Abstract: The solenoid valve device (1) comprises a duct (3, 10, 10?, 4) with an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) and in which are formed first and second valve seats (5, 6) in series with one another, each between a respective inlet chamber (8, 12) and an associated outlet duct (9, 13), and a first and second interception solenoid valve device (16, 17) associated with the first and second valve seat (5, 6) respectively, and each comprising a respective movable shutter (18; 28) cooperating with one of the said seats (5; 6) in the associated inlet chamber (8; 12). Each interception solenoid valve device (16, 17) comprises an electromagnetic control portion (35, 50; 36, 50) which includes a movable core (35, 36) the position of which is controlled by a control winding (50; 50).

Abstract: A valve (600) comprising a housing (400) having first and second sections (100, 200) engaged together, wherein one section can rotated with respect to the other section from a position wherein fluid flow through the 101 housing is prevented, to a second position wherein fluid flow through the housing is allowed, is disclosed.

Abstract: A multifunctional faucet has a dispensing faucet (2) for one or more fluids (18, 19), a supply (10) for the fluids (18, 19) and a control (5). A reader (41) is arranged associated with the housing of the dispensing faucet 2 or in another area. The reader (41) receives information sent preferably in a wireless manner and is in a form such as a transponder reader or a bar code reader. The external information is preferably transmitted by an information element such as a portable transponder, a bar code strip or the like. This information may be person-related and identify the user. This information may be evaluated and processed in a higher-level control (39) by means of a corresponding program, e.g., a personnel management program. There may be regulations concerning washing cycles in restaurants or other fields in which hygiene is critical. The compliance with these washing cycles can be checked and logged on the basis of the personal data recorded by the reader (41).

Abstract: A system for controlling fluid flow in a microfluidic circuit includes at least one microfluidic channel, and a heating element adjacent the at least one microfluidic channel, wherein when activated, the heating element boils liquid in the at least one microfluidic channel.

Abstract: [Problems] In a reduction in fluid pressure pulsation, a large space has been required for liquid expansion and a larger pressure loss has been involved. [Solving Means] A pressure pulsation reducing device has a flow path through which pressure pulsation is transmitted, an inner tube placed in the flow path and constructed so that most part of fluid flowing inside the flow path flows around the inner tube, and small holes provided in the inner tube for expelling jet flows into the flow path by a pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the inner tube. The jet flows are expelled from the inner tube to a contracted flow section provided around the outer periphery of the inner tube to reduce pressure pulsation of the contracted flow section.

Abstract: An energy attenuation device for a conduit that is adapted to convey a pressurized fluid therethrough, comprising a hose section disposed about a portion of the conduit, wherein such conduit portion is made of flexible material and is provided with at least one aperture, for example in a surface thereof, and wherein in a non-pressurized state of the conduit, the hose section rests against the portion of the conduit over essentially the entire length of such portion.

Abstract: A multilayer pipe having an inner layer of a thermoplastic polymer and a contoured, metallic barrier layer deposited thereon.

Abstract: A beverage dispenser for dispensing a carbonated beverage from a beverage source into a receptacle includes a housing defining an interior volume and having a first surface proximal to the beverage source and a second surface distal to the beverage source. The beverage dispenser further includes a conduit in fluid communication with the beverage source entering the first surface of the housing and terminating proximate the second surface of the housing. The dispenser also includes a multi-nodal flow rate controller disposed within the interior volume of said housing in contact with said conduit and a subsurface dispensing nozzle in fluid communication with the terminal end of the conduit. The flow through the conduit to the subsurface dispensing nozzle is compensated to maintain substantially hydraulic beverage flow within the conduit by adjusting the contact between the multi-nodal flow rate controller and the conduit.

Abstract: Adapters are provided for establishing fluid communication between an anesthetic agent container and an anesthetic vaporizer having a fluid port. The adapter may be mountable on the vaporizer to cooperate with the spout of an anesthetic agent container or may be mountable on an anesthetic agent container to cooperate with the fluid port of an anesthetic vaporizer to provide a sealing and/or retaining relationship therebetween.

Abstract: Adapters are provided for establishing fluid communication between an anesthetic agent container and an anesthetic vaporizer having a fluid port. The adapter may be mountable on the vaporizer to cooperate with the spout of an anesthetic agent container or may be mountable on an anesthetic agent container to cooperate with the fluid port of an anesthetic vaporizer to provide a sealing and/or retaining relationship therebetween.

