Abstract: A monitoring system for remotely monitoring a state of pole-mounted equipment in a power distribution or transmission grid is provided. The pole-mounted equipment includes an indicator device configured to present state information indicative of a state of the pole-mounted equipment. The monitoring system includes a status monitoring device movable via a drive or propulsion system. The status monitoring device is configured to obtain the state information from the indicator device when located within a communication range of the indicator device.

Abstract: Control of a multi-rotor wind turbine system. A local controller is arranged for each wind turbine module and implementing a local model predictive control (MPC) routine. A central controller is arranged to determine a set of operational constraints of the wind turbine modules. Based on a current operational state of the wind turbine module and the set of operational constraints, one or more predicted operational trajectories are calculated and used for controlling the wind turbine module.

Abstract: End users subscribe to use information handling systems having a selected of available performance characteristics defined by a component configuration selected to build the information handling systems in a portable housing having housing portions rotationally coupled by one or more hinges. A manufacturer meets subscriptions with information handling systems built from an inventory of new hinges, deployed hinges of information handling systems in use by subscribers, and separated hinges taken from returned information handling systems and re-used. End user subscriptions are met in part by building replacement information handling systems with separated hinges having a useful life remaining that aligns with end user hinge usage patterns tracked over time, benchmarked performance metrics and end user subscription performance characteristics.

Abstract: A machine tool evaluation method, a machine tool evaluation system and medium are disclosed. The method includes: determining a target component of a machine tool; and for each target component: acquiring type information and attribute information of the target component; determining and acquiring, based on type information and the attribute information, target operating condition data, target state monitoring data, and target design parameter data corresponding to the target component and generating an original data set based on the target operating condition data, the target state monitoring data and the target design parameter data; preprocessing the original data set to obtain a target data set; performing feature extraction on the target data set to obtain a feature data set; and performing a multi-level evaluation on the target component, and generating an evaluation result of the target component; and generating an evaluation result of the machine tool based on the evaluation results.

Abstract: The method can include at a controller, controlling a manufacturing machine to perform a manufacturing process step for a given feature of a plurality of features of a part, including executing instructions causing the manufacturing machine to perform the manufacturing process step, the instructions comprising an identifier of the given feature and a definition of the manufacturing process step to be executed in relation to the given feature; at the controller, during the manufacturing process step, generating manufacturing data from the manufacturing process step; and by the controller, associating the manufacturing data to the identifier of the given feature in a non-transitory memory.

Abstract: A manufacturing process includes fusing an area of a material layer with beams from multiple sources, each of which has a predefined fuse rate and a field of view. Efficiency of fusing is increased by estimating optimum fusing times with the use of size of the area to and fuse rates involved, determining optimum size of the area to be fused, and determining those vectors of the area that could be irradiated and fused by a given of the multiple sources. As a result, the set of locations at the area is determined that can be fused by a given source almost exactly within the optimum fusing time. Vectors representing the area are then compared to products of optimum fusing times and corresponding fuse rates and, if a vector and a corresponding product are in a predetermined relationship, a subset of the vector is selected for irradiation by identified source.

Abstract: End users subscribe to use information handling systems having a selected of available performance characteristics defined by a keyboard and touchpad configuration selected to build the information handling systems. A manufacturer meets subscriptions with information handling systems built from an inventory of new keyboards, deployed keyboards of information handling system in use by subscribers, and separated keyboards taken from returned information handling systems and re-used. End user subscriptions are met in part by building replacement information handling systems with separated keyboards having a useful life remaining that aligns with end user keyboard usage patterns tracked over time, benchmarked performance metrics and end user subscription performance characteristics.

Abstract: A game console storage base configured to store a game console and dissipate heat from the game console, wherein the game console storage base comprises: a housing configured to accommodate the game console and comprising an air inlet, wherein the air inlet is configured to facilitate dissipating heat from the game console into an interior of the housing; at least one heat dissipation fan arranged in the interior of the housing, wherein the at least one heat dissipation fan discharges heat from the interior of the housing to an external of the housing; at least one temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the game console; and a control circuit connected to the at least one temperature sensor and the at least one heat dissipation fan.

Abstract: A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foot presence indication. In an example, the sensor system includes a capacitive sensor, and the sensor is configured to sense changes in a foot proximity to the sensor in footwear. A baseline or reference condition for the capacitive sensor can be updated to accommodate different use conditions.

Abstract: To keep plant performance constant in a control apparatus for controlling a plant including a plurality of units. The control apparatus (a PCM) controls an automobile including a plurality of units. The control apparatus includes a model controller that generates a target value of a characteristic to be achieved by each unit based on a model set for each unit, a unit specifier (a performance change determinator) that specifies a unit in which performance unique to the unit has changed among the units, and a target value corrector (an FF updater) that corrects the target value for the unit that has been specified by the unit specifier.

Abstract: As a technology for an observation device and an inspection device, a technology capable of reducing a work effort related to generation of a recipe including alignment information is provided. An observation device 1 includes an observation unit 103 that obtains an image for observing a sample 101 on a stage 102. A computer system 2 of the observation device 1 acquires the image from the observation unit 103, specifies a period of a pattern-formed unit region repeatedly formed on a surface of the sample 101 from the image, and generates a recipe including observation or inspection alignment positions of the sample 101 using the specified period.

