Abstract: A floating platform for high-power wind turbines, comprising a concrete substructure, said concrete substructure forming the base of the platform, which remains semi-submerged in the operating position, and consisting of a square lower slab on which a series of beams and five hollow reinforced concrete cylinders are constructed, distributed at the corners and the center of said lower slab; a metal superstructure supported on the concrete substructure and forming the base for connection with the wind turbine tower, said tower being coupled at the center thereof; and metal covers covering each of the cylinders, on which the metal superstructure is supported and to which vertical pillars are secured, linked together by beams, which join at the central pillar by an element whereon the base of the wind turbine tower is secured.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a welded joint including the following successive steps: I. The provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate, and II. The welding of the at least two metallic substrates with a welding head while, simultaneously, applying on the at least two metallic substrates, ahead of the welding head, a welding flux including a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a welded joint having the following successive steps: I. the provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate having a thickness of at least 8 mm and being delimited by at least one beveled edge, wherein said beveled edge is at least partially coated with a pre-coating having a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof, and II. the welding of the at least two metallic substrates along the at least partially coated beveled edge by laser arc hybrid welding in leading arc configuration.

Abstract: A welding flux including a titanate and a nanoparticulate Niobium compound chosen from among Niobium oxides, alkali niobates and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a welded joint have the following successive steps: I. the provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate having a thickness of at least 50 mm and being delimited by at least one sidewall, wherein said sidewall is at least partially coated with a pre-coating having a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof, and II. the welding of the at least two metallic substrates along the at least partially coated sidewall by narrow gap welding.

Abstract: A flux-cored wire including a sheath and a flux that fills the sheath, wherein the flux includes a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Package sorting systems and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system includes a platform of a vehicle, where the platform is arranged as a grid having a plurality of slots (including an open slot and a target slot). A plurality of slabs can be placed into the grid except for in the open slot. A slab moving assembly is used to move the slabs in order to place a selected slab into the target slot on the platform.

Abstract: A method of planning a platform lift. The platform lift includes a rail, platform, chair, and a drive unit attached to the platform to drive the platform along the rail. The method includes acquiring 3D-data of a stair on which the platform lift is to be installed utilizing an augmented reality device. Calculating a travel path of the rail is based on acquired 3D-data and predetermined clearance information. Visualizing part or all of the platform lift is based on the calculated path of travel via the augmented reality device. Acquiring the 3D-data includes observing the stair with the augmented reality device; marking several locations and confirming the locations via a user input; extracting surface information via a computer based analysis of the markings and optical information taken by the augmented reality device. Based on the optical information and predetermined clearance information the path of travel is calculated.

Abstract: Package sorting systems and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system includes a platform of a vehicle, where the platform is arranged as a grid having a plurality of slots (including an open slot and a target slot). A plurality of slabs can be placed into the grid except for in the open slot. A slab moving assembly is used, to move the slabs in order to place a selected slab into the target slot on the platform.

Abstract: A pre-coated steel substrate coated with optionally, an anticorrosion coating and a pre-coating including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle, the steel substrate having a reflectance higher or equal to 60% at wavelengths between 6.0 and 15.0 ?m.

Abstract: A pre-coated metallic substrate wherein a bare metallic substrate having a reflectance higher or equal to 60% at all wavelengths between 0.5 and 5.0 ?m is coated with a pre-coating including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle; a method for the manufacture of this pre-coated metallic substrate; a method for the manufacture of a coated metallic substrate and a coated metallic substrate.

Abstract: A pre-coated steel substrate coated with: —optionally, an anticorrosion coating and —a flux including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle chosen from: TiO2, SiO2, Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2 or a mixture thereof, the thickness of the flux being between 30 and 95 ?m.

Abstract: A pre-coated steel substrate wherein the coating including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle; a method for the manufacture of an assembly; a method for the manufacture of a coated steel substrate and a coated substrate substrate. It is particularly well suited for construction, shipbuilding and offshore industries.

Abstract: A passenger moving installation includes a plurality of tread elements forming an endless conveyor belt, wherein the tread elements are at least partially covered by at least one element that limits a transportation height of a user set of the installation. A safety system is configured to detect a risk of collision between the user set and the covering element. A method of determining a risk of collision between a user set and at least one covering element in a passenger moving installation at least partially covered by the covering element, includes determining the height of the user set in a monitoring area via a safety system, comparing the height of the user set to the height of a safety threshold, and triggering an event in the safety system if the user height exceeds the safety threshold.

Abstract: A method predicts whether an approaching passenger intends to travel on a passenger moving system having at least one movable pallet. The method includes positioning at least one monitoring device in the vicinity of the passenger moving system such that it monitors a detection area wherein the detection area includes at least a first detection area. The monitoring system then detects the presence of a passenger in the at least first detection area and monitors a trajectory of the passenger. A response is triggered at a control unit of the passenger moving system when the monitored trajectory of the passenger provides a predicted trajectory that reaches the entrance to the passenger moving system.

Abstract: A method for the automated docking of a passenger boarding bridge to an aircraft parked in a stand includes, determining a target position with respect to a door of the aircraft, to which target position a bridgehead of the passenger boarding bridge is to be moved, and moving the bridgehead to dock with the door of the aircraft based on the determined target position.

Abstract: A method predicts whether an approaching passenger intends to travel on a passenger moving system having at least one movable pallet. The method includes positioning at least one monitoring device in the vicinity of the passenger moving system such that it monitors a detection area wherein the detection area includes at least a first detection area. The monitoring system then detects the presence of a passenger in the at least first detection area and monitors a trajectory of the passenger. A response is triggered at a control unit of the passenger moving system when the monitored trajectory of the passenger provides a predicted trajectory that reaches the entrance to the passenger moving system.

Abstract: A sliding window buffer is implemented on a local computing device that places chunks of content from a data source into a local buffer for transmission on a per-chunk basis. A portion of memory in the local buffer can be re-used for a single data transmission operation until the content is fully transmitted to a remote computing device. Logical positions on the local buffer which correlate to inner positions on the data source are utilized to enable the sliding window buffer to retrieve and retransmit chunks of data, if necessary. An inner position indicates a byte location in the data source and a logical position indicates a corresponding byte position in the local buffer. The local computing device can utilize byte positions to retrieve and re-transmit chunks of data if, for example, the device fails to receive an acknowledgement from the remote computing device for any of the data.

Abstract: A coated steel substrate including a coating comprising nanographite having a lateral size between 1 and 60 ?m and a binder, wherein the steel substrate has the following compositions in weight percent: 0.31?C?1.2%, 0.1?Si?1.7%, 0.15?Mn?1.1%, P?0.01%, S?0.1%, Cr?1.0%, Ni?1.0%, Mo?0.1%, and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb?0.05%, B?0.003%, Ti?0.06%, Cu?0.1%, Co?0.1%, N?0.01%, V?0.05%, the remainder of the composition being made of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the elaboration and a method for the manufacture of the coated steel substrate.

Abstract: A coated steel substrate including a coating including nanographite having a lateral size between 1 and 60 ?m and a binder, wherein the steel substrate has the following compositions in weight percent: 0.31?C?1.2%, 0.1?Si?1.7%, 0.7?Mn?3.0%, P?0.01%, S?0.1%, Cr?0.5%, Ni?0.5%, Mo?0.1%, and on a purely optional basis, one or more elements such as Nb?0.05%, B?0.003%, Ti?0.06%, Cu?0.1%, Co?0.1%, N?0.01%, V?0.05%, the remainder of the composition being made of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from the elaboration; and a method for the manufacture of the coated steel substrate.