Abstract: Apparatus for forming wire components, which are in this example springs, comprises a supply station (202), for supplying spring forming material, such as metallic wire W. The supply station includes a pair of guide rollers (204) and pair of driven feed rollers (206), mounted on a heavy support plate (216). The wire is fed through a flexible sheath FS to a remotely located wire shaping device, in particular a spring forming device 208, comprising forming tools (210), a pitch control tool (212) and a cutter (214). The forming tools (210) and the pitch control tool (212) form the wire into a spring S, which is cut from the supply of wire when it is complete. The tools (210, 212) and cutter (214) are controlled remotely from a control station (220) via a bundle of flexible control cables (222), which may include a power cable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power control device and method for calibrating the power of a transmitter or receiver in a mobile communication network comprising an antenna array, wherein burst signals are transmitted to, or received by, the antenna array. The calibration of the transmission or receiving power of the transmitter or receiver includes a summing step for summing transmission or reception signals of the antenna array, and a common calibrating step for commonly calibrating the summed signals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power control device and method for calibrating the power of a transmitter or receiver in a mobile communication network comprising an antenna array, wherein burst signals are transmitted to, or received by, the antenna array. The calibration of the transmission or receiving power of the transmitter or receiver includes a summing step for summing transmission or reception signals of the antenna array, and a common calibrating step for commonly calibrating the summed signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a garment construction comprising an outer waterproof/breatheable fabric layer to which is attached a reticulated foam to space the inner surface of the outer garment layer from the ordinary clothes of a wearer of the garment, which is suitably a jacket, to enable air flow within the garment to remove water vapour through vents provided in the garment. The garment thereby allows the user to perform strenuous activity whilst remaining dry.