Abstract: A thermal sensor device capable of maintaining measurement accuracy for a long period by suppressing plastic deformation due to thermal expansion of the heat generating resistor and reducing resistance change of the heat generating resistor, includes: a substrate having an opening; and a diaphragm having a structure in which a lower film, a heat generating resistor, and an upper film are stacked so as to bridge the opening, in which a film thickness of the lower film is larger than a film thickness of the upper film, an average thermal expansion coefficient of the lower film is larger than an average thermal expansion coefficient of the upper film, the lower film includes a plurality of films having different thermal expansion coefficients, and a film having a largest thermal expansion coefficient among the plurality of films is formed below a thickness center of the lower film.

Abstract: A force transmission system as part of a surgical system which may be configured to be a minimally invasive and/or computer assisted surgical system. Operation of the system may be controlled by transmission of a force from a first section to a second section of the system. The first section and the second section may be separated by a partition or a barrier. The first section may be a non-sterile section and the second section may be a sterile section of the surgical system.

Abstract: An inspection system inspects a flow of gas in a container storage facility that includes a placement table and a gas supply device to supply gas to the container. The inspection system includes: an inspection unit placeable on the placement table, and a determiner. The gas supply device includes: a gas supply section located in the placement table to be connectable to the container inflow section of the container; a gas supply pipe; and a supply gas flow rate controller to control a flow rate of the gas supplied to the gas supply section through the gas supply pipe, so as to be equal to a predetermined supply gas flow rate. The inspection unit includes: an inspection inflow section connectable to the gas supply section, and an inflow rate measurer to measure an inflow rate of the gas flowing thereto from the inspection inflow section.

Abstract: This application discloses a wet gas flow rate metering method and device thereof. The Coriolis mass flowmeter measures a total mass flow rate Qm, a mixed density ?mix, and a medium temperature T; a combination of sensors measures a differential pressure ?P between an inlet and an outlet; a flow rate calculation module performs multi-physical field coupling calculation to obtain an average gas density ?g; according to the mixed density ?mix, the average gas density ?g, and a liquid density ?l, a mass liquid content ?m of a mixed medium is calculated, and the total mass flow rate Qm is corrected by the mass liquid content ?m, the medium temperature T and the average pressure P to obtain a corrected total mass flow rate Qm?. According to the total mass flow rate Qm? and the mass liquid content ?m, a two-phase flow rate is calculated.

Abstract: A field device (10) includes a sensor (11) that measures a physical quantity and outputs a measurement signal indicating a measured value, converters (12, 15, 16) that perform a predetermined conversion process on the measurement signal, and a processor (17) that outputs an output signal corresponding to the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process. The processor (17) starts verifying operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) when the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process satisfies a predetermined condition, and outputs, while the operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) is being verified, a signal corresponding to the measurement signal subjected to the conversion process and acquired immediately before the operational soundness of the converters (12, 15, 16) is verified, or a signal corresponding to the measurement signal indicating a predetermined measured value of the sensor (11), as the output signal.

Abstract: A sample measurement system and method of transporting of racks are provided that collectively supply the consumables to the sample measurement units. The sample measurement system includes: sample measurement units that perform measurement on samples by using consumables; a setting part in which a user sets consumable racks housing the consumables; a first transport path that supplies the consumable racks set in the setting part to one of the sample measurement units; a collector that is arranged adjacent to the setting part and that collects empty racks that are emptied after being transported to at least one of the sample measurement units; and a second transport path that transports the empty racks to the collector.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed utilizing a low-order parametric model for decoupling in conjunction with an optimization procedure to improve the ability to determine the density of the liquid phase of a bubbly mixtures within Coriolis meters by characterizing the effect of decoupling in the presence of bubble coalescence.

Abstract: Provided is a diagnostic apparatus, including a diagnostic unit configured to diagnose a condition of a vortex flowmeter using a determination result of a magnitude of a signal component of each of at least one target detection signal among the at least one detection signal detected by the vortex flowmeter having a vortex generator and a detection unit configured to detect at least one detection signal according to a vortex generated by the vortex generator, or a magnitude of a signal component of at least one of combined signals configured to linearly combine two or more of the at least one detection signal.

Abstract: A system and method for dividing a single mass flow into secondary flows of desired ratios to total flow. Each secondary flow line includes a pressure drop element, an absolute pressure sensor and a differential pressure sensor. The nonlinear relationship between flow and pressures can be transformed into a function of the absolute and differential pressures that has a linear relationship with the flow.

Abstract: A system for simultaneously measuring the indentation hardness properties, span properties, and resilience properties of a mattress includes a first indentation means and a second indentation means, and means for urging the first indentation means and the second indentation means into the mattress with a predetermined force, and also includes laser means for projecting a laser line configured to map, preferably by photographic triangulation, the amplitude, shape, and time-dependency of the resultant deflection of the mattress surface between the first indentation means and the second indentation means. A method for simultaneously measuring the indentation hardness properties, span properties, and resilience properties of a mattress is also provided.

