Abstract: A method for treating magnetic material is provided. The method includes providing hard magnetic particles; increasing the magnetic coercivity of the hard magnetic particles by polishing the hard magnetic particles; and forming a permanent magnet, the permanent magnet including the polished hard magnetic particles.

Abstract: A method of monitoring an industrial plant, implemented by an apparatus, includes receiving operational data from each of a plurality of electric drives via a corresponding communication interface. The method further includes converting the operational data from a pre-determined data format to a machine-readable data format and determining a plurality of events for each of the plurality of drives based on the corresponding machine-readable data. The method includes determining a plurality of critical events corresponding to the plurality of drives based on the plurality of events and generating a recommendation based on at least one of the plurality of critical events. The method also includes presenting the recommendation on an output device in a human readable format.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed at a façade server. The façade server provides a configurable façade having a configurable address space and serving as an interface for a client and to provide a mapping between the configurable address space of the façade and a data space and/or an address space of an external server.

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring industrial devices through a secured wireless side channel may include a compute device. The compute device may have primary communication circuitry configured to communicate through a network and side channel communication circuitry configured to communicate through a wireless side channel that is different from the network. The compute device may additionally include circuitry configured to obtain, via the wireless side channel, configuration data indicative of a configuration for one or more operations of an industrial device of an industrial process plant. Additionally the circuitry may be configured to configure, in response to obtaining the configuration data, the one or more operations of the industrial device.

Abstract: A charging system for an automated guided vehicle, AGV, is presented. The charging system includes an offboard, meshed charging grid and onboard contact pads. The offboard, meshed charging grid including a charging pole in each grid point, wherein adjacent charging poles are configured with opposite polarity of a charging current. The onboard contact pads include four separate contact pads. An AGV is also presented.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for evaluating at least one record of data characterizing at least one component of an industrial plant, comprising: transforming by a trained encoder the at least one record of data into a representation in an embedding space; comparing this representation to representations of semantic entities from a semantic information model in the same embedding space, wherein each semantic entity carries a semantic meaning with respect to the structure, the construction, and/or the functioning, of the industrial plant, and the semantic information model comprises relationships between the semantic entities; and evaluating from the result of the comparison the semantic meaning of the record of data with respect to the structure, the construction, and/or the functioning, of the industrial plant.

Abstract: A unitary distribution plate of a Gas chromatograph (GC) module having a plurality of valve bores disposed on a bottom surface of the unitary distribution plate and a least one sensor cell and at least one column port machined into the top surface of the unitary distribution plate. The valve bores and sensor cells are connected by fluid pathways within a thickness of the distribution plate. The pathways include a combination of planar, longitudinal, diagonal, and radial fluid pathways relative to the top surface of the distribution plate. The fluid channels are formed by diffusion bonding or more generally laminating multiple plates into the unitary distribution plate.

Abstract: An electric machine assembly including a body part; a stator stationarily supported to the body part; a rotor adapted to rotate relative to the stator, and adapted to receive a shaft inside thereof; and a locking system for providing a locking state for the electric machine assembly in which the rotor is locked relative to the stator. The locking system includes at least one locking member adapted to be in a separating position between the rotor and the stator; and a plurality of radial bolt holes provided in the rotor, extending in a radial direction, and adapted to receive centring bolts such that distal ends of the centring bolts press the at least one locking member in the separating position radially outwards relative to the rotor.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for time calibration. The method can include, in responses to receiving sensing data which indicates a deviation of a tool from an object to be operated by a robot with the tool, triggering the robot to perform a plurality of transformations. Each transformation causing the tool to contact the object at a reference position; determining joint positions of a joint of the robot holding the tool or the object after the plurality of transformations; and determining a position relationship between the tool and the robot at least partially based on the joint positions and the reference position.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a circuit breaker and an apparatus and an internet of things using the same. The method includes: obtaining a first data set representing force applied to a fixed point of an element of an actuating mechanism of the circuit breaker in present operation cycle, judging a health condition of the circuit breaker in consideration of normal operating condition related parameters of the element according to a history profile when the circuit breaker operated normally and current operating condition related parameters of the element in the present operation cycle extracted from the force represented by the first data set, and generating a signal indicating the health condition of the actuating mechanism of the circuit breaker.

