Abstract: A system for refining mixed material streams, includes a receptacle for receiving an input stream; a mill grinding the input stream to reduce particle size and output a milled stream; a first filter having first filtration holes which filter the milled stream to remove a first portion having particle sizes larger than the first filtration holes and to output as a sifted stream a second portion having particle sizes smaller than the first filtration holes; a second filter having second filtration holes which are smaller than the first filtration holes, the second filtration holes filtering the sifted stream to output a filtered stream; and a density separator receiving the filtered stream and receiving a liquid. The filtered stream combined with the liquid forms a mixture, and the density separator separates the mixture into at least a first output and a second output having a greater density than the first output.

Abstract: A process for separating Anthracite and low quality carbon from refuse. Crushed refuse is admixed with water from a water storage source. The admixture is transferred to a first cyclone separator to divide the admixture into a refuse rich slurry stream and a carbonaceous rich slurry stream. The refuse rich slurry stream is dewatered through a vibrating screen and the water collected sent to the raw feed sump source. The carbonaceous rich slurry is directed to a second cyclone separator to separate low quality carbon from high quality carbon, the high quality carbon is transferred to a third cyclone separator used to separate the media water therefrom. The separated media water is returned via a siphon leg to the raw feed sump, and the dewatered high quality Anthracite is available for markets requiring higher quality carbon.

Abstract: A magnetic matrix for magnetic separation of particles in a material feed includes a plurality of grooved plates having first and second sides that both have an alternating series of teeth and grooves therealong, each grooved plate having an offset alignment in which teeth and grooves on a first side of a plate are laterally offset from teeth and grooves on a second side of the same plate. Also provided are methods of using magnetic matrices to separate magnetic ores, with the methods characterized by a negative correlation in which magnetic matrices constructed with grooved plates having larger pitches are used for the separation of ultrafine particles.

Abstract: A continuous discharge ceramic powered steel shot magnetic sweeper apparatus is disclosed. The magnetic sweeper apparatus consists of at least one handle, a frame, support wheel(s), a frontal debris bin, drive wheels, a finned tube housing a ceramic magnetic assembly. The ceramic magnetic assembly comprises a sealed magnetic drum and rotating non-ferrous finned tubes. The magnet is continuously cleaned off as the magnetic sweeper apparatus is pushed forward. Magnetic debris accumulates on the magnet assembly and is deposited in the frontal debris bin. The magnetic sweeper apparatus design utilizes field differences created by the magnet position and angle to achieve the automatic pick-up and drop-off of debris at different locations of the drum. Furthermore, the apparatus aims to solve this high-cost rare earth magnet problem by using lower cost ceramic magnets as an alternative.

Abstract: The personal rechargeable portable ionic air purifier of the present invention controllably provides ions to energize personal airspaces and to clean personal airspaces such as that of a taxicab or airplane cabin or other environ of viruses, bacteria, pollen, smoke, mold, dust mites, and other particulate pollutants while posing little or no personal shock risk to average users or others in the environ or to others such as to users of pacemakers concerned with the currents produced by air purifiers, provides intuitive and informative operational modes, provides for replacement or interchange of worn or defective ion emitter heads in a manner that secures the emitter head against unintended dislodgement while allowing ease of attachment or interchange when worn out or defective, exhibits a long battery life and among other advantageous aspects is manufacturable at comparatively low cost.

Abstract: Implemented is an apparatus and a process for complete treatment of slurry and powder. The apparatus includes a rotatable lower bowl assembly, a rotatable upper bowl assembly adapted to be assembled with the lower bowl assembly, a drive including at least a geared motor, connected with each of the lower bowl assembly and the upper bowl assembly. A main frame assembly movably mounts the lower bowl assembly and the upper bowl assembly. The lower bowl assembly and the upper bowl assembly are assembled together to form a spherical bowl assembly in a vertical orientation, on the main frame assembly. The spherical bowl assembly receives the slurry for treatment, processes the slurry into a dried product after treatment, and safely discharges the dried product out of the spherical bowl assembly.

