Abstract: A method of casting a thin strip is disclosed. The method includes assembling a pair of side dams adjacent end portions of counter-rotating casting rolls through which a strip of metal can be cast to permit a casting pool of molten metal to be formed supported by the casting surfaces of the casting rolls, assembling an angular actuator connected to a side dam at an angle urging the side dam toward the casting pool with a hold down force component urging the side dam downwardly, assembling a metal delivery system above the casting rolls delivering molten metal to form a casting pool supported on the casting surfaces of the casting rolls above the nip and confined by the pair of side dams, and counter-rotating the casting rolls such that the casting surfaces of the casting rolls each travel inwardly to produce a cast strip downwardly from the nip.

Abstract: There is described a novel orbital implant having a smooth but macroporous outer surface, the said implant containing an integral resorbable platform for guided ocular muscle re-attachment.

Abstract: There is described a novel orbital implant having a smooth but macroporous outer surface, the said implant containing an integral resorbable platform for guided ocular muscle re-attachment.

Abstract: A device for supporting a glass panel (80), the device comprising an anchor member (50) and a mounting member (60) having a first portion (30) and a second portion (62), the first portion (30) being adapted (34) for adjustably mounting the mounting member (60) relative to the anchor member (50), and the second portion (62) being adapted to receive a portion of the glass panel (80), the second portion (62) having a means (14, 24) for locking the glass panel (80) to the mounting member (60).

Abstract: A porous carrier having interconnected porosity is loaded with drug or other material for controlled release of the drug or other material.

Abstract: A dispersion is made up of water refractory particles and material for forming pores and a polymeric dispersion. A water sensitive destabilising agent is added to increase the viscosity of the mix and cause it to solidify to form a green body which is removed from a mould and then heated and sintered.

Abstract: A ceramic paste composition containing a liquid carrier, ceramic particles, a binder and a dispersant additionally contains a cushioning agent so that it may be extruded at a low extrusion pressure, i.e. below about 0.04 MPa. The cushioning agent is in the form of particles which have a bulk modulus of elasticity of from about 0.1 MPa to about 4 MPa.

Abstract: The present invention provides a saline solution containing elongated trough which is mounted at the end portions of four non-electrically conducting posts. The trough has an ingress funnel arrangement designed to restrict the thrashing of to-be-electrically stunned birds and an elongated grid having a portion immersed in the solution and a downstream portion out of the solution. The four posts extend upwardly and terminate in threaded portions. A frame carriage is provided which has four corners and at the four corners are suitably mounted driven gears with internal bores and threads adapted to engagingly rotate about the threaded portions of the posts. The carriage is suitably affixed to a conventional I-beam to which is movingly mounted a conventional endless cable and spaced shackle system for conveying upside down birds.