a double-layer metal composite ultra-thin strip relate to a technical field of rolling, which solve problems including poor rolling and bonding effects, low geometric accuracy, and poor plate shape quality of metal composite ultra-thin strips. The transverse vibration rolling system includes: a first roll, a second roll, a first hydraulic vibrator, a second hydraulic vibrator, a first hydraulic motor, a second hydraulic motor, a check valve, a first hydraulic pump, a first overflow valve, an oil tank, a controller, a second overflow valve, a second hydraulic pump, an electromagnetic reversing valve, a first speed control valve, and a second speed control valve. The transverse vibration of the rolls of the present invention can apply transverse shearing force on the ultra-thin metal strips during the bond rolling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a functional unit for attachment to a workpiece, in particular to a sheet metal part, said functional unit comprising a fastening element having a fastening section for the rotationally fixed fastening of the functional unit to the workpiece and having a head part that adjoins the fastening section in an axial direction and that has a functional section and a head part support surface remote from the fastening section; and a fixing element that can be fixed to the functional section of the head part of the fastening element by means of a rotational movement and that has a fixing element support surface that, in a state of the fixing element installed at the fastening element, faces the head part support surface such that an attachment part can be clamped between the head part support surface and the fixing element support surface.

Abstract: A method for temporarily releasing a screw anchorage includes unscrewing and removing a primary screw having a thread that is tappingly engaged in a mating thread in an ungrouted hole in a mineral substrate from the ungrouted hole. Subsequently to the unscrewing and removing, a retrofitting screw is screwed into the hole to form an annular gap between the retrofitting screw and the mineral substrate. A hardenable grout is placed in the annular gap and the hardenable grout is hardened in the annular gap.

Abstract: A method for complex-decommissioning a nuclear facility is disclosed. The method for complex-decommissioning the nuclear facility includes: cutting and expanding an inner wall of the cavity; installing a cutting device that cuts and decommissions the nuclear reactor pressure vessel inside the cavity; fixing the nuclear reactor pressure vessel inside the cavity by using a fixture; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel fixed inside the cavity by using a cutting device.

Abstract: A form-shapable tarpaulin material incorporates a malleable component that enables the form-shapable tarpaulin material to be shaped into a formed shape and retain this shape. The malleable component may be coupled to a first side layer which may be a plastic layer that is waterproof. The malleable component may be continuous or discontinuous, such as including strands that form a screen or net. The malleable component may be configured between a first side layer and a second side layer, or sandwiched between these two layers. A form-shapable tarpaulin material may have a drape angle of no more than 25 degrees.

Abstract: A shared mold manufacturing method for industrial lighting devices includes the following steps: putting a metal material in a mold to execute a casting molding step to generate a semi-finished product; the semi-finished product has a plate portion and a box portion disposed on the plate portion; taking the semi-finished product from the mold and performing a cooling step to cool the semi-finished product; performing a separating step to separate the plate portion from the box portion; executing a re-processing step for the plate portion and the box portion in order to obtain a heat sink and a driver; and performing a combining step to combine the heat sink with the driver.

Abstract: A method of making a heat exchanger with a net shape moldable highly thermally conductive polymer composite includes mixing a polymer and a thermally conductive filler material and molding the polymer composite into heat exchanger components. The heat exchanger can be tailored to varying heating and cooling needs with moldable geometries.

Abstract: An anchor pin that is precisely structured and machined to fit within a internal bore of a spindle rod of a motorcycle steering spindle assembly is presented herein. The anchor pin is configured and intended to provide additional structural integrity to and reinforce the spindle rod in the event of damage thereto or failure thereof. Accordingly, the anchor pin includes an elongated cylindrical shaft with a flared head disposed at one end thereof. The elongated cylindrical shaft includes at least one recessed ring disposed along a length thereof, and at least one resilient o-ring seated therein.

