Abstract: An underwater buoy for hanging a duct between a sea bed and the surface, the buoy including a frame and a plurality of modular members mounted in the frame, the modular members extending between their two opposite modular-member ends, the frame including a longitudinal body for receiving the extended tubular duct, and retainers mounted on the body for maintaining the modular members substantially parallel to the body. The retainers include two retaining structures spaced from each other along the body. The retaining structures are maintained in a fixed position relative to each other in order to hold at least one modular member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two-part caisson-clamp, wherein each half of the caisson-clamp contains only one jaw face. The two half caisson-clamps together pinch the top of a pile between them. The jaw faces may have a concave curve to secure the pile between them. The pile extends up between the two caisson-clamps to contact the caisson-beam. Horizontal forces on the two caisson-clamps, which would otherwise drive the two caisson-clamps apart, are resisted by mechanical stop(s). A mandril may be inserted into the pile to reinforce the top of the pile relative to the forces applied and transferred by the half-caisson clamps.

Abstract: A cellular confinement system for soil, sand or other filler material comprises a number of sub-assemblies each made up of a plurality of interconnected open cells of fabric material. The sub-assemblies are stackable one on top of the other to provide a structure having at least one generally vertical side or end wall. The system further comprises sealing means such as one or more skirt portion(s) which are arranged between vertically juxtaposed sub-assemblies in use. The skirt portions substantially prevent or minimize the escape of finer aggregate material from between the stacked sub-assemblies.

Abstract: A process for transporting a powder material, in which a device is fitted between a supply zone and a zone to be supplied, the device including at least one substantially horizontal conveyor which includes a lower duct and an upper duct being separated by a porous wall, the upper duct provided with a balancing column. The upper duct is filled with powder material and the lower duct is supplied with gas at a pressure that allows the potential fluidization of the powder material in the upper duct. The minimal bubbling speed, which corresponds to the maximum void fraction, is determined and the fluidization pressure is set to a value such that the fluidization speed of the gas is between 0.8 and 1.5 times the minimal bubbling speed, preferably between 0.9 and 1.3 times the minimal bubbling speed.

Abstract: A drill cuttings storage and conveying system is disclosed herein. The system includes a pressure vessel for containing drill cuttings and comprising a plurality of drill cuttings outlets. The system also includes a drill cuttings conveyor in communication with the outlets for carrying drill cuttings from the vessel. In an inventive method for practicing the invention, drill cuttings are passed into the pressure vessel having the plurality of outlets. The vessel is pressurized. A selected outlet is opened such that a volume of drill cuttings passes from the vessel to the conveyor. The drill cuttings with the conveyor from the outlet.

Abstract: In a head member (30) for a cutting tool with detachable insert (70) including a head member body (31) formed with an insert attachment seat (36) to which a cutting insert (50) having cutting blades (52) is detachably attached, and constituting the cutting tool with detachable insert (70) by being mounted to a tip portion of a holder (10), a side surface (31A) of the head member body (31) is formed with a recess (44) which has a continuous inner wall surface therearound and a bottom surface connected to the inner wall surface over its whole periphery and which is recessed from the side surface (31A) without passing though the head member body (31). According to this head member (30), generation of chatter vibration can be suppressed even if the amount of protrusion is increased, and the cutting heat of a cutting insert can be efficiently radiated.

Abstract: A servo drill spindle includes a spindle body, an air motor slidably carried by the spindle body, a spindle extension drivingly engaged by the air motor, a cutting tool drivingly engaged by the spindle extension and a servo motor engaging the air motor and operable to advance the air motor along the spindle body.

Abstract: A thread forming tap having a complete thread portion, formed with a predetermined back taper with that decreases rotational torque during tapping work, which reduces load acting on first complete protruding portions, formed at an extreme leading end of the complete thread portion, and thereby suppressing degradation in service life of the tool due to wear.

Abstract: For balancing a tool coupling, the compensating measures (removal of material, use of other material) are carried out in two planes an axial distance apart. Tool couplings are provided with recesses for imbalance compensation in two planes an axial distance apart.

