Abstract: A method of forming an airfoil with an integrated platform includes: a) providing an airfoil core; b) wrapping a first overwrap ply around the airfoil core; c) darting a first end of the first overwrap ply to allow the overwrap ply to extend perpendicular to the airfoil core to form a first platform; d) filling the darted parts filler plies; e) wrapping a second overwrap ply around the first overwrap ply; f) darting a first end of the second overwrap ply to allow the second overwrap ply to extend adjacent to the first overwrap ply to form the first platform; g) filling the darted parts of the second overwrap ply with one or more filler plies; and h) placing a cap ply in the shape of the platform adjacent to at least one of the first and second overwrap plies. An airfoil with an integrated platform is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fan blade includes providing a metallic fan blade body, and applying at least a 200 volt potential to the fan blade body in a solution to produce a crystalline oxidation layer. A fan blade for a gas turbine engine includes a metallic fan blade body having a tip with a crystalline oxidation layer. A fan blade for a gas turbine engine includes a metallic fan blade body having a tip with a titanium dioxide layer.

Abstract: Support structures of a wind turbine, including a bearing housing that supports bearings that allow a rotor shaft to rotate about a rotor axis. The bearing housing may be constructed to minimize forces in the bearings in response moments that act on the rotor shaft about axes other than the rotor axis. The support structures of the wind turbine may also include a base to which the bearing housing may be mounted. The base may include features that minimize stress within the wind turbine structure and/or a yaw mechanism of the wind turbine in response to moments that act within the wind turbine about axes other than the rotor axis.

Abstract: Wind turbine comprising a rotor having a hub carrying one or more blades, an air intake and a nacelle, the hub being rotatably mounted on a frame and the frame extending forward into the hub, wherein an air flow passage is provided between an inside portion of the hub and the nacelle via at least one first opening to the hub.

Abstract: An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets.

Abstract: A device and a method for dosing an uptake or a release of a liquid. The device comprises a pump pumping a fluid, a pump drive driving the pump, and a fluid channel connected to the pump. A tip is connected to the fluid channel comprising an opening for the uptake or the release of the liquid. At least one flow sensor measures a flow rate of the fluid in the fluid channel. A controller monitors and adjusts the flow rate and/or pressure in the fluid channel.

Abstract: A method of controlling a fluid pump to supply lubricating fluid to a plurality of fluid requiring components in a hybrid vehicle powertrain includes selecting a component-required flow rate for each respective component using a determined operating speed and torque for that respective component. Once the each component-required flow rate is selected, the system flow rate is set to the maximum component-required flow rate of the plurality of component-required flow rates. The fluid pump is then commanded to supply fluid to each of the plurality of fluid requiring components at the system flow rate.

Abstract: A turbocharger comprises a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel mounted to a turbocharger shaft. An electric induction motor is provided for assisting rotation of the compressor wheel in predetermined circumstances. The motor comprises a fixed stator having motor field coils which generate a rotating magnetic field when energised by an AC control signal which induces eddy current flow in a rotor to generate a rotor magnetic field which in turn interacts with the stator magnetic field producing torque in the rotor.

Abstract: A positive displacement packing lubrication system where the lubrication rate is mechanically determined via power take-off from the lubricated equipment.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump powering system includes a mobile vehicle, a first electric current generator device, and one or more electric pump motors. The mobile vehicle has first and second prime movers. The first electric current generator device is disposed onboard the mobile vehicle and is configured to be mechanically coupled with the first prime mover to convert movement created by the first prime mover into first electric current. The one or more electric pump motors are configured to receive the first electric current to power a hydraulic pump. The second prime mover is configured to generate movement that is converted into a propulsive force that propels the mobile vehicle. The one or more electric pump motors are configured to receive the first electric current in order to power the hydraulic pump to pump a fluid into a pumping location located off-board the mobile vehicle.

