Abstract: The present invention relates to a suction device (1) to be used together with a pipette, in particular a Pasteur pipette. The suction device comprises a base element (2) with the bore (2a) for the insertion of a pipette (5), and a body connected to the base element, wherein the interior of the body is hollow, wherein at least the body is made of a flexible material, so that the inner volume of the body (3) is variable. Herein, the base element is formed in a polygonal or elliptic shape, so that the shape of the base element is not round and hence prevents a rolling of the suction device over a lab bench or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is an equivalent acceleration method of creep loads based on a consistent failure mode. The equivalent acceleration method includes obtaining corresponding tensile strengths; obtaining corresponding creep rupture time; establishing rupture time law, minimum creep rate law and rupture strain law; calculating the value of parameter p in creep damage accumulation model; and dividing the failure mode consistency interval of creep load under variable temperature and variable load. The damage caused by the creep load in the failure mode consistency interval is calculated by using the multi-grade variable temperature and variable load creep nonlinear damage accumulation model, the damage is accelerated to the maximum creep load state in the failure mode consistency interval according to the principle of damage equivalence, and finally the equivalent acceleration of creep load is realized.

Abstract: A non-belt automatic mechanized sampling system for a truck configured to collect materials from a carriage of the truck. The system includes an integrated sample preparation component having, in descending arrangement, a discharging mechanism and a feeder, a crusher, a constant mass dividing machine and a sample retention barrel. The system also includes a constant mass dividing machine configured to divide the crushed material into samples and discards. The samples are conveyed to a sample retention barrel and discards to a discharging mechanism, which is configured to convey the discards to the carriage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an experimental apparatus for researching characteristics of subsea tunnel at bottom of seabed under wave, comprising main control system, wave making test system, rock and soil confining pressure test system and water level regulation test system, wherein a bottom of the rock and soil confining pressure test system is connected with the water level regulation test system; a bottom of the wave making test system is connected with the rock and soil confining pressure test system; and all test systems are electrically connected with the main control system. The experimental apparatus, when being small, may simulate the situation of the subsea tunnel under a nonlinear complex wave, may consider the common action of the seabed and the wave, and may regulate water levels and soil pressures, having perfect functions and effectively exploring the effect of various aspects on the subsea tunnel.

Abstract: A liquid chromatograph is presented which enables automatic resolution of a liquid sending failure when the liquid sending failure caused by a liquid sending pump occurs, and execution of a new analysis with good reproducibility after the liquid sending failure is resolved. The liquid sending failure can be automatically resolved by a purging operation. A sample remaining in the analysis flow path is washed away by a non-injection analysis after the liquid sending failure is resolved, and a new analysis can be executed with good reproducibility.

Abstract: A system having a micromechanical clocking system component a clocking system component. The system includes a micromechanical oscillation element, which is able to be induced to an oscillation with a natural frequency, and a first circuit, which generates from the natural frequency of the oscillation element a clock frequency which is pre-calibrated to a predefined setpoint clock frequency; a memory for the remaining deviation of the clock frequency from the setpoint clock frequency, the deviation having been individually determined for the clocking system component; and a processing unit which generates a reference time basis for at least a part of the system on the basis of the generated clock frequency and the stored deviation.

Abstract: A human body sensing mat can sense the movement of a human body and analyze a user's sleep. The human body sensing mat may include a substrate; a plurality of fiber sensors for generating signals according to a distance to a specific object; a sensor array disposed on the substrate; a shield layer for covering the sensor array; and a driving unit for applying a voltage to the sensor array. Each of the fiber sensors is disposed on a central portion of the substrate and on both ends of the substrate. The fiber sensors that are respectively disposed in the central portion and end portions of the mat can sense the user's breathing, tossing and turning, and the like regardless of the user's posture. Accordingly, the user's sleep can be analyzed regardless of the user's posture.

Abstract: A pressure sensing unit is provided. The pressure sensing unit includes a membrane and a pressure sensing pad group. The membrane has a first surface and a second surface. The pressure sensing pad group includes a first pressure sensing pad, a second pressure sensing pad, and a ground pad that are spaced apart from one another. The ground pad and one among the first pressure sensing pad and the second pressure sensing pad are located at the first surface of the membrane, another one among the first pressure sensing pad and the second pressure sensing pad is located at the second surface of the membrane, and an orthographic projection of the ground pad projected onto a reference plane is located between orthographic projections of the first pressure sensing pad and the second pressure sensing pad that are projected onto the reference plane. Therefore, a signal-to-noise ratio can be increased and an erroneous detection can be prevented.

Abstract: A live detection system, a thermal infrared (IR) imager and a method for power grid equipment are provided. The system includes an environmental parameter module for acquiring environmental temperature, humidity and wind speed data; a ranging module for measuring a linear distance to the power grid equipment; an equipment type recognition module for acquiring an image of the power grid equipment, and recognizing a type of the power grid equipment; an equipment material determination module for determining a material type of the power grid equipment; an emissivity setting module for setting an emissivity; an temperature measurement module for obtaining a temperature of the power grid equipment by focusing on positions of the power grid equipment which need temperature measurement; and a report generation module for selecting a corresponding diagnostic model, displaying a temperature measurement position and a temperature value, drawing a conclusion, and generating a report.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a pressure sensor and method of using the same. A pressure sensor may comprise a substrate having a substrate thickness extending between a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface, wherein the first substrate surface and the second substrate surface define opposing ends of the substrate thickness; a first pressure sensing assembly attached to the first substrate surface and configured to detect a first pressure force associated with a first fluid volume, wherein a portion of the first substrate surface adjacent the first pressure sensing assembly is fluidly isolated from the first volume of fluid; and a second pressure sensing assembly attached to the second substrate surface and configured to detect a second pressure force associated with a second volume of fluid, wherein a portion of the second substrate surface adjacent the second pressure sensing assembly is fluidly isolated from the second fluid volume.