Abstract: A pallet apparatus includes a pallet base including a caster unit and a mounting plate for mounting a product having a first fastening unit; a fixing member disposed between the product and the mounting plate of the pallet base; and a second fastening unit fixing the fixing member onto the mounting plate. The product can be fixed to or released from the fixing member by fastening or unfastening the first fastening unit. The fixing member includes a slit at a position corresponding to the first fastening unit, the slit allowing the fixing member to be inserted between or detached from the product and the mounting plate without contacting the first fastening unit.

Abstract: A method of making a deck for storing cargo in a shipping vehicle comprising: securing two pairs of braces to opposed surfaces associated with the shipping vehicle by engaging opposed ends of first elongated supports with the pair of braces such that each first elongated support interconnects one of the pairs of braces and extends substantially parallel to a base associated with the shipping vehicle; engaging second elongated supports with each of the braces, each second elongated support interconnecting a respective brace and the base; and positioning a decking on the first elongated supports for supporting the cargo. A brace for making the cargo deck engageable with a horizontally-extending support and a vertically-extending support.

Abstract: A fastener assembly comprises a stud bolt including a bolt portion and a weld end to be welded to a workpiece, and a nut member to be screwed into the stud bolt. The nut member screwed into the stud bolt before welding is formed out of an electrically conductive material to allow the welding current to flow through the nut member into the stud bolt and weld the nut member to the workpiece while connected to the stud bolt. Then an attachment member is disposed on top of the workpiece, and the attachment member is fastened to the workpiece when the nut member is turned in the fastening direction.

Abstract: A self-locking threaded fastener that can be driven using conventional driving tools. The threaded fastener includes a fastener body and a locking band. The body includes a) a threaded portion and an unthreaded portion and b) an aperture extending radially from the unthreaded portion. The locking band includes a curved portion within the unthreaded portion of the fastener body and a tang extending into the aperture to limit angular movement of the tang with respect to the body. The curved portion terminates at an end having a range of radial movement with respect to the fastener body. When the threaded fastener is turned in a loosening direction, the locking band inhibit loosening of the threaded fastener.

Abstract: Described is a device and method for a securing element for screw connections as an interlayer, between the screw head and supporting material and/or between the nut and supporting material, the basic body of the element consisting of a metallic material, to the top side and underside of which hard material particles are fixed, wherein the hard material particles are fixed by means of a metallic binding phase, the thickness of the metallic binding phase being lower than the mean diameter of the hard material particles, so that the hard material particles project out of the metallic binding phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the bonded adhesion, or connection, of a plurality of wire-shaped individual elements into an arrangement, particularly into a wire band, wherein the adjacent individual elements have predetermined breaking points allowing for the mechanical removal of the individual elements. The bonded adhesion is brought about according to the invention utilizing a two-layer system on the basis of acrylate resins consisting of an inner coating (A) and of an outer coating (B), wherein the inner coating (A) has a lower hardness, than the outer coating. In a further aspect the invention also comprises arranging a plurality of wire-shaped individual elements through such a bonded connection, particularly a wire band.

Abstract: A racking assembly for receiving and storing at least one pipe. The racking assembly comprises a set back assembly including a selectively rotatable member having a plurality of radial slots sized for receiving a portion of the pipe(s) in sliding engagement, and a base for supporting the pipe(s). The base is coupled to the selectively rotatable member so as to permit mutual rotation. A barrier is located about a peripheral edge of the base, such that the setback assembly rotates relative to the barrier. The barrier is arranged to prevent the pipe(s) from moving radially from the base. The barrier has a gap sized to permit selective lateral movement of the pipe(s). Mutual rotation of the selectively rotatable member and the base permit alignment of the gap and a selected slot of the selectively rotatable member, and thus permits the pipe stands to be moved laterally into the setback assembly.

Abstract: A reticle manipulating device comprising a housing capable of having a controlled environment wherein at least one processing module is connected to the housing and capable of processing a reticle. A transport apparatus is connected to the housing for transporting the reticle between the at least one module to another portion of the housing. At least one module is removably connectable to the housing and at least one module has an interface adapted for removably coupling the module to the housing. One module being selectable for connection to the housing from a number of different interchangeable module each having a different predetermined characteristic and being capable of connection to the housing.

Abstract: An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor.

