Abstract: A method for controlling gear shifting of a working machine includes determining a representation of a first total tractive force of the working machine for the entire set of drive units; initiating a procedure for redistributing the tractive force while maintaining the first total tractive force, including decreasing, at least partly towards a level suitable for shifting gear, the torque and tractive force of at least the first drive unit down, and increasing, in a compensational manner, the torque and tractive force of at least one of the other drive units not subject to gear shifting; monitoring, during the redistribution procedure, a representation of a second total tractive force of the working machine for the other drive units not subject to gear shifting, and, provided that the second total tractive force exceeds a threshold limit that forms a function of the first total tractive force: decreasing the torque and tractive force of at least the first drive unit down to the level suitable for shifting gea

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer game controller stand, comprising: a frame (10), a controller support (15, 20), connected to the frame, said controller support being configured to support at least one computer game controller, such as a steering wheel module, a joystick module or a pedal module, and a chair connector (122, 132), configured for preventing horizontal relative movement between the frame and a chair (4). The chair connector is adapted to allow the frame and the chair to pivot relative each other about a vertical axis. The disclosure also provides a computer gaming unit and a method of making such a computer gaming unit.

Abstract: The proposed technology relates to a system (8) for preventing microbiological growth in a conduit conveying a liquid. The system (8) comprises a multi-layered pipe (10) constituting said conduit and having an inner layer (12) that covers the complete inside (16) of the pipe (10) and is formed of an electrically conductive polymer material. A liquid in the pipe (10) is in direct contact with the inner layer (12). The system further has a first electrical connector (18) and a second electrical connector (19) connecting to the inner layer (12) from outside the pipe (10), wherein the first electric connector (18) and the second electric connector (19) are spaced apart along the pipe (10). The system further has an electric power source (20) operationally connected to the first electrical connector (18) and the second electrical connector (19) and configured for supplying an electric current to the inner layer (12).

Abstract: An air suspension arrangement arranged to be connected between a vehicle axle and a vehicle chassis of a vehicle includes a flexible bellows having an upper portion connectable to the vehicle chassis of the vehicle, and a bumper stop, wherein the air suspension arrangement further includes a polymer member arranged between the bumper stop and the flexible bellows for connecting the bumper stop to the flexible bellows. A method for manufacturing the air suspension arrangement and a vehicle including such an air suspension arrangement are also provided.

Abstract: A planet carrier for a planetary gear transmission for driving a wheel includes a housing for accommodating a sun wheel and planet wheels of a planetary gear transmission. The housing has an inner end and an opposite outer end. The inner end of the housing is provided with an inner end wall having an opening for receiving a drive shaft for driving the sun wheel. The outer end of the housing is provided with an outer end wall having through holes for mounting the planet wheels axially into the housing in the direction from the outer end towards the inner end.

Abstract: A wheel hub unit is provided including at least one planetary gear set, including a sun gear, one set of planet gears, a carrier, and a ring gear, wherein each of the planet gears of the set of planet gears is provided with an engagement arrangement adapted for engagement with a corresponding engagement arrangement of the ring gear, wherein the engagement is provided at an engagement area in which the engagement arrangement of the planet gears overlap the engagement arrangement of the ring gear, a bearing, including an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring and lolling elements, wherein the inner bearing ring constitutes the ring gear of the planetary gear set, and wherein a center of each of the respective rolling elements is axially displaced in relation to the engagement area. A vehicle including such a wheel hub unit is also provided.

Abstract: A gas turbine includes at least one rotor assembly and at least one compressor casing. The compressor casing has at least one inner compressor casing chamber for arranging the rotor assembly and at least one outer compressor casing chamber for tempering the compressor casing. The inner and outer compressor casing chambers are separated from each other by a separating casing wall. The outer compressor casing chamber has at least one boundary casing wall. The boundary casing wall and the separating casing wall are oppositely spaced such that the outer compressor casing chamber is formed. The boundary casing wall has at least one inlet opening for leading in an inlet tempering gas flow with tempering gas into the outer compressor casing chamber such that a tangential material temperature variation of the compressor casing is reduced in comparison to a non tempered compressor casing.

Abstract: An oil bearing to support a rotor of a turbine, especially of a gas turbine, wherein the rotor extends along a rotor axis coinciding with a bearing axis, has at least one oil bearing pad being lubricated by oil, including an oil sump suitable and located to collect the oil from the bearing pads by forces of gravity, including a drain system of the oil sump to conduct the oil away from the oil sump. The drain system includes at least three drain openings of the oil sump, wherein a first drain opening joining a first drain line is located between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock according to the bearing axis, wherein a second drain opening joining a second drain line is located between 5:30 and 6:30, wherein a third drain opening joining a third drain line is located between 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipe comprising first and second parts of electrically conducting material. The parts are electrically insulated from each other and are arranged on the inside surface of the pipe, extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the pipe.

Abstract: A method, performed by a centrifuge, for treating toughness and hardness of drill bit buttons is provided. The centrifuge comprises a chamber formed by a stationary side wall and a bottom which is rotatable around a rotation axis, the bottom comprising one or more protrusions which at least partly extends between the rotation axis and the side wall, the side wall comprising at least six pushing elements arranged around a periphery of the side wall. The method comprises rotating, by rotation of the bottom with the protrusions, the drill bit buttons around the rotation axis, pushing, by the pushing elements, the drill bit buttons from the side wall during the rotation of the bottom, collectively forming the drill bit buttons into a torus shape at the bottom of the chamber for inducing collisions between the drill bit buttons, thereby treating the toughness and hardness of the drill bit.

