Abstract: A dispensing assembly and method for dispensing a mixture of a first fluid component and a second fluid component. The dispensing assembly generally comprises a container coupled with a nozzle in a unique manner to achieve a mechanical and fluid connection. More specifically, the container includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The first and second chambers are adapted to respectively hold the first and second fluid components. The nozzle has an inlet end and an outlet end. First and second connecting elements are located at the inlet end of the nozzle. Another mating pair of connecting elements, i.e., third and fourth connecting elements, of the container respectively communicate with the first and second chambers. The first and second connecting elements are respectively capable of being removable coupled to the third and fourth connecting elements to establish fluid paths from the first and second chambers into the inlet end of the nozzle.

Abstract: A mask having both ends supported on a frame when a tensile force is applied in a first direction includes: a mask main body unit having a band form extended in the first direction; a plurality of pattern units including a plurality of pattern slits extended and opened in the first direction and separately disposed in a second direction crossing the first direction, and disposed in the mask main body unit in the first direction; and a plurality of dummy units including a plurality of dummy slits separated from each other with the pattern units therebetween, disposed in the mask main body unit, extended and opened in the first direction, and separately disposed in the second direction.

Abstract: A vibration exciter for construction machines, particularly for vibration pile drivers, includes at least one axle having at least two imbalance masses. At least one rotary piston pivot motor is provided, by way of which the rotational position of at least one imbalance mass, relative to the at least one other imbalance mass, can be changed. The rotary piston pivot motor has a pivot motor housing that is mounted on a pivot motor shaft so as to rotate relative to it. At least one rotary vane is disposed on the pivot motor shaft, the angle of rotation of which vane is limited by at least one stop disposed on the pivot motor housing. The maximal angle of rotation of the at least one rotary vane amounts to less than 160 degrees, preferably 150 degrees or less.

Abstract: A combination scooper and sifter and method for sifting material includes a solid frame; a mesh screen at the bottom of the frame; a rim at the top of the frame; a rear wall that extends down from the rim to the mesh screen at a steep, first angle; a lip at the front of the frame that extends down from the front of the frame to the mesh screen at a shallow, second angle which is substantially less than the first angle at the back of the frame; a front section at a front of the rim that slopes down to a front tip of the frame; a rear section at a rear of the rim that is generally flat; and a hump-like, middle section between the front and rear sections of the rim that smoothly rises and lowers to provide a hump.

Abstract: A wash-out container has a collection basin, a filter and a pump. Water used for washing tools is filtered and re-used so the wash-out container is stand-alone.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a lithography apparatus using an aerosol spray is described. The spray from the aerosol is contained in a space.

Abstract: A dispenser and procedure for disinfecting and cleaning air conditioner condensation drainage lines and other condensation drainage lines. The dispenser can be installed at any convenient location on any floor of a home or other building, regardless of whether the location is below, above, or at the same elevation as the inlet of the condensation drainage line. The dispenser includes a liquid pump for delivering an amount of treatment fluid into a treatment delivery line and an air pump for pushing the dose of treatment fluid through the treatment delivery line and into the condensation drainage line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pipe cleaning robot. The pipe cleaning robot can be folded to easily enter a narrow-mouthed pipe at the initial stage, can flexibly increase or decrease in size corresponding to various diameters of pipes, and can adhere first and second transfer cars closely to the inner wall of the pipe during the transfer to prevent a rollover due to impact and vibration generated during the cleaning process.

Abstract: A plant for treating drilling muds, which can be installed in building sites for performing excavations or foundations, includes a main mud storage tank containing clean mud ready to be conveyed to the same excavation, a first grizzly screen, a mud processing hopper, at least one cyclone stage provided with at least an inlet in which entering mud to be treated is introduced and with at least a first outlet from which lightened mud (Fa) exits having a lower density than the entering mud, and with at least a second outlet from which a high density mud (Fd) exits, such high density mud having a higher density than the entering mud, and a dewatering screen. Said devices are connected together through pipes in such a way that a mud filled with detritus coming from the excavation is treated in order to be able to be reused once it is returned to the excavation.