Abstract: A system and method for ensuring a defined position of a charging connector includes a signal transmitter, a corresponding signal detector unit for detecting the signal of the signal transmitter, and a holder for holding the charging connector in the defined position. A detector device detects an orientation and/or movement of the charging connector in an environmental coordinate system. The system detects a presence of the charging connector in the defined position and determines the mechanical condition of the interface or a housing of the charging connector via the signal of the signal transmitter, and compares the orientation and/or movement of the charging connector with a corresponding orientation and/or movement of the charging connector to be expected when the charging connector is in the defined position.

Abstract: A charging station for electric vehicles includes a central part for converting a grid AC voltage from an electrical grid into a high frequency AC voltage; a distribution network for distributing the high frequency AC voltage; and a plurality of coils directly connected to the distribution network, wherein each coil is adapted for transferring energy to an electrical vehicle.

Abstract: A fuse assembly having a displaceable pin assembly secured within a cap bore of an end cap of the fuse assembly. The displaceable pin assembly can include a plunger that is selectively displaceable along an axis that is non-parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the first end cap. The plunger can be selectively displaceable between an extended position at which at least a first end of the plunger is outwardly positioned away from an outer surface of the first end cap, and a recessed position at which the first end of the plunger is recessed within, or generally aligned with the outer surface of, the first end cap. The displaceable pin assembly can also include a biasing element that can bias the plunger to the extended position, and a support body that can house at least a portion of the plunger and be securely coupled to the cap bore.

Abstract: A method for an auxiliary device of an auxiliary resonant commutated pole inverter (ARCPI) to determine a boosting time of the ARCPI is provided. The auxiliary device includes an auxiliary switch path that uses a resonant inductor with at least one saturable inductor. The method includes: calculating, by a processor of the auxiliary device, a first boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on a theoretical resonance inductance and a voltage that are applied to the resonant inductor; determining, by the processor, a second boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on a look-up table; and determining, by the processor, the boosting time in the auxiliary switch path based on the first boosting time and the second boosting time. The method further includes controlling, by the processor, boosting current of the ARCPI based on the boosting time in the auxiliary switch path.

Abstract: A method for deciding on a machine learning model result quality based on the identification of distractive samples in the training data includes providing a first result of the model based on initial training data; determining a first performance of the first result of the model; logging input data; providing a second result of the model based on initial training data and the input data, determining a second performance of the second result of the model and thereon based identifying erroneous data within the input data and/or the training data.

Abstract: A system for optimizing an energy management of a site, comprising: an energy optimizer, wherein the energy optimizer determines one or more optimization goals based on an optimization algorithm, a data variator adapted to provide at least one first energy data input and at least one second energy data input, different to the first energy data input, to the energy optimizer, wherein the energy optimizer receives the first and second energy data inputs from the data variator, and to determine, based the first and second energy data inputs, respective at least one first and second energy data outputs via the optimization algorithm, wherein a data sensitivity of the energy optimizer is determined with respect to the first and second energy data inputs and the first and second energy data outputs.

Abstract: A strap for an electrical system, an electrical system with balanced phases, and a method for balancing phases of an electrical system are provided. The strap includes an elongated body having: a first end, the first end includes a hole, and the first end is configured for connection to a meter socket of the electrical system by a first fastener through the hole; and a second end, the second end includes a first slot with an opening and a second slot with an opening, and the opening of the first slot is opposite to the opening of the second slot, and the second end is configured for connection to a first upstream busbar of the electrical system by a second fastener through the first slot, or the second end is configured for connection to a second upstream busbar of the electrical system by a third fastener through the second slot.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for formalizing an uncontrolled data format input includes obtaining by an input interface an uncontrolled data format input; determining by an input processing algorithm an embedding of the obtained uncontrolled data format input in an embedding space resulting from a plurality of preprocessed embeddings, wherein the embedding is represented by an embedding vector, wherein the embedding vector comprises a plurality of vector entries specifying the embedding; formalizing by an output processing algorithm a controlled data format output using the embedding; and outputting by an output interface, the controlled data format output.

Abstract: A sealing system includes: at least one sheath having: a sheath cable entrance, a sheath cable exit, a sheath cable passage extending from the sheath cable entrance to the sheath cable exit, a first sheath section having a first sheath section diameter, and a second sheath section having a second sheath section diameter, the second sheath section diameter being larger than the first sheath section diameter; and a cable insertion guide insertable into the sheath cable passage, the cable insertion guide having a first guide section with a first guide section diameter. The first guide section diameter is larger than the first sheath section diameter. Insertion of the cable insertion guide into the sheath cable passage so as to dispose the first guide section within the first sheath section enlarges the first sheath section diameter.