Abstract: A pump drive for an extracorporeal blood pumping system including an adjustable drive magnet. The pump drive may be coupled to a blood pump which includes a pump impeller. The pump drive may include a stepper motor for dynamically adjusting the position of the drive magnet. The position of the drive magnet may be varied to vary the distance between the drive magnet and an impeller magnet of the pump impeller. Adjusting the position of the drive magnet may include dynamically adjusting the drive magnet and may include axially moving the drive magnet to thereby vary a magnetic attraction force between the drive magnet and the impeller magnet which may thereby minimize forces acting on one or more bearings of a pump impeller.

Abstract: A disc pump includes a pump body having a cavity for containing a fluid. The disc pump also includes an actuator adapted to hold an electrostatic charge to cause an oscillatory motion at a drive frequency. The disc pump further includes a conductive plate positioned to face the actuator outside of the cavity and adapted to provide an electric field of reversible polarity, the conductive plate being electrically associated with the actuator to cause the actuator to oscillate at the drive frequency in response to reversing the polarity of the electric field. The disc pump further includes a valve disposed in at least one of a first aperture and a second aperture in the pump body. The oscillation of the actuator at the drive frequency causes fluid flow through the first aperture and the second aperture when in use.

Abstract: A pump facility for an earmold of a hearing device communicates by way of a channel facility with a variable-volume element of the earmold. A medium can flow through the channel facility to the variable-volume element and away from the variable-volume element. A filling mechanism is embodied for pumping the medium through the channel facility to the variable-volume element. In addition a drainage mechanism is embodied for actively pumping and conveys the medium away from the variable-volume element through the channel facility.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump (2) for use in a sterilisation apparatus (10) comprises: a flexible pump hose (44) having an outlet end and an inlet end, and an electrically conductive fitting (53) at each end; a motor-driven impeller (46) disposed in relation to the pump hose (44) such that when the impeller (46) is driven it will intermittently bear against the pump hose (44) so as to bring the internal walls of the pump hose together (62); a first electrode (52a) in contact with the conductive fitting (53a) at the outlet end of the pump hose (44), and a second electrode (52b) in contact with the conductive fitting (53b) at the inlet end of the pump hose (44); means (70) for applying a voltage across the first and second electrodes (52); and means (70) for measuring an electrical property between the conductive fittings (53). Other aspects of the invention provide a sterilisation apparatus including the pump, and a method of using the sterilisation apparatus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum pump or vacuum apparatus having a vacuum pump for the evacuation of one or a plurality of volumes, the vacuum pump having a plurality of pressure stages and at least two suction inlets. According to the invention, an outer suction inlet for a first pressure stage spatially encompasses an inner suction inlet for a second pressure stage such that the inner suction inlet seals only against pressure within the outer suction inlet, not against external pressure.

Abstract: A modular ejector pump (1) for a fuel delivery device (39). The ejector pump (1) has a feed line (3) and a first nozzle (7). The feed line (3) is embodied to supply fuel (27) to the first nozzle (7). The ejector pump (1) furthermore has a second nozzle (9), which is arranged parallel to the first nozzle (7). The feed line (3) is embodied to supply fuel (27) to the second nozzle (9).

Abstract: An automotive fluidic pump includes a driving device, a pump wheel, a hydraulic coupling configured as a magneto-rheological coupling comprising a rotatable driving clutch element which is permanently connected to the driving device. A rotatable driven clutch element is permanently connected to the pump wheel. A magneto-rheological liquid filling a working gap is arranged between the rotatable driven clutch element and the rotatable driving clutch element. A magnetic unit comprises a permanent magnet and an electromagnet. The permanent magnet and the electromagnet are each configured to magnetically affect the working gap. Each of the driving device and the pump wheel are connectable by the hydraulic coupling. The electromagnet is arranged to compensate a magnetic field created by the permanent magnet in the working gap when the electromagnet is activated.

Abstract: Improvements in compressor manufacture are achieved by utilizing polymeric components which retain at least 90% of their dimensions after being exposed to a mixture of refrigerants and/or lubricants for 30 days at 60° C. Polymeric materials include (i) polyetherimides, (ii) polyphenylene sulfides, (iii) polyketones, (iv) polysulfones, (v) liquid crystal polymers, and (vi) combinations thereof. Metal coatings on the polymers are the preferred embodiments for housings.

