Abstract: An apparatus (100) for purifying fluid, wherein the apparatus (100) comprises an osmosis unit (102) configured for pre-purifying the fluid to be purified by forward osmosis of the fluid, which is to be purified, through an osmosis membrane (104) into a chamber (106) comprising dissolved first ions, in particular first cations and first anions, an ion exchange unit (108) configured for exchanging at least part of the first ions, in particular at least part of at least one of the first cations and the first anions, by second ions, in particular at least one of second cations and second anions, and a re-concentration unit (110) configured for separating the pre-purified fluid after the ion exchange into purified fluid and into a re-concentrate enriched with the respective ions, in particular anions and cations.

Abstract: A method for forming a ceramic membrane module system includes disposing at least one membrane (118) within a housing (120), the membrane (118) having capillaries therein. The method includes sealing the first housing end (122) and capillaries, applying force to the removable gasket with an external frame assembly (200), and disposing potting material into the housing (120) without plugging the capillaries with the potting.

Abstract: An assembly (1) which is intended for use at an area (31, 32) for allowing a fluid to pass therethrough comprises a filter (10) for blocking items from passing through the area (31, 32) along with the fluid, and at least one anti-biofouling source (20) for emitting ultraviolet light during operation thereof for realizing anti-biofouling of at least a portion of the filter (10). The filter (10) comprises a filter body provided with apertures, wherein the actual filter body is at least partially transparent to the ultraviolet light, so that anti-biofouling of the entire filter (10) may be guaranteed, even in case the anti-biofouling source (20) is positioned at only one side (15, 16) of the filter (10) and/or is integrated in the filter (10).

Abstract: The present invention relates to synthetic membranes and use of these synthetic membranes for isolation of volatile organic compounds and purification of water. The synthetic membrane includes a hydrophobic polymer layer located on a polymeric membrane support layer. The invention includes a method of isolating volatile organic compounds with the synthetic membrane by contacting a volatile organic mixture with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing volatile organic compounds from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of pervaporation. The invention also includes a method of purifying water with the synthetic membrane by contacting an ionic solution with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing water from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of reverse osmosis. The invention also relates to methods of isolating non-polar gases by gas fractionation.

Abstract: An ultrathin high permselectivity carbon molecular sieve membrane (CMSM) for industrial gas separations is provided. The CMSM includes porous metal or ceramic supports to provide superior stability at high temperatures, pressures and chemical environments. The CMSM also offers the potential for cost-effective gas processing while overcoming disadvantages found in alternative media that are fragile and susceptible to shock due to thermal cycling and prone to end-sealing problems under industrial conditions.

Abstract: A method for generating a continuous carrier gas/vapour mixture stream containing a carrier gas, and a vapour of a liquid. The method includes provision of a first metered carrier gas stream, provision of a second metered carrier gas stream, provision of a metered, vapour-saturated carrier gas/vapour mixture stream, mixing of the second stream and the metered stream to provide a first gaseous mixture stream; and provision of a metered liquid stream fed to an evaporation/mixing device for evaporating the liquid and mixing with the first gaseous mixture stream to provide a second gaseous mixture stream.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for liquid-treating a substrate. The substrate treating apparatus includes a liquid supply unit configured to supply a treatment liquid in which a first liquid and a second liquid are mixed, onto the substrate unit, wherein the liquid supply unit includes a nozzle configured to discharge the treatment liquid, a first liquid supply line supplying the first liquid to the nozzle, and a second liquid supply supplying the second liquid to the nozzle, and the nozzle includes a body having a mixing space in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed and a buffer space extending from the mixing space, in the interior thereof, and a collision member located in the buffer space and configured to decrease a flow velocity of the treatment liquid supplied to the buffer space.

Abstract: A stirring tool for a stirrer for stirring a mixture comprises a connecting element for connecting the stirring tool to a stirring drive, drivable about a rotational axis, of the stirrer, a carrier ring, a plurality of stirring spokes disposed between the connecting element and the carrier ring, and at least one stirring boss which projects radially on the carrier ring. Two adjacent stirring spokes are arranged mutually offset in the direction of the rotational axis.

Abstract: Disclosed are a sample pretreatment module and a sample pretreatment method using the same. The sample pretreatment module including: a body having a chamber for accommodating a sample therein; a cap coupled to one end of the body; a dotting substrate provided to have at least some portion of it dotted with the reagent and be inserted into the chamber; a discharge tip movably coupled to the other end of the body for discharging a sample accommodated in the chamber; a permanent magnet provided to be inserted in the chamber and mix the sample by rotating owing to a magnetic force acting in accordance with a change in a magnetic field externally applied; and a moving unit movably provided in the cap and pressing the sample in the chamber according to the movement to discharge the sample to the outside.

