Abstract: Techniques for using additive manufacturing for applying personalization or serialization information to a substrate are described herein. The techniques may include providing a base substrate formed from a first material such as polyvinyl chloride, polyester, or polycarbonate and applying, via an additive manufacturing process such as three-dimensional printing, a layer to at least a portion of the base substrate. The layer can include at least one of personalization or serialization information. The layer can be formed from the same material as the substrate or formed from a second material with substantially similar material properties as the substrate material.

Abstract: Techniques for using additive manufacturing for applying personalization or serialization information to a substrate are described herein. The techniques may include providing a base substrate formed from a first material such as polyvinyl chloride, polyester, or polycarbonate and applying, via an additive manufacturing process such as three-dimensional printing, a layer to at least a portion of the base substrate. The layer can include at least one of personalization or serialization information. The layer can be formed from the same material as the substrate or formed from a second material with substantially similar material properties as the substrate material.

Abstract: A not-on-us transaction at a Self-Service Terminal (SST) is initiated by a customer. Transaction details indicate that the customer is associated with a remote backend system that is accessible over a different network from that which is associated with the SST. The transaction details are forwarded from the SST to the remote backend system. Remote commands are issued from the remote backend system and translated into native commands of the SST where they are executed on the SST to process the not-on-us transaction.

Abstract: A not-on-us transaction at a Self-Service Terminal (SST) is initiated by a customer. Transaction details indicate that the customer is associated with a remote backend system that is accessible over a different network from that which is associated with the SST. The transaction details are forwarded from the SST to the remote backend system. Remote commands are issued from the remote backend system and translated into native commands of the SST where they are executed on the SST to process the not-on-us transaction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for implementing change condition levels. The system for implementing change condition levels typically includes a processor, a memory, and a change event management module stored in the memory. The system for implementing change condition levels is typically configured for: receiving an indication of a change event to be implemented; determining that a change condition level is applicable to the change event; based on determining that the change condition level is applicable to the change event, initiating a change event approval process for a change event, the change event approval process being defined by the change condition level; and, once the approval process has been successfully completed, permitting implementation of the change event, implementation of the change event being prohibited until receiving the indication of the successful completion of the change event approval process for the change event.

Abstract: A bearing lubrication system includes a stationary output shaft carrier housed within a gear housing wherein the output shaft resides partially within the carrier and upper and lower bearings support the shaft. The carrier includes first and second arcuately extending troughs for catching lubricating fluid slung by an oil slinger. The first trough is in fluid communication with the shaft and with the upper bearing which pumps fluid through the bearing and into an upper passageway which terminates in an opening which supplies fluid to a second trough which, in turn, supplies fluid to the second bearing which, in turn, supplies fluid to the annular pool formed on the upper portion of the gear affixed to the output shaft. The annular pool is formed by a cylindrically shaped dike secured to the upper portion of the gear. Overflow from the pool lubricates the gear and returns oil to the reservoir.

Abstract: Systems and methods for thermally actuating piezoresistive cantilevers are described. One embodiment includes a nanoelectromechanical resonator connected in at least one location to a substrate, an electrically conductive path formed on the resonator and a signal source connected to the electrically conductive path and configured to provide an oscillating actuation signal capable of exciting a resonant mode in the resonator.

Abstract: A bearing lubrication system includes a stationary output shaft carrier housed within a gear housing wherein the output shaft resides partially within the carrier and upper and lower bearings support the shaft. The carrier includes first and second arcuately extending troughs for catching lubricating fluid slung by an oil slinger. The first trough is in fluid communication with the shaft and with the upper bearing which pumps fluid through the bearing and into an upper passageway which terminates in an opening which supplies fluid to a second trough which, in turn, supplies fluid to the second bearing which, in turn, supplies fluid to the annular pool formed on the upper portion of the gear affixed to the output shaft. The annular pool is formed by a cylindrically shaped dike secured to the upper portion of the gear. Overflow from the pool lubricates the gear and returns oil to the reservoir.

Abstract: In the case of those rotating components of rotary machines which are cyclically stressed as their rotational speeds are cyclically varied such as aero gas turbine engine components, the cumulative total number of stress cycles which each component receives due to such speed variations is a reliable indication of its elapsed fatigue life. The invention provides a method and a digital circuit arrangement which facilitates real-time recording of the elapsed fatigue lives of such components: a component's rotational speed is continuously monitored and each time the speed cycles through any one of a plurality of predetermined speed bands, a corresponding predetermined number of fatigue life units is added to an accumulating total of such units.