Abstract: A method for scheduling to design and manufacture a multi-component assembly includes identifying a project completion date, determining a tooling lead time for each of the plurality of components, determining a design completion date for each of the plurality of subassemblies, the design completion date being a function of the project completion date and the tooling lead times for each of the plurality of components, determining a design lead time for each of the plurality of components, and determining a design start date for each of the plurality of components.

Abstract: The venturi device is removably mounted within and concentrically of a venturi housing of the apparatus. It has a plurality of elongate fluid passageways located between the inner and outer cylindrical surfaces thereof, and extending substantially parallel to a central axis of the device and housing. The passageways are spaced from each other about the circumference of the venturi device, have fluid inlets their adjacent closed ends, and have open ends adjacent an outlet section of the device possessing a frusto-conical surface that extends at a preselected angle relative to the central axis and that directs streams of fluid discharged from the open ends of the passageways angularly toward the central axis.

Abstract: An improved jet dyeing apparatus is provided for dyeing a variety of textile fabrics in rope form, particularly relatively lightweight and delicate textile fabrics. This apparatus is capable of effectively dyeing such fabrics without causing the rope to be twisted and tangled. Damage of the fabrics and undesired stoppage of the apparatus is thereby avoided.This improved jet dyeing apparatus includes a jet nozzle tube having a plurality of cutouts adjacent its exit end which allow exiting dye liquor to flow in accelerated fashion and converge on the rope of textile material while the rope is passing through the nozzle tube and being contacted and directed thereby. The dye liquor stream converges on the rope at an angle of no greater than about 30 degrees whereby a relatively gentle action is imparted by the dye liquor as it converges on the rope.

Abstract: A marine installation for generating electrical energy, which installation operates as a giant battery using the sea as the electrolyte and comprises a plurality of electrodes (6, 8) connected together mechanically and electrically to form a floating structure of cells (5) which is anchored to the sea bed and insulated to prevent loss of potential by conduction.

Abstract: The inverter section of a peanut digger-shaker-inverter comprises two downwardly and inwardly inclined squirrel cage reels and associated inverting tine sets. Each reel includes spaced discs having undulating peripheries and adjacent pairs of the tines have portions straddling a disc and curving similarly thereto opposite the valleys of the undulations so that peanut plants are bumped and agitated, and thereby cleaned, while being fed along and supported by these portions of the tines.

Abstract: A method is described of intensifying a relatively slow speed natural substantially horizontal flow of a natural fluid, such as a tidal flow, as opposed to a tidal rise, or a river flow, the natural flow being used to turn about a substantially horizontal axis rotary means arranged to act directly on a working fluid, which may be the natural fluid, where the latter is a liquid, or a separate liquid, and force it through a pipe system to a flow intensifier in the form of a constriction. The working liquid is forced through the pipe system without the formation of an head, and can be used to drive means for generating electricity. Flow intensifying apparatus is also described using seawater as the natural fluid and either fresh water or the seawater as the working fluid. Several of the apparatus may be disposed to cause a vortex or maelstrom which then serves to drive the apparatus.