Abstract: A feed mixer apparatus that includes a mixing chamber for receiving feed material, and having a mixing element situated therein for mixing the feed material; a transmission having a plurality of gears and connected with a mixing element; a plurality of mixing chamber sensors positioned to sense at least one of the volume and the level of feed material in the mixing chamber; a control unit having a display and a plurality of user inputs, wherein the control unit is in at least indirect communication with the transmission and the sensors, and wherein the control unit receives a plurality of outputs from one or more of the transmission and sensors, and based at least in part on the plurality of outputs, provides an output command to effectuate a gear change in the transmission.

Abstract: Apparatus and systems are disclosed for improved set-up of multi-ingredient compounders. An improved apparatus includes a manifold and a plurality of valve members disposed for movement relative to different corresponding ones of a plurality of inlet ports of the manifold. The valve members are moveable to open and close a corresponding fluid passageway between the corresponding inlet port and an internal passageway of the manifold. A plurality of caps are locatable on different corresponding ones of the inlet ports, with each of the caps being engageable with the corresponding valve member for co-movement from a locked position at which the cap is restricted from removal to an unlocked position at which the cap is removable, e.g. by manual, axial retraction of the cap.

Abstract: An instrument system for acid digestion is disclosed. The instrument includes a heating block, a reaction vessel formed of a polymer that is resistant to acid and other chemical attack at temperatures above 150° C. and that has a structure (thickness, etc.) sufficient to withstand pressures above atmospheric, a metal sleeve surrounding the polymeric reaction vessel, and an opening in the block that has a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of the metal sleeve.

Abstract: A method for processing an oligomerization product stream includes discharging the oligomerization product stream from an oligomerization reactor through a product outlet line, and heating the oligomerization product stream, heating a wall of the product outlet line, or both. The oligomerization product stream includes solvent, linear alpha olefins, a polymer byproduct, or a combination of at least one of the foregoing. The heating is to a temperature that is greater than the melting temperature of the polymer byproduct present in the oligomerization product stream.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for drying and collecting a product such as a carbon nanotube pellet or aggregate, which can accelerate solvent evaporation by inserting and dispersing high temperature gas into a drying column as well as by a heat source inside and outside of the column, and can quickly remove the evaporated solvent. Further, the device can be used for drying and collecting processes while minimizing product breakage by regulating the gas flow rate and controlling flow of the product in the column. Thus, the device can be effectively applied to mass production of a carbon nanotube pellet product.

Abstract: Apparatus and processes herein provide for converting hydrocarbon feeds to light olefins and other hydrocarbons. The processes and apparatus include, in some embodiments, feeding a hydrocarbon, a first catalyst and a second catalyst to a reactor, wherein the first catalyst has a smaller average particle size and is less dense than the second catalyst. A first portion of the second catalyst may be recovered as a bottoms product from the reactor, and a cracked hydrocarbon effluent, a second portion of the second catalyst, and the first catalyst may be recovered as an overhead product from the reactor. The second portion of the second catalyst may be separated from the overhead product, providing a first stream comprising the first catalyst and the hydrocarbon effluent and a second stream comprising the separated second catalyst, allowing return of the separated second catalyst in the second stream to the reactor.

Abstract: A method for preparing concentrated and stable nanoparticle organosols using phase transfer is disclosed. The method includes transferring nanoparticles from a hydrosol into a hydrocarbon carrier with the aid of a transfer agent. The transfer agent can be added before, during or after the reaction of nanoparticle preparation and can be added to the aqueous or the organic carrier. The nanoparticles may be prepared in situ, pre-prepared in-house or commercially available. At the optimum values of the different parameters; namely precursor concentrations, amount of transfer agent and concentration of nanoparticles in the organosol, complete transfer of the nanoparticles may be achieved. The approach employs room temperature, moderate mixing and minimum number and quantity of chemicals relative to prior art. The nanoparticles may be used in fluids used in oil and gas recovery including drilling, completion, and stimulation fluids.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an ampholyte copolymer as a colloidal stabilizer in the preparation of core-shell microcapsules containing a fragrance, wherein the ampholyte copolymer comprises: 2 to 99 mol % of cationic monomer having at least one quaternary ammonium group, 1 to 98 mol % of acrylic based monomer, 0 to 97 mol % of non-ionic monomer, and wherein the ampholyte copolymer has more cationic charges than anionic charges, wherein the cationic charges of the ampholyte copolymer are exclusively due to the at least one quaternary ammonium group of the cationic monomer.

