Abstract: A fastener testing system includes a vibration testing apparatus including a test station and a preparation station. The preparation station is configured to have a plurality of test pieces sequentially assembled therein. The test station is configured to sequentially receive and vibrate each assembled test pieces of the plurality of test pieces.

Abstract: A measuring device for determining density, mass flow rate and/or viscosity of a flowable medium includes: an oscillator including at least one oscillatable measuring tube for conveying the medium, and having at least one oscillatory mode, whose eigenfrequency depends on density of the medium; an exciter for exciting the oscillatory mode; at least one oscillation sensor for registering oscillations of the oscillator; and an operating-evaluating circuit, which is adapted to supply the exciter with an excitation signal, to register signals of the oscillation sensor, based on the signals of the oscillation sensor to ascertain current values of the eigenfrequency of the oscillator as well as variations of the eigenfrequency, and to determine a value characterizing density variations of the medium, wherein the value depends on a function, which is proportional to the variation of the eigenfrequency and has an eigenfrequency dependent normalization.

Abstract: A method for aligning a workpiece in a working space of a machine tool having a numerical control system uses a probe. 3D models of the working space, probe, and workpiece are virtually displayed. The workpiece is positioned in the working space and the virtual workpiece is positioned in the virtual working space so that there is an initial coincidence between positions thereof. The probe is manually positioned relative to the workpiece, wherein a planned probing point and probing direction are selected based on a minimum distance of the virtual probe from the virtual workpiece, and are displayed. Enabling of the probing is based on quality of the planned probing point, and, when enabled, a probing operation is triggered, and coordinates of a probing point are determined. The position of the workpiece is recalculated using these coordinates, and the position of the virtual workpiece is updated.

Abstract: A battery housing for an electric vehicle includes a cover, a body, and a seal. The body is secured to the cover and includes a first edge section and a second edge section secured to and overlapping the first edge section. The seal is engaged with the cover and includes a channel receiving the first and second edge sections of the body. The first and second edge sections of the body are engaged with the seal within the channel.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus can be used to reduce noise in motor assemblies, such as those used in architectural coverings. An example apparatus includes a first driver configured to be coupled to and rotated by an output shaft of a motor, a second driver, and a plurality of vibration-absorbers disposed between the first driver and the second driver. The second driver is configured to be coupled to a rotating member to transfer rotational motion from the first driver to the rotating member via the vibration-absorbers.

Abstract: In order to accelerate the determination of optimal conditions for culturing of a particular biological organism (14), an apparatus (1) and a corresponding method are proposed, with which, with the aid of a computer and autonomously, i.e. without any human involvement, it is possible to determine an optimized composition of a culture medium (3) and, if appropriate, additional optimized active factors that promote culturing of the organism (14). By this approach, it is possible within a very short time to determine the optimized composition of the culture medium (3) for a specific biological organism (14) in an automated manner or, for example, an optimized ratio of at least two organisms (14a, 14b) that are to be cultured together.

Abstract: Example motor assemblies for architectural coverings are described herein. An example architectural covering assembly includes an architectural covering movable between an upper limit position, a lower limit position, and a transition limit position between the upper limit position and the lower limit position. The example architectural covering assembly also includes a motor, a consumer touchpoint, and an architectural covering controller. In response to detecting a first gesture at the consumer touchpoint, the architectural covering controller is to activate the motor to move the architectural covering to the transition limit position and stop, and in response to detecting a second gesture at the consumer touchpoint, different from the first gesture, the architectural covering controller is to activate the motor to move the architectural covering through the transition limit position and to the upper limit position or the lower limit position.

Abstract: An air vehicle control system (1) and method for operation of one or more air vehicles, AVs, (2) flying along flight routes (FR) assigned to the air vehicles, AVs, (2) by said air control system (1) according to a calculated flight route plan, FRP, within a predefined airspace, wherein an air flight guarding control unit (3) integrated in the air vehicle, AV, (2) is adapted to intervene automatically with flight controls of the air vehicle, AV, (2) on the basis of a monitored flight status of the air vehicle, AV, (2) such that the air vehicle, AV, (2) is kept during a flight movement within three-dimensional confines or boundaries of the assigned flight route (FR) and collisions with other air vehicles, AVs, (2) or with other obstacles are avoided.