Abstract: There is provided a shower device that allows a user to continue to take a shower in a relaxed state for a long time. The present invention provides a shower device (1) fixed to enable a user to be showered from above with shower spouting water, the shower device comprising: a shower head main body (4), and a plurality of nozzle units (10) provided in the shower head main body at intervals so as to form the shower spouting water surrounding a head of the user standing below the shower head main body, in which each nozzle unit is configured so that the spouted hot water falls while spreading downward.

Abstract: A water delivery device includes an inlet connector, a sprayface assembly, and a selection engine. The inlet connector is configured to couple the water delivery device to a water supply. The sprayface assembly includes a plurality of nozzles that are configured to produce a plurality of spray patterns. The selection engine fluidly couples the inlet connector to the sprayface assembly and controls flow to each one of the plurality of nozzles to determine the spray pattern produced at the sprayface assembly. The selection engine is configured to switch directly from any one of the plurality of spray patterns to any other one of the plurality of spray patterns in response to a single actuation of the selection engine.

Abstract: A fire exposure protection sprinkler assembly includes a fluid supply line configured to provide fire exposure protection fluid and a fire exposure protection sprinkler. The fire exposure protection sprinkler includes a body coupled to the fluid supply line and configured to receive the fire exposure protection fluid, a sealing assembly configured to unseal in response to a fire such that fire exposure protection fluid may flow, a housing having a pair of legs arranged opposite the housing of each other and having an aperture, and a deflection assembly having a pair of guide pins coupled to a deflector and the housing and disposed within each of the apertures of the legs, wherein the deflection assembly is configured to extend from the housing, wherein the deflection assembly is configured to receive the flow of the fire exposure protection fluid while extending from the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for electro spraying or electro spinning wherein said device comprises a chamber for housing a fluid to be electro spun or electro sprayed, characterized in that, said chamber also includes at least one electrically conducting member situated in and/or about said fluid in said chamber or at least one movable electrically conducting member that can be positioned at least partially in said fluid in said chamber when the fluid is to be charged; further the invention also relates to a dispensing device adapted to accommodate said device and a method of electro spraying or electro spinning using said device or said dispenser.

Abstract: Fluid liners and container assemblies for a spraying apparatus and related methods of use are provided. The disclosed liners include a side wall defining a fluid-containing portion and an open end, a flange extending outwardly from the side wall, and a latching member coupled to the flange, where the latching member includes a retaining feature for releasably coupling the side wall to a lid compatible with the liner. Disclosed fluid containers include a lid having a fluid outlet adapted to couple the lid to the spraying apparatus and a collapsible liner, where either the liner or lid comprises a latch that releasably couples the liner and the lid to each other. Advantageously, the fluid liners and fluid containers can provide enhanced storage options for container contents between spraying operations.

Abstract: Fluid product dispenser having a fluid product reservoir with a neck defining an opening and an upper annular edge. The reservoir has a blocking member which seals the opening of the neck, the blocking member having a pierceable membrane, the pierceable membrane is disposed inside the neck axially away from the upper annular edge. The dispenser has an assembly having a dispensing member, such as a pump or a valve, received in the blocking member of the reservoir, the assembly having a piercing mechanism for piercing the pierceable membrane. The piercing mechanism has a piercing tip formed at the lower end of a sheath in which the dispensing member is received.