Abstract: Described herein are in situ synthesized arrays and methods of making them, wherein array signal sensitivity and robustness is enhanced by carrying out conditioning steps and/or generating linkers during synthesis. An array comprises a surface with a collection of features, wherein the features comprise molecules or polymers attached to the surface. In certain embodiments of the invention, carrying out conditioning steps during array synthesis can yield arrays with improved signal. In other embodiments, linkers are synthesized on the array surface prior to synthesis of functional molecules, wherein increasing linker length can correspond to an improvement in the signal generated by the array.

Abstract: The present invention relates to calibration and normalization systems and methods for ensuring the quality of radiopharmaceuticals during the synthesis thereof, such as radiopharmaceuticals used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT).

Abstract: Presented are systems and methods to simultaneously produce and store energy in the form of chemical products such as hydrogen and other chemical products, thereby, reducing or eliminating the need to store energy in lithium-ion batteries. In various embodiments this is accomplished by converting energy from a renewable energy source to generate and accelerate an electron beam so as to generate electromagnetic radiation at frequencies equal to absorption frequencies of chemical reactants in order to produce the desired chemical products.

Abstract: A medical macromolecular microsphere adsorbent for a blood perfusion apparatus and a preparation method thereof are provided. The polystyrene-divinylbenzene microspheres are graded by different pore sizes and specific surface areas, medically purified, and grafted by a bioactivity-controlled grafting technology. In the microsphere adsorbent, the volume ratio of microspheres with pore sizes of 1-10 ?m, 10-100 ?m and 100 ?m is 1:(1-10):(1-20), the content of residual monomers in the microsphere has O.D190-400 nm?0.03. The microsphere adsorbent not only can adsorb harmful micromolecules in blood but also can effectively adsorb harmful medium-molecules and macromolecules in blood, thereby meeting clinical application demands.

Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate for purifying a biological liquid comprising a solid phase onto which molecules of at least one oligosaccharide that is capable of binding to one or more antibodies are grafted by covalent bonding, said solid phase carrying free aldehyde functions —CHO, a method of producing such a substrate, the use of such a substrate to stabilize the antibody/oligosaccharide bond, as well as a method of purifying a biological liquid in which the biological liquid is brought into contact with at least one substrate of the invention, in a manner such as to obtain the capture of antibodies present in said biological liquid by binding with at least certain of the molecules of oligosaccharide(s) grafted onto the solid phase.

Abstract: A TiO2 photocatalytic particle comprises at least one core with a crystalline anatase structure, a first layer is at least partly surrounding the core, and comprising one from TiO2, TiO(2-x), and TiO2*H2O, said first partly ordered layer comprising parts where molecules are aligned with an imaginary extension of the crystal planes of the core, the first layer is in close contact with a second outer layer, at least partly enclosing the first layer and the core. The second layer comprises one from layered titanium dioxide and titanium dioxide in TiO2 (B)-form, said second layer is partly ordered, and said second layer comprising sheets aligned with crystal planes transversal to the outer surface of said particle. Advantages include that the outer layer of the particles can be modified to be optimized for the particular application which is an advantage for catalysis and other application where the properties of the outermost surface is of importance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the metathesis of olefins implemented with a catalyst comprising a mesoporous matrix and at least the elements molybdenum and silicon, said elements being incorporated into said matrix by means of at least two precursors of which at least one precursor contains molybdenum and at least one precursor contains silicon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-phase catalyst for decomposing hydrogen peroxide comprising a permanganate salt and a manganese (II) salt. The solid-phase catalyst stays a solid state in the form of nanoparticles at the time of hydrogen peroxide decomposition, and thus can be recovered for reuse and also has an excellent decomposition rate. In the method for producing a solid-phase catalyst for decomposing hydrogen peroxide according to the present invention, a solid-phase catalyst is produced from a solution containing a permanganate salt, a manganese (II) salt, and an organic acid, so that the produced solid-phase catalyst is precipitated as a solid component even after a catalytic reaction, and thus is reusable and environmentally friendly, and cost reduction can be achieved through the simplification of a catalyst production technique.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres and its preparation and use, the method comprises the steps of: 1) processing kaolin into kaolin microspheres, and baking them to obtain activated kaolin microspheres; 2) mixing the activated kaolin microspheres obtained in step 1), water, a phosphorus source, and a template agent to prepare a gel; 3) mixing the gel obtained in step 2) and a ZSM-5 molecular sieve, and carrying out aging, crystallization, and separation to obtain a composite material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin; 4) subjecting the composite material obtained in step 3) to ammonium exchange treatment and baking, to obtain the composite catalytic material of SAPO-34/ZSM-5@kaolin microspheres.

