Abstract: The invention relates to a device for packaging and dispensing a product, comprising a pump head (1) that can be actuated by applying pressure along a central longitudinal axis (A-A) for a product dispensing operation, and a support device which is associated with this pump head and is fixed to the opening (2) of a bottle containing the product, this support device comprising a lock (6) held on said opening and a locking arrangement (7) comprising at least one locking tab (8) that can be moved by applying pressure to at least one lateral contact area (9) and bears a locking cam (10) of the pump head, said cam (10) being arranged under the pump head (1) and forming a stop for blocking the internal end (1A) of the pump head, in a non-actuated locked position.

Abstract: A system for controlling nozzle flow rate includes a master node having an expected overall flow rate module configured to generate an expected overall flow rate of an agricultural product based on one or more sprayer characteristics, and an adjustment module configured to generate an error correction based on a difference between the expected overall flow rate and an actual overall flow rate of the agricultural product. A plurality of smart nozzles are in communication with the master node, each of the smart nozzles includes an electronic control unit in communication with one or more control valves and one or more nozzle assemblies. Each of the smart nozzles includes a target smart nozzle flow rate module configured to generate a target smart nozzle flow rate of the agricultural product based on the one or more sprayer characteristics. The target smart nozzle flow rate is adjusted according to the error correction.

Abstract: A repair machine is provided. The repair machine is structured to apply a repair fluid to a plurality of can ends. The repair machine includes a can end down stacker assembly, a can end conveyor assembly, and a spray assembly. The can end down stacker assembly is structured to move individual can ends from a stack to a conveyor assembly. The can end conveyor assembly is structured to transport the can ends over a path, the can end conveyor assembly including a number of reference locations. The can end conveyor assembly is disposed adjacent to the can end down stacker assembly and receives can ends therefrom. The spray assembly is disposed adjacent to the can end conveyor assembly downstream of the can end down stacker assembly. The spray assembly includes a locator assembly, a spray gun assembly, a motion assembly, and a control assembly.

Abstract: An improved vehicle wheel spraying support tool is provided. The improved vehicle wheel spraying support tool is composed of a base plate, rotary sleeves, adjustment rods, supporting pins, a stationary sleeve, a flange, fixed plates and the like. In use, the rotary sleeves with random number are mounted in a slot of the base plate and a slot of the flange through sliding pins according to requirements; after angles among the supporting pins are adjusted, the rotary sleeves are fixed through screws III; the positions of the supporting pins can be adjusted to fit in vehicle wheels of different pitch circles by adjusting the positions of the adjustment rods in the rotary sleeves; and the vertical heights of the supporting pins can be adjusted through threads of the lower parts of the supporting pins, and the supporting pins are locked through locking nuts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiphase injection device suitable for use in a high-temperature process environment, comprising a nozzle and a plurality of passageways in the nozzle, wherein the plurality of passageways comprises a primary passageway and at least one secondary passageway. The passageways are operable to simultaneously inject respective process media into a reactor at different angles relative to each other.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus for cleaning of a tank. The liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a base member having a first end for receiving the liquid from a liquid line, a rotary head that is rotatably connected to the base member and a rotary nozzle hub that is rotatably connected to the rotary head. The rotary nozzle hub comprises a primary liquid ejection nozzle for ejecting a liquid in a pattern towards an interior surface of the tank, and a secondary liquid ejection nozzle that is configured to, during at least a part of a revolution of the rotary nozzle hub, eject the liquid in a pattern towards an external surface of the base member.

Abstract: A doctoring apparatus has a flexible doctor blade advanced longitudinally across a surface being doctored. The doctor blade is feed in a continuous length from a storage cartridge and sequentially supported in a blade holder to apply the blade to a moving surface to be doctored. One or both of a pneumatic blade advancing device and a pneumatically operated clamping system are opened and closed in timed sequence with reciprocation of the blade holder longitudinally shifting the doctor blade in a selected direction across the doctored surface. The pneumatic blade advancing device includes an idler roller and a powered roller that co-operate to indexingly advance the doctor blade along the blade path. The clamping system includes a blade cutter to cut the doctor blade and that drives the cut off end of the doctor blade into a discard container.

