Abstract: A method for replacing a working component in an automatic machine has a mapping phase and a working phase. The mapping phase involves defining a first reference point fixed relative to the automatic machine and a position in machine of the working component. The working phase involves: stopping the automatic machine (2); starting a procedure of configuration change preparing the automatic machine for a withdrawal of the working component; detecting the first reference point; determining the position in machine of the working component; picking up the working component from the position in machine by means of a gripping device; releasing the working component in a storing position; picking up a replacement working component from a stocking position by means of the gripping device; positioning the gripping device at the position in machine; and inserting and fixing the replacement working component in the position in machine.

Abstract: A method and system of feeding groups of products to a processing unit includes: a tray with a plurality of housings to receive one single product; a conveyor to move the tray along a feeding path; a transfer device to transfer a group of products from respective housings to the processing unit; and an organizing device upstream of the transfer device. The organizing device has: a detection member to detect the presence and position of empty housings and/or housings containing defective products; a gripping member to pick up from or release product into any housing; and a control unit to control the gripping member, based on data received from the detection member, to move one or more products from the respective housings so that defective or missing products are in the housings having the same composition as a group of products to form a group of defective or missing products.

Abstract: Vehicle wheel tire including a fastening element of deformable elastomeric material for an electronic device. Each fastening element is integral with a tire internal base wall and/or internal side wall and includes a base portion, having a fastening surface fastened on the internal base wall and/or internal side wall; a retaining portion, formed in a single piece with the base portion and having an upper surface facing away from the fastening surface; and a blind hole extending into the retaining portion, and faces the upper surface, and has a side wall and bottom wall. The base portion has a maximum dimension, measured on a plane parallel to the fastening surface, between 55 and 75 mm. Blind hole maximum internal width is less than a retaining portion has a minimum dimension of between 20 and 30 mm measured on a plane parallel to the upper surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a package of smoking articles comprising: a front wall; a rear wall; a bottom; two side walls; and at least a first support wall, which has a first group of seats for receiving, each one, a smoking article and is arranged in proximity to the front wall so as to be transversal to the front wall and to the rear wall. Each side wall has: a first portion proximal to the front wall; a second portion proximal to the rear wall; and a folding line arranged between the first portion and the second portion so as to allow the folding of the first portion on the second portion, or vice versa, causing the mutual distancing and approach of the front wall and of the rear wall.

Abstract: A pack comprising: at least one product; a blister provided with a pocket, which houses the at least one product and has an open end surrounded by a flat edge, and a closing tab, connected to the flat edge of the pocket to close the open end; and a support body, which houses the blister in a sliding manner to allow the blister to move relative to the support body between a closing position, in which the at least one product cannot be removed from the pocket, and an extraction position, in which the at least one product can be removed from the pocket. A connection end of the closing tab is fixed to the support body in a permanent and inseparable manner so that the sliding movement of the blister relative to the support body from the closing position to the extraction position causes a progressive separation of the closing tab from the flat edge of the pocket.

Abstract: A feeding unit to feed blanks in a packer machine having: a frame; a hopper for holding a stack of blanks, supported by the frame, and having a pick-up opening, through which one blank at a time can be retrieved from the stack; and a conveyor, supported by the frame, which moves the blanks along a moving path ending in the hopper. The feeding unit can be adjusted by a format change operation to accommodate blacks of different formats by changing the feeding unit from a first configuration for containing a first format of blanks, to a second configuration for containing a second format of blanks, different from the first format. The hopper has a reference element, which, in use, is placed in contact with the stack of blanks to establish reference positions for the blanks relative to the frame that do not move due to a format change operation.

Abstract: A feeding unit which is configured to feed articles from a pick-up station to a delivery station. The feeding unit comprises: a gripping head provided with at least one gripping means and attached to a shaft. The shaft is configured to translate along the rotation axis between a lowered position, in which the articles are picked up and released by the gripping head, and a raised position, in which the gripping head rotates between the pick-up station and the delivery station. The feeding unit comprises two actuators which are coaxial to the shaft and which are configured to respectively translate the shaft between the lowered position and the raised position along the rotation axis and to rotate the shaft around the rotation axis between the pick-up station and the delivery station.