Abstract: A lathe having first and second support walls that support pairs of vertical and elevated vertical guides, and having frames that support horizontal guides. Trunnions are mounted on the vertical guides and support a log peeling assembly. A structure supporting back-up powered rollers is mounted on the elevated vertical guides. First and second spindle assemblies are mounted on the horizontal guides for movement between a first working position where a log to be peeled is gripped and rotated, and a second working position where the log continues its rotation into a knife extending from the log peeling assembly to produce veneer. When a predetermined log diameter is reached the first and second spindle assemblies release and return to the first working position to grip another log, while the log being rotated continues to be peeled until it reaches a minimum core diameter.

Abstract: A passivated film on a surface of a high-alloy steel member makes it difficult to apply diffusion treatment, such as gas nitriding or gas carburizing, that forms a nitrided layer, carburized layer or carbonitrided layer on the surface of the steel member. An activating treatment method is provided for the surface of the metal member. This method is not accompanied by problems of conventional activation treatment with a halide, such as furnace deposits, furnace wall erosion and effluent gas detoxification treatment, and is useful as pretreatment for diffusion treatment. According to this method, the passivated surface of the high-alloy steel member can be activated by using a gas commonly employed in gas heat treatment, and forming HCN gas in a heating furnace while making use of catalytic action of the steel member or a surface of the furnace.

Abstract: A method of assembling aluminum alloy products, such as sheets, strips or tubes, by means of fluxless brazing, where the absence of flux is made possible by using a prior treatment resulting in formation of a conversion layer on the surface of the products. The treatment involves using a solution containing K+ and F? ions and at least one acid in a quantity such that the pH of the solution is less than 3. The inventive method enables effective flux was brazing in industrial conditions, such as a for the production of heat exchangers used in motor vehicles.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy containing 2.0 to 10 at. % zinc, 0.05 to 0.2 at. % zirconium, 0.2 to 1.50 at. % rare earth element, and the balance being magnesium and unavoidable impurities. The Mg—Zn-RE has improved strength, particularly high-temperature strength.

Abstract: A wrought aluminium AA7000-series alloy product, including (in wt %): Zn 7.5 to 14.0, Mg 1.0 to 5.0, Cu<0.28, Fe<0.6, Si<0.5, and one or more members selected from the group of: Zr<0.30, Ti<0.30, Hf<0.30, Mn<0.80, Cr<0.40, V<0.40, and Sc<0.70, remainder: incidental elements and impurities, each <0.05, total <0.15, and balance aluminium. The product has reduced hot crack sensitivity, and improved strength and toughness properties, and has a hardness of more than 180 HB in artificially aged condition.

Abstract: A composition of the invention is a high temperature shape memory alloy having high work output, and is made from (Ni+Pt+Y)xTi(100-x), wherein x is present in a total amount of 49-55 atomic %, Pt is present in a total amount of 10-30 atomic %, Y is one or more of Au, Pd, and Cu and is present in a total amount of 0 to 10 atomic %. The alloy has a matrix phase wherein the total concentration of Ni, Pt, and the one or more of Pd, Au, and Cu is greater than 50 atomic %.

Abstract: A hardening apparatus (10), comprising a heating zone (20) induction heating coiled members (12) to a hardening temperature and cooling zone (30) rapidly cooling the coiled members (12) induction heated to the hardening temperature. A carrying route (22) for carrying the coiled members (12) in the direction of arrow A (carrying direction) while the coiled members are rotating and an induction heating coil (24) for induction heating the coiled members (12) being carried on the carrying route (22) while the coiled members are rotating are disposed in the heating zone (20). The large number of coiled members (12) are placed on the carrying route (22) at specified intervals so that the longitudinal direction thereof crosses the carrying direction and carried continuously.

Abstract: A rolling/sliding member used for a toroidal continuously variable transmission according to the present invention is made of steel containing at least C: not less than 0.8 wt % and not more than 1.5 wt %, Si: not less than 0.9 wt % and not more than 2.1 wt % and Cr: not less than 2 wt % and not more than 5 wt %, and by applying surface hardening through machining to a surface whose surface hardness is set to not less than 60 HRC and not more than 64 HRC through quenching/tempering, surface compression residual stress thereof is set to not less than 700 MPa and not more than 1100 MPa. Furthermore, the amount of reduction of surface hardness when heated at 300° C. is set to not more than 1 HRC.

