Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning an atomizer, in particular a rotary atomizer, is provided. The cleaning device includes a wet cleaning station having at least one cleaning nozzle for the wet cleaning of the atomizer with a cleaning fluid. The atomizer is introduced into the wet cleaning station in an introduction direction. The cleaning nozzle has a rotatable cleaning trunk for dispensing the cleaning fluid. The cleaning device, in some embodiments, also includes a dry cleaning station. A corresponding operating method is also provided.

Abstract: A nozzle apparatus in a distributed system controls the nozzle in the desired direction using a position-controlled motor and is controlled by a computer with pre-recorded or preset patterns. The apparatus may be a fountain apparatus, a sprinkler apparatus, or a pool apparatus where the nozzles of these apparatuses emit a pressurized liquid such as water. The position-controlled motor can be an inexpensive hobby servo, or an elaborate self-contained control system with a servomotor, and a computer commands the desired position of the motor with preset patterns. The preset patterns may have music along with control information of the nozzles, valves, lights, and pumps. An aesthetic water display is produced from the overall systems.

Abstract: A low profile, lighted waterfall apparatus for producing a sufficiently lit artificial waterfall having a light source chamber, distal to a waterfall slot/primary outlet and substantially aligned on the same plane therewith, and a port for accessing the light source, such that the light source can be easily accessed, inserted, removed, and/or replaced. The light source chamber having a transparent, semi-transparent, or translucent divider to shine light towards and across the waterfall slot/primary opening via a grooved spreading manifold/area/passage. The grooved spreading manifold/area/passage configured to spread the flowing water, and direct the water as a fluid wave guide towards the waterfall slot/primary outlet.

Abstract: A manufacturing system for applying a material to a workpiece comprising a blade unit having a blade element for selectively moving along first and second axes for applying the material to the workpiece. A reciprocating motor is coupled to the blade unit for reciprocating the blade element along the first axis concurrent with movement of the blade element along the second axis, and a vibration detector is coupled to the blade unit for detecting the vibrational movement of the blade element. The vibration detector generates an output signal corresponding to the vibrational movement of the blade element. A control unit is coupled to the vibration detector for generating an output signal in response to the vibration detector signal, and a regulating device adjusts a parameter of the reciprocating motor in response to the output signal of the control unit.

Abstract: A painting support for supporting an object to be painted may include a base for positioning and supporting the object to be painted a predetermined distance from a support surface and a mounting finger being connected to the base to support the object to be painted.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus includes two cylindrical sleeves, two flexible film pack bags disposed within the sleeves, the two film pack bags having an integrally formed rigid face plate bonded therewith, the face plate having a discharge nosepiece integrally formed therewith, the discharge nosepiece having a partition internally configured to maintain separate flow streams from the film pack bags. Two shuttles are slidingly disposed in the sleeves. Push rods are disposed in operable communication with the shuttles. At least one piston is disposed in operable communication with the push rods, the piston configured to drive the push rods. A holder is disposed proximate a front end of the sleeves, the holder configured to restrain the face plate during dispensing of a flowable material. A mixer is configured to be in fluid communication with flow streams from the film pack bags. A material applicator is disposed in fluid communication with the mixer.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating a donor surface that is movable relative to the apparatus with a layer of metallic particles or particles having a metal-like appearance and reflectivity, the particles adhering more strongly to the surface than to one another. The apparatus comprises an application device to apply to the donor surface a fluid stream within which the particles are suspended, a housing surrounds the application device forming an interior plenum for confining the fluid stream, the housing prevents egress of particles from a sealing gap defined between the rim of the housing and the surface to be coated, and a suction source connected to the housing to extract from the plenum excess fluid and particles. In operation, the suction source extracts substantially all particles that are not in direct contact with the donor surface, leaving substantially a single particle layer adhering to the donor surface upon exiting the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating a donor surface that is movable relative to the apparatus with a layer of thermoplastic particles, the particles adhering more strongly to the surface than to one another. The apparatus comprises an application device to apply to the donor surface a fluid stream within which the particles are suspended, a housing surrounds the application device forming an interior plenum for confining the fluid stream, the housing prevents egress of particles from a sealing gap defined between the rim of the housing and the surface to be coated, and a suction source connected to the housing to extract from the plenum excess fluid and particles. In operation, the suction source extracts substantially all particles that are not in direct contact with the donor surface, leaving substantially a single particle layer adhering to the donor surface upon exiting the apparatus.

