Abstract: A method for production of drink containers includes the steps of providing a compressed container, exposing the compressed container to a gaseous medium to expand this, wherein preferably during expansion a wall thickness of the container does not change by more than 10%, and filling of the expanded container with the fluid.

Abstract: A food packaging system including a film dispensing device and a perforation device configured to create perforations in a film dispensed by the film dispensing device. The system also includes a wrapping device configured to wrap a food product in the film, and a controller configured to control the perforation device to produce a predetermined perforation pattern in the film. The film extends continuously while moving from the dispensing device to the wrapping device. The perforation device is positioned so that the film is perforated after leaving the dispenser and prior to the food product being wrapped in film.

Abstract: A transport puck vertically aligns a caulking cartridge, nozzle-down.

Abstract: An epoxy resin curing agent includes at least the following component (I) and component (II) in a mass ratio of 50/50 to 92/8: Component (I): a reaction product obtained by reacting at least (A) metaxylylenediamine or paraxylylenediamine and at least one selected from (B1) acrylic acid and acrylic acid derivatives; Component (II): a reaction product obtained by reacting at least (A) metaxylylenediamine or paraxylylenediamine and at least one selected from (B2) unsaturated carboxylic acids represented by the following formula (1) and derivatives thereof: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl group; so that at least one of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl group.

Abstract: A filter element has a filter body having a longitudinal axis, wherein the filter body has a first end with a first end face and a second end with a second end face opposite the first end in direction of the longitudinal axis. The filter body is provided with inner and outer circumferential surfaces permeable for a medium to be filtered. A first end disk is arranged at the first end face and a second end disk is arranged at the second end face. The outer circumferential surface of the filter body has at least one fluid-tight area that is impermeable for the medium to be filtered. The fluid-tight area is an incoming flow protector or an improper handling protector resting on the outer circumferential surface.

Abstract: A filter system for intake air of an internal combustion engine has a housing with a cover. A filter element is arranged in the housing. An inlet feeds a medium to be filtered into the housing and an outlet discharges the medium from the housing. The filter element has a filter body with first end face and opposite second end face. The filter element has an open first end plate at the first end face and a second end plate at the second end face. A support tube is arranged concentrically about a longitudinal axis in the housing and attached with a first end to the housing. The support tube is arranged in the interior of the filter element and radially supports the filter body. The second end plate rests on the second end of the support tube and on an inner cover contour of the cover with anti-rotation action.

Abstract: A local air cleaning apparatus (1) is provided with a push hood (2) having an air flow opening face (23) for blowing out a cleaned uniform air flow and a guide (3) provided on a side of the push hood (2) having the air flow opening face (23), the guide (3) extending from the side thereof having the air flow opening face (23) toward a downstream side of the uniform air flow to form an opening face (31) at a downstream end portion thereof. The push hood (2) is arranged such that the uniform air flow blown out from the air flow opening face (23) passes through the inside of the guide (3) and then collides with an air collision face (W) on a downstream side of the opening face (31). The opening face (31) of the guide (3) is spaced apart from and opposed to the air collision face (W) to form an open region between the opening face (3) and the air collision face (W).

Abstract: A filter unit which has a simple structure and can ensure high-level safety in response to risk during operation of an apparatus such as an isolator device is provided. One type of filter unit includes a rectangular cylindrical body having a first wall portion provided with an air inlet portion and a second wall portion formed so as to cross the first wall portion and provided with an air discharge port portion, a filter member provided in the cylindrical body for filtering introduced air, an annular seal member surrounding an outer periphery portion of the air inlet portion, and a detachable lid body closing the air inlet portion in an airtight manner. The filter unit is connected to a work chamber such that the air inlet portion is attached so as to oppose an air outlet of the work chamber and so that the seal member abuts an outer wall portion of the work chamber in an airtight manner.

