Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in treating seeds. In one example embodiment, such a system includes a keg assembly including a seed treatment and a seed treater in fluid communication with the keg assembly via a supply line. The seed treater includes an application chamber configured to receive the seed treatment from the keg assembly via the supply line and apply the seed treatment to seeds. The system also includes a priming assembly coupled to the supply line and configured to automatically prime the supply line with the seed treatment, and a seed metering chamber configured to deliver an amount of the seeds to the application chamber based at least in part on a weight of the seeds received in the seed metering chamber.

Abstract: A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.

Abstract: A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.

Abstract: Seed treatment cleaning systems and methods are provided. One example system includes a delivery assembly configured to couple to the seed treater, and a supply assembly configured to couple to the delivery assembly. The delivery assembly includes a cover plate, and a sprayer and a recovery wand coupled to the cover plate. The supply assembly includes a tank configured to hold cleaning fluid, a pump in communication with the tank and sprayer, and a vacuum in communication with the recovery wand. The pump is configured to pump the cleaning fluid from the tank to the sprayer for cleaning a mixing chamber of the seed treater of residual seed treatment and/or seeds. The vacuum source is configured to create a vacuum at the recovery wand for retrieving the cleaning fluid from the seed treater's mixing chamber, and the recovery wand is configured to provide the retrieved cleaning fluid to the tank.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a complex powder transfer system including providing a powder transfer system having a washing fluid source, a spray device valve in fluid communication with the washing fluid source, a backflush valve in fluid communication with the washing fluid source, a receiving device having an upper chamber, a lower chamber, and a membrane filter disposed between the upper and lower chambers. The method includes opening the backflush valve to initiate a backflush cycle, running the backflush cycle to wash the upper chamber with a fluid, and closing the backflush valve after the backflush cycle completes. The method includes opening the spray device valve to initiate a spray device cycle, running the spray device cycle to wash the lower chamber with fluid, and closing the spray device valve after the spray device cycle completes. The method includes opening a pressure valve to provide PCA to the receiving container.

Abstract: An air data probe includes a faceplate, a body connected to the faceplate, and a heating system comprising a coil, the coil being connected to the faceplate. The coil generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the body to heat the body.

Abstract: A probe head of an air data probe includes a body extending from a first end to a second end of the probe head and a rod heater. The body includes an inlet adjacent the first end of the probe head, an air passageway extending through the body from the inlet to a second end of the probe head, a water dam extending radially through the body such that the air passageway is redirected around the water dam, a heater bore extending within the body, and an enhanced conduction area between heater bore and an exterior surface of the probe head. The inlet, the air passageway, the water dam, and the heater bore are all unitary to the body. The rod heater is positioned within the heater bore.

Abstract: A probe head of an air data probe includes a unitary body extending from a first end to a second end of the probe head and a rod heater. The body includes an inlet adjacent the first end of the probe head, an air passageway extending through the body from the inlet to the second end of the probe head, a water dam extending radially through the body such that the air passageway is redirected around the water dam, and a heater bore extending within the body. The rod heater is positioned within the heater bore.

Abstract: A probe head of an air data probe includes a unitary body extending from a first end to a second end of the probe head and a rod heater. The body includes an inlet adjacent the first end of the probe head, an air passageway extending through the body from the inlet to the second end of the probe head, a water dam extending radially through the body such that the air passageway is redirected around the water dam, and a heater bore extending within the body. The rod heater is positioned within the heater bore.

Abstract: A probe head of an air data probe includes a body extending from a first end to a second end of the probe head and a rod heater. The body includes an inlet adjacent the first end of the probe head, an air passageway extending through the body from the inlet to a second end of the probe head, a water dam extending radially through the body such that the air passageway is redirected around the water dam, a heater bore extending within the body, and an enhanced conduction area between heater bore and an exterior surface of the probe head. The inlet, the air passageway, the water dam, and the heater bore are all unitary to the body. The rod heater is positioned within the heater bore.

Abstract: A method for forming a heater on a substrate includes feeding a heater wire into a heating zone, the heater wire being in contact with a dielectric material within the heating zone, and coaxially co-extruding the heater wire and the dielectric material from the heating zone through a nozzle and onto a substrate such that the heater wire and the dielectric material form a heater for heating the substrate.

Abstract: A ground bar comprising a planar body having a wedge shape in that a width of a top end of the planar body is greater than a width of a bottom end of the planar body. The planar body is constructed of an electrically-conductive material. A plurality of upper hole pairs are defined in the planar body. Each of the first hole pairs is adapted to have a corresponding electrical wire to be grounded selectively affixed thereto.

Abstract: A probe head of an air data probe includes an insert, a portion of a heater, an outer shell, a tip weld, and a braze. The insert includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a body portion extending between the first end and the second end. The body portion includes a groove. The portion of the heater is positioned within the groove. The outer shell surrounds the insert and the portion of the heater. The outer shell includes a tip portion defining a first end of the outer shell and a body portion extending from the tip portion defining a second end of the outer shell. The tip weld is between the outer shell and the first end of the insert, and the braze is between the insert and the second end of the outer shell adjacent a second end of the insert. The portion of the heater is hermetically sealed between the insert and the outer shell.

Abstract: Provided are methods of modulating the survival of therapeutic cells as well as cells and nucleic acids and vectors useful in such methods. Such survival modulation may include enhancing survival and/or enhancing death of the therapeutic cells. The provided methods include administering a therapeutic cell, nucleic acid and/or vector to a subject, the administered therapeutic cells, nucleic acids and/or vectors including one or more heterologous apoptosis modulating agents and/or one or more encoding sequences thereof. Cells of the disclosure include or encode one or more heterologous apoptosis modulating agents.

Abstract: An air data probe includes an air data probe body and an additively manufactured heater on the air data probe body.

Abstract: A probe head for an air data probe includes a ceramic body and a heater embedded within the ceramic body.

Abstract: A method for forming a heater on a substrate includes feeding a heater wire into a heating zone, the heater wire being in contact with a dielectric material within the heating zone, and coaxially co-extruding the heater wire and the dielectric material from the heating zone through a nozzle and onto a substrate such that the heater wire and the dielectric material form a heater for heating the substrate.

Abstract: An air data probe includes a faceplate, a body connected to the faceplate, and a heating system comprising a coil, the coil being connected to the faceplate. The coil generates an electromagnetic field that couples with the body to heat the body.

Abstract: A jetted bag opener separates mixed solid waste from flexible containers such as plastic and paper bags, and includes a housing configured with an ingress and an egress, at least two sets of a plurality of fluid delivery nozzles, where a first set of the nozzles is arranged along a sidewall at a first side of the housing, and a second set of the nozzles is arranged along the sidewall at a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and as fluid is sprayed from the nozzle outlets, the fluid is delivered at a force sufficient to penetrate into the flexible containers passing through the housing to thereby create an opening in the flexible containers for release of the mixed solid waste held therein.