Abstract: A first device may provide, via a global digital twin of the first device, a communication mode assignment, of a communication mode, to a local digital twin of a second device. The communication mode assignment is to cause the local digital twin to communicate with the global digital twin via the communication mode. The first device may generate, via the global digital twin, a task assignment, and may provide, via the global digital, the task assignment to the local digital twin. The first device may update, via the global digital twin, a model based on the task assignment, and may receive, via the global digital twin and from the local digital twin, a model update associated with the local digital twin. The first device may update, via the global digital twin, the model based on the model update.

Abstract: A method and system for cloud distributed hybrid data storage and normalization are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a data set comprising data entities. A data entity may comprise data fields each containing a data element. The method may further include determining policy constraint meta-data for each of the data elements based on the storage policy constraint. The policy constraint meta-data may include a first meta-tag indicating the storage policy constraint for the data element. The method may further include determining whether a server satisfies the storage policy constraint based on the first meta-tag for the data element. When the server satisfies the storage policy constraint, the method may further include transmitting the data element to the server to store the data element on the server. When the server fails to satisfy the storage policy constraint, the method may further include, storing the data element on the client.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, and computer-readable storage media that support detection, effect monitoring, and recovery from failure modes in cloud computing application using a failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) engine. Historical metadata related to operation of a hierarchy of devices may be used as training data to train the FMEA engine to identify failure modes experienced by the hierarchy of devices. After training the FMEA engine, metadata from the hierarchy of devices may be input to the FMEA engine to identify a failure mode that may have occurred, and the FMEA engine may select a recovery process to recommend for addressing or mitigating the identified failure mode. In some implementations, the FMEA engine may output an indication of the recommended recovery process and/or initiate performance of one or more operations at the hierarchy of devices to recover from the failure event.

Abstract: A method and system for cloud distributed hybrid data storage and normalization are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a data set comprising data entities. A data entity may comprise data fields each containing a data element. The method may further include determining policy constraint meta-data for each of the data elements based on the storage policy constraint. The policy constraint meta-data may include a first meta-tag indicating the storage policy constraint for the data element. The method may further include determining whether a server satisfies the storage policy constraint based on the first meta-tag for the data element. When the server satisfies the storage policy constraint, the method may further include transmitting the data element to the server to store the data element on the server. When the server fails to satisfy the storage policy constraint, the method may further include, storing the data element on the client.

Abstract: A method and system for cloud distributed hybrid data storage and normalization are disclosed. The method may include obtaining a data set comprising data entities. A data entity may comprise data fields each containing a data element. The method may further include determining policy constraint meta-data for each of the data elements based on the storage policy constraint. The policy constraint meta-data may include a first meta-tag indicating the storage policy constraint for the data element. The method may further include determining whether a server satisfies the storage policy constraint based on the first meta-tag for the data element. When the server satisfies the storage policy constraint, the method may further include transmitting the data element to the server to store the data element on the server. When the server fails to satisfy the storage policy constraint, the method may further include, storing the data element on the client.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a manufacturing process is optimized by enabling a user to specify a product to be manufactured, enabling the user to specify a manufacturing system for manufacturing the product, enabling the user to select parameters for the product and the manufacturing system, and automatically calculating manufacturing metrics for the manufacturing process based upon the user-specified models and user selections.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a manufacturing system includes multiple manipulation modules each including means for mechanically and electrically connecting the module to another component in the system and an end effector including means for mechanically and electrically connecting the end effector to another component in the system, wherein the modules and end effector can be mechanically and electrically connected in multiple ways to alter the configuration of the system and the manufacturing tasks that the system can perform.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a manufacturing system includes multiple manipulation modules each including means for mechanically and electrically connecting the module to another component in the system and an end effector including means for mechanically and electrically connecting the end effector to another component in the system, wherein the modules and end effector can be mechanically and electrically connected in multiple ways to alter the configuration of the system and the manufacturing tasks that the system can perform.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a manufacturing process is optimized by enabling a user to specify a product to be manufactured, enabling the user to specify a manufacturing system for manufacturing the product, enabling the user to select parameters for the product and the manufacturing system, and automatically calculating manufacturing metrics for the manufacturing process based upon the user-specified models and user selections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process of analytical and quantitative isolation of withaferin-A from Withania somnifera (Sanskrit: Ashwagandha, English: winter cherry) and other plants and products therefrom, said method comprising steps of selecting most appropriate extraction medium composition, with extraction solvent system consisting of a defined admixture of water and alcohol in a range of proportion of alcohol within a narrow range of (methanol, ethanol etc.

