Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body defining an inlet and an opposed spray outlet for producing a spray of fluid supplied at the inlet. The nozzle body includes a radially outward extending retainer feature. An adapter having an adapter bore therethrough is provided for supplying fluid to the inlet of the nozzle body. The nozzle body is engaged within the bore of the adapter. A retainer radially outward of the adapter and nozzle body includes a retainer feature engaged to the retainer feature of the nozzle body to hold the nozzle body and adapter body together. A sleeve is engaged to the retainer radially outward thereof to prevent disengagement of the retainer features of the nozzle body and retainer. The sleeve and retainer are configured for relative movement for releasing the retainer features of the nozzle body and retainer for removal of the nozzle body from the adapter.

Abstract: Provided is a spray system comprising: a frame, spray bar, and trough. The spray bar may be rotatable between a dispensing orientation and a diversion orientation and may comprise a pipe and a nozzle. The pipe may define a pipe interior, a pipe elongation axis, be operationally rotatable about the pipe elongation axis, be in fluid communication with an output of a fluid supply, adapted to accept an associated fluid from the fluid supply, and adapted to convey the associated fluid. The nozzle may be adapted to direct an output of the associated fluid from the pipe in a diversion direction or in a dispensing direction. The trough may comprise a trough inlet positioned along the diversion direction and adapted to accept associated fluid when the spray bar is in the dispensing orientation, and a trough outlet in fluid communication with the trough inlet and a fluid supply input.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method and apparatus for dispensing minute quantities of highly viscous material from a jetting needle when an expelling mechanism is activated using a nozzle plate with a jetting chamber having a top formed by a diaphragm and a bottom in fluid communication with a jetting needle. Fluid enters the chamber from an inlet channel and is jetted from the chamber by deforming the diaphragm to block the channel and expel a drop of fluid from the needle. A diaphragm driven metering chamber and/or reservoir chamber can optionally be used provide fluid to the jetting chamber.

Abstract: A unit mask is extended in a direction and is supported by a frame including an opening. The unit mask includes a first fixed part located in the opening and fixed to one surface of the frame disposed in the direction, a second fixed part spaced apart from the first fixed part and fixed to another surface of the frame disposed in the direction, and a mask part held by the first fixed part and the second fixed part between the first fixed part and the second fixed part.

Abstract: A curtain coating method including forming a curtain including a coating material. A coated web is formed by coating a moving primary web with the coating material. The curtain and the primary web meet at a contact line. A primary pattern is projected on a material layer. The material layer moves with respect to the contact line. The primary pattern includes a first pointer feature. A first image is captured. The first image includes a first sub-image of the first pointer feature. The position of the first sub-image in the first image is detected. Distance information is provided by comparing the detected position of the first sub-image with a reference position.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to various composite slurries for use in seamless surface coverings and various methods for making the same. In particular, the present disclosure teaches various composite slurry compositions comprising, for example, a clear hardening material, a plurality of particles, a stabilizing filler, and an aggregate. Additionally, the present disclosure teaches various methods of forming composite slurry compositions for use in seamless surface coverings.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film possessing a substrate in the form of a belt and provided thereon, a gas barrier layer containing silicon oxide, possessing a coating step in which a coating solution comprising a polysilazane compound is coated on the substrate to form a coating film, and a UV radiation exposure step in which the coating film is exposed to the vacuum UV radiation emitted from the plural light sources facing the substrate while moving the substrate on which the coating film is formed relatively to the plural light sources, the plural light sources each exhibiting even illuminance along a width direction of the substrate to form a gas barrier layer, and provided is a method of manufacturing a gas barrier film by which the gas barrier film suitable for production coupled with roll-to-roll system, exhibiting excellent gas barrier performance can be prepared.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a hydrophilic member includes a substrate having a surface and particles existing at least on the surface of the substrate. The particles are constituted of at least one selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. The substrate surface on which the particles exist has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra in the range of 1 nm to 1000 nm with a reference length of 100 ?m, and exhibits hydrophilicity independently of light.