Abstract: A developer supply includes a developer accommodating body and a developer discharging body. A track is positioned at a side of the developer discharging body, with the track including a surface that extends from a first position to a second position. When the developer supply container is oriented with the track and the shutter positioned below a horizontal plane that includes the rotational axis and a discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed at the bottommost side of the developer supply container, the track is positioned between the horizontal plane and a shutter in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane, the second position is closer to the horizontal plane than the first position is to the horizontal plane, the surface faces upward, and the track extends such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the track passes through the end of the discharge passageway.

Abstract: A device for monitoring the tightness of a sealing component wherein the monitoring device has a box with a peripheral partition and a cover made of a transparent material is disclosed. The cover is connected to the peripheral partition such that the cover and the peripheral partition are able to define, with a sealing component, an inner chamber, the peripheral partition with an inner peripheral wall having a lower end equipped with an inner peripheral seal intended to be positioned against the sealing component all around the inner chamber, and an outer peripheral wall arranged outside the inner peripheral wall so as to define, between the outer peripheral wall and the inner peripheral wall, an intermediate chamber extending exclusively in the peripheral partition all around the inner chamber.

Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to a flow meter for flowable material configured to be used in non-vertical orientations.

Abstract: A method for compensating the influence of at least one of the parameters from the group consisting of flow rate, viscosity, density and Reynolds number of a fluid to be measured on the measured flow rate and/or density of this fluid in a Coriolis mass flow meter with the aid of an equation using the parameters of the current Reynolds number of the fluid to be measured in the Coriolis mass flow meter, the maximum compensation value for Reynolds numbers approaching zero, the Reynolds number at which the curve of the compensation value has the largest slope, and the slope of the curve of the compensation value at the point Rec. Moreover, the invention relates to a Coriolis mass flow meter with a control device for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A field device case is a metal field device case where a lead-in part for drawing a cable including an outer shield is provided on a tubular circumferential wall. The field device case includes: a first inner surface which is formed away from an opening end surface of the field device case in an axial direction orthogonal to the opening end surface; a second inner surface which is formed farther away from the opening end surface than the first inner surface in the axial direction; and a cable fixing member which is fixed to the first inner surface and allows the outer shield of the cable drawn by the lead-in part to be in contact with the second inner surface.

Abstract: Device for testing the sealing of at least one system for insulating two mediums in a sealed manner, the system including a flange and a sealed door mounted in the flange, the test device including a casing including an inflatable seal intended to contact, in the inflated state, with the system and to ensure a sealing enabling the definition of a test volume between the system and the casing, a pneumatic pump and a pneumatic circuit configured to connect, in a first step, the pump to the inflatable seal such that the pump inflates the inflatable seal, and in a second step the pump to the test volume such that the pump generates in the test volume a pressure at a given value, and sensor for measuring the pressure in the test volume.

Abstract: A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body and a developer discharging body in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body. A track is positioned at a side of the developer discharging body, with the track including a surface that extends from a first position to a second position. When the developer supply container is oriented with the track positioned below a horizontal plane that includes a rotational axis of the developer accommodating body and a discharge passageway through which developer is discharged to outside of the developer supply container is formed at the bottommost side of the developer supply container, the second position is closer to the horizontal plane than the first position is to the horizontal plane, the surface faces upward, and the track extends such that a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and passing through the track passes through an end of the discharge passageway.

Abstract: An automated meter testing system that includes a fluid inlet valve fluidly coupled both to a fluid source and an inlet on the at least one meter. The fluid source provides fluid pressure to move fluid through the at least one meter. A flow control valve is fluidly coupled to the at least one meter opposite the fluid inlet valve. A valve controller that operates the flow control valve. A controller is electrically connected to the valve controller. The controller sends at least one signal to the valve controller to incrementally open or restrict the flow control valve to increase or decrease a flow rate of the fluid through the at least one meter.

Abstract: A battery pack leakage detection system and detection method are provided. The system includes a test container, a gas filling subsystem, a gas stirring subsystem and a test analysis subsystem. The method can test the sealing performance of the battery pack under the atmospheric pressure, so that the battery pack can meet the corresponding sealing grade requirements of IP67 and IP68. The method not only solves the problem that the traditional gas detection method cannot meet the test requirements of IP67 and IP68 due to insufficient measurement precision, but also solves the problem that the traditional vacuum helium detection method will damage the battery cells in the battery pack.

Abstract: A mass flow controller assembly includes a housing defining a cavity, a plurality of internal passages, a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet, and a second outlet. A valve is connected to the housing, has an inlet fluidly coupled to the second outlet of the housing and an outlet fluidly coupled to the second inlet of the housing. The valve is configured to control fluid flow from the second outlet of the housing to the second inlet of the housing. A microelectromechanical (MEMS) Coriolis flow sensor is arranged in the cavity, includes an inlet fluidly coupled by at least one of the plurality of internal passages to the first inlet of the housing and is configured to measure at least one of a mass flow rate and density of fluid flowing through the MEMS Coriolis flow sensor. An outlet of the MEMS Coriolis flow sensor is fluidly coupled by at least one of the plurality of internal passages to the second outlet of the housing.