Abstract: A system for intercepting, treating and venting of soil gas from contaminated soil includes a borehole with an open top end, a porous liner against the outer wall of the borehole and porous fill material inside the liner. The fill material can include materials to retard and degrade contaminants in the soil gas. The system can include a slotted aeration tube in the borehole, vegetation planted in the open end of the borehole, impermeable sections in liner, and impermeable ground cover around the top end of the borehole. A method for intercepting, treating and venting of soil gas from contaminated soil includes the system and pulling soil gas out the top end of the borehole with variations in atmospheric barometric pressure.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for continuously or semi-continuously producing hot steel strip which, starting from a slab guided through a slab-guiding device, is rolled in, for example, an at least four-stand roughing train to form an intermediate strip and, in a further sequence in a finish rolling train, into a final strip. The thickness of a slab cast in a die is reduced in the liquid core reduction process by means of the adjoining slab-guiding device to between 85 and 120 mm, a slab support length measured between the meniscus, i.e., the bath level, of the die and an end of the slab-guiding device facing the roughing train being at least 18.5 m, a casting speed ranging from 3.8 to 7 m/min, and slabs of different thicknesses being cast as a function of given casting speeds. Using the disclosed casting parameters, high-quality finishing may be provided with high production capacities.

Abstract: A coil laying head comprising a rotor (14) having two or more conduits (1?), a selector tube (5) coaxially arranged with respect to the rotor (14) to guide a rolled product into one of the conduits (1?), a main control, connecting means between the main control and the rotor (14) for setting in rotation the rotor (14), a phase shifter system ((6,7,8,8?,9,10,11), including two nonmoving components ((10,),(11,)), an input component (7) connected to the main control, an output component (6) connected to the selector tube (5), a first group of side pinions (8?) meshed on the input component and on one of the nonmoving components and a second group of side pinions (8) meshing on the output component and on the other nonmoving components, connection means (9) connecting the first group of side pinions with the second group of side pinions to drive this latter in rotation according to the axis (X), angular phase shift adjustment device (12,) between the first and the second nonmoving component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for handling a metal strip. The device comprises a coiling device (110) with a coiling mandrel (112) for winding the metal strip to form a coil (200) on the coiling mandrel and a coil stripper car (120) with supports (124) for receiving the coil (200) from the coiling mandrel and removing the coil from the coiling device (110). In order to additionally secure the metal strip in the coiling device during the transfer from the coiling mandrel onto the coil stripper care and during a transport by means of the coil stripper car, a first hold-down arm (130) is provided for exerting a first hold-down force (F1) onto the outer circumference of the coil (200) in order to press the coil onto the supports of the coil stripper car.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a bending angle of a sheet, comprising a processing unit and at least one sensor comprising a light source which projects a light pattern on at least one side of the sheet, and recording means adapted to record an image of the projection of said light pattern on the at least one side of the sheet. The processing unit is adapted to control the recording means for recording the image in at least one time instant (Treg1; Treg1, Treg2 . . . Tregn) during an operation of bending the sheet; a control unit is capable of transforming the recorded image into a point cloud and comprises a neural network adapted to associate a bending angle value with the point cloud.

