Abstract: A filter element analysis system for analyzing a filter element within a vehicle, the system including various filter sensors so as to provide information regarding various filter element parameters, a locator which configured provide vehicle position information such that conditions regarding the vehicle environment can be tracked and correlated to the location, as well as a means for transmitting information to a remote server for analysis and tracking of the filter element information with regard to environmental conditions such that a filter element status, remaining filter life, or particle load and replacement timeline can be calculated and updated so as to provide more accurate predictive models of the filter element conditions. As well as provide alerts regarding the need and scheduling of replacement or cleaning of a particular filter element.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to an active antenna system. The active antenna system comprises an antenna array wherein the antenna array comprises a plurality of sub-arrays; a plurality of feed networks configured to couple respective signals from the plurality of sub-arrays to respective radio chains; and at least one coupling path configured to provide coupling between a first feed network and a second feed network, wherein the first feed network is coupled to a first sub-array and the second feed network is coupled to a second sub-array, wherein the coupling is of a higher magnitude than a lowest magnitude of mutual aperture couplings occurring between antenna elements in the first sub-array and the second sub-array.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid compositions and formulations comprising a protein having a reduced viscosity and/or increased stability. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for reducing the viscosity and/or increasing the stability of a protein solution.

Abstract: A sensor transformation attention network (STAN) model including sensors configured to collect input signals, attention modules configured to calculate attention scores of feature vectors corresponding to the input signals, a merge module configured to calculate attention values of the attention scores, and generate a merged transformation vector based on the attention values and the feature vectors, and a task-specific module configured to classify the merged transformation vector is provided.

Abstract: A sensor transformation attention network (STAN) model including sensors, attention modules, a merge module and a task-specific module is provided. The attention modules calculate attention scores of feature vectors corresponding to the input signals collected by the sensors. The merge module calculates attention values of the attention scores, and generates a merged transformation vector based on the attention values and the feature vectors. The task-specific module classifies the merged transformation vector.

Abstract: A curing chamber for curing and drying a flat printing product printed with at least one UV-curing pigment comprising a first chamber wall which comprises a cooling surface or is a cooling surface, a second chamber wall which is opposite the first chamber wall, wherein at least one UV lamp directed onto the cooling surface is arranged on or in the second chamber wall, third and fourth chamber walls which are arranged opposite one another between the first and the second chamber walls and which each comprise an introductory slot or removal slot and/or form an appropriate slot to the first chamber wall, fifth and sixth side walls arranged opposite one another and arranged between the first and the second chamber walls, wherein a gas inlet or a gas outlet is arranged in the vicinity of the third and fourth chamber walls, and the gas inlet is an inert gas inlet.

Abstract: An ascertainment method for determining a final angle of vanes that are adjustable between an initial angle and the final angle and are part of a row of leading vanes which are arranged upstream of a row of trailing vanes of a compressor in a gas turbine, in order to prevent ice from forming in the compressor. During operation of the gas turbine, a current value of at least one process parameter is determined in a parameter ascertainment step, whereupon the final angle is defined in accordance with the value in a final-angle defining step, an aerodynamic speed being determined as the process parameter.

Abstract: A curing chamber for curing and drying a flat printing product printed with at least one UV-curing pigment, comprising a first chamber wall including a cooling surface or is a cooling surface, a second chamber wall which is opposite the first chamber wall, wherein at least one UV lamp directed onto the cooling surface is arranged on or in the second chamber wall, third and fourth chamber walls which are arranged opposite one another between the first and the second chamber walls and which each comprise an introductory slot or removal slot and/or form an appropriate slot to the first chamber wall, fifth and sixth side walls arranged opposite one another and arranged between the first and the second chamber walls, wherein a gas inlet or a gas outlet is arranged in the vicinity of the third and fourth chamber walls, and the gas inlet is an inert gas inlet.

Abstract: An assembly unit has an assembly part with an assembly side and an opposite outer side. A through opening extends from the outer side to the assembly side. A screw has a head that juts radially over the through opening on the outer side and a shank which reaches through the through opening with radial clearance. The screw has a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion disposed between the threaded portion and the head. A holder fixes the screw captively in the through opening. The holder is held axially movably in the through opening and axially movably on the non-threaded shank portion of the screw. The holder has a disk-shaped flange with a flange opening reached through by the non-threaded shank of the screw.

Abstract: A sensor transformation attention network (STAN) model including sensors configured to collect input signals, attention modules configured to calculate attention scores of feature vectors corresponding to the input signals, a merge module configured to calculate attention values of the attention scores, and generate a merged transformation vector based on the attention values and the feature vectors, and a task-specific module configured to classify the merged transformation vector is provided.

