Abstract: An HVAC actuator (1) comprises an electric motor (11); an energy buffer (13) configured to store electrical energy from a power supply (2), and to provide the electrical energy to the motor (11); and a power limiting circuit (12) configured to limit input power from the power supply (2) to the energy buffer (13) to a threshold lower than motor power drawn by the motor (11) from the energy buffer (13).

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a series of generators configured to provide power to a motor or motors. Generators generally operate at different efficiency levels depending on the operating capacity. A computation component can analyze the current efficiency of the generators and determine if there is an alternative power distribution among the existing generators that would result in a more efficient operation of the system.

Abstract: A numerical controller comprises a restart position candidate setting unit configured to store information on a block serving as a restart position candidate where machining is to be restarted, on the basis of a result of an analysis of a machining program, a block head position drawing unit configured to draw, when the machining is interrupted, a machining position corresponding to a head of the block serving as a restart position candidate stored by the restart position candidate setting unit, on the machining path displayed on a machining path graphic screen, and a restart block setting unit configured to set a block corresponding to a machining position designated by a user from among the machining positions drawn by the block head position drawing unit, as a restart block.

Abstract: The invention relates to a master distributor strip for distributing electrical energy for equipment and/or server cabinets, comprising a plurality of connection means that are provided on a face of the master distributor strip, and to which electrical loads can be connected for the purpose of energy supply. Furthermore, sensors for determining data at least relating to the status of the master distributor strip and/or of the plurality of connection means are provided. The invention is characterized in that a communications module is provided, which module is configured to retrieve and/or receive the data of the sensors, and to communicate with at least one sensor and/or actuator that is remote from the master distributor strip, by means of a communications network.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method can include obtaining irrigation data. The method can further include obtaining a first set of watering rates. The method can further include generating a first set and a second set of soil moisture estimates. The first and second sets of soil moisture estimates can be based at least in part on the irrigation data. The method can further include obtaining a custom constraint and making a first determination that the first set of soil moisture estimates satisfies the custom constraint. The method can further include obtaining a moisture reference value in response to making the first determination. The moisture reference value can be based at least in part on the second set of soil moisture estimates. The method can further include making a second determination that the moisture reference value exceeds a first threshold, and generating an irrigation plan in response to making the second determination.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for real-time scheduling of multi-energy complementary micro-grids based on a Rollout algorithm, which is technically characterized by comprising the following steps of: Step 1, setting up a moving-horizon Markov decision process model for the real-time scheduling of the multi-energy complementary micro-grids with random new-energy outputs, and establishing constraint conditions for the real-time scheduling; Step 2, establishing a target function of the real-time scheduling; Step 3, dividing a single complete scheduling cycle into a plurality of scheduling intervals, and finding one basic feasible solution meeting the constraint conditions for the real-time scheduling based on a greedy algorithm; and Step 4, finding a solution to the moving-horizon Markov decision process model for the real-time scheduling of the multi-energy complementary micro-grids by using the Rollout algorithm based on the basic feasible solution from Step 3.

Abstract: A substrate processing system includes a processing unit including processing modules and a first transfer device, a loading/unloading unit including a load port holding a substrate accommodating container and a second transfer device, and a control unit. The control unit controls the substrates to be sequentially transferred.

Abstract: A system and a method for determining the parameters of a controller for a controlled system, wherein a simulation model for the controlled system is identified based on detected input and output signals of the controlled system, where parameters of a master controller and a sequence controller used in a pilot control process for the controlled system are automatically defined based on model-based design methods for a controller designed as a model sequence controller, where the behaviour of the closed-loop system can be further improved via a subsequent optimization method, such that the controller can be advantageously designed without any particular control engineering expertise, and thus the frequency of use for model sequence controllers, with their many advantages, can be significantly increased in practical applications.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic apparatus may comprise: a communication circuit; at least one sensor for detecting first sensing information related to a state of at least one machine tool connected to the electronic apparatus; and a processor configured to transmit the detected first sensing information to a server, receive, from the server, reference information acquired on the basis of the first sensing information and second sensing information related to a state of at least one external machine tool connected to at least one external electronic apparatus, and determine the state related to the at least one machine tool on the basis of the received reference information. Various embodiments are possible.

Abstract: A production management device includes data management section having multiple correspondence data in which component types are linked to each product type of board product with reference codes, and process setting section for selecting, when circuit board is carried into component mounting machine in a family production, a product type for each of multiple unit boards based on identification information and sets the type of mounting process to be executed for each of multiple unit boards by selecting correspondence data for the selected product type.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (200) reduces energy consumption in a building (202) by turning on and off all compressors (212, 214, 216). The HVAC system (200) includes a plurality of in-flow air temperature sensors (232, 234, 236) and out-flow air temperature sensors (242, 244, 246) that respectively measure return air temperatures at inlets and supply air temperatures at outlets of fan coil units (222, 224, 226) located in rooms (203, 205, 207) of the building (202). The HVAC system (200) turns on and off all the compressor (212, 214, 216) based on the return air temperatures and the supply air temperatures.