Abstract: A gluing unit for applying adhesive to a succession of opening devices to be fitted to respective sealed packages of pourable food products includes a conveyor for feeding the opening devices long a path, and an adhesive dispenser located along the path and interacting with each opening device on the conveyor to apply the adhesive to a portion of the opening device. The dispenser is movable parallel to the path to increase output of the unit.

Abstract: Ultrasonic transmitters that can be used for ranging in mobile devices are disclosed. In some examples, an ultrasonic transmitter device can be configured to transmit ultrasonic signals in multiple frequency bands. The transmitter can include multiple sets of ultrasonic transmitters, each capable of transmitting in a different frequency band. In other examples, frequency-adjustable ultrasonic transmitters can be used. The transmitters can be configured to change one or more of a length, mass, or tension of a membrane to change a resonant frequency of the membrane. In some examples, the transmitter can include a non-uniformly shaped membrane capable of vibrating at more than one resonant frequency. The ultrasonic transmitters can be included within a housing configured to control the flow of air within and out of the housing. The transmitter membrane can further be formed on a patterned substrate configured to increase the sound pressure levels produced by the transmitter.

Abstract: A rotary sorting apparatus comprises a large-diameter rotary drum for sorting a mixture of materials received through a first end of the drum and expelled through a second end. A plurality of slew rings are attached circumferentially to the outer surface of the drum for supporting and rotating the drum. Each slew ring comprises an inner race placed concentrically within an outer race, with bearings between them allowing the inner race to rotate freely within the outer race. The inner surface of the inner race is attached to the outer surface of the drum and rotates with the drum, while the outer surface of the outer race is fixed to the supporting structure. A rotator, such as a wheel, in contact with the outer surface of the drum causes the drum to rotate about its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a vibrating screen (10) for separation of materials such as ores in mining, quarrying, and mineral processing. The vibrating screen (10) herein disclosed may include a chassis (100) with two side walls (102) with a plurality of support members (104) therebetween and a screen mounting system that receives screen panels (120). At least one of the side walls (102) may have a recess (132) that receives a protrusion (160) of a mounting plate (114) of a vibrator (126).

Abstract: A sorting system for use with a feed material. The system includes a detector system, a control system, a diversion system, and a material transport mechanism. The material transport mechanism is configured to transport the feed material to the diversion system past the detector system. The detector system is operable to detect a level of a contaminant in the feed material transported past the detector system and transmit a signal to the control system indicating the level. The control system is operable to instruct the diversion system to deposit the feed material in a first area when the level exceeds predefined release criteria, and to deposit the feed material in a second area when the level does not exceed predefined release criteria. The feed material may include soil, concrete rubble, masonry rubble, ore, ash, metallic shapes, metallic scraps, and vegetable matter.

Abstract: A disinfecting mat device cleans and sanitizes surfaces of objects coming into contact with the mat. The device includes a mat comprising a bottom wall, a perimeter wall, and an top wall defining an interior space of the mat. A compressible reservoir is positioned in the interior space and a fluid is positioned in the reservoir. An air chamber is positioned in the interior space. A plurality of ducts extends through a lower interior wall wherein each duct has an upper end in fluid communication with the air chamber and a lower end positioned adjacent to the reservoir. A plurality of tubes is in fluid communication with the reservoir extending through the top wall wherein each tube delivers the fluid in the reservoir to an upper surface of the top wall when the air chamber is compressed.

Abstract: An automatic rinsing machine includes a rinsing container with a lifting door and a rinsing chamber with a rinsing chamber opening closed in a fluid-tight manner by the lifting door. A drive device displaces the lifting door. The drive device includes a load-bearing tension unit. A lever arrangement is disposed between the load-bearing tension unit and the lifting door. The lever arrangement includes a clamping device that is guided in parallel with a direction of movement of the lifting door. The lifting door and the clamping device are supported under spring preload with respect to a common abutment.

Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaning method for cleaning an object in a liquid in which a gas is dissolved includes preparing the liquid in which the gas is dissolved. The object is cleaned while applying ultrasonic waves to the liquid so that a ratio determined by dividing a vibration strength of the liquid at a fourth-order frequency of the ultrasonic waves by a vibration strength of the liquid at a fundamental frequency of the ultrasonic waves is larger than 0.8/1000.

