Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a showerhead having a head portion; a handle extending from the head portion, the handle having an inlet disposed at an end of the handle opposite the head portion and a first channel extending through the handle; a faceplate disposed at a first side of the head portion; a plurality of nozzles extending through the faceplate; at least one first nozzle disposed in the head portion separate from the faceplate; a second nozzle adjacent to the at least one first nozzle; and a flow director having a second channel fluidly coupled to the first channel and moveable between a first position, a second position, and a third position to selectively direct a flow of water through a corresponding one of the plurality of nozzles, the at least one first nozzle, or the second nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a notched deflector (1) for a water jet lance, comprising a circular part with a rod (2) and a head (3) provided with notches (4) that are distributed over the lateral surface of said head (3) and a circular projection (5) on the rear portion. Optionally, the circular projection (5) emerges right next to the rear area or base (4a) of the notches (4), in the area where the head (3) joins the rod (2). Optionally, the circular projection (5) covers a portion of the rear area or base (4a) of the notches (4) on the lateral side of the head (3).

Abstract: A showerhead for an overhead shower is provided, and includes a faceplate with one or more apertures, and a chamber within the showerhead. The chamber is in fluid communication with a water supply. A nozzle is also disposed at least partially in each aperture. One or more of the nozzles have a nozzle body with a nozzle inlet at a first end and a nozzle outlet at a second end. The nozzle inlet is inboard of the faceplate. One or more enclosure portions protrude into the chamber from a back plate. A portion of the nozzle body including the nozzle inlet is surrounded at least partially by the enclosure portion. A first gap is between the nozzle body and the enclosure portion. The enclosure portion and the nozzle body together provide a tortuous, relatively narrow flow path.

Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic film formation device including a powder feeder feeding powder, a substrate on which a powder film is to be formed from the powder, and a DC power supply applying voltage to the powder feeder and the substrate. The DC power supply applies the voltage to draw the powder from the powder feeder to the substrate with electrostatic force. The electrostatic film formation device further includes a masking member disposed between the powder feeder and the substrate. The masking member is formed with a passing port allowing the powder to pass from the powder feeder to the substrate. The masking member is disposed in the state where the masking member is not in contact with the powder film to be formed.

Abstract: A twin-fluid nozzle spray apparatus according to one aspect includes a gas regulator that outputs compressed gas at a predetermined pressure in a compressed-gas supply system, a positive displacement pump that includes a relief valve configured to feed pressurized liquid at a pressure exceeding a predetermined pressure in a pressurized-liquid supply system back to a liquid supply side, and outputs the pressurized liquid, a liquid regulator or a needle valve that outputs the pressurized liquid output by the positive displacement pump while maintaining a pressure of the pressurized liquid at a discharge pressure having a predetermined value, and a twin-fluid nozzle that mixes and sprays the compressed gas output by the gas regulator and the pressurized liquid output by the liquid regulator or the needle valve.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for quantitatively and stably supplying fine powder and a system for implementing the method. In this invention, in a state in which at least part of the ultrasonic vibration gushing portion is in contact with the fine powder surface of the surface layer of the fine powder stored in the fine powder storage container, the powder inlet of the feed nozzle takes in the fine powder rising from the fine powder surface onto the ultrasonic vibration gushing portion through the passage region of the ultrasonic vibration gushing portion, together with the carrier gas, by ultrasonically vibrating at least part of the ultrasonic vibration gutting portion.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a full-plastic vacuum pump head, relates to the technical field of pump heads, wherein the pump head comprises a button, an upper one-way valve, a flexible rubber pump body, a lower one-way valve and a cap, the button is movably installed in the lid, the button and the cap engage with each other by sliding, a nozzle communicating with the upper one-way valve is connected with the button, the nozzle, the upper one-way valve, the flexible rubber pump body and the lower one-way valve are communicated via a liquid passage, the flexible rubber pump body is made of flexible rubber, a flexible cushioning cavity is provided in the flexible rubber pump body, when the button is subjected to pressure, liquid in the flexible cushioning cavity is guided out from the upper one-way valve, when the button is released, the liquid is guided into the flexible cushioning cavity via the lower one-way valve.