Abstract: A caulking gun is provided, including: a gun body, including a side wall and for a sealant cartridge to be assembled thereto; a limitation member, swingably assembled to the gun body; a pushing rod, movably disposed in the gun body and disposed through the limitation member and the side wall, the pushing rod optionally frictionally gripped by the limitation member for pushing the sealant cartridge; an abutting mechanism, movably disposed through the side wall and radially disengageable directly from the pushing rod, two ends of the abutting mechanism respectively abutting against the driving member and the limitation member, the abutting mechanism including an abutting portion and an elastic member, the elastic member being arranged between the abutting portion and the driving member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a natural composite material multilayer structure includes: manufacturing a felt layer; spraying a thermosetting resin onto one surface or both surfaces of the felt layer; forming an intermediate layer of the sprayed thermosetting resin to form a composite material; heat-pressing the composite material through a heated mold; and cold-pressing the heat-compressed composite material.

Abstract: A particle deposition system can have a particle source providing a nanomaterial at a controlled rate and a gas distribution system coupled with the particle source and operable to receive the nanomaterial aerosol. A high pressure chamber can be coupled with the gas distribution system, and a nozzle can be disposed between the high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber. The nozzle can have a nozzle opening allowing fluidic communication of a nanomaterial aerosol between the high pressure chamber and the low pressure chamber and the opening can have a length exceeding a width.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a substrate structured by nanowires, characterized in that no lubricant and no lithographic resist mask is used in the method, and only by moving a donor substrate having nanowires relative to a substrate and by locally tribological properties on the surface of the substrate, a specified number of nanowires is deposited selectively at locally defined points of the substrate. The invention further relates to a substrate that can be produced using the method according to the invention, and which selectively contains a specified number of nanowires on a surface at locally defined points. The invention further relates to the use of the substrate according to the invention in microelectronics, microsystems technology, and/or micro-sensor systems.

Abstract: Disclosed in this specification is a method for coating a substrate to prevent dewetting. A suspension of nanoparticles is deposited onto the substrate to produce a nanoparticle layer. The nanoparticle layer is then coated with a monomer. The monomer polymerizes on the nanoparticle layer to produce a polymeric layer.

Abstract: A method of forming fine patterns includes the steps of forming a conductive layer on a base part, forming a sacrificial layer including an adhesive material on the conductive layer, the adhesive material including a catechol group, forming resist patterns on the sacrificial layer, and forming fine patterns by patterning the conductive layer using the resist patterns as a mask.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a silane-modified silicate. In order to obtain optimal corrosion protection properties, a silane compound according to the invention is at least partially hydrolyzed and/or condensed in the presence of a silicate compound at a pH value greater than or equal to 8 and then a pH value less than or equal to 7 is set by adding acid. The invention further relates to an aqueous acidic passivation composition for metal substrate coated with the passivation composition.

Abstract: A tamping unit includes tamping tines and a squeezing drive for squeezing the tamping tines. A vibration exciter has an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder. The inner cylinder is disposed coaxially to a cylinder axis and is mounted for displacement in an axial direction along sliding or gliding surfaces in the outer cylinder. A ring-shaped recess is provided between the two sliding or gliding surfaces which are spaced from one another in the axial direction. A spacer ring, which subdivides the ring-shaped recess into two fluid channels, is connected selectively to the inner or outer cylinder. The fluid channels are spaced from one another relative to the axial direction. The two fluid channels can be hydraulically actuated alternatingly by feed lines for vibration excitation.

