Abstract: A locking device for a crusher rotor of a horizontal shaft impact crusher including at least one hammer element and at least one rotor disc having a plurality of rotor arms. The locking device includes a locking-wedge having a first engagement surface for engaging one of the rotor arms and a second engagement surface for engaging the hammer element. An installation handle of the locking devices is arranged to move the locking-wedge to a locking position where the first engagement surface engages the rotor arm and the second engagement surface engages the hammer element.

Abstract: A ball mill system grinds, disperses, and reacts substances. A ball mill vessel houses grinding bodies (grinding/milling media) and the materials to be ground or dispersed. The ball milling vessel includes an assembly of three component parts with active structural roles to provide a tight and repeatable seal that allows physical, structural and chemical transformations of materials in the presence of a liquid or a gas, while at the same time enabling easy and effortless opening of the jar after ball milling. The ball milling vessel includes two peripheral half-vessels made of a harder material, connected by a central thick ring made of a softer material. The connecting ring provides an active structural role in the ball milling vessel, as it holds together the peripheral halves of the vessel, while at the same time ensuring a tight seal and protecting the joint where the two half-vessels join.

Abstract: A magnetic separation device for immunoassay using a two-sided plate for multi-well microplate separation via a flat side containing a magnetic block and a back side of magnetic microplate structure containing a matrix of permanent magnets. The present invention relates to a multi-purpose magnetic separation device that has two sides of magnetic separation function. The flat side of magnetic separation device includes magnet block, metal or plastic sheet on top surface and a pin to secure the assay plate. The back side of magnetic separation device is a multi-well structure that includes a plurality of permanent magnets placed in the spaces between the adjacent wells. There are different magnetic configurations for the multi-well structure, which ensures that each well is pulled by at least one strong permanent magnet. These strong permanent magnets are polarized laterally, i.e., its magnetic flux line points toward the side of the well.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for removing magnetizable particles in a substance, the apparatus comprising a magnetic separation chamber for filtering magnetizable particles and flocs from the substance, wherein the magnetic separation chamber comprises a first housing that defines a first space through which the substance can flow, as well as at least one first magnet of which a first magnetic field reaches into the first space, and which first magnet is located within a first holder that has an interface with the first space; and a flocculation chamber for inducing flocculation of the particles in a substance, the flocculation chamber being in fluid connection with the magnetic separation chamber; wherein the magnetic separation chamber is located downstream of the flocculation chamber, and wherein the flocculation of the magnetizable particles results in magnetizable flocs, and the magnetic field of the first magnet causes the magnetizable flocs to be attracted towards the first magnet, thereby rem

Abstract: A synthetic bead for use in mineral separation is described. The synthetic bead has a surface made of a synthetic material such as polymer and the synthetic material is functionalized with molecules having a functional group for attaching mineral particles to the surface in a separation process. The synthetic beads can be placed in flotation cell containing a mixture of water, valuable material and unwanted material or in a pipeline where the mixture is transported from one location to another. The enriched synthetic beads carrying the mineral particles are separated from the unwanted materials in the mixture. The mineral particles are then released from the synthetic beads by means of low pH treatment, ultrasonic agitation, thermal or electromagnetic treatment.

Abstract: A method of preparing a water in oil emulsion comprises forming a mixture of oil and emulsifying agent, progressively adding an aqueous salt solution to the mixture and dispersing the aqueous salt solution into the mixture. A concentrated water in oil emulsion is formed with drops of the aqueous salt solution (1) packed inside the oil solution phase (2). The emulsion is added to water and then mixed so that the emulsion absorbs the water. The salt concentration of the emulsion relative to the salt concentration of the water is controlled. Methods of agglomerating fine hydrophobic particles in a slurry using the water in oil emulsion are provided, where the emulsion is added to the slurry and then mixed so that the emulsion absorbs the water in the slurry. The salt concentration of the emulsion relative to the salt concentration of the slurry is controlled.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for separating blood into two or more components. A blood separation system includes a blood separation device and a fluid flow circuit configured to be mounted to the blood separation device. The blood separation device includes a centrifugal separator and a spinning membrane separator drive unit incorporated into a common case, which allows for fluid separation by two different methods. Depending on the separation procedure to be carried out, the fluid flow circuit paired with the blood separation device may include only one separation chamber configured to be mounted to the centrifugal separator or spinning membrane separator drive unit or two separation chambers, with one being mounted to the centrifugal separator and the other to the spinning membrane separator drive unit. The system may be used to separate and collect any combination of red blood cells, plasma, and platelets.