Abstract: A device for removing oil mist and odors from an airstream comprising a base having an air inlet in the lower end thereof for receiving an airstream. A first tubular filter has a first end and a second end. The first end is closed, and the second end is mounted on the base wherein the first tubular filter defines an inner chamber that is in communication with the air inlet. A second tubular filter is mounted on the base. The second tubular filter surrounds the first tubular filter and defines an outer chamber therebetween. An opening is formed through the base. The opening connects the outer chamber with the air inlet. A valve element is disposed in the base. The valve element allows flow from the outer chamber to the air inlet when pressure in the outer chamber exceeds pressure in the air inlet.

Abstract: A filter system is provided with a housing having a housing wall and a cover, the housing having a longitudinal axis. An inlet is arranged on the housing and feeds a fluid to be filtered into the housing. An outlet is arranged on the housing and discharges the filtered fluid. Filter elements each having at least one filter medium are arranged in the housing. At least one of the filter elements extends along the longitudinal axis. The filter medium has pleats extending along the longitudinal axis with outer and inner pleat edges. The outer pleat edges extend on the first side of the filter medium and the inner pleat edges on the second side of the filter medium and are opposite the outer pleat edges. The filter medium has a variable flow resistance along the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A filter system has a housing with a housing wall and at least one cover. An inlet port is arranged on the housing and supplies a fluid to be filtered to the housing. An outlet port is arranged on the housing and discharges the fluid that has been filtered from the housing. A support tube is arranged in an interior of the housing and accommodates a filter element. The support tube extends along a housing axis of the housing and has a receiving side, wherein the support tube is connected to the housing by a first detent connection provided on the receiving side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (10) having a filter body (20 and a substantially axially sealing element (100) which is disposed at a peripheral surface (22) of the filter body (20), in particular foamed to the peripheral surface (22), wherein the sealing element (100) features a first sealing surface (102) and a second sealing surface (104) which are oppositely positioned to each other in axial direction with an axial gap (30). wherein the sealing element (100) features between the sealing surfaces (102, 104) at its circumference a contour (110) at which a contour segment (112, 114) each joins the sealing surface (102, 104) in an obtuse angle and the two contour segments (112, 114) abut at a joint (116). The invention relates furthermore to a filter system (200) with a replaceable filter element (10).

Abstract: A filter element has a filter body with a first end face and a second end face opposite the second end face in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the filter body. A first open end plate is arranged at the first end face. A second closed end plate is arranged at the second end face. The second end plate has a sealing structure and the sealing structure is adapted to seal, when the filter element is installed in a housing, a region between the second end plate and a cover of the housing relative to an interior space of the housing. The sealing structure is a ring surrounding an outside circumference of the second end plate and has a sealing surface directed in radial direction outwardly.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb filter capable of achieving a combination of high collection efficiency and low pressure loss. The honeycomb filter comprises a ceramic honeycomb substrate in which a multitude of cells through which a fluid flows are disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and are separated by cell walls, each cell being sealed at an end section at either the fluid inlet side or the fluid outlet side, and a filter layer which, among the surfaces of the cell walls, is formed on the surface of the cell walls of those cells in which the end section at the fluid inlet side is open and the end section at the fluid outlet side is sealed by a sealing material, wherein the thickness of the filter layer increases gradually from the fluid inlet side toward the fluid outlet side.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure 100 having a partition wall 112 that forms a plurality of first channels 110a and a plurality of second channels 110b is provided. The first channels 110a are open at a first end surface 100a and closed at a second end surface 100b. The second channels 110 are closed at the first end surface 100a and open at the second end surface 100b. The partition wall 112 has standard walls 112a, which separate the first channels 110a and the second channels 110b from each other, and a common wall 112b, which separates two first channels 110a adjacent to each other at the first end surface 100a, and the standard walls 112a are thicker than the common walls 112b.

Abstract: An articulated harvesting head load sensor arrangement is provided that includes two harvesting head sections (102, 104, 106) that are coupled with a first pivot pin (162) that is a load pin.

Abstract: A combined device for windrowing and for baling by pressing, particularly of hay, intended to be connected to a tractor equipped with a three-point hitch and with a power takeoff, includes hitching elements (10), a single frame (12) on wheels (54-1, 54-2) including windrowing elements (14) and elements (16) for receiving and supporting a baler (18). The device also includes a second variant.