Abstract: A method of measuring torque is provided in a six phase electrical motor which includes a motor-stator including two electrically independent stator winding arrangements which each have three combined windings such that the winding arrangements are symmetrical and offset by an angle to each other and such that each combined winding of the second stator arrangement has a corresponding combined winding in the first stator arrangement and offset thereto by an angle. The method includes a) determining the current in the three combined windings of the first stator arrangement and/or the current in the three combined windings of the second stator arrangement and b) determining the torque from the currents.

Abstract: A method of validating a test for estimating the organic carbon content of soil or changes in organic carbon content of soil over time in which a first sample of soil is taken from a selected location and heated using Loss On Ignition (LOI) to remove organic carbon, the method comprising the steps of taking a further sample of soil from an adjacent location, the sample having minimal organic material content. A predetermined quantity of an organic material is added to the further sample to provide a second sample which is heated using Loss On Ignition (LOI) with the change of weight of the second sample determining whether the test of the first sample yielded a valid estimate of the organic carbon content of the first sample. Apparatus (10) for use in performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A measurement tool includes: a measurement tool body including a sample collection unit for collecting a liquid sample by a capillary phenomenon, and a liquid feed channel; and a lid body attachable to and detachable from the measurement tool body. The liquid feed channel includes an upstream side channel and a downstream side channel. A space is defined, into which an upstream side end of the sample collection unit and a downstream side end of the upstream side channel open, when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body. The downstream side channel is connected to a downstream side end of the sample collection unit. The space is open when the lid body is separated from the measurement tool body, and the space is closed and the upstream side channel and the sample collection unit are connected when the lid body is attached to the measurement tool body.

Abstract: A cable puller includes a frame, a capstan mounted on the frame around which a pulling rope is wrapped, and a sensor configured to measure the distance the pulling rope travels relative to the frame. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or an optical sensor.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a torsional material testing system, which includes a rotatable actuator, such as a motor, configured to perform a torsional material testing operation. During a torsional material testing operation, a virtual interlock is configured to engage or disengage with the actuator to prevent or allow rotational movement of the actuator (e.g., during a setup state or during a torsional material testing operation, respectively). A control circuitry is employed to control the virtual interlock as well as the torsional testing system based on one or more operational states before, during, or after a material testing process.

Abstract: There is provided an automatic analysis device with a structure in which a measurement unit is less susceptible to disturbance as compared to a device in the related art, and a method of designing the automatic analysis device. A first rotation axis 301 of a reaction disk 1, a second rotation axis 302 of a reagent disk 9, and a measurement unit are arranged on the same straight line 311 when an automatic analysis device 100 is viewed from an upper surface side, the first rotation axis 301 of the reaction disk 1 is arranged between the second rotation axis 302 of the reagent disk 9 and the measurement unit, and the measurement unit is arranged on a front side to be accessed by a user of the automatic analysis device 100.

Abstract: A sensor device having a first counter electrode extending under an intermediate carrier, and having a first distance between the intermediate carrier and the first counter electrode being modifiable by the pressure on the movable region, and the first counter electrode encompassing, under the intermediate carrier, at least one electrically separated region that is disposed below a spacing element and includes at least a lateral extent of the spacing element.

Abstract: A pressure gauge and/or relief valve which may be used in a single-use fluid system, such as a sterilizable fluid system. The pressure gauge and/or pressure relief valve may be configured to measure and to relieve fluid within a fluid-containing structure, the pressure gauge relief valve including a housing having a first end, a second end, and an inner surface defining a passage between the first end and the second end, a movable element movable within the passage, wherein the housing first end is configured to be coupled with a fluid-containing structure, the housing second end is spaced from the housing first end; and the movable element is movable with respect to the housing to indicate pressure therein and to allow fluid to pass between the movable element and the inner surface of the passage at a selected pressure.

Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes a valve body that defines a flow path through which fluid flows and an opening that opens to the outside in a middle of flow path; a flexible partition member that covers the opening and separates the flow path from the outside, and changes a cross-sectional area of the flow path; and a flexible support member disposed on a rear surface side opposite to a flow path side of the flexible partition member. A housing is fixed to the valve body via peripheral portions of the flexible partition member and the flexible support member. A humidity sensor that detects a state of an atmosphere or a change thereof in a space defined by the flexible support member and an inner surface of the housing. The diaphragm valve is capable of preventing fluid in a diaphragm valve from leaking to the outside due to breakage of a diaphragm.

Abstract: A system for monitoring of temperature trends for particles moving along a path of movement from a first position to a second position includes a sensor arrangement and processing device. The sensor arrangement includes at least two sensing elements detecting radiation emitted from the particles, arranged to co-operate with mutually separated sensing zones along the path of movement of the particles to detect a signal related to the temperature of particles. The processing device is arranged to: receive signals from the sensor arrangement; form signals from the at least one set of sensing elements into at least one pulse train when a particle moves through the field-of-view of the sensor arrangement; and based on this at least one pulse train monitor changes over time in the temperature of particles moving through the field-of-view of the sensor arrangement by monitoring changes over time in the wavelength distribution of the radiation emitted from the particles.