Abstract: The various aspects disclosed herein relate to a spray assembly for a meat smoker assembly that pumps a liquid through one or more nozzle to keep a meat product or other food moist. Certain aspects relate to a spray controller that is configurable with defined and/or predefined settings that relate to a length of time (i.e., total time), a defined interval between pump activations, and a defined duration of pump activation. The predefined settings may also be based on user input, such as a type of meat product. Other aspects relate to a compact configuration of the spray assembly that nests components within a control housing. Still other aspects relate to the removable nature of some of the components as well as removable connection of the spray assembly to and from a meat smoker system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a variable-rate spray control system based on an annular application structure and a tree canopy volume (TCV) calculation method thereof. The TCV calculation method includes: acquiring in real time, by using vertical/horizontal scanning two-dimensional (2D) LiDAR, point cloud data of a variable-rate sprayer in motion in an orchard environment; acquiring speed information of the variable-rate sprayer by using a speed sensor; dividing spraying regions according to an angle at which contacts of nozzles on an annular application structure are mutually spaced on an arc; filtering interferences by setting a threshold range, calculating a sector area of a tree canopy according to trunk distance information from the horizontal LiDAR and point cloud information from the vertical LiDAR within the threshold range, and calculating a TCV in combination with the information of the speed sensor and a scanning cycle of the vertical LiDAR.

Abstract: A sprayer nozzle support apparatus for positioning the hose nozzle on a support structure or support surface to direct fluid in a selected direction includes a body that is hollow and is open at a supply inlet thereof. The body has a spray outlet extends into the body and is in fluid communication with the supply inlet. The supply inlet is fluidly attachable to an outlet end of a fluid supply hose. A plurality of support arms is coupled to and extends away from the body. Each support arm is elongated and is bendable into a selected shape in which each support arm retains the selected shape. A nozzle is fluidly coupled to the spray outlet of the body.

Abstract: A vehicle tire dressing machine comprises a longitudinal linear guide system and a lateral linear guide system. The longitudinal linear guide system is adjacent and parallel to a transport conveyor for a vehicle having a vehicle tire, and the longitudinal linear guide system has a drive motor and is adapted for reciprocal motion thereon.

Abstract: A coating head includes a fluid passage channel that opens into a fluid discharge region; a movable rod located in the fluid discharge region, arranged after the first edge of the fluid passage channel and close to the perimeter of a rotating roller on which a substrate is arranged; and an inlet lip provided with a straight internal side that is oblique to the perimeter of the rotating roller and that defines the second edge of the fluid passage channel, of a flat face facing the rotating roller and an external side, the latter provided with a step.

Abstract: A slot die coater that includes a lower die block having a manifold, an upper die block, and a shim plate interposed between the lower die block and the upper die block to form a slot. The manifold configured to accommodate a coating solution, wherein the coating solution is delivered and coated on a substrate through an exit port in communication with the slot. The shim plate includes a plate-shaped member having an open portion which is cut in at least an area to determine a coating width of a coating layer coated on the substrate, and a structure protruding from the plate-shaped member and inserted into the manifold.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a nozzle block in which a slit-like discharge port is formed and a controller. The controller controls an X-direction driver and a Z-direction driver, so that a nozzle block is moved on a substrate with a gap between the nozzle block and the substrate filled with a processing liquid. At this time, the processing liquid is applied onto the substrate. Thereafter, the nozzle block is separated from the substrate, so that a liquid column connecting the nozzle block to the substrate is formed. The nozzle block is moved such that the liquid column changes from a liquid contact state in which the liquid column is in contact with the processing liquid present in a discharge port to a non-contact state in which the liquid column is not in contact with the processing present in the discharge port.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slot die coating apparatus for coating an electrode collector with an electrode active material slurry. The slot die coating apparatus includes a coating roller; a slot die comprising a slurry receiving part and a discharge opening configured to discharge the electrode active material slurry in an opposite direction on which gravity acts; an air vent installed in the slot die so that it is directly connected to a point at which the slurry receiving part and the discharge opening connect.

Abstract: A coating device for dip coating an ophthalmic lens is provided. The coating device includes a lacquer basin for receiving a lacquer mixture, which contains a lacquer and a solvent. The coating device has an overflow channel arranged at the lacquer basin for collecting the lacquer mixture overflowing from the lacquer basin, and a tubing system for providing an influx of the lacquer mixture to the lacquer basin, which is connected to the overflow channel for collecting a return flux of the lacquer mixture from the overflow channel to enable circulation of the lacquer mixture through the lacquer basin, the overflow channel, and the tubing system. The coating device includes a supply unit for dosing the lacquer and the solvent for the lacquer mixture, which is connected to the tubing system and configured to feed at least one of the lacquer and the solvent directly into the tubing system.

