Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented apportioning system. Work is distributed to processors in a multi-processor system. Initially, during bind-time, a scaling factor is determined for each processor. The scaling factor represents relative processing power in relation to each other processor. Then, portions of a total amount of work are distributed to each processor based on the determined scaling factor of that processor and a determined amount of work for an average processor.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented apportioning system. Work is distributed to processors in a multi-processor system. Initially, during bind-time, a scaling factor is determined for each processor. The scaling factor represents relative processing power in relation to each other processor. Then, portions of a total amount of work are distributed to each processor based on the determined scaling factor of that processor and a determined amount of work for an average processor.

Abstract: Light alloy metal products are cast by introducing the molten metal into a sand mold having a vertical parting line, characterized in that the mold is bottom filled.

Abstract: A sand mould has a filling inlet defined by a solid insert (7). The insert provides a flat outer face for sealing and subsequently heat exchanging sliding contact with a sealing face of a chill plate (11). The mould is filled through the insert and then closed by means of the chill plate.

Abstract: A sweet wrapping machine includes a continuously rotating feed disc (12) having regularly pitched sweet-receiving pockets (13), a continuously rotating wrapping wheel (44) having pockets (43) spaced at a greater pitch than the pockets in the feed disc, and a continuously rotating transfer wheel (16) including pockets (15) which receive the sweets from the pockets in the feed disc and transfer them to the pockets of the wrapping wheel. The pockets (15) are on the ends of arms (25) which are shifted during rotation of the transfer wheel from a spacing conforming to the pockets in the feed disc to a spacing conforming to the pockets of the wrapping wheel.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of lollipops or like sweets directly from a rope of toffee or the like which briefly comprises feeding the toffee rope into register with successive pockets of a forming conveyor for a leading portion of the rope to be severed and received by each pocket in turn to form an individual sweet, sticks being inserted successively into the sweets thus formed to complete the individual lollipops. An object of the invention is to ensure that the positional relationship between the stick and the sweet is accurately maintained during the various steps in the formation of the lollipop. This object is achieved according to the invention by resiliently nipping each stick against a guiding surface at each stage in the formation of the lollipop from the stick-inserting position to the delivery of the completed lollipop.