Abstract: A harmonic reducer includes a shaft having a first through hole extending from a first end to a second end of the shaft; a wave generator arranged on the shaft and being rotatable along with the shaft; a flexible spline arranged around the wave generator; a circular spline arranged around the flexible spline; a first flange coupled to the shaft via a first bearing and coupled to the flexible spline; and a second flange coupled to the shaft via a second bearing and coupled to the circular spline. One of the flanges is arranged near to the first end of the shaft. A cavity is provided between the one of the flanges and the first end of the shaft, such that it is in fluid communication with an external environment via the first through hole.

Abstract: Robot arm link (100) comprises a body made of non-metallic material, a transmission cable (102) made of conducive material and embedded within the body (101), and at least one connector (103) arranged on the body (101) and coupled to the transmission cable (102), each connector (103) adapted to be electrically connected to a connector (1031) of a further robot arm link (1001) of a same specification, a sensor (301), or a power source (302) of the robot (200). By embedding the transmission cable (102) within the non-metallic material to form the robot arm link (100), there is no need to consider how to route the cable (102) and thus the difficulty of cable routing design can be significantly reduced. Furthermore, the efficiency of robot assembly and maintenance can be increased accordingly. In addition, the cables (102) arranged in the robot arm links (101) are not easily damaged, thereby increasing the service life of the robot.

Abstract: A painting device includes a paint output part for outputting paint toward an object to be painted; an introduction pipe through which the paint flows and which introduces the paint into the paint output part; flowmeters placed outside the introduction pipe and measuring the flow rate of the paint in the introduction pipe; and a determination unit for determining whether the condition of the paint is normal on the basis of the result of measurement by the flow meters. The flow meter can be placed between an air motor and a valve. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of the valve, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a joint, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a pump, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus for hot spot sensing where the apparatus includes an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured to provide the processing unit with an image of an object that includes a hot spot. The image data of the image includes image data of the hot spot where the image was acquired by a camera. The processing unit is configured to determine a number of pixels in the image corresponding to a size of the hot spot, an average temperature for the hot spot, the determination comprising utilization of pixel values of the pixels in the image corresponding to the size of the hot spot and the number of pixels in the image corresponding to the size of the hot spot, a surrounding temperature in the image, and a corrected temperature for the hot spot.

Abstract: A positioner drive for controlling a pneumatic positioner, is described with a shape memory alloy actuation element, wherein the shape memory alloy actuation element is configured to be mechanically coupled to a valve of the valve positioner with pneumatic output for controlling the pneumatic positioner.

Abstract: A system and method for non-invasive measurement of physical parameters of fluids in process pipes includes exciting the process pipe, measuring a vibration signal, and reducing the frequency range of the measured vibration signal to a range where a predicted resonant frequency is located. The method further comprises estimating the number of parameters and values for the parameters for a fitting algorithm, fitting the fitting algorithm to the processed measured vibration signal, and adapting the parameters so that the curve of the fitting algorithm fits to a curve of the processed measured vibration signal. The physical parameter is determined from the parameters.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing execution of an industrial process includes providing a set of resource indicators, each being indicative of an amount of a resource that is required and/or produced by virtue of a particular service being in a particular state; determining a set of candidate programs for execution of the process, each candidate program having a sequence of states of services of process modules such that the sequence accomplishes the industrial process, and the resource requirements of all services in the sequence are fulfilled; determining a set of overall resource requirements for executing the industrial process according to the candidate program; determining a figure of merit for the candidate program; and selecting a candidate program with the best figure of merit as the optimal program for executing the given industrial process.

Abstract: An inverter is provided. The inverter includes a DC bus having positive and negative rails and an inverter arm coupled between the positive and negative rails of the DC bus. The inverter arm includes first and second silicon carbide transistor having a current-conducting terminals connected to a central node of the inverter arm. The inverter further includes at least one silicon transistor having a third current-conducting terminal connected to the central node of the inverter arm. The inverter further includes a gate driver circuit configured to switch the first silicon carbide transistor and the second silicon carbide transistor to convert DC from said DC bus into AC, and to switch said at least one silicon transistor, when the inverter arm is subjected to a load-side short circuit current, to freewheel the load-side short circuit current.

Abstract: An electric machine includes: a stator with an outer and an inner surface; a rotor disposed inside the inner surface of the stator and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation; a shaft oriented along and configured to rotate about the axis of rotation of the rotor and operably connected to the rotor; a frame integrated with the stator such that an outer surface of the frame is identical to the outer surface of the stator or a frame disposed outside the stator; and at least one fastenerless cover fixed to the outer surface of the frame without the use of fasteners.

