Abstract: A housing assembly is formed of upper and lower cases with top and bottom plates and an intermediate plate separating the upper case and lower cases. An agitation assembly includes water in the lower case. A plurality of paddles submerged in the water are rotatable to agitate the water. An inlet assembly includes an inlet pipe having a top end above the top plate with a module receiver and a bottom end submerged in the water. A vaporizing module is coupled with the module receiver to form an annular passageway terminating at the top end of the inlet pipe. A heater adjacent to the inlet pipe is adapted to heat vaping material whereby gaseous output will tumble down the annular passageway then down the inlet pipe into the water. An outlet assembly includes an outlet pipe having a top end and a bottom end terminating below above the water.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of polyester cord fabric with low denier and high modulus, including steps of: spinning, reducing melt discharge volume for extruding yarn with denier of 500-1000 D; using high-speed motor and heat roller, spinning speed of 6000-6500 m/min to produce raw yarn; performing initial and repeat twisting of raw yarn by straight twisting machine; performing weaving of twisted yarn using Dornier air-jet loom to produce cord fabric, when weaving and reeding-in, using two into a reed way, adding creel roller bearing and creel single spindle tension control belt to improve uniformity; performing dipping of cord fabric using two-bath dipping, adjusting temperature to 250-260 degrees Celsius, tension to 0.3-2.9 daN/each yarn of key area, running speed of yarn to 55-70 m/min. The polyester cord fabric with low denier and high modulus can reduce rolling resistance and fuel consumption, and improve performance.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, an escape hole generator creates escapes holes designed to facilitate removal of support and/or unprinted material generated inside enclosed hollows of three-dimensional (3D) digital models during 3D printing. In operation, the escape hole generator identifies a hollow included in the three-dimensional model and then selects optimized locations for escape holes. Notably, the escape hole generator selects the locations to optimize placement heuristics, such as favoring locations closer to the bottom of the 3D model, while satisfying escape hole constraints (e.g., hole size and spacing requirements). The escape hole generator then perforates the hollow at the selected locations with geometries that provide channels from the outer surface of the hollow to the outer surface of the hollow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stacking station for a thermoforming installation, to a method for producing cup-shaped products in a thermoforming installation and to a thermoforming installation equipped therewith. Ejecting products out of a film plane onto an additional conveyor belt using a pusher is known. The additional conveyor belt first brings the products to a tilting device. After actuation of the tilting device, the products lie on their side and are conveyed onward from there. The present invention provides first pre-stacking the products coming from the ejector, to then tilt them, preferably by way of their own weight, and to stack them only once they are lying.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing three-dimensional (3D) objects is provided. The method includes generating a plan for printing a plurality of 3D objects in a 3D printing medium at least in part by identifying an unprinted area of the 3D printing medium for insertion of a cooling device and determining where at least some of the plurality of 3D objects are to be printed in the 3D printing medium such that none of the at least some of the plurality of 3D objects, when printed, intersect the identified unprinted area for the insertion of the cooling device. The method further includes printing, using a 3D printer, the at least some of the plurality of 3D objects in accordance with the plan and, after the printing, inserting the cooling device into the unprinted area of the 3D printing medium and cooling the 3D printing medium using the cooling device.

Abstract: A controller may be to receive temperature data representing a temperature distribution of at least part of a current layer of build material that is measured by a temperature sensor. The controller may be to determine one or more weighting factors representing a degree of influence of each of one or more previous layers of the build material beneath the current layer on a property of the current layer. The controller may be to identify one or more regions in the current layer based on the one or more weighting factors and based on how the property is exhibited by each of the one or more regions. The controller may be to cause the current layer to achieve a target temperature if the temperature data in a selected region of the identified one or more regions does not match the target temperature.