Abstract: A multi-purpose connector for a sprinkler. Fastening portions are provided on both ends of a body. A shutoff valve is disposed within the body. An adjustment member disposed outside of the body to control the shutoff valve. The multi-purpose connector directly or indirectly connects a sprinkler head to a sprinkler pipe. The connector is used to connect a sprinkler head and a sprinkler pipe and provides convenience due to an opening/closing function thereof.

Abstract: A fluidic nozzle of the scanner type has its outlet spray pattern skewed from its chamber axis (A) by an amount determined by the asymmetry of its outlet orifice (23, 33) about that axis. A spray assembly (70, 90) of such nozzles, such as a showerhead, can be designed using nozzles with selected pattern skew angles to achieve desired spray coverage. Indexing tabs (97) and slots (96) are used to angularly position the nozzles in the showerhead. A portion of each nozzle may be formed with the showerhead faceplate (71) as an integral piece.

Abstract: A spray head assembly that includes a body configured to receive water; and a plurality of nozzles on or in the body, wherein the plurality of nozzles is configured to receive and discharge the water in a plurality of nonintersecting streams that together form a spray pattern having either a dotted “S” shape or a dotted “8” shape at a focal distance from the body.

Abstract: A lance for powder injection resulting in reduced agglomeration, including an outer tubular member having a first end, a second end, and an inner flowpath extending from the first end to the second end; an inner tubular member having a first end, a second end, and a, inner flowpath extending from the first end to the second end, the inner tubular member disposed within the inner flowpath of the outer tubular member for providing an annular space between the outer tubular member and the inner tubular member; and one or more orifices in the inner tubular member for providing a flowpath between the annular space and the inner flowpath of the inner tubular member. Additional lances, systems, and methods are also included.

Abstract: A loose-fill granular insulation blowing machine includes a main body having an internal frame and a hopper chamber that is positioned along the top end of the main body. A grate is positioned beneath the hopper and a dispensing chamber is located along the bottom end of the main body. A funnel section is interposed between the grate and the dispensing chamber, and a valve is positioned along the bottom of the funnel. An agitator having a motorized central shaft and a plurality of paddles is positioned within the dispenser chamber. A blower having an inlet is positioned along one side of the dispenser chamber and an outlet is positioned along the opposite side of the dispenser chamber. A plurality of air diffusers are positioned within the dispenser chamber. Each of the diffusers are in communication with an air coupler that is removably secured to an air compressor.

Abstract: A conditioning apparatus (2) for providing a carrier gas (6), the apparatus including: an inlet (4) for a pressurized inlet gas (6); a cleaning unit (10) to provide clean pressurized gas (6), the cleaning unit (10) including one or more filters to remove solid and/or liquid contamination particles from the pressurized gas (6) and a drying station to remove moisture from the pressurized gas (6); an ionization chamber (16) which ionizes the clean pressurized gas; and an outlet for clean, pressurized, ionized gas; wherein the gas ionized in the ionization chamber (16) has a chemical composition which is substantially the same chemical composition as the inlet gas.

Abstract: A method of dispensing scented liquids from their container. The method embodies a scented liquid dispenser device adapted to operatively associate with various such containers. The scented liquid dispenser device may provide threaded sidewalls to facilitate such removable securement. A top portion of the scented liquid dispenser device provides a plurality of pin-sized holes for dispensing liquid therefrom by squeezing the container. Selective squeezing could create a spray from the pin-sized holes on the top portion that can be directed at the final application area, removing the need for the wasteful hand-application of the scented liquid through the conventional opening of the container.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for rendering a surface of an object pathogen reduced. A disinfectant compartment stores a disinfectant that exhibits an antimicrobial effect and, when applied to a surface, deactivates a portion of contagions on the surface. A neutralizer compartment stores a neutralizer that is reactive with the disinfectant to discontinue the antimicrobial effect of the disinfectant. The neutralizer is encapsulated in a shell formed of a material that interferes with a chemical reaction between the disinfectant and the neutralizer after the disinfectant and the neutralizer have been applied to the surface. A nozzle concurrently applies the disinfectant and the neutralizer onto the surface.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and/or a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity, a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body, and a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid. The pump sub-system includes a first dip tube, a dispensing orifice, and a pump. The refill cartridge includes a cartridge body having a fluid cavity, a store of a fluid in the fluid cavity, and a second dip tube extending into the store of the fluid. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The dispenser lid may be coupled to the dispenser body thereby mating the first and second dip tubes to enable dispensing of the fluid.