Abstract: An energy extraction system for a rotational surface including a drive mechanism having a rotational axis and configured to rotatably couple to the rotational surface and an energy extraction mechanism coupled to the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a cam rotatable about the rotational axis and an eccentric mass coupled to the cam that offsets a center of mass of the drive mechanism from the rotational axis, the eccentric mass cooperatively formed by a first and a second section, the eccentric mass operable between a connected mode wherein the first and second sections are adjacent and a disconnected mode wherein the first and second sections are separated. The energy extraction mechanism is connected to the cam and is statically coupled to the rotating surface, wherein the energy extraction mechanism configured to extract energy from relative rotation between the energy extraction mechanism and the cam.

Abstract: A blower fan includes a fan frame, a motor, an impeller and a shield. The fan frame includes a base plate portion, a cover plate portion, and a lateral wall portion arranged between the base plate portion and the cover plate portion. The cover plate portion includes an axial air inlet and the lateral wall portion includes an air outlet. The motor is mounted in the fan frame. The impeller is rotatably coupled with the motor. The shield is coupled with the fan frame and has a face facing the axial air inlet. At least one lateral air inlet is formed between the cover plate portion and the shield. An air-guiding space is formed between the at least one lateral air inlet and the axial air inlet of the cover plate portion.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes an impeller and a motor which rotates the impeller. The impeller includes an upper shroud, a lower shroud, and blades arranged therebetween. A rotor of the motor is attached to an attachment part of the lower shroud. In a section passing a rotary shaft of the impeller, the rotor and the attachment part are provided at a more outer side than a circle having a center on a line passing an upper end portion of an inlet opening at an inner side and parallel to the rotary shaft of the impeller, having a radius of 80% of a distance from the upper end portion of the inlet opening to a surface of the lower shroud below the upper end portion, and being tangent to the surface of the lower shroud or passing an end edge portion of the lower shroud.

Abstract: Disclosed is a large-scale submersible sewage pump, comprising a pump and a pump seat installation structure, wherein the pump seat installation structure comprises a concrete installation base layer, and a pump seat for installing the pump. The pump seat is fixed to the pump installation layer, and the bottom of the pump is directly connected onto the pump seat. The pump comprises a motor cooling apparatus, wherein the cooling apparatus comprises an internal cooling apparatus installed inside the case of the motor, and an external cooling apparatus installed outside the motor. The pump seat installation structure can stably mount and support the large-scale submersible sewage pump, preventing potential safety hazard during running of the pump.

Abstract: An electric coolant pump for a motor vehicle includes a wet section in which is arranged an impeller and a permanently magnetized motor rotor of an electronically commutated electromotor, a dry section in which is arranged an electric circuit board comprising a plurality of power semiconductors which each comprise a cooling lug, and a partition wall lying in a traverse plane. The partition wall is arranged to separate the wet section and the dry section. The plurality of power semiconductors are each arranged on a proximal side of the electric circuit board facing the partition wall. Each cooling lug is arranged on a cooling lug conductor strip. On a side of the partition wall facing the electric circuit board, the partition wall comprises a heat conductor which is configured to be electrically non-conductive. The heat conductor is arranged to rest directly on a respective cooling lug conductor strip.

Abstract: The present invention includes an electric component (331), a compression component (327), a sealed container (301), a suction pipe (324) and a discharge passage (405, 425a, 425, 470, 473). The compression component includes a crankshaft (343, 709), an oil feeding mechanism (368, 431, 433, 434, 708, 712, 713), an oil feeding passage (440, 714), and a scattering suppressing section (355, 455, 458, 461, 610, 616, 619, 706, 716). The scattering suppressing section suppresses the lubricating oil from being scattered from an opening of the oil feeding passage.

