Abstract: A system for synchronizing lighting to music, comprising a projector having at least one light source for projecting light onto a surface, an I/O interface having a receiver for receiving a music audio signal and a processor in communication with the projector and the I/O interface The processor has an associated memory including instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the processor, perform the steps of acquiring the music audio signal from the I/O interface and modifying in real-time at least one parameter of the at least one light source based on at least one parameter of the music audio signal. In use the light projected by the at least one light source illuminates the surface in synchronization with the music audio signal.

Abstract: A system for synchronizing lighting to music, comprising a projector having at least one light source for projecting light onto a surface, an I/O interface having a receiver for receiving a music audio signal and a processor in communication with the projector and the I/O interface The processor has an associated memory including instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the processor, perform the steps of acquiring the music audio signal from the I/O interface and modifying in real-time at least one parameter of the at least one light source based on at least one parameter of the music audio signal. In use the light projected by the at least one light source illuminates the surface in synchronization with the music audio signal.

Abstract: To enable the operation of a cement manufacturing installation to be controlled by taking into account changes in essential operating parameters as soon as they appear, the quantity of the total theoretical heat (QT) required to convert the raw material to clinker is calculated by applying correcting coefficients to the quantity of a predetermined total nominal heat (QTO) corresponding to nominal values imposed by parameters (K1, K2, . . . Kn) characteristic of the raw material, of the fuel, of the clinker and of the operation of the installation, the correcting coefficients taking into account differences between the nominal values and measured values of said parameters. The quantity of the theoretical heat (QF) to be supplied to the kiln is calculated by deducting the quantity of heat (QP) supplied to the precalcination chamber from the quantity of total theoretical heat (QT).

Abstract: To optimize the operation of an installation for the manufacture of clinker, which installation comprises a rotary tubular kiln having an open discharge end for the clinker produced in the kiln, a cooler for the clinker connected to the discharge end, a hood covering the open discharge end and the cooler, hot clinker falling from the open discharge end into the cooler in a downward direction and cooling air passing in the cooler through the hot clinker and heated by the hot clinker, and a burner mounted in the hood and extending into the open discharge end of the rotary tubular kiln, the calorific energy radiated by the falling hot clinker is measured across the atmosphere of the hood to establish a control value, the measured control value is compared with a predetermined reference value for the radiated calorific energy, and at least one operating parameter of the installation is controlled in response to the difference between the control and reference values.

Abstract: To permit a method of controlling the cooling of a cast product in a continuous casting installation to be effected at the beginning of casting, it is proposed to calculate periodically the value of the quantity of cooling water delivered at the start of casting to one of the cooling sections between the moments when an end of the cast product enters and leaves the one cooling section, the latter value being calculated by integrating the values of the quantities of cooling water calculated for the elements in the one cooling section and a fictitious portion of the cast product occupying a part of this one section between a downstream end thereof and the end of the cast product, said fictitious portion having a fictitious age determined as a function of the position of said portion in the casting installation and a fictitious extraction speed equal to the average of the average extraction speeds of the fictitious elements of the cast product in the one cooling section.

Abstract: The cooling of a cast steel slab in a continuous casting installation is controlled by dividing the cast product into successive fictitious elements and periodically calculating the water flow values of the cooling water delivered to the successive cooling sections in the secondary cooling zone of the installation as a function of the age of the elements in these sections. The quantity of heat extracted in the mold is taken into account by periodically determining the water flow values in the different zones by means of a computer on the basis of a first curve giving the variations of the quantity of heat extracted from a unitary mass of the cast product as a function of the time while the cast product passes from the point of emergence from the mold to at least the zone of solidification, and a second curve giving the variations of the surface temperature of the cast product during this passage as a function of time.