Abstract: There is provided a work vehicle including: an engine in which a pulley for transmitting power is fitted to an output shaft disposed in such a manner as to project downward from a bottom; and a mount surface at which an opening, into which the pulley can be inserted, is formed, and further, on which the engine is mounted in the state in which the pulley is inserted into the opening from above. The work vehicle is further provided with a fixed plate that is fixed to the bottom of the engine and joined to the mount surface so as to fix the engine onto the mount surface. The output shaft is inserted through the fixed plate, and further, the fixed plate is interposed between the bottom of the engine and the pulley.

Abstract: A rectangular baler comprising a bale chamber, a compacting plunger and a guide system comprising at least one guide assembly, comprising a guide element, and a threaded shaft and nut for positioning the guide element, wherein, for receiving said threaded shaft, an elongated slot is provided extending in a slot direction making an angle between 1 and 85 degrees with respect to the discharge direction, said threaded shaft being arranged in an upright position perpendicular to the slot direction.

Abstract: A metal connection plate of a chain link of an energy chain, which metal connecting plate has two ends, wherein one end has first elements and the other end has second elements, wherein the first elements can be inserted into the second elements of a further connecting plate in such a way that the connecting plates are rotatably connected to each other. The first and second elements are each formed by a hole having a border. The borders form stop surfaces corresponding to each other, which stop surfaces protrude substantially perpendicularly to an extent to the connecting plate.

Abstract: An exhaust stack includes an inlet section extending along a first axis and an outlet section extending along a second axis. A co-axial silencer is arranged in one of the inlet section and outlet section. The co-axial silencer includes a plurality of concentric baffles configured and disposed to absorb acoustics generated by fluid flow through the exhaust stack.

Abstract: The gas turbine facility 10 of the embodiment includes a combustor 20 combusting fuel and oxidant, a turbine 21 rotated by combustion gas, a heat exchanger 23 cooling the combustion gas, a heat exchanger 24 removing water vapor from the combustion gas which passed through the heat exchanger 23 to regenerate dry working gas, and a compressor 25 compressing the dry working gas until it becomes supercritical fluid. Further, the gas turbine facility 10 includes a pipe 42 guiding a part of the dry working gas from the compressor 25 to the combustor 20 via the heat exchanger 23, a pipe 44 exhausting a part of the dry working gas to the outside, and a pipe 45 introducing a remaining part of the dry working gas exhausted from the compressor 25 into a pipe 40 coupling an outlet of the turbine 21 and an inlet of the heat exchanger 23.

Abstract: According to one aspect, an apparatus and method for electrically igniting and throttling pyroelectric propellant, e.g., in a rocket engine, are provided. In one example, an apparatus includes an injector body for supplying an electrically ignitable propellant to a combustion chamber and a opposing electrodes. A first electrode may be included with the injector body and a second electrode positioned relative to the first electrode to cause ignition of the electrically ignitable propellant as the electrically ignitable propellant flows thereby.

Abstract: A device and a method for bleeding compressor air in an engine includes at least one actuator and at least one closing element linked to the actuator for closing or partially closing a bypass duct via which compressor air can be bled off. It is provided here that the closing element is designed to be successively moved into the bypass duct, with the airflow passing through the bypass duct being settable by the position of the closing element. Furthermore, an air guiding device linked to the closing element is provided and has air guiding surfaces which adjoin the closing element downstream, the spatial alignment of the air guiding surfaces being dependent on the position of the closing element.