Abstract: An atomizer is provided. When the atomizer provided by the invention is used, a fan blows air to a water outlet tube, part of the airflow in the water outlet tube passes through a pressurizing tube to enter a water tank to gradually increase the air pressure in the water tank, and liquid in the water tank is pressed into a water inlet tube under high pressure, flows into a guide tube along the water inlet tube and is sprayed out of the guide tube in a direction away from the fan; after flowing out of the guide tube, the liquid is blown out by the airflow blown from the fan into the water outlet tube on the periphery of the guide tube; and the fan is used for blowing air to the water outlet tube and increasing the pressure in the water tank.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a single material all plastic lotion pump and a storage bottle of application thereof, and the pump includes a plastic pump casing, a plastic pressing head, a plastic cylinder casing and a plastic double piston mechanism; the plastic pump casing is provided with a material delivery tube that communicates between the inside and outside; and the overall material of the disclosure is plastic, soft rubber, etc., there is no need for disassembly operation in case of recycling, and the full plastic lotion pump can be directly recycled, which greatly improves the recycling efficiency, greatly reduces the recycling cost, and effectively solves the problem of difficult recycling of the existing lotion pump head.

Abstract: A pumping container spring includes a rotation force absorption ring installed between an upper support plate and a lower support plate, and a spiral part including a forward spiral part installed between the upper support plate and the rotation force absorption ring so that the upper end of the forward spiral part is fixed to the lower surface of the upper support plate and the lower end of the forward spiral part is fixed to the upper surface of the rotation force absorption ring and a reverse spiral part installed between the rotation force absorption ring and the lower support plate so that the upper end of the reverse spiral part is fixed to the lower surface of the rotation force absorption ring and the lower end of the reverse spiral part is fixed to the upper surface of the lower support plate.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a liquid supply unit which may implement a rotation (swing) of a plurality of nozzles by a single motor, and which has simple structure. The liquid supply unit includes a first nozzle, a second nozzle, a motor, and a first belt. The first nozzle includes a first supply pipe for supplying a liquid, a first rotation part provided at a bottom part of the first supply pipe, and a first electromagnetic clutch provided at a bottom part of the first rotation part. The second nozzle includes a second supply pipe for supplying a liquid, a second rotation part provided at a bottom part of the second supply pipe, and a second electromagnetic clutch provided at a bottom part of the second rotation part. The motor provides a rotation force to the first electromagnetic clutch. The first belt which interlocks a rotation of the first electromagnetic clutch and the second electromagnetic clutch.

Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a liquid treating chamber; a support configured to support a substrate within the liquid treating chamber; a first treating liquid supply unit configured to supply a first treating liquid to the liquid treating chamber to treat the substrate with the first treating liquid; and a second treating liquid supply unit configured to supply a second treating liquid to the liquid treating chamber to treat the substrate with the second treating liquid, and wherein the second treating liquid supply unit includes a cooler for cooling the second treating liquid.

Abstract: A material feeding device includes a material barrel, a piston and an elastic member. The material barrel includes an opening; the piston matches with an inner wall of the material barrel through the opening, the piston encloses and forms a containing cavity for accommodating materials with the material barrel, and the piston is configured to be able to move along the inner wall of the material barrel. The elastic member is disposed between the inner wall of the material barrel and the piston, and adapted to connect the piston and the material barrel in a sealing manner.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for supplying chemicals, and an apparatus and a method for treating a substrate. An apparatus for supplying chemicals, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes a storage tank storing the chemicals; a chemical discharge line discharging the chemicals from the storage tank; a circulation line connected to the storage tank and self-circulating the chemicals from the storage tank; a leak determining line connected to the circulation line and supplying gas to the circulation line; and a measurement unit measuring a change in pressure of the gas supplied to the circulation line.

Abstract: In one example, a melter has a housing, a heater, a vent, and a filter medium. The housing defines a receiving space that supports adhesive therein. The heater heats the receiving space of the housing to melt the adhesive. The melter defines an adhesive inlet therein that receives adhesive carried by a transport supply gas into the receiving space. The vent extends through a wall of the melter and permits the transport supply gas to escape from the melter. The filter medium is supported in the vent to capture particulates from the transport supply gas escaping the receiving space, and is positioned relative to the receiving space such that heat from the receiving space causes the particulates captured by the filter medium to melt and fall into the receiving space.

