Abstract: A vehicle includes a first system, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor. The first sensor is configured to generate first sensor data indicative of an operational status of the first system. The second sensor is configured to generate second sensor data associated with an adaptive performance metric adjustment criterion. The processor is configured to, in response to determining that the second sensor data satisfies the adaptive performance metric adjustment criterion, determine, based on the second sensor data, an adaptive performance metric to be compared to the first sensor data to identify anomalous behavior of the first system. The processor is further configured to compare the first sensor data to the adaptive performance metric and to generate a maintenance alert in response to determining that the first sensor data fails to satisfy the adaptive performance metric.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a first system, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor. The first sensor is configured to generate first sensor data indicative of an operational status of the first system. The second sensor is configured to generate second sensor data associated with an adaptive performance metric adjustment criterion. The processor is configured to, in response to determining that the second sensor data satisfies the adaptive performance metric adjustment criterion, determine, based on the second sensor data, an adaptive performance metric to be compared to the first sensor data to identify anomalous behavior of the first system. The processor is further configured to compare the first sensor data to the adaptive performance metric and to generate a maintenance alert in response to determining that the first sensor data fails to satisfy the adaptive performance metric.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for removing flash from molded parts. The method and apparatus is primarily used with molded plastic parts, but parts formed of other material can also be processed with the equipment of the present invention. The parts are held in position by an electroform mask and an electroform mask is utilized to protect the surface of the part adjacent to the flash that is to be removed. A spin jet nozzle is utilized to provide fluid under pressure to the areas of the part where the flash is to be removed.

Abstract: A computer system having stored in memory a set of executable software tools that include both producer tools and consumer tools, wherein one or more of the tools may be both a producer tool and a consumer tool, a model repository, and a set of software engines that include hybrid models each bridging semantics of a corresponding producer tool or a corresponding consumer tool that is importing or exporting to or from a neutral model representation of the information, wherein instantiations of the neutral models reside in the model repository.

Abstract: A computer system having stored in memory a set of executable software tools that include both producer tools and consumer tools, wherein one or more of the tools may be both a producer tool and a consumer tool, a model repository, and a set of software engines that include hybrid models each bridging semantics of a corresponding producer tool or a corresponding consumer tool that is importing or exporting to or from a neutral model representation of the information, wherein instantiations of the neutral models reside in the model repository.