Abstract: Systems and methods of defining a trimline in relation to modeled teeth including modeled gingiva. The trimline is for use to manufacture an aligner. A margin point is placed proximate a gingival margin at each tooth on at least one jaw in the model. A trimline connects the plurality of margin points from which machine code is generated. The aligner manufactured includes an edge that correlates with the trimline according to the machine code. A margin point may be proximate a gingival zenith. At least one tooth cooperates with the modeled gingiva to define a line around the tooth. The trimline includes at least one tooth curve and at least one connector curve connected to the tooth curve at a transition point. At least one control point is on the trimline between two margin points. The trimline is defined by a spline that may be a Bèzier curve.

Abstract: An EBM variable-direction formation dynamic slicing method in cooperation with an 840D digital control system includes: creating a vertex array object, adjusting a projection matrix to a slice height, outputting a binary image of a two-dimensional cross-section; obtaining, by means of two-dimensional contour extraction, data of a contour line from the binary image, outputting coordinates of a closed contour, and connecting all adjacent coordinates into a straight line to form a closed curve; when a triangle tolerance is 1, dividing contour data into a straight line part and a curve part by taking a starting point of small straight lines with an angle of 140° therebetween as a dividing point, removing adjacent points, repeated points and internal points of a same straight line, and performing segmentation fitting on curve parts of the slice data, and then performing dynamic slicing through the 840D numerical control system.

Abstract: In a method for producing and/or machining a non-conical face of a workpiece defined by a segment of a cone, in particular a sealing face of a multiple-eccentric shut-off valve, using a machine tool having at least two linear axes and at least one rotary axis controlled by a numerical controller for generating a relative movement between a tool and the workpiece, a cycle is provided on the numerical controller and retrieved by a user of the machine tool. The user parameterizes the cycle, whereafter a part program is generated by the cycle for execution by the numerical controller. The executed part program generates the relative movement along a path determined by the part program to produce and/or machine the face of the workpiece.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for transferring a wafer, and an apparatus for controlling transferring a wafer. The apparatus for transferring a wafer includes a transfer chamber, at least one process chamber, a first detection unit, and a control unit, wherein the transfer chamber is provided therein with a transfer unit; the at least one process chamber is in connect with the transfer chamber, and a chamber door is provided at a connect position; the first detection unit includes a first transmit end and a first receive end, the first transmit end is provided on one of the transfer unit and the chamber door, and the first transmit end is provided on the other one of the transfer unit and the chamber door.

Abstract: Provided is a technology for efficiently arranging equipment. A method of arranging equipment in a plant for processing a fluid includes: calculating a risk; obtained by multiplying a probability that flowing-out of a fluid requiring use of the equipment occurs by an impact degree of the flowing-out of the fluid; setting a distance of a range in which the equipment is arrangeable so that, when the calculated risks of a plurality of devices are compared with each other, the range in which the equipment is arrangeable is shorter for a device for which the risk is high, and the range is longer for a device for which the risk is low; and then determining a position to arrange the equipment based on positions at which the plurality of devices are arranged in the plant, and on the distance of the range in which the equipment is arrangeable.

Abstract: A control method, an air conditioner, and a computer readable storage medium. The control method is used for the air conditioner, and includes obtaining abnormal weather information of a region where the air conditioner is located, determining operating parameters of a draught fan of an outdoor unit in the air conditioner according to the abnormal weather information, and controlling the draught fan of the outdoor unit to operate according to the operating parameters.

Abstract: Systems and methods of defining a trimline in relation to modeled teeth including a three-dimensional model of one or more intraoral surfaces of the patient. The trimline is for use to manufacture an aligner. For one or more pairs of adjacent teeth, a scallop plane is defined based on a scallop factor. The scallop plane is used to determine the position of scallop points on a line around each tooth adjacent to an interproximal region of the pair of teeth. Transition points are then defined on the line around each tooth apically of the scallop points, and the points connected to form an initial connector curve. The initial connector curve is projected on to a mesh of the three-dimensional model, and smoothing applied to the resulting segmented connector curve. The smoothed connector curves are then joined by teeth curves to form the trimline.

Abstract: The underlying invention relates in particular to a production module for a production line which is modularly populatable with production modules. In embodiments, provision is made whereby the production module comprises at least one manipulator unit with which a workpiece or a workpiece component is, during the production process, transferable between a deposit position and a production position in the production space of a production module which, for the execution of a production step, is positioned directly downstream in a production direction (R) along the production line.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide a method of making an object from a three-dimensional geometry file and a light polymerizable resin on a light-transmissive window by projection of light through the window in a bottom-up stereolithography process. The method may comprise: slicing the file into a series of sequential images. Temperature fluctuations in the resin may be calculated for at least some of the sequential images upon light polymerization thereof based on sequential exposure of the resin to light, the light corresponding to the series of sequential images. During producing of the object, the production may be modified based on the calculated temperature fluctuations by: (i) reducing production speed during at least a portion of the production; (ii) activating a window cooler during at least a portion of the production; or (iii) increasing production speed during at least a portion of the production.