Abstract: A method may include positioning one or more PV module mounting devices along a length of a structural component. The method may include specifying one or more parameters related to fastening the PV module mounting devices to the structural component, the one or more parameters indicating a spacing between the PV module mounting devices. The method may include fastening, by an automated attachment equipment, the PV module mounting devices to the structural component based on the specified parameters and moving the PV module mounting devices fastened to the structural component to an assembly platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a wing panel. Methods include aligning a strongback over a wing panel, vacuum attaching a wing panel surface and pogos extending beneath the strongback, and adjusting the length of pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Systems include a strongback to extend over a wing panel, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Other systems include a track, work stations along the track, a strongback to extend over the wing panel and move along the track, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Apparatus includes a shuttle having adapters that mate the shuttle with a track, adjustable-length carriers with vacuum couplers to couple with a wing panel surface, and indexing units that interact with indexing features in a manufacturing excess of the wing panel.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion defining an interior cavity, a port on the body portion connected to the interior cavity, and a face portion coupled to a front portion of the body portion to enclose the interior cavity. The face portion includes a recess portion and a face plate portion. The face plate portion includes an outer portion surrounding an inner portion. The inner portion of the face plate portion configured to enclose the recess portion. The golf club head also includes a first filler material in the interior cavity, and a second filler material in the recess portion. The first filler material and the second filler material have different coefficients of restitution. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a face portion including a front surface, a back surface, a plurality of front grooves on the front surface, a face perimeter, and a back groove portion on the back surface. The back groove portion may include a back groove portion length extending on the back surface of the face portion proximate to the face perimeter. The back groove portion length may be greater than or equal to 50% of the face perimeter. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A method for removing a blind rivet includes a workpiece arrangement having first and second surfaces and a connecting hole. A blind rivet is fixed in the hole and has a shell and screw through the shell extending coaxially along a common center axis, the shell having a shell head portion, straight portion, deformation portion and threaded portion having an internal thread. The straight portion is in the hole and the deformation portion and the threaded portion protrude out of the hole, the screw having a screw head portion and pin portion having an external thread. The screw is in the shell such that the deformation portion of the shell is deformed where the outside diameter of the deformed deformation portion is larger than the diameter of the hole. The shell is cut in the region of the thread portion and/or the deformation portion, and the blind rivet is removed from the hole.

Abstract: A device for assembling a sliding bearing, in particular a spherical bearing, which has an inner ring and a divided outer ring, the device including a clamping ring provided for receiving the outer ring, the inner diameter of the clamping ring corresponding at most to the outer diameter of the outer ring in the maximally compressed state thereof. To shrink the clamping ring onto the outer ring and to detach the clamping ring from the outer ring, a temperature control device, in particular in the form of an induction-heating device, which heats the clamping ring, is provided.

Abstract: A method of repairing a component includes removing a damaged portion from the component to leave a first interface surface that is defined by a continuous curve, mixing a powdered base material and a binder to define a mixture, and printing the mixture into a desired shape without melting the base material. The method also includes removing the binder from the desired shape, solid-state sintering the desired shape to form a replacement piece having a second interface surface that is defined by the continuous curve, and attaching the second interface surface to the first interface surface to replace the damaged portion of the component.

Abstract: An assistance system for positioning a first component relative to a second component includes a sensor arrangement configured to detect a current position of a first reference point and a current position of a second reference point of the first component in a first measurement setting in a second measurement setting, respectively, a data processing device configured to control the measurement setting of the sensor arrangement and to determine a current position deviation based on the detected current position and a target position of the reference point, a display device configured to graphically output the current position deviation, and a remote controller having a housing having a coupling structure for detachably coupling to the first component, a control element, and an electronic signal generation circuit configured to generate and send an acknowledgement signal to the data processing device in response to an actuation of the control element.

Abstract: A turner gear assembly (52) for turning an unbalanced rotor of a wind turbine (10) having a drivetrain (30). The turner gear assembly (52) includes a turner gear (50) configured to couple to the drivetrain (30) and having at least two motors (58a, 58b), and a valve block (78) connectable to the turner gear (50) and having a first flow control valve (106) configured to be in fluid communication with a pump (80) and with the at least two motors (58a, 58b). The first flow control valve (106) is selectively moveable between a first fluid control position (106a) and a second fluid control position (106b). When the first flow control valve (106) is in the first fluid control position (106a), the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in parallel and when the first flow control valve (106) is in the second fluid control position (106b), the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in series. A method of operating the turner gear assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electroformed composite component includes reinforcing particles in a metal matrix. The composite component is formed by a method including passing an electric current between an anode and a cathode in the presence of an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a metal salt and a plurality of reinforcing particle precursors. The method further includes depositing a composite layer on the cathode, wherein the composite layer includes the metal matrix and the plurality of reinforcing particle precursors dispersed in the metal matrix. An optional heat treatment can be performed subsequently to transform the precursor particles to more stable forms with concomitant improvement in composite material properties.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a hollow body portion defining an interior cavity and a front portion with a front opening, a face portion coupled to the front portion to enclose the interior cavity, a first filler material at least partially filling the interior cavity, a second filler material at least partially filling the interior cavity, and a plate portion inside the interior cavity. The plate portion at least partially separates the first filler material from the second filler material. The first filler material and the second filler material have at least one different physical property. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A connecting device, in particular for connecting two components, includes a housing device, having an axial shaft portion delimiting a receiving space, and a radial flange portion having a screw through-passage terminating into the receiving space, wherein a face of the flange portion facing the shaft portion is a connecting wall, and a face of the shaft portion opposite the connecting wall is a fastening wall, wherein the axial shaft portion is adapted to be inserted into a through passage of a first component and a nut device is in particular axially displaceably and rotatably arranged in the receiving space, wherein the nut device can preferably only be inserted laterally into the receiving space.