Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a first feed element and a second feed element, in which a web is to be fed to the first feed element and from the first feed element to the second feed element. The apparatus may also include a controller that may determine whether the web exiting the second feed element is shifted from an intended position and based on a determination that the web is shifted from the intended position, cause the first feed element to be moved laterally a first distance and the second feed element to be moved laterally a second distance to compensate for the shift in the web exiting the second feed element.

Abstract: An ultrasonic flow check system for wellbores includes an ultrasonic transceiver installed within an inner surface of a bell nipple attached to a well head of a wellbore at a surface. The bell nipple receives wellbore fluid from a flow line attached to a side surface of the bell nipple. An alarm is installed on a rotary table installed above the bell nipple such that the bell nipple is between the rotary table and the well head. A ultrasonic signal is caused to be transmitted, by the ultrasonic transceiver, into the bell nipple. The ultrasonic signal is reflected by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple resulting in an ultrasonic response signal. The ultrasonic response signal is caused to be received by the ultrasonic transceiver. Based on the ultrasonic response signal, it is determined whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile.

Abstract: Apparatus for picking a garment having a front and a back and placing the garment over a pallet such that the front and the back of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet. The apparatus comprises a picking arm to approach the garment and then withdraw towards the pallet; and one or more adherence locations on the picking arm, the adherence location being smaller than the first side, the adherence location for contacting the garment and causing adherence of the garment at the contact location, thereby causing the picking arm to pull the front of the garment over the front of the pallet, the back of the garment sliding under the first side onto the back of the pallet. Adherence may involve freezing.

Abstract: A spin art stamp creating device includes a tray, a spinner platform, and a stamper. The tray includes a raised shelf therein, wherein the raised shelf includes a centrally-located hole. The spinner platform is configured to be received within the tray. The spinner platform has a central opening, wherein the central opening is configured to receive a ball bearing. The ball bearing defines a central hole which overlies and aligns with the centrally-located hole of the tray. The stamper includes a post configured to be received by both the central hole of the ball bearing and the centrally-located hole of the tray, such that the stamper and the spinner platform are configured to simultaneously rotate within the tray about the ball bearing of the spinner platform.

Abstract: This invention discloses an ink dispensing system for a printer using the nip area between the inking cylinder and the gravure/anilox cylinder as the sole source of inking. Our solution solves the problem of reducing the amount of ink present in the inking buffer, i.e. the nip area, of such printing machines, thereby accelerating the reaction time of an ink replacement and reducing the amount of waste and the cleaning time. The idea behind the invention is to provide ink to the nip area at selected locations when needed by using a dispensing apparatus that moves along the nip area.

Abstract: A method for providing a visual aid to guide a driver when executing a test cycle includes controlling an electronic display to display a graph including a target trace indicating a target speed of a vehicle during the test cycle and a first visual indicator of an actual speed of the vehicle during the test cycle, scroll the target trace from a first side of the graph to a second side of the graph during a time-based portion of the test cycle to indicate the target vehicle speed with respect to an amount of time elapsed since a start of the test cycle, and scroll the target trace from the first side of the graph to the second side of the graph during a distance-based portion of the test cycle to indicate the target vehicle speed with respect to a distance travelled by the vehicle during the test cycle.

Abstract: A jacket-securing arrangement is disclosed for mounting in a cylinder, which cylinder (220) has an outer surface and at least one recess (320) in the outer surface for receiving an inwardly turned edge of a replaceable jacket (225) overlying at least part of the outer surface of the cylinder. The jacket-securing arrangement is mountable within the recess so as not to project beyond the outer surface of the cylinder when the jacket is secured thereto, and includes a clamping lever pivotable about a shaft located within the recess between a clamping position in which the edge of the replaceable jacket is clamped between the lever and a side wall of the recess and a release position in which the lever is spaced from the side wall of the recess. A magnet is provided to retain the lever in the clamping position. The clamping lever is formed of two or more members assembled around the shaft and defining between them a bearing surface engaging an outer surface of the shaft.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing the vibration response of a rotating system are provided. In one aspect, an optimized balance shot or solution that indicates one or more physical locations at which one or more balancing weights are to be added or removed from the rotating system is generated. The balance shot is generated based on a transfer function that is customized specifically for the rotating system. The transfer function is generated by applying one or more machine-learned models to parameter values for parameters that are associated with the rotating system. The machine-learned models can generate main effects plots, and from the plots, an effective set of parameter values can be determined. The transfer function can be generated using the effective set of parameter values so that the transfer function used to generate the balance shot is optimized specifically for the rotating system undergoing the balancing process.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement used for measuring fouling and/or erosion in a machine. A first piezoelectric transducer, a first plate and eventually a first support member form a first vibrating mass. After electrically stimulating the first piezoelectric transducer, the first vibrating mass starts vibrating mechanically and consequently the first piezoelectric transducer generates an electric resonance vibration; the electric resonance vibration is at a resonance frequency depending on the mass of the first vibrating mass. If the mass of the first vibrating mass changes due to fouling and/or erosion by a flow of working fluid in the machine, also the electric resonance vibration frequency changes; such vibration frequency change may be measured and the corresponding mass change may be determined by comparison with a vibration frequency of a second vibrating mass not exposed to the flow of working fluid in the machine.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a housing including a first side wall and a second side wall, a sheet tray movable in a first direction, an image forming device to form an image on a sheet, and a chute movable in a second direction, is provided. The sheet tray has a first outer frame, having a first dent denting downward. The chute has a second outer frame. The second outer frame has a second dent denting upward and forming an opening together with the first dent and a handle extending downward from the second dent. At least one of the first outer frame and the second outer frame has a wall shielding a part of the opening at a position upstream from the handle in the second direction.

