Abstract: A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.

Abstract: A high-pressure pre-heating system is provided for use in a spray dryer system. The high-pressure pre-heating system may include a heat exchanger(s) configured for high-pressure and high velocity product flow, with the heat exchanger(s) preheating liquid product immediately before spray drying. This arrangement reduces heat exposure time of the liquid product that flows at high velocity through the high-pressure heat exchanger(s), which correspondingly reduces the likelihood of fouling surfaces of the heat exchanger(s) or overheating the liquid product.

Abstract: An automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus that can be used to feed bulk material into a mixer in order to create a feed mixture for farm animals. The automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus includes a support frame that supports a hopper and an inclined belt conveyor that operate under control of a controller to accurately feed a desired quantity (in weight) of a bulk material item from the hopper to the mixer by forward-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor. Excess bulk material that has been loaded into the hopper (bulk material over the desired quantity in weight) is reclaimed by the controller controlling opening a rear gate of the hopper and reverse-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor.

Abstract: An automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus that can be used to feed bulk material into a mixer in order to create a feed mixture for farm animals. The automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus includes a support frame that supports a hopper and an inclined belt conveyor that operate under control of a controller to accurately feed a desired quantity (in weight) of a bulk material item from the hopper to the mixer by forward-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor. Excess bulk material that has been loaded into the hopper (bulk material over the desired quantity in weight) is reclaimed by the controller controlling opening a rear gate of the hopper and reverse-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the instant invention includes a computer-implemented method that includes: specifically programming at least one computer system to perform: automatically obtaining input financial data; automatically determining units of work that the input financial data can be organized into; automatically importing the input financial data into a database based on the units of work; automatically validating the imported input financial data, by: identifying deficient units of work based on predefined rules, where each deficient unit of work has a current data error; analyzing, based on research information, the current data error to determine a current corrective action to remedy the current data error; and verifying that the current corrective action does not result in: an additional deficient unit of work, an additional data error, and a change in at least one predefined data report; and automatically executing the current corrective action to remedy the current data error.

Abstract: A method is provided for reformulating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry for use in conjunction with a CMP tool having an active cycle during which the tool is being used to planarize a substrate, and a rinse cycle during which the tool is being rinsed. The method comprises (a) receiving a feed stream from the CMP tool, at least a portion of the feed stream comprising abrasive particles disposed in a liquid medium; (b) during at least a portion of the rinse cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a first location; and (c) during at least a portion of the active cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a second location where the feedstream undergoes processing to reformulate the slurry.

Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.

Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and interfaces for screening clients for security compliance with a Customer Identification Program are disclosed. An illustrative system for screening clients can include a client screening engine adapted to filter client account data based on one or more filtering criteria, a database adapted to store client account information and verification status information, and a graphical user interface adapted to selectively display client account information and verification status information for one or more selected clients on a screen. The system can be used to submit identity verification requests to Customer Identification Program vendors for only those clients whose identity have not been verified.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and interfaces for screening clients for security compliance with a Customer Identification Program are disclosed. An illustrative system for screening clients can include a client screening engine adapted to filter client account data based on one or more filtering criteria, a database adapted to store client account information and verification status information, and a graphical user interface adapted to selectively display client account information and verification status information for one or more selected clients on a screen. The system can be used to submit identity verification requests to Customer Identification Program vendors for only those clients whose identity have not been verified.

Abstract: A method is provided for reformulating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry for use in conjunction with a CMP tool having an active cycle during which the tool is being used to planarize a substrate, and a rinse cycle during which the tool is being rinsed. The method comprises (a) receiving a feed stream from the CMP tool, at least a portion of the feed stream comprising abrasive particles disposed in a liquid medium; (b) during at least a portion of the rinse cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a first location; and (c) during at least a portion of the active cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a second location where the feedstream undergoes processing to reformulate the slurry.

Abstract: A method is provided for reformulating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry for use in conjunction with a CMP tool having an active cycle during which the tool is being used to planarize a substrate, and a rinse cycle during which the tool is being rinsed. The method comprises (a) receiving a feed stream from the CMP tool, at least a portion of the feed stream comprising abrasive particles disposed in a liquid medium; (b) during at least a portion of the rinse cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a first location; and (c) during at least a portion of the active cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a second location where the feedstream undergoes processing to reformulate the slurry.

Abstract: An automatic graphics delivery system that operates in parallel with an existing Web site infrastructure is provided. The system streamlines the post-production process by automating the production of media through content generation procedures controlled by proprietary tags placed by an author within URLs embedded within Web documents.

Abstract: An automatic graphics delivery system that operates in parallel with an existing Web site infrastructure is provided. The system streamlines the post-production process by automating the production of media through content generation procedures controlled by proprietary tags placed by an author within URLs embedded within Web documents.

Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.

Abstract: Isolation IR heat lamp module and method of firing multi-zone IR furnaces for solar cell processing comprising lamps disposed in individual parallel channels in a reflector/insulator body to provide a cooling air channel surrounding each tube; the channels are covered with IR-transmissive plate material to isolate each lamp from adjacent lamps and the process zone. Cooling air is exhausted and recycled upstream for energy conservation. Lamp spacing can be varied and power to each lamp individually controlled to provide infinite control of temperature profile in each heating zone. For a spike zone, and in combination with downstream quench control and annealing zones, steep heating and cooling curves with very short dwell (sharp) peak temperature profiles permit faster throughput due to operation of the lampsm at essentially 100% rated capacity, at a 2× or greater heating and throughput rate without compromising lamp life, while producing solar cells with improved output efficiency.

Abstract: An automatic graphics delivery system that operates in parallel with an existing Web site infrastructure is provided. The system streamlines the post-production process by automating the production of media through content generation procedures controlled by proprietary tags placed by an author within URLs embedded within Web documents.

Abstract: A computer architecture for executing a simulation model which describes characteristics of a physical system. The computer architecture includes an editor processor that prompts a user to define a graphical object (GO) representing static properties of the physical system, and that prompts the user to define dynamic variables of the physical system. The computer architecture also includes a compiler for binding the dynamic variables of the physical system to a physical data source. The physical data source provides dynamic properties of the physical system over time as values for the dynamic variables. The computer architecture also includes a run time processor that executes the simulation model and displays the graphical object with the dynamic properties of the physical system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication with a remote device 250 by a node system 200 and a SCADA system 100. The SCADA system 100 communicates with the remote device without protocals or characteristics of the remote device 250 or the communication channel 270 connecting the remote device to the node system. A display 250 may monitor the communication channel 270 and may be remotely located with respect to the node system 200. The node system 200 may schedule the input from the remote device 250 by setting an interval and duration so that the input may be transmitted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication with a remote device 250 by a node system 200 and a SCADA system 100. The SCADA system 100 communicates with the remote device without protocals or characteristics of the remote device 250 or the communication channel 270 connecting the remote device to the node system. A display 250 may monitor the communication channel 270 and may be remotely located with respect to the node system 200. The node system 200 may schedule the input from the remote device 250 by setting an interval and duration so that the input may be transmitted.