Abstract: A method of preparing a coated article is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate bearing a partially-dehydrated aqueous coating layer. The method further includes providing a coating composition to a high transfer efficiency applicator, the high transfer efficiency applicator comprising a plurality of nozzles each being configured to apply a stream of the coating composition to a substrate substantially without atomization. The coating composition is a waterborne fluid that exhibits a near-Newtonian viscosity profile, and comprises a binder, a crosslinker, and a thickener. The method further includes applying the coating composition to the substrate with the high transfer efficiency applicator via disposing a plurality of lines of the coating composition onto the partially-dehydrated aqueous coating layer of the substrate via the plurality of nozzles, thereby forming an overspray free coating layer thereon.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of three-dimensional (3D) free-form printing for coating free-form objects, the method including: arranging a free-form object in a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) trough filed with a liquid, the LB trough designed based on a shape of the free-form object; arranging an LB film comprising a plurality of colloidal nanospheres on a surface of the liquid within the LB trough; and draining the liquid from the LB trough to form a self-assemble film of the colloidal nanoparticles on a surface of the free-form object.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a firearm component comprising: providing a body having an exterior surface; applying a first coating layer to the exterior surface; after coating the exterior surface, affixing a granular aggregate to the exterior surface; and after affixing the aggregate, applying an additional coating layer.

Abstract: A durable solid and liquid repellant nanocomposite material is provided that includes a polymeric matrix comprising polyurethane or fluoropolyurethane that has a plurality of lubricating domains distributed therein. The lubricating domains are formed by a partial crosslinking reaction between a reactive oil comprising a first reactive group selected from the group consisting of: hydroxyl, amine, carboxylic acid, and combinations and a second reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of: isocyanate, hydroxyl, and combinations thereof on a polymeric precursor of the polymeric matrix. The nanocomposite material further includes a plurality of nanoparticles comprising silicon dioxide (SiO2) distributed in the polymeric matrix. At least a portion of the plurality of nanoparticles are bonded to the polymeric matrix. Methods for forming the durable solid and liquid repellant material are also provided.

Abstract: Described herein is a coated article comprising a substrate, a coil coating applied to the substrate, the coil coating comprising a base coat layer formed from a base coat composition comprising polyester that is substantially free of silicon; a print coat layer formed from a print coat composition comprising siliconized polyester; and a top coat layer formed from a top coat composition comprising siliconized polyester.

Abstract: Control consoles and methods for supplying a drive signal to a surgical tool are provided. The control console comprises a transformer with primary and secondary windings. The primary winding receives an input signal from a power source and induces the drive signal in the secondary winding to supply the drive signal to the surgical tool. A first current source comprising a leakage control winding is coupled to a path of the drive signal. The primary winding induces a first cancellation current in the leakage control winding to inject into the path of the drive signal to cancel leakage current. A sensor coupled to the path of the drive signal outputs a sensed signal to provide feedback related to leakage current. The sensor may connect to a second leakage current cancellation source and/or a fault detection stage. The power source may be variable and may also energize the second current source.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer includes an arrangement of ultrasonic transducer elements, wherein the ultrasonic transducer elements include a first ultrasonic transducer element and a second ultrasonic transducer element. The first ultrasonic transducer element has a first membrane having a first membrane reinforcement and a first membrane electrode, and a first counter-electrode. The second ultrasonic transducer element has a second membrane having a second membrane reinforcement and a second membrane electrode, and a second counter-electrode. Additionally, a resonant frequency of the first membrane differs from a resonant frequency of the second membrane.

Abstract: A case, a piezoelectric vibrator, and a wire are provided. The case has a bottomed cylindrical shape, the case including a bottom portion and a side wall portion. The piezoelectric vibrator includes piezoelectric ceramic containing Ti and Zr, and is attached to the bottom portion inside the case. The wire is connected to the piezoelectric vibrator and extends to an outside of the case. A resonance frequency in a spreading vibration mode of the piezoelectric ceramic not attached to the bottom portion becomes minimum at a temperature in a range of about ?30° C. or higher and about 10° C. or lower. A cross-sectional porosity in any longitudinal cross section of the piezoelectric ceramic is about 1% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a particle separation method for separating particles from a mixture. Particles are processed with simultaneous forces acting on particle mass and particle size. The particles are processed by free fall of particles into a side wind or gas flow, to separate the particles by density, establishing the gas flow velocity to reach a distance point of separation of the materials by density. The particles are separated into lots of similar size difference to prevent mixing of bigger particles of low density with small particles of high density based on the processing of the materials.