Abstract: The multi-nozzle multi-container fluid spray device includes multiple, for example, three, containers. Each container may hold a different liquid which the user may dispense simultaneously, in a desired combination, or individually. The containers are connected to each other and to a spray handle and spray head in a reversible manner. The spray head includes multiple nozzles, with each nozzle being designed to independently turn on, off, or to dispense a liquid spray at a desired density of liquid particles. The multiple pumps and hoses may be housed within the spray head. Each of the hoses extends from a single pump into one of the containers. Each pump is designed to dispense a liquid from one of the containers through a single nozzle. If a nozzle is turned off, the pump connected to that nozzle does not dispense liquid from the container with which it is connected.

Abstract: Various components of a spraying system are provided. The spraying system may have a spraying module to accelerate a spray media toward a target and a controllable charging module to impart an electrostatic charge to the spray media. The electrostatic charge imparted to spray media may be changed over time by the controllable charging module. In this manner, characteristics of spray media in flight and arriving at a target may be controlled.

Abstract: An apparatus including a first device which moves a first portion of a soft, damp, slightly pressed slab out of alignment with a majority of the slab and thus introduces a first crack in the slab; and a device for spraying a first colored material into the first crack of the slab. The first device which moves the first portion of the slab out of alignment with the rest of the slab may include a first cylinder. The device for spraying the first colored material in the first crack of the slab may include a robotic apparatus. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus may also include a second device which moves a second portion of the slab out of alignment with the majority of the slab and thereby introduces a second crack in the slab.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling the pattern-width of a coating liquid dispensed from a nozzle. The method includes the steps of: dispensing the coating liquid downward from the nozzle in a dispensing position on a measurement reference line to photograph with a camera positioned at a predetermined horizontal distance from the measurement reference line arranged perpendicularly to a coating reference surface; calculating the pattern-width of the coating liquid on the coating reference surface from image data obtained by photographing the coating liquid dispensed from the nozzle in the dispensing position with the camera; comparing the calculated pattern-width of the coating liquid with a coating liquid reference pattern-width; and adjusting dispensing pressure by increasing or decreasing pressure of air supplied to a pressure container that provides the coating liquid to the nozzle when the calculated pattern-width of the coating liquid is outside the reference allowed error.

Abstract: A static axial seal gland (100, 100) formed in relief in a substrate (31, 52) and having an inner sidewall (32, 53), an outer sidewall (33, 54) and a floor (34, 55) extending between the inner sidewall (32, 53) and the outer sidewall, one or both of the inner sidewall (32, 53) and the outer sidewall (32, 53) being concavely-profiled in radial section along a major portion of its depth to define a projecting lip (35, 56) proximal a land of the substrate (31, 52), the gland (100, 100?) being fitted with an elastomeric O-ring (39, 59) which is located and retained by interference with the projecting lip (35, 56), either under tension on the inner sidewall (32, 53) or in compression against the outer sidewall (33, 54).

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: The present invention provides a system for monitoring and controlling an industrial paint operation, where a five-sided intermodal shipping container is painted with a water-based coating composition. The system includes a paint application system, a drying system with a chamber configured to handle one or more intermodal shipping containers, and modules for monitoring and controlling the application of paint and the drying of the applied paint.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a transmitting and receiving device for an ultrasonic system, which comprises a transmitter, a receiver and at least two switch circuits connected in series. The transmitter is coupled to an ultrasonic transducer and generates high voltage signals to the ultrasonic transducer during a transmitting mode. The receiver is coupled to the ultrasonic transducer via the at least two switch circuits and receives low voltage signals from the ultrasonic transducer during a receiving mode. The at least two switch circuits are configured to share voltage drop of the high voltage signals to isolate the high voltage signals during the transmitting mode and allow the low voltage signals to pass through during the receiving mode. It also discloses an ultrasonic system having the transmitting and receiving device.