Abstract: A catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include a catheter assembly that comprises a drive shaft and an impeller coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft. A driven assembly can be coupled to a proximal end of the drive shaft within a driven assembly housing. The catheter pump can also include a drive system that comprises a motor and a drive magnet coupled to an output shaft of the motor. The drive system can include a drive assembly housing having at least one magnet therein. Further, a securement device can be configured to prevent disengagement of the driven assembly housing from the drive assembly housing during operation of the pump.

Abstract: Between a movable core chamber and a fuel supply passage, a needle guide slidably supports a needle fixed to a movable core. The needle guide has a communication hole which fluidly connects the movable core chamber and the fuel supply passage. An opening sectional area of the communication hole is defined in such a manner that a fuel discharged amount decreases as an energization start time of a coil is delayed. In a suction stroke, it is restricted that the movable core and the needle bounce toward the fixed core after the needle biases a suction valve toward a stopper by means of a biasing force of a second spring. A relationship between the energization start time of the coil and the fuel discharged amount is properly maintained, so that the fuel discharged amount of the high-pressure pump can be controlled correctly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic circuit for controlling booms of construction equipment, wherein working oil which is relieved from a large chamber of a boom cylinder passes through an orifice so as to prevent the boom from lowering if an overload is applied when the boom is not being operated.

Abstract: A bellows pump which is provided with a case member that forms an axial space therein, closed-bottomed cylindrical bellows that are arranged in the space in an axially extendable/contractable manner and axially separate the space into a pump chamber and an operation chamber, suction valves that are provided on a suction side of the pump chamber and guide a fluid to be transferred to the pump chamber, and discharge valves that are provided on a discharge side of the pump chamber and discharge the fluid to be transferred from the pump chamber, and which extends/contracts the bellows by introducing a working fluid into the operation chamber to discharge the working fluid from the operation chamber, wherein each of the bellows is configured by alternately forming mountain portions and valley portions along the axial direction and having, on a predetermined position in the axial direction, annular ring portion integrally formed therewith.

Abstract: Tube roller pumps for a medical device for extracorporeal blood treatment are disclosed. The pumps include a pump housing having a bent bearing surface and a rotor being rotatable inside the bearing surface, wherein a tubing segment can be introduced between the bearing surface and the rotor in the form of a loop. At the pump housing a stationary first receiving portion for accommodating one end of the loop-shaped tubing segment and a rocker arm including a second receiving portion for accommodating the other end of the loop-shaped tubing segment are provided, wherein the rocker arm is rotatable about a pivoting axis so that the second receiving portion with the tubing segment can be brought into at least two different positions and that a first position represents a threading position and a second position represents an unthreading position for the tubing segment. Medical devices for extracorporeal blood treatment including such tube roller pumps are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for pumping fluid using a pump cassette. The system includes a control assembly for operating the pump cassette. A force assembly having a movable member is capable of applying force to the pump cassette to press the pump cassette against the control assembly. The movable member may be an expandable member, such as a bladder.

Abstract: A fluid pump can include one section which reciprocates relative to another section, whereby fluid is pumped between the sections. The fluid pump can be devoid of any dynamic seal. Each of the pump sections can include a check valve. Structural components of the pump can be made of a non-metal material. One section can be received in a bore of the other section, and a relatively small gap between the bore and the one section can allow minimal leakage of the fluid between the bore and the one section.

Abstract: A scroll compressor contains a suction chamber and a compression chamber formed between the orbiting scroll and stationary scroll; and the rear surface of the orbiting scroll includes a back pressure chamber to apply a pressing force for pressing the stationary scroll to the orbiting scroll by the pressure higher than the pressure in the suction chamber. The stationary scroll contains the communication paths 200, 201 to connect the suction chamber or the compression chamber and the back pressure chamber; and a back pressure control means for opening and closing the communication paths by way of the pressure differential along the communication paths. The inlet communication path 200 that extends from the back pressure control means to the back pressure chamber includes at least two or more path cross-sectional areas.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a compression mechanism having a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. The fixed scroll includes a first end plate, an outer peripheral wall extending from an edge of first end plate, a first oil groove, and a first wrap inside of the outer peripheral wall. The orbiting scroll includes a second end plate in sliding contact with an end of the first wrap and an end of the outer peripheral wall, a second oil groove, and a second wrap. The first oil groove is disposed on a surface of the outer peripheral wall, extends along an inner periphery of the outer peripheral wall, and is configured to receive lubricating oil at a high pressure corresponding to a discharge pressure of the compression mechanism. The second oil groove is disposed on a surface of the second end plate, and is communicatable with the first oil groove.

