Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter body, a coolant cap, and a retaining ring for removably securing the coolant cap to the cutter body. The coolant cap includes an outer surface, an inner surface and a generally cylindrical outer surface extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The retaining ring is disposed within a retaining ring notch of the cutter body such that the outer surface of the coolant cap contacts the retaining ring when high pressure coolant is introduced into the cutter body to removably secure the coolant cap to the cutter body.

Abstract: Table saws are disclosed. The table saws can include a blade, an arbor, an arbor block, an elevation carriage, and a latch that connects the arbor block and the elevation carriage. The arbor block can have a first position in which the latch connects the arbor block and the elevation carriage, and a second position in which the latch does not connect the arbor block and the elevation carriage. The arbor block can pivot from the first position to the second position upon the occurrence of a retraction force. The table saw can include an actuator to cause the occurrence of the retraction force, and detection electronics to detect contact between the blade and a person. Woodworking machines with detection and reaction systems are also disclosed. A reaction system can include an explosive that causes retraction of a cutting tool.

Abstract: A foldable bow saw movable between a functional saw condition and a folded packable condition includes a handle arm, a top bar, a short arm, a saw blade, and a lever arm, all pivotally connected one to the other with an end of the handle arm and an end of the lever arm forming free, unconnected ends of the assembly. The free end of the handle arm includes a connecting fulcrum surface adapted to removably mate with a fulcrum surface receiver in the lever arm. Rotation of the lever arm in a locking direction about the fulcrum surface moves the pivotal connection of the lever arm to the saw blade to a tensioned functional saw condition. Rotation of the lever arm in an unlocking direction allows the fulcrum surface to be removed from the fulcrum surface receiver and the assembly to be folded to the packable condition.

Abstract: A circular saw blade includes a supporting body, cooling channels provided in the inner region of the supporting body and running in the radial direction, and teeth provided in the region of the outer periphery of the supporting body. The cooling channels emerge from the circular saw blade in the region of the tooth bases or in the region of the flanks of the teeth. Furthermore, the circular saw blade has pockets which, starting from a tooth base or a flank of a tooth, extend inwardly into the region of the supporting body.

Abstract: An abrasive wire including a steel core and an outer coating including a binder and abrasive particles, the binder being formed by at least one nickel-cobalt alloy layer having a cobalt content of between 20 wt.-% and 85 wt.-% in relation to the weight of the Ni/Co alloy.

Abstract: A gear machining device for machining a gear by using a machining tool which has a rotation axis inclined relative to a rotation axis of a workpiece and feeding the machining tool relatively in the rotation axis direction of the workpiece by rotating the machining tool in synchronization with a rotation of the workpiece. The gear machining device includes a tool state memorizing portion for memorizing a tool state including a position or a posture of the machining tool relative to the workpiece for machining a tooth bottom, first and second side surfaces of the gear and a machining control portion for controlling machining of the workpiece under each tool state of the machining tool memorized in the tool state memorizing portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a support unit that supports a substrate. The method includes: providing a support plate formed of a non-conductive material and supporting a substrate; providing a base plate disposed below the support plate and formed of a material including a conductive material; and depositing a metallic layer at a bottom of the support plate and coupling the metallic layer and the base plate through brazing.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improved brazing. A system includes a gap filling compound (GFC). The GFC includes a brazing alloy. The system also includes a GFC retention screen. The GFC retention screen configured to be disposed over the GFC to retain the GFC within the gap during brazing. The GFC retention screen is also configured to enable gas to escape from the GFC during brazing.

Abstract: A welding power supply and method are provided with a single welding mode in its controller such that the power supply can change from full DCEN output to AC output to a full DCEP output without having to change welding modes.

Abstract: A welding system having a welding power supply coupled to a fume extractor is provided. The fume extractor may be coupled to control circuitry configured to operate the welding power supply. The control circuitry may be configured to begin, terminate or modify the operation of the fume extractor prior to the establishment of a welding arc, after the termination of the welding arc, or both. The control circuitry may be further configured to modify the operation of the fume extractor based upon a type of welding process used.