Abstract: A split link (800C) includes a first half link (801), a second half link (803) and a threaded aperture (805) formed in both the first half link (801) and second half link (803) for use in joining the first half link and second half link with a fastening device (807) to form a split link assembly. The split link assembly is machined to include a head portion (811), shoulder portion (813), barrel portion (815) and base portion (817) for use in providing a highly flexible tube bending mandrel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, an installation and a method for machining a workpiece made of metal, such as steel, by a machining processes such as forming, pressing, drawing, compressing and cutting. The invention includes at least two tools and a drive associated with the tools for their movement and for carrying out the machining process. The drives are arranged in such a way that when travelling on trajectories the tools have different speeds over at least a part of their trajectories.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing shell components having at least a lower region, a frame region and optionally a flange region from a planar or preformed plate with a drawing die and a drawing punch, the drawing die having a shaping region and at least one cutting region, the shaping region of the drawing die having at the end of the drawing operation the outer shape of the shell component to be drawn and to be cut in the lower region, frame region and optionally in the flange region, the drawing punch having a shaping region and at least one cutting region, the shaping region of the drawing punch having, at the end of the drawing operation, the inner shape of the shell component to be drawn and to be cut with a lower region, frame region and optionally a flange region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spur toothing on at least one coupling element for transmitting torques about a rotational axis, said spur toothing axially engaging with a corresponding mating cutting. The face cutting is provided with teeth from a material of the coupling element that has been plastically shaped in an at least partially noncutting manner.

Abstract: A pilot assembly and method has a cylindrical pilot sleeve with an apertured outer end in which a separate pilot pin is received, a grooved inner end, and a central portion with at least one inwardly curved sidewall relief, as well as internally mounted reciprocating ejector pins with outer ends that protrude through holes in the outer body end to strip stock from the pilot pin. A spring has its outer end mounted in the sleeve groove, and an inner end captured in a die pocket in a pretensed condition. A mounting screw has an enlarged head that has at least a portion thereof fit into the pilot sidewall relief, and a threaded shank that anchors the pilot sleeve in the die.

Abstract: A production method uses ultrasonic forming but does not leave a bonding face exposed to the exterior in a final product. The production method of a leading edge member of a fan blade comprises the steps of causing superplastic forming by using a combination of a first mold having a flow path for gas and a second mold having a female mold to pressurize a plate member with the gas through the flow path to fit the plate member onto the female mold; bonding a backing with the plate member processed with the superplastic forming; and cutting out a periphery of the plate member to obtain a product shape.

Abstract: A device for riveting brush holder and a brush holder plate, comprising a worktable. A positioning mechanism for positioning the brush holder and the brush holder plate is provided on the worktable. A left riveting cylinder and a right riveting cylinder are provided on two opposite sides of the worktable corresponding to the positioning mechanism, respectively, a left riveting die being provided at an end of the piston rod of the left riveting cylinder, a right riveting die being provided at an end of the piston rod of the right riveting cylinder. A first intelligent inching switch and a second intelligent inching switch are connected in series in the control circuit, the first intelligent inching switch being provided beside the left riveting cylinder, the second intelligent inching switch being provided beside the right riveting cylinder.

Abstract: The device for reversibly gripping a rivet mandrel has a tension head with a mouthpiece sleeve and a clamping jaw sleeve axially movable in the mouthpiece sleeve and accommodating a plurality of clamping jaws. The clamping jaws reversibly grip the rivet mandrel during an axial displacement of the clamping jaw sleeve and the clamping jaws are furthermore held by an elastic holding element. The jaws are displaceable relative to one another independently of an actuation by the clamping jaw sleeve. This enables improved introduction and gripping of the rivet mandrel, especially for fully automated blind rivet operations, for example with blind rivet robots. Due to the elastic holding of the clamping jaws, wear on one side of the clamping jaws is avoided. Also, a controlled displacement of the clamping jaws independently of the clamping jaw sleeve is provided.

Abstract: A push fitting for a valve includes a body having a longitudinal axis along which a fluid can flow, the body defining an opening at a first end of the body. A push fitting assembly at the first end of the body includes a housing. The housing includes a first end which is integrally formed within a wall of the opening at the first end of the body and a crimpable second end which extends longitudinally beyond the first end of the body. The housing also includes a crimpable material such that the second end of the housing is crimpable to capture elements of the push fitting assembly at the first end of the body.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispersing particles within a molten material in a mold-less casting process comprises a primary electromagnet for generating an AC magnetic field and a secondary electromagnet adjacent to the primary electromagnet for generating an independent DC magnetic field. Each of the primary and secondary electromagnets comprises a coil and at least one of the electromagnets is positioned about a common longitudinal axis. A heat source may be positioned at a first end of the common longitudinal axis for forming a melt to be exposed to the AC and DC magnetic fields, and a particle injection device is positioned at one or more positions about the common longitudinal axis for injecting particles into the melt during magnetic field exposure. The apparatus does not include a solid body for containing the melt prior to solidification.