Abstract: A food and beverage dispenser for dispensing food and beverage products may have a clean in place (CIP) system that functions with minimal to no operator interface and disassembly. The dispenser may include one or more product barrels and an ingredient supply refrigerator. A nozzle cap containing a cleaning/sanitizing agent may be placed on a dispensing valve of the dispenser, and a CIP connector may be connected to a BIB connector after disconnecting the BIB connector from a BIB package. The CIP connector completes a CIP circuit that places the product barrel in fluid circulation with a water source and optionally another sanitizer source to help clean the dispenser in place. A heater may be included in the CIP circuit to heat the circulating fluid. A microcontroller or other computer processor may control the CIP process.

Abstract: A machine and method are provided for washing a tote or other container having a bottom wall, and first and second opposed side walls that are connected by first and second opposed end walls to define an access opening. The machine and method involve utilizing an automated washing machine having a housing that includes a wash zone for spraying wash liquid onto the container, a downstream rinse zone for spraying rinsing liquid onto the tote and a downstream drying zone for directing air flow onto the container to promote drying of the container and a conveyor mechanism for moving the container through the housing. The container is placed in an inverted position on the conveyor mechanism with the bottom wall facing upward and the access opening facing downward, and the conveyor mechanism moves the container through the zones for cleaning.

Abstract: The present invention involves a persulfate-release material used in the filler of permeable reactive barrier (PRB). This material presents double-layered structure characteristic: inner- and outer-layers are consisted of persulfate, cement, sand and water with different mass ratio. Two different types of moulds are used for the regulation of the shape of the two-layer structures, which guarantees the stability and reproducibility of its structures and properties. During the whole released process, the released rate become more uniform and stable by the use of this material. During the whole service period, the change of the released rate is very slow, and the service lifetime can be 1-10 years. This invention can both reduce the initial released rate and improve the later released rate, and thus the whole released rate can be more uniform, which can be an important method to promote the efficiency of the persulfate toward engineering application.

Abstract: A rolled copper foil composed of crystal particles of copper or a copper alloy, wherein an average particle size of the crystal particles composing the outermost surface is not less than 0.2 ?m and not greater than 6 ?m; a ratio of the average particle size of the crystal particles composing the outermost surface to a thickness of the rolled copper foil is not less than 1% and not greater than 6%; and an intragranular distortion rate found by the following formula (1) when a cross-section perpendicular to a length direction of the rolled copper foil is analyzed by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is not less than 0.

Abstract: A bending apparatus has (a) a first manipulator which feeds a hollow metal blank of closed cross section in its lengthwise direction, (b) a second manipulator which supports a first support means disposed at a first position and a metal blank while feeding it, a heating means disposed at a second position downstream of the first position in the blank feed direction for heating all or part of the circumference of the blank, and a cooling means disposed at a third position downstream of the second position for cooling a portion of the heated blank, and (c) a third manipulator which constitutes a second support means disposed at a fourth position downstream of the third position in the feed direction of the blank and which moves two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally while supporting at least one location of the metal blank to bend the metal blank into a desired shape.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first fitting and an actuator. The first fitting is operable to be coupled to a first surface to be deformed. The actuator includes a second fitting, a third fitting, a lever, a shaft, and a threaded shaft. The second fitting is operable to be coupled to a second surface. The third fitting is operable to be coupled to the second surface. The lever includes a first end and a second end. The lever is operable to be coupled to the second fitting proximate to the first end of the lever. The shaft is operable to be coupled to the first fitting and is further operable to be coupled through the second fitting to the lever proximate to the first end of the lever. The threaded shaft is operable to couple the third fitting to the lever proximate to the second end of the lever.

Abstract: A material handler formed from isotropic textured aluminum sheet rolled by rolls indented with spherical media, such as steel ball bearings, producing a sheet with a low coefficient of friction relative to particulate matter like flour. The slippery sheeting may be used to make tanks, silos, conduits and guides to facilitate storage and flow of the particulate matter.