Abstract: A compressor is provided and may include a shell, a motor assembly, a drive shaft, a first compression mechanism, and a second compression mechanism. The motor assembly may be disposed within the shell. The drive shaft may be powered by the motor assembly. The first compression mechanism may be disposed within the shell and may be driven by the motor assembly. The second compression mechanism may be driven by the motor assembly.

Abstract: An internal gear pump for a hydraulic vehicle brake system has axial discs which, by the exertion of pressure on the outer sides thereof, are pressed against gearwheels of the internal gear pump for lateral sealing, provided on the inner sides thereof with grooves through which the gearwheels convey brake fluid as they are driven in rotation, which brake fluid thereby passes, for lubrication, between the axial discs and the gearwheels of the internal gear pump.

Abstract: A positive displacement pump and methods of making a positive displacement pump having a component, the component having a density ranging from more than 0 to 3 g/cm3, a glass transition temperature (Tg) greater than or equal to 150° C., and a yield strength retention greater than 90% after soaking in engine oil for 7 days at 150° C.

Abstract: Designs for multiple segment lobe pumps are shown. The designs include pumps using rotors having two lobes to a plurality of lobes and segments that include two segments to a plurality of segments. Designs for both vertical or straight walled conventional lobed rotors as well as helical lobe rotors are shown. The designs are applicable to a variety of rotors and number of segments. In one particular case the designs enable a three lobe helical pump.

Abstract: Embodiments of a magnesium (Mg) alloy and method for producing the same are disclosed. One such embodiment, among others, is a method for producing a magnesium (Mg) alloy, comprising the steps of: (a) producing a Mg powder aggregate by mixing Mg powder and at least one strengthening agent, the strengthening agent selected from: a carbon, a metal, and a combination thereof; (b) agglomerating the aggregate; and (c) sintering the agglomerated aggregate to produce the Mg alloy. Preferably, although not necessarily, steps (a) and (b) are performed using a ball mill. Moreover, the strengthening agent may be, for example but not limited to, carbon nanotubes, copper, tin, titanium, or silicon carbide. The resulting Mg alloy comprises nano-scale crystalline and/or micro-scale crystalline lattice structures and a yield strength that is at least as high as steel, exhibiting a yield strength that is about 320 MPa to 500 MPa.

Abstract: A method for producing a high strength aluminum alloy brackets, cases, tubes, ducts, beams, spars and other parts containing L12 dispersoids from an aluminum alloy powder containing the L12 dispersoids. The powder is consolidated into a billet having a density of about 100 percent. The billet is extruded using an extrusion die shaped to produce the component.

Abstract: Alloys based on titanium aluminides, such as ? (TiAl) which may be made through the use of casting or powder metallurgical processes and heat treatments. The alloys contain titanium, 38 to 46 atom % aluminum, and 5 to 10 atom % niobium, and they contain composite lamella structures with B19 phase and ? phase there in a volume ratio of the B19 phase to ? phase 0.05:1 and 20:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an Mg—Al—Ca based master alloy for Mg alloys and to a production method therefor, and concerns an alloying master alloy used for magnesium or magnesium alloys. To this end, a feature of the invention is that, while the Ca:Al ration in the composition is maintained at between 7:3 and 1:9, based on percentages by weight in the alloy, a balance of Mg is added in an amount of up to 85% of the entire weight of the master alloy, based on percentage by weight. The production method comprises the steps of: preparing components of a master alloy by selecting a composition in which, while the Ca:Al ration in the composition is maintained at between 7:3 and 1:9, based on percentages by weight in the alloy, there is a balance of Mg in an amount of up to 85% of the entire weight of the master alloy, based on percentage by weight; sequentially melting Mg, Al and Ca; completely melting the components by applying an adequate amount of heat; and rapidly cooling the molten pool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical device or implant made at least in part of a high-strength, low-modulus metal alloy comprising niobium, tantalum, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of zirconium, tungsten, and molybdenum. The medical devices according to the present invention provide superior characteristics with regard to biocompatibility, radio-opacity and MRI compatibility.