Abstract: The apparatus for preventing damage to casting rolls includes: a roll pressing force detection unit measuring a roll pressing force applied to the casting rolls; a foreign object determination unit determining whether foreign objects have been introduced to the casting rolls based on the measured roll pressing force; a roll gap instruction value generation unit generating a roll gap instruction value by adding a preset roll gap amount to the set roll gap if it is determined that foreign objects have been introduced to the casting rolls; and a roll gap control unit controlling a roll gap between the casting rolls based on the roll gap instruction value. Therefore, surfaces of the casting rolls may be less damaged by foreign objects.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device comprising: vacuum chamber; a stage configured to receive BMG in a molten state or a BMG feedstock, configured to spin, and located in the vacuum chamber; a heater configured to melt the BMG feedstock or to keep BMG in a molten state molten; wherein the stage comprises one or more conduits therein and the conduits are configured to accommodate a cooling fluid. Also disclosed herein is a method of forming a solid BMG sheet, the method comprising: disposing BMG in a molten state onto a stage; spreading the BMG in a molten state into a sheet of BMG in a molten state by spinning the stage; cooling the sheet of BMG in a molten state to form a solid BMG sheet.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component in a die casting cell that includes a die casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, isolating a first chamber from a second chamber of the die casting system, melting a charge of material in the first chamber, sealing the second chamber relative to the first chamber, and simultaneously injecting the charge of material within the second chamber to cast the component and melting a second charge of material within the first chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides pouring equipment of a tilting-type that can appropriately pour molten metal at a high speed corresponding to the speed of molding. It also provides a method of pouring the molten metal. The pouring equipment has a holding furnace supplying the molten metal by being tilted, a pouring ladle pouring the molten metal supplied from the holding furnace into molds that are intermittently transported, a device for measuring weight of the molten metal in the pouring ladle, and equipment for control that controls the tiltings of the holding furnace and the pouring ladle. The equipment for control has a device for storing results from measurements and devices for calculating the first and second flow rate. The equipment controls the tilting of the ladle so that the ladle pours the molten metal into the mold according to the flow pattern of the product.

Abstract: To transfer the molten metal that is melted in the melting furnace into the pouring ladle, which is a vessel for transporting the molten metal to the place for pouring, and to further lift the pouring ladle by another crane to pour the molten metal, requires time, such that the molten metal that had a high temperature when melted by the melting furnace is likely to cool down and to cause a defective cast product. To solve the problem the pouring equipment of the present invention pours the molten metal into the mold, comprising the melting furnace that produces molten metal by melting metal material and a driving apparatus that can move the melting furnace backward and forward or in a traverse direction, wherein the pouring equipment moves the melting furnace to the predetermined position by the driving apparatus, and then pours the molten metal into a mold by tilting the melting furnace relative to the mold.

Abstract: In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method of manufacturing a stator airfoil assembly includes forming an interior wall of a stator airfoil using an additive manufacturing technique, forming an exterior wall of the stator airfoil using the additive manufacturing technique, and forming a plurality of internal ribs between the interior wall and the exterior wall using the additive manufacturing technique. A cooling air circuit is formed in a space between the interior wall and the exterior wall. Further, the interior wall, the exterior wall, and the internal ribs are formed simultaneously as an integral structure by using the additive manufacturing technique.

Abstract: This invention relates to a mould assembly for a hot isostatic pressing, HIP, process for fabricating a component, comprising: a first part which includes a shaped surface for forming a first surface of the component, the shaped surface having at least one recess; a second part arranged to move relative to the first part during the HIP process so as to compress a powder in-fill held therebetween, wherein the second part includes a formation configured to focus pressure toward the recess so as to aid consolidation of the powder in-fill at a distal end thereof.

