Abstract: Methods and apparatus to communicate via a weld cable are disclosed. An example welding accessory includes a first port to receive input power via a first weld cable, a power converter to convert the input power to output power, a second port to output the input power via a second weld cable, and one or more output switches to selectively divert the input power from the power converter to the second port.

Abstract: A resistance soldering system includes a power input receiving an alternating current from a power source and a controller circuit generating a control signal indicative of a desired power level delivered for a desired time. The resistance soldering system further includes a silicon-controlled rectifier connected to the power input and the controller circuit and producing a control voltage proportional to the control signal and a transformer having a primary side receiving the control voltage and a secondary side having output leads configured to apply an output voltage to a solder joint disposed between the output leads. The controller circuit determines the control signal applied to the silicon-controlled rectifier required to melt the solder joint based on the desired power level and the desired time. The controller circuit controls the desired power level independent of the desired time. A method of operating a resistance soldering system is also presented.

Abstract: In variants, a method for individual heating element control can include: identifying food within a cook cavity of the cooking appliance, determining a set of cooking instructions associated with the food, the cooking instructions including a different model for each heating element subset, dynamically determining control instructions for each heating element subset based on the respective model, and controlling each heating element subset based on the respective control instructions.

Abstract: There is provided assemblies for combining a group of laser sources into a combined laser beam. There is further provided a blue diode laser array that combines the laser beams from an assembly of blue laser diodes. There are provided laser processing operations and applications using the combined blue laser beams from the laser diode arrays and modules.

Abstract: An induction cooker includes a first coil, a second coil, a third coil, and a controller. Responsive to determining that a heating target placed above a first coil is formed of a magnetic material, a heating target placed above a second coil is formed of a magnetic material or a composite containing a magnetic material and a non-magnetic material, and a heating target placed above a third coil is formed of a non-magnetic material, the controller stops an operation of a first inverter circuit, causes a second inverter circuit and a third inverter circuit to operate, and sets a frequency of a third high-frequency current to be higher than a frequency of a second high-frequency current.

Abstract: An automatic apparatus for baking pastry products, wherein baking molds containing a pastry mass to be baked are introduced into the apparatus for baking purposes, wherein the apparatus comprises a reception or cooling module that defines a pre-chamber, a baking module, and a rotary oven door arranged between said modules so as to rotate for positioning the molds between reception, baking and cooling positions, thus avoiding the use of additional mechanical parts that may generate failures and inconveniences in the normal operation of the appliance, while the invented apparatus provides a better quality baked product that is achieved by homogeneous heating within the oven module.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a support portion, a laser processing head, a vertical movement mechanism, a horizontal movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller controls starting and stopping of emission of a laser light from the laser processing head based on rotation information in a state where a focusing point is positioned at a position along a circumferential edge of an effective region in a target, while rotating the support portion, to perform a circumferential edge process for forming a modified region along the circumferential edge of the effective region in the target.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of manufacturing a workpiece fixture (10) and also a target material fixture (10), for use in precision manufacturing processes. A sheet material is supported on a generic material fixture (10) and the sheet material precision processed to form support blades (16, 18) for a target workpiece fixture (10). Each support blade (16, 18) has a support locus and interstices are positioned in the support loci where a target pattern and the support loci coincide. Thus, there are no unnecessary clearances between the workpiece support (10) and the workpiece. The interstices that are present are located only where necessary to reduce or eliminate any interference between the precision manufacturing process and the fixture (10), when it is used in a precision process involving the target pattern.

Abstract: An electric range includes a case and a cover plate coupled to an upper surface of the case to place an object. Further, the electric range includes a plurality of heating portions disposed below the cover plate to heat the object and an upper bracket disposed under the heating portion to support the heating portion a control board disposed between the cover plate and the upper bracket. Furthermore, the electric range includes a support member having a first end disposed under the control board and a second end disposed on the upper bracket to support the control board and a base bracket disposed under the upper bracket and comprising a printed circuit board.

Abstract: Laser beam welding a workpiece includes: generating first and second beam areas on the workpiece by first and second laser beams, respectively. The beam areas are guided in a feed direction relative to the workpiece. Centroids of the beam areas are not coinciding. The first beam area runs ahead of the second beam area. A length of the first beam area, measured transversely to the feed direction, is greater than or equal to that of the second. A surface area of the first beam area is greater than that of the second. A width of the first beam area, measured in the feed direction, is greater than or equal to that of the second. A laser power of the first laser beam is greater than that of the second. The second laser beam is irradiated into a weld pool generated by the first laser beam.