Abstract: A method for improving fuel efficiency of a vehicle and an exclusive energy saving and emission reduction device thereof are provided. The key points of the technical solutions are as follows. An exhaust separation device is installed in a crankcase of an engine. An oil-gas separation technology is adopted to manufacture an oil-gas separator and a diffusion vortex chamber. According to an aerodynamic principle, the separation degree of the exhaust is improved through compression and high speed vortex in the energy saving device, in such a manner that engine oil vapor in the exhaust is separated from combustible mixed gases, and then sent to the engine via an air intake throttle. The present invention enables complete combustion of the fuel, so as to achieve effects of oil-saving and emission-reducing.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for enhancing the performance of an SCR device, particularly by routinely reducing the amount of reductant deposits accumulated in an exhaust gas system, when the reductant is injected at a reduced temperature. The system may include an engine, an exhaust gas system, an SCR device, an injection device, and a controller configured to execute the present method. The controller may be configured to select an initial injection rate and an initial injection temperature for the reductant; estimate the amount of accumulated reductant deposits present within the exhaust gas system; compare the amount of accumulated reductant deposits to a threshold amount of reductant deposits allowable in the exhaust gas system; and initiate a reductant deposit burn-off mode when the amount of accumulated reductant deposits is greater than the threshold amount of reductant deposits allowable in the exhaust gas system.

Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine which does not require fitting of a feed forward term on an occasion of calculation of a fuel amount to be supplied at a time of temperature raising control is provided. According to the present embodiment, by feed forward control using a steady-state DPF model and a steady-state CCO model, a basic amount (feed forward term) of a fuel amount Qinj that is added from a fuel injector 20 in the temperature raising control can be calculated. Namely, the feed forward term can be calculated without depending on a control map. If the feed forward term can be calculated without depending on the control map, fitting of the feed forward term with use of the controlling map is not required.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus (50) for mounting to an inner wall (33) of an exhaust tube (32) includes a tube engagement surface (52) and an exhaust engagement surface (54A). The tube engagement surface comprises a convex surface of a constant first radius of curvature about a first axis. The exhaust engagement surface is adjacent the tube engagement surface, and includes a concave surface of a second radius of curvature about a second axis generally perpendicular to the first axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metering module (10) for metering a reduction means in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The metering module (10) comprises at least one cooling element (22, 24) through which cooling fluid flows. The metering module (10) has a cooled connection piece (44) that is actively cooled by the cooling fluid.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to suppress deposition of ash in a wall-flow particulate filter while curtailing drops in a trapping rate of PM. To attain the above object, the invention provides a wall-flow particulate filter delimited by porous partition walls having pores of a size that allows ash and ash aggregates to pass therethrough. In the filter, a coat layer having pores smaller than the pores of the partition walls is provided, at a region of the partition walls, from an upstream end thereof up to a position before a downstream end thereof.

Abstract: A reductant delivery unit having active cooling which is constructed to have sufficient structural robustness, and to improve corrosion resistance of the assembly, where an attack on the base injector is conceivable with the use of incorrect coolant media. The reductant delivery unit has an upper shield, a lower shield connected to the upper shield, and an inner sleeve. The reductant delivery unit also includes a lower sleeve connected to the inner sleeve and the lower shield. A liquid cooling cavity is formed by the connection between the inner sleeve and the lower shield, the lower sleeve and the lower shield, and the lower sleeve and the inner sleeve. Coolant flows into the liquid cooling cavity to provide a cooling function to an injector partially located within the inner sleeve, and a corrugated portion of the lower sleeve transfers heat away from at least a portion of the injector.

Abstract: A flow restrictor for a secondary air injection system for an internal combustion engine. The flow restrictor includes a main body configured to be located between the intake end and a first injecting end of the supply conduit of the secondary air injection system. The main body defines a restricting orifice configured to reduce propagation of pressure fluctuations between the first injecting end a second injecting end. The main body includes a first connecting portion configured to connect to the supply conduit proximal to the intake end and a second connecting portion configured to connect to the supply conduit proximal to the first injecting end.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a two-shell construction comprised of an outer system and an inner system. A flange is positioned at a side proximal to a cylinder head of the combustion engine for installation to the combustion engine, and an insulation sleeve connects the inner system with the flange and the outer system. The insulation sleeve is sized to extend through an opening of the flange and to project beyond the flange into the cylinder head of the combustion engine.