Abstract: A tip-base metal distance control method is provided. In this method, actual welding currents are measured under a predetermined actual welding condition, and an average actual welding current under the actual welding condition is then calculated. From a reference-current storage table, an average welding current under a welding condition that corresponds to the actual welding condition is extracted, and the extracted current value is set as a reference current. The calculated average actual welding current is then compared with the reference current to obtain a comparison result. The position of a welding torch in an upward or a downward direction is then corrected based on the comparison result.

Abstract: A welding method wherein the root gap aperture displacement is measured before welding begins, and a welding material having a Mn/S ratio and a Mn/Si ratio compatible with the measured root gap aperture displacement is selected from gas-shielded arc welding materials. Gas-shielded arc welding is then performed using the selected welding material.

Abstract: A method for gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) of nickel-aluminide is provided. The method includes machining a weld groove having a width from 1 to 2 mm on an outer surface, a weld groove angle with a vertical being less than 30°; and a root face being not longer than 3 mm. During welding, a measured temperature 30 cm (12?) from a weld torch and 3 mm from the weld groove edge should not exceed 200° C.; and an interpass temperature should be less than 85° C. measured at 3 mm from the weld groove edge. With exception of the root pass, all filler and cap pass layering should start from the nickel-aluminide edge, each bead should be peened; and the weld cap pass should overlap on the nickel-aluminide surface edge by at least 3 mm. The weld bead layout at the nickel-aluminide edge should be laid at torch angle less than 30°, and the weld heat input should be in the range of 17 to 23 kJ/in. The linear welding speed is greater than 8.6 cm/min and a deposition rate should be greater than 3.0 cm3/min.

Abstract: A welding system includes a welder configured to output power to form an arc between a stick electrode and a workpiece. The welder includes a compartment configured to receive and store additional stick electrodes, and the welder is configured to heat the additional stick electrodes stored in the compartment.

Abstract: A chip for plasma generation, a plasma generator, and a plasma spectrometry method, having high reproducibility of plasma light emission are described, wherein the chip for plasma generation contains a channel, wherein the channel has a first region, a narrow portion, and a second region, wherein the narrow portion is in communication with the first region and the second region and has a cross-sectional area smaller than the first region and the second region, and the chip further includes an air bubble movement prevention unit that prevents air bubbles generated in the narrow portion from moving from the narrow portion toward the upstream side of the narrow portion.

Abstract: In metal powder processing equipment where metal powder is sequentially laminated on a table of a chamber and laser beam melting or electron beam melting is performed or cutting and shaping are performed by a rotating tool subsequent to melting, a first temperature adjusting unit is placed at a lower bottom portion of the table and a second temperature adjusting unit is disposed in contact with and around the outer wall of the chamber and both units are simultaneously heated or cooled; a room partially enclosing a metal powder reserve tank and a metal powder supply pipe is provided with a third temperature adjusting unit, the temperature of which is set to average temperature of the second temperature adjusting unit before the second one actuates, so that deterioration of dimensional precision in processing and deterioration of metal powder quality can be prevented by keeping heating temperature constant.

Abstract: Provided is a laser welding inspection apparatus capable of improving the accuracy for determining the welding defect. The laser welding inspection apparatus includes a head which irradiates a welded portion of a workpiece with a laser beam for inspection, an optical receiver which receives a return light of the laser beam for inspection from the welded portion, an optical system which adjusts at least a focal diameter of the laser beam for inspection applied to the welded portion and a region where the return light from the welded portion is recognized, and a controller which controls the optical system and determines, based on intensity of the return light, whether a welding defect exists in the welded portion. The controller controls the optical system so that a diameter of the region is not more than 1.5 times as large as the focal diameter.

Abstract: In a powder supply method in cladding, an outlet pressure of a coaxial-nozzle side of a supply pipe connecting a feeder to a coaxial nozzle is set within a predetermined range, and powder is supplied from the feeder to the coaxial nozzle.

Abstract: A method for laser welding of one or more workpieces made from press hardenable steel, in a butt joint, in which the workpiece or the workpieces have a thickness of at least 1.8 mm and/or a jump in thickness of at least 0.4 mm arises at the butt joint including supplying filler wire into a molten bath generated by a laser beam. In order to ensure that the weld seam can reliably harden into a martensitic structure during the hot forming (press hardening), the filler wire contains at least one alloy element from the group of manganese, chromium, molybdenum, silicon and nickel, wherein the at least one alloy element is present in the filler wire with a mass proportion that is larger by 0.1% by weight than the mass proportion of the element in the press hardenable steel of the workpiece or the workpieces.