Abstract: A compound applicator includes a nozzle assembly including a nozzle opening and a plug movable relative to the nozzle opening between a first position in which the nozzle assembly is in a closed state, and a second position in which the nozzle assembly is in an open state, a spring configured to bias the plug into the first position, a cylinder configured to receive and store a compound material, a main housing, a handle rotatable relative to the main housing, a pull rod having a first end coupled with the plug, and an input mechanism located at least partially within the handle and/or the main housing and configured to convert rotational motion of the handle into axial movement of the pull rod, thereby moving the plug from the first position toward the second position. The spring pulls the pull rod such that the pull rod is biased into tension.

Abstract: A compound applicator includes a nozzle assembly including a nozzle opening and a plug movable relative to the nozzle opening between a first position in which the nozzle assembly is in a closed state, and a second position in which the nozzle assembly is in an open state, a spring configured to bias the plug into the first position, a cylinder configured to receive and store a compound material, a main housing, a handle rotatable relative to the main housing, a pull rod having a first end coupled with the plug, and an input mechanism located at least partially within the handle and/or the main housing and configured to convert rotational motion of the handle into axial movement of the pull rod, thereby moving the plug from the first position toward the second position. The spring pulls the pull rod such that the pull rod is biased into tension.

Abstract: A coating apparatus for continuously forming a coating layer on each surface of a substrate film includes a water tank located on a movement path of the substrate film, a water tank partition vertically located in the water tank, the water tank partition being configured to partition an inner space of the water tank into two zones, including a first water tank portion and a second water tank portion, a roller unit configured to continuously transfer the substrate film, and a heating unit located outside the water tank. The water tank partition is located spaced apart from an inner bottom surface of the water tank by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of composite copper foil includes the following steps: providing a copper foil, wherein the copper foil has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; performing a surface treatment with a surface treatment solution to form a first surface treatment layer on the first surface of the copper foil; and forming a first lithium metal layer on the first surface treatment layer. Another manufacturing method of composite copper foil includes the following steps: providing a copper foil, wherein the copper foil has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; preparing a conductive material; adding a filling material, an adhesive material and a solvent to the conductive material to form a slurry; coating the slurry on the first surface of the copper foil to form a first conductive layer.

Abstract: A method for depositing coating onto a substrate includes providing a monomer for creation of a protective coating on a substrate, energizing the monomer with a plasma generation system, and polymerizing the energized monomer onto the substrate in a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) chamber.

Abstract: Provided are an abrasion-resistant, stable and flame-resistant superhydrophobic/superoleophobic coating, and a preparation and application thereof, belonging to the field of new materials; the preparation includes: taking a superhydrophobic/superoleophobic suspension as a top-layer spraying solution; dispersing epoxy resin in a solvent, and adding a fluorine-containing curing agent and a flame retardant for reaction to obtain a bottom-layer spraying solution; and first spraying the bottom-layer spraying solution to a surface of a substrate, then spraying the top-layer spraying solution, and drying the surface to obtain a bilayer abrasion-resistant superhydrophobic flame-resistant coating; the superhydrophobic/superoleophobic suspension contains multi-level micro nano structural particles, a fluorine-containing curing agent and fluorinated epoxy resin; the prepared single-layer coating and bilayer structure (BLC) have hydrophobicity, flame resistance, good mechanical properties and excellent corrosion resistan

Abstract: A vibration device including: a fixing member; a vibration member elastically coupled to the fixing member so as to vibrate in a left-right direction with respect to the fixing member; a film member having an upper main surface and a lower main surface arranged in an up-down direction and having a shape extending in the left-right direction, the film member constructed to expand and contract in the left-right direction when voltage is applied thereto, a left end portion of the film member being supported by the vibration member, and a right end portion of the film member being supported by the fixing member; a support member on the upper main surface or the lower main surface of the film member, wherein a boundary between the support member and the film member when viewed in the up-down direction includes an intersection portion intersecting a straight line extending in a front-back direction.

