Abstract: A ball screw (7, 24), having a threaded nut (10, 26) which is arranged on a threaded spindle (8, 28) and having a stop (43) for the circumferential abutment of the threaded nut (10, 26) in its stop position provided on the threaded spindle (8, 28), wherein the stop (43) has a first stop surface (47) assigned to the threaded nut (10, 26) and has a second stop surface (48) which is provided for abutting against the first stop surface (47) and which is assigned to the threaded spindle (8, 28), and, in the stop position, an axial overlap of the first stop surface (47) with the second stop surface (48) is provided, which overlap amounts to between 20% and 85% of the pitch of the threaded spindle (8, 28).

Abstract: A multi-cycle ball screw comprises a screw, a nut, a plurality of balls and circulating caps. The screw is provided with at least two screw helical grooves in an outer surface thereof. The nut is provided with nut helical grooves opposite to the screw helical grooves. The balls are disposed between the helical grooves of the screw and the nut. Each circulating cap is provided with a circulating groove having an opening at both ends thereof and a guiding portion between the two openings. The circulating caps are connected to two points of one screw helical groove by two openings thereof while the guiding portion thereof crosses over the other screw helical groove. By repeating this cooperation method, a multi-cycle ball screw can be formed.

Abstract: A system for controlling a transfer of torque from an engine to a manual transmission having a plurality of shiftable gears includes a selectively releasable and re-engageable clutch. The clutch is arranged inside the transmission and configured to transmit torque of the engine to the transmission when the clutch is in an engaged state. The system also includes a lever operatively connected to the transmission and movable to shift the gears. Additionally, the system includes an input device arranged on the lever and operable to selectively release and re-engage the clutch. A vehicle employing such a system is also provided.

Abstract: An operating device for an automatically switched manual gearbox. The gearbox has a movable engagement element for each gear. The device has rotary shafts (1) and rotatable shift fingers (2, 3, 4) to move selected engagement elements each for a gear. Each separate shift finger (2, 3, 4) is associated with a specific engagement element. Each shaft finger (2, 3, 4) is separately pivotable independently of the other shift fingers (2, 3, 4). An axially shiftable slide has a connector to each of the fingers at respective axially shifted positions of the slide.

Abstract: A horizontal multijoint type robot is so constructed that it comprises a first arm connected through a first joint shaft to a base, a second arm connected through a second joint shaft to the first arm, and a working shaft provided rotatably and movably up and down on the distal end of the second arm, and that the arm length L1 of the first arm and the arm length L2 of the second arm are equal to each other so that the second arm is able to overlap the first arm.

Abstract: An active gripper for a haptic device including a parallel kinematics structure providing at least three degrees of freedom including three translational degrees of freedom, wherein the gripper comprises a first contact surface being adapted for contact by a first portion of a hand of a user, a second contact surface being adapted for contact by a second portion of the user's hand, which hand's second portion being moveable in relation to the hand's first portion, and a moveable member arranged between the first contact surface and the second contact surface and being adapted to actively move the first contact surface and the second contact surface in relation to each other.

Abstract: A bicycle pedal assembly having a pedal body rotatably coupled to a pedal shaft. A bore receiving the pedal shaft passes through the pedal body. A semi-cylindrical shoulder extends outwardly from an exterior surface of the shaft. A bushing is positioned within the bore to rotatably support the pedal shaft. An inner surface of the shoulder rotatably engages the external end of the bushing, so that the second end of the shaft is movably connected to the pedal body without assistance of any fasteners.

Abstract: To provide a hybrid drive speed change device in which a rotation sensor can be disposed appropriately from the viewpoint of reducing the axial dimension of the device. A rotary electric machine MG is disposed coaxially with an input shaft M, and includes a stator St and a rotor Ro provided radially inwardly of the stator St. An oil pump 18 includes a pump case 90, 91 in which a pump chamber 18a is formed, and a pump rotor 18b rotatably housed in the pump chamber 18a. The pump rotor 18b is disposed coaxially with the input shaft M. A rotation sensor 19 is disposed radially outwardly of the pump chamber 18a and radially inwardly of the stator St of the rotary electric machine MG, and disposed to overlap the oil pump 18 as seen from the radial direction of the input shaft M.