Abstract: A selective wall sealing system disclosed herein comprises a wall and a sealing member. The wall comprises one or more portions for utility elements, and the sealing member is configured to seal and secure the portions of utility elements from external contact when the maintenance activity is performed on the wall. In an embodiment, an adhesive is applied along the contour of the portion of the utility element, and the section of the sealing member outside the contour is cut away to allow a user to perform maintenance activity on the rest of the wall. In an embodiment, the sealing member is peeled off after the maintenance activity is performed on the wall. In an embodiment, the utility element is an electrical utility. In an embodiment, the sealing member is a sheet member. In an embodiment, the sealing member is made of paper, plastic, cardboard or posterboard.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for applying a coating material onto a substrate as a non-uniform layer of coating material, the method including providing a distribution manifold having a cavity and a plurality of dispensing outlets in fluid communication with the cavity, creating relative motion between a substrate and the dispensing outlets in a first direction, and dispensing coating material from the dispensing outlets while simultaneously translating the plurality of dispensing outlets in a second direction non-parallel to the first direction. Using the process, coated articles having a useful non-uniform coating or coatings can be prepared, in particular self-adhesive vapor permeable air and moisture barrier membranes for use as architectural structure wraps.

Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described for distributing gas which may be applicable in the field of polymer oxidation and melt curtain ozonation in particular. Ozone applicators and other features of ozonation apparatuses, which may be used separately or in combination, are also described.

Abstract: A method of forming additive energy directors according to various exemplary embodiments can include dispensing a molten material onto a substrate at a predetermined location. The method also includes solidifying the molten material to form at least one additive energy director onto the substrate.

Abstract: A system and a method for providing a film having a matte finish is described. A coatable material is applied to a substrate. The viscosity of the coatable material is changed and a face-side roller contacts the coatable material to impart a matte finish thereon; and hardening the coatable material.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and method for separating cremated remains utilizing a base having side walls and a bottom wall, a receptacle positioned on the bottom wall of the base, a hopper supported by the at least two side walls of the base and having a first opening at a first end of the hopper and a second opening at a second end of the hopper, the first opening having a cross-sectional area that is larger than a cross-sectional area of the second opening; and a screen having a perimeter, wherein the perimeter is removably received within the first opening of the hopper and the second opening of the hopper is in communication with the receptacle.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a film coated on a substrate includes a film removing body including a liquid supply device which discharges removing liquid through a discharge opening to a removal portion of a film coated on a substrate, and a collection device which collects a discharged removing liquid through a collection opening, and an adjustment device that adjusts a distance between a surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the film removing body at a position between the discharge opening and the collection opening.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a dust collection apparatus includes a liquid supplier, a first member, and a liquid recoverer. One end of the first member is connected to the liquid supplier, one other end of the first member is connected to the liquid recoverer. The first member is conductive. The first member has a first surface including a plurality of trenches.

Abstract: A columnar laminar flow generation device includes: a placement part on which to place a processing target; a gas blow-out part having an opening; and a gas suction path; wherein the placement part is positioned in a space whose outer periphery surface is constituted by extending the interior wall of the opening in the direction vertical to the opening; the opening has, in its interior wall, a gas blow-out port through which a gas is blown out in one direction vertical to the opening; and the gas suction path is formed in such a way that it suctions the gas in the direction opposite to the one in which the gas is blown out. The columnar laminar generation device is capable of generating columnar laminar flows.