Abstract: An etching method using a bevel etching apparatus is provided. The bevel etching apparatus is configured to etch a substrate by emitting a laser beam and includes a laser generator and a power meter configured to measure the laser beam output from the laser generator. In the method, the power meter is irradiated with the laser beam for a predetermined period of time before etching the substrate by irradiating the substrate with the laser beam. An output value of the laser beam is measured by the power meter. It is determined whether the measured output value of the laser beam is in a range of predetermined thresholds with respect to an output setting value of the laser beam output from the laser generator.

Abstract: A device for adhering different kinds of materials is configured to adhere a metal material and a composite material having an adhering hole. The device includes a frame having first and second free ends that face each other. A laser head is provided at the first free end of the frame and irradiates a laser beam to an adhering point of the metal material. An upper tool moves back and forth at the first free end of the frame and presses the metal material. A lower tool is fixed to the second free end of the frame so as to correspond to the upper tool and supports an adhering point of the composite material. An air suction member is connected to the lower tool to suck air between the lower tool and the adhering hole of the composite material.

Abstract: Roller positioner for tubes comprising: a base structure; two lower support rollers rotating around respective axes positioned on said base structure; and an upper roller antagonist to said two lower support rollers; characterized by comprising a deformable quadrilateral for the movement of said upper roller suited for moving said upper roller along a rectilinear axis by a predetermined distance and then away from said rectilinear axis.

Abstract: A coffee filter includes a metallic member having a flat portion in which tapered exit regions are formed that extend from the bottom of the flat portion to vertices interior to the flat portion. The flat portion is provided with a hole uniformity enhancement region between the top of the flat portion and the exit region vertices that are interior to the flat portion. The top of the flat portion is micro-machined to remove a part of the hole uniformity enhancement region to a predetermined depth into the hole uniformity enhancement region. Holes are formed in the top of the flat portion extending from the micro-machined top of the flat portion through the hole uniformity enhancement region to the vertices of the tapered exit regions. The predetermined depth of the micro-machined top of the flat portion is selected to prevent the micro-machined top of the flat portion from meeting the tapered exit regions to promote and maintain uniformity of the holes.

Abstract: A heat sink, and cooled electronic structure and cooled electronics apparatus utilizing the heat sink are provided. The heat sink is fabricated of a thermally conductive structure which includes one or more coolant-carrying channels coupled to facilitate the flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channel(s). The heat sink further includes a membrane associated with the coolant-carrying channel(s). The membrane includes at least one vapor-permeable region, which overlies a portion of the coolant-carrying channel(s) and facilitates removal of vapor from the coolant-carrying channel(s), and at least one orifice coupled to inject coolant onto at least one surface of the coolant-carrying channel(s) intermediate opposite ends of the channel(s).

Abstract: The present application provides a refrigerated display case. The refrigerated display case includes a number of tubs, a pair of end frames positioned about the tubs, and an integrated center end frame positioned between a pair of the tubs. The integrated center end frame may include a composite material retainer member and a composite material support base.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for applying tags with attached elastic anchor bands onto the tops of objects such as bottles in a high speed packaging application. The apparatus includes an infeed assembly for feeding a web, a conveyor assembly that receives a web and conveys it along a path in an upstream direction, a rotating selector wheel, a placement assembly, a pair of rotating jaw assembles, a vacuum cup of the selector wheel, and stretched elastic bands over the tops of respective bottles being conveyed along a path below the placing assembly. The elastic bands then snap onto the tops of their respective bottles to secure the tags to the bottles.

Abstract: An HVAC actuator coupleable to an HVAC component is disposed in or at an insulated duct. The HVAC actuator may include a housing and a taping flange. The taping flange may be spaced from the outer surface of the duct and adjacent to an outer surface of an insulated layer of the duct when the HVAC actuator is coupled to the HVAC component, and may be configured to facilitate taping of the HVAC actuator to the outer surface of the insulating layer. It may be shaped to provide a front-facing surface that is suitable for receiving tape to provide a seal between the taping flange and the outer surface of the insulating layer. In some cases, the taping flange may extend outward from the housing around the entire perimeter of the housing. The taping flange may be formed integrally with the housing, or it formed separately and coupled to the housing.

Abstract: In a tensioning device for expanding a threaded bolt by a pull on its threaded end portion, a supporting tube surrounds the threaded end portion and a nut is screwed onto the threaded end portion. A cylinder is arranged in the prolongation of the supporting tube and has at least one piston movable therein in the longitudinal direction and connectable to a hydraulic supply. An interchangeable bush is screwable to the threaded end portion and is drivable axially by the piston. A gear arrangement for adjusting the nut is provided. Components of the gear arrangement are a driver element engaging externally on the nut and a drive shaft provided with an engagement structure for a drive tool. In this case, the axis of rotation of the drive shaft is arranged at an angle of preferably 90° to the longitudinal mid-axis of the piston.

Abstract: In a production system general-purpose cell for general-purpose use in processing and transportation of a received workpiece in a production system of processing and delivering the workpiece, the production system general-purpose cell includes a base unit having a planar shape of quadrangle and supporting at least a robot for use in transportation of the workpiece such that the robot is movable on the planar area of quadrangle, a parts supply unit for supplying parts of the workpiece to the robot supported by the base unit, and a processing area extending outside the base unit. The robot supported by the base unit having a motion range set in a range from inside to outside the base unit in a form including at least part of the processing area.

Abstract: A work piece support rest is provided for turning a work piece on a rotating lathe having a lathe bed, headstock, and a headstock spindle, where the work piece is attached to the headstock spindle. The support rest includes an adjustable base releasably attached to the slotted way of the bed via a locking plate and a pair of laterally adjustable way spacers moveable within a laterally extending slot that engage each side of the slotted way. A multi-piece outer ring is releasably attached to the adjustable base. A plurality of roller slides are releasably and adjustably attached to the outer ring, such that each of the roller slides extends radially inwardly and has a roller disposed at an inward distal end thereof for supporting the work piece.

Abstract: A component carrier assembly (1) is provided which has a plurality of component carrier regions (10), which are intended for mounting semiconductor components. The component carrier assembly comprises a carrier body (2) with a first major face (21). On the first major face a trench pattern (3) is formed in the carrier body, with first trenches (31) extending parallel to one another in a first direction, the first trenches delimiting the component carrier regions in a second direction extending transversely of the trenches. A coating (4) is formed on the carrier body, such that the component carrier regions each have a first major face of the carrier body which is coated at least in places and a side face (5) of the trench pattern which is coated at least in places.

Abstract: The invention relates to tool tongs for the releasable holding of a tool, for example in a machine tool. The invention is characterized in that the tool tongs are formed by a tongs basic element and a tongs clamping element interacting and connected with the tongs basic element, wherein in the tool holding position the tongs basic element and the tongs clamping element hold the tool clampingly at its gripping elements, wherein the tongs basic element and/or the tongs clamping element is/are formed of flat material or plate-like material, such as, for example, steel sheet or the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for conducting oral care experiments with enamel block substrates (140) and a method of forming and using the same. In one aspect, the invention can be an apparatus for conducting oral care experiments comprising: a plate having a first major surface (111) and a second major surface (112); a handle (170) coupled to and extending from the plate; and at least one enamel block substrate mounted on the first major surface of the plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a precision CNC facing lathe, which comprises a facing head that has slide ways and a feed slide that is mounted in the slide ways on the facing head, wherein, a ball screw feeder that can drive the slide to move in radial direction and a dynamic balancer are arranged on the facing head. The dynamic balancer comprises weight blocks, a weight cable, fixed blocks, and pulleys. The lathe provided in the present invention can absolutely substitute conventional rack-and-gear driven CNC facing lathes, and can improve work piece machining accuracy and machining efficiency.

Abstract: Workpieces are unloaded from a workpiece support of a sheet metal workpiece processing apparatus by positioning a blank sheet metal workpiece over a processed workpiece supported on a workpiece support, with the blank workpiece releasably held by a workpiece loader, activating a workpiece fixing device to engage an edge of the processed workpiece, and performing a relative sweeping movement between the workpiece fixing device and the workpiece support whereby the engaged processed workpiece is prevented from remaining on the workpiece support and is thereby unloaded. The workpiece fixing device is moved relative to the processed workpiece while the blank sheet metal workpiece is positioned over the processed workpiece.

Abstract: A machine is provided, including at least one thermal cutting head, and at least one machining head with a coolant, wherein the machine includes a plate support table which is configured to allow coolant to fall through, a gantry located above the table and configured to travel along length of the table in an X axis, a carriage which is movably mounted to the gantry to travel in a Y axis which is at right angles to the X axis, a machining head with a coolant supply and a thermal cutting head both mounted to the carriage, at least one trolley is located below the table, wherein the trolley supports a fume chamber and a coolant tray and wherein the trolley is configured to be capable in use of moving independently or synchronously with the machinery head or thermal cutting head as required to capture coolant and fumes.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for sharpening a tool. In accordance with some embodiments, a selected side surface of the tool is placed in contacting engagement against an upper reverse sharpening guide surface that faces an abrasive surface extending along a first plane. The upper reverse sharpening guide surface is aligned along a second plane that intersects the first plane at an acute angle. A tool cutting edge contactingly engages a non-abrasive support surface disposed between the upper reverse sharpening guide surface and the abrasive surface to establish a plunge depth of the tool prior to contact with the abrasive surface. The tool is thereafter moved away from the upper reverse sharpening guide in a lateral direction across the abrasive surface while nominally maintaining the tool at the acute angle to sharpen the cutting edge in a trailing cutting edge orientation.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting one or two handheld type orbital thereto is described to permit a user to sand a floor surface from a standing position while moving the mounted sander(s) to and fro by way of a broom handle extending from the apparatus. Typically, the apparatus includes one fixed mount and one moveable mount. Each mount is configured to facilitate attachment to an orbital sander. The moveable mount can be placed and secured in one of two positions: A first position that centers a single sander in line with the handle and a second position wherein the fixed mount is located to one side of the handle and the moveable mount is secured essentially an equal distance on the other side of the handle.

Abstract: A finishing device includes a finishing tool having a grinding face and a finishing-tool holder configured to hold the finishing tool. The finishing-tool holder is movably guided on a pivot support which is pivotable about a pivot axis. A force-generating apparatus is configured to generate a pressing force, by means of which the grinding face of the finishing tool is pressed against a workpiece to be machined. The force-generating apparatus is arranged on a mounting apparatus for pivotally mounting the pivot support. A force-transmitting apparatus is configured to transmit the pressing force from the force-generating apparatus to the finishing-tool holder.

Abstract: A device for polishing metallic workpiece surfaces. The device includes a tool holder which can be exchangeably fitted into a rotationally driven working spindle of a program-controlled milling machine, and a polishing tool, which is fastened in the tool holder. The device also includes a tool shank and a polishing head at the free end thereof, and is coupled to a polishing agent supply which arrives at the effective surface of the polishing head. The tool shank contains a chamber, which can admit a pressure medium and is at least partially filled with the polishing agent, wherein this chamber is in connection with the polishing head by way of a channel and wherein the polishing head has polishing agent permeable material or it contains passages for the polishing agent that is forced out of the chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for treating the surface of a radome, comprising: a rotary driving unit; a vacuum suction unit; a vertical driving unit; and a surface treatment unit. The rotary driving unit comprises: a rotary shaft; and a driving motor, installed at a predetermined portion spaced apart from the rotary shaft. The vacuum suction unit comprises: a plurality of first hydraulic cylinders positioned on the rotary shaft in the circumferential direction; and a suction plate equipped at an end of a piston rod of each of the first hydraulic cylinders. The vertical driving unit comprises: a mounting plate having a hole formed in the central portion thereof. The surface treatment unit comprises: a support column vertically installed on a predetermined portion spaced apart from the mounting plate; and a support arm.

