Abstract: The present invention provides a combination screening apparatus for screening a mixed material into three graded streams, comprising a disc screen wholly, substantially or partly located within a rotary drum screen. The present invention may be conveniently arranged on a mobile chassis with a simple arrangement of a feed hopper to feed a feed end, and a layered or stacked configuration for the discharge of the so-formed graded streams at a discharge end.

Abstract: A mobile aggregate processing plant for screening material including a chassis and a vibrating screen support frame, and a vibrating screen mounted on the support frame, wherein the vibrating screen has an infeed end and a discharge end, and able to provide at least one material discharge stream therethrough. A feed hopper has a discharge end able to feed a stream of feed material into or onto the vibrating screen. A shredding apparatus is moveable between at least a first in use position above the infeed end of the vibrating screen and/or next to the hopper discharge end, and a second transport position not above the infeed end of the vibrating screen and/or not next to the hopper discharge end.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combination screening apparatus for screening a mixed material into three graded streams, comprising a disc screen wholly, substantially or partly located within a rotary drum screen. The present invention may be conveniently arranged on a mobile chassis with a simple arrangement of a feed hopper to feed a feed end, and a layered or stacked configuration for the discharge of the so-formed graded streams at a discharge end.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile multi-deck screening apparatus for screening a mixed material into three graded streams, the apparatus comprising two or more overlapping screening decks and at least three discharge conveyors, wherein one discharge conveyor is a switchable conveyor selectively switchable between an active state such that each discharge conveyor discharges one graded stream, to an inactive state such that one discharge conveyor discharges two graded streams.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile aggregate processing plant for screening aggregate material comprising a mobile chassis having a main frame and a vibrating screening unit mounted via one or more absorbers on a screen-mounting frame and able to provide at least one aggregate discharge stream therethrough, wherein the vibrating screening unit is moveable relative to the screen-mounting frame between a first in-use position, and at least a second position able to provide an access portal below the vibrating screening unit when not in use.

Abstract: A mobile aggregate processing plant for screening aggregate material comprising a mobile chassis, a vibrating screening unit mounted on the mobile chassis and able to provide at least one aggregate discharge stream therethrough, and an underscreen conveyor located wholly or substantially beneath the vibrating screening unit to wholly or substantially receive said at least one aggregate discharge stream, wherein the underscreen conveyor is driveable in an uphill direction so as to be able to discharge the aggregate discharge stream at a height higher than receiving the aggregate discharge stream, relative to the mobile chassis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile aggregate processing plant for screening aggregate material comprising a mobile chassis having a main frame and a vibrating screening unit mounted via one or more absorbers on a screen-mounting frame and able to provide at least one aggregate discharge stream therethrough, wherein the vibrating screening unit is moveable relative to the screen-mounting frame between a first in-use position, and at least a second position able to provide an access portal below the vibrating screening unit when not in use.

Abstract: A mobile aggregate processing plant for screening aggregate material comprising a mobile chassis, a vibrating screening unit mounted on the mobile chassis and able to provide at least one aggregate discharge stream therethrough, and an underscreen conveyor located wholly or substantially beneath the vibrating screening unit to wholly or substantially receive said at least one aggregate discharge stream, wherein the underscreen conveyor is driveable in an uphill direction so as to be able to discharge the aggregate discharge stream at a height higher than receiving the aggregate discharge stream, relative to the mobile chassis.

Abstract: In a structural analysis using NMR techniques, a method for gathering k-value data from frequency encoded spin echoes generated from internal volumes selectively excited by intersecting 90° and 180° slice selective and refocusing RF pulses and subjected to a read gradient for the purpose of quantifying the spatial frequency content of the selected internal volume without contamination by a FID signal, comprising: acquiring spin echo data such that the FID signal generated by imperfections in the 180° slice selective refocusing RF pulse is attenuated by the read gradient such that any remaining FID signal is spatially encoded with higher k-values than the frequency encoded k-values being recorded for subsequent structural analysis while simultaneously providing for t2 t2* and t1 contrast. Other aspects of the invention are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of improving the data quality in spatial frequency spectra by acquiring a prism acquisition consisting of echo data that is one or more repetitions of a one-dimensional frequency encoded signal along the length of one or more prism volumes, placed within a sample of a structure to be studied, generating prism profiles from the echo data, and correcting for motion during the acquisition by calculating motion having occurred during the prism acquisition from assessment of the prism profiles for the multiple repetitions, or by indicating a region of sample of structure to be studied on a reference image, using this to segment a map of features in the prism profiles and shifting the location of this region to correct for motion having occurred between the acquisition of the reference image and the prism acquisition.

