Abstract: The invention relates to a device for maintaining and/or repairing a construction machine, with a mobile maintenance station that can be placed at the jobsite where the construction machine is being used, comprising a 3D printer for printing replacement parts for the construction machine on the basis of component data and/or a mobile display device for displaying repair information on the construction machine on the basis of component data, wherein a data supply station that is at a separate location from the maintenance station is provided, can be connected to the maintenance station by way of a communication link and is configured for providing the maintenance station with 3D printing data for printing the replacement part, and the maintenance station is configured for printing the replacement part layer by layer on the basis of the 3D printing data received from the data supply station.

Abstract: An HVAC system includes a plurality of heat transfer devices operable to transfer heat into or out of the plurality zones. The HVAC system includes a controller configured to obtain a heat map indicating zone temperatures, use a thermal model of the building space to predict the zone temperatures as a function of control decisions indicating an amount of heat to transfer into or out of each of the plurality of zones by the plurality of heat transfer devices, determine the amount of heat to transfer into or out of each of the plurality of zones subject to a constraint or penalty based on differences between the zone temperatures predicted to result from the control decisions, and operate the heat transfer devices to transfer the amount of heat into or out of each of the plurality of zones in accordance with the control decisions.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a conditioning system configured to condition a return air flow directed through the HVAC system and a control system configured to determine a difference value between an operating parameter value of the return air flow and a sensed operating parameter value of a space serviced by the HVAC system, retrieve a stored target operating parameter value of the space, and operate the HVAC system based on the difference value, the stored target operating parameter value, or both.

Abstract: Locating system for machine tools including a machine tool for working on a object's machining surface by removing material and movement apparatus for placing in direct contact with the machining surface and for moving the machine tool with respect to the object while the tool works on the object, at least two locating apparatuses each including supporting portion for placing at a fixed point on the machining surface, detector including first cable or second cable for connecting the locating apparatus to the machine tool, and a locating portion to release or receive the cable to measure distance detected between the machine tool and locating apparatus. The detector is configured to allow mutual connection of the locating apparatuses to allow direct measurement of distance between locating apparatuses and distance is further obtainable indirectly from the distances detected by the detector between the machine tool and locating apparatuses.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for predicting future consumption values of load(s) in power distribution systems are provided. The present disclosure provides for receiving a request for a load prediction for at least one meter; extracting time series data relating to the at least meter; retrieving future weather conditions for a particular location based on the at least one meter; and providing the extracted data and the future weather conditions to a prediction model that predicts load usage for the at least one meter. Additionally, the present disclosure provides for performing at least one action based on the prediction, wherein the action includes outputting at least one of a communication signal and/or at least one control signal to at least one client or at least one meter.

Abstract: An example system includes an identification engine to determine production data associated with a three-dimensionally printed object. The system also includes an alignment engine to determine a placement of the three-dimensionally printed object relative to a display device. The system includes a rendering engine to generate an image including a visual representation of the production data. The rendering engine is to position the visual representation of the production data so that representations of data points in the production data will overlay corresponding portions of the three-dimensionally printed object upon displaying by the display device.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a machine learning system for use with a power distribution system. The machine learning system includes a data library, a machine learning module, and an action module. The data library stores a plurality of data samples, where at least a portion of the data samples are associated with one or more intelligent electronic devices (IEDs). The machine learning module processes data samples from the data library using at least one machine learning algorithm and outputs at least one recommendation and/or prediction based on the data samples received. The action module receives the at least one recommendation and/or prediction and performs at least one action based on the recommendation and/or prediction. The at least one action includes outputting at least one communication signal and/or at least one control signal to at least one client or at least one of the one or more IEDs.

Abstract: A control method for a space conditioning system operable with a stages thermostat, the method including: powering a control module comprising including an output terminal, a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and control logic; detecting receipt of the first input signal at the first input terminal; responsive to detecting receipt of the first input signal, outputting a first value of the plurality of values, the first value corresponding to the first input signal; after outputting the first value, outputting one or more values of the plurality of values, the one or more values being larger than the first value; detecting receipt of the second input signal at the second input terminal; and responsive to detecting receipt of the second input signal, outputting a second value of the plurality of values, the second value corresponding to the second input signal.

Abstract: A drive controller controls an electric drive of an electric machine receiving electric energy via a converter. The drive controller has a normal operating mode and a special operating mode. In the special operating mode, the drive controller determines control signals for the converter and rotates the rotor shaft first at a starting rotational speed. The rotor shaft then coasts without an applied external force, with the drive controller determining from raw signals continuously received from a position sensor raw positions of the rotor shaft, and determining therefrom correction variables for use in the normal operating mode. In the normal operating mode, the drive controller determines from continuously received raw signals in combination with the correction variables determined in the special operating mode an actual position of the rotor shaft and controls the converter with control signals based on the actual position or rotational speed of the electrical machine.