Abstract: A multi-deck screening assembly includes upper and lower screen decks, each having first and second deck sections. The upper deck's first deck section has first-size grading apertures, and its second deck section is downstream of the first deck section with second-size grading apertures larger than the first-size apertures. The lower deck's first section has third-size grading apertures and its second section is downstream of its first section with fourth-size grading apertures larger than the third-size apertures. A gap between the lower deck's first and second sections allows oversize material from the lower deck's first section to pass through to a first collection region. A diverter is positioned between the upper and lower decks and over the gap, whereby material from the upper deck collected on the diverter passes onto the lower deck's second section, thereby preventing undersize material that passes through the upper deck from passing directly through the gap.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for unloading articles from a container of items for use in an automatic stack feeder are disclosed. The automatic stack feeder may comprise a belt, a moveable lower paddle, and a moveable upper paddle, wherein the lower paddle is configured to partially extend through a belt of the automatic stack feeder. The movement of the belt, the lower paddle, and the upper paddle are coordinated such that there is no need to interrupt the operation of the automatic stack feeder to unload the container.

Abstract: A method is provided for verifying operative parameters of a selecting device of a machine for forming springs, configured for subdividing the springs formed by a spring forming device of a spring forming machine in at least one first group corresponding to springs having dimensional parameters falling into predefined tolerance values, and a second group corresponding to springs having dimensional parameters varying from the predefined tolerance values.

Abstract: A system for fluorescence activated cell sorting includes at least two excitation lasers and an objective that directs light from the at least two excitation lasers to a common point in an interrogation region of a fluidic channel. The fluidic channel directs a flow of a plurality of fluorescently labeled particles through the interrogation region. At least one modulator temporally multiplexes light from the at least two excitation lasers such that pulses of light from different lasers intersect the common point at different times. The system further includes at least one detector and at least one optical element that directs light emitted from the particles and transmitted through the objective to the at least one detector. The system may further include optics for generating and detecting side and forward scattered light. Methods for operating example systems to collect fluorescent, side scattered and forward scattered light are also described herein.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a device for the discharge of a pressurised liquid comprising: a liquid intake section (2400), a liquid discharge lance (2300), a pump (2200), which can be connected to a motor (2100), the pump having an inlet connected to the intake section and an outlet connected to the discharge lance, where the discharge lance and the pump are connected by a connection (2800, 2801, 2802, 2803, 2804), with at most three rotational degrees of freedom and/or one translational degree of freedom.

Abstract: The cleaning device for small parts has a treatment container which is permanently attached to a carriage and is rotatably mounted on the carriage. It can be docked with a treatment station while remaining on the carriage.

Abstract: A cleaning system configured to use a hydrogen peroxide solution to clean contact lenses. The cleaning system includes a reservoir to hold the cleaning solution and a complex base coupled to the reservoir to insure a hermetically closed reservoir environment. The complex base is separated into at least a first and a second segment. A lens holder assembly holds the lenses within the solution and is coupled to the complex base in the first segment. A motor is located in the second segment of the complex base to selectively introduce a catalyst to the cleaning solution. The cleaning system has additional features that permit the system to allow for the storage of the contact lenses by converting a neutralized cleaning solution into a storage solution to prevent recontamination.

Abstract: A system includes a UV light source and an optical medium coupled to receive UV light from the UV light source. The optical medium is configured to emit UV light proximate to a surface from which biofouling is to be removed once the biofouling has adhered to the protected surface. A method corresponds to the system.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to treat workpieces are disclosed. A disclosed example equipment is to treat a workpiece with a process fluid, where the workpiece has a workpiece body with at least one cavity that extends from a first opening to a second opening. The example equipment includes a line system for providing the process fluid, where the line system has at least one line duct with an adapter for connecting the line system to the at least one cavity, a process chamber to receive the workpiece in treatment, where the process chamber includes an outlet to discharge a process fluid that has been induced into the cavity, and a suction installation to generate negative pressure, where the suction installation is connected to the process chamber by a suction duct to suction the process fluid from a fluid vessel through the at least one line duct and the at least one cavity into the process chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a carbonizing furnace capable of improving combustion efficiency of combustible gas generated by combustion of organic waste and of improving carbonization efficiency of organic waste by appropriately controlling the temperature of carbide. Provided is a pyrolytic furnace in which heating gas can be suppressed from outflowing to the outside from a gap between the upper surface of the body part of the pyrolytic furnace and the outer circumferential surface of a reaction tube where a pyrolysis reaction between carbide and a gasification agent is caused, and in which the temperature of a region where the pyrolysis reaction is caused can be suppressed from being reduced. Provided is a water gas generation system which improves thermal efficiency without using a dedicated heat source for generating water steam to be used as a gasification agent for carbide, promotes a pyrolysis reaction, and thereby, achieves the excellent heat efficiency.

