Abstract: A device for examining and/or treating a sample includes a dispensing unit for dispensing the sample into a sample holder comprising a plurality of wells. Each well has an opening and a base area. The device further includes an optical examining unit, a removal unit for removing the sample from the sample holder and, and a receptacle for moving the sample holder into different work positions within a work region delimited by a respective well. In a respective work position, the optical examining unit, the dispensing unit, and the removal unit are positioned within the work region coaxially on two opposite sides of the sample holder along an optical axis of the optical examining unit. The base area of each respective well is transparent such that an optical capture of the sample is implemented through the base area.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a non-aqueous liquid foul release coating composition for controlling aqueous biofouling on man-made objects comprising a moisture curable polysiloxane comprising repeating units of according to formula (I) as described in the application and at least one terminal or pendant group of according to formula (II) as described in the application; and at least one of a marine biocide or a non-volatile component comprising units selected from hydrocarbyl, heterocarbyl, halocarbyl, ether, ester, amide, ketone, siloxane, urethane or urea groups. Embodiments herein further relate to a substrate coated with such coating composition and to processes of use of such coating compositions to control aquatic biofouling of a man-made object.

Abstract: A system for generating acoustic ultrasonic vibration, with a generator for generating an alternating voltage (U) with a frequency f and converter for converting the alternating voltage into acoustic ultrasonic vibration, with a control device, which captures the vibration amplitude (Aist) of the ultrasonic vibration and compares said vibration amplitude with a desired vibration amplitude (Asoil) and changes a manipulated variable with the goal of bringing the captured vibration amplitude (Aist) closer to the desired vibration amplitude (Asoil). The generator has a frequency control module with a frequency control input. The frequency control module defines, in accordance with a signal present at the frequency control input, the frequency (f) of the alternating voltage (U) to be generated. A system which at least mitigates the mentioned disadvantages, allows higher processing speeds and associated abrupt load changes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tie-coat composition comprising one or more binder polymers obtainable by copolymerizing a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, wherein the tie-coat composition provides a tie-coat with good dry adhesion, freshwater adhesion and saltwater adhesion to topcoats based on resins with condensable silane groups such as polydiorganosiloxane resins with hydrolysable groups or organic resins with terminal and/or pendant alkoxysilyl groups. The present disclosure further relates to a process for controlling aquatic fouling on a surface of a man-made object comprising applying such tie-coat composition and a topcoat composition, and to a substrate coated with a tie-coat layer deposited from such tie-coat composition and a topcoat layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing element for processing a material, such as, e.g. a sonotrode or an anvil, having a substantially cylindrical or cylinder-segment-shaped carrier surface which is intended to come into contact with the material during processing, the processing element being provided to be rotated about its longitudinal axis during processing, so that the carrier surface moves in a circumferential direction and rolls on the material to be processed, wherein at least one structural element is arranged on the carrier surface, which structural element protrudes in a radial direction beyond the carrier surface, wherein the structural element has a top surface which is intended to come into contact with the material to be processed.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a gatherable material, wherein the material consists of at least two material web sections and one thread positioned between the material web sections, wherein the apparatus has a tool with a sealing surface and a counter-tool with a counter-sealing surface, wherein the tool and the counter-tool are arranged relative to one another such that the material web sections and the thread are guided through a gap formed by the tool and counter-tool, wherein the tool and/or the counter-tool has a groove for receiving the thread, wherein the groove is orientated in a feed direction divides the sealing or counter-sealing surface into partial sealing surfaces, and has a groove base and two side walls, wherein the side walls connect the groove base to the partial sealing surfaces, and at least one of the partial sealing surfaces has a flank which slopes down towards the groove base.

Abstract: A method for producing a gatherable material comprising the steps of: a) providing two material web sections and a thread in between, b) providing processing device having a tool with a sealing surface and a counter-tool with a counter-sealing surface, the tool and the counter-tool being arranged relative to one another such that a gap is formed in between, the tool and/or the counter-tool having a groove for guiding the thread, c) passing the web sections and the thread through the gap, so that the two material web sections are welded together at two connecting surfaces, the thread being arranged between the two connecting surfaces such that there is a positive connection between the thread and the material web sections, a cross-section of the thread relative to a cross-section of the groove being selected such that an outer section of the thread is also welded to the material web sections.