Abstract: A controller includes: a processor and a memory. The memory stores floor map information indicating a position of each sensor terminal in a room air-conditioned by an air conditioner. The memory also stores user registration information including first identification information indicating a user who may be in the room and positional information indicating a position occupied by the user when the user is in the room. The processor periodically acquires, from a user terminal, user information including second identification information indicating the user using the user terminal and target temperature information. The processor controls, when the user using the user terminal is in the room, the air conditioner such that temperature detected by one of the sensor terminals at a position near the user in the room approaches target temperature indicated in the target temperature information based on floor map information, user registration information, and user information.

Abstract: A method for intelligently preventing and handling indoor air pollution is adapted to be implemented in an indoor space and includes providing a cloud processing device to receive and intelligently compare an outdoor gas detection data, an indoor gas detection data, and device gas detection data with each other. Then, the cloud processing device remotely transmits a control signal to the communication relay station and further to an indoor gas exchange system, so that the indoor gas exchange system is capable of intelligently enabling the gas processing device and controlling the operation time of the gas processing device for exchanging a polluted gas in the indoor space with the outdoor gas. Moreover, the gas exchanger can perform purification for the polluted gas at the location of the gas exchanger, thereby allowing the polluted gas in the indoor space to be exchanged into a clean, safe, and breathable gas.

Abstract: A data output apparatus includes first circuitry configured to acquire predetermined information used for a three-dimensional fabrication; and second circuitry configured to output quality information for a three-dimensional object fabricated during the three-dimensional fabrication based on the predetermined information.

Abstract: A system and method controls a heat transfer system for palletized product. A controller and an array of sensors cooperate to control chillers and fans to efficiently change the temperature of product within the cases, while collecting and providing data regarding the efficacy and overall spatial profile of the freezing or other temperature-control operation. These data can be used to provide user feedback, optimize the temperature-control process, and ensure a desired performance of the system.

Abstract: An air cleaner includes: a housing including an inlet and an outlet for air; an air blower configured to blow air introduced through the inlet to the outlet; a panel configured to face the outlet and including holes; a driver configured to move the panel with respect to the housing; and a controller configured to control the driver to move the panel to open or close a channel between the outlet and the panel and adjust an air volume discharged through the holes of the panel. Thus, the air cleaner prevents a cold draft phenomenon.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a melting section providing a shaping material to a channel, a nozzle ejecting the shaping material to a shaping region of a shaping table, an ejection-amount adjusting mechanism adjusting an amount of the shaping material from the nozzle, a suction member sucking the shaping material in the channel, a memory configured to store a program, and a processor configured to execute the program so as to control the three-dimensional shaping apparatus. The processor is configured to stop the ejection of the shaping material and, thereafter, prior to resumption of the ejection of the shaping material, execute material purge processing for discharging the shaping material remaining in the melting section to a region different from the shaping region. The suction member is located closer to the nozzle than the ejection-amount adjusting mechanism in the first channel.

Abstract: A system for improving drill bit performance, having processors and memory storing instructions to obtain a wear report for a drill bit, wherein the wear report includes wear characteristics of the drill bit and drill operating parameters under which the drill bit was used; compare the wear characteristics of the drill bit to a threshold for acceptable drill bit wear; and adjust drill operating parameters based on the wear characteristics of the drill bit. The instructions to obtain the wear report for the drill bit include instructions to analyze images of the drill bit to identify wear characteristics; identify wear patterns based on the wear characteristics of the drill bit; identify probable drilling conditions based on the wear patterns; and generate the wear report for the drill bit based on the images of the drill bit, the wear characteristics of the drill bit, and the probable drilling conditions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing treatment compound to an enclosed environment comprise a storage and distribution assembly for storing a treatment compound, a pipe system for delivering the treatment compound from the storage tank to an environment and an exhaust system configured to exhaust the treatment compound out of the environment.

Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for a cloud-based meter management system are provided. The present disclosure includes a meter cloud server, a plurality of IEDs or meters, and one or more clients (e.g., a web browser client), which are coupled via a network (e.g., via various wireless and/or hardwired communication networks). The various components and modules of the present disclosure provide a plurality of functions to enable one or more users to manage a plurality of IEDs or meters via the at least one client device.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first condenser coil of a refrigerant circuit, wherein the first condenser coil is configured to receive a first refrigerant flow from a compressor of the refrigerant circuit, a modulating valve of the refrigerant circuit, and a control circuitry communicatively coupled to the modulating valve. The modulating valve is configured to receive a second refrigerant flow from the compressor and configured to direct the second refrigerant flow to a second condenser coil of the refrigerant circuit and to a reheat coil of the refrigerant circuit in a parallel flow arrangement, and the control circuitry is configured to operate the modulating valve to apportion the second refrigerant flow between the second condenser coil and the reheat coil based on a detected operating parameter of an air flow directed across the reheat coil.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes operating, by a processor, on object model data. The object model data describes at least part of an object to be generated in additive manufacturing. The method also includes determining, by a processor, pattern data. The pattern data comprising areas of variable reflectance intended to be formed on a portion of the object. The method includes determining, by a processor, object generation instructions to apply a fusing agent to at least part of a layer of build material corresponding to the portion of the object in a density corresponding to the reflectance of the generated pattern data.