Abstract: A fruit and vegetable sorting and conveying device includes a roller assembly, a support bracket and a base. The roller assembly is positioned on the support bracket. The support bracket is movably connected to the base. The support bracket and the roller assembly are cooperatively configured to carry fruit and vegetable. The roller assembly is also configured to make the fruit and vegetable rotate. The support bracket includes a support portion and two mounting arms. Two ends of the support portion are connected to the two mounting arms respectively. The roller assembly is positioned between the two mounting arms. Each mounting arm includes an avoidance step. The avoidance step is configured to allow a strip brush to extend thereinto to reduce a relative distance between an end of the strip brush and an axis of the roller assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to wind turbine blade and tower maintenance devices, which can be used for semi- or fully-automated maintenance, including cleaning, de-icing, and painting of wind turbine blades and tower.

Abstract: A handheld cleaning machine, comprising: a housing, a reciprocating mechanism, a driving assembly, and a water pump assembly. The reciprocating mechanism comprises a reciprocating shaft, a sleeve, and a first guide assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the reciprocating shaft to rotate, so that the sleeve reciprocates in the length direction of the reciprocating shaft; the water pump assembly comprises a water inlet member, a pump body, and a water outlet member, the pump body is connected to the sleeve, the pump body is communicated between the water inlet member and the water outlet member, and when the pump body moves along the axis of the reciprocating shaft, the pump body is configured to feed water from the water inlet member and discharge water from the water outlet member.

Abstract: There is provided a system for cleaning a material. The system may include a tank, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer disposed within the tank. The material may be placed within the tank, which may be at least partially filled with a liquid. A computing device may be configured to activate the ultrasonic transducers so as to create constructive interference which generates ultrasonic shockwaves within a target zone within the tank to dislodge contaminants from a material located in the target zone.

Abstract: An integrated fluid distributor includes a single case in which flow paths for different fluids are independently disposed. The integrated fluid distributor may also be capable of distributing and discharging respective fluids. The integrated fluid distributor includes a case, and a first flow path disposed within the case. The first flow path has a first inlet, a plurality of first outlets, and a plurality of first valves for a first fluid. The integrated fluid distributor also includes a second flow path disposed independently of the first flow path within the case. The second flow path has a second inlet, a plurality of second outlets, and a plurality of second valves for a second fluid.

Abstract: The invention discloses a photovoltaic cleaning system and a cleaning method. The system comprises an autonomous navigation mobile device, a robotic arm with a connecting end and a carrying end, and a cleaning robot, wherein the connecting end is connected to the mobile device, and the carrying end can connect the cleaning robot. The system has a cleaning state and a carrying state. In the cleaning state, the cleaning robot cleans the solar modules, and the carrying end separates from the cleaning robot. In the carrying state, the carrying end connects and carries the cleaning robot to a preset position on the solar modules. In the cleaning process, the robotic arm and the cleaning robot can be separated without hard connection between them. The vibration transmitted to the cleaning robot when the mobile device moves on uneven grounds is reduced, improving the stability of the cleaning robot during the operation.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems for remediation of groundwater in geological formations and methods of groundwater remediation in geological formations. The system can include a wellbore within a geological formation comprising an aquifer, a casing, inner tubing, a water passage, outer tubing comprising a plurality of diffusion membranes, and a formation conduit in fluid communication with the aquifer. The method may include forming a dissolved remediation gas solution within a wellbore by: passing remediation gas through an inner tubing, passing an aqueous solution into the wellbore through a water passage and an outer tubing comprising a plurality of diffusion membranes, and passing the remediation gas through the diffusion membranes to be mixed with the aqueous solution in the outer tubing to produce the dissolved remediation gas solution; and transporting at least a portion of the dissolved remediation gas solution to an aquifer within the geological formation.

Abstract: A method for treating soil in situ or ex situ to reduce the concentration of contaminating or polluting organic chemical compounds is provided. The method comprises steps of: a) determining a contaminated/polluted area where soil is to be treated; b) adding a fertilizer in the form of warm-composted manure or other compost having a nutrient content corresponding to warm composted manure and in which the nutrients are correspondingly hard bound to the compost to a soil layer in the area, the fertilizer being added in an amount of 10% (weight percentage) or more of soil of the soil layer; c) adding iron, unless the soil of the soil layer already comprises at least 2 kg of iron per ton of soil; d) adjusting soil pH to an acidic pH; and e) keeping the soil of the soil layer moist by adding water as needed for a predetermined period.