Abstract: Ignition means for propellant powders include at least one oxidation means, at reduction means and at least one binder, and are free from primary explosives.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generating composition comprising a fuel and an oxidizing agent and further a copper powder.

Abstract: Today, luggage has become an element of fashion. As a result, a number of designer articles of luggage can be purchased. The cost of these articles of luggage can range from less than one hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. However, adequate protection for these articles of luggage, which preserves the aesthetic features of the articles of luggage, has not been previously available. Now, a simple, cheap, easily manufacturable, and easily used cover is available for articles of luggage that both protects and preserves the aesthetic features. This cover also allows easy access to handles and works well with conventional wheeled luggage.

Abstract: I claim a decorative, protective fabric that is designed for the “Table Wrap” it can be used to protect any kind of table, surface or matter including a umbrella table, the protective coating is applied to the underside of the decorative cloth fabric leaving the exposed top surface or layer made from any combination of materials that may be used for the making of fabric cotton, cotton/linen, rayon, silk, synthetic or any combination of fabric, the protective undercoating may be applied to the underside of the decorative fabric by spraying, rolling onto,sewn into, woven into, non-solvent glue, hot glue there are many possible ways of applying a water proof or water resistant material or fabric for a protective undercoating to a decorative cloth fabric to be used for the “Table Wrap” the wrap around table cloth for a umbrella table so you can have beauty and protection for your table with an umbrella, or for any table, object or surface. The “Table Wrap” may be made with or without the protective undercoating.

Abstract: A flexible covering for preventing the accumulation of dirt and debris inside an outdoor air conditioning condenser is provided. One edge of the covering is attached to the surface of the condenser. One or more flexible tethers connect an opposite end of the covering to the condenser such that the covering lifts from the top surface of the condenser due to the flow of exhaust when the condenser operates, and descends back onto the condenser over the exhaust opening when the condenser ceases operating. The covering prevents debris from entering the condenser, and the condenser can operate efficiently without prior removal of the covering.

Abstract: The present invention is a wheel assembly having a rim with a valve aperture extending therethrough that is designed to receive a valve having a simplified a construction that can be seated directly within a tire wheel assembly to minimize the number and type of components necessary for the valve. The valve includes a main body that is positionable in a sealed and recessed or embedded configuration within the aperture in the wheel rim in communication with the interior of the tire and with a pressurized air source that is used to inflate or deflate the tire. The main body encloses a valve mechanism that includes a components situated within the main body in a manner that enables the parts to be easily removed, cleaned and/or replaced if necessary without having to remove the entire valve assembly from the wheel.

Abstract: The ground contact pressure on land portions 44 is uniformed so that drivability is improved and uneven wear is suppressed to improve wear resistance. The parts of the carcass layer 28 and belt layer 33 overlapping with the main grooves 42 are convexly curved toward the outside in the radial direction due to the internal pressure. The reinforcing layer 49 is arranged at the position spaced from the neutral axis of deformation in the compressed side in a certain distance, i.e. radially inside of the radially outermost carcass ply 30, and the steel cords 47 which extend in the direction including the tire width direction and its approximate direction and which act as supports for resisting against the compression force are embedded in the reinforcing layer. As a result, the above-mentioned curved deformation can be effectively suppressed.

Abstract: Climbing products containing rails decorated using veil products colored, patterned, painted or in combination with marking methods such as company names and logos and resin formulation designed to withstand exposure to UV radiation with minimal change in appearance which create specific appearances for applications, enhance weathering performance, and facilitate processing efficiency. A combination of a filler free resin and coated veil systems to create a synergistic weather resistance surface with self contained color, pattern, picture, logo or combination of said same for climbing products. A system for producing components. Various methods, system, a ladder rail.

Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate (1) provided with a thin-film multilayer comprising an alternation of n functional layers (3) having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, and (n+1) coatings (2, 5), where n?1, said coatings being composed of a layer or a plurality of layers (2a, 2b, 5a, 5b), characterized in that, in order to preserve the optical and/or mechanical quality of the multilayer in the case in which the substrate (1) provided with said multilayer is subjected to a heat treatment of the toughening, bending or annealing type, at least one of the functional layers (3) includes a blocker coating (4) consisting of: on the one hand, a “protection” layer made of a material capable of helping to protect the functional layer from oxidizing and/or nitriding attack, immediately in contact with said functional layer; and on the other hand, at least one “adhesion” layer made of a material capable of promoting adhesion, immediately in contact with said “protection” layer.