Abstract: Cover element for forming a floating covering for a liquid tank, comprising a housing (1a, 1b) having a first longitudinal coupling profile (2) and a second longitudinal coupling profile (3), as a result of which two adjacent housings (1 a, 1 b) may be coupled to one another by means of hook hinge profiles (2a, 3a) at the bottom and top coupling profiles (2b, 3b) and a locking profile (7). The end faces of the housings (1a, 1c) are provided with a transverse coupling profile (10) which is configured to cooperate with a sliding coupling profile (9) which is slid over the transverse coupling profiles of both adjacent housings. In this configuration, the cover elements are coupled to one another by a coupling construction that does not protrude beyond the main planes (4a, 4b) of the cover elements, as a result of which the surface of the entire floating roof is smooth, resulting in a substantial reduction in the accumulation of dirt etc. on the roof due to the absence of the vertical coupling flanges.

Abstract: A sonotrode or ultrasonic welding apparatus for ultrasonically processing a material, including a sealing surface adapted to contact the material to be processed, a rear surface opposite to the sealing surface, and a circumferential lateral surface connecting the sealing surface to the rear surface, the lateral surface having two side surfaces arranged substantially parallel to each other and two end surfaces arranged substantially parallel to each other. In order to provide a sonotrode or ultrasonic welding apparatus for processing a material, which at least reduces damage to the material and at the same time does not impair the production speed, it is proposed that the sealing surface has a convexly curved inlet section which adjoins the lateral surface, and wherein the sealing surface has a coating at least in a section.

Abstract: A counter-element for processing a material by means of ultrasound, the counter-element having a sealing surface, the sealing surface having a welding portion which is at least partially concavely curved. The sealing surface has a feed-in portion which is arranged adjoining the weld portion and is either not curved or is concavely curved with a radius of curvature that is larger than the radius of curvature of the welding portion.

Abstract: The cutting of fibrous material which does not melt easily is effected to avoid the unravelling of cut edges, using ultrasonic or laser beam techniques. The method includes (a) applying a thermoplastic powder material to the cutting region, and (b) applying thermal shock to the localised area, sufficient to destroy the fibres of the material, and melt the powder on either side of the cut, and (c) pressing the cut edges while the fused thermoplastic powder is still soft. Woven or non-woven fabrics have tendency to unravel, after cutting, and normally require a sewn hem. The method of the invention disposes of the sewn hem, and provides a thermo-cutting technique applicable to non-fusible or non-thermoplastic fibres.

Abstract: A substrate comprises glass, sapphire, silicon and/or aluminosilicate, and has at least one recess or through-opening. The at least one recess or through-opening is formed by anisotropic removal of substrate material by etching a portion of the substrate that has been modified by a pulse of laser radiation in a direction of a thickness of the substrate. The modified portion of the substrate extends along a beam axis of the laser radiation. The pulse of laser radiation was applied with a focus extending from a first focal depth positioned past one side of the substrate to a second focal depth located at an opposite side of the substrate.

Abstract: A device for modifying a region of a substrate includes a laser radiation source for pulsed laser radiation. A transmissive medium having a higher intensity-dependent refraction index than air is arranged between a laser machining head and the substrate such that an individual pulse of the pulsed laser radiation from the laser machining head is deflected through the transmissive medium and across a thickness of the substrate from an original focal depth to a focal depth different from the original focal depth to modify the substrate along a beam axis of the laser radiation in a region of a recess or through-opening to be formed in the substrate without removing an amount of the substrate material necessary to form the recess or through-opening. A length between the focal depths is greater than and extends across the thickness of the substrate.

Abstract: Use of a laser-activatable component in a composition and/or use of a composition that includes the laser-activatable component, during laser transfer printing, characterized in that the laser-activatable component is activated by laser irradiation during use in such a way that the viscosity and/or the elasticity and/or the tack of the composition increase(s) due to an increase in temperature of the composition, wherein the laser-activatable component is a polymer made up of the groups comprising polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylate, polyester, or copolymers of these polymers or blends.