Abstract: An adjustable surface treatment device which comprises a hollow elongate main body and an adjustable discharge nozzle being supported adjacent a free end of the main body. The adjustable discharge nozzle is coupled to a blasting media supply conduit for supplying blasting media thereto. An articulating mechanism is coupled to the adjustable discharge nozzle for adjusting a position of the adjustable discharge nozzle relative to the main body. method and system for positioning a tool in a desired orientation relative to a surface to be treated is also disclosed.

Abstract: A carving cabinet configured to enable carving of the work-piece outside the main machine cabinet, without requiring the work-piece to be completely wrapped in a protective covering. The carving cabinet includes a housing defining an enclosure for operating the carving tool when carving the work-piece. A barrier member is coupled to the housing and is configured to substantially separate the work-piece from the enclosure when carving the work-piece. The barrier member includes a first surface facing toward the enclosure and an opposing second surface facing away from the enclosure. A carving port extends between the first surface and the second surface. The barrier member is configured to allow the work-piece to be disposable adjacent the second surface to enable carving of the work-piece through the carving port.

Abstract: Flexible, sheet-like substrates having an abrasive surface, which are obtainable by applying an aqueous solution or dispersion of at least one precondensate of a heat-curable resin to the top and/or bottom of a flexible, sheet-like substrate in an amount of at least 5 to 90% by weight, based on the uncoated, dry substrate, crosslinking the precondensate and drying the treated substrate.

Abstract: This invention relates to abrasive flap wheel that include hybrid fabrics. This invention also relates to methods of making and using said abrasive flap wheels. The claimed processes and systems related to the use and manufacturing of abrasive flaps are improved and cost effective.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) comprising a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table including a thermally-stable region having at least one low-carbon-solubility material disposed interstitially between bonded diamond grains thereof, and methods of fabricating such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate, and a PCD table bonded to the substrate. The PCD table includes a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting diamond-to-diamond bonding therebetween and defining a plurality of interstitial regions. The PCD table further includes at least one low-carbon-solubility material disposed in at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions. The at least one low-carbon-solubility material exhibits a melting temperature of about 1300° C. or less and a bulk modulus at 20° C. of less than about 150 GPa.

Abstract: Flanges become stuck upon large pipes. This invention is a flange tightening tool in combination with a wrench, or other handled tool, having a fixed jaw integral with a handle and a movable jaw. The invention provides pins connected to each of the fixed jaw and the movable jaw. The pins extend mutually parallel and from the same side of both jaws. The pins generally have a round cylindrical shape with a diameter compatible to a flange aperture. The pins have a connection to the wrench utilizing a threaded tip that engages a cooperating threaded hole in each jaw. The pins are provided in various diameters, often in kit form. One pin may be longer than the other pins and both pins have left hand threading.

Abstract: An adapter for a flooring nail gun is provided with a muzzle member including at least one set of two inclined cavities; a moveable member including at least one set of two inclined protrusions at an end, the inclined protrusions being disposed in the inclined cavities; and a quick releasing device disposed on the inclined protrusions. The quick releasing device includes a pressing member, a spring member, and a lever, and wherein the pressing member and the muzzle member are joined, the lever and the pressing member are pivotably secured together, and the spring member has one end anchored at the pressing member and the other end pivotably secured to the lever. The moveable member can be opened for troubleshooting in case of malfunction.

Abstract: A power tool that includes a motor configured to drive a working element, a power supply that is coupled to the motor to provide power to the motor, a shunt circuit that is coupled to the power supply and the motor, and a controller. The shunt circuit includes a shunt switch and a shunt element and is configured to hold a voltage of the power supply below a high voltage threshold. The shunt switch is switchable between a conducting state, in which the shunt switch conducts current through the shunt element, and a non-conducting state, in which the shunt switch does not conduct current through the shunt element. The controller is coupled to the motor, the power supply, and the shunt circuit and is configured to determine the voltage of the power supply, and control the shunt switch based on the voltage from the power supply.

Abstract: A multipurpose hand held tool includes a handle and one or more tools. The multipurpose tool further may include a multi-layered plier head. The multipurpose tool also may include a flashlight detachably coupled to the handle. In this manner, the multipurpose tool may incorporate multiple tools and accessories for completing various tasks.