Abstract: A wireless power transfer transmitter system and a method of constructing an asphalt pavement containing the wireless power transfer transmitter system are provided. The present disclosure allows future rehabilitation of the asphalt pavement. The construction method includes: forming a channel in a layer of a drivable civil structure; forming a magnetizable asphalt mixture in the channel, the magnetizable asphalt mixture including an asphalt binding substance and magnetizable particles; and placing a pre-manufactured transmitter coil or a pre-manufactured transmitter coil assembly in the magnetizable asphalt mixture. The pre-manufactured transmitter coil assembly includes a transmitter coil and a holder, which may or may not be permanently installed in the pavement, a part of the transmitter coil is installed in the holder, and 0 to 90 percent of the transmitter coil is embedded in the magnetizable asphalt mixture.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer transmitter system and a method of constructing an asphalt pavement containing the wireless power transfer transmitter system are provided. The present disclosure allows future rehabilitation of the asphalt pavement. The construction method includes: forming a channel in a layer of a drivable civil structure; forming a magnetizable asphalt mixture in the channel, the magnetizable asphalt mixture including an asphalt binding substance and magnetizable particles; and placing a pre-manufactured transmitter coil or a pre-manufactured transmitter coil assembly in the magnetizable asphalt mixture. The pre-manufactured transmitter coil assembly includes a transmitter coil and a holder, which may or may not be permanently installed in the pavement, a part of the transmitter coil is installed in the holder, and 0 to 90 percent of the transmitter coil is embedded in the magnetizable asphalt mixture.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an arrangement for inductively supplying energy and a method for manufacturing the arrangement. The method includes: a transmitter coil being on-site embedded in or on top of a magnetizable asphalt mixture below a surface of a drivable civil structure and configured to provide a magnetic field to transfer energy to a receiver coil. The magnetizable asphalt mixture includes an asphalt binding substance and soft magnetic particles, and a volume fraction of the soft magnetic particles is not smaller than 35% of a total mixture volume of the magnetizable asphalt mixture.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing wafer-shaped articles includes a rotary chuck adapted to hold a wafer shaped article thereon. The rotary chuck includes a peripheral series of pins configured to contact an edge region of a wafer-shaped article. Each of the pins projects upwardly from the rotary chuck, and each of the pins is individually secured to the rotary chuck by a respective connecting mechanism. Any selected one of the pins can be removed from the rotary chuck by disconnecting its corresponding connecting mechanism without removing any structure of the rotary chuck that surrounds any others of the pins.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a wafer-shaped article, comprises a spin chuck for holding a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation, at least one upper nozzle for dispensing a treatment fluid onto an upwardly facing surface of a wafer-shaped article when positioned on the spin chuck, and at least one lower nozzle arm comprising a series of lower nozzles extending from a central region of the spin chuck to a peripheral region of the spin chuck. The series of nozzles comprises a smaller nozzle in a central region of the spin chuck and a larger nozzle in a peripheral region of the spin chuck. In the method according to the invention, a heated liquid is supplied through the series of nozzles so as to supply more heat to peripheral regions of a wafer than to central regions.