Abstract: Systems and methods related to prediction-based resource orchestration in a service fabric are described. An example method for reducing an interruption rate associated with a customer application offered as a collection of services includes predicting one or more quiet time periods associated with each of the service replicas associated with a service fabric, where each of the one or more quiet time periods corresponds to a low value of a predicted load specifying a consumption of a metric by a respective service replica on a given node. The method further includes during the one or more quiet time periods predicted by a trained machine learning model, performing an impact-less failover for one or more of the service replicas by scheduling a move for the one or more service replicas from a first node associated with the service fabric to a second node associated with the service fabric.

Abstract: A sewing machine comprises a workpiece presser device having a presser foot and a separate chaining-off foot. There is an independent holding down device for each foot which makes it possible to adjust both the presser foot pressure and also the chaining-off foot pressure by variable resilient forces.

Abstract: A presser foot assembly for use with a workpiece support in a sewing machine having a sole plate, a body for supporting the sole plate in a position for pressing material to be sewn onto a workpiece support, and a lead-in sole part. The assembly has a pin for pivotally connecting the lead-in sole part to the sole plate, and a spring for moving the lead-in sole part between a first position adjacent the workpiece support and a second position spaced from the workpiece support.

Abstract: A deviating station for a handling arrangement has a plurality of supporting rollers arranged on a supporting frame in groups so as to form a plurality of supporting points for a movable band conveyor element and a movable cover band element of the arrangement, and a shape-variable roller holder which is arranged to support the supporting rollers of at least some of the supporting points of at least one of the movable elements and follows the movement of the band conveyor element and the cover band element.