Abstract: A system and method for ground water protection below a pit mine that includes: a first back fill cover over an exposed ground water; layer of polystyrene foam; a rubber membrane placed over the first foam cover; closed cell extruded polystyrene foam placed over the rubber membrane; a layer of contaminated material over the closed cell extruded polystyrene foam, wherein the layer of contaminated material is covered by polystyrene foam, a rubber membrane and polystyrene foam over the rubber membrane; and top soil covering the layer of foam, rubber membrane and foam above the contaminated material.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a site containing perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) is described. The apparatus treats the site with fine oxygen/ozone gas bubbles delivered with a hydroperoxide coating and solution which is activated by self-created temperature or applied temperature to raise the oxidation potential above 2.9 volts. Once begun, the reaction is often self-promulgating until the PFC is exhausted, if PFC concentrations are sufficiently elevated.

Abstract: This application discloses cold rolled surfaces having a dulled gloss finish. The finish has a fairly uniform glossiness with a slightly matted appearance and with minimal directionality. The surfaces are prepared from work rolls having an Ra value of from 0.2 to 0.4 ?m and an Rz value of less than 3.0 ?m. Methods of preparing the surfaces are also described herein.

Abstract: In a decision control device of a control system, a predetermined pass schedule is decided by adjusting the rolling force per unit width at a last stand of a hot finishing tandem rolling mill to cause the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range based on the relationship between a strip crown and the edge profile on the outlet side of the last stand with respect to the rolling force per unit width and a strip shape control parameter, obtained regarding the last stand, and adjusting the strip shape control parameter of the last stand to cause the strip shape on the outlet side of the last stand to fall within an allowable range and cause the strip crown to become a predetermined value or smaller.

Abstract: A method for producing a thickness-profiled metal strip in which at least one opening is produced in the metal strip and in a subsequent step, the metal strip is longitudinally rolled with at least one roller that penetrates into the metal strip in some regions across its strip width and thus a thickness profiling at least in the width direction of the metal strip is produced. In order to improve the reproducibility of the method, what is proposed is that at least one hole passing through the metal strip is produced as an opening in the metal strip, over which hole the roller that penetrates into the metal strip longitudinally rolls in order to produce the thickness profiling in the width direction of the metal strip.

Abstract: An apparatus for winding up a metal strip into a coil. A frame in which a second counter-bending roller is mounted in a rotatable manner. The frame is movable with the aid of a second setting device between a coiler shaft position and a roller bed position. In the roller bed position, the second counter-bending roller alongside a first counter-bending roller acts as the roller bed roller of a roller bed which is arranged above the coiling device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for producing an elongated profiled part, in which a profiled strip is produced from a flat strip by rolling and the profiled strip is embossed in sections, by means of which at least one longitudinal section of the profiled strip is offset relative to at least one other longitudinal section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the profiled strip, and with which method the strip is trimmed in such a way that, after the embossing, the longitudinal sections that are offset relative to each other have different cross-sections. In order to increase the reproducibility of the method, before the profiling, the flat strip is trimmed in such a way that by means of the embossing of the trimmed and profiled strip, the longitudinal sections that are offset relative to each other have different cross-sections.

Abstract: Making a plurality of notching marks on flanges of a rule to enable bending of the rule, including: punching the plurality of notching marks on the flanges of the rule to enable shaping of the rule into a channel letter; and tapering the flanges positioned around sharp notching angles made on the channel letter.