Abstract: A microbial preparation and a method for remedying a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-contaminated soil are disclosed. The microbial preparation contains Pseudomonas sp. KW-2 with a deposit number of CGMCC No. 29017. In the soil remediation method, an oxidizing agent is added to the PAHs-contaminated soil for pre-oxidation treatment, where the oxidizing agent is selected from the group consisting of Fenton's reagent, hydrogen peroxide, sodium persulfate, potassium permanganate, and a combination thereof; a carbon source or a nitrogen source added to reach a carbon-to-nitrogen ratio of 100:5-20, and the microbial preparation is introduced for microbial remediation, where the carbon source is selected from the group consisting of glucose, fructose, sucrose, starch, and a combination thereof; and the nitrogen source is selected from the group consisting of ammonium chloride, ammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, and a combination thereof.

Abstract: The invention comprises a peelable membrane for resealably closing a metal end comprising an outer layer, a tacky layer, and a heat seal layer. The heat seal layer is permanently sealed to the metal end to cover at least one opening in the metal end. The tacky layer causes the peelable membrane to be resealable onto the metal end.

Abstract: A hollow profile-manufacturing extrusion die includes a mandrel that molds an inner peripheral surface of a hollow part, and bridges for supporting the mandrel. The mandrel is disposed so as to correspond to a die hole that molds an outer peripheral surface of the hollow profile. The bridges are disposed at positions corresponding to between the hollow part and side surfaces in the hollow profile, and are not present at positions corresponding to between the hollow part and a lower surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fitting bending apparatus with a pinching preventive function, and more specifically, to a fitting bending apparatus with a pinching preventive function that bends a short fitting having a length equal to or shorter than a predetermined length and has a structure in which fixing and release states of the fitting can be adjusted such that the fitting bending apparatus is not pinched between projecting portions of the fitting after bending is performed.

Abstract: A wrinkle generation determination method for a press formed part includes acquiring, for each load ratio in in-plane biaxial directions, a relationship between an in-plane biaxial strain generated in a process of inducing out-of-plane buckling in a measurement part and a load, acquiring an in-plane biaxial strain at a point where a primary differential coefficient of an in-plane uniaxial strain on which a compressive load acts becomes local maximum as a stable behavior limit strain, and acquiring a stable behavior limit line that will be an index for wrinkle generation under a biaxial stress condition by plotting, on two-dimensional coordinates, the stable behavior limit strain acquired for each load ratio in a biaxial stress test in which a load in the in-plane biaxial directions is applied to a cruciform test piece for biaxial test so as to induce out-of-plane buckling in the measurement part.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a coating-free press hardening steel (CFPHS) component comprises heating a CFPHS blank at a first predetermined heating rate to a first predetermined temperature in a first predetermined temperature range using a heater; transferring the CFPHS blank to a furnace; soaking the CFPHS blank in the furnace at a second predetermined temperature in a second predetermined temperature range for a predetermined period; and pressing and forming the CFPHS blank in a stamp/press to form a CFPHS component.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tool with a material layer on one or both sides, said tool having a cutting bell rigidly coupled to an upper forming punch and a drawing cushion coupled to a hold-down device, the upper forming punch and a lower forming punch being movable relative to one another to close the tool, and a first gap present between the cutting bell and the hold-down device when the tool is closed, and an end stop formed by the lower forming punch for a lower pressure piece that can be moved relative to it, that the sheet metal blank can be clamped between the upper and the lower pressure piece, and that during a relative movement between the lower forming punch and the lower pressure piece, the upper and the lower pressure piece remain in their position relative to one another clamping a sheet metal blank.

Abstract: An application position of a processing force directed radially outward is continuously changed in the circumferential direction of a cylindrical portion (25) while applying the processing force to a part of the cylindrical portion (25) of a hub main body (21) in the circumferential direction. An application position of a processing force directed radially inward is continuously changed in the circumferential direction of a staking portion intermediary body (41) while applying the processing force to a part of the staking portion intermediary body (41) in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A method of identifying a leak around a fitting in a tubing system includes connecting a source of heated air to an inlet of the tubing system, inspecting segments of the tubing system using a thermal detector, identifying segments of the tubing system that are warmer than other segments of the tubing system, and following the warmer segments of the tubing system to identify the leak around the fitting.