Abstract: A method produces a composite from a conductive structure, a carrier made of non-conductive carrier material made from thermosetting plastic, and at least one electronic component by laser radiation. The non-conductive carrier material having an additive, which is configured to subsequently form a catalytically active species in an electroless metallization bath by irradiation with the laser radiation. The method includes: forming the conductive structure being by irradiation using pulsed laser radiation having a pulse duration of less than 100 picoseconds and subsequent electroless metallization. A pulse repetition rate is set such that consecutive pulses of the pulsed laser radiation in an area of the additive to be activated or an additive area are diverted mutually overlapping onto the additive or the additive area.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a device, comprising: a laser machining head configured to deflect laser radiation onto an optical system comprising a substrate, the device being configured to carry out a method for separating the substrate using the optical system, the optical system being configured to provide the laser radiation, a thickness of the substrate not exceeding 2 mm in a region of a separating line, the method comprising: applying pulsed laser radiation having a pulse duration (t) to a substrate material of the substrate using the optical system, the substrate material being transparent at least in part to a laser wavelength of the pulsed laser radiation, the pulsed laser radiation being focused using the optical system at an original focal depth (f1), an intensity of the pulsed laser radiation leading to a modification of the substrate along a beam axis (Z) of the pulsed laser radiation.

Abstract: A heterogeneous multi-core integrated circuit comprising two or more processors, at least one of the processors being a general purpose CPU and at least one of the processors being a specialized hardware processing engine, the processors being connected by a processor local bus on the integrated circuit, wherein the general purpose CPU is configured to generate a first instruction for an atomic operation to be performed by a second processor, different from the general purpose CPU, the first instruction comprising an address of the second processor and a first command indicating a first action to be executed by the second processor, and transmit the first instruction to the second processor over the processor local bus. The first command may include the first action, or may be a descriptor of the first action or a pointer to where the first action may be found in a memory.

Abstract: Device, system and method to monitor user breathing patterns utilizing posture and diaphragm (breathing) sensor signals. The user worn device comprises a housing attached to a retractable belt that is worn around the user's trunk. The housing contains both posture and breathing sensors. The device monitors the output signals of these sensors and measures the state of both the user's posture and diaphragm (e.g. changes in the belt's length or force on the belt as a function of user breathing) to analyze breathing signals. The system's processor receives, processes, and transmits sensor signal data, and can also calibrate and interpret these signals utilizing various algorithms. In a preferred embodiment, the posture sensor is an accelerometer, and the retractable belt winds around a spring tensioned spool in the device's housing. The software can produce posture adjusted user respiration data, and can also be used for breath training and other purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tie-coat composition comprising one or more binder polymers obtainable by copolymerizing a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the one or more binder polymers comprising pendant curable alkoxysilyl functional groups of general formula (I) —X-L-Si(R1)n(OR2)(3-n) (I) wherein L is a hydrocarbon linker group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X is a heteroatom other than a sulphur atom, n is 0, 1, or 2; R1 is an alkyl radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 is an alkyl radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an alkylalkoxy radical with 2 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein in at least 5 mole % of the curable alkoxysilyl functional groups comprised in the one or more binder polymers the hydrocarbon linker group L is a methyldiyl group (L1) and in at least 5 mole % of the curable alkoxysilyl functional groups comprised in the one or more binder polymers the hydrocarbon linker group L is a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms (L2), wherein the tie-coat composition does not comprise a cros

Abstract: Techniques for block storage using a hybrid memory device are described. In at least some embodiments, a hybrid memory device includes a volatile memory portion, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The hybrid memory device further includes non-volatile memory portion, such as flash memory. In at least some embodiments, the hybrid memory device can be embodied as a non-volatile dual in-line memory module, or NVDIMM. Techniques discussed herein employ various functionalities to enable the hybrid memory device to be exposed to various entities as an available block storage device.