Abstract: A hydraulic system is disclosed. The hydraulic system includes a first actuator fluidly coupled to a first rotating group in a first closed-loop circuit, a flow control module fluidly coupled to the first closed-loop circuit via a first conduit, a second actuator fluidly coupled to the flow control module via a second conduit, a second rotating group in selective fluid communication with the first conduit and the second conduit via the flow control module, and a controller operatively coupled to the flow control module. The controller is configured to operate the flow control module in a first mode and a second mode. The first mode effects fluid communication between the second rotating group and the first closed-loop circuit via the first conduit, and blocks fluid communication between the second rotating group and the second actuator via the second conduit.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor that can be operated in both directions, the hydraulic motor comprising two two-way hydraulic ports each of which can be connected, selectively depending on the direction of rotation in which the motor is to be actuated, either to a source of pressurized liquid or to a device for collecting the liquid at a lower pressure, the hydraulic motor comprising a drain port communicating with an interior space of the motor case, which comprises: an intermediate pipe into which the drain pipe of the case opens, a first non-return valve positioned between the intermediate pipe and a first two-way hydraulic port and able to open toward the first two-way hydraulic port; and a second non-return valve positioned between the intermediate pipe and a second two-way hydraulic port and able to open toward the second two-way hydraulic port.

Abstract: A fast and flexible pressure testing apparatus includes two parallel pressure channels having independent pumps and pressure regulators. Pressure pulse cycle times are minimized by using large diameter hydraulic lines. A fluid accumulator in each channel stores pre-pressurized fluid to avoid pressure delivery delays due to limited pump output. In embodiments, the outputs of the two delivery channels can be combined to deliver pressure pulses to the part under test (PUT) from either channel in any desired sequence, or one channel can be used to return the PUT to its initial status. Embodiments gate the pressure pulses using servo valves, which can have pressure outputs that are proportional to their control signals, thereby enabling shaped output pressure profiles according to shaping of the control signals. The pressure channels can be further split into first and second branches which set the ranges over which the channel output can be varied.

Abstract: A fluid pressure drive unit is to supply a working fluid to and drive a fluid pressure actuator. The fluid pressure drive unit includes a fluid pressure pump for suctioning and discharging the working fluid, an electric motor arranged in parallel to the fluid pressure pump, the electric motor for driving and rotating the fluid pressure pump, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a power between a rotation shaft of the fluid pressure pump and a rotation shaft of the electric motor.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a construction machine having a pressure compensation valve is disclosed, which improves operability when a combined operation of a swing device and an attachment is performed.

Abstract: A fluid delivery system includes a first hydraulic circuit, and a second hydraulic circuit. The first hydraulic circuit includes a first hydraulic pump, and a first hydraulic motor. The first hydraulic motor is fluidly connected to the first hydraulic pump and is configured to be driven by the first hydraulic pump. The second hydraulic circuit includes a second hydraulic pump, and a second hydraulic motor. The second hydraulic pump is mechanically coupled to the first hydraulic motor and configured to be driven by the first hydraulic motor. The second hydraulic motor is disposed in loop with the second hydraulic pump and configured to be driven by the second hydraulic pump. The fluid delivery system further includes a delivery pump mechanically coupled to the second hydraulic motor and fluidly connected to a fluid source. The delivery pump is configured to deliver a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for a construction machine including a direction control valve group including direction control valves provided in tandem to a center bypass passage, a bleed-off valve provided to the center bypass passage downstream of the direction control valve group, and a control valve controlling an amount of pressure oil to be supplied to the direction control valve.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit for a construction machine including a direction control valve group including direction control valves provided in tandem to a center bypass passage, and a bleed-off valve provided to the center bypass passage downstream of the direction control valve group.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus (10) for providing mechanical energy. The apparatus (10) for providing mechanical energy comprises a motor (11) for providing mechanical energy. The motor (11) comprises a chamber (17, 117, 217, 317, 417) for receiving a fluid to be heated. An amplified stimulated emission radiation source (e.g. a laser and/or a maser) (36, 436) is provided for supplying radiation to the chamber (17, 117, 217, 317, 417).