Abstract: A static classifier including a vessel having an inlet and an outlet and having a vessel interior area. A classifier chamber is positioned in the vessel interior area. The classifier chamber has a plurality of openings extending through a side wall of the classifier chamber and into a classifier interior area of the classifier chamber. The plurality of openings are configured for passing particles entrained in a gas from the vessel interior area into the classifier interior area. One or more flow restrictors are arranged with the classifier chamber. The flow restrictors are configured to establish an optimal flow velocity and direction of the particles entrained in the gas, through the static classifier.

Abstract: Classification device (1) includes casing (2), rotating body (3), blade (4), drive unit (7), control unit (8), tubular member (9), and bypass flow path forming member (11). Casing (2) includes tubular portion (20). Rotating body (3) is disposed inside tubular portion (20), and blade (4) rotates together with rotating body (3). Drive unit (7) rotationally drives rotating body (3). Control unit (8) controls drive unit (7). Tubular portion (20) includes gas inflow port (21), gas outflow port (22), and particle discharge port (23). Tubular member (9) includes internal space (90) communicating with gas inflow port (21) and powder inlet port (93) through which powder is introduced. Bypass flow path forming member (11) includes bypass flow path (110) communicating with gas inflow port (21) and gas outflow port (22). Control unit (8) controls a rotation speed of rotating body (3) to change a classification diameter of a particle to be discharged from particle discharge port (23).

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of warehousing and logistics, and provides a sorting method and a goods-to-person sorting system. According to the sorting method and system, order information is acquired and split into order line information, where each of the order line information includes a target commodity, a target sorting quantity and a target source box corresponding to an order line, and then a sorting station, a target rail guided vehicle and a target order container corresponding to each of the order lines are determined according to each of the order line information; and the target commodity is sorted to the target rail guided vehicle from the target source box and conveyed and transferred into the order container by the rail guided vehicle.

Abstract: Centralized control of multiple sorting facilities is disclosed, including: a feedback interface configured to collect sorting results feedback data from a first sorting facility, wherein the first sorting facility is associated with a second sorting facility; and one or more processors configured to reconfigure a set of sorting facility devices located in the second sorting facility based at least in part on the sorting results feedback data.

Abstract: A process, mechanical and electrical system and data structures, allow high speed sorting of pallets of HFI cans using a depalletizer, a sequence of narrowing transfer conveyors and a single filer making the cans into a single file. Simultaneously, data containers begin a process of compiling complete data on the pallet, the individual cans, can counts good and bad, the inspection events and potentially a marking process. Cans are inspected individually by three or more cameras in three positions, sequentially inspecting the interior, exterior sides, and exterior bottom, and if an individual can fails any one of three tests, the can is individually directed to a can reject chute. A can may be undetectably marked to indicate it has passed the inspection process. By use of comprehensive data flows and inputs, comprehensive data reports may be generated for the can maker but more importantly for the can buyer/user.

Abstract: A visual inspection system is integrated within a pulp molding process to identify holes, tears, and discoloration of molded products based upon front- and/or back-lit images captured by one or more cameras that have been calibrated to distinguish, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, the aforementioned defects. The system is configured to simultaneously move and process information about the entire batch of products produced by the press and, optionally, to provide feedback to the original molding process in order to address quality issues.

Abstract: Co-located sensors in a sorting facility are disclosed, including: a first sensor associated with a first field of view, and wherein the first sensor is located in a sorting facility; a second sensor associated with a second field of view, wherein the second field of view is adjacent to or overlaps with the first field of view, and wherein the second sensor is located in the sorting facility; and one or more processors configured to: receive a first image including a first set of objects from the first sensor; receive a second image including a second set of objects from the second sensor; and evaluate the first image and the second image to determine a sorting decision with respect to a target object.

Abstract: Time-varying control of a controllable air stream is disclosed, including: a set of image sensors configured to capture image data showing a target object being conveyed by a conveyor device along a Y-direction; an array of air jets located along an X-direction, wherein the X-direction crosses the Y-direction; and a processor configured to: receive the image data from the set of image sensors; determine a classification of the target object within the image data; and modify a two-dimensional firing polygon of air to be directed by the array of air jets on the target object based at least in part on the classification of the target object; and wherein the array of air jets is configured to perform a sorting operation on the target object as the target object is translated across the array of air jets based at least in part on the modified two-dimensional firing polygon.