Abstract: A data processing method for processing a plurality of pieces of unit-processing data includes: a reference data changing step of changing reference data (data that is selected from a plurality of pieces of unit-processing data for each unit-element, and to be compared with each piece of unit-processing data); and a reference data extending step of extending new reference data which is the reference data after change by the reference data changing step to a unit-element other than a unit-element for which the reference data has been changed.

Abstract: An apparatus can include a first adaptive filter, a second adaptive filter, a filter, and a third adaptive filter. The first adaptive filter can be configured to determine an estimated magnitude of a control signal associated with a control measure based on a magnitude of a signal from a sensor, wherein the signal is indicative of operating temperature of a memory system. The second adaptive filter can be configured to determine an estimated operating temperature based on a magnitude of the control signal. The filter can be configured to determine a change magnitude of the control signal based on a difference between the magnitude of the signal from the sensor and a threshold operating temperature. The third adaptive filter can be configured to determine a throttle rate at which to apply the control signal based on a change magnitude of the control signal.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software products estimate cost of fulfilling an order for non-existing steel parts. A web site interacts with a customer to receive a request for quote containing a single MTO file defining the non-existing steel parts. The single MTO file is processed to generate at least one layout based upon stock information of a raw steel product. The layout defines (a) nesting of the non-existing steel parts on the raw steel product, (b) a cost of cutting the parts from the raw steel product, (c) a used portion of the raw steel product, (d) a waste portion of the raw steel product, and (e) a remaining usable portion of the raw steel product. A quote estimating the cost of fulfilling the order is generated based upon the at least one layout, and the quote is sent to the customer.

Abstract: A monitoring method and system are present for process control of surface treatment associated with material deposition on the surface, which provides for achieving and maintaining a desired (according to design rules) geometrical profile of the surface while being coated by certain substance/material. The technique of the invention provides for remotely and fully-automatically monitoring/verifying the geometrical profile of the surface being treated, and providing the control/verification data for executing local corrections. The technique can be applied to various geometrical profiles such as planar geometry, round/curved surface of a predetermined curvature, multi-portions surface with predetermined angular orientations of the multiple portions (e.g. 90 degree angles at corners of a room).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling wind turbines of a wind farm, each connected to a wind farm grid, in case of a disconnect from a main grid. During the disconnect from the main grid, at least one demand value is transmitted from a digital master grid controller to respective converter units of the wind turbines via a digital data link such that the converter units receive the at least one demand value substantially simultaneously and are operable to keep the wind turbines online and synchronised to the wind farm grid during the disconnect from the main grid.

Abstract: An apparatus and associated method for operating a horizontal surface pump apparatus, including a motor operating a pump to pressurize a fluid inside the pump. A flow controller executes computer instructions stored in memory that define a selected flow rate of the fluid flowing out of the pump based on a flow profile trajectory stored in memory and related to an observed parameter of the fluid. A motor controller executes computer instructions stored in memory that map the selected flow rate and an observed head pressure of the fluid to a selected motor speed via a transformation function stored in memory, and that operate the motor at the selected motor speed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures include: obtaining a first 3D model including a polygon mesh associated with one or more modelled solids, the one or more modelled solids being in a boundary representation format; producing from the polygon mesh a quad patch network that combines, using transfinite interpolation, the polygon mesh with one or more smooth boundary curves corresponding to the one or more modelled solids; defining one or more locally refinable smooth surface representations using the quad patch network as input and based at least in part on a smallest dimension representable by a geometry modeling kernel of a computer aided design program; and combining the one or more locally refinable smooth surface representations with the one or more modelled solids to form a second 3D model that is watertight at the one or more smooth boundary curves.

Abstract: A method of modifying or repairing a fluid conduit assembly includes scanning a sealing feature of a fluid conduit, the sealing feature including an abnormality, creating a 3D model of a sealing member configured to provide a fluid seal with the sealing feature, and utilizing the 3D model to form the sealing member via additive manufacturing. The method may include modifying the sealing feature of the fluid conduit to reduce or remove the abnormality and provide the sealing feature with modified dimensions. Scanning the sealing feature may include determining the modified dimensions of the sealing feature.

Abstract: A configuration that maintains productivity and can automatically execute and control recipes includes a process chamber that processes a substrate, a first transfer chamber in which the substrate is transferred in a vacuum state, a second transfer chamber in which the substrate is transferred in an atmospheric pressure state, a depressurizable preparatory chamber connecting the first transfer chamber and the second transfer chamber, and a controller that executes a maintenance recipe in the preparatory chamber and a production recipe in the process chamber, respectively, in which, when the controller receives an instruction for executing the production recipe during execution of the maintenance recipe, the controller temporarily stops the maintenance recipe and preferentially executes the production recipe, and continuously executes the temporarily stopped maintenance recipe, after completion of the production recipe.