Abstract: A web joining apparatus, comprising: a turret arm which supports an old roll and a new roll around which band-state flexible support bodies are wound capable of drawing and is rotatable per predetermined angle; a front pasting drum provided with a holding device which holds the tip end of the band-state flexible support body of the new roll to which a double-sided joining tape is pasted on the back side of the tip end and capable of rotation at the same speed as the conveying speed of the band-state flexible support body at the joining of the band-state flexible support body; and a cutting drum provided with a cutting member with substantially the same length as the width of the band-state flexible support body, the cutting member being provided on circumferential surface and in which a projection amount from the circumferential surface is set so that only a single sheet of the band-state flexible support body can be cut off, the cutting drum being capable of rotation at the same speed as the conveying speed

Abstract: A method provides instructions for the butt seam application of a surface covering laminate material. A quantity of a surface covering laminate is provided. A portion of the quantity comprises a web material having a first side and a second side. The first side comprises an adhesive. The second side is releasably joined to a release liner material. The first side of a first portion of the surface covering laminate is disposed in contact with a target surface. The first side of a second portion is disposed in contact with the target surface. At least a part of the second portion overlaps a part of the release liner of the first portion. The release liner is removed from the second portion. The release liner is removed from the first portion of the surface covering laminate together with that part of the second portion which overlaps the first portion.

Abstract: A method of continuously impregnating a resin impregnable cured in place liner in a resin impregnation tower is provided. A cured in place liner having at least one layer of resin impregnable material is fed into the top of the tower, drawn down about a roller at the bottom, removed from the top of the tower and then wrapped with an outer impermeable coating. The tower is filled with resin at a suitable height to provide a sufficient pressure head of resin to impregnate the resin impregnable material fully. The impregnated liner is suitable for inversion or the pull-in-and-inflate method of installation. For liners formed with an inner impermeable layer, the liner is suitable for curing with steam.

Abstract: A method for forming structured or micro-structured film comprising the steps of: A. Coating a photocuring or heat-curing adhesive resin layer on a substrate layer; B. Molding or forming or imprinting a structured or micro-structured pattern including prismatic array on the adhesive resin layer by a tape die having the structured pattern preformed on the tape die; and C. Curing the photocuring or heat-curing adhesive resin layer on the substrate layer to obtain a layered film having a structured pattern surface. The structured pattern is formed on the tape, rather than on the rotary die or die roller, to prevent from sticking of the adhesive resin on the roller to prolong the service life of the production equipment and also to ensure a reliable film product quality.

Abstract: A process is described for form locking joining of two components through plastic deformation of one of the two components. In order for the tool for forming the form locking connection not to get in direct contact with the plasticized area of the joining partners, a third component between the tool and the two components to be joined through form locking is being used, which simultaneously enters into an adhesive bond with one of the two components to be joined through form locking. The thermal energy for creating the plastic state of one of the joining partners and for developing the adhesive bond is applied through electromagnetic radiation through the third component.

Abstract: A floor covering lifting and removal hand tool for lifting an edge and removing a floor covering that is secured to a floor surface. An arcuate lifting base is formed with a grip end spaced from an opposite end and optionally including load distribution flanges across the arcuate lifting base. An upwardly extending lever arm joins to the arcuate base to rotate the base. The base further incorporates a releasable clamp that captures the edge of the floor covering. Anti-slip features are incorporated about a face of the base to contact the floor covering. In operation, the lever arm is rotated to overcome the force of the bond to lift and remove the floor covering from the floor surface. The lever arm is adjustable, removable, and is optionally ratchetable for use in confined spaces near walls and corners.

Abstract: An electrically conductive first chemical solution is supplied to the back surface of a semiconductor substrate, on the front surface of which elements are formed. After starting supplying the first chemical solution, wet processing is performed by supplying an electrically conductive second chemical solution to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a chamber having a process zone. The chamber is configured to contain a substrate, an etching substance, and an antenna. The antenna is configured to activate the etching substance. The substrate includes a material formulated to be etched by the etching substance when the etching substance is activated. The apparatus also includes a transfer mechanism. The transfer mechanism is configured to move the substrate from a first position to a second position. A first portion of the substrate is disposed within the process zone and a second portion of the substrate is disposed outside the process zone when the substrate is in its first position. The first portion of the substrate is disposed outside the process zone and the second portion of the substrate is disposed inside the process zone when the substrate is in its second position. The size and geometry of the antenna can be chosen to allow the etching of a grounded substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma processing apparatus, in which parasitic plasma is not generated in a transfer chamber. The plasma processing apparatus has a load lock chamber, a transfer chamber, a processing chamber, and gate valves installed between the chambers for transferring a substrate and opening and closing openings of the chambers.

Abstract: A method of processing a for an electronic device, comprising, at least: a nitridation step (a) of supplying nitrogen radicals on the surface of the electronic device substrate, to thereby form a nitride film on the surface thereof; and a hydrogenation step (b) of supplying hydrogen radicals to the surface of the electronic device substrate. By use of this method, it is possible to recover the degradation in the electric property of an insulating film due to a turnaround phenomenon which can occur at the time of nitriding an Si substrate, etc.

Abstract: A tyre building drum having a central shaft; two cylindrical half-drums mounted to slide along the central shaft; and a telescopic central body coaxial with the two half-drums, connecting the two half-drums, and having a tubular central member integral with the central shaft, two tubular end members integral with the respective half-drums, and an intermediate segment interposed between the tubular central member and each tubular end member; each end member is defined by the union of two semicircular end half-members connected rigidly to the half-drum by a number of first releasable fastening devices; and each intermediate segment is defined by the union of two semicircular intermediate half-segments connected rigidly to the central member by a number of second releasable fastening devices.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus and a laminating method for finely finishing laminate processing without performing edge processing after the laminate processing is performed to a recording medium. A laminate material having a size larger than that of the recording medium is placed to cover the recording medium, bonded with heat and pressure, and a laminate layer protruding from the recording medium is transferred to a means to be transferred to, which is arranged on an opposite plane side to a recording plane of the recording medium. When the means to be transferred to is arranged apart on the opposite plane side to the recording medium, the laminate layer is pulled into the opposite plane side to the recording medium. As a result, an edge of the laminate layer formed on the recording plane of the recording medium becomes fine, matching with an edge of the recording medium.

Abstract: A flameless evaporator for vaporizing a liquid, comprising a tank for receiving the liquid to be vaporized thereinto; a manifold disposed in the tank for the flow of hot gas therethrough, the manifold having an inlet for the supply of the hot gas and an outlet for the discharge of the hot gas from the manifold; an inlet into the tank for the supply of the liquid thereinto for thermal contact with the manifold for heating and vaporizing the liquid; and a vapour outlet for the discharge of the vapour from the tank.

Abstract: A multistage evaporation system is proposed in which the first evaporator (1) is heated via a jet wet washer (33) with superheated, air-containing waste steam, for example of a drier. The product vapor of the first evaporator stage (1) is fed via a mechanical compressor (67) to a second evaporator stage (3) for heating. The compressor (67) ensures firstly a lowering of the dew point in the evaporator space of the first evaporator stage (1) and secondly a temperature increase of the product vapor fed to the second evaporator stage (3) for heating.

Abstract: A ladder drum for selectively positioning the slats of a horizontal blind assembly of the type incorporating tape ladders and string ladders and mounting to a control rod having a non-circular cross-sectional configuration comprises an elongated body having an exterior wall defining a substantially hollow interior. The exterior wall further defines a top body portion and a bottom body portion. The top body portion has one end open and an opposite end closed by a pin wall. The body further defines a longitudinal axis therethrough. The exterior wall of the body defines a longitudinal slot therealong in the top body portion wherein the slot has an open end at the open end of the top body portion for receiving the tape ladder and the string ladder. The exterior wall also defines a notch for receiving the string ladder. The bottom body portion defines a longitudinal recess for receiving the control rod therein.

Abstract: The process for the production of crepe paper by adhesive bonding of a paper web with the aid of an adhesive comprising (i) polyethyleneimine having a molar mass Mw of from 50 000 to 2 million, (ii) reaction products of polyethyleneimine having a molar mass Mw of from 500 to 1 million with at least one C14- to C22-alkyldiketene, a monocarboxylic acid, an ester of a monocarboxylic acid or an acid chloride of a monocarboxylic acid and/or (iii) reaction products of polyalkylenepolyamines having a molar mass of from 300 to 1 million with at least one bischlorohydrogen ether or bisglycidyl ether of a polyalkylene glycol having a molecular weight MN of from 300 to 3000 to a creping cylinder, compression and removal of the crepe paper, as well as the use of the adhesives (i) to (iii) as creping assistants.