Abstract: According to examples, a pressure washer may include a main housing including an inlet, an outlet, and a pump to force liquid to enter the main housing through the inlet and to exit the main housing through the outlet. The pressure washer may also include a roll cage surrounding the main housing, in which the roll cage may include a pair of support bars, a crossbar movably mounted to the pair of support bars; and a latch mechanism to releasably secure the crossbar to at least one of the pair of support bars. The crossbar may be spaced from the main housing to form a storage space, in which the crossbar is movable between multiple positions to enable ready access to the storage space.

Abstract: Method for cleansing external human keratin materials in contact with a cosmetic composition within which bubbles of a gas are present and/or are generated, the method including the step consisting in subjecting bubbles of the gas, present in the cosmetic composition in the region of the surface of said materials to be cleansed, to acoustic waves in order to bring about their collapse and to generate a mechanical shock on the surface to be cleansed in order to remove the soiling therefrom.

Abstract: A pipe clearing tool with over-pressure protected automatic seal is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cleaning equipment with a hollow sealed circuit and can be used in industry for cleaning equipment from salt measures, oil deposits, including asphalt paraffin, tar deposits and biological deposits. The claimed method of cleaning the inner surface of the equipment with a hollow sealed circuit consists in pumping a washing solution through an internal cavity of the said circuit with an unsteady flow regime created by local stops of the washing solution flow at the moment of oxygen or carbon dioxide gas formation, characterized by an intensity at which the pressure in the gas bubble moments of time, namely when the bubble grows, exceeds the pressure of the wash solution. The embodiment of the claimed method allows, while maintaining the cleaning efficiency, to significantly simplify its implementation and further expand the scope of use.

Abstract: A beverage brewing device may include a beverage brewing device for receiving a single-use beverage cartridge, wherein the cartridge contains beverage material for brewing. The beverage brewing device discards the cartridge in response to the brewing. A mill machine disintegrates the cartridge after receiving the cartridge from the beverage brewing device. A compost box for receiving the disintegrated cartridge from the mill machine.

Abstract: A method for shaping a wire material that moves from the upstream side to the downstream side includes a first step of feeding the wire material while pressing the wire material by a first roller group including a plurality of rollers driven by a motor and a second step of feeding the wire material while pressing the wire material by a second roller group including a plurality of rotatably supported rollers. The first step is provided upstream side of the second step, and a push-in amount that is the difference between the outer dimension of the wire material and the gap between rollers through which the wire material passes is larger in the first step than in the second step.

Abstract: Control system for cold rolling mills to improve sheet metal thickness uniformity. Sensors monitor the state of the cold rolling mill by measuring (i) roll eccentricity, (ii) roll slips during mill operation, (iii) mill disturbances from roll speed or roll force manifestations, and (iv) unknown disturbances referred to as process noise. The controller analyzes data from sensors to compensate. Data collected during the mill operation by the sensors are delayed in reaching the controller. This communication delay is accounted for by using a filter. Since an objective of the controller software is dynamic identification of eccentricity of the back up rolls, which is non-linear by nature, an Extended Kalman Filter may be used.

Abstract: A rolling stand for rolling a hot aluminium strip, having at the outlet side, in this order, a trimming device that cuts the metal strip from both sides such that only the remaining central region of the metal strip is fed to the downstream devices; a front deflection roller that deflects the metal strip away from a direct connecting line between the rolling stand and the rear deflection roller; a measuring assembly that has a mechanical excitation device that excites the metal strip to mechanically oscillate in the direction of its thickness and a measuring device that senses, for a plurality of regions of the metal strip lying adjacent to one another in the direction of the width of the metal strip, the amplitude of the excited mechanical oscillation of the respective region; and a coiling device that has a rear deflection roller upstream of a coiler.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for unwinding a coil of a metal strip including a bogie translatable back and forth along a guiding system; a blocking system which is arranged on said bogie and which contains a first and a second shaped element, wherein the first shaped element is a roller, preferably an idle roller; an actuating system for modifying the distance between the two shaped elements, for defining an intercepting position and a gripping position of the strip; and an element for detaching the strip from the coil provided on the first shaped element. A relative method of unwinding and inspecting a metal strip is also described, in particular used to check the state of wear of rolling cylinders used for producing the inspected strip.