Abstract: An electrostatic transducer includes: a first insulator sheet formed containing a thermoplastic elastomer; an electrode sheet disposed on a first surface of the first insulator sheet; and a heater-cum-shield wire that is joined to a second surface of the first insulator sheet by fusion of the first insulator sheet itself, and that serves both as a heater wire and a shield electrode wire.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes an ultrasonic transducer unit array and a circuit layer. The ultrasonic transducer unit array includes: a plurality of first array units and a plurality of second array units. At least two adjacent ones of the first array units are arranged along a first direction to form a first series string; at least two adjacent ones of the second array units are arranged along a second direction to form a second series string; the first series string and the second series string are intersected; and the first direction and the second direction form a non-180° angle. The circuit layer includes a first bridging unit connected in series with the first array units; and a second bridging unit connected in series with the second array units. The second bridging unit and the first bridging unit are not directly electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first vibration member, a second vibration member at a rear surface of the first vibration member, a vibration apparatus including a first vibration generating apparatus connected with the first vibration member and a second vibration generating apparatus connected with the second vibration member, and a space between the first vibration member and the second vibration member.

Abstract: A device for sorting particulate material includes a main conveyor belt, a separation screen, a graded material conveyor, and an oversize material conveyor. The separation screen is configured to separate the material into a first portion and a second portion with a larger average particle diameter than the first portion. The graded material conveyor is positioned below the separation screen to receive the first portion of the material, and the oversize material conveyor is positioned at an end of the separation screen to receive the second portion of the material.

Abstract: A split-deck screening device for screening bulk material includes a main sub-frame, a primary screen box including a plurality of screening decks having a loading end to receive bulk material and an opposite discharge end to discharge non-screened material, a secondary screen box mounted to the main sub-frame including a plurality of screening decks having a loading end adjacent to the discharge end of the primary screen box and a discharge end to discharge unscreened material. A sub-frame carriage couples a primary screen box sub-frame to the main sub-frame and moves the primary screen box from an operative position wherein the discharge end of the primary screen box is adjacent to a loading end of the secondary screen box to an inoperative position wherein the primary screen box is spaced above and from the secondary screen box to provide access to any lower screening decks of the secondary screen box.

Abstract: A cleaning system, a cleaning device and a control method therefor, are associated with a floor brush assembly that includes a roller brush housing, a roller brush, a roller brush cover. The roller brush cover and the floor brush housing enclose a roller brush cavity for fitting with the roller brush. The roller brush cover is configured to be operable in a first or second position relative to the floor brush housing. In the first position, there is a first contact area between the roller brush cover and the roller brush. In the second position, there is a second contact area between the roller brush cover and the roller brush. The first contact area is greater than or equal to zero, but less than the second contact area. The inner wall of the roller brush cover can be cleaned by the roller brush.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, provided is a bowl receiving incident droplets and preventing the same from scattering, or causing the same to scatter downwardly, the bowl including: a main body surrounding a substrate support unit; a groove formed in a spiral shape in at least a portion of an inner surface of the main body; and a separation wall disposed between adjacent grooves in a vertical direction on the inner surface of the main body, wherein a thickness at a first position in the main body in which the groove is formed is greater than a thickness at a second position, lower than the first position.

Abstract: Proposed are a substrate treatment apparatus and a substrate treatment method, and a technology capable of reducing a nozzle driving deviation between facilities by feedback a repetitive operation of a nozzle driving cylinder of the substrate treatment apparatus and by correcting an air input flow rate of the nozzle driving cylinder according to an error in the operation of the nozzle driving cylinder is provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provided herein include systems, apparatuses, and methods for utilizing cleaning fixtures. The utilization of cleaning fixtures may be to clean one or more devices and/or device cases. In some embodiments the fixtures may be utilized in a system or apparatus having a plurality of stations, including a pairing station, scanning station, cleaning station, and testing station.