Abstract: A hydraulic forming machine, includes a hydraulic cylinder with a piston guided in a cylinder tube and divides the cylinder tube into a first cylinder chamber, and a second cylinder chamber. A hydraulic circuit with a control unit for controlling the operation of the hydraulic cylinder includes a first hydraulic valve coupled to the control unit and is connected to the second cylinder chamber via the second hydraulic connection. The control unit regulates an opening width of the first hydraulic valve such that the first hydraulic valve is open in a first phase and the bear) is accelerated to a target speed in the first phase, while, in a following second phase the opening width of the first hydraulic valve is reduced to an inflow opening width, and the first hydraulic valve is closed during a return stroke running in the opposite direction to the working stroke.

Abstract: A Bucking Bar System (BBS) for the assembly of aerospace components by setting solid core rivet fasteners and more specifically a BBS having a sender body or elongated neutral axis to operatively move the system center of mass or centroid near the tool handle, away from the rivet being set. Urging the centroid toward the handle improves technician ergonomics and offers other rivet fastener installation benefits.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for synthesizing spherical copper powder and the copper powder obtained therefrom. The method includes mixing a copper oxide powder with a carbon source to obtain a mixture; heating the mixture at a temperature of 600-1070° C. for a period of more than 20 minutes in an inert atmosphere to obtain spherical copper powder; and separating the spherical copper powder from carbon to obtain pure spherical copper powder. The present method is a single step process where a precursor copper oxide powder is reduced and spherodized simultaneously to provide spherical copper powder. Spherical copper powders provided by the present methods are dense and spherical and have a mean particle size of less than 250 microns, purity of at least 98.5% by weight of copper, and an oxygen content of less than 0.25% by weight.

Abstract: Wave-absorbing materials in the form of a nickel-carbon composite that includes a plurality of modified carbon particles, where each of the modified carbon particles includes a nickel nanoparticle core and a carbon layer wrapped on a surface of the nickel nanoparticle core; and a plurality of the modified carbon particles form an octahedral structure. When a high-frequency microwave interacts with the nickel-carbon composite, the composite has a stronger magnetic loss performance due to various magnetic loss characteristics such as natural resonance and eddy current loss of the magnetic nickel nanoparticles. In addition, the carbon layer, as a shell layer, can provide a directional electron migration path in a special octahedral space structure to construct a conductive network.

Abstract: The titanium porous body according to the present invention is in a form of a sheet, and has a thickness of 0.3 mm or less and a compressive strain amount of 0.20 or less upon pressurization at 80 MPa, wherein a half width of a first peak that is the highest peak height in a pore size distribution showing a relationship between a diameter and a volume of pores is less than or equal to 3.5 ?m, and a peak height of a second peak that is the second highest peak height after the first peak is less than or equal to 10% of the peak height of the first peak.

Abstract: A system and method for additive manufacturing includes a fusing mechanism, an outlet and a controller. The system and method is performed in a chamber containing a layer of particle. The fusing mechanism transmits a beam for fusing particles in the layer of particles. The fusing mechanism is configured to move the beam in a fusing path extending from one end of the chamber to another end of the chamber in a first direction. The outlet is movable in the first direction and configured to blow air in a second direction opposite of the first direction. The controller is configured to move the outlet in the first direction and keep the outlet upstream of the beam.

Abstract: Systems and methods for powder bed additive manufacturing can include sensing a powder bed with an eddy current (EC) sensor to obtain an EC sensor measurement, sensing the powder bed with a secondary sensor to obtain a topographical measurement, and determining a property in the powder bed based on the EC sensor measurement and the topographical measurement.

Abstract: A processing method for an additively manufactured article, the processing method including: accommodating an additively manufactured article containing metal and a medium made of metal in a barrel polishing device; and reducing a roughness of a surface of the additively manufactured article and applying a residual stress to the additively manufactured article by stirring the additively manufactured article and the medium, in which a surface of the medium includes a curved surface.