Abstract: A Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloadditions (CuAAC) ligand comprising: a catalytic core; a fluorous tag; and a linker binding the fluorous tag to the catalytic core. A method for carrying out a Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition reaction, comprising: combining in a solution an alkyne-tagged component, an azide-tagged component and a Cu(I)-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloadditions (CuAAC) ligand comprising: a catalytic core; a fluorous tag; and a linker binding the fluorous tag to the catalytic core; filtering the solution through a solid phase extraction filter to remove Cu(I)-ligand catalyst and/or excess ligand.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel phenonthroline based pincer complexes and process for preparation thereof. The present invention also provides a one pot process for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol in the presence of a molecularly defined pincer-type single-site Ru-catalyst and secondary amine. Further the present invention provides the use of phenonthroline based pincer complexes for the esterification of alcohols and hydrogenation of esters under mild conditions.

Abstract: A composite photocatalyst is provided. The composite photocatalyst includes a nanomotor and a plurality of cocatalysts, the nanomotor comprises a shell formed by porous material, at least one inner core formed by a photocatalyst, and a cavity between the shell and the at least one inner core, the plurality of cocatalysts are located in the cavity. The plurality of cocatalysts are selected from the group consisting of metal nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles, metal sulfide nanoparticles, phosphate nanoparticles, up-conversion material nanoparticles, and any combination thereof. A method for making the composite photocatalyst and application thereof are further provided. The plurality of cocatalysts and the nanomotor forms a photocatalytic synergistic reaction system, improving photo-catalytic activity of the composite photocatalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a supported catalyst that can be used to produce a carbon nanotube aggregate with high bulk density, a method for preparing the supported catalyst, a carbon nanotube aggregate produced using the supported catalyst, and a method for producing the carbon nanotube aggregate. According to the present invention, the bulk density of the carbon nanotube aggregate is easily controllable. Therefore, the carbon nanotube aggregate is suitable for use in various fields.

Abstract: An electronic dosing drive comprising a support structure, a threaded spindle with an external thread for driving a plunger, at least one first guide element is firmly connected, and is guided parallel to the threaded spindle on a second guide element, a spindle nut having an internal thread is engaged with the external thread of the threaded spindle, an electric drive motor having a motor shaft is coupled with the spindle nut and is attached to the support structure, an electric control apparatus is connected to the electric drive motor, where the external thread of the threaded spindle has multiple threaded areas that are separated from each other by first flattenings on their circumference extending in the longitudinal direction, and the first flattenings have guide areas that abut the core diameter of the internal thread of the spindle nut.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method and device for preparing, extracting, separating and/or purifying a biomolecule, for example, nucleic acid from a biological sample. The device comprises a heat-deformable material, such that an inner chamber adopts a second configuration having a chamber volume less than the chamber volume of a first configuration, thereby expelling at least a part of a processed sample through a second opening from the device, and thereby recovering the biomolecule-containing composition.

Abstract: An apparatus and a system for filtering a liquid sample in a sample well (310) by transferring the liquid out of the sample well (310) through a filter member (320) situated at a bottom part of the sample well (310). The apparatus and the system include a syringe (100), and a seal member (200) arranged around a nozzle (140) of the syringe (100) in such a way that the syringe (100) is adjustable in connection with an upper part of the sample well (310) in a substantially airtight manner. A method for filtering a liquid sample and use of the system for filtering eluted blood are also disclosed.

Abstract: A semipermeable ultrathin polymer membrane comprises a substantially optically transparent polymer film having a surface area to thickness ratio of at least 1,000,000:1, and an array of precisely spatially ordered pores of a user-selected diameter defined therethrough. Such membranes can be fabricated by providing a mold having a patterned array of nanoholes femtosecond laser ablated in a surface thereof; applying a first polymer solution onto the mold surface so that the first polymer solution infiltrates the nanoholes; allowing the first polymer solution to dry and form a replica of the mold having a plurality of freestanding nanoneedles extending from a surface of the replica; removing the replica from the mold; coating the replica surface with a second polymer solution; drying the second polymer solution to form a porous polymer film; and dissolving the replica in a solvent to release the film from the replica as a semipermeable ultrathin polymer membrane.