Abstract: A processing method and a processing apparatus for a metal housing are provided. The method includes: sleeving a metal flat pipe having an end face provided with a curved surface portion on a lower mold; and pressing the curved surface portion by the cooperation between an upper mold and the lower mold, thereby forming a chamfered slanted surface on the curved surface portion. The processing processes and the apparatus involved are simple, the quality of the products is improved, and thus the method may be suitable for mass production.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic forming device comprising includes a tank having a tank inner wall and inside of which are positioned a mold, a first electrode, and a second electrode. A free first reflector is placed in the tank and surrounds the mold, the first electrode, and the second electrode.

Abstract: A punch die is provided. The punch die includes a punch body, a punch guide configured to removably receive the punch body therein, a retainer collar detachably coupled to the punch guide, a punch head mated to the punch body to regulate a position of the punch body, and a spring interposed between the punch head and the retainer collar. The punch guide includes a peripheral slot defined on the internal periphery of the punch guide such that the peripheral slot intersects a keyway of the punch guide. The retainer collar includes a cylindrical projection that extends into the inner periphery of the punch guide and an engaging projection defined on an outer periphery of the cylindrical projection. The engaging projection is rotatable to engage the peripheral slot and to be releasably aligned with the keyway.

Abstract: A tool for manufacturing hot formed structural components having locally different microstructures and mechanical properties, the tool comprising upper and lower mating dies, each die being formed by two or more die blocks (10) comprising one or more working surfaces (34) that in use face the structural component to be formed and one or more supporting blocks, the upper and lower dies comprising die blocks are adapted to operate at different temperatures corresponding to zones of the structural component to be formed having locally different microstructures and mechanical properties, the die blocks including one or more warm die blocks adapted to operate at a higher temperature, and one or more cold die blocks adapted to operate at a lower temperature, and wherein at least one of the warm die blocks is an electrically conductive die block which is electrically connected to a current source configured to provide a DC current through the die block to control the temperature of the die block.

Abstract: A tool including a front housing and an expander head ring that is readily attachable and detachable from the front housing. The front housing may be coupled to the tool body, or can be integral with the tool body. The front housing may have a mating end that has one or more locking tabs that are configured to be engaged by the expander head ring. The expander head ring may carry one or more functional elements such as a die set that may be expanded by insertion of an expander extending from the tool such as by manual actuation of the tool. A plurality of expander head rings, each with a different size die set, can be alternatively attached to the front housing, depending on the desired extent of expanding of the pipe or the like with the tool.

Abstract: A material separation device comprises a placement component, a blower, a suction component, a suction pad driver, and a controller. The blower blows air at a plurality of aluminum sheets that have been stacked on the placement component to float an uppermost aluminum sheet. The suction component uses suction pads to chuck and hold the uppermost aluminum sheet from above while the air is being blown. The suction pad driver drives the suction component up and down, using servomotors as a drive source. The controller performs control so that the suction pads chucking the aluminum sheet are raised to a temporary stopping position by the suction pad driver, and the suction pads are stopped for a predetermined length of time at the temporary stopping position while the air is stopped, and the suction pads are then raised by the suction pad drivers to a conveyance position.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus for an USB interface metal casing. The manufacturing method for an USB interface metal casing includes: feeding a flat-shaped pipe blank to a lower mold (S100); closing a first upper mold and the lower mold, and performing pipe-expansion forming to a bottom of the pipe blank (S110); closing a second upper mold and the lower mold, and performing necking and chamfering to a top port of the pipe blank (S120); and closing a third upper mold and the lower mold, and modifying the pipe blankto obtain a final finished product of the USB interface metal casing (S130).