Abstract: This invention concerns an aircraft cargo loader for lifting cargo and freight onto and off an aircraft or plane by the loader comprises a longitudinal deck platform; a supporting assembly extending under the platform for supporting and moving the deck platform between a raised position and a lowered position; and an adjusting mechanism installed in connection with a front transverse shaft of the supporting assembly for transversally tilting the platform between a first tilt angular position where one of the longitudinal side of the platform is tilted with respect to the other longitudinal side; a neutral angular position; and a second tilt position where the other longitudinal side of the platform is tilted with respect to said one longitudinal side. The loader also comprises an actuator to actuate the rotational movement of the front transverse shaft.

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, there is provided a part-delivery apparatus which transports a part to a designated part-delivery position by drawing the part onto a head by suction pressure at a designated part-suction position, and which releases the part at the part-delivery position by stopping application of the suction pressure. The apparatus includes: a compliance mechanism for allowing movement of the head in a horizontal plane; an upper-side positioning unit for positioning the head in the part-suction position by responding to an upward movement of the head; and a lower-side positioning unit for positioning the head in the part-delivery position by responding to the downward movement of the head.

Abstract: The rack has an inclined bottom, a slightly angled upstanding back wall, a right endwall and a short front wall defining a media cassette receiving area. Upon activation by a manually operated handle a withdrawal mechanism disposed behind the back wall, containing a carriage having a finger selectively protruding therethrough urges the rearmost media cassette in the rack along the back wall until it may be grasped by an operator. Subsequent cassettes settle backward against the back wall upon withdrawal of the rearmost media cassette. Cassettes may be added to the rack forward of any media cassettes currently therein. In this way a FIFO queue is maintained regardless of the number or mix of media cassettes stored in the rack.

Abstract: A compact lifter is disclosed which allows for an improved operating envelope of the liftplate. The lifter utilizes a motor having 210 degrees of rotation and lifting arms of a unique geometry to rotate a liftplate from a retracted position below and in front of the lifter baseplate to a dumping position wherein the opening of a refuse cart is located substantially forward of an inner hopper or container edge. As a result, refuse is dumped further into the container or vehicle hopper, which minimizes the number of packing cycles required as multiple refuse carts are emptied. The liftplate is attached to the motor using dual lifting arms, and includes a fixed upper hook. A rotating, retractable lower hooking mechanism holds the refuse cart during dumping. The compact design improves ground clearance when the lifter is retracted, permits the dumping of large commercial containers over the lifter, and requires no modification of the hopper structure of a rear-loading refuse collection vehicle.

Abstract: A fan casing (2) for a jet engine has a burst protection arrangement (7) made up of layers at least in an area of fan blades (5). To contain detached fan blades (5) within a fan casing (2) of a jet engine by use of a low-weight and easily manufacturable burst protection arrangement (7), the fan casing (2) is made of a fiber-composite material which itself forms at least one layer provided with at least one inorganic, non-metallic protective layer (8).

Abstract: A power turbine employs a plurality of turbine blades which allows the turbine to regulate pressure and ventilate for a greater ability to generate power without back pressure of the power source. It also relieves much of the stress on the uni-body construction. The vent ports (30) work at various times to transfer pressure naturally from one compartment to another, greatly increasing the balance of pressure throughout the process within the turbine.

Abstract: A steam turbine power plant that includes a first steam turbine, the steam turbine power plant including: a thrust piston operably connected to the first steam turbine via a shaft; and means for applying a supply of pressurized steam against the thrust piston such that the thrust piston applies a desired thrust force to the shaft. The desired thrust force may comprise a thrust force that partially balances a thrust force the first steam turbine applies to the shaft during operation.

Abstract: The axial-flow turbine includes an extraction chamber 15 disposed on the outer circumference of a turbine blade chamber 12 and an extraction opening 16. An outer diaphragm 8 forming the downstream-side wall surface of the extraction chamber 15 is provided with a projection 21 formed more radially inwardly than the downstream-side edge on the outer circumference of an adjacent bucket 2 on the upstream side of the extraction opening 16 to form the downstream-side wall surface of the extraction opening 16. The projection 21 forms an upstream-side wall surface 18 of the outer diaphragm 8 for leading a part of the working fluid to the extraction chamber 15, and an inner wall surface 19 of the outer diaphragm 8 for leading the remaining working fluid to a bucket 11 on the downstream side of the extraction opening 16.

