Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to consumable electrode wires and more particularly to consumable electrode wires having a core-shell structure, where the core comprises aluminum. In one aspect, a welding wire comprises a sheath having a steel composition and a core surrounded by the sheath. The core comprises aluminum (Al) at a concentration between about 3 weight % and about 20 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the welding wire, where Al is in an elemental form or is alloyed with a different metal element. The disclosed technology also relates to welding methods and systems adapted for using the aluminum-comprising electrode wires.

Abstract: Device (10) for manufacturing a component compound by resistance welding, comprises a welding electrode (12) for transmitting an electric current to a joining element (17) and for exerting a joining force onto the joining element (17) along a joining direction (22) in order to establish a connection of the joining element (17) with a structural element by resistance welding; as well as a positioning device (20) for positioning at least one joining element (17) on the axis of the joining direction (22) in order to contact and particularly apply a force to the joining element (17) by means of the welding electrode (12). The positioning device (20) comprises a retention device (30) for exerting a retention force onto the joining element (17), wherein the retention device (30) is movably arranged.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cartridge receiver (10) for producing a drink (70) using a cartridge (2) that comprises a reservoir (6) filled with a drink substance (7), it being possible to insert the cartridge receiver (10) into a drink preparation machine (3) and connect it to the cartridge (2), wherein the cartridge receiver (10) comprises a mixing chamber (8) that can be brought into fluidic connection with the reservoir (6), and a fluid supply (12) that opens into the mixing chamber (8). The invention is characterised in that the cartridge receiver (10) comprises a mandrel guide (80) and a puncturing mandrel (73) that is displaceably mounted within said mandrel guide (80), wherein the puncturing mandrel (73) can be displaced between a retracted position in which said puncturing mandrel (73) is positioned at a distance from a sealing element (18) of the cartridge (2), and an extended position in which said puncturing mandrel (73) pierces the sealing element (18) and projects into the reservoir (6).

Abstract: Disclosed are semi non-magnetic bobbins for use in core reactors, and core reactors that include the semi non-magnetic bobbins. The semi non-magnetic bobbins are made of a non-metallic material and provide core reactors that can withstand high temperatures and at the same time avoid eddy current effects. The disclosed semi non-metallically permeable bobbins also do not adversely affect electrical power quality and save power and can be used to capture harmonics currents. When properly designed and arranged can be used to provide electromagnetic induction heaters using harmonics currents imported from an electrical power system as the working source of heat and provide a zero-cost heating process.

Abstract: In a laser processing apparatus for refining magnetic domains of a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet by setting a laser beam to be focused on the grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet and scanned in a scanning direction, the laser beam focused on the grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet is linearly polarized light, and an angle between a linear polarization direction and the scanning direction is higher than 45° and equal to or lower than 90°.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for measuring the melt depth of a substrate during pulsed laser melting are provided. The apparatus can include a heat source, a substrate support with an opening formed therein, and an interferometer positioned to direct coherent radiation toward the toward the substrate support. The method can include positioning the substrate with a first surface in a thermal processing chamber, heating a portion of the first surface with a heat source, directing infrared spectrum radiation at a partially reflective mirror creating control radiation and interference radiation, directing the interference radiation to a melted surface and directing the control radiation to a control surface, and measuring the interference between the reflected radiation. The interference fringe pattern can be used to determine the precise melt depth during the melt process.

Abstract: To provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a joined member that inhibit occurrence of cracks in a joined member even when the joined portion is quenched when members are welded together. The method includes placing the first member D and the second member E with a joint target portion Df and a joint target portion Ef being in contact with each other, welding the joint target portions by heating, subjecting the first member D after the welding to a process for inhibiting occurrence of cracks, and tempering a portion where the first and second members have been welded to each other by electromagnetic heating.

Abstract: A selective laser solidification apparatus including; a powder bed onto which powder layers can be deposited, at least one laser module for generating a plurality of laser beams for solidifying the powder material deposited onto the powder bed, a laser scanner for individually steering each laser beam to solidify separate areas in each powder layer, and a processing unit. A scanning zone for each laser beam is defined by the locations on the powder bed to which the laser beam can be steered by the laser scanner. The laser scanner is arranged such that each scanning zone is less than the total area of powder bed and at least two of the scanning zones overlap. The processing unit is arranged for selecting, for at least one powder layers, which laser beam to use to scan an area of the powder layer located within a region wherein the seaming zones overlap.

Abstract: A baby food warming system for warming baby food, including milk and other liquid or semi-liquid beverages, without using an AC power source is disclosed. The present invention provides a system including a charging case and a baby food warmer. The charging case includes an upper cover having a magnet, and a charging base having a magnetic switch, a charging connector, and an UV-C light emitting diode. The baby food warmer includes a main body having a temperature regulator, an external sensor, and an internal sensor, all at a lower tip of the main body, and a top cap attachable to the main body for closing the main body. The top cap further includes a micro-controller configured to generate control signals for controlling the temperature regulator, and to receive sensing signals from the external sensor and the internal sensor.