Abstract: A vibration device includes a piezoelectric element, a vibration member to which the piezoelectric element is bonded, and a wiring member connected with the piezoelectric element. A method for vibrating the vibration device includes inputting a signal including a fundamental frequency component to the piezoelectric element through the wiring member, and vibrating the vibration device in a vibration mode that includes the fundamental frequency component and does not approximately include a high order frequency component that is n times (n represents an integer of 2 or more) the fundamental frequency component. The fundamental frequency component is lower than the resonance frequency component of the vibration device.

Abstract: An impulse mechanism for use with a vibratory screen includes a rotatable shaft having exposed opposing ends terminating outside the vibratory screen, a stationary spindle surrounding the opposing ends of the shaft, and vibration generators located on each of the opposing ends of the shaft that generate vibrations when the shaft is rotated. Each vibration generator includes a bearing housing that rotates with the shaft, an exposed mass component mounted to the bearing housing is accessible from outside the bearing housing and rotates about the shaft to generate vibrations, and a bearing assembly located within the bearing housing transmits vibrations from the rotating mass component to the vibratory screen assembly.

Abstract: Cannabis material is frozen within an inner chamber and agitated, such as by rotating the inner chamber within an outer chamber. Filters limit the passage of cannabis material from the inner to the outer chamber to primarily allow the passage of cannabis trichomes through the filters. Air flows through the outer chamber from an air inlet to an air outlet and entrains the filtered material within an air stream. The entrained material is separated and collected, such as by one or more cyclone separators.

Abstract: A scrubbing device is disclosed, and includes a body and a driving shaft, wherein the body is provided with a sealing mechanism configured to seal a connection portion between the driving shaft and the body. The sealing mechanism includes a sealing member sleeved on the driving shaft. The sealing member has an end that is attached, sealed, and connected to a sidewall of the body. The driving shaft is sleeved with a first sealing ring made of a rigid material and a second sealing ring made of a soft material. The first sealing ring and the second sealing ring are both in contact with an inner wall of the sealing member.

Abstract: A tool for flash-trimming and/or cleaning a component, comprising a shaft and a processing element mounted on the shaft such that it can be removed, the processing element being designed as a flexible cord and being received on the shaft such that, in an operational state, it bulges radially outwards in at least some sections as the rotational speed of the shaft increases; the invention also relates to a processing system along with this tool

Abstract: A curtain-formed fluid supply device includes a storing section storing fluid, an elongated slit through which the fluid stored in the storing section is supplied in a curtain form, at least three supply pipes that supply the fluid to the storing section, and flow control valve disposed at each of the at least three supply pipes and controls a flow amount of the fluid. One of the at least three supply pipes is connected to a middle section of the storing section with respect to an extending direction of the elongated slit and two of the at least three supply pipes are connected to two end sections of the storing section with respect to the extending direction.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a watercraft cleaning system that includes a housing, a water input line, a pump and motor system, a high-pressure output line, and a heater. The cleaning system can be arranged and configured to be coupled to a dock post located adjacent a watercraft. The system can easily and conveniently allow watercraft personnel to clean the watercraft.

Abstract: An immersed wheel cleaning device is composed of a wheel feeding system, a wheel cleaning system and a wheel discharging and blowing system. Cleaning and blowing of each wheel comprise four steps: step 1, feeding and clamping; step 2, primary cleaning; step 3, secondary cleaning; and step 4, blowing and discharging. Ordered engagement of discharging and feeding is realized by cyclic switching of manipulators, and the steps are engaged, so that the cycle time is greatly reduced.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a parts holder assembly that includes a basket having a basket floor and one or more posts each attached to the basket floor at a proximal post end and extending away from the basket floor at a distal post end, a retaining device having a frame having an open interior frame space, one or more mounting devices, each of the mounting devices being adapted to constrain the frame at a selected position along a length of a corresponding one of the posts between the proximal post end and the selected position, and a web having at least one outer edge attached to the frame and a plurality of cords extending across the open interior frame space.

Abstract: An apparatus (300) for removing contaminant particles (205) from a component (202, 204) of an apparatus (140, MT), the contaminant particles giving rise to an ambient electric field (E), the apparatus comprising: a collection region (301) for attracting the particles, wherein the ambient electric field is at least between the component and the collection region; and an electric field generator configured to establish an applied electric field between the collection region and the component to cause the particles to be transported from the component to the collection region, wherein the electric field generator is configured to determine the polarity of the applied electric field based on the ambient electric field.

