Abstract: The present invention consists of a system and a method for a rapid, complete and nonintrusive inspection of vessels without their physical control. The nonintrusive control method, in accordance with the invention, consists in the relative movement of a vessel, through two scanning frames, in a manner synchronized with the triggering of two penetrating radiation generators and the transmission of the signals generated by the detector matrix towards the subsystem for the acquisition, processing and display of data in order to form and display radiographic images from at least two different perspectives of the scanned vessel. The scanning system, according to the invention, consists of a support-type mechanical structure, a control center, two scanning frames, two penetrating radiation sources, a vessel towing subsystem, a subsystem for vessel stabilization and a subsystem for the acquisition, processing and display of data.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a system and a method for a rapid, complete and nonintrusive inspection of vessels without their physical control. The nonintrusive control method, in accordance with the invention, consists in the relative movement of a vessel, through two scanning frames, in a manner synchronized with the triggering of two penetrating radiation generators and the transmission of the signals generated by the detector matrix towards the subsystem for the acquisition, processing and display of data in order to form and display radiographic images from at least two different perspectives of the scanned vessel. The scanning system, according to the invention, consists of a support-type mechanical structure, a control center, two scanning frames, two penetrating radiation sources, a vessel towing subsystem, a subsystem for vessel stabilization and a subsystem for the acquisition, processing and display of data.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a method and a scanning system for the nonintrusive inspection of vehicles, container trucks and train carriages, realized without direct human intervention upon the inspected object, thus eliminating time wasting activities like physical control, unsealing, etc. The proposed method for nonintrusive inspection of vehicles and containers has a high inspection capacity (up to 200 vehicles per hour), by achieving a complete vehicle radiography (except the driver's cabin), while driving through a scanning portal, geometrically optimized to be transported rapidly in ISO standardized containers using conventional transport systems (airplane, ship, train, or terrestrial on public roads). The system which implements the method presented earlier is constituted from a mobile scanning unit and a mobile control center which is positioned outside the exclusion area “a” which remotely command all the processes involved in the nonintrusive inspection.

Abstract: The nonintrusive control method consists in using a tugging device attached to the aircraft's landing gear which is towing the aircraft over a detector line, detector line fixed onto the runway under a penetrating radiation source held by a telescopic boom fixed on a mobile scanning unit. The aircraft is towed with constant speed and electronically controlled in a secured and delimited perimeter. The system consists of a mobile scanning unit (MSU), controlled remotely by a towable mobile control center positioned outside an exclusion area. The MSU consists of a telescopic boom holding on its extremity a penetrating radiation source and a detector line fixed onto the runway and a tugging device, which attaches to the aircraft's undercarriage.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a method and a scanning system for the nonintrusive inspection of vehicles, container trucks and train carriages. The inspection can be realized without direct human intervention upon the inspected object, thus eliminating time wasting activities like physical control, unsealing, etc. The proposed method for nonintrusive inspection of vehicles and containers has a high inspection capacity (up to 200 vehicles per hour), by achieving a complete vehicle radiography (except the driver's cabin), while driving through the scanning portal and building a system that implements this method, said system being geometrically optimized so that it can be transported rapidly in ISO standardized containers using conventional transport systems (airplane, ship, train, or terrestrial on public roads) in areas where a high level of security is mandatory.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a method and a scanning system for the nonintrusive inspection of aircrafts. The nonintrusive control method, according to the invention, consists in using a tugging device attached to the aircraft's landing gear which tows the said aircraft over a detector line, said detector line fixed onto the runway and under a penetrating radiation source held by a telescopic boom fixed on a mobile scanning unit. The aircraft is towed with constant speed and electronically controlled in a secured and delimited perimeter. The system, according to the invention consists of a mobile scanning unit (MSU), controlled remotely by a towable mobile control center (11) (MCC). The system also includes an exclusion area a perimeter protection subsystem (9).

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and system to ensure the safe use of magnetic strip cards in order to prevent the theft of information contained in the magnetic strip of a industry standard magnetic strip card. Security system enabling the safe use of magnetic strip cards that implements the method, composed of a half-cylinder, equipped with a special slot of a thickness almost similar to the magnetic strip card and wide of one card length, a mechanical card loading and rotating device, card presence and position sensors, electrical motors for the mechanical system, an overall electronic command and control module and the physical security box containing all parts of the system.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and system to ensure the safe use of magnetic strip cards in order to prevent the theft of information contained in the magnetic strip of a industry standard magnetic strip card. Security system enabling the safe use of magnetic strip cards that implements the method, composed of a half-cylinder, equipped with a special slot of a thickness almost similar to the magnetic strip card and wide of one card length, a mechanical card loading and rotating device, card presence and position sensors, electrical motors for the mechanical system, an overall electronic command and control module and the physical security box containing all parts of the system.

Abstract: This invention relates to an inspection method and system that radiographs containers, vehicles and train carriages without having to break seals, open containers or physical control. The inspection method consists of an autonomous mobile scanning unit, installed on a chassis that has a remote controlled drive, steering and brakes and another autonomous mobile unit referred as “source robot”, that moves synchronized with the scanning unit and whose drive, steering and braking are also remotely controlled. The two units are moving synchronized with low, constant speed, electronically controlled, framing the object that is to be inspected, in a protected perimeter where the access is managed by an automated traffic management subsystem. The system is made out of autonomous mobile scanning units, managed by a third mobile unit which is towable, that is a remote control centre. The system also includes an automated traffic management subsystem and an exclusion area protection subsystem.

Abstract: This invention relates to a nonintrusive inspection method and system, that radiographies containers, vehicles and train carriages without having to break seals, open containers or physical control. The nonintrusive inspection method, according to the invention consists of an autonomous mobile scanning unit, installed on a chassis that has remote controlled drive, steering and brakes and another autonomous mobile unit referred as “source robot”, that moves synchronized with the scanning unit and who's drive, steering and braking are also remotely controlled. The two units are moving synchronized with low and constant speed, electronically controlled, framing the object that is to be inspected, in a limited and protected perimeter where the access is managed by an automated traffic management subsystem. The system, according with the invention is made out of some autonomous mobile scanning units (1 and 5), managed by a third mobile unit (12) which is tow able, that is a remote control centre.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for gasifying liquid and/or fine-grain solid gasification substances and/or for reforming a gas, using a gasification agent, in a reaction (1). In the process the process heat is supplied by heat carrier particles which are heated within a substantially closed circuit in a heater (5) by combustion gases which are produced in a combustion chamber (3), and passed through the reactor (1) in counter-flow relationship with the gasification substance or the gas to be reformed and the gasification agent, and then returned to the heater (5) for renewed heating. In accordance with the invention the particles and the combustion gas form a fluidized bed above at least one grid (34, 34a, 34b, 34c, 34d, 34e) arranged in the heater (5).