Abstract: An adaptor for connecting, adapting and securing different harness protection systems includes a main body including a first portion, the first portion being a conduit harness system interface configured to be connected to a conduit harness system, and a second portion, the second portion being a wiring harness protection system interface configured to be connected to a wiring harness protection system.

Abstract: A network system with a network core unit, a network-managing unit, a device-managing unit, and a network data-infrastructure, and a method for admitting an application device in this network system, are disclosed. The method includes authenticating the application device on network-level, notifying the network-managing unit about an authenticating result, configuring the network data-infrastructure to provide a connectivity between the network-managing unit and the device-managing unit, performing an authenticating action for the application device for authenticating the access device on application-level, notifying the network-managing unit about the authentication result, and configuring the network data-infrastructure to provide an isolated logical network connectivity between the application device and other equally authenticated application devices.

Abstract: A method for automatic identification of important batch events for a batch execution alignment algorithm, including receiving historical batch data of a batch process, wherein the historical batch data comprises a plurality of batch executions, and wherein each of the plurality of batch executions comprises a plurality of batch events, indicating a specific event of the batch process, and at least one time series of a process variable, indicating a development of the process variable during the batch process; determining a distance between the at least one time series of the plurality of the batch executions for each of the plurality of batch events; and identifying at least one important batch event for a batch execution alignment algorithm with a smallest distance using the determined distances.

Abstract: A system and method for correcting flowrate measurements of a flowmeter includes receiving at least one of flow distorting parameters, flowmeter physical and operational parameters, a current flowrate value measured by the flowmeter, and fluid physical properties; determining a flow regime based on the current flowrate value; selecting at least one flow equation based on the determined flow regime; computing an output signal based on the selected flow equation and at least one of electromagnetic equations and/or physics-based equations, the flow distorting parameters, the flowmeter physical and operational parameters, and the fluid physical properties; determining a corrected calibration factor using the computed output signal and the current flowrate value; and transmitting the corrected calibration factor for correcting flowrate measurement of the flowmeter.

Abstract: A method for determining an appropriate sequence of actions to take during operation of an industrial plant includes obtaining values of a plurality of state variables that characterize an operational state of the plant (or a part thereof); encoding by at least one trained state encoder network the plurality of state variables into a representation of the operating state of the plant; mapping by a trained state-to-action network the representation of the operating state to a representation of a sequence of actions to take in response to the operating state; and decoding by a trained action decoder network the representation of the sequence of actions to the sought sequence of actions to take.

Abstract: A system and method for determining condition of a sleeve bearing in a rotating machine include one or more magnetic sensors and a processor. The one or more magnetic sensors are adapted to be mounted on at least a body of a rotating machine or proximate to a sleeve bearing thereof. The processor is electrically and communicatively coupled to the one or more magnetic sensors and configured to receive magnetic flux measurement from the one or more magnetic sensors. The magnetic flux measurement is made in at least one of: proximate to the sleeve bearing or body of the rotating machine. The processor is configured to determine the condition of sleeve bearing based on the magnetic flux measurement.

Abstract: A charging arrangement includes an electrical vehicle and a charging device configured for charging the electrical vehicle with electrical energy, where the electrical vehicle includes a first charging connector, and the charging device includes a second charging connector configured for connecting with the first charging connector, a bi-stable mechanics to which the second charging connector is attached and which is configured for holding the second charging connector in two stable equilibrium positions, whereby in one stable equilibrium position the second charging connector is connected to the first charging connector and the other stable equilibrium position the second charging connector is unconnected to the first charging connector and an actuation device configured for moving the second charging connector between the two stable equilibrium positions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to method and apparatus for detecting grid islanding in a grid supporting voltage source converter. The method includes modulating an output voltage at an output of the grid supporting voltage source converter; determining at least one grid parameter at an input to the grid supporting voltage source converter; and detecting the grid islanding for the grid supporting voltage source converter based on the at least one grid parameter.

Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for configuration of parameters for a networked device to be provisioned in a network. A method is performed by a device configuration node. The method includes obtaining a request for configuration of parameters for the networked device. The request indicates that the networked device is of a certain device type. The method includes selecting a template from a set of templates stored in a database. The template is selected based on the certain device type. The method includes providing configuration of at least a subset of the parameters for the networked device based on the template.