Abstract: An assembly unit has an assembly part with an assembly side and an opposite outer side. A through opening extends from the outer side to the assembly side. A screw has a head that juts radially over the through opening on the outer side and a shank which reaches through the through opening with radial clearance. The screw has a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion disposed between the threaded portion and the head. A holder fixes the screw captively in the through opening. The holder is held axially movably in the through opening and axially movably on the non-threaded shank portion of the screw. The holder has a disk-shaped flange with a flange opening reached through by the non-threaded shank of the screw.

Abstract: The invention relates to reflective optical elements for a dynamic deflection of a laser beam and to a manufacturing method for these reflective elements. It is the object of the invention to provide reflective optical elements for a dynamic deflection of laser beams which can be manufactured less expensively and which are flexible in their geometrical design so that they achieve improved properties in dynamic operation. In the reflective optical element in accordance with the invention, a surface of a base body and a plate-shaped reflective element are connected to one another in a planar manner and with material continuity by means of a solder connection.

Abstract: A ascertainment method for determining a final angle of vanes that are adjustable between an initial angle and the final angle and are part of a row of leading vanes which are arranged upstream of a row of trailing vanes of a compressor in a gas turbine, in order to prevent ice from forming in the compressor. During operation of the gas turbine, a current value of at least one process parameter is determined in a parameter ascertainment step, whereupon the final angle is defined in accordance with the value in a final-angle defining step, an aerodynamic speed being determined as the process parameter.

Abstract: A gas turbine rotor for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine rotor includes a compressor rotor shaft, a turbine rotor shaft and a coupling device frictionally connecting the two rotor shafts, wherein the coupling device is designed in such a way that the friction connection also exists when the two rotor shafts are displaced relative to one another. In this case, the turbine rotor shaft is lengthened at the end facing the compressor rotor shaft in such a way that the turbine rotor shaft overlaps with the compressor rotor shaft in the axial direction and the coupling device connects this lengthened end of the turbine shaft to the compressor rotor shaft in the radial direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to reflective optical elements for a dynamic deflection of a laser beam and to a manufacturing method for these reflective elements. It is the object of the invention to provide reflective optical elements for a dynamic deflection of laser beams which can be manufactured less expensively and which are flexible in their geometrical design so that they achieve improved properties in dynamic operation. In the reflective optical element in accordance with the invention, a surface of a base body and a plate-shaped reflective element are connected to one another in a planar manner and with material continuity by means of a solder connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to attach a shape memory alloy wire to a substrate, where the wire is mechanically attached into a 3D structure on the substrate. The present invention also relates to a device comprising a shape memory alloy wire attached to a substrate, where the wire is mechanically attached into a 3D structure on the substrate.

Abstract: A printable medium is proposed, such as can be used, for example, during the production of metal contacts for silicon solar cells which are covered with a passivation layer on a surface of a silicon substrate. A corresponding production method and a correspondingly produced solar cell are also disclosed. The printable medium contains at least one medium that etches the passivation layer and metal particles such as nickel particles, for example. By locally applying the printable medium to the passivation layer and subsequent heating, the passivation layer can be opened locally with the aid of the etching medium. As a result, the nickel particles can form a mechanical and electrical contact with the substrate surface, preferably with the formation of a nickel silicide layer. The printable medium and the production method made possible therewith are cost-effective owing to the use of nickel particles, for example, and allow both good electrical contact and avoidance of undesirable high-temperature steps.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to attach a shape memory alloy wire to a substrate, where the wire is mechanically attached into a 3D structure on the substrate. The present invention also relates to a device comprising a shape memory alloy wire attached to a substrate, where the wire is mechanically attached into a 3D structure on the substrate.

Abstract: A gas turbine rotor for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine rotor includes a compressor rotor shaft, a turbine rotor shaft and a coupling device frictionally connecting the two rotor shafts, wherein the coupling device is designed in such a way that the friction connection also exists when the two rotor shafts are displaced relative to one another. In this case, the turbine rotor shaft is lengthened at the end facing the compressor rotor shaft in such a way that said turbine rotor shaft overlaps with the compressor rotor shaft in the axial direction and the coupling device connects this lengthened end of the turbine shaft to the compressor rotor shaft in the radial direction.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide novel techniques for visualizing parameter values, such as parameter values measured in an industrial measurement process. In particular, the disclosed embodiments provide visualization techniques for re-scaling a representation of a target parameter range with respect to an overall parameter range for a parameter value. Re-scaling the representation of the target parameter range effectively provides continuous dynamic zooming for the measured parameter value. This allows for better visualization as well as providing continuous feedback to an operator of the industrial measurement process regarding the current measured parameter value, thereby facilitating faster and more accurate operation of the industrial measurement process.