Abstract: In one aspect, a microfluidic device for multiple reactions is provided, which comprises a reaction channel comprising multiple reaction chambers connected to a closed chamber or an elastic balloon outside of the microfluidic device, wherein a wall of the closed chamber is an elastic membrane; and a control channel comprising an elastic side wall, wherein the intersections between the side wall of the control channel with the reaction channel form multiple pneumatic microvalves. In another aspect, a method for conducting multiple reactions using the microfluidic device is provided, which comprises: a) filling the reaction chambers with a sample; and b) applying pressure to the control channel to expand the elastic side wall of the control channel, wherein the expanded elastic side wall forms a pneumatic microvalve that separates the reaction chambers.

Abstract: A particle manipulation device includes a substrate and a microchannel included in the substrate and configured to receive a fluid including particles therein. A biasing structure is formed on the substrate adjacent to, but outside the microchannel. The biasing structure is configured to dispense radiation at a frequency to bias movement of the particles within the microchannel from outside the microchannel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of acoustic waves for the manipulation and sorting of particles and cells. In an embodiment, there is provided a microfluidic device for manipulating a particle in a fluid suspension, the device comprising: (a) a substrate; (b) a channel defined in the substrate, the channel having an inlet for receiving the fluid suspension and an outlet for discharging the fluid suspension; and (c) an acoustic source configured to deliver a travelling surface acoustic wave transverse the flow of the fluid suspension in the channel, wherein the acoustic source is an interdigital transducer (IDT), the IDT comprises a plurality of concentric circular arcs having a tapered end directed at the channel, and the tapered end has an aperture of between 4 ?m and 150 ?m. In an alternative embodiment, the device comprises a second channel disposed intermediate the first channel and the acoustic source wherein the first and second channels are connected by a pumping channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for cell separation. The system includes: a cartridge having a polygonal shape in cross section and including an injection part, a separation chip separating a flow channel of a sample injected through the injection part, and a discharge part; and a base plate coupled to the cartridge through its upper surface and including a magnetic chip for cancer cell capture, liquid sensors, and valves.

Abstract: There is provided plate equipped with a mechanism to facilitate determination of the amount of a fluid added to or removed from a well in the plate. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: A self-metering reaction device has a sample reservoir, configured to accept a varying amount of fluid; a metering reservoir, configured to be a subportion of the sample reservoir and to hold a reaction amount of the fluid; a reaction chamber fluidly connected to the metering reservoir; and a plunger comprising a tip configured to make a seal with the metering reservoir so that the reaction amount of the fluid is sealed within the metering reservoir when the plunger is in contact with the metering reservoir. The plunger can be configured to plunge the sealed reaction amount of the fluid from the metering reservoir into the reaction chamber.

Abstract: Pipette tip transfer devices allow for the pick-up of pipette tips from one location and the transfer the pipette tips to another location where the tips can then be released. The pipette transfer device includes a strip plate having a linear array of apertures positioned at a lower end of a frame. An actuator bracket is positioned within and mounted to the frame for reciprocal movements between lowered and raised positions, the actuator bracket carrying a linear array of pick-up pins dependently extending therefrom with each pin being received within a respective aperture of the strip plate.

Abstract: A horizontal grinding machine includes a frame, a feed hopper that receives material to be processed, and a feed conveyor that moves material to be processed in a processing direction. A grinding cylinder rotates about a generally horizontal grinding axis. A feed roller assembly is mounted on the frame at the rear end of the feed hopper and in front of the grinding cylinder. The feed roller assembly includes a feed roller that rotates about a generally horizontal axis in a first direction that urges the material towards the grinding cylinder and a second direction that urges the material away from the grinding cylinder. A controller is operatively connected to the feed roller and to the feed conveyor and controls the rotational speed of the feed roller and the speed of the feed conveyor to obtain a predetermined ratio of feed roller rotational speed to feed conveyor speed.

Abstract: A processing device for processing material to be processed includes a stationary housing with a feed opening for feeding material to be processed and a rotor which is arranged in the stationary housing so as to be rotatable about a vertically extending rotor axis. A plurality of bearing pins is fastened to a base element of the rotor adjacent to the outer circumference of the base element. A processing element is mounted on each of the bearing pins, and the radially outer ends of the processing elements form a processing gap with an inner circumferential wall of the stationary housing. The free ends of the bearing pins are connected to one another via a connecting disc.