Abstract: A forming machine for forging metal workpieces which have been heated and/or are in a flowable condition including at least two forming tools (4A, 4B), at least one driving device for driving at least one of the forming tools in an approach motion (R) of the forming tools toward one another or in a return motion of the forming tools away from one another, and wherein the driving device comprises at least one eccentric element (22A, 22B) and at least one hydraulic drive element (11A, 11B), wherein the at least one hydraulic drive element (11A, 11B) is coupled hydraulically directly or indirectly to the eccentric element (22A, 22B) in such a way that an eccentric motion of the eccentric element produces a working motion of the hydraulic drive element by way of a hydraulic medium.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for upsetting an end of a hollow workpiece to increase the wall thickness of that end is taught. A mandrel is inserted into the workpiece within a clamp which holds the workpiece. A die is urged into contact with the end of the workpiece to compress the end, decreasing its length and increasing the wall thickness of the end while the mandrel and clamp prevent deformation of the workpiece held in the clamp.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a friction wedge of a rail car includes forming, in drag and cope portions of a mold, at least one cavity that defines at least some exterior features of at least one friction wedge. At least one core is inserted into the drag portion adjacent to the cavity. The core includes at least one surface configured to define a column face of the friction wedge. Rigging is formed in the drag and cope portion of the mold. The rigging includes a down sprue, at least one ingate, and at least one runner for directing molten material to the cavity. Molten material is poured into the mold to form the friction wedge casting. The friction wedge casting is removed from the mold. Rigging is removed from the friction wedge casting and the friction wedge casting is finished.

Abstract: A free casting method according to the present invention includes, a lead-out step for leading out molten metal from a lead-out area (P) provided in a source of supply, e.g. a surface level of the molten metal, to retain the molten metal temporarily by surface films (F) generated on an outer surface, and a forming step for obtaining a formed body by solidifying retained molten metal (MS) led out along a set passage (L1) depending on a desired casting shape, wherein the retained molten metal is solidified after being formed into the desired casting shape by applying an external force thereto at positions between an unrestrained root portion of the retained molten metal in vicinity of the surface level of the molten metal and a solidification interface defined as a boundary between the retained molten metal and the formed body in the forming step.

Abstract: Molten metal poured into a mold region, delimited by a first casting roll that rotates about a first rotational axis, produces a metal strand upon solidification which is conveyed out of the mold region. A liquid coolant is applied to the surface of the first casting roll by a first cooling device via first coolant lines and first coolant applying devices. The coolant is inert with respect to the molten metal and has a standard boiling point below 20° C., e.g., ?20° C., at normal air pressure, and an operating temperature at or below an operating boiling point at an operating pressure at which the coolant is supplied. A control device automatically controls the first cooling device by ascertaining a control state of the first cooling device using a target property for an actual property of the first casting roll or the metal strand detected by at least one sensor.

Abstract: Devices are disclosed for the high speed centrifugal casting of one or more spheroids. One or more hollow spherical molds are each caused to rotate at high speed about two substantially perpendicular axes intersecting at the center of the mold. Where the mold is partially filled with casting material, a hollow spheroid having walls of even thickness results. Where the mold is filled with multiple casting materials with different densities, the resulting spheroid will have a core that is less dense than its outer layers. Such spheroids are useful as sporting goods, bearing balls, insulation material, and in numerous other applications.

Abstract: An injection molding system and methods for improving performance of the same. The system includes a plunger rod and a melt zone that are provided in-line and on a vertical axis. The plunger rod is moved in a vertical direction through the melt zone to move molten material into a mold. The injection molding system can perform the melting and molding processes under a vacuum. Skull formation in molten material is reduced by providing an RF transparent sleeve in the melt zone and/or a skull trapping portion adjacent an inlet of the mold. It can also be controlled based on the melting unit. Vacuum evacuation can be reduced during part ejection by using a plunger seal, so that evacuation time between cycles is reduced.

Abstract: A casting valve configured to supply a melt of a casting device includes a valve housing including a melt channel connection as an inlet and a valve outlet as a run-out. A melt channel is configured to be pressurizable via a casting pressure. A valve compartment is configured to receive the melt. The valve compartment is connectable via the melt channel connection with the melt channel. A closing device is configured to modify a cross-sectional surface of the valve outlet. A post-compression piston is configured to post-compress the melt after a completion of a mold filling.