Abstract: A vacuum nozzle for a vacuum pump or truck, the vacuum nozzle comprising: a vacuum conduit configured to be connected to a vacuum source; a primary inlet fluidically connected to the vacuum conduit for receiving flow under suction; and a secondary inlet fluidically connected to the vacuum conduit for receiving flow under suction, the secondary inlet being positioned upstream of the primary inlet so as to allow flow to bypass the primary inlet, thereby preventing the primary inlet from sealing against a surface under suction.

Abstract: A method for storing hazardous materials within a pile by installing a drill casing a perforated casing section into a well installed in the pile, inserting a pipe or hose having an opening into the drill casing, aligning the opening of the pipe or hose with at least one perforated casing section, sealing the drill casing to isolate air or fluid flowing into or out of the drill casing so that the air or fluid only flows into or out of the drill casing through the at least one perforated casing section, pulling or pushing air or fluid through the pipe or hose at a pressure sufficient to open void spaces within the pile, and injecting hazardous materials through the pipe or hose at pressure sufficient to cause the hazardous materials to fill the void spaces.

Abstract: A bioprocess comprises regulating pH of trade effluent wastewater, adding and mixing a first bio-additive, adding and mixing a flocculant/coagulant, filtering through a filter device, adding, mixing of a second bio-additive with aeration, and adding and mixing of a third bio-additive with aeration. Treatment can be discontinued or continued by adding and mixing of hydrogen peroxide with aeration, and optionally exposing treated effluent to UV disinfectant. The treated effluent can be recycled or disposed. Compositions of bio-additives 1, 2 and 3 comprise a group of highly selective and effective microorganisms and enzymes that are immobilized on carrier support matrices from a group of alginate, chitosan, polyacrylamides, k-carrageenan and agarose.

Abstract: A method, for mitigating an environmental condition, may include assessing a geographic area with which the environmental condition is associated; and creating a plan to mitigate the environmental condition. The plan may identify a bio-crop for mitigating the environmental condition and a bio-product to be produced from the bio-crop. The method may also include planting the bio-crop in soil that is located within the geographical area. The bio-crop may be planted in a manner that enables the environmental condition to be mitigated. The method may further include harvesting the bio-crop based on planting the bio-crop; processing the harvested bio-crop to obtain biomass; producing the bio-product based on the biomass; and outputting the bio-product based on producing the bio-product.

Abstract: A sheet metal straightener, configured for disposition between a roll of coil steel and a stamping die, uses a direct coupled eccentric drive for improved pilot release. A motor, coupled to an eccentric bearing, causes connecting arms to reciprocate. At least one of the banks of rollers is coupled to a pivot hinge, and the connecting arms are coupled to a pivoting bank of rollers, causing the pivoting bank to index toward the other bank of rollers in an engaged position for material straightening, and to index away from the other bank of rollers in a relaxed position for pilot release. The pivoting roller bank is preferably a top roller bank positioned above the lower bank. The motor rotates 360 degrees to complete a full cycle, from fully engaged at 0/360 to fully relaxed at 180. The width and degree of roller engagement may be variable to account for different materials and thicknesses.

Abstract: An apparatus for bending metal beams and methods of using the same are provided herein.

Abstract: The apparatus for manufacturing a tubular, sheet metal heat-insulating element (1) from a sheet metal blank (9) successively comprises, in a direction of travel perpendicular to the axis of the heat-insulating element to be produced, a drive unit (5) for conveying the blank (9) flat in the direction of travel (F), a set of shaping rolls (61, 62) comprising shaping rollers (65, 66) for forming a relief on the edge of the blank, and a roll-bending unit (7), situated immediately downstream of the set of shaping rolls, for roll-bending the blank comprising said relief. Firstly, reliefs are shaped on the edges of the blank by means of shaping rolls, then roll-bending is performed, preferably immediately thereafter and in the same operation, the edge-forming and roll-bending being carried out in a single pass.