Abstract: A coaxial borehole heat exchanger includes an innermost pipe and an intermediate pipe arranged coaxially outside the innermost pipe. The intermediate pipe has an inner surface provided with a plurality of axial grooves, and the inner diameter of the intermediate pipe corresponds to the outer diameter of the innermost pipe. The coaxial borehole heat exchanger further includes an outermost pipe arranged coaxially outside the intermediate pipe, wherein the outermost pipe has an inner surface provided with a plurality of axial grooves, and wherein the inner diameter of the outermost pipe corresponds to the outer diameter of the intermediate pipe, wherein the innermost pipe and the plurality of axial grooves of the outermost pipe define liquid flow channels, and wherein the axial grooves of the intermediate pipe define a thermal insulation layer between the axial grooves of the outermost pipe and the innermost pipe. A method of producing a coaxial borehole heat exchanger is also presented herein.

Abstract: A method for controlling gear shifting of a working machine includes determining a representation of a first total tractive force of the working machine for the entire set of drive units; initiating a procedure for redistributing the tractive force while maintaining the first total tractive force, including decreasing, at least partly towards a level suitable for shifting gear, the torque and tractive force of at least the first drive unit down, and increasing, in a compensational manner, the torque and tractive force of at least one of the other drive units not subject to gear shifting; monitoring, during the redistribution procedure, a representation of a second total tractive force of the working machine for the other drive units not subject to gear shifting, and, provided that the second total tractive force exceeds a threshold limit that forms a function of the first total tractive force: decreasing the torque and tractive force of at least the first drive unit down to the level suitable for shifting gea

Abstract: An apparatus for the cleaning of crankcase gas from an internal combustion engine includes a housing and a separation chamber for the crankcase gas with a centrifugal rotor arranged for the cleaning of the crankcase gas in the separation chamber. The centrifugal rotor includes a drive shaft extending into a drive chamber of the apparatus. A turbine is connected to the drive shaft. A nozzle is arranged to receive pressurized liquid from the combustion engine and to direct the pressurized liquid in a jet from a nozzle opening against the turbine for rotation of the centrifugal rotor. An adapter element is configured such that the apparatus is mountable onto the combustion engine with a drive liquid passage in communication with the nozzle. The nozzle is integrally formed with the adapter element with a nozzle passage having a conical shape which converges in the flow direction towards the nozzle opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides Annexin A5 for use in a prophylactic or therapeutic method of preventing, reducing, delaying the onset of, or delaying the progression of, direct viral damage to the vascular system and/or immune system, in a subject, wherein the viral infection is caused by a virus selected from the group consisting of (a) a virus capable of causing hemorrhagic fever (VHF), and (b) a virus that presents phosphatidylserine (PS) and mediates cell infection and/or internalisation through PS binding.

Abstract: It is presented a method for producing a cured polymer structure from a polymer compound which is UV curable and partly UV transparent. The method comprises injecting the polymer compound into a mold (2), which mold (2) has at least one wall (7) defining a mold space (6) for receiving the polymer compound in the mold space (6). The at least one wall (7) of the mold (2) is UV transparent and comprises a thermoplastic polymer. The polymer compound is then irradiated through the at least one wall (7), by means of at least one UV semiconductor light source, thereby curing the polymer compound to form the cured polymer structure. An assembly for producing a polymer structure and a mold (2) is also presented herein.

Abstract: A clutch arrangement includes a shift piston and a piston housing. The shift piston is arranged to be displaced in an axial direction relative to the piston housing between at least one gear position and a neutral position. The clutch arrangement also includes a spring element for forcing the shift piston towards the neutral position. The clutch arrangement includes a first return piston and a second return piston arranged on opposite sides of the spring element, and the spring element is accommodated within a recess of the shift piston and is pretensioned between the first return piston and the second return piston.

Abstract: An oil bearing to support a rotor of a turbine, especially of a gas turbine, wherein the rotor extends along a rotor axis coinciding with a bearing axis, has at least one oil bearing pad being lubricated by oil, including an oil sump suitable and located to collect the oil from the bearing pads by forces of gravity, including a drain system of the oil sump to conduct the oil away from the oil sump. The drain system includes at least three drain openings of the oil sump, wherein a first drain opening joining a first drain line is located between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock according to the bearing axis, wherein a second drain opening joining a second drain line is located between 5:30 and 6:30, wherein a third drain opening joining a third drain line is located between 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock.

Abstract: A gas turbine includes at least one rotor assembly and at least one compressor casing. The compressor casing has at least one inner compressor casing chamber for arranging the rotor assembly and at least one outer compressor casing chamber for tempering the compressor casing. The inner and outer compressor casing chambers are separated from each other by a separating casing wall. The outer compressor casing chamber has at least one boundary casing wall. The boundary casing wall and the separating casing wall are oppositely spaced such that the outer compressor casing chamber is formed. The boundary casing wall has at least one inlet opening for leading in an inlet tempering gas flow with tempering gas into the outer compressor casing chamber such that a tangential material temperature variation of the compressor casing is reduced in comparison to a non tempered compressor casing.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a gas which is contaminated with particles, includes a centrifugal separator with a centrifugal rotor for separating the particles from the gas and a drive arrangement for rotating the centrifugal rotor about a rotational axis. The drive arrangement includes an impulse turbine drivingly connected to the centrifugal rotor and a nozzle for a pressurized fluid, the impulse turbine being arranged with buckets for receiving a jet of pressurized fluid from a nozzle directed against the buckets which are configured such that the fluid jet direction is reversed along a height of the bucket. The height of the bucket is 2-3 times the diameter of the nozzle opening.