Abstract: A cleaning film designed to remove foreign matter and particulates from working surfaces of cleaning wafers used in semiconductor processes. These processes include wafer sort test for cleaning of probe card pins and FEOL tooling for cleaning during wafer handling equipment and wafer chucks. The debris collected on the cleaning wafer working surfaces is removed by the particle removal film allowing the debris and foreign matter to be discarded. The use of the cleaning film allows the operator to refresh the cleaning wafer without use of an outside vendor and eliminates wet washing and the use of solvents in the cleaning process.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a tool for forming a semiconductor device includes heating a wafer comprising a ceramic material to heat at least the ceramic material, positioning the heated wafer on an electrostatic chuck of a tool for forming a semiconductor device such that deposits located proximate the heated wafer are heated to vaporize at least some of the deposits, and removing the vaporized deposits from the tool. Related methods of forming semiconductor devices, related systems, and related cleaning wafers are disclosed.

Abstract: A pipe cleaning tool has a longitudinally extending hollow shaft with a honer head on the forward end and stabilizing legs behind the honer head. The shaft is adapted to be connected to a machine for pulling the tool through the pipe while rotating the tool such that the cutting elements on the reamer head remove debris from the inside wall of the pipe. The legs center and stabilize the reamer head to prevent contact with the internal pipe wall during the cleaning operation. Water or other lubricating fluid is ejected from the shaft during use of the tool to lubricate the tool in the pipe, and to flush loose debris out of the path of the tool.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for removing catalyst, absorbents and other materials from a reactor, guard bed, or other refinery or petrochemical vessel via a robotic or remotely operated device. A vacuum hose is connected to the device for removing the material from the vessel for ex-situ regeneration or disposal. The device moves around on the surface of the catalyst using motorized screws that grip to the catalyst material. The device is powered by hydraulic, pneumatic or electric motors attached to the frame of the device with supply and return hoses extending in and out of the vessel in line with the vacuum hose.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a glass substrate is disclosed, the apparatus including a shroud assembly arranged along a conveyance path of a glass substrate such that an opening of shroud portion of the shroud assembly is adjacent the glass substrate. A nozzle assembly contained within a hollow interior space of the shroud assembly rotates while directing a jet of gas at the glass substrate, dislodging particulate. A vacuum is applied to a second interior hollow space defined by a skirt portion extending around the shroud, thereby removing the dislodged particulate. A second vacuum is applied to a back portion of the shroud to remove particulate accumulated in the shroud. The apparatus may further include a gas knife arranged adjacent the shroud assembly and a vacuum channel arranged below the shroud assembly.

Abstract: A substrate processing device includes: a chamber; a substrate processing mechanism that has a holding member, and discharges a processing fluid onto a substrate held by the holding member; a joint pipe that has a lower opening provided below the holding member, and an upper opening provided above the holding member, and is disposed such that at least part of the joint pipe from the lower opening to the upper opening passes through the outside of the chamber; and an air flow generator that is provided in the joint pipe. The air flow generator circulates an atmosphere in the chamber by discharging the atmosphere in the chamber from the lower opening to the joint pipe to allow the atmosphere to pass through the joint pipe, thereby introducing the atmosphere again into the chamber via the upper opening so that a downflow of the atmosphere occurs in the chamber.

Abstract: An assemblage of containers holding a porous medium is established in a landfill in fluid communication with a leachate drainage layer. A gas extraction well is drilled through the waste matter layers of the landfill into the assemblage. The assemblage augments gas flow throughout the landfill to the gas extraction well and drainage of leachate percolating through the landfill to the leachate drainage layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for treating contaminated soil and groundwater are contemplated. An aqueous slurry may be formulated from particles of solid-phase organic materials having particle sizes between 0.1 and 100 microns, which serve as organic electron donors which may biodegrade subsurface contaminants. The aqueous slurry is injected into an environmental subsurface at a pressure lower than the fracture pressure of the subsurface, which will result in a more uniform distribution of the slurry throughout the subsurface, rather than concentrated deposition of the solid-phase organic materials at points along the fractures, and will also tend to reduce disruption of the architecture of the soil matrix, increasing the utility of the remediated soil and preventing an increase in the rates of generation and efflux of methane and nitrous oxide from the soil to the atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery. The system for manufacturing the electrode for the secondary battery comprises a supply roller supplying a collector having a long sheet shape; an electrode active material coating device applying an electrode active material to a surface of the collector supplied by the supply roller to manufacture an unfinished electrode; a rolling roller rolling a surface of the unfinished electrode and adjusting a thickness of the electrode active material to manufacture a finished electrode; and an electrode quality inspection device inspecting quality of the electrode through a surface roughness value of the rolling roller and a surface roughness value of the electrode.