Abstract: A leaf removal assembly including a frame comprising a front plate having a feed opening, a leaf stripping assembly mounted on said front plate in front of said feed opening and an upper sprocket wheel comprising a plurality of upper socket grippers extending radially outward of the upper sprocket wheel and being disposed behind the front plate. The leaf removal assembly further includes a lower sprocket wheel comprising a plurality of lower sprocket grippers extending radially outwardly of the lower sprocket wheel and being disposed behind the front plate. At least one of the upper sprocket wheel and the lower sprocket wheel may be adjustably attached to the frame. A process for separating a leaf from a stalk comprising at least one leaf is also included.

Abstract: A method includes: providing a three-dimensional printer including a build surface and a carrier that is movable away from and toward the build surface; advancing the carrier toward the build surface and contacting a lower surface of the carrier with the build surface or a fixture or frame member adjacent the build surface to align the carrier in an aligned position with the lower surface of the carrier parallel to the build surface; and locking the carrier in a locked state to maintain the carrier in the aligned position.

Abstract: A real time inspection and correction system and method for additive manufacturing process is described. The method may include operating a direct writing device configured to deposit material on a substrate through a tip to provide a portion of a product according to initial parameter values, receiving a hyperspectral image frame including a plurality of spectral images of the deposited material, processing the received hyperspectral image frame to determine a characteristic of the deposited material comparing the determined characteristic with a target characteristic determining at least one corrective parameter value to conform the determined characteristic to the target characteristic updating at least one of the initial parameter values with the corrective parameter values, and operating the direct writing device to deposit additional material on the substrate according to the corrective parameter value.

Abstract: In a process for the production of pore-free polyurethane elastomer moldings with Shore D hardness of at least 60 in accordance with DIN 53505, (a) polyesterdiol with OH number from 20 to 100 mg KOH/g and (b) a chain extender composed of diol with molar mass below 300 g/mol, is mixed with (c) isocyanate prepolymers obtainable via reaction of diisocyanate with polyesterols with functionality from 1.95 to 2.2 and with OH number from 20 to 200 mg KOH/g to form a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is charged to a mold and hardened to form the polyurethane elastomer. Polyurethane elastomer moldings are thus obtainable by this process, and these polyurethane moldings may be used as cladding component for commercial vehicles, bodywork component in vehicle construction, or a cladding component of a machine installation.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for implementing adjustable curing of layers of deposition materials, including ultraviolet (UV) light or photo curable ink layers, used in the formation and/or manufacture of three-dimensional (3D) printed parts, objects and components, particularly those parts, objects and components formed in 3D printers and additive material manufacturing systems such as 3D jetted ink printing systems. A multi-layer (or layer-by-layer) history of the deposited materials is developed by which to adjust an intensity of an addressable curing unit to provide complete curing to a particular layer without introducing damaging effects that may be caused by over curing the particular layer. The applied curing energy will differently penetrate a number of layers based on constitutions and/or colors of the individual layers in the number of layers to be penetrated. Discrete addressable curing of the individual layered components provides correct curing to the individual layers.

Abstract: A smoking article includes a tobacco rod and a wrapper disposed about the tobacco rod. The wrapper includes a plurality of aggregated particles. The aggregated particles include particles of functional material and a whitener bound in a polymeric binder. The particles of functional material may be a catalyst or an oxidant, such as an iron oxide-containing particle. The whitener may be calcium carbonate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a belt, which molds a heating member 13 by 20 to 98 parts by weight selecting at least one of nonferrous metals constituted by tourmaline, bentonite, pozzolan, mica, red clay, zeolite, magnesium oxide, white clay, calcium, and silica, 0.1 to 30 parts by weight selecting at least one of A type Tio sol, Ag sol, and Zno having a particle size of 5 to 20 nm, graphene 01 to 10 parts by weight having a particle size of 0.20 to 2.25 nm, and functional metal colloidal 0.05 to 8 parts by weight having a size of 1 to 10 nm by selecting at least one of Ag, Au, Zn Pt, and Y, 20 to 98 parts by weight are combined by selecting at least one of the nonferrous metals and thereafter, ground into particle sizes of 500 to 1500 meshes.