Abstract: An expansion turbine with a radial turbine wheel has a main path that gradually increases in height and axially discharges fluid while swirling from a main inlet located at the outer circumferential side into the main path, with a radial flow as a main component, the radial turbine wheel has a sub-path branching off from the side of a hub of the main path at a position radially inward of the main inlet and extending rearward from the main path, the sub-path has, at an outer circumferential end, a sub-inlet located at a position in the radial direction different from the main inlet and supplied with a fluid having a pressure different from the pressure of the fluid supplied through the main inlet, the main inlet and the sub-inlet are partitioned by a back plate portion, in which the gap between it and the main path or the sub-path is adjusted.

Abstract: A turbine blade includes an airfoil having first and second tip ribs extending along the opposite pressure and suction sides thereof. The tip ribs are spaced apart between the leading and trailing edges of the airfoil to include a trifurcate tip baffle defining a triforial tip cavity.

Abstract: A turbine shroud ring sector for a turbomachine supported at the upstream end by a downstream support of a turbine casing with circular sliding including a first stop able to collaborate with a second stop borne by an element of the turbomachine adjacent to the shroud ring in order to immobilize the shroud ring circularly is disclosed. The sector includes, on an end facing the element, a recess able to allow the second stop to pass to come into contact with the first stop. The recess is cut substantially in the form of a rectangle having, at the bottom of the recess, corners that are rounded in a circular arc of radius r. The bottom of the recess has a convex shape tangential to the circular arcs of the rounded corners and with a curvature that evolves between a radius of curvature r where it meets the rounded corners and a radius of R, greater than the radius r, at a point situated between the two rounded corners.

Abstract: A transonic blade is provided that operates in a flow field where flow has a transonic speed or higher in an axial-flow rotating machine and that concurrently achieves a reduction in shock loss and in the local stress of the blade. The transonic blade includes a hub cross-sectional surface joined to a rotating shaft or an outer circumferential side casing of a rotating machine; a tip cross-sectional surface located furthest from the hub cross-sectional surface in a spanwise direction which is a vertical direction of the rotating shaft; a leading edge located on an upstream side; and a trailing edge located on a downstream side. At least a part of a passing working fluid flow has a transonic speed or higher. A portion of a stacking line which is a line connecting together respective gravity centers of cross-sectional surfaces located from the hub cross-sectional surface to the tip cross-sectional surface is located on a downstream side of a stacking center in a flow direction of a working fluid main flow.

Abstract: To provide a centrifugal compressor having a high pressure ratio, which can achieve a large flow rate while suppressing a decrease in efficiency, the centrifugal compressor being adapted to compress and discharge a gas, which has been sucked in by rotation of an impeller (10) pivotally supported in a casing (11), mainly by centrifugal force, the inlet radius/outlet radius ratio (R1/R2) of the impeller (10) is set at 0.7?R1/R2?0.85, and the inclination angle (74 ) of a back board portion in a hub (10a) of the impeller (10) is set at 5°???15°.

Abstract: A pressure vessel including a lid, wherein the lid is fixed to a corresponding lid receptacle, wherein the lid has a first bearing surface that extends in the circumferential direction and interacts in a sealing manner with a second bearing surface on the pressure vessel, wherein fixing elements are provided for fixing the lid to the pressure vessel. The fixing elements are wedge-shaped, rest on an abutment surface of the pressure vessel and on a contact surface of the lid such that, when the fixing element is moved in a direction that causes a wider section of the wedge shape to be located between the abutment surface and the contact surface, the bearing surfaces are brought closer together or braced against each other.

Abstract: A diffuser pipe (38) of a compressor diffuser assembly (28) for gas turbine engines defines a depressed local area (58) in the pipe wall of an upstream section of the diffuser pipe (38). The depressed local area (58) is bent into the diffuser pipe (38) to reduce the accumulation of fluid boundary layer and improve stall margin of the diffuser pipe (38).