Abstract: A method for shape-performance control by ultrasonic rolling combined with selective laser melting is provided, which includes following steps: S1, establishing a three-dimensional model of a component to be processed, and setting printing process parameters; S2, after nitrogen gas is filled into a forming cavity to reduce an oxygen content to a preset value, lowering a forming substrate and raising a powder substrate, laying powder from the powder substrate onto the forming substrate by a scraper, recovering excess powder, and after the laying is completed, melting the powder by a laser galvanometer to form a solid layer, and cycling for several times; S3, performing ultrasonic rolling on a surface of the solid layer; S4, cycling steps S2 and S3 until the component is formed, and ending the cycling; and S5, performing ultrasonic rolling on a surface of a formed component to obtain a solid component.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, devices software, and methods for material manipulation and detection. For example, detection of a level of material in a container such using a material level detection system. For example, temperature conditioning of the material, e.g., during its conveyance. For example, facilitating continuous flow of the material in a junction of a material conveyance system. Any of the material level detection system, temperature conditioning system, and junction, may be part of, or operatively coupled to, other system(s), e.g., the material conveyance system and/or a 3D printing system.

Abstract: A coated tool according to the present disclosure includes a base body made of WC-based cemented carbide containing WC particles as a hard phase component and Co as a main component of a binding phase, a coating layer located on the base body, and an intermediate layer located between the base body and the coating layer. The intermediate layer contains Ti, and has an average layer thickness of 1 nm or more and 15 nm or less. The coating layer includes a first coating layer in contact with the intermediate layer. The first coating layer includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Group 5 elements, Group 6 elements, and Group 4 elements except for Ti, at least one element selected from the group consisting of C and N, Si, and Cr.

Abstract: A two-way indexable V-shaped cutting insert having first and second rake surfaces located in a front insert surface thereof. First and second relief surfaces respectively connect the first and second rake surfaces to first and second converging insert abutment surfaces, respectively. A first cutting edge is located at an intersection of the first rake surface and the first relief surface. A second cutting edge is located at an intersection of the second rake surface and the second relief surface. A first relief angle is formed between the first relief surface and the first converging insert abutment surface. A second relief angle is formed between the second relief surface and the second converging insert abutment surface. The first and second relief angles are obtuse. In a cutting tool, the two-way indexable V-shaped cutting insert is releasably secured in a tool holder by means of a fastening member.

Abstract: A chuck assembly for use with a rotary power tool. The chuck assembly includes a chuck body, a plurality of jaws, and a plate. The chuck body has a plurality of passageways, a plurality of jaws, and a plate. The plurality of jaws are each received within one of the plurality of passageways for co-rotation with the chuck body about the axis, each of the jaws comprises a groove extending in a direction perpendicular to the axis and along a first radial side, an inner side, and a second radial side of the jaw. The plate comprises a plurality of notches, each notch receiving the groove of one of the plurality of jaws to couple the plate to the plurality of jaws, the plate moving with the plurality of jaws to set an axial stop for the tool bit.

Abstract: A pneumatic vibration device with a rotatable piston shaft comprises a piston body and a gas diverter. The piston body comprises a piston shaft, an input shaft and a piston cylinder body. The piston shaft comprises a hollow spindle with two ends connected to a first piston and a second piston through connection bearings respectively. The first piston and the second piston are connected through an inner sleeve. The spindle is connected to a rotary connection member. The input shaft stretches into the inner sleeve and is matched and connected with the rotary connection member. The gas diverter comprises a first gas diversion port and a second diversion port. The pneumatic vibration device is compact in structure and high in adaptability, and can realize rotation and vibration of drilling tools.

Abstract: In one or more arrangements, a jig for cutting a pocket on a workpiece is presented, which has a base and a guide assembly. In one or more arrangements, the system includes a base having a bit aperture configured to allow a boring bit therethrough and a bit guide removably attached to the base. In one or more arrangements, the bit guide has a boring drill bit slidably located within a guide cylinder, a stop collar coupled to the boring bit, and a spring around the throat of the boring bit between a top spring surface of the guide cylinder and a bottom spring surface of the stop collar. In one or more arrangements, the spring is configured to urge the boring bit into a non-contact position with the workpiece.

Abstract: A miniature internal boring tool including two to four shank flat surfaces and two to four integrally formed teeth. The outermost points of cutting edges of the teeth define an outer cutting diameter (OD) fulfilling the condition: 2 mm<OD<9 mm.

Abstract: A constant lead barrel tool that may be reground multiple times.