Abstract: A powertrain system in a hybrid vehicle includes a hydraulic device, a pilot valve, and a regulator valve. The pilot valve is operably connected to the hydraulic device and configured to actuate. The pilot valve includes at least one micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based device. The regulator valve is operably connected to the pilot valve and the hydraulic device. The regulator valve is configured to direct fluid to the hydraulic device based on the actuation of the pilot valve.

Abstract: A powertrain system in a mild hybrid vehicle includes a hydraulic device, a pilot valve, and a regulator valve. The pilot valve is operably connected to the hydraulic device and configured to actuate. The pilot valve includes at least one micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based device. The regulator valve is operably connected to the pilot valve and the hydraulic device. The regulator valve is configured to direct fluid to the hydraulic device based on the actuation of the pilot valve.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission with multiple gears operatively coupled thereto, comprises: first and second input shafts coaxially arranged to each other; a first clutch operatively coupled with the first input shaft to drive the transmission with a gear selected from a first set of non-consecutively numbered gears; a second clutch coaxially arranged with the first clutch and operatively coupled with the second input shaft to drive the transmission with a gear selected from a second set of non-consecutively numbered gears; first and second clutch actuating devices, each including an actuator and a pivot member, each pivot member operatively coupled between the actuator and a clutch applicator of cylindrical shape to move its clutch applicator for clutch operation; and a plurality of first and second clutch levers received in a clutch retaining housing in a circularly and alternately arranged pattern. The first and second clutch levers are configured to move the first and second clutches, respectively.

Abstract: A transmission device includes a drive shaft and two driven shafts. The drive shaft is connected to a wheel and first engagement rotors are arranged therebeside so that the wheel is located therebetween and can rotate together with them. The first engagement rotors having an axial hole in which a driven shaft is rotatably arranged, the first engagement rotors are coupled or uncoupled with second engagement rotors coaxially arranged therebeside, by extracting or retracting, respectively, at least one mobile tooth rotatable in a seat of the first engagement rotors, each driven shaft being keyed to a second engagement rotor. Driving rotors are arranged around the driven shafts between the wheel and the first engagement rotors and are provided with a brake, so that relative rotation of the driving rotors with respect to the first engagement rotors causes extension or retraction of the mobile tooth according to the relative rotation direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for dissolving metals in perhalide containing ionic liquids, and to the extraction of metals from mineral ores; the remediation of materials contaminated with heavy, toxic or radioactive metals; and to the removal of heavy and toxic metals from hydrocarbon streams.

Abstract: To use 99mTc as a raw material for a radioactive medicine, a very small amount of 99mTc in the high concentration Mo(99Mo) solution is purified and recovered with high yield without contamination of 99Mo. 99mTc with high purity is recovered by forming a high concentration Mo(99Mo) solution which contains radionuclides 99Mo which is the parent nuclide of 99mTc used for the radioactive medicine and the raw material for its labeled compound, forming a high concentration Mo(99Mo) solution which contains radionuclides 99Mo and 99mTc by generating 99mTc to a radioactive-equilibrium state, getting 99mTc in the high concentration Mo(99Mo) solution adsorbed to activated carbon selectively by feeding the solution to an adsorption column which has activated carbon, and undergoing desorption and purification treatment of 99mTc with a desorbent from the activated carbon to which 99mTc is adsorbed.

Abstract: Various illustrative embodiments of an apparatus and method for reducing the dissolved hydrogen content of a molten metal alloy are provided. The disclosed embodiments can be utilized for the processing of molten metal alloys such as aluminum, and more particularly, for the removal of dissolved hydrogen from molten metal alloys such as aluminum. Gas permeable diffusers can be employed that are wettable by molten metal. When used as gas injectors, either in combination with ultrasonic oscillation or without, the gas permeable wettable diffusers can provide a high density of ultrafine inert gas bubbles that can be used to rapidly and efficiently reduce the level of dissolved hydrogen within the molten metal.

Abstract: An improved method for recovering refractory gold from a material comprising treating the material to at least partially remove nitric acid-insoluble lead moieties.

Abstract: A revolving screwdriver with ratchet structure includes a handle, a pushing rod, and a sliding member. The sliding member has a receiving space and a holding chamber defined therein. A revolving cylinder is received in the holding chamber. The receiving space receives at least one ratchet wheel, two rotators, a limiting member, a base, and an adjuster. The at least one ratchet wheel engages with a driving shaft. The rotators selectively engage with the at least one ratchet wheel. The limiting member locates between the rotators and has a protrusion formed thereon. A base has a first guiding slot defined therein. The adjuster has a driving hole defined therein. The protrusion passes through the first guiding slot and the driving hole for being driven by the adjuster and moving along the first guiding slot.

Abstract: The invention relates to hand tools and to threaded fasteners, and comprises a screw and corresponding screwdriver. The screw comprises a head and a threaded working end. The head slot for inserting the screwdriver is made in the form of a “dove tail.” The working section of the screwdriver for screwing and unscrewing the screw is made as a mirror image of the screw head slot, with the same angle of slope. The invention lengthens the life of screwdrivers and screws and their serviceability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading magazine for guiding bar material on an automatic lathe with at least one spindle head that is displaceable in the longitudinal direction. According to the invention, the channel system of a loading magazine of this type is guided on a linear axis and coupled to at least one spindle head, which can be moved in a longitudinal manner, of the automatic lathe such that the bar-guiding channel system can be moved synchronously with the spindle head in drag operation. The formation zones for vibrations in the transition region between the loading magazine and automatic lathe are thus reduced.

Abstract: A modular lathe bed system is provided including various lathe designs for incorporating the modular lathe bed into a lathe. The bed system includes a machine mounting block design which may be used to support the lathe headstock, cross-slide, and tailstock. A sliding lock system secures and stabilizes the machine mounting blocks, allowing them to slide or be locked in place. The machine mounting blocks move on a modular way bed including two upright bed tracks. The bed tracks and their connecting structure allow for a modular and extendible way bed.

Abstract: A cavity for receiving insertion of a plunger is designed so that the plunger may be withdrawn without permitting creation of a suction force sufficient to remove from the cavity a workpiece that the plunger carried into the cavity.

Abstract: An improved health and safety system for a table saw includes one or more of: a blade guard that protects the operator from the saw blade, and contains and collects sawdust; a proximity detector and emergency saw motor braking means for use in connection with such blade guard; an anti-kickback device for use in connection with such blade guard, a rip fence adapter for use in connection with such a blade guard, and hoses and fittings to connect the dust containment and collection system of said blade guard to a shop dust collection blower or vacuum system. The system protects the saw operator from potential traumatic injury to a hand, and from ingesting potentially carcinogenic sawdust.

Abstract: A power tool includes a table structure including a work surface, a motor assembly including an output drive positioned under the work surface, the motor assembly is adjustable relative to the work surface between a first position that is close to the work surface and a second position that is further from the work surface, a fan member coupled to the motor assembly and configured to generate an airflow, a blade case positioned under the work surface, the blade case including a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall, and an air guide configured to channel the airflow into the blade case through an opening in the first sidewall, and the air guide further configured to move with the motor assembly between the first position and the second position, wherein the air guide covers the opening in both the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes an upper blade capable of moving up and down and a lower blade to cut a sheet bundle between the upper blade and the lower blade by downward movement of the upper blade. When the sheet bundle is cut by the downward movement of the upper blade, an assisting sheet is moved to a position below a blade edge of the upper blade such that cutting waste of the cut sheet bundle is dropped down without being adhered to the lower blade.

Abstract: A glass cutting device includes a cutter, a driver, and an ejector. The cutter includes a connection tube, an annular blade base, and a blade. The annular blade base extends outward from an end of the connection tube along a direction substantially parallel to a radial direction of the connection tube. The blade extends from a surface of the blade base opposite to the connection tube along a direction substantially perpendicular to the radial direction of the connection tube. The driver drives the connection tube to spin and move toward a glass substrate to cut a circular glass from the glass substrate by the blade. The ejector is received in the connection tube and ejects the circular glass from the glass substrate.

Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade for use with a reciprocating saw includes a body defining a longitudinal axis and an attachment portion. The attachment portion includes a tang and an aperture configured to couple to the reciprocating saw. The saw blade also includes a cutting portion formed on the body. The cutting portion includes a plurality of cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth including a tip, a rake face extending from the tip generally toward the longitudinal axis and at least partially defining a gullet, a relief surface extending from the tip and having a first end that is closer to the attachment portion and a second end that is further from the attachment portion, and a protrusion extending from the second end of the relief surface. The protrusion of each tooth inhibits a nail from entering the gullet and contacting the rake face of an adjacent tooth during cutting operations.

Abstract: This design is a fingerboard with an integrated neck adjustment mechanism to correct both up bow and back bow of a stringed instrument neck with the added ability to eliminate additional bulk associated with conventional guitar neck construction. It includes a metal plate as the fingerboard. Attached to the underside of the plate is a neck adjustment mechanism. By integrating the neck adjustment mechanism with the fingerboard a shallower depth for a routed truss rod channel is achieved. The metal plate reduces fingerboard bulk yet provides the stability needed to resist the string tension. This design also provides the ability of three characteristics to be used in one instrument that current designs and construction methods cannot achieve: thin necks, full scalloped fret boards and dual action truss rod functionality.

Abstract: The invention is generally a pick apparatus for playing a stringed musical instrument having an elastic and generally cylindrically shaped cot having an opening and a tip, and has a substantially uniform thickness, as well as a pick capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument attached thereto proximate to the cot's hemisphere and extending beyond the hemisphere away from the cot such that the pick is capable of plucking a string of a musical instrument when the cot is being worn on a digit of a user.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing music based cognitive skills development. More particularly the present invention may provide a music based cognitive skills development platform. The platform is provided using computer implemented systems and methods for training a human subject so as to enhance his/her intelligence, attention, language skills and brain functioning. The present invention provides these benefits using exercises, one or more of which are based on musical training aspects, however, in addition to musical training other cognitive skills development exercises may be used, as described herein. The invention may be utilized by users of varying musical skills and may be presented at a level corresponding to the prior musical training (if any) of a user, and in a form corresponding to the cognitive capacity, interests and attention span of a user.

Abstract: A sound generating system in the embodiment of the invention includes an information processing terminal displaying a screen relating to a setting for controlling an electronic musical instrument determined based on a positional relation with the electronic musical instrument on a display screen and transmitting control information based on an operation performed on a touch sensor, and the electronic musical instrument performing the setting relating to sound generation according to the received control information to generate an audio signal based on the performed setting.

Abstract: An input device including: a first operation detecting section which is provided on one stick and detects acceleration based on movement of the one stick; a second operation detecting section which is provided on an other stick and detects acceleration based on movement of the other stick; a first strike judging section which judges whether or not the one stick and the other stick have struck against one another, based on the acceleration detected by the first operation detecting section and the acceleration detected by the second operation detecting section; and an instructing section which instructs to produce a sound corresponding to striking of the one stick and the other stick against one another, when the first strike judging section judges that the one stick and the other stick have struck against one another.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic and electric combined stringed instrument of a violin group. The stringed instrument includes a soundboard including upper and lower panels arranged with an interval therebetween and a side panel surrounding the rims of the upper and lower panels, a neck part extending from the soundboard and provided at a distal end thereof with a head, one or more strings secured between the head and the soundboard, and a piezoelectric element to convert vibration and pressure of the strings into electric signals. The piezoelectric element is embedded in the lower panel and secured by a pressure plate, and a sound post is erected on the pressure plate above the piezoelectric element to transmit pressure and vibration from the strings to the pressure plate through a bridge and the upper panel, which enables generation of acoustic sound from the lower panel and amplified sound from the piezoelectric element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cocking and uncocking mechanism for a firearm, comprising a spring-loaded firing pin which, when in the cocked position, engages on a catch that can be released to fire, said catch being displaceable by an actuator element acting upon the catch via a link motion the control cam of which maintains the force to be applied to the actuator element to displace the catch to the cocked position substantially constant at least in the center region of the actuation path.

Abstract: An armor system for defeating a solid projectile has an outer armor plate, an interior armor plate, and an inner armor plate, the plates positioned approximately parallel to one another and also displaced from one another along the projectile trajectory to form a first dispersion space between the outer armor plate and the interior armor plate, and a second dispersion space between the interior armor plate and the inner armor plate. The first and second dispersion spaces are each sufficiently thick to allow significant lateral dispersion of any armor fragments passing therethrough.

Abstract: A ballistic panel provides protection from various munitions. The ballistic panel may be configured to conform to various contours and shapes. In this way, the ballistic panel may be used to create or replace traditional non-ballistic panels, such as those found in structures, vehicles, and device enclosures. The ballistic panel may comprise one or more layers of material including fiberglass, metal, mesh, ceramic, and natural and synthetic materials, among others. The ballistic panel may protect individuals, property, devices, and other assets from physical damage, electromagnetic radiation, and the like. The ballistic panel may be inexpensively constructed with low cost materials and manufacturing processes.

Abstract: An armor uses optimally shaped ceramic cross-pellets and a matrix for containing the cross-pellets. The armor comprises front and back plates and an array of interlocking ceramic cross-pellets of repeating shape between front and back plates. Each cross-pellet may have a horizontal cross-section in the shape of a cross and comprises a center and four fingers projecting therefrom. Each cross-pellet in a non-peripheral portion of the array may be supported by fingers of other cross-pellets which may include two fingers from each of four other cross-pellets. The result is lightweight, composite hybrid structure. The dense, hard armor has good fracture toughness, hardness and a high capacity to absorb impacts for ballistic protection particularly suited to tactical ground vehicles. Valley spaced is minimized. A polymer resin may be situated in spaces between the ceramic cross-pellets and between the array and at least one of the back plate and front plate.

Abstract: An armor and a system for projectile neutralization. The armor has at least one serrated plate or louvered plate system. The serrated plate has a base, recessed lands, raised lands, and columnar projections extending from the recessed lands to the raised lands to form serrations on the serrated plate. The louvered plate system has a series of angled plates, a base, a top and a support structure connecting the louvered plates with the base and the top. The system has a serrated or louvered armor plate configured to reduce a kinetic energy of the projectile and re-orient the projectile upon rupture through the armor plate, and has a projectile-receptor configured to capture the projectile after rupture through the armor plate. Projectiles which impact on the serrated or louvered plate system have a kinetic energy thereof reduced and become re-oriented upon rupture through the serrated or louvered plate system.

Abstract: A portable, lightweight ballistic panel integrated with a shelter is capable of withstanding penetration by ammunition and fragmentation, so that the occupants of the shelter remain safe and unharmed. In one embodiment of the invention, wall segments or panels of ballistic material are provided so as to hang from an interior or exterior frame member of the shelter. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a frame independent of the shelter frame to which the panels can be secured. The panels can be provided such that they fold up into portable and manageable units. In one embodiment of the invention, wall panels are provided with a welded seam that binds plies of the outer shell of the wall attachment with an inner ballistic-resistant material.

Abstract: A piston type pneumatic engine, including a cylinder block, a piston, a cylinder, a crankshaft, a connecting rod, a camshaft, and a device for controlling the opening or closing of a gas valve. A cylinder cover arranged on the cylinder block is provided with an inwardly-opened type compressed-gas intake valve and an exhaust valve. An intake cam and an exhaust cam are arranged on the camshaft. The opening or closing of the intake and the exhaust valves is controlled by a rocker arm which is driven by the camshaft. The camshaft is driven by the rotated crankshaft via a timing chain or belt.

Abstract: A hydraulic tensioning system (1) for a belt drive, including a cylinder (4) that is designed to receive a linearly displaceable piston (6), these elements together forming a piston-cylinder unit (3) and delimiting a pressure chamber (10) that is filled with hydraulic fluid. A relative movement between the piston (6) and the cylinder (4) causes the hydraulic fluid to be exchanged between the pressure chamber (10) and a storage chamber (12) or vice versa. At least one annular spring valve (14), which opens depending on the pressure, is positioned in an outflow section (17) for the hydraulic fluid between the pressure chamber (10) and the storage chamber (12) as a one-way valve.

Abstract: A staged rocket apparatus includes first and second stages connected by a releasable connector. A plurality of pressurized gas struts are connected between the first and second stages and provide a separating force urging the first and second stages apart. The gas struts are held in a telescopingly collapsed first position by the releasable connector. The separating force is maintained at a minimum value so long as the releasable connector holds the struts in their first position. When the releasable connector is disconnected the separating force increases due to gas flow through a metering passage having a progressively increasing flow area from a high pressure chamber to a low pressure chamber.

