Abstract: An installation for hot dip coating a metal strip is provided. The installation includes a device for moving the metal strip along a path, a pot for containing a melt bath and a wiping system including at least two nozzles placed on either side of the path downstream the pot. The wiping system has a box with a lower confinement part confining an atmosphere around the metal strip upstream of said nozzles and an upper confinement part confining the atmosphere around the metal strip downstream of the nozzles, first moving means for vertically moving the lower confinement part with respect to the pot and second moving means for vertically moving the upper confinement part with respect to both the pot and the lower confinement part. The nozzles are vertically movable relative to the pot.

Abstract: Described are various embodiments of methods, systems, devices and appliances relating to virtualized application-layer space for data processing in such data storage systems, including a distributed data storage system, and methods relating thereto, for implementing application-specific data processing of stored client data, the data storage system comprising: a plurality of communicatively coupled data storage components, each data storage component comprising at least one data storage resource and a processor, the plurality of data storage components maintaining a data object store of client data, said client data being stored in said data object store in accordance with a data object store file system; and a virtualized processing unit instantiated implementing application-specific data processing of said client data stored on the data object store, said client data object store accessible by said virtualized processing unit in accordance with an application-specific data storage access protocol.

Abstract: An installation for hot dip coating a metal strip is provided. The installation includes a device for moving the metal strip along a path, a pot for containing a melt bath and a wiping system including at least two nozzles placed on either side of the path downstream the pot. The wiping system has a box with a lower confinement part confining an atmosphere around the metal strip upstream of said nozzles and an upper confinement part confining the atmosphere around the metal strip downstream of the nozzles, first moving means for vertically moving the lower confinement part with respect to the pot and second moving means for vertically moving the upper confinement part with respect to both the pot and the lower confinement part. The nozzles are vertically movable relative to the pot.

Abstract: A pump comprising a pump body defining a circulation space for circulation of fluid according to a direction of circulation from an entry orifice of the circulation space to an output orifice of the circulation space; a membrane retained in the circulation space substantially parallel to the direction of circulation; and an actuating device adapted to vibrate the membrane in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of circulation, wherein the membrane comprises a material or a protective coating having a polymer organic matrix with a Young's modulus in a range of between 100 MPa and 10 GPa.

Abstract: A container-mixer including a container designed to receive at least one fluid; and a pump comprising a pump body which defines at least one fluid intake orifice and at least one fluid delivery orifice, wherein the at least one intake orifice and the at least one fluid delivery orifice of the pump body open into the interior of the container such that the fluid circulates directly and without a duct between the container and the pump body, the pump body defining a circulation space for circulation of fluid in a direction of circulation (A) from the at least one inlet orifice of the circulation space towards an outlet orifice of the circulation space, the pump comprising a deformable membrane which is held in the circulation space substantially parallel to the direction of circulation (A), the membrane being actuated so as to vibrate.

Abstract: An orthopedic tool being made from an alloy in the group comprising stainless steel alloys, cobalt-chrome alloys, titanium alloys and alumina and zirconia ceramic alloys, and having a density less than 98% of a theoretical possible density for the alloy, the orthopedic tool being made by a metal injection moulding process.