Abstract: The invention relates to a filter device for filtering gaseous fluids that is provided with a filter insert part that comprises a filter medium and a sealing element, wherein the filter insert part is to be inserted into a filter housing. Furthermore, an additional sealing web is provided between the sealing body of the sealing element and the housing part, wherein the sealing element has a common contact surface with the sealing web, wherein the sealing web is offset in the direction of the clean side of the filter medium with respect to the contact surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filter unit for filtering gaseous fluids, comprising a filter insert part with a filter medium and a sealing element, said element being clamped between sealing struts on parts of the filter housing. The clamping force produced by the sealing struts that lie opposite one another runs at least approximately perpendicularly to the mounting direction of the housing parts.

Abstract: A method for optimizing the operation of a metallurgical plant using a model by modeling supply and discharge media streams, predetermining structure parameters which define the media streams, linking the media streams to one another, predetermining starting parameters which describe initial states, predetermining input operating parameters, determining and outputting output operating parameters, and determining and outputting end parameters, which describe end states of the units, by the model, predetermining the structure parameters to an optimization computer by a user and transmitting the parameters from the optimization computer to a model, and determining optimized operating parameters by the optimization computer on the basis of the starting parameters and an assessment criterion in accordance with an optimization algorithm using the model, wherein the assessment criterion is predetermined to the optimization computer by the user.

Abstract: In a method for controlling a compression installation (1), the installation has at least two compressor units (i=1, , N) that can be separately turned on or off, a plurality of devices for modifying the output of the compressor units and a control device (10). Known methods and devices do not function optimally in terms of the power consumption of the entire compression installation. The power consumption (EG) for the operation of a plurality of compressor units (i=1, , N) of a compression installation (1) can be optimized by calculating a novel circuit configuration (Si, t) and automatically adjusting the novel circuit configuration (Si, t) by a control device (10).

Abstract: In a method for controlling a compression installation (1), the installation has at least two compressor units (i=1, , N) that can be separately turned on or off, a plurality of devices for modifying the output of the compressor units and a control device (10). Known methods and devices do not function optimally in terms of the power consumption of the entire compression installation. The power consumption (EG) for the operation of a plurality of compressor units (i=1, , N) of a compression installation (1) can be optimized by calculating a novel circuit configuration (Si, t) and automatically adjusting the novel circuit configuration (Si, t) by a control device (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and regulating the temperature of a metal strip in a finishing train of a hot rolling mill. A target function is formed by comparing a desired temperature gradient with an actual temperature gradient. The target function measures deviations from desired indications positioned in various places on the finishing train. The speed of the strip and the flow of the cooling agent are adjusted by predicting with the aid of a method of non-linear optimization with auxiliary conditions and are regulated and controlled online by solving a quadratic optimization problem with linear auxiliary conditions, preferably with the aid of an active set strategy.

Abstract: According to a method, initial temperatures (T1) of strip points (101) are detected when the hot-rolled strip (6) is fed to the production line. The strip points (101) are monitored on their way through the production line. The hot-rolled strip (6) is subjected to temperature influences (delta T) in the production line (3). The strip points (101), the initial temperatures (T1), the monitored values (W(t)) and the temperature influences (delta T) are supplied to a model (9) for the production line (3). The model (9) determines expected actual temperatures (T2) of the strip points (101) in real time and allocates them to the strip points as the new actual temperatures (T2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and regulating the temperature of a metal strip in a finishing train of a hot rolling mill. A target function is formed by comparing a desired temperature gradient with an actual temperature gradient. The target function measures deviations from desired indications positioned in various places on the finishing train. The speed of the strip and the flow of the cooling agent are adjusted by predicting with the aid of a method of non-linear optimization with auxiliary conditions and are regulated and controlled online by solving a quadratic optimization problem with linear auxiliary conditions, preferably with the aid of an active set strategy.

Abstract: The invention relates to managing a local data processing unit—DPU—from remote by a remote control unit, wherein a remote management unit—RMU—is coupled to the remote control unit by means of a network external with respect to the DPU, and the RMU is coupled with the DPU through a data bus, and wherein the RMU executes the steps of storing configuration data in a memory local to the RMU, accessing configuration data from the local memory and transmitting the data to the DPU over the data bus.

Abstract: A mathematical model for a metallurgical engineering system and a method for optimizing the operation of a metallurgical engineering system by means of said model. A plurality of units (7-12) of a metallurgical engineering system (6) are modeled by means of a mathematical model. Said units are associated with supply and discharge media flows. In order to optimize operation of the system (6), structural parameters are supplied to an optimization computer (1) by a user (5). The structural parameters establish at least the number and type of units (7-12). On the basis of start parameters, which describe the initial states of the units (7-12), and an evaluation criterion (K), the optimization computer (1) determines optimized operating parameters according to an optimization algorithm (A) using said model.

Abstract: The invention relates to a risk based testing method. The risk based testing method comprises defining a process or system to be tested, identifying a plurality of risks associated with the process or system, quantifying each of the risks with a risk value, defining a test plan for the process or system, the test plan including a number of test cases, wherein testing of the test cases is prioritized based on the risk value, and executing the test plan. The invention also relates an article of manufacture. The article of manufacture comprises a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for testing a process or a system.