Abstract: A method to set up at least one moveable operating member of an automatic machine for manufacturing consumer articles and comprising the steps of defining a first motion profile of the movable operating member and defining a corresponding second motion profile of an electric actuator system, which moves the moveable operating member with the first motion profile. The method calls for the further steps of: determining possible imperfections in the processing of the articles caused by the movable operating member; correcting, by means of an interface device and on the basis of the possible imperfections, the first motion profile, thus obtaining a first changed profile of the moveable operating member; and calculating, through a control unit, a reverse kinematics of the first changed profile so as to obtain a corresponding second changed profile to be commanded to the electric actuator system.

Abstract: A manufacturing machine includes a feeding system that has first and second processing conveyors arranged in series along the processing path, and a transfer unit interposed between there-between that cyclically transfers the products from the first processing conveyor to the second processing conveyor, picking up the products in a pick-up station arranged in the area of the first processing conveyor and releasing the products in a release station arranged in the area of the second processing conveyor. The transfer unit has a plurality of trays, each having a series of seats designed to house a product, a moving system, which cyclically moves the trays between the pick-up and release stations, a first transferring and second transfer devices arranged in the pick-up station and release stations, respectively to transfer the products from the first processing conveyor to a tray, and from a tray to the second processing conveyor, respectively.

Abstract: Method and machine to carry out a control on a group of articles. An initial conveyor is configured to move the articles along an initial path, which starts in an input station; a final conveyor is configured to move the articles along a final path, which is parallel and next to the initial path and ends in an output station; a control unit is configured to carry out a simultaneous control of all articles of the group of articles; a first transferring device is configured to simultaneously transfer the whole group of articles to be controlled from the initial conveyor to the control unit; and a second transferring device is configured to simultaneously transfer the whole group of articles controlled by the control unit to the final conveyor.

Abstract: Method for contactless power transmission between a stationary part (14) and a movable part (15) and electrical power supply circuit (17) for implementing the method comprising an air-coupled transformer (19) provided with a primary resonant circuit with a primary coil (20) supported by the stationary part and a secondary resonant circuit with a secondary coil (21) facing the primary resonant circuit and supported by the movable part. The primary resonant circuit is fed with an alternating primary electrical voltage (V1) which causes a primary electrical current (I1) to circulate. The primary electrical current (I1) induces in turn in the secondary resonant circuit an alternating secondary electrical voltage (V2) which causes a secondary electrical current (I2) to circulate. An electrical variable influencing the achievement of the resonance condition is adjusted, for example the frequency (F) of the primary electrical voltage, in such a way to operate in a resonance condition.

Abstract: A manufacturing machine and method for the production of a cartridge for an electronic cigarette can include a first assembling drum which is mounted rotatable around a first rotation axis and has at least one first seat which is designed to house a tube and a second seat which is axially aligned with the first seat and is designed to house a support of a heating device; a first feeding station in which a tube is fed into the first seat; a second feeding station in which a support of a heating device is fed into the second seat; and a first welding station which is arranged downstream of the first feeding station and of the second feeding station and is provided with a first welding device, which, through a welded joint, connects a tube carried by the first seat to a support carried by the second seat.

Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft has a nacelle, at least one rotor provided with at least one blade, a braking device to stop the rotation of the rotor, an emergency parachute provided with a canopy and with a rope, a rocket to start the extraction of the canopy from the nacelle, two operating devices to operate the braking device and the rocket, respectively, and a single actuator device to operate both the operating devices.

Abstract: A capping station has a first conveying system designed to move a plurality of full bottles; a second conveying system, arranged above the first conveying system, designed to move a plurality of caps; a capping device designed to pick up at least one cap from the second conveying system in order to apply the cap to a bottle carried by the first conveying system; and a heating unit comprising at least one heating device, a support beam carrying the heating device, a main operating device designed to move the support beam between a rest position in which the heating device is far from the bottles and a work position in which the heating device is close to the bottles to heat at least the neck of the bottles, and a safety operating device independent of the main operating device, designed to move the support beam between the work and rest positions.