Abstract: A tool assembly includes an actuator and a bearing surface. The actuator places a force with the bearing surface on a riser connected to a workpiece to separate the riser from the workpiece.

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a predetermined volume of lead to a mould includes a housing defining a lead reservoir having a lead outlet defined in its base and in communication with the reservoir. A runway is provided beneath the base, spaced from the base and generally parallel thereto. A block is provided slidably mounted between the base and the runway and defining a through cavity having the predetermined volume for receiving lead from the outlet in a first position and for releasing the lead in a second position. A mechanism is provided for reciprocating the block between the first and second positions. A cast on strap machine is also disclosed. A lead delivery apparatus comprising a delivery chute is also disclosed.

Abstract: A sintering apparatus comprising a container for holding small particles that contact one another, an electric current generator generating an alternating electric current and a flux concentrator having a collector positioned to be exposed to an alternating magnetic field generated by the alternating electric current and a tip that focuses the alternating magnetic field so that the particles are exposed to the alternating magnetic field, the alternating magnetic field heating surfaces of the particles so that they join and are fused together.

Abstract: A method for consolidating a pre-form made of powder, comprising: (a) placing the pre-form between smart susceptors; (b) heating the smart susceptors to a leveling temperature by applying a varying low-strength magnetic field having a magnetic flux that passes through surfaces of the smart susceptors; (c) applying consolidation pressure to the pre-form at least during a time period subsequent to the temperature of the smart susceptors reaching the leveling temperature; and (d) while consolidation pressure is being applied, applying a pulsed high-strength magnetic field having a magnetic flux that passes through a surface of the pre-form. The strength and pulse rate of the high-strength magnetic field are selected so that the crystallographic phase of the pre-form will rapidly oscillate at a substantially constant temperature. The pulsed high-strength magnetic field is applied sufficiently long that superplasticity of the pre-form is attained during phase oscillation.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a precursor powder is pressed into an intermediate volume and chemically reduced, via sintering, to form a metallic shaped article.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a copper metal film which has good adhesion to a substrate, low volume resistivity, and good deep-part metal properties; and a method for producing a copper metal film, wherein the copper metal film can be produced by reducing a substrate to a deep part thereof without damaging the substrate. Specifically disclosed is a copper metal film obtained by treating a copper-based particle deposition layer containing both copper oxides and a metallic transition metal or alloy, or a transition metal complex containing a metal element, with gaseous formic acid and/or formaldehyde heated to 120° C. or higher. The copper oxide is preferably copper (I) oxide and/or copper (II) oxide. The transition metal, alloy or metal complex are preferably a metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Pd, Pt, Ni, Ag, Au and Rh, an alloy containing the metal, or a complex containing the metal element, respectively.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material, the coating includes one or two or more layers, a layer among these layers that abuts on the base material is a TiN layer, the TiN layer contains at least one element together with TiN, the element has a concentration distribution in a thickness direction of the TiN layer, and the concentration distribution includes a region where the concentration of the element decreases in a direction from the base material toward a surface of the coating.

Abstract: One example of the invention relates to an indexable insert comprising a base that has flanks and at least one face. According to one example of the invention, primarily the face(s) of the indexable insert, but not the flanks thereof, are coated with a very thick layer (e.g. thicker than 50 ?m) of a hard material in a PVD process.

Abstract: Indexable cutting insert with a plate-like main body having two parallel main surfaces and a peripheral surface connecting the two main surfaces and with a plurality of sections angled with respect to one another, wherein four cutting edges that extend transversely to the main surfaces are provided on the peripheral surface at the transition to sections, that are angled with respect to one another, of the peripheral surface, and wherein the position of the cutting edges defines a quadrilateral in the plan view of the main surfaces. Fixing with more favorable leverages and permanently more precise positioning of the cutting edges are provided by the quadrilateral having in each case two short and two long sides and cutting edges oriented in each case in opposite directions in the peripheral direction at adjacent corners and oriented in each case in the same direction at diagonally opposite corners of the quadrilateral.