Abstract: A ball screw has a nut formed with a helical ball rolling groove on its inner circumference. A screw shaft is formed with a helical ball rolling groove on its inner circumference. The screw shaft is inserted into the nut. A number of balls are rollably contained within a ball rolling passage formed by oppositely arranged helical ball rolling grooves of the nut and the screw shaft, respectively. The nut is made of case hardened steel. The ball rolling groove is formed by cutting and surface hardening, by vacuum carburizing hardening, without any after-processing.

Abstract: A cutting tool has a recess for receiving a cutting insert having a clamping depression on the rake face. The cutting insert is held in the carrier tool by a clamping finger having a lug. The clamping finger being secured on the carrier tool via a clamping bolt so that when tightening the clamping bolt, the clamping finger pulls the cutting insert into the recess. A sickle-shaped engagement element engages into the clamping depression of the cutting insert being arranged on the lug. The clamping bolt has a clamping head overhanging its shank. The clamping head is seated on an angled locating surface of the clamping finger with respect to the axis of the clamping bolt, wherein said surface is arranged so compression force of the clamping finger on the cutting insert is enhanced. The lug has a clamping surface for bearing on the rake face of the cutting insert.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic expansion chuck with a basic body, with an expansion bush which is received in the basic body and defines a reception space for a tool to be chucked, and with a pressure chamber which is delimited between the expansion bush and the basic body, at least one solder region being provided, in which the expansion bush is soldered to the basic body, wherein, between the pressure chamber and the solder region, a seal is provided which is formed by an at least essentially fluid-tight bearing contact of the expansion bush against the basic body.

Abstract: An electric tool including: a motor; a housing including, a motor housing accommodating the motor, and a handle housing having one end connected to the motor housing and another other end configured to be provided with a detachable battery pack; an output part partially accommodated in the motor housing and configured to be driven by the motor; and a control board accommodated in the motor housing and configured to control the motor.

Abstract: An accessory that can be connected to a machine drill is provided. A projector is provided to project a first light spot and a second light spot to a work piece to be processed. A camera is provided to record the first light spot and the second light spot in an image. A processing device is provided to determine an incline of the machine drill in reference to the work piece, based on a first distance of the first light spot from a reference point recorded in the image and a second distance of the second light spot from the reference point recorded in the image. A display device is coupled to the processing device and displays the determined incline. The light spots may be embodied punctual or planar.

Abstract: A cutting insert has a circular top surface, a bottom surface shaped to be identical to the top surface, a cylindrical side surface for connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and cutting edges formed between the top and side surfaces and between the bottom and side surfaces. The side surface of the cutting insert has a plurality of rotation prevention surfaces substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces in the circumferential direction of the side surface.

Abstract: A cutting insert includes a first end surface, a second end surface located opposite the first end surface and an axis extending so as to penetrate the first end surface and the second end surface. The insert includes two first cutting edges with a curve shape on a first end surface side and two second cutting edges with a curve shape on a second end surface side. Each of the first cutting edges is formed on an intersecting ridge portion between the first end surface and a corresponding side surface portion so as to curve on a plane orthogonal to the axis. Each of the second cutting edges is formed on an intersecting ridge portion between the second end surface and the corresponding side surface portion so as to curve on a plane orthogonal to the axis.

Abstract: A cutting insert having two end surfaces and a peripheral surface, the end surfaces located on opposite sides of a mid-plane, each end surface having three primary apexes and three secondary apexes. Six cutting portions are formed along the intersection of the peripheral surface and the end surfaces. Each cutting portion has a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge extending transversely thereto. A ramping cutting edge extends between the second cutting edge of each cutting portion and the first cutting edge of an adjacent cutting portion. The peripheral surface has a clearance surface extending from each of the second cutting edges towards the mid-plane. The abutment planes of the insert are parallel to the mid-plane. Each of the first cutting edges lies between an adjacent abutment plane and adjacent primary apex.