Abstract: Provided is a brake hydraulic device for a vehicle, including: a base body having a hydraulic pressure path for brake fluid formed therein; an electromagnetic valve; an electromagnetic coil; a pressure sensor; and a housing attached to the outer surface of the base body. The housing includes a peripheral wall part and an intermediate wall part partitioning a space inside the peripheral wall part into a front side and a rear side. A plurality of bus bars on the coil side to be electrically connected to the electromagnetic coil, and a plurality of bus bars on the sensor side to be electrically connected to the pressure sensor are embedded in the intermediate wall part. A hierarchy region where the bus bars on the coil side and the bus bars on the sensor side are positioned in a hierarchy state with each other in the front-rear direction is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a stroke simulator in which the piston operates smoothly without being inhibited from displacement thereof by the negative pressure generated in the closed space, even if the piston is configured to be displaced so as to close the space in which the elastic member is housed, and to elastically deform the elastic member. A stroke simulator, in which a simulator piston presses a first return spring, which is housed in a bottomed cylindrical portion, from an opening portion side of the cylindrical portion, to cause the first return spring to be elastically deform, and to generate a brake reaction force. When the opening portion is closed by the simulator piston, a brake fluid filled in the cylinder portion is taken into the inside of the cylindrical portion via a flow path leading to the inside of the cylindrical portion from a second cylinder.

Abstract: Arrangement of an intercooler in an intake pipe, wherein the intercooler has a cooler block through which charge air can flow and a first opening through the intake pipe, through which the intercooler can be inserted into the intake pipe, wherein the intake pipe has a second opening, which is arranged substantially opposite the first opening and can be closed by means of a housing part.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for controlling a wastegate in the presence of a degraded wastegate valve sensor. In one example, responsive to feedback from a wastegate valve sensor being unavailable, a wastegate valve is moved to an at least partially open position in part via exhaust pressures responsive to a desired boost being within a first range. Responsive to feedback from the wastegate valve sensor being unavailable, the wastegate valve is moved toward a fully closed position at a rate responsive to boost pressure dynamics responsive to the desired boost being within a second, different range.

Abstract: Various methods for determining the fully closed position of a wastegate valve are provided. In one example, a non-closed position command for a wastegate valve in a low-lift region relative to a valve seat is received. Prior to executing the position command, the wastegate valve is only temporarily closed to thereby determine a fully closed position.

Abstract: An integrated exhaust manifold for use with an internal combustion engine and dual scroll turbocharger. The integrated exhaust manifold includes a first exhaust passageway fluidly connected between a first pair of piston cylinders and the dual scroll turbocharger for transporting exhaust gas from the first pair of piston cylinders to a first input of dual scroll turbocharger. The integrated exhaust manifold includes a second exhaust passageway fluidly connected between a second pair of piston cylinders and the dual scroll turbocharger for transporting exhaust gas from the second pair of piston cylinders to a second input of the dual scroll turbocharger. The second exhaust passageway is fluidly independent from the first exhaust passageway and the first and second exhaust passageways are positioned to define a septum area therebetween. A cooling system having a septum cooling jacket is use to cool the septum area between the first and second exhaust passageways.

Abstract: An engine is disclosed. The engine may have an air box. The engine may further have an opening into the air box. The engine may additionally have a baffle positioned adjacent the opening. The engine may also have a cylinder defining an intake port, with the intake port positioned in the air box. The baffle may be configured to deflect air that passes through the opening to direct the air away from the intake port of the cylinder.

Abstract: A combined-type gas turbine engine system is provided which achieves high efficiency by very effectively using exhaust heat from a gas turbine engine. In a gas turbine engine system including: a compressor for compressing a first working medium; a heater for heating the compressed first working medium by an external heat source; a turbine for outputting power from the first working medium; an intermediate cooler provided at the compressor for cooling the first working medium compressed by a low-pressure compression part of the compressor and supplying the first working medium to a high-pressure compression part of the compressor; and an exhaust heat boiler using as a heating medium an exhaust gas from the turbine, a Rankine cycle engine using the intermediate cooler and the exhaust heat boiler as heat sources and a cooling medium of the intermediate cooler as a second working medium.