Abstract: A high molecular weight polyethylene polymer is formulated so that the polymer is capable of being injection molded. The polyethylene polymer has a Viscosity Number of greater than about 400 ml/g and has a melt flow rate of greater than about 0.9 g/10 min. The polyethylene polymer is of high purity and is particularly well suited for producing medical products.

Abstract: To provide improvements in crest factor reduction in a distributed communication system, CFR configuration parameters can be determined based on communication signals received from a base station entity and distributed to node(s) of the distributed communication system. CFR engine(s) in the node(s) may perform CFR based on the CFR configuration parameters, and/or may adjust their CFR engine(s) based on signal parameters and/or operating parameters of a power amplifier coupled to a respective CFR engine. Some or all CFR processing may be offloaded from a node and assigned to optical transport card(s) of the system controller based on a processing bandwidth associated with the optical transport card(s).

Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubes is provided. The apparatus includes a Danner-pipe, a heating device, and a heating chamber having the Danner-pipe and the heating device arranged therein. The Danner-pipe is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane by a Danner-angle. The heating device is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane by a heating-angle. The Danner-angle and/or the heating angle are in a range of 1° to 45°.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming glass tubes is provided. The apparatus includes a Danner-pipe, a heating device, and a heating chamber having the Danner-pipe and the heating device arranged therein. The Danner-pipe is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane by a Danner-angle. The heating device is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane by a heating-angle. The Danner-angle and/or the heating angle are in a range of 1° to 45°.

Abstract: A contact device for an electric contact for electrically testing an electric test object, comprising a contact head and at least one printed circuit board. The contact head has a plurality of guide bores in which elongated contact elements that buckle elastically in a lateral direction upon contacting the test object are mounted in a longitudinally movable manner. One end of the contact element is used to contact the test object and the other end is in contact with first contact surfaces which are arranged in a specified pattern and which are located on a face of the printed circuit board in a first, central region of the printed circuit board face. Second contact surfaces are arranged in a further specified pattern, are electrically connected to the first contact surfaces through the printed circuit board, and lie on the other face of the printed circuit board in a second, central region of the printed circuit board face.

Abstract: A contact device for an electric contact for electrically testing an electric test object, comprising a contact head and at least one printed circuit board. The contact head has a plurality of guide bores in which elongated contact elements that buckle elastically in a lateral direction upon contacting the test object are mounted in a longitudinally movable manner. One end of the contact element is used to contact the test object and the other end is in contact with first contact surfaces which are arranged in a specified pattern and which are located on a face of the printed circuit board in a first, central region of the printed circuit board face. Second contact surfaces are arranged in a further specified pattern, are electrically connected to the first contact surfaces through the printed circuit board, and lie on the other face of the printed circuit board in a second, central region of the printed circuit board face.

Abstract: A contact-making apparatus for electrical connection of a unit under test to an electrical test device. The apparatus has a plurality of electrical test contacts, which are associated with at least one holding element, for making contact with the unit under test. An adapter device increases the distance between adjacent contact paths. The adapter device has contact elements for touch contact with the test contacts. The contact elements are comprised of noble metal or of a noble metal alloy, or of an alloy having at least one noble metal component, or of electrically conductive plastic. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of forming the contact elements by heating and then cooling and then forming the apparatus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contacting device for contacting an electrical test piece to be tested, in particular a test piece provided with tin-plated contacts, comprising at least two guide elements having openings through which contact elements pass essentially axially and which project from the test piece, on a side of the associated guide element facing the test piece, for contacting the test piece. The invention is characterized in that the axial distance between the guide elements or the axial position of the guide element facing the test piece may be adjusted to fit the projecting length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a contacting device for contacting an electrical test piece to be tested, in particular a test piece provided with tin-plated contacts, comprising at least two guide elements having openings through which contact elements pass essentially axially and which project from the test piece, on a side of the associated guide element facing the test piece, for contacting the test piece. The invention is characterized in that the axial distance between the guide elements or the axial position of the guide element facing the test piece may be adjusted to fit the projecting length.

Abstract: An electrical contact-making apparatus for testing electrical units, having at least one contact element which operates on the bent-wire principle and is guided such that it can move axially and can rotate in at least one guide hole of a guide device through which the contact element passes. The contact element has an offset at a location along its length and in the form of a side deflection which points in at least one first direction. The guide hole has at least one guide section which points in at least one lateral, second direction for the contact element, with the first direction including an angle (?) which is not equal to zero with respect the second direction. A corresponding method of operating the apparatus is disclosed.