Abstract: An auxiliary support device for a rolling-cut shear, including: a lower cutting table; a plurality of first hydraulic support cylinders, a plurality of support plates, a plurality of second hydraulic support cylinders shorter than the first hydraulic support cylinders, a slide plate, and a plurality of horizontal hydraulic cylinders. The lower cutting table includes a first front end including a first mounting groove, and a second mounting groove, and an inner plate. The bottom wall of the second mounting groove includes a plurality of first bolt holes and a plurality of first recesses. The inner plate is embedded in the second mounting groove through a plurality of bolts passing through the plurality of first bolt holes. The inner plate includes a plurality of second bolt holes and a plurality of second recesses. The plurality of support plates lean against the inner plate.

Abstract: A cutting device includes: a first cutting blade in which a first opening and a second opening are formed; a first link in which an opening is formed; a frame in which an opening is formed; at least one of a first shaft member pivotably connecting the first cutting blade to the first link by being inserted through the first opening and the opening of the first link, and a second shaft member pivotably connecting the first cutting blade to the frame by being inserted through the second opening and the opening of the frame; and at least one of a first movement restriction member configured to restrict the first shaft member from moving in a direction of detaching from the first opening, and a second movement restriction member configured to restrict the second shaft member from moving in a direction of detaching from the second opening.

Abstract: A cutting saw includes a housing, a cutting part, a driving part, a power supplying part, a lighting part and a control board. The control board is electrically connected with the power supplying part, the driving part and the lighting part respectively. An operating panel is installed on the housing. The operating panel is provided with a power supply switch, a lighting switch and an alarm light. The power supply switch, the lighting switch, and the alarm light are electrically connected with the control board. When the power supply switch is activated, a light of the power supply switch lights up. If the control board of the cutting saw does not receive any control signal input within a first time threshold, the light starts to flash. If there is still no control signal input within a second time threshold after flashing, the power supply switch enters an inactivated state.

Abstract: A band saw including a housing defining a longitudinal axis, a motor, a battery pack removably coupled to a central portion of the housing, a drive wheel assembly positioned within a deck portion of the housing, an opening defined within the deck portion, an endless saw blade, and a rear handle having a curvilinear shape with a first handle end coupled to the central portion and a second handle end adjacent to the deck portion. The rear handle defines a curved path extending between a first end point at the first handle end and a second end point at the second handle end. A first tangent line is tangent to the curved path at the first end point and extends parallel to the longitudinal axis. A second tangent line is tangent to the curved path at the second end point and extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A thread cutting tap and a method of treating the thread cutting tap, which includes a thread cutting portion including a plurality of cutting lands, is provided. Each cutting land has one or more thread cutting teeth in the chamfered section. Each thread cutting tooth includes a primary cutting edge. The method includes immersing at least the thread cutting portion in a bed of granules and effectuating relative movement between the thread cutting portion and the granules for generating an edge rounding of a first magnitude at the primary cutting edge of each tooth, and then exposing a subset of the thread cutting teeth to a dynamic plastic deformation treatment. The subset includes all the thread cutting teeth in the chamfered section, so as to generate an edge rounding of a second magnitude, greater than the first magnitude, at the primary cutting edge of each tooth in the subset.

Abstract: A thread milling cutter (1) includes an integrally formed thread milling tool (10) having a rotational axis (S), a shank portion (24) and a forward cutting portion (34). The cutting portion (34) has at least five insert pockets (42) recessed therein with at least one insert pocket (42) being devoid of an associated support protrusion (46), allowing different insert placements for different thread pitches.

Abstract: An electrical discharge machine and tool thereof, and the electrical discharge machine can provide the tool with EDM fluid to perform EDM processing on a workpiece within an EDM discharge channel. The tool comprises an inner flow path that can guide the flow of EDM fluid. The inner flow path can also change the flow speed and flow direction of the EDM fluid, allowing the EDM fluid to laterally flush and discharge the debris in the EDM discharge channel to help remove the debris from the EDM discharge channel, and the specific flow field drives the debris away from the EDM discharge channel, thereby preventing the accumulation of debris that could cause short circuits or abnormal discharges between the electrodes.

Abstract: A control device for executing a control method for controlling a wire electrical discharge machine includes a machining control unit that interrupts first machining, and resumes the first machining after completion of second machining; an acquisition unit that acquires a detection signal from a sensor; a measuring unit that measures, on the basis of the detection signal, a first consumption amount of a wire electrode from the start to the interruption of the first machining, and a second consumption amount from the resuming to the end of the first machining; and a consumption amount calculation unit that calculates a first total consumption amount of the wire electrode consumed in the first machining.

Abstract: A method for brazing an electrically conducting connecting piece, for example a cