Abstract: A balancer for tools includes a rotary drum for winding and unwinding a cable; a return spring, which is wound around the rotation axis of the drum and is coupled thereto, for the development of an elastic reaction that contrasts the unwinding of the cable and is adapted to facilitate its rewinding; an adjustment assembly for adjusting the preloading of the spring. The adjustment assembly includes a fixed annular gear with an internal set of teeth; a circular ring with an external set of teeth, arranged inside the annular gear; and a plate which is arranged substantially coplanar inside the ring. In every angular position of the plate, the ring is kept pressed against the internal set of teeth for the transmission of motion from the plate to the ring and the consequent adjustment of the preloading of the spring.

Abstract: A balancer for tools includes a rotary drum for winding and unwinding a cable, which is adapted with a free end thereof to support a tool. The balancer also includes a spring, wound around the main rotation axis of the drum, which is adapted to develop an elastic reaction contrasting the unwinding of the cable.

Abstract: Sensor (1) for monitoring the parameters of rotation around its own axis and vibration of a steel rope (100), comprising a battery (2), indicator means (3) of the state of charge of said battery (2), at least a LED indicator (5), a power unit (7) which supplies the sensor (1), a detection unit (8) of the rotation angles (?, ?) around its own axis (X) and of the vibrations of said steel rope (100), a microprocessor (9) for collection activity and data transmission, said sensor (1) being housed in a portion obtained in the core (110) of the steel rope (100).

Abstract: Device (100) for continually and automatically measuring geometrical and shaping parameters of a rope (8) comprising a first plate (1) and a second plate (2) parallel to each other and constrained in a removable way by means of spacer means (3) and anchoring means (4), at least two micrometers (5, 6) angularly unaligned one to the other and positioned between said first plate (1) and second plate (2), an encoder (7) anchored to the second plate (2), in contact with the rope (8) being the device (100) wherein said first plate (1) and second plate (2) comprise a shaped opening (9) for the passage of the rope (8) inside said shaped opening, so that the rope (8) centrally flows through the device (100) and the two micrometers (5, 6) carry out the measurements.

Abstract: Method for evaluating temperatures in active heave compensation ropes comprising the following steps: describe the geometry of ropes as composite structures obtained through assemblies of helical components in hierarchical levels: wires, strands and the rope itself; use a mechanical model of the strand that represents the material properties of each wire, under the assumption of linear elastic behavior; use a mechanical model of the rope that represents the combined action of tensile loads and imposed bending curvature; use a thermal model for the evaluation of the rope temperature increase (Ts) with respect to the ambient temperature, the thermal model comprising two main dissipation sources: the friction between strands or rope and a sheave and the friction between wires or between strands and compare rope temperature increase (Ts) obtained by the thermal model with a value of a predetermined temperature threshold.

Abstract: Sensor (1) for monitoring the parameters of rotation around its own axis and vibration of a steel rope (100), comprising a battery (2), indicator means (3) of the state of charge of said battery (2), at least a LED indicator (5), a power unit (7) which supplies the sensor (1), a detection unit (8) of the rotation angles (?, ?) around its own axis (X) and of the vibrations of said steel rope (100), a microprocessor (9) for collection activity and data transmission, said sensor (1) being housed in a portion obtained in the core (110) of the steel rope (100).

Abstract: A method for removing plate-like elements, such as panels, paneling elements, plates, laminas, covering layers, and the like, coupled stably to a respective base by way of the interposition of an adhesive, which consists in: exposing, in a step a., the plate-like element to be removed to a source of infrared radiation to increase the temperature of the plate-like element and consequently of the adhesive by the heat conveyed by the infrared radiation; extending, in a step b., the exposure of the plate-like element to the source until the mechanical properties of the adhesive are lost; removing, in a step c., the plate-like element from the base.

Abstract: Device (100) for continually and automatically measuring geometrical and shaping parameters of a rope (8) comprising a first plate (1) and a second plate (2) parallel to each other and constrained in a removable way by means of spacer means (3) and anchoring means (4), at least two micrometers (5, 6) angularly unaligned one to the other and positioned between said first plate (1) and second plate (2), an encoder (7) anchored to the second plate (2), in contact with the rope (8) being the device (100) wherein said first plate (I) and second plate (2) comprise a shaped opening (9) for the passage of the rope (8) inside said shaped opening, so that the rope (8) centrally flows through the device (100) and the two micrometers (5, 6) carry out the measurements.

Abstract: A method for removing plate-like elements, such as panels, paneling elements, plates, laminas, covering layers, and the like, coupled stably to a respective base by way of the interposition of an adhesive, which consists in: exposing, in a step a., the plate-like element to be removed to a source of infrared radiation to increase the temperature of the plate-like element and consequently of the adhesive by the heat conveyed by the infrared radiation; extending, in a step b., the exposure of the plate-like element to the source until the mechanical properties of the adhesive are lost; removing, in a step c., the plate-like element from the base.