Abstract: A forming device that forms a heated metal material includes a forming die that performs forming such that a quenching area of the metal material is quenched and a non-quenching area of the metal material is not quenched; and a temperature control unit that controls a temperature of the forming die such that warpage in the non-quenching area is reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a die retainer for use in a tool. The die retainer can include a ram head, a release button, and a die pin. The ram head includes a die cavity and a pair of lateral sides on opposing sides of the die cavity. The release button can extend through a release button hole formed in the ram head hand include opposing ends that extend past each of the corresponding pair of lateral sides. The die pin extends through a die pin cavity that intersects the release button hole. The die release button can be actuatable from either of the opposing ends to retract the die pin from the die cavity.

Abstract: The pressing tool includes two pressing jaws which are movable towards one another from an open position into a closed position for pressing, said pressing jaws including a connecting element for connection to respective receiving elements of the pressing ring, so that the press ring is movable from an open position into a closed position by the movement of the pressing jaws for pressing the press fitting. The minimum spacing of the connecting elements in the open position is greater than the maximum spacing of the receiving elements of the press ring in the open position, and the minimum spacing of the connecting elements in the closed position corresponds to a minimum spacing of the receiving elements of the press ring in the closed position. Furthermore, the minimum spacing of the connecting elements in the open position is smaller than the maximum spacing of the receiving elements of a second press ring in the open position, so that connection to the second press ring is prevented.

Abstract: A binding machine including a magazine in which a reel having a wire wound thereon is accommodated, a wire feeding unit configured to feed the wire pulled out from the reel accommodated in the magazine, a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around an object, a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the object, and a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutting unit. The magazine comprises, between an accommodation position of the reel and a feeding path of the wire, a partition configured to separate the accommodation position of the reel and the feeding path of the wire.

Abstract: A rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying unit, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying unit, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a longitudinal movement mechanism configured to move the rebar tying robot in a front-rear direction, and a first three-dimensional distance sensor configured to output first point cloud data which represents a three-dimensional position of a subject in a first field of view by point clouds. The control unit may be configured to execute a first rebar extraction process in which the control unit extracts point clouds from the point clouds included in the first point cloud data and a rebar model generation process in which the control unit generates a rebar model based on the point clouds extracted in the first rebar extraction process.

Abstract: Methods are presented for the manufacture of tubular components having complex geometries. An exemplary method includes performing three radial forging operations on a workpiece that includes a bore along a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end opposite the first end. The first radial forging operation includes holding the workpiece at the second end, and radially forging at least a portion of a first region proximal to the first end of the workpiece. The second radial forging operation includes holding the workpiece at the first end, and radially forging at least a first portion of a second region of the workpiece, the second region extending from the second end to a third region adjoining the first region. The third radial forging operation includes holding the workpiece at the first end, and radially forging at least a second portion of the second region of the workpiece.

Abstract: A description is given of a method for the production of gourmette jewellery articles comprising the steps consisting of: forming by cutting a series of links (10) starting from a metal plate; creating a reinforcing edge around said links; pressing in a mould said reinforced links to confer thereto an undulated shape; making a cut (41) which develops from the outer perimeter to the inner perimeter on some of said reinforced links (30), obtaining in this way a series of reinforced links provided with cut (40); attaching in sequence two reinforced links provided with cut (40) to an intact reinforced link (30), or two intact links to a link provided with cut, obtaining a chain wherein a reinforced link (30) alternates with a reinforced link provided with cut (40); and closing the cuts (41) previously formed in the reinforced links provided with cut (40).

Abstract: The invention relates to a feeder insert (1, 1?) for use in the casting of metals in casting molds, with a feeder body (2, 2?) and a feeder element (4, 4?) which interacts with the feeder body (2, 2?), which delimit a feeder cavity (6) for receiving liquid metal, the feeder body (2, 2?) having a first end (8) with a passage opening (10) for the liquid metal, and a second end (12) which lies opposite the first end (8) and is open, and the feeder element (4, 4?) being arranged at this second, open end (12), it being possible for portions of the feeder body (2, 2?) and the feeder element (4, 4?) to be displaced telescopically inside one another, with the result that the feeder cavity (6) can be compressed down to a minimum volume VK, the feeder body (2, 2?) defining at least a proportion of 40% of this minimum volume VK.