Abstract: In the process of holding a non-toothed section of a band saw blade between a fixed insertion block and a movable insertion block included in a band saw blade guide device, the movable insertion block is moved while a return allowing unit included in an insertion block moving unit is held in a returnable state, the insertion block moving unit configured to move the movable insertion block toward the fixed insertion block. The band saw blade is firmly held between the fixed insertion block and the movable insertion block. Thereafter, the entirety of the insertion block moving unit, including the return allowing unit, is fixed in an immovable state by a mechanical fixing unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a guide roller wherein bearings are held in a housing, and liquid mixed with abrasive grains is prevented from entering the interior of the housing through a small hole, thereby improving service life. The guide roller is configured to comprise a housing wherein the bearings are held in the housing, and the housing has a shaft hole wherein a support shaft is inserted that is installed upon the bearings. The shaft hole is formed to have a tapered wall, and the diameter of the hole decreases continuously toward the interior of the housing.

Abstract: Method and apparatus wherein the front machining of a gear blank (40) are carried out on a CNC bevel gear generating machine (44) utilizing the motions available in such machines with minimal modifications to the existing machine tool.

Abstract: A wax shaping tool heating assembly includes a tool holder having a tool holder base, a heat source housing having a housing interior carried by the tool holder base and a tool holder bracket carried by the heat source housing.

Abstract: Provided are a soldering device and method which allow for soldering at low cost with high yield and high reliability.

Abstract: A bonded structure of aluminum and copper is formed by bonding a copper workpiece and an aluminum workpiece together along a joint via an arc welding process. The copper workpiece has a first coating, having a lower melting point than copper, applied to at least a portion of it. The first coating allows the copper workpiece to be wetted and brazed, while the aluminum workpiece is melted and fused along the joint. The arc welding process involves the cyclic alternating of a first stage, in which an electric current is supplied to a welding wire as it is moved toward the workpieces, and a second stage, in which the electric current is reduced and the welding wire is moved away from the workpieces, to generate and detach a plurality of molten droplets along the joint. Each molten droplet is formed from the welding wire in the first stage.

Abstract: A system and method of cladding is provided where first and second cladding heads are provided, where each cladding head delivers its own respective cladding electrode to a common molten puddle.

Abstract: A welding power supply includes a housing and a one-piece chassis. The one-piece chassis is coupled to the housing and configured to be enclosed within the housing. Moreover, the one-piece chassis is configured to be selectively removable from the housing and the one-piece chassis is configured to have multiple components coupled thereto. The components include one or more transformers, a fan blade, one or more rectifiers, one or more inductors, and control circuitry.

Abstract: Layered metal deposition by fusion thereof onto a surface of an engineered structural member, without degrading structural performance. The net shape of an exterior member is defined, including a fusion contact area. The structural member is preheated below its maximum operating temperature. An energy beam and feedstock are directed to a feed point in the fusion area, thereby forming a molten puddle fusing the materials together. The feed point is moved relative to the structural member, thereby advancing the molten puddle of presently fed feedstock and rapidly solidifying previously fed feedstock. The energy beam power is modulated to control the size of the molten puddle so as not to exceed a predetermined depth of penetration of the fusion region into the structural member. Advancing the feed point sequentially fuses feedstock into the defined net shape on the structural member.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a wire bonding structure is disclosed, which includes: providing a substrate having a plurality of bonding pads; and foaming a ball end of a bonding wire on at least one of the bonding pads by performing a scrubbing process along a path around a periphery of the bonding pad, thereby preventing delamination of the ball end of small size from the bonding pad.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a module having a hollow region, including: making an assembly including at least one recessed plate having a recess open at one face, defining thereon a recess outline and, between the face and the immediately adjacent plate of the assembly, a strand of material lying along the recess outline; treating the assembly, aiming to obtain diffusion bonding of the strand to the plate(s) with which it is in contact, to constitute, along its associated recess outline, a gas-tight connection of the two plates between which it is placed; and consolidating the assembly by hot isostatic pressing.