Abstract: The invention provides a non-chrome rinse and method for treating a phosphate conversion-coated ferrous metal substrate. The rinse comprising zirconium ions, vanadium ions, fluoride ions, and phosphate ions in a ratio and a concentration effective for providing the phosphate conversion-coated ferrous metal substrate with improved corrosion resistance.

Abstract: An aqueous, acidic composition for application to aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces comprising a source of zirconium ions, a source of fluoride ions, a source of phosphate ions, a phosphate acid ester, a polyethylene glycol ester of a fatty acid, and nitric acid, and a method for treating aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces with such a composition.

Abstract: An aqueous composition for treating metal surfaces, particularly formed aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces, comprising a surface tension reducing agent selected from the group consisting of sulfosuccinate salts and derivatives and mixtures thereof, a surfactant selected from the group consisting of propoxylated and ethoxylated linear alcohols, and an acid such as phosphoric acid, as well as preferably a bactericide and a defoamant, and a method for treating metal surfaces, particularly beverage containers, such as of aluminum and aluminum alloy with such a composition.

Abstract: An aqueous, acidic composition for application to aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces comprising a source of zirconium ions, a source of fluoride ions, a source of phosphate ions, a phosphate acid ester, a polyethylene glycol ester of a fatty acid, and nitric acid, and a method for treating aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces with such a composition.

Abstract: An aqeuous acidic composition provides improved coating for aluminum. The composition comprises from about 10 to about 150 ppm zirconium, from about 20 to about 250 ppm fluoride, from about 30 to about 125 ppm tannin, from about 15 to about 100 ppm phosphate and from about 5 to about 50 ppm zinc, said coating solution having a tannin to phosphate ratio in the range of at least about 1:1 to about 2:1 and a pH in the range of about 2.3 to about 2.95.

Abstract: A low pH solution and a method for conversion coating aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces, as well as the coated surfaces themselves, utilizing zirconium, fluoride and nickel and, optionally, fluorophosphate.

Abstract: A low pH solution and a method for conversion coating aluminum and aluminum alloy surfaces, as well as the coated surfaces themselves, utilizing zirconium, fluoride and nickel and, optionally, fluorophosphate.

Abstract: A stock material for producing seamless containers from a black plate base includes applying a layer of insoluble crystalline phosphate to each surface of the black plate and subsequently producing a thin film of organic lubricating material on the exposed surfaces of the phosphate layers so that a drawn and ironed container can be produced from a flat blank without the use of any additional lubricants during fabrication. The weight of the phosphate layer for each surface of the black plate base is preferably less than 100 milligrams per square foot, while the weight of lubricating film is on the order of 70 to 360 milligrams per square foot. In the preferred embodiment, the phosphate layer is preferably in the range of 20 to 35 milligrams per square foot, and the lubricant layer is on the order of 70 to 180 milligrams per square foot.

Abstract: A stock material for producing seamless containers from a black plate base includes applying a layer of insoluble crystalline phosphate to each surface of the black plate and subsequently producing a thin film of organic lubricating material on the exposed surfaces of the phosphate layers so that a drawn and ironed container can be produced from a flat blank without the use of any additional lubricants during fabrication. The weight of the phosphate layer for each surface of the black plate base is preferably less than 100 milligrams per square foot, while the weight of lubricating film is on the order of 70 to 360 milligrams per square foot. In the preferred embodiment, the phosphate layer is preferably in the range of 20 to 35 milligrams per square foot, and the lubricant layer is on the order of 70 to 180 milligrams per square foot.

Abstract: An acidic aqueous coating solution for forming on an aluminum surface a coating which is corrosion resistant and to which overlying coatings adhere excellently is disclosed. The coating solution contains compounds of zirconium and fluorine. The use of boric acid in the solution is disclosed also. The coating solution is capable of forming on an aluminum surface a uniformly colorless and clear coating so that the coated surface has the appearance of the underlying metal surface, that is, the coating can be formed without changing the appearance of the metal surface. When coating a shiny bright aluminum surface, there can be produced a coated surface having a uniformly shiny bright appearance which is maintained even after the coated surface is subjected to boiling water.