Abstract: A substrate processing method is provided, which includes: a sulfuric acid immersing step of immersing a plurality of substrates in a sulfuric acid-containing liquid within a sulfuric acid vessel; a transporting step of taking out the substrates from the sulfuric acid vessel and transporting the substrates to an ozone gas treatment unit; and an ozone exposing step of exposing the substrates transported to the ozone gas treatment unit to an ozone-containing gas. The ozone gas treatment unit may include a gas treatment chamber which accommodates the substrates. The ozone exposing step may include the step of placing the substrates taken out of the sulfuric acid vessel in a treatment space within the gas treatment chamber to expose the substrates to the ozone-containing gas.

Abstract: A dust-removing device includes: a cover plate that covers a sensor detection unit; and a blowing unit that includes a buffer tank, a Coanda channel, and a blow outlet and that blows a fluid onto the cover plate. The buffer tank stores the fluid temporarily. The Coanda channel connects the buffer tank and the blow outlet, has a curved Coanda surface, and guides the fluid flowing from the buffer tank into the Coanda channel to the blow outlet, pulling the fluid toward the Coanda surface by the Coanda effect. The blow outlet blows out the fluid in a direction along a surface of the cover plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for transport and storage of water-sensitive and/or temperature-sensitive compounds such as isocyanates wherein the compounds can be stored or transported under controlled conditions with ease of removal of the compounds and cleaning afterwards without the risk of damaging the container or pipes. To this end the present invention is directed to a method for handling a water-sensitive and/or temperature-sensitive compound in liquid form wherein the surface of the device that is in contact with the water-sensitive and/or temperature sensitive compound in liquid form is provided with a watersoluble coating, and the coating is solved with water for cleaning the device. The water-soluble coating preferably comprises polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: A self-cleaning sensor guard is provided. The guard may comprise an acoustic duster housing, a dust guard, a proximity sensor, a phase-enabled controller, and an ultrasonic cleaning source. The dust guard may be positioned to impede passage of ambient particulates into the acoustic duster housing. The proximity sensor may be positioned to generate a dust detection signal that is indicative of the presence of particulates on the dust guard. The ultrasonic cleaning source may be oriented to direct multi-phase and multi-frequency ultrasonic cleaning waves towards the dust guard. The phase-enabled controller may be programmed to drive the ultrasonic cleaning source, at least partially in response to the dust detection signal, by superimposing a first acoustic signal and a second acoustic signal.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a quartz tube includes a cleaning cover with an opening in a bottom, a base vertically assembled with the cleaning cover through movable inserting, a bearing table arranged in the base and holding the quartz tube, and a driving apparatus; a top of the cleaning cover has a first nozzle; a side wall of the cleaning cover vertically has multiple second nozzles; the bearing table vertically has an inner spray tube; a top and a side of the inner spray tube above the bearing table have multiple third nozzles; a rotary sealing apparatus is embedded in the base; the inner spray tube continuously and vertically penetrates through the bearing table and the rotary sealing apparatus; the driving apparatus drives the bearing table to rotate; the inner spray tube remains stationary during rotation of the bearing table.

Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes: a spin chuck supporting a substrate; a rinse liquid supply unit supplying a rinse liquid; a first bowl including an inclined surface inclined downward in an outward direction of the spin chuck; and a guide part provided on the inclined surface of the first bowl so as to form a spiral surrounding the spin chuck and guiding a flow of the rinse liquid along the spiral.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a groundwater circulation well group and a circulation mode control method therefor. The groundwater circulation well group includes at least two multi-filter-layer groundwater circulation wells, multiple pumping/injection assemblies, and a control module. The at least two multi-filter-layer groundwater circulation wells are arranged in order along a groundwater flow direction. A wellbore of each multi-filter-layer groundwater circulation well is separated by at least two first packers to form three pumping/injection sections, and each pumping/injection section is internally provided with at least one pumping/injection assembly for water pumping/injection. The water pumping and/or water injection of the pumping/injection assembly is controlled by the control module. A pipe wall of each pumping/injection section is provided with a perforated water pumping/injection screen section.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a steel sheet for cold rolling, including hot-rolling a slab so that an outlet temperature of a finishing rolling mill is 800° C. or higher and 940° C. or lower, cooling at least a portion of the hot-rolled steel sheet, at a water volume density of 100 L/min/m2 or more for 0.1 seconds or more, within 3.0 seconds after passing through a final stand of the finishing rolling mill and being sent out on a run-out table, and coiling, at a coiling temperature of 550° C. or higher, the cooled hot-rolled steel sheet.