Abstract: A rotor mounting on one end of a shaft, particularly a shaft end of a centrifugal pump unit, in which an adjusting surface and at least one contact surface are constructed on the shaft end, and in which a rotor hub is provided at least on the end facing the shaft with a central bore having an internal thread. The rotor hub is attached to the shaft end by a screw connection. The shaft has a central bore (16) having an internal thread (17) at least on the end facing the rotor hub (12); a threaded pin (18) constructed as a separate component is disposed in both central bores (13, 16) in a connecting, torque-transmitting and force-transmitting manner, and the rotor is aligned on the shaft solely by the adjusting surfaces (20) and contact surfaces (21).

Abstract: A pressure relief device includes a main body and at least two air control units. The main body has at least one passage therein and two outlets formed at upper and lower ends of the passage. A lid is pivotally connected to each of the outlets. The two air control units are each disposed in the passage close to the lid. An air control device drives the air control units to open/close the lid which is adapted to open/close the passage.

Abstract: A propfan assembly includes a plurality of blades that each include an internal cavity containing a noise attenuation structure. Acoustic energy is communicated to the internal cavity through a plurality of openings in the blade surfaces. The cavities include features for attenuating noise energy to reduce generation of noise emitted from the propfan assembly.

Abstract: An annulus filler for mounting to a rotor disc of a gas turbine engine bridges the gap between adjacent disc blades. The annulus filler has a lid defining part of an airflow surface for air drawn through the engine; a separate support connectable to the lid and to the rotor disc with an engagement portion of the support extending radially past a substantially adjacent region of the lid; and a retainer configured to interconnect the lid and the support by engaging each engagement portion of the support and adjacent regions of the lid, the retainer defining another part of the airflow surface. The annulus filler can be configured to allow mounting to the rotor disc, where the support is connected to the rotor disc without the lid, and then the lid is mounted to the support such that each engagement portion remains visible from the lid's radially outermost side.

Abstract: A rotating blade row is provided for the final stage of a steam turbine has blades with an integrated shroud. The shroud of each blade has a projection in the axial direction, in each case on its pressure side, which prevents droplets in the working fluid of the steam turbine from reaching the shroud fillet of the respective subsequent blade in the flow direction. The shroud fillet is therefore protected against erosion damage caused by droplets impact erosion. The projection is positioned and of such a size that mass equilibrium is ensured between the suction side and the pressure side of the shroud, and stress equilibrium is ensured between the projection on the pressure side and the suction-side shroud. The projection furthermore has a recess between its greatest axial extent and the leading edge.

Abstract: A seal for a dovetail joint in a turbomachine is provided. The seal includes an arcuate member having a first end, a middle portion and a second end. The seal also includes sealing means, which include at least one sealing member. The sealing member can comprise a first sealing member connected to the first end and/or a second sealing member connected to the second end. The dovetail joint is the interface between a bucket dovetail and a rotor dovetail groove, and the seal reduces the amount of cooling flow leakage from the dovetail joint.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to wind turbine blades and manufacturing of the blades.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade includes an upper shell member and a lower shell member joined at leading and trailing edges of the blade with a bond material. Portions of the bond material are externally exposed. The bond material has surface characteristics of at least one of a Shore D hardness value of greater than about 80 durometer or a Young's modulus stiffness value of greater than about 5 GPa. A protective coating is applied over the upper and lower shell members and exposed portions of the bond material.

Abstract: The invention provides an arrangement for mounting a nose cone 32 on a gas turbine engine. The nose cone 32 has an inwardly tapering flange 64 which defines an inclined contact surface 68. A nose cone support ring 36, mounted in use to a flange 38 on the front of the fan disc 34, has an outer rim 42. An inwardly extending part 50 of the support ring 36 defines an inclined contact surface 54. A plurality of spaced radial openings 44 are provided through the rim 42 each having a countersunk opening 46. A fastening arrangement 70, associated in use with each opening 44, comprises a bolt 72 with a countersunk head. A Vee block 76 locates on each bolt 72, with a mounting nut 78 below it. In use, the nose cone 32 is brought up against the support ring 36. Appropriate rotation of the bolts 72 will cause the nuts 78 and hence Vee blocks 76 to move radially outwardly.

