Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer electrostatic clamp, comprising providing a mounting plate, forming an insulative layer on an insulating portion of the mounting plate, forming a first electrode on a first portion of the mounting plate, forming a second electrode on a second portion of the mounting plate, forming a first segment having a first conductivity over the first electrode, forming a first region having a second conductivity over the first segment that creates an n-p type composite, forming a second segment having a third conductivity formed over the over the second electrode, forming a second region having a fourth conductivity formed over the second region that creates an p-n type composite.

Abstract: Method for cooling flat plastic products, in which plasticized plastic compound is fed to a calender via a slot nozzle by means of an extruder and is rolled and calibrated to the desired shape in this calender between at least two smoothing rolls, after which the film or sheet produced in this way is fed to a chill section comprising a plurality of adjustable rolls and passes through this section until it is sufficiently cool and dimensionally stable, at least both the gap width between the rolls and the speed of the rolls being controllable by open- and/or closed-loop control. According to the invention, the degree of wrap of the flat plastic product around the respective roll is varied by adjusting the rolls in the chill section into a mutually offset arrangement, hence increasing or minimizing the cooling capacity, the gap width, once specified, being held constant during each adjustment operation by means of an appropriate control system.

Abstract: An apparatus that forms a source bushing, while comprehending the possible formation of electrically conductive films thereon, is disclosed. Such an apparatus may advantageously be used to isolate an ion source from other components within the ion implanter, as these components may be at different electrical potentials. In one embodiment, the source bushing is constructed from a material having a lower electrical resistance than is currently used. By constructing the bushing in this manner, the effects of the applied lower resistance films is reduced, as the change in effective resistance is reduced. In other embodiments, the source bushing is purposely lined with an electrically semiconducting material, so that the effects of the later applied lining are minimized. In either case, the electrical potential between the two devices that are being isolated by the bushing is more evenly applied across the bushing.

Abstract: A harvested crop processing unit with a rotor and a rotor housing enclosing the rotor, that includes a cover element under which a first group of helically shaped guide rails and a second group of helically shaped guide rails are attached, where the guide rails of the two groups follow each other alternately and are provided with a leading end and a trailing end in the direction of rotation of the rotor and the guide rails of the first group are arranged offset to the rear of the guide rails of the second group in the direction of rotation of the rotor. The trailing ends of the guide rail of the first group are directed at the leading end of the guide rails of the second group following in the axial direction of the rotor housing.

Abstract: A pivot bearing having a first bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Guided in the first bearing surface is a second bearing surface of hollow cylindrical design, at least in sections. Rolling bodies are arranged between the bearing surfaces. The pivot bearing also has a cage for guiding the rolling bodies, and a slide block to prevent the cage from slipping. A first grove is formed in the first bearing surface and a second grove is formed in the second bearing surface. The groves are inclined transversely with respect to the running direction of the rolling bodies. the opposite inclination of the groves has the result that, if the spacing between bearing surfaces is neglected, the grooves intersect. The sliding block is guided between the grooves. The cage has a recess that holds the sliding block permitting cage control.

Abstract: A swash plate pivot bearing is provided having roller bearing segments (15) arranged between a hollow cylindrical bearing surface (12) for a swash plate (10) in a housing (3) and a cylindrical bearing surface (11) on the swash plate (10), held in curved cages (17) whereby elements are provided for controlling the cages which prevent the cage (17) accommodating the roller body (16) from slipping out from the optimum position thereof in the pivot bearing. The cage control elements are integrated into the roller bearing segments (15) so that at least one roller body (23, 23.1, 23.2) of cylindrical form has a positive engagement with the hollow cylindrical bearing surface (12) and the cylindrical bearing surface (11). It is thus possible to prevent the escape of roller bearing segments (15) from the bearing gap (22) due to the effects of vibration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of sealing at least part of the surface of an article, comprising the steps of (a) applying a layer of a radiation-curable melt based on a moisture-crosslinking polyurethane to at least part of the surface of the article, and (b) irradiating the melt layer. The invention further relates to article surfaces sealed in this way, and also to the use of the abovementioned melt for surface sealing.

Abstract: A harvested crop processing unit with a rotor and a rotor housing enclosing the rotor, that includes a cover element under which a first group of helically shaped guide rails and a second group of helically shaped guide rails are attached, where the guide rails of the two groups follow each other alternately and are provided with a leading end and a trailing end in the direction of rotation of the rotor and the guide rails of the first group are arranged offset to the rear of the guide rails of the second group in the direction of rotation of the rotor. The trailing ends of the guide rail of the first group are directed at the leading end of the guide rails of the second group following in the axial direction of the rotor housing.

Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring an individual under investigation comprises a recording device for recording a neuronal signal from the individual, and a calculating device for calculating a parameter representing a quantitative measure of an anaesthesia or coma condition of the individual and being derived from the neuronal signal, wherein the calculating device is adapted for calculating a complexity parameter representing the quantitative measure of the anaesthesia or coma condition, and the calculating device includes a buffer circuit for storing at least one time series of the neuronal signal and an analysis circuit for subjecting the time series to a recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) providing the complexity parameter. Furthermore, a method includes estimating a parameter representing a quantitative measure of an anaesthesia or coma condition of an individual.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article whose surface has been at least partly sealed and to methods of its sealing, the sealing layer comprising a reactive melt layer and a coating layer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor wafer electrostatic clamp, comprising providing a mounting plate, forming an insulative layer on an insulating portion of the mounting plate, forming a first electrode on a first portion of the mounting plate, forming a second electrode on a second portion of the mounting plate, forming a first segment having a first conductivity over the first electrode, forming a first region having a second conductivity over the first segment that creates an n-p type composite, forming a second segment having a third conductivity formed over the over the second electrode, forming a second region having a fourth conductivity formed over the second region that creates an p-n type composite.

Abstract: A lid (1) for a container, in particular a vat, for storing and/or providing and/or for transporting moisture-sensitive materials is characterized in that provided on the inside of the lid (1) is a mechanical holding device (2) which encloses a subspace which is pervious to water vapour towards the container interior and in which one or more bags filled with a particulate desiccant are placed, or which serves the purpose of directly fastening one or more bags filled with particulate desiccant.

Abstract: Proposed is a process for preparing a reactive polyurethane composition that is characterized in that in a first process stage, from an isocyanate-reactive polymer or mixture of isocyanate-reactive polymers with a fraction of at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 99% by weight of linear molecules, by reaction with a polyisocyanate having a molecular weight <500, in a molar deficit of the isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate relative to the isocyanate-reactive end groups of the polymer or mixture of polymers, a monomer-free thermoplastic polyurethane is prepared which in a second process stage is reacted with a low-monomer-content, isocyanate-terminal prepolymer, in a molar ratio of the isocyanate-reactive end groups of the thermoplastic polyurethane to the isocyanate groups of the prepolymer of 1:1.1 to 1:5, to give the isocyanate-reactive polyurethane composition.

Abstract: Use of an plant materials, plant extracts or nature-identical components selected from Lonicera japonica, Gentiana asclepidea, Gentiana lutea, Eugenia caryophyllata, Bellis perennis, Olea europaea, Symphytum officinale, Carduus pycnocephalus, Paeoniae alba radix, Populus tremula, Prunus avium, Salix caprea, Rheum nobile, Helianthemum canum, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Peltiphyllum peltatum, Epilobium montanum, Knautia arvensis, Latuca sativa and Urtica dioica and extracts thereof, and &bgr;-myrcene to affect the rumen fermentation and to increase the availability of energy and nitrogen source for a ruminant.

Abstract: A sleeve pack is proposed for transporting and/or storing solid products liable to deformation on temperature exposure, comprising a base and a body joined to the base, characterized in that the base is formed from a honeycomb sheet and the body is formed from wound cardboard.

Abstract: An illumination device for microscopes is detachably connected to the microscope and has at least one unconventional illumination source such as an LED, laser or the like. The microscope has an operating control for adjusting the brightness of the illumination, and the brightness of the unconventional illumination source is adjusted by means of this operating control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the mechanical foil bonding of profiled workpieces.

Abstract: A combination load lock apparatus is provided, wherein a chamber is coupled to two or more valves in selective fluid communication with two or more respective volumes. A support member for supporting a workpiece is disposed within an interior portion of the chamber, wherein a translation apparatus is operably coupled thereto. The translation apparatus is operable to rotate and/or translate the workpiece on the support member about and/or along a first axis, wherein a detection apparatus associated with the chamber is operable to detect one or more characteristics of the workpiece during the rotation and/or translation thereof. The workpiece may be further rotated in a predetermined manner based on the one or more detected characteristics. A recess is further defined in the interior portion of the chamber, wherein the translation apparatus is operable to translate the workpiece into and out of the recess to reduce particulate contamination thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive fluid dispensing device with an adhesive fluid dispensing tip to which a flow from an adhesive fluid cartridge passes, and a manually actuable adhesive fluid cartridge actuating ram. It is provided in this case that the adhesive fluid cartridge is assigned a heating cartridge for heating the adhesive fluid to a temperature sufficient for flow to pass through the adhesive fluid dispensing tip upon actuation of a ram.

Abstract: An ion implanter having a source, a workpiece support and a transport system for delivering ions from the source to an ion implantation chamber that contains the workpiece support. The ion source has an arc chamber for ionizing a source material routed into the arc chamber that defines an exit aperture for routing ions to the transport system and including an arc chamber flange attached to the arc chamber and including a first surface that defines a gas inlet which accepts gas from a source and a gas outlet which opens into the arc chamber. An arc chamber support includes a support flange having a conforming surface that sealingly engages the first surface of arc chamber flange at a region of the gas inlet and further includes a throughpassage that aligns with the gas inlet. A gas supply line routes gas from a gas source through the throughpassage of the support flange and into the gas inlet of said arc chamber flange.