Abstract: In a structural analysis using NMR techniques, a method for gathering k-value data from frequency encoded spin echoes generated from internal volumes selectively excited by intersecting 90° and 180° slice selective and refocusing RF pulses and subjected to a read gradient for the purpose of quantifying the spatial frequency content of the selected internal volume without contamination by a FID signal, comprising: acquiring spin echo data such that the FID signal generated by imperfections in the 180° slice selective refocusing RF pulse is attenuated by the read gradient such that any remaining FID signal is spatially encoded with higher k-values than the frequency encoded k-values being recorded for subsequent structural analysis while simultaneously providing for t2 t2* and t1 contrast. Other aspects of the invention are disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosed invention is a method for detecting indications of the presence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia-inducing, motor-control-related pathologies, and other diseases in the human brain using a magnetic-resonance based technique for measuring fine tissue and bone textures. Specifically, the invention focuses on refinements/adaptations to a prior art magnetic resonance fine texture measurement technique that facilitates/enables pushing the detection limits closer to the cellular level, so as to be able to measure the fine scale structures and tissue changes that are known to be characteristic of the neurodegenerative processes involved in the development of these diseases.

Abstract: A cap device for use with a container includes a chamber for containing a composition and a shell for adapting to the container. The composition is kept safe from the environment by means of a film. The chamber has a piercer which, when actuated, breaks the film, permitting the flow of composition from the chamber into the shell. The composition can be mixed with liquid just prior to consumption in order to, for example, maximize stability, taste, and activity of the ingredients.

Abstract: A cyclone comprising: an upper cylindrical portion which opens into the wider end of a lower frustro-conical portion, with the longitudinal axes of said upper and lower portions aligned and substantially vertical; a primary air inlet into the cyclone arranged such that the inlet air is substantially tangential to the circumference of the cyclone; an exhaust outlet at or adjacent the top of the cylindrical portion; a control valve associated with said exhaust outlet and capable of partially or completely shutting off said exhaust outlet; a secondary air inlet associated with the narrow end of the frustro-conical portion and provided with an airflow stabilising device which is adapted to admit a stream of air substantially along or spirally around the longitudinal axis of the cyclone; means for removing processed product from the cyclone; means for moving said airflow stabilising device into and out of the narrow end of the frustro-conical portion during product processing and/or between product processing.

Abstract: A method of processing lignocellulosic material includes the steps of comminuting the material to a size that it can be processed in a hydrothermal pressure vessel, drying the material in moving air to obtain a specific moisture content, packing the material into the vessel and subjecting the material within the vessel to steam under pressure, decompressing the vessel to return the temperature and pressure to ambient and drying the product to specific moisture content; the product so formed can be used for injection moulding or to form panel boards and the like.

Abstract: A cyclone which includes an upper cylindrical portion opening into the wider end of a lower frustro-conical portion, with a primary air inlet such that the inlet air is substantially tangential to the circumference of the cyclone, and an exhaust outlet at or adjacent the top of the cylindrical portion; a control valve is associated with the exhaust outlet and can be used to partially or completely shut off the outlet; a secondary air inlet is associated with the narrow end of the frustro-conical portion and is provided with an air flow stabilising device adapted to admit a stream of air substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cyclone; also including means for withdrawing processed product from the frustro-conical portion.

Abstract: A cyclone which includes an upper cylindrical portion opening into the wider end of a lower frustro-conical portion, with a primary air inlet such that the inlet air is substantially tangential to the circumference of the cyclone, and an exhaust outlet at or adjacent the top of the cylindrical portion; a control valve is associated with the exhaust outlet and can be used to partially or completely shut off the outlet; a secondary air inlet is associated with the narrow end of the frustro-conical portion and is provided with an air flow stabilising device adapted to admit a stream of air substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cyclone; also including means for withdrawing processed product from the frustro-conical portion.