Abstract: A material processing system for processing and separating material, such as gold or rocks of desired shape and size, from undesired materials. The material processing system generally includes a base, a table rotationally coupled to the base, a drive assembly coupled to the base by a height-adjustment mechanism, and one or more wheels, such as large pneumatic wheels mounted on the drive assembly and positionable so that a portion of the outer surface of the wheels contacts the table. The table may be rotationally coupled to the base by a bearing, and may further be coupled to the bearing by a table support. Material fed onto the table may be crushed beneath the wheels or carried over a plurality of annular grooves as the table rotates, driven by one or more wheels or directly by a motor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a lifter bar (1a, 1c) for use in a grinding mill (2), to a refurbished lifter bar (1b) and to a mould (3) for producing the refurbished lifter bar (1c). The lifter bar (1a, 1c) has a predetermined form and comprises a base member. The method comprises the steps of providing a mould (3) having an interior space (4a) that conforms at least partially to the predetermined form; joining the mould (3) and the base member together to form a cavity (4b) defined by the base member and the interior space (4a); and filling the cavity (4b) with polymer and allowing the polymer to attach to the base member to construct a lifter bar (1a) having the predetermined form.

Abstract: A device for granulating coarse material is disclosed herein. Examples of course material include pulverulent solids such as powder, grain, or mixtures thereof. The device includes a rotor, a screen, and an automatic distance adjusting unit. The rotor is configured to rotate/oscillate and press the coarse material through the screen in order to produce a granulate with a smaller granulate unit size compared to the coarse material. The automatic distance adjusting unit is configured to adjust a distance between the rotor and the screen.

Abstract: A material reduction system and processing tool for a material processing machine. The material reduction system comprises a tool holder fixedly mounted to a rotary drum. A leading member defines a raker surface oriented away from the operating direction at a first predefined angle. A processing tool is removably coupled to the tool holder. A leading face of the processing tool is oriented toward the operating direction at a second predefined angle. The first and second predefined angles are such that material is directed into contact with the reducing member to limit material contact with the tool body and the tool holder. An upper flange of the processing tool directly abuts the tool holder to direct material away from the tool holder. The upper flange and a lower flange define a tool recess configured to receive a projection from the tool holder to prevent rotation of the processing tool.

Abstract: Generating plasma by using dielectric barrier discharge and introducing a dielectric barrier discharge electrode bar into a high-speed vibrating ball milling tank requires that, on one hand, a solid insulation medium on the outer layer of the electrode bar can simultaneously bear high-voltage discharge and mechanical shock failure of the grinding ball, and on the other hand, the high-speed vibrating ball milling device can uniformly process the powder. The discharge space pressure is set to a non-thermal equilibrium discharge state with a pressure of about 102 to 106 Pa, discharge plasmas are introduced to input another kind of effective energy to the processed powder, so as to accelerate refinement of the powder to be processed and promote the alloying process and improve the processing efficiency and the effect of the ball mill.

Abstract: A control device for the coal pulverizing apparatus includes a first command value generation part for generating a command value of a first parameter including at least one of rotational speed of the table, pressing force of the roller to the table, or air supply amount in the air supply part, and a second command value generation part for generating a command value of a second parameter including a rotational speed of the rotary classifier. The first command value generation part is configured to determine the command value of the first parameter, based on a first preceding signal determined in accordance with at least load information of a combustion device which burns the pulverized coal from the coal pulverizing apparatus. The second command value generation part determines the command value of the second parameter, based on a second preceding signal determined in accordance with at least the load information.

Abstract: A magnet cleaner cooperates with one or more permanent magnets positioned over a conveyer carrying pieces of metal in non-ferrous material so as to remove the metal from the non-ferrous material. The magnet cleaner includes a frame and a capture sheet mounted to the frame and positioned on the frame so as to be substantially flush with the permanent magnets when they are in their lowered positioned. The magnets are spaced by an attenuation distance from the capture sheet when they are in their raised position. The permanent magnets, which may be mounted in a housing, are positionably mounted on the frame so as to be selectively elevatable between their lowered and raised positions upon actuation of an actuator. The actuator is positioned so as to cooperate with the permanent magnets and the frame so as to raise or lower the magnets relative to the capture sheet.