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: A molding tool is provided for producing hot-formed components, in particular moulded sheet metal parts consisting of steel, aluminium, magnesium or a combination thereof. The tool has a lower tool part and an upper tool part which are displaceable relative to one another and have corresponding active areas for forming the component. At least some sections of at least the active area of one tool part can be cooled and the molding tool is provided with at least one descaling device.

Abstract: In a back pressure device for progressive die apparatus, a suitable back pressure can be produced during the blanking interval preventing the iron core laminates from being pushed upward by using a simple structure.

Abstract: The disclosed and claimed compressed gas system provides for the use of a rotary valve assembly in association with a cupper. A compressed gas system that utilizes a rotary valve assembly uses less gas than a constant flow compressed gas system and is quieter than a compressed gas system that uses valves. The rotary valve is a disk-like body having an opening therethrough. The rotary valve body is disposed within a housing assembly wherein gas may only flow through the housing when the rotary valve body is properly aligned with a space on one side of the rotary valve body.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming an aluminum alloy vehicle body component. An aluminum alloy billet is extruded into an aluminum tube that includes longitudinal weld seams formed in a sidewall of the tube during extrusion. A weld seam locating pip is also formed on a sidewall of the tube during extrusion. The pip is used to locate the weld seams during manufacturing of the body component.

Abstract: A system for twisting wire that includes an upper portion having a plurality of upper clamps configured to retain an upper wire end corresponding at least one wire pair. The upper portion may be selectively adjustable between a first vertical position and second vertical position. The system also includes a lower portion, disposed on vertically below the upper portion. The lower portion may include a plurality of lower clamps, each of the plurality of lower clamps may be configured to retain a first lower wire end and a second lower wire end corresponding to the at least one wire pair. The system may further include a controller configured to selectively rotate each of the lower clamps in response to instructions corresponding to a twisting program.

Abstract: A complex coil and a fixture for forming same configured such that loops are formed having various configurations relative to each other. The configurations provide improved thrombus formation and reduced rotation or tumbling once implanted. The complex coil is formed of a material that may deformed for purposes of placing the complex coil into a catheter and returns to a complex shape that includes said loops once deployed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least one gear, in particular a helically toothed gear, wherein the gear is produced from a gear blank pressed and sintered with an oversize in the region of the set of teeth, wherein the gear blank has two opposite end faces and a circumference. In the method, the gear blank is clamped in a clamping means. The gear blank is compressed in the region of the oversize by means of the engagement of at least one circumferential tool having a set of mating teeth that engages with the set of teeth of the gear blank, wherein the gear blank is radially clamped over the circumference by the clamping means at both end faces during the compression of the gear blank, wherein each individual tooth of the set of teeth of the gear blank is supported by the clamping means substantially over the entire tooth height. In this way, the quality of the set of teeth can be improved. The invention further relates to a device and to a clamping means.

Abstract: A fastener feed apparatus includes a mounting portion and a feed portion attached movably thereto. The feed portion includes a feed body having first and second ends and an internal track extending therethrough. The internal track is sized and shaped to convey a fastener through the feed body. The feed portion also includes a feeding block attached to the second end of the feed body and including a body and a pair of feed fingers, each of which includes a first end attached to the body and a second end. A track is formed between the feed fingers, is sized and shaped to convey the fastener from its first end to its second end, and is contiguous with the internal track of the feed body. The second end of the track includes a retention point. The feed fingers are sized and shaped to retain the fastener at the retention point.

Abstract: A positive extractor ensuring pressing of the bolt shaft belonging to the bolt draft with the force applied on Y-axis after reaching to upper head connection block, the bolt die module having the die connection block enabling connection of aforementioned positive extactor, and characterized with, containing the die having the die hole centered with the die connection block on aforementioned y-axis, different forms of brand die centered within the upper head connection block enabling burr-free production during shaping and enabling forming the pressed bolt shaft in different head shape, containing different forms of head die placed between different die and different forms of brand die.