Abstract: A method and system for routing and processing insurance related data. A data entry operator that receives insurance application-related documents from external sources. The data entry operator stores the documents electronically in a raw data database. A rules engine converts the documents into at least one data element having a common format. The rules engine then determines whether each of the at least one data element has been fully validated as clean data. If the data is verified, the clean data is stored in an operational database for use in application processing. If a data element is not clean, the rules engine generates an exception task. The rules engine then receives a resolution to the exception task, thereby enabling validation of the at least one data element.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing data collection of insurance related submitted data provided by an applicant for insurance on a submitted form. The system may comprise a data input portion that inputs the submitted form so that the submitted data on the submitted form is available to a data entry operator; and a data collector tool, which processes entered data that is entered by the data entry operator, onto an internal electronic form, based on the submitted data submitted by the applicant.

Abstract: A remote management unit is coupled to a local data processing unit and—through a network—to a remote data processing unit allowing the remote data processing unit to provide at least one of: controlling operation of the local data processing unit, monitoring operation of the local data processing unit, monitoring data transmission of the local data processing unit, and controlling operation of the remote management unit. The remote management unit comprises an own central processing unit—CPU—allowing operation of the remote management unit completely independent of an operation of the local data processing unit as well as of an operation of the remote data processing unit. The remote management unit further comprises control unit adapted to control a supply of power for the local data processing unit.

Abstract: A data processing system comprises a master data processing unit and a plurality of data processing units. The master data processing unit comprises peripheral devices, wherein one of these devices in a data storage device. Each peripheral device is adapted for communicating peripheral information in at least one direction between the peripheral device and the master data processing unit. Each one of the data processing units is coupled to a respective remote management unit adapted for providing a data communication between the coupled-to data processing unit and the master data processing unit. Each remote management unit and the master data processing unit are coupled by a network.

Abstract: According to a method initial temperatures (T1) of strip points (101) are detected when the hot-rolled strip (6) is fed to the production line at the latest. The strip points (101) are monitored on their way through the production line. The hot-rolled strip (6) is subjected to temperature influences (delta T) in the production line (3). The strip points (101), the initial temperatures (T1), the monitored values (W(t)) and the temperature influences (delta T) are supplied to a model (9) for the production line (3). The model (9) determines expected actual temperatures (T2) of the strip points (101) in real time and allocates them to the strip points as the new actual temperatures (T2).

Abstract: A remote management unit—RMU—manages a local data processing unit—DPU—from remote by a remote DPU. The RMU is coupled to the remote DPU by means of a network external with respect to the local DPU, and the RMU is coupled with the local DPU through an internal bus of the local DPU. The RMU comprises a data exchange interface for providing a data exchange between the local DPU and a remote data carrier coupled with the RMU through the external network. The data exchange interface is configured such that the local DPU regards the data exchange interface as representing or providing a standard interface of a data carrier type known by the local DPU. The data exchange interface is further configured to provide a data exchange of the RMU with the remote data carrier through the external network for executing the data exchange between the local DPU and the remote data carrier.

Abstract: A remote management unit (40) and a graphics unit (30) are coupled to an internal bus (50) of a local data processing unit (10). The graphics unit (30) provides a data display on a monitor (60) of the local data processing unit (10) and comprises a graphics memory (70) containing a digital representation of the current display for the local monitor (60). The remote management unit (40) is adapted for addressing the graphics memory (70), reading out data content of the graphics memory (70), and transmitting the read-out data content to a remote data processing unit (100) located remote from the local data processing unit (10).

Abstract: A pleated neckdown bag for lining a receptacle is disclosed wherein the bag is made of a flexible plastic film. The disclosed bag has one or more pleat portions (18) fixed at points around the mouth portion (26) of the bag to reduce the circumference of the mouth portion relative to the circumference of the body portion (14). The reduced circumference mouth portion of the neckdown bag can be fitted over a supporting receptacle. The top portion (12) of the bag is thereby more securely held to the support, and the mouth portion is more securely held in an open state, since the narrowed mouth portion of the bag can better engage a support such as the rim of a waste bin. Bag embodiments having flat and flat rectangular constructions, convenient for manufacture, storage, shipping, and dispensing, are also disclosed. Also disclosed is a tabbed neckdown bag embodiment with a tab (52) modifying means to advantageously modify stress and strain at and near the conjunction of a seam and mouth portion of a neckdown bag.

Abstract: A pleated neckdown bag for lining a receptacle is disclosed wherein the bag is made of a flexible plastic film. The disclosed bag has one or more pleat portions (18) fixed at points around the mouth portion (26) of the bag to reduce the circumference of the mouth portion relative to the circumference of the body portion (14). The reduced circumference mouth portion of the neckdown bag can be fitted over a supporting receptacle. The top portion (12) of the bag is thereby more securely held to the support, and the mouth portion is more securely held in an open state, since the narrowed mouth portion of the bag can better engage a support such as the rim of a waste bin. Bag embodiments having flat and flat rectangular constructions, convenient for manufacture, storage, shipping, and dispensing, are also disclosed. Also disclosed is a tabbed neckdown bag embodiment with a tab (52) modifying means to advantageously modify stress and strain at and near the conjunction of a seam and mouth portion of a neckdown bag.