Abstract: An inlay for a flask comprising a bottom portion, a side portion, an intermediate portion, and a baffle element. The bottom portion comprises a downward-facing or downward-and-outwardfacing first surface for abutting a bottom inner surface of the flask. The side portion comprises an outer surface for abutting a side inner surface of the flask, wherein the outer surface faces outwards with respect to a vertical reference line intersecting the inlay. The intermediate portion mechanically connects the bottom portion and the side portion. The baffle element extends away from the bottom portion, from the side portion, and/or from the intermediate portion for extending into an inner volume of the flask. An inner angle between the first surface and the outer surface is at least 50°, wherein the inner angle refers to an angle on the side of the vertical reference line in a vertical cross section through the inlay. The inlay comprises a first flexible material adapted to allow for bending said side portion inwards.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain macrocyclic compounds of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease associated with and/or caused by proteasome or immunoproteasome, selected from a cancer, an infectious disease, an inflammatory disease, and autoimmune disease.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure relate to apparatus, systems, and methods of using a transfer chamber. In one or more implementations, gaseous impurities are reduced in a transfer chamber. In one implementation, a method includes receiving user input via a user interface indicating for the substrate processing system to conduct, according to a set of parameters, a service recovery operation that includes, for each cycle of a quantity of pump-purge cycles, operating a vacuum pump according to a base pressure to reduce a quantity of gas in the transfer chamber, then directing a purge gas to the transfer chamber according to a backfill pressure. The method also includes, after the cycles are complete, directing the purge gas into the transfer chamber until a threshold pressure is satisfied, and providing an indication via the user interface that the operation is complete.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing conditioned cue preference in an animal such as a fruit fly are described.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for analyzing conditioned cue preference in an animal such as a fruit fly are described.

Abstract: Described herein is a coupling device configured to be mechanically coupled to a cap of a container to be in a coupled configuration. Also described herein are a corresponding method and a corresponding system. In one embodiment, the coupling device is used in combination with a crop protection spray system. The coupling device includes a single probe and a first and a second mechanical mechanism. The first and the second mechanical mechanisms are independent from each other. The first mechanism allows drawing the cap and the container towards the coupling device thereby sealing and locking the cap and the coupling device into a desired position. The second mechanism facilitates actually moving the probe thereby lifting the probe with the closure insert into the container. The coupling device may be embodied as a first, second and third tube which are arranged concentrically.

Abstract: Animal sensing systems and methods are described. An animal sensing system can include an input section with an entrance and an output section having at least two output paths each having its own exit. An animal can enter the animal sensing system through the entrance. A sensor within a sensing area of the input section can detect one or more characteristics of the animal, and can communicate the detected characteristic(s) to a central processing unit. The central processing unit can use the received data to classify the animal based on the detected characteristic(s), and then control a directional guide, such as a gate, in the animal sensing system on the basis of the classification, so as to direct the animal within the animal sensing system, such as to allow access to only one of the output paths at a time. The animal may thus be allowed to exit the animal sensing system through only one output path, directing the animal to a desired location based on the classification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container with a side wall of plastic encloses a container volume. Horizontally oriented grooves spaced vertically apart from one another are formed in the side wall, and the grooves include first grooves for stiffening the side wall. The first grooves have a first groove depth and are configured such that a projection protruding into the enclosed container volume is formed in the inner surface of the side wall. The grooves also include second grooves having a second groove depth. The first groove depth is greater than the second groove depth. The first and second grooves are arranged such that at least one second groove is in each case arranged in the vertical direction between two first grooves. The subvolumes enclosed by two horizontal planes, which are defined by two adjacent grooves, and the side wall are in each case identical.

Abstract: Animal sensing systems and methods are described. An animal sensing system can include an input section with an entrance and an output section having at least two output paths each having its own exit. An animal can enter the animal sensing system through the entrance. A sensor within a sensing area of the input section can detect one or more characteristics of the animal, and can communicate the detected characteristic(s) to a central processing unit. The central processing unit can use the received data to classify the animal based on the detected characteristic(s), and then control a directional guide, such as a gate, in the animal sensing system on the basis of the classification, so as to direct the animal within the animal sensing system, such as to allow access to only one of the output paths at a time. The animal may thus be allowed to exit the animal sensing system through only one output path, directing the animal to a desired location based on the classification.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing an organosilicon component from a mixture are disclosed. The method and apparatus employ a copolymer of a di-alkenyl functional aromatic hydrocarbon and a polyorganosiloxane as the sorbent.

Abstract: Methods of analyzing cardiac and/or pulmonary activity of an animal involving the use of video under infrared illumination, and systems for monitoring cardiac and/or pulmonary activity of an animal, are described.

Abstract: A method comprises: splitting laser light into sample light, reference light, and monitor light; routing the reference light into a reference arm of an OCT interferometer; routing the monitor light into a monitor device, which generates at least one optical monitor signal representing at least one time-dependent property of the monitor light; generating at least one electric monitor signal from the at least one optical monitor signal; illuminating in a point-shaped manner a sample with sample light, wherein the illumination point is guided on the surface of the sample along a predetermined trajectory; superimposing the light scattered by the sample with the reference light emerging from the reference arm to generate an electric OCT signal; wherein the at least one electric monitor signal and the electric OCT signal are AD-converted in alternating sequence, in each case equidistantly in time, to form a single digital data stream.