Abstract: An exemplary additive manufacturing system may include an extruder having an opening dimensioned to receive a material. The extruder also may have a barrel and a screw within the barrel. The screw may have a diameter ranging between about 20 mm and about 150 mm and the barrel extends along a longitudinal axis. The system may include one or more heaters positioned along at least a portion of the barrel. As the material passes through the barrel, the one or more heaters may at least partially melt the material. The system may further include a gear pump in fluid communication with the barrel for receiving the at least partially melted material. Additionally, the system may include a nozzle in fluid communication with the gear pump for depositing the at least partially melted material. The system also may include a vertical worktable.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device comprises an elongate housing sleeve having a first end a second end and accommodating at least part of the following components: a battery (40) as an electric power source powering an electrically activatable atomizer including an electric heater and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer, a puff detector (48) adapted to indicate an aerosol inhaling puff, and control electronics (42, 44) connected to the puff detector (48) and adapted to control the heater of the atomizer. At least part of the battery (40), the puff detector (48), the control electronics (42, 44) and/or the atomizer is mounted on an elongate insert (10) permitting lateral access and fitting into the housing sleeve via one of the ends of the housing sleeve.

Abstract: Machine for stretching films, comprising two tracks each having a first rail (1) on which clips (3) move and close together at a point for adjusting their pitch and a second rail (2) on which articulated carriages (5) move, in a chain driven by a toothed drive wheel (6), with two consecutive clips (3) respectively, characterised by a wheel (8) for indexing the point for adjusting the pitch of the clips (3).

Abstract: Disclosed is a smoking device for use by a person to consume a smoking material such as tobacco, medical marijuana, or the like. The smoking device comprises a glass housing having lower and upper open end portions and an inner portion. The smoking device further comprises a body having a rear body portion rotatably and sealably engaged with the lower open end portion of the glass housing. The smoking device further comprises an auger comprising a first end portion engaged with the rear body portion of the body and a second end portion extending within the glass housing to form a bowl area. Rotation of the body causes the auger to rotate and the smoking material to be moved upward thru the glass housing to the bowl area where it is ignited by a lighter or other heat source.

Abstract: A process for making an article by additive manufacture having resistance to dripping when burned comprising (1) depositing a multitude of thermoplastic monofilament strands using a fused deposition modeling apparatus in a pattern and (2) fusing the multitude of strands together to make an article of manufacture having voids therein; wherein the article of additive manufacture has (a) at least 50% of the monofilament strands oriented within 45 degrees of the long part of the axis; (b) the multitude of strands is greater than 10; (c) having a specific micro structure; and (d) is made from a thermoplastic polymer composition that is either the combination of a thermoplastic polymer with a flame retardant compound, a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties, or a combination of a thermoplastic resin having flame resistant properties with a flame retardant compound.

Abstract: A device to adjust an amount of an active substance inhaled by a user includes two tanks. A first tank includes a liquid having a lower density of active substance than a liquid in the second tank. Each liquid is configured to evaporate when the liquid is heated beyond a predefined temperature limit. An inhaler to inhale the liquid vapor evaporating from each tank by the user. One heating resistor is associated with each tank. A controller to control the heating of each resistor to actuate each resistor independently in accordance with the determined amount of active substance to be vaporized. The ratio of the heating of the resistor of the second tank to the heating of the resistor of the first tank is an increasing function of the determined amount of active substance to be vaporized.

Abstract: A method of operating a cleaning system removes support material from parts made by a three-dimensional printer. The method operates the cleaning system to correlate data for features on a part located within a receptacle with structural data in a file used by the three-dimensional printer to fabricate the part. The method then operates one or more actuators to locate a fluid directing nozzle pneumatically connected to a pressurized fluid source opposite areas containing support material and operates the pressurized fluid source to enable pressurized fluid to be directed by the fluid directing nozzle at the support material. The method includes generating image data of the cleaned areas with an image sensor so the removal of the support material can be confirmed, and if an area is not sufficiently cleaned, the cleaning operation can be repeated.