Abstract: A method for making folding bicycle tools is disclosed. A semi-finished product is a bar and each distance between two opposite sides of the bar is equal and has two using ends and a working section arranged therebetween. Two transferring sections are respectively arranged between each using end and the working end. A distance Z1 between two sides of the transferring section is less than a distance Y1 between two sides of the working section. Two side surfaces of the working section is flatted to become a flatted surface respectively. Y1 is less than or equal to double of a height X of the working section after being flatted and Z1 is less than or equal to X. The working section is cut to form two finished products and each has an assembling end which provides the an assembling hole to pass through and formed on the corresponding flatted surface.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a bar material transfer method of, even in the case where an entire length of a bar material serving as a workpiece is short, accurately inserting the bar material from one end thereof into a predetermined positioning hole. [Solving Means] At the time of receiving a primary formed workpiece W1 from electrode chucks 22, a chuck device 64A (64B) in a robot hand 62c is used, and after receiving the primary formed workpiece W1, and before inserting the primary formed workpiece W1 from a stem part W11 thereof into an insertion hole 12 in a forging press main body 10, a holding portion W11a held by the electrode chucks 22 of the primary formed workpiece W1 is gripped by a chuck device 65A (65B) different from the chuck device 64A (64B), to release the gripping of the primary formed workpiece W1 by the chuck device 64A (64B).

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal wire rod composed of iridium or an iridium alloy, wherein the number of crystal grains on any cross-section in a longitudinal direction is 2 to 20 per 0.25 mm2, and the Vickers hardness at any part is 200 Hv or more and less than 400 Hv. The iridium wire rod is a material which is produced by a ?-PD method, and has low residual stress and which has a small change in the number of crystal grains and hardness even when heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a recrystallization temperature (1200° C. to 1500° C.). The metal wire rod of the present invention is excellent in oxidative consumption resistance under a high-temperature atmosphere, and mechanical properties.

Abstract: A molten metal pouring device is configured to pour molten metal into a mold cavity formed between an upper mold and a lower mold of a centrifugal casting machine. The molten metal pouring device includes a pouring unit including an end formed with a pouring hole, through which the molten metal is poured into the mold cavity, the end of the pouring unit being inserted into a riser formed along a rotation axis of the upper mold and being drawn out of the riser as the molten metal is poured, a stopper inserted into the pouring unit to open and close the pouring hole so as to adjust the flow of the molten metal, and a base unit, to which the pouring unit is mounted, the base unit being configured to lift the pouring unit up and down.

Abstract: In a method of making a water-communicating mechanism, provided is a bushing device capable of improving of a tight-fitting structure in which a bushing is tightly pushed into a water-communicating hole. When the bushing is secured to the water-communicating hole, the bushing collar is tightly fit into the water-communicating hole as a result of the wedge-shaped effect exerted between the tapered surfaces of the bushing and the bushing collar. Since the tapered surface of the bushing and the bushing collar are tightly fit, it is possible to significantly improve a heat-conductive efficiency between the bushing and the bushing collar, and reducing procedures needed to exchange casings with a good usability.

Abstract: A system and method for sensing the melt level of an ingot and/or molten material within one or more of a melting hearth, a refining hearth, tundish, and/or a casting mold within a furnace system. One or more laser melt height systems is configured and oriented to measure the melt level of one or more furnace system vessels within a closed furnace chamber, and thereby provide control information for regulating an overall melting, refining, casting, and/or atomization process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing tantalum powders for use in an electrolytic capacitor with high reliability and high specific capacitance, characterized in that the ratio of the average particle size of raw tantalum powders to the average particle size of tantalum flake powders is 0.5-25, preferably 1.5-10, more preferably 2-5. The process of the present invention is simple and has good controllability, the tantalum flake powder obtained has low content of metal impurities, high specific surface area, and after agglomerated, have good flowability and moldability, have high specific capacitance, and when used under high voltage, have low leakage current and high breakdown voltage.