Abstract: A floating piston actuator for use with multiple hydraulic systems includes a housing and a piston assembly. The piston assembly includes an elongate shaft or ram, at least one secured piston coupled to the ram, and a set of moveable pistons moveably disposed within the housing chamber on the ram such that the set of moveable pistons are translatable relative to a longitudinal axis of the ram. The set of moveable pistons form at least three hydraulically separate actuator cylinders where each of the three hydraulically separate actuator cylinders are disposed in fluid communication with a corresponding pressurized fluid source. The floating piston actuator allows hydraulic redundancy while maintaining a similar length compared to existing multi-system actuators. The floating pistons can be arranged in multiple configurations to allow operation with a hydraulic system failure without force fight or binding and with a higher output force than conventional multi-system actuators.

Abstract: An actuator is provided for raising the front hood of a vehicle having at least one extension part, by whose extension movement the front hood of the vehicle can be raised or is raised. It is provided that the extension part is at least partially formed by a planar formation, which is deformable from a first shape (e.g., a starting shape) into a second shape (e.g., an intermediate shape or final shape) to raise the front hood. Furthermore, a motor vehicle is provided that has an actuator for raising the vehicle front hood and a pedestrian protection system for a vehicle.

Abstract: There is provided a compressor including a hermetic container storing therein a lubricant, an electric element, and a compression element driven by the electric element, the compression element including a crankshaft, a bearing portion, a cylinder block, a piston, and a joining portion, wherein a cylinder head is tightened and fixed together with a valve component by a bolt to an opening surface side of a compression chamber formed by a cylinder bore and the piston, and a screw hole portion formed in the opening surface side, for fixing the bolt includes a counterbore extending to the vicinity of a boundary between the cylindrical portion and the tapered portion.

Abstract: A steel piston ring and a steel cylinder liner are described which comprise as the main body a steel composition which has good nitridability. The steel composition consists of the following elements: 0-0.5 weight % B, 0.5-1.2 weight % C, 4.0-20.0 weight % Cr, 0-2.0 weight % Cu, 45.30-91.25 weight % Fe, 0.1-3.0 weight % Mn, 0.1-3.0 weight % Mo, 0-0.05 weight % Nb, 2.0-12.0 weight % Ni, 0-0.1 weight % P, 0-0.05 weight % Pb, 0-0.05 weight % S, 2.0-10.0 weight % Si, 0-0.05 weight % Sn, 0.05-2.0 weight % V, 0-0.2 weight % Ti and 0-0.5 weight % W. The steel piston ring and the steel cylinder liner can be manufactured in a casting process using the machinery and technology employed for the manufacture of cast iron parts.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for the treatment of a carbon dioxide-containing flue gas stream are described, at least part of the carbon dioxide present being removed from the flue gas stream in a separating device having in particular an absorption column 7 with the formation of a gas stream having a low carbon dioxide content and a carbon dioxide-rich gas stream. For overcoming the pressure drop caused by the carbon dioxide removal in the absorption column 7, it is proposed that the gas stream having a low carbon dioxide content and formed after the removal of the carbon dioxide from the flue gas stream is subjected to a gas stream compression, for example by means of a flue gas blower 14.

Abstract: The process consists of a combination of a low temperature CO2 condensation separation step followed by either a physical or chemical solvent scrubbing process. The first step results in the partial pressure of CO2 in the gaseous steam being reduced to a value near the triple point pressure of CO2. Typically, the partial pressure of CO2 is reduced to the range 5.5 bar to 7.0 bar. The second stage process then removes the remaining CO2.

Abstract: A pressure or vacuum swing adsorption process for separating water from solvent utilizing molecular sieves and regenerating the molecular sieve by passing non-condensable recycled gas along the molecular sieve, capturing the recycled gas and using the recycled gas again to repeat regeneration of the molecular sieve.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for enhancing the performance of processes for the removal of acid gas wherein the dielectric constant of a solvent, being associated with a process for removing acid gas, is adjusted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a separation system comprising a flow inlet (16). The separation system comprises a swirl valve (100), arranged to receive and control the flux of a fluid flow via the flow inlet (16) and to generate a swirling flow, swirling about a central axis (11). The separation system further comprises a separation chamber (40) positioned downstream with respect of the swirl valve (100) to receive the swirling flow from the swirl valve (100), wherein the separation chamber (40) comprises a first and second flow outlet (41, 42). The first flow outlet (41) is positioned to receive an inner portion of the swirling flow and the second outlet (42) is positioned to receive an outer portion of the swirling flow.