Abstract: To provide a copper alloy wire being a filamentary material of a copper alloy containing, in percent by mass, Ni: 3.0 to 15.0%, Al: 0.5 to 5.0%, and Si: 0.1 to 3.0%, with the remainder being composed of Cu and incidental impurities, which is provided with the tensile strength (?B) of 900 to 1300 MPa and electrical conductivity of 10 to 22% IACS and, in addition to that property, satisfies an intensity ratio of A:B:C of 1.0:1.2 to 6.0:2.2 to 8.

Abstract: Copper or a copper alloy characterized in having an ?-ray emission of 0.001 cph/cm2 or less. Since recent semiconductor devices are produced to have higher density and higher capacity, there is greater risk of soft errors caused by the influence of ? rays emitted from materials positioned near semiconductor chips. In particular, there are strong demands for achieving higher purification of copper and copper alloys which are used near the semiconductor device, such as copper or copper alloy wiring lines, copper or copper alloy bonding wires, and soldering materials, and materials reduced in ?-ray emission are also demanded. Thus, the present invention elucidates the phenomenon in which ? rays are emitted from copper or copper alloys, and provides copper or copper alloy reduced in ?-ray emission which is adaptable to the demanded material, and a bonding wire in which such copper or copper alloy is used as its raw material.

Abstract: A method of processing a casting is described. The method comprises removing a mold from a cast metal part without cold working surfaces of the cast metal part and thermally treating the cast metal part. The method can further comprise finishing the surfaces of the cast metal part after thermally treating such that any cold working of the surfaces of the cast metal part occurs after thermally treating such that no recast layer is formed in the cast metal part.

Abstract: The device for the treatment of a gaseous medium according to the invention comprises in flow direction of the gaseous medium a plasma-generating device for the generation of a plasma in the gaseous medium. The plasma comprises in particular excited molecules, radicals, ions, free electrons, photons and any combination thereof. Furthermore, the device according to the invention comprises at least one dielectric structure, in particular at least one fused silica tube. The plasma is conveyable into the at least one dielectric structure, in particular after generation in the plasma-generating device.

Abstract: The present invention obtains both the feature of deodorizing by means of active species and the feature of killing floating and attached bacteria by releasing the active species to the exterior of a device. The present invention is provided with a pair of electrodes (21, 22), electrode (21) being arranged with the dielectric film (21a) on the surface facing electrode (22) and electrode (22) being arranged with dielectric film (22a) on the surface facing electrode (21), wherein plasma is discharged when a predetermined voltage is applied between the electrodes (21, 22). The present invention is configured in a manner such that a fluid through-hole (21b, 22b) is disposed on and through each electrode (21, 22) on a corresponding location, and is characterized in that at least a portion of the outline of the corresponding fluid through-holes (21b, 22b) are positioned at a different position from one another when viewing from face plate direction of the electrodes.

Abstract: A composition of matter and method for preparation of a tissue augmentation material. A polysaccharide gel composition is prepared with rheological properties selected for a particular selected application. The method includes preparing a polymeric polysaccharide in a buffer to create a polymer solution or gel suspending properties in the gel and selecting a rheology profile for the desired tissue region.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to methods of destroying genetic material in laboratory environments. Steps include contacting a surface in a genetic laboratory that is contaminated with genetic material with a decontaminant composition comprising a transition metal or alloy thereof, an alcohol, a peroxygen, and water; and maintaining contact between the decontaminant composition and the surface for a sufficient period of time to provide a reduction in genetic material on the surface.

Abstract: Sanitization apparatuses, kits, and methods for sanitizing stethoscopes (e.g., at least one side of a bell and/or diaphragm of a stethoscope chestpiece).