Abstract: A can filling/seaming device that fills a can with a liquid content and seals the can with a lid by double-seaming allows a filler and a seamer to be integrated in a compact arrangement. A can filling/seaming device includes a filler that fills a can with a liquid content while conveying the can by rotation of a filling turret, a seamer that attaches a lid to the can filled with the content by double-seaming, and a forwarding turret provided between a carrying-out position of the filling turret and a carrying-in position to the seamer to circularly convey the can filled with the content, wherein a lid supply part is provided on the forwarding turret.

Abstract: A horizontal expanding machine, including a support frame defining a horizontal expanding axis (A), at least one guide associated with said frame and parallel to said expanding axis (A), at least one carriage moveable along said guide, a plurality of expanding shafts able to be associated with said carriage and arranged along said expanding axis (A). The machine includes automatic selection means of the expanding shafts adapted for selectively positioning said shafts on said carriage.

Abstract: A coiling machine includes a material guide, first pin, second pin, pitch tool, cutting tool, heating device, temperature sensor, and controller. A material is bent between the first pin and the second pin to form an arc part between the first pin and the second pin. The controller select control data corresponding to the temperature of the material from a plurality of control data corresponding to a processing temperature. Then, the positions of the first pin and the second pin are controlled such that a radius of curvature of the arc part increases when the temperature of the material increases, and the position of the cutting tool is controlled such that a gap between the center of curvature of the arc part and the cutting tool increases.

Abstract: A method for producing a twist drill has the following steps. A blank is shaped to form a semi-finished product. The semi-finished product is formed from a core, coaxial with the drill axis, having a radius and a number of webs, arranged on the core, having a height. The semi-finished product has a constant cross section along the drill axis. The webs have a first portion which adjoins the core and in which a width of the web remains constant or decreases in the circumferential direction with increasing radial distance from the drill axis. The webs have a second portion which adjoins the first portion and in which the width of the web increases in the circumferential direction with increasing radial distance from the drill axis. The webs of the semi-finished product are shaped into helical segments using a plurality of rolling tools that annularly enclose the semi-finished product and roll on the webs along the drill axis. The rolling tools have teeth that are inclined with respect to the drill axis.

Abstract: A gripping device for mechanical fasteners, such as rivets, screws, bolts, and similar fasteners, and a robot effector employing such a device. The device includes a housing and a pair of jaws arranged on a holder. The pair of jaws is adapted to grip a mechanical fastener therebetween. The holder is rotatable inside of the housing and the jaws allow a self-centering of a gripped mechanical fastener.

Abstract: Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mechanical part of the present invention includes a first process of forming, by performing a folding processing to an end portion of the material, a portion to be processed having a structure, in which a plurality of layers respectively having a thickness corresponding to a plate thickness of a material overlap each other, in the material such that a plate thickness direction of the layer is orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the material; and a second process of changing, by performing a forging processing to the portion to be processed, a shape of the portion to be processed to a target shape while press-welding the layers of the portion to be processed to each other by plastic deformation.

Abstract: Provided is a casting mold including a lower mold 4 fixed on a base 3, a plurality of horizontal sliding molds 5 to 8 which slide freely on the base 3 between a mold-opening position and a mold-closing position, an upper mold 9, and sliding mechanisms 12, 25 which slide the horizontal sliding molds 5 to 8 in the sliding directions. When sliding the horizontal sliding molds from the mold-opening position to the mold-closing position, the sliding mechanisms 12, 25 cause force to act on a lower section of the horizontal sliding molds 5 to 8 and prevent force from acting on an upper section of the horizontal sliding molds 5 to 8.

Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment, includes pre-investment of a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster then applying an outer mold to the encapsulated precursor as a shell-mold.

Abstract: A feed device for a metal melt in an injection molding device of, for example, a metal-molding machine has a reservoir for the metal melt and a feed duct, in which the metal melt can be fed to a mold cavity. The feed duct includes a cylinder bore, in which a piston is arranged axially displaceably. A collection chamber for the metal melt, from which the metal melt can be introduced into the mold cavity through a continuing line as a consequence of an axial displacement of the piston, is provided in the cylinder bore. The cylinder bore is surrounded by a first heater, which has at least one heating element.