Abstract: A grasping tool including a support shaft, as well as a first finger and a second finger, secured to the support shaft, movable relative to one another from a first spacing position between the first finger and the second finger, larger than the length between the distance between a first sidewall and a second sidewall of a work roll, and up to a second position for which the first finger and the second finger are brought close to one another until penetrating respectively a first centering cavity of the first sidewall and a second centering cavity of the second sidewall to ensure grasping of the work roll.

Abstract: A tool intended to be handled by a handling system, the grasping tool including: a support frame forming at least one pair of compartments for the storage of two work rolls, independent gripping systems including a first gripping system configured to secure one end of a work roll in a first compartment and a second gripping system configured to secure one end of a work roll in a second compartment, a push/pull system including one or more actuating cylinder(s) configured to extract or insert the worn/new rolls from/into the compartment by a selective movement of each of the gripping systems associated with the compartments, by causing a movement of the work roll according to an axis of the roll.

Abstract: A control device that receives actual variables (I) of a flat rolled product before rolling and target variables (Z) of the rolled product after rolling in a rolling mill. The target variables (Z) include at least one profile value (C) of the rolled product, which relates to a predetermined spacing (a) from the edges of the rolled product. The control device determines an ideal contour shape (ci) on the basis of the target variables (Z). On the basis of the actual variables (I) and the ideal contour shape (ci), the device uses a model of the rolling mill to determine target values (COM) for manipulated variables for the roll stands of the rolling mill. The device transfers the target values (COM) to the roll stands, such that the rolled product is rolled in the rolling mill in consideration of the target values (COM).

Abstract: A contactless looper for a metal substrate includes an entrance, an exit, and at least one deflection device between the entrance and the exit. The contactless looper is configured to receive a metal substrate moving in a processing direction from the entrance to the exit and impart a deflection along the processing direction in a metal substrate such that a position of the metal substrate at the at least one deflection device is vertically offset from a height of the metal substrate at the entrance of the looper. A method of processing a metal substrate with the contactless looper includes receiving the metal substrate at the entrance of the contactless looper along a passline, imparting a deflection in the metal substrate with the looper, and passing the metal substrate out the exit of the contactless looper.

Abstract: A draw bench has a draw bed (1), with a die block (2) defining a draw axis (11), with a draw carriage (3) movable along the draw bed (1) and aligned with respect to the draw axis (11), and with at least two racks (5) arranged fixedly on the draw bed (1) and extending in the direction of the draw axis (11), which racks mesh with drivable drive gears (7, 8) provided in the draw carriage (3). The toothing (6) of the racks (5) are provided on sides of the racks (5) facing towards or away from each other, the line of action of the resulting tangential components (Ft) of the tooth forces (F) coincides with the draw axis (11) and the torques caused by the radial components (Fr) of the tooth forces (F) in the region of the two racks (5) and acting on the draw carriage (3) in opposite directions cancel each other out.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing an extruded product from a solid billet. The methods can include providing an as-cast billet for extrusion; applying a simultaneous rotational shear and axial extrusion force to the as-cast billet to plasticize the as-cast billet; and extruding the plasticized as-cast billet with an extrusion die to form an extruded product. Methods for preparing extruded products from billets can also include: providing a billet for extrusion; while maintaining a majority of the billet below 100° C., applying a simultaneous rotational shear and axial extrusion force to one end of the billet to plasticize the one end of the billet; and extruding the plasticized one end of the billet with an extrusion die to form an extruded product.