Abstract: A cutting tool for tube cutting machines includes a tool holder and a dismountable holder blade having replaceable cutting inserts. The tool holder includes a basic body, as well as a support body for the holder blade. There is arranged between the basic body and the support body a set-up body, by means of which the support body, and thereby the holder blade, can be set and fixed in the exact, desired spatial positions in the machine without time-consuming measuring and fine adjustment operations. In addition, the holder blade is fixed in the support body by means of a single simple screw, which allows a flexible mounting and dismounting of the same.

Abstract: A collet for holding a lens includes a shank and at least two gripping jaws separated from one another by radial slots, wherein a shape of an upper edge region of the gripping jaws is designed as a radial continuation of a region to be processed of the lens that is to be held by the collet.

Abstract: Tungsten carbide drill bits for removing material from alloys and other hard materials are disclosed. A conventional drill bit is modified by removing material from the forward portion of the bit to increase the radius of the cutting edge. The drill bit is then coated with a nanostructured diamond film using a chemical vapor deposition process.

Abstract: A cutting insert includes an insert body portion and a plurality of projecting portions provided integrally with the insert body portion. The projecting portion includes a cutting edge and includes projecting portion upper and lower surfaces, two projecting portion side surfaces, and a projecting portion side end surface extending therebetween. In the projecting portion, a round corner surface extends between the projecting portion upper surface and the projecting portion side end surface. The cutting edge is formed so as to include a corner formed along an edge of the round corner surface and such that the projecting portion side surface serves as a rake face. The projecting portion is designed such that a length between the two projecting portion side surfaces is smaller than a diameter of an inscribed circle defined on the insert body portion.

Abstract: A pliers for cutting workpieces, in particular workpieces made of metal, comprising at least one plier leg (1) and a pressure element (2), which are connected to each other by a rotation point (13), wherein the plier leg (1) forms a jaw (8) for receiving the workpiece. A cutting element (18) with a cutting mouth (19) is associated with the plier leg (1), wherein a bottom of the jaw (8) and a bottom of the cutting mouth (19) are arranged in the vicinity of a rotation point (29) about which the cutting element (18) is rotating in the plier leg (1).

Abstract: A moisture removing method disclosed removes moisture contained in a dielectric film provided on one end surface of an optical fiber. This moisture removing method causes near infrared light to enter the optical fiber through the other end surface to heat moisture in the dielectric film with use of the near infrared light.

Abstract: A fillet weld joint of steel formed by arc welding, wherein a martensitic transformation starting temperature (Ms point) of a weld metal is 400° C. or above and 550° C. or below, a value obtained by dividing a toe radius ? of a toe part of welding by a sheet thickness t of a base metal (?/t) is 0.25 or above, an expression Ms(° C.)?375×[?/t]+320 is satisfied, and a crack defect does not exist in the fillet weld joint.

Abstract: A governor system is provided that includes a governor having an actuator, and a coupler link configured to couple at a first end to the actuator and at a second end to a throttle of an engine being controlled. One or more mechanical characteristics of the coupler link, the throttle, an actuator arm of the actuator, or some combination thereof, are specific to the engine and configured such that each position of the actuator causes a given output of the engine independent of particular characteristics of the engine.

Abstract: A gas-cooled welding gun for an arc welding device, comprising an electrically conductive current contact tube disposed concentrically within an electrically conductive outer tube and separated therefrom by an intermediate space. The current contact tube includes a wire guiding channel for a welding wire. A plurality of spacers is disposed at intervals in the intermediate space between the current contact tube and outer tube, electrically insulating these components from each other. A shielding gas is provided in the intermediate space to cool the system and openings in the spacers allow the gas to flow therethrough. Structures are provided on the current contact tube which increase the overall surface area thereof. Regions of the surface of the current contact tube not covered by spacers are exposed toward the intermediate space and therefore to the shielding gas.

Abstract: A plasma torch assembly, and components thereof, is provided with optimized attributes to allow for improved torch durability add versatility. A torch nozzle is provided having a novel design, including exterior cooling channels running along a length of the nozzle. An improved inner retaining cap assembly is provided which imparts a swirl on shield gas flow. Additionally, a shield cap and outer retainer have optimized geometries to allow the torch to be made narrower to facilitate the cutting of complex 3-D shapes and bevel cuts not attainable with known mechanized plasma torches.