Abstract: Apparatus for transferring conductive patterns to a substrate (56), comprising a module (52) configured to transfer a pattern (63) of sinterable material (63a) to said substrate (56) and an optical module (12) to perform a sintering of the transferred pattern (63a). Said apparatus comprises one or more self-propelled pattern transferring units (52) comprising a module configured to move said self-propelled unit (14, 20) over said substrate (56) under the control of movement instructions (53b) associated to a motor (16, 21), said self-propelled unit (14, 20) comprising said module (52) configured to transfer a pattern (63a) of sinterable material (CI) to said substrate (56) obtaining a transferred pattern (63a) and comprising also said optical module (12) to perform a sintering of the transferred pattern (63a) on said substrate (56) obtaining a sintered pattern (63b, 63c).

Abstract: A control device controls a beam vibrating mechanism to vibrate a laser beam in a C-shaped vibration pattern in which a beam spot is moved from a first irradiation position at a front end in a cutting advancing direction to a second irradiation position at a rear side and displaced in an orthogonal direction to the cutting advancing direction, and is moved from the second irradiation position to a third irradiation position at a front end and displaced in the orthogonal direction to the cutting advancing direction, and movement from the first irradiation position to the third irradiation position via the second irradiation position, and movement from the third irradiation position to the first irradiation position via the second irradiation position are repeated. The control device performs control to cut the sheet metal by causing beam spots in the first to third irradiation positions to overlap one another.

Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber (100A) and a first air sending unit (14). The heating cooking chamber (100A) includes an accommodation space (120) that accommodates an object to be heated, and a first space (130) that communicates with the accommodation space (120). The first air sending unit (14) includes a first partitioning member (14B) positioned between the first space (130) and a first air sending chamber (14A), a first suction hole portion (14D) disposed in the first partitioning member (14B) and configured to suction air inside the heating cooking chamber (100A), and a first blow-out hole portion (14C) disposed in the first partitioning member (14B) and configured to blow air into the heating cooking chamber (100A). The accommodation space (120) is a space that can accommodate the object to be heated and has a predetermined capacity. The first space (130) indicates a space into which the object to be heated is prohibited from entering.

Abstract: An electric range in one embodiment includes a case and a cover plate coupled to an upper end of the case to allow an object to be heated to be placed on an upper surface thereof The electric range further includes a plurality of heating parts disposed under the cover plate and configured to heat the object to be heated, an upper bracket disposed under the heating part and configured to support the heating part, a base bracket disposed under the upper bracket to allow a printed circuit board to be mounted thereon, and a cover bracket disposed outside the upper bracket and the case coupled to the case and configured to support the cover plate.

Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.

Abstract: A heating cooker that adjusts cooking operations according to detected cooking states of a food ingredient, and a method thereof are disclosed. The heating cooker includes a heater that heats an inside of a heating chamber in which a food ingredient is placed, and at least one processor that controls the heater to perform a protein denaturation operation, in which a rate of internal temperature rise of the food ingredient is equal to or greater than a reference rate, based on the internal temperature of the food ingredient in a range of from a first reference temperature to a second reference temperature.

Abstract: A sub-assembly for an electronic vapor provision system includes a source of liquid for vaporization; and a vaporizer for vaporizing a portion of the liquid for inhalation by a user, the vaporizer including a wick component; and an electrical heating element embedded in the wick component. The wick component includes a sheet of a porous electrically-insulating material and is arranged to wick liquid from the source of liquid to a surface of the wick component adjacent to the embedded electrical heating element for vaporization.

Abstract: An oven appliance assembly includes an oven appliance having a cabinet defining an oven cavity, a heat source disposed within the oven cavity, and a port having a socket. The oven appliance assembly also includes at least one oven accessory comprising a probe, a plug, and at least one resistive element. The plug includes a unique configuration for engagement with the socket of the port. The oven appliance assembly also includes a controller communicatively coupled with the oven appliance and the oven accessory. As such, the controller has at least one processor for performing a plurality of operations, including but not limited to determining a type of the oven accessory engaged with the port of the oven appliance based on a resistance value of the at least one resistive element of the oven accessory.

Abstract: A method for controlling a combustion operation of a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including a main body having a cooking chamber formed therein, a first heating assembly including a first heater provided inside of the cooking chamber and configured to generate an air circulation flow to circulate heated air inside of the cooking chamber, and a second heating assembly including a second heater provided outside of the cooking chamber and configured to generate heat under the cooking chamber, the method comprising: a simultaneous operation of simultaneously operating the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly; and a partial operation of operating only one heating assembly of the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for operating a cooking oven comprising: a cooking chamber; a heating device for heating foodstuff contained in the cooking chamber; a database wherein cooking cycles are stored; a control unit operatively connected to the database and to the heating device, configured for activating/deactivating the heating device according to the cooking cycles; and a user interface operatively connected to the control unit. The method comprises the following phases: (a) selecting, by the user interface, a new list of two or more of cooking cycles stored in the database, to be executed in sequence; (b) sorting, by the control unit, the cooking cycles of the new list, using a sorting algorithm that calculates the order of the cooking cycles of the new list and (c) displaying, via the user interface, a sorted list containing the cooking cycles of the new list.