Abstract: A module for an additive manufacturing system includes a frame configured to be removably mounted on a movable support, a dispenser configured to deliver a layer of particles on a platen that is separate from the frame or an underlying layer on the platen, a heat source configured to heat the layer of particles to a temperature below a temperature at which the particles fuse, and an energy source configured to fuse the particles. The dispenser, heat source and energy source are positioned on the frame in order along a first axis, and the dispenser, heat source and energy source are fixed to the frame such that the frame, dispenser, heat source and energy source can be mounted and dismounted as a single unit from the support.

Abstract: There is provided a selective laser sintering method capable of reducing the bulge of the peripheral portion corresponding to the periphery of the three-dimensional shaped object. The manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes alternate repetition of a powder-layer forming and a solidified-layer forming, the repetition comprising: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby sintering the powder in the predetermined portion or a melting and subsequently solidifying the powder; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam, wherein a scanning of the light irradiation is divided into light beam-scannings “A” and “B”.

Abstract: An article comprises a plurality of micro-sized or nano-sized galvanic cells, wherein the article has a seamless structure encompassing a plurality of empty spaces of different sizes, geometries, distributions, or a combination thereof, and one or more of the following properties of the article vary in different directions: tensile strength; compressive strength; electrical resistance; thermal conductance; modulus; or hardness.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an object includes a platform to support the object. The platform includes a first support plate including first holes and a second support plate arranged below the first support plate and including second holes. The second support plate is movable relative to the first support plate between an aligned configuration and a misaligned configuration. The apparatus further includes a dispensing system overlying the support plate to dispense a powder over the top surface of the first support plate and an energy source to apply energy to the powder dispensed on the top surface of the first support plate to form a fused portion of the powder. In the aligned configuration, the first holes are aligned with the second holes such that unfused powder can pass through the first holes into the second holes. In the misaligned configuration, the first holes are misaligned with the second holes.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an object includes a platform and a dispensing system overlying the platform to dispense successive layers of powder. The successive layers include support layers and object layers on the support layers. The apparatus further includes an energy source to fuse the powder. A controller is configured to cause the energy source to fuse a support region of each of the support layers to form a part support base. The controller is further configured to cause the energy source to fuse an enclosure region of each of the object layers to form an enclosure dividing each of the object layers into an inner region and outer region. The controller is also configured to cause the energy source to fuse an object portion of the inner region of each of the object layers. A parallel projection of the object defines a part area contained within the inner region.

Abstract: A device (1) for producing a three-dimensional object (2) through layer-wise solidifying of build-up material (13) at positions (43) corresponding to a cross-section of the object (2) to be produced in a respective layer comprises a coating device (12-14) for applying a layer of the build-up material (13) on a working plane (10), a solidifying device (20) for the selective solidifying of the build-up material (13) in the applied layer and a gas suction nozzle (34) for extracting gas from the device (1) by suction. The gas suction device (34) is thereby movably arranged and the device (1) is designed to control or to regulate a movement and/or orientation of the gas suction nozzle (34) as a function of a number of reference positions (51, 53, 55a, 55b, 55c, 55d).

Abstract: A method of making a powder of dense and spherically shaped cemented carbide or cermet granules and a powder produced by the method is provided. The powder made according to the present method can be used in additive manufacturing such as 3D printing by the binder jetting technique. Moreover, a Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) process for manufacturing a product by using the powder is also disclosed.

Abstract: A monofilament (1) for the production of a superconducting wire (20) has a powder core (3) that contains at least Sn and Cu, an inner tube (2), made of Nb or an alloy containing Nb, that encloses the powder core (3), and an outer tube (4) in which the inner tube (2) is arranged. The outer side of the inner tube (2) is in contact with the inner side of the outer tube (4) and the outer tube (4) is produced from Nb or from an alloy containing Nb. The outer tube is disposed in a cladding tube. The superconducting current carrying capacity of the superconducting wire is thereby improved.