Abstract: A method of monitoring and protecting access to an online service from Account Take Over may include: providing a Traffic Inspector in communication with a client device and web server; providing a Traffic Analyzer in communication with the Inspector; identifying each browsing session of the client device; extracting and identifying one or more usernames when a user performs authentication to the online service by analyzing traffic exchanged between the client device and web server; collecting first data concerning unique and/or non-unique technical parameters and associating the first data with respective identified one or more usernames and with the client device; collecting second data concerning unique and/or non-unique technical parameters and associating the second data with an anonymous application browsing session or web beacon; and taking security measures when a number of identified usernames associated with the anonymous application browsing session or web beacon exceeds a predetermined threshold v

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure for the construction of ballistic protection that combines high projectile-stopping and trauma-reduction performance with high flexibility. A ballistic laminate comprising at least two pairs of unidirectional layers, with fibers parallel to each other, separated by a connecting layer, is produced. In a preferred embodiment, the ballistic structure includes a plurality of unidirectional ballistic yarn sublaminates. Each sublaminate comprises at least two unidirectional ballistic layers whose fibers are substantially parallel, i.e. oriented in the same direction: the two ballistic layers with parallel fibers are not in direct contact with each other but are separated (and held together) by a layer consisting, for example, of a film which is also adhesive. The sublaminates are then coupled together so that the unidirectional fibers of each sublaminate are substantially perpendicular to those of the adjacent sublaminate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure for producing ballistic protection which combines high levels of performance in terms of stopping bullets and reducing trauma with great flexibility and breathability. A ballistic laminate comprising joined together unidirectional layers is produced. The ballistic laminate provided by the present invention is preferably produced by superposing at least two layers of ballistic yarns 101 and 103, arranged unidirectionally according to directions inclined relative to one another by approximately 90° (+/?10°). Each layer comprises a plurality of fibres arranged unidirectionally according to a substantially mutually parallel direction (+/?10°).

Abstract: A method to restore the functional state of an automatic machine for the production or the packaging of consumer products. The method comprises the steps of: storing a first knowledge base containing a plurality of problematic operating conditions having a corresponding known fault; training the data processing system by associating ate least one solution to each problematic operating condition and storing a second knowledge base containing the solution; identifying a current operating condition; searching, among all the problematic operating conditions stored in the first knowledge base, for the problematic operating condition that is the most similar to the current operating condition; and communicating to an operator the solution associated with the corresponding problematic operating condition and stored inside the second knowledge base.

Abstract: Thermal camera assembly (1) comprising a thermal imaging detector (3) providing thermographic images and/or recordings, a protective casing (2) which houses the thermal imaging detector and includes a window (5) with a transparent screen (6), one or more sensors (15;16;20;32;33) arranged in the protective casing and providing signals indicative of a physical quantity or a state, one or more actuators (8;22;28) arranged in the protective casing, and a control unit (9) which is integrated in the protective casing. The control unit is directly connected to the thermal imaging detector to receive the thermographic images and/or recordings and transmit them to the outside, to the sensors to receive the relative signals, and to the actuators to control the latter according to the signals received. The control unit is able to manage and control the communication between all the components of the thermal camera and the outside.

Abstract: The checking methods includes the steps of feeding molten metal into the mold (3), extracting from the mold after a predetermined cooling time the mechanical piece (2) formed by the solidified molten metal; and acquiring at least one real thermographic image (A, X) of an internal surface (7) of the mold (3). To check the quality of the manufactured mechanical piece, at least part of the real thermographic image and/or related parameters is/are compared with images and/or related parameters belonging to a predetermined acceptability range. A possible anomaly in the mechanical piece is detected if the real thermographic image and/or related parameters do not correspond to said images and/or related parameters belonging to the predetermined acceptability range.