Abstract: An air compressor 20, for enabling to restart a fan motor when an inverter trip generates within an inverter control of the fan motor, as well as, to continue supplying of compressed air therefrom, comprises: a compressor main body 1; a compressor motor 2 for driving this compressor main body 1; a fan motor 9b for driving a fan 9a; an inverter for controlling the fan motor; and a controller 10 for controlling driving of the compressor motor 2 and driving of the fan motor 9b. The controller 10 conducts such control that the fan motor 9b is brought into a restart waiting condition while continuing operation of the compressor motor 2 when an inverter trip generates, and thereafter to restart the fan motor 9b.

Abstract: A paddlewheel apparatus including a paddlewheel axle, spaced apart annular wheel hubs locked in rotation with the axle, and a plurality of elongated paddles supported by the wheel hubs and spaced apart therefrom, the paddles being arranged in a zigzagging pattern around the circumference of the wheel hubs. A method for creating current in a bio-pond raceway using a paddlewheel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique using current sensing to control the pressure at constant level without the direct sensing of the pressure. This technique will help to reduce dependency solely on switch or sensor and their non linearity and other associated problems such as the non-repetitive behavior, being affected by EMI etc. The technique includes using a pump controller featuring one or more modules configured to respond to one or more input signals containing information about current provided from a pump; and configured to provide one or more output signals containing information to control the pump to operate at a substantially constant pressure without the direct sensing of pump pressure. The one or more modules control the operation of the pump based at least partly on a table of characteristics related to voltage and current that is calibrated for each pump.

Abstract: A control circuit is electrically connected to at least one fan device. The fan device has a motor and generates a sensing signal. The control circuit receives a power-source signal and the sensing signal and includes a power converting unit, a control unit and a switch unit. The power converting unit receives the power-source signal and thus respectively outputs a first power-source signal and a second power-source signal according to the power-source signal. The control unit receives the first power-source signal and the sensing signal and thus generates a control signal according to the sensing signal. The switch unit receives the control signal and generates at least one switch signal according to the control signal. The fan device receives the second power-source signal and the switch signal and drives the motor according to the switch signal.

Abstract: A universal controller (16) for an electric motorized pump (18) having a mechanical switch (19) for turning on and off electrical power to the pump, and method of operation of same. The controller controls output pressure of the pump based on controlling the speed of the pump (for example by applying voltage over a greater portion of a duty cycle), so as to provide an optimal operating pressure derived from an automatically determined value for the pressure at which the mechanical switch opens and disrupts electrical power to the pump. It is manufactured as a standalone assembly, not attached to a pump. It can be operated so as to automatically seek and determine a switch-opening pressure for the switch (19), at which the pump pressure switch opens and so interrupts electrical power to the motor, and to then choose an operating pressure below the switch-opening pressure.

Abstract: A portable pressure washer system includes a frame having at least one strap configured such that the frame is supported by a user by way of the at least one strap. A torque generating device is supported by the frame and has an output shaft. A pump is selectively coupled to the output shaft to receive a torque generated by the torque generating device. The pump includes an inlet for connecting to a remote fluid source and an outlet for connecting to a high pressure fluid delivery mechanism. The pump receives a fluid from the remote fluid source by way of the inlet, is driven by the torque generating device to raise a pressure of the fluid to a high pressure fluid, and delivers the high pressure fluid to the high pressure fluid delivery mechanism by way of the outlet.

Abstract: Pump, for example for pumping lubricating oil in an internal combustion engine, more particularly a multi-stroke vane cell pump, with a rotor and vanes which can slide at least radially in rotor slots and have vane heads that slide along a stroke contour, the stroke contour having a radial outlet that can be closed by a valve device.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump has a pump unit and a drive unit. The pump unit includes a volute and an impeller disposed in the volute. The drive unit has a stator and a rotor having a shaft. The volute includes an inlet, an outlet and a chamber in communication with the inlet and outlet. The inlet is coaxial with the chamber. The shaft of the rotor extends into the chamber of the volute and the impeller is attached to and driven by the shaft. The volute further includes a baffle installed in the inlet. The baffle includes a guide plate angled to the axis of the inlet.