Abstract: This wedge looseness inspector for a rotary electric machine includes: an inspector including a wedge striker having a tap hammer for striking a wedge, and a wedge vibration detector for detecting vibration of the wedge; and attraction portions connected to the inspector via connection members and being attractable to an outer circumferential surface of a stepped-down portion, wherein the attraction portions have, on an inner side in the axial direction, first attachments that allow adjustment of the attached position in the axial direction of the attraction portions or replacement thereof.

Abstract: A squeegee assembly is disclosed for use in a solder paste printing system. The squeegee assembly includes an elongated primary blade holder holding a primary blade adapted for movement in a first direction, and one or more secondary blades mounted to the primary blade holder in a following position with respect to the first direction of movement of the primary blade.

Abstract: Disclosed is a test rig (1) for testing vehicle tires. In one embodiment, the test rig includes a rotating drum (2) on a drum axle (3) and force pick-ups (4, 5, 6) for the determination of a radial force acting on the drum axle (3) and a lateral force acting on the drum axle (3). In one embodiment, the test rig (1) has three uniaxial force pick-ups (4, 5, 6), such that a first and a second force pick-up (4, 5) are arranged so as to determine a radial force, where a third force pick-up (6) is arranged so as to determine a lateral force, and where the first force pick-up (4) and the third force pick-up (6) are coupled. Also disclosed is a method for testing vehicle tires.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of systems and methods for enhanced vibration and electrical noise performance in magnetostrictive transmitters are disclosed. In one embodiment, a signal conditioning circuit may comprise an instrumentation amplifier configured to receive and amplify an analog measurement signal, an active high pass filter configured to reduce noise in a signal output by the instrumentation amplifier, a variable gain amplifier stage configured to further amplify a signal output by the active high pass filter, a distance detection module configured to process a signal output by the variable gain amplifier stage to determine a distance measurement associated with the analog measurement signal received by the instrumentation amplifier, and a programmable control circuit configured to control a gain level of the variable gain amplifier stage and to receive data concerning the signal output by the variable gain amplifier stage, including the distance measurement, from the distance detection module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Coriolis measuring sensor of a Coriolis measuring device for measuring a density or a mass flow of a medium flowing through a pipeline, including: at least one measuring tube for conducting a medium; a support body for supporting the at least one measuring tube; at least one vibration generator for generating measuring tube vibrations; at least two vibration sensors for sensing measuring tube vibrations, wherein the vibration sensors each have at least one permanent magnet and at least one sensor coil, and wherein the vibration generator in each case has at least one permanent magnet and at least one exciter coil, characterized in that the Coriolis measuring sensor includes an amplitude sensor designed to sense a vibration amplitude of the measuring tube vibrations.

Abstract: A decurling device includes: a pair of decurling units configured to correct curl of a recording medium by sandwiching the recording medium; a switching unit configured to switch the pair of decurling units between a first state in which a pressure contact force is relatively large and a second state in which the pressure contact force is smaller than that in the first state; a release unit configured to release a pressure contact between the pair of decurling units; and a restricting unit configured to restrict release of the pressure contact between the pair of decurling units when the pair of decurling units are in the first state.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus. A printing unit prints an image on a printing medium and is able to move. A cutter unit is able to connect with or separate from the printing unit, and, by following a movement of the printing unit, cuts the printing medium. A setting unit sets, in accordance with a size of the printing medium, a standby position of the cutter unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a full-field vibration measurement method based on microwave sensing, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: step 1, repeatedly transmitting linear frequency modulated continuous wave microwave signals by means of one or more transmitting antennas; step 2, receiving reflected signals from targets and/or measurement points by means of a plurality of receiving antennas, and performing frequency mixing on received signals and local oscillator signals to obtain multi-channel intermediate frequency baseband signals; step 3, acquiring intermediate frequency baseband signals in various channels, and resolving and positioning targets and/or measurement points within the full field based on a joint range and angle dimension; and step 4, extracting vibration displacement time-domain information of targets to be measured and/or measurement points.

Abstract: A clamping shaft (12) for a rotationally driven part (14) is described. It comprises at least one fluid chamber (28a, 28b) being located inside a shaft body (16) and being delimited by a piston (30a, 30b) and a cylinder part (32a. 32b). Additionally, the fluid chamber (28a, 28b) is delimited by an elastic clamping region (24a, 24b) having a first diameter if the piston (30a, 30b) and the cylinder part (32a, 32b) are in a first relative position, and a second diameter if the piston (30a, 30b) and the cylinder part (32a, 32b) are in a second relative position. Furthermore, a preloading unit (38) is provided, biasing the piston (30a, 30b) and the cylinder part (32a, 32b) towards the second relative position. Moreover, a printing cylinder unit (10) of a printing machine is presented comprising such a clamping shaft (12). Also, a method for operating a clamping shaft (12) is explained.

Abstract: A printing machine including a printing plate on a surface of a rotating cylinder, in which the printing plate has a fixed pattern for receiving a toner; a vessel containing the toner, which includes a pigment and a thermoplastic binder, in which the fixed pattern is a permanent pattern in a form of selected portions of an image is disclosed. A plate for use in the printing machine is also disclosed. A printing system is also disclosed.