Abstract: A contact-making apparatus for electrical connection of a unit under test to an electrical test device. The apparatus has a plurality of electrical test contacts, which are associated with at least one holding element, for making contact with the unit under test. An adapter device increases the distance between adjacent contact paths. The adapter device has contact elements for touch contact with the test contacts. The contact elements are comprised of noble metal or of a noble metal alloy, or of an alloy having at least one noble metal component, or of electrically conductive plastic. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of forming the contact elements by heating and then cooling and then forming the apparatus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the supply of a pressure medium on rail vehicles which are coupled together in a tractive link both mechanically and in order to enable the flow of said pressure medium, whereby said pressure medium is supplied by a main air container pipe which extends through all rail vehicles and which is fed with a pressure medium via a plurality of compressors individually mounted in each rail vehicle. The aim of the invention is to allow a balanced use of the compressors included in the tracture link. In order to achieve this, a changeable or fixed order of priority is defined for the compressors according to the total number of compressors in the tracture link, whereby the number of compressors activated depends on the order of priority necessary to meet the actual required amount of pressure medium.

Abstract: In a method for producing a micromechanical rotation rate sensor, a wafer stack arrangement is used wherein a substrate wafer arrangement (12, 16) is connected to a structural wafer arrangement (14, 18) by means of an insulating connecting layer (15). The required thickness of the structural wafer arrangement (14, 18) is adjusted by thinning it out, where-upon the structural wafer arrangement is structured so as to define at least one seismic mass (20), a suspension (24) and a spring means (22a, 22b) which connects the seismic mass to the suspension. The connecting layer acts as an etch stop for a dry-etching method in which the structural wafer arrangement is structured. In a subsequent further dry-etching step, the connecting layer is selectively removed in such a way that the seismic mass can carry out an excitation oscillation and the seismic mass or parts thereof can carry out a detection oscillation on the basis of a Coriolis force relative to the substrate wafer arrangement.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the supply of a pressure medium on rail vehicles which are coupled together in a tractive link both mechanically and in order to enable the flow of said pressure medium, whereby said pressure medium is supplied by a main air container pipe which extends through all rail vehicles and which is fed with a pressure medium via a plurality of compressors individually mounted in each rail vehicle. The aim of the invention is to allow a balanced use of the compressors included in the tracture link. In order to achieve this, a changeable or fixed order of priority is defined for the compressors according to the total number of compressors in the tracture link, whereby the number of compressors activated depends on the order of priority necessary to meet the actual required amount of pressure medium.

Abstract: A test head for making contact with test points of an electric component under test and with contact points on a board, for example. A plurality of spring elastic, elongated electric contact elements have opposite ends which respectively contact a test point at one end and a contact point at the other end. A plurality of at least two and preferably three guide panels are located in the space between the test points and the contact points. A respective, first, second and third opening in the first, second and third panels for each of the contact elements for each of the contact elements, with two adjacent openings for each of the contact elements being laterally offset and misaligned so that the contact element passing through them is held in a friction locked fashion.

Abstract: A test head for making contact with test points arranged close to one another of an electric component. The test head having a plurality of contact elements which can be connected to a connecting element of a test device. The contact elements are in respective feed-through openings through two or three overlying guide panels. The contact elements are axially guidable in the feed-through openings in the panel. Various ways of securing the contact elements against falling out of the test head are provided, including friction locking of the contact elements in one panel, using a securing layer at one panel, laterally offsetting one panel with respect to the others, or by different diameters along the length of the contact element, e.g. by insulation selectively applied along the length. The connecting element and the device for making contact are detachably connected.

Abstract: A canine training device protects a helper's hand and arm while training a dog to bite and hold the arm of a human. The canine training device includes a sleeve which fits over the helper's arm and is shaped to correspond to the shape of the helper's forearm and hand. A bite bar is secured to an exterior surface of the sleeve and has a substantially wedge-shaped cross-section. A cover is arranged over the sleeve and the bite bar for grasping by the dog. The training device also includes a separate upper arm guard which is secured to the arm of the helper and covers the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow. The bite bar is preferably adjustable on the sleeve to achieve different presentation angles for different wearers. The training device provides improved comfort and improved responsiveness due to the contoured shape of the training device sleeve.

Abstract: A sorter for paper pulp suspension including a rotationally symmetrical wire cage and a rotor supporting a plurality of vanes for rotating about the interior of the cage for moving suspension through the wire cage, the vanes being non-uniformly spaced. An annular pulp chamber surrounds the screen for collecting the pulp. A suspension outlet at the bottom of the pulp chamber receives the pulp from the pulp chamber. The pulp chamber extends axially beyond the lower end of the wire cage. An annular damping chamber surrounds the lower end of the pulp chamber and flow from the pulp chamber to the pulp outlet is past the damping chamber. The damping chamber develops a pool of the suspension in it. A pressurized gas cushion above the pool of suspension in the damping chamber controls the level thereof and damps the motion of the pulp in the pulp chamber.

Abstract: A power grip insert attachable to a handled instrument or to a user's hand, with one side contoured to accommodate the handle shank to be gripped, and an opposing side contoured in accordance with the musculature of hand palm. The palmar surface area includes dished areas for supporting the thenar and hypothenar eminences, and another depressed area into which the finger tips fit when clenching the instrument handle and grip insert together in the fist. Yet another contoured edge surface permits the thumb to close in cooperation with the fingers and effect a power grip around both the instrument handle and the grip insert.