Abstract: An electric pot may include a controller that controls a heater to perform a temperature-maintenance operation based on an input relating to a temperature-maintenance operation and based on information on temperatures. A memory may receive information in relation to a temperature-maintenance operation from the controller and may store the information and retain the stored information in relation to a temperature-maintenance operation regardless of whether a pot main body is attached to or detached from a supporter.

Abstract: Provided herein is a device for ereptiospirating an inhalable material such as a medical wax or solid or highly viscous oil comprising a medication. More particularly, provided herein is a device for continuously ereptiospirating an inhalable material and for delivery of dosages of the inhalable material to patients via direct lung inhalation.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining the concentration of at least one material in a powder mixture used as starting material for the production of a component in an additive production method, comprising: providing the powder mixture having at least two different materials; guiding a high-energy beam generated by a radiation source over the surface of the powder mixture; detecting by a detection unit at least one brightness value of at least one subregion of the surface irradiated by the high-energy beam during the irradiation; ascertaining by an analysis unit the concentration of at least one material in the powder mixture depending on the detected at least one brightness value and at least one predetermined reference brightness value for a concentration and/or a concentration range of the material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article comprising at least one glass-ceramic substrate, in particular a plate, intended, for example, to cover or receive at least one heating element, said substrate exhibiting, in at least one zone, a surface roughness such that the characteristic dimensions of the patterns forming said roughness are between 2 and 100 ?m. The present invention also relates to an advantageous process for producing said substrate.

Abstract: A method of heating a load in a cavity using microwaves wherein the microwaves provide mode fields in the cavity includes obtaining a desired temperature pattern within said cavity based on information about regions of the load. A heating pattern in the cavity is determined and comprises zones of different intensities corresponding to the desired temperature pattern. A zone of higher intensity in the determined heating pattern corresponds to a region of higher temperature in the desired temperature pattern. The method also includes controlling one or more independently controllable microwave generators or feeding ports so the mode fields form the determined heating pattern and thereby heat the load according to the desired temperature pattern.

Abstract: Surface asperities, such as roughness characteristics, are reduced or otherwise mitigated via the control of surface regions including the asperities in different regimes. In accordance with various embodiments, the height of both high-frequency and low-frequency surface asperities is reduced by controlling characteristics of a surface region under a first regime to flow material from the surface asperities. A second regime is implemented to reduce a height of high-frequency surface asperities in the surface region by controlling characteristics of the surface region under a second regime to flow material that is predominantly from the high-frequency surface asperities, the controlled characteristics in the second regime being different than the controlled characteristics in the first regime. Such aspects may include, for example, controlling melt pools in each regime via energy pulses, to respectively mitigate/reduce the asperities.

Abstract: The invention relates to a beam forming lens system for machining material using a laser beam, comprising a two-dimensional axicon array (10) featuring a plurality of microaxicons (11) for creating an annular laser beam intensity profile, the microaxicons (11) being provided with curved lateral surfaces (113). The invention also relates to an apparatus for machining material using a laser beam, comprising a beam forming lens system of said type and a focusing lens system (15) for focusing the laser beam onto a workpiece (18). The beam forming lens system is designed to create the annular laser beam intensity profile in a focal plane (F) of the focusing lens system (15).

Abstract: A method of forming an additively manufactured aluminum part includes establishing an arc between a metal-cored aluminum wire and the additively manufactured aluminum part, wherein the metal-cored aluminum wire includes a metallic sheath and a granular core disposed within the metallic sheath. The granular core comprises aluminum metal matrix nano-composites (Al-MMNCs) that comprise an aluminum metal matrix and ceramic nanoparticles. The method includes melting a portion of the metal-cored aluminum wire using the heat of the arc to form molten droplets. The method includes transferring the molten droplets to the additively manufactured aluminum part under an inert gas flow, and solidifying the molten droplets under the inert gas flow to form deposits of the additively manufactured aluminum part.

Abstract: A cooking system for cooking food includes a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is configured to cover the upper portion of the housing and the opening to the hollow chamber in a closed position. The lid is movable to an open position where the lid does not cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element associated with at least one of said housing and said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a pressure cooking mode and a convective cooking mode. In the pressure cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a pressure cooker, and in the convective cooking mode, the cooking system is operable as a convection cooker.

Abstract: A metal member includes a first plate, and a second plate abutting against and welded to the first plate in at least one butt portion. In the butt portion, a length from a first end to a second end of a welding boundary line between the first plate and the second plate is longer than a length of a straight line connecting the first end to the second end of the welding boundary line.

Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a cartridge configured to house a pre-vapor formulation for an e-vaping device, the cartridge including an inner portion and an outer portion configured to store the pre-vapor formulation. The outer portion includes a plurality of fibers configured to be mobile and/or configured to be substantially free of entanglement with one another. The fibers are configured to be substantially free of entanglement with one another based on the lengths of the plurality of fibers. For example, the lengths of the plurality of fibers may be in a range of about 3 mm to about 7 mm. The lengths may also be about 5 mm.