Abstract: A roll-forming machine having: an entrance end section in which a sheet of material with various sides and widths generally enters, wherein the sheet of material is configured to form a finished sheet component having a predetermined width with ends that meet or overlap; an exit end section where the finished sheet component exits; a lifting bar assembly for lifting an end segment of the material to cause a longitudinal bend in the material; a side roller bar assembly that is configured to form an upper end of said sheet component; a creasing bearing assembly that assists in a creasing of the sheet of material; and wherein said lifting bar implement is configured to at least one of, move the creasing bearing assembly and the side roller bar assembly, to a predetermined position to form a finished sheet component having a predetermined width.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coil width control method including: a step in which a control unit generates a prediction model for predicting the width shrinkage of a coil, which occurs in the heat-treatment process and post-treatment process of a cold-rolled steel sheet production process, on the basis of historical operating results; a step in which the control unit receives the input width of the coil entering the heat-treatment process; and a step in which the control unit predicts the output width of the coil after the post-treatment process on the basis of the received input width and the conditions of the cold-rolled steel sheet production process, and controls in-furnace temperature and in-furnace tension of the heat-treatment process and elongation of the post-treatment process.

Abstract: Methods and Apparatus to increase the efficiency of roll-forming and leveling systems are described herein. An example strip material processing apparatus includes a first drive system to drive an exit workroll at an exit of the strip material processing apparatus, and a second drive system to drive an entry workroll at an entry of the strip material processing apparatus, where the strip material is to travel through the strip material processing apparatus from the entry to the exit. The example strip material processing apparatus also includes a controller to provide a first command reference to the first drive system to drive the exit workroll at the first command reference.

Abstract: A drawing machine (1) for drawing a tube (2), defining a longitudinal axis (Y), comprising a first die (3) for carrying out the drawing of the tube by means of the use of a mandrel (4); a device for varying the inclination (5) of the tube inlet into said first die (3); a second die (6) for carrying out a skin pass operation on the tube, arranged downstream of said first die (3); an in-line system for detecting the eccentricity of the tube; a data processing system (7) for processing signals originating from said detection system and sending input data to said device for varying the inclination (5) of the tube to vary the inclination of the tube so as to correct the eccentricity of the tube in-line; wherein said in-line system for detecting the eccentricity of the tube comprises a first detection head comprising at least three first transducers (8) arranged downstream of said first die (3).

Abstract: Provided is a welding monitoring apparatus that monitors a welding state of a V-convergence region in which a strip-shaped metal sheet is converged in a V-shape, when the metal sheet is cylindrically formed while being conveyed, and both side edges of the metal sheet are heated and melted in a manner of being butted each other while being converged in the V-shape, such that an electric resistance welded steel pipe is manufactured. This welding monitoring apparatus includes an image capturing unit that captures images of a region including the V-convergence region in time series; and an image processing unit that extracts a welding point based on the images captured in time series and detects the presence or absence and a position of irregular arcing at the welding point or on an upstream side of the welding point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bending tool (1) comprising a tool body (2) having an upper (3) and an opposite lower end region (4), wherein an attachment extension (5) is configured in the upper end region (3), and a working tip (6) is configured in the lower end region (4). A tool identification marker (11) is disposed in the tool body (2), and a communication interface (9) is disposed in the attachment extension (5) on at least one side surface (8) and not projecting beyond it, which interface is connected with the tool identification marker (11) by way of a connection line (10). An electronics unit (12) is disposed in the tool body (2). A voltage supply contact (14) that is electrically insulated relative to the tool body (2) is is disposed on the attachment extension (5), which contact is connected with a voltage supply module (15) of the electronics unit (12).

Abstract: To a fulcrum roll unit portion in a workpiece, a corresponding initial curvature radius is applied, and to a bending roll unit portion in a workpiece, a corresponding design curvature radius is applied. To an intermediate unit portion in a workpiece, an intermediate curvature radius set so as to continuously change from the initial curvature radius to the design curvature radius is applied. At least one of the fulcrum roll and the bending roll is moved on the basis of an integrated value obtained by integrating the amount of change in bending position in each of the intermediate unit portion and the bending roll unit portion.