Abstract: An improved method of controlling build-up of adhesive coating on a Yankee drying cylinder preferably includes intermittently: (a) increasing the add-on rate of resinous adhesive to the drying cylinder substantially above the steady-state add-on rate; (b) segregating the absorbent sheet product produced while the add-on rate of resinous adhesive to the drying cylinder is elevated above the steady-state add-on rate from absorbent sheet product accumulated during steady-state operation; and (c) while the add-on rate of resinous adhesive to the drying cylinder is increased above the steady-state add-on rate, stripping at least a portion of the adhesive coating from the drying cylinder with a cleaning doctor.

Abstract: When a powder-sintered laminated resin model of powdery resin fabricated according to sintering/laminating shaping technique is applied to lost wax precision casting, casting products have rough finished surface causing a marked drop of commercial value. Thus, there is provided a method for smoothing the porous uneven surface of powder-sintered laminated resin model, comprising a resin impregnation step of dipping the powder-sintered laminated resin model (A) in a two-pack reaction hardening type urethane resin solution (B) with work time of 1 to 5 minutes and viscosity of 7 to 30 Pas and effecting pressure reduction so as to impregnate the surface of the resin model (A) with the two-pack reaction hardening type urethane resin solution (B) and a resin hardening step of updrawing the powder-sintered laminated resin model (A) having been impregnated with the two-pack reaction hardening type urethane resin solution (B) from the two-pack reaction hardening type urethane resin solution (B) and hardening the same.

Abstract: A metal alloy is heated to a molten state and then poured into a shallow shot chamber defined by a shot sleeve and a shot piston of a vertical die cast press. A homogenizing member having L-shape arms projecting outwardly from a vertical shaft is inserted into the molten metal, and the shaft and arms are simultaneously rotated and orbited by a six axes robot for moving more solidified semi-solid metal cooled by the shot sleeve and shot piston into a more liquified semi-solid metal within a central portion of the shot chamber to form a homogenizing slurry. The force required to move the homogenizing member is used to determine the solid fraction of the slurry and to stop the homogenizing process after a predetermined force is detected. A hydraulic cylinder actuates the piston to transfer the semi-solid slurry upwardly from the shot chamber into a die cavity.

Abstract: A mold, or die is easily and conveniently maintainable, includes releasably retained parts and permits access and removal of mold parts or elements that may need maintenance, repair or replacement without removal of the mold or die from a die casting machine.

Abstract: A seal for a continuous casting furnace having a melting chamber with a mold therein for producing a metal cast includes a passage between the melting chamber and external atmosphere. As the cast moves through the passage, the cast outer surface and the passage inner surface define therebetween a reservoir for containing liquid glass or other molten material to prevent the external atmosphere from entering the melting chamber. Particulate material fed into the reservoir is melted by heat from the cast to form the molten material. The molten material coats the cast as it moves through the passage and solidifies to form a coating to protect the hot cast from reacting with the external atmosphere. Preferably, the mold has an inner surface with a cross-sectional shape to define a cross-sectional shape of the cast outer surface whereby these cross-sectional shapes are substantially the same as a cross-sectional shape of the passage inner surface.

Abstract: The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a die casting apparatus and method evidencing increased apparatus output including the ability of using multiple die tools. The invention includes an indexing assembly removably engaged with at least one die block assembly for transporting between four stations, including an injection station, a cooling station, an ejection station, and a recovery station. The injection station includes a frame, a clamp assembly attached to the frame for clamping and releasing the die block assembly, a shot sleeve assembly engaged with the die block assembly for receiving molten material, such as metal, from a furnace means and injecting the molten material into the die block assembly, and a shot cylinder releasably coupled with the shot sleeve assembly for controlling the injection of molten material.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device, comprises a base, a base element positioned within the base, and at least one heat exchange component mounted on the base. The at least one heat exchange component comprises at least one porous foam component (e.g., a metallized foam or a carbon foam), at least one fiber plate (e.g., comprising carbon fibers) and/or at least one corrugated metal element (e.g., comprising aluminum or copper). The device can further comprise at least one sliver (e.g., comprising diamond or carbon fiber). The device can further comprise at least one heat transfer piece (e.g., of diamond) positioned within the base. There is also provided a method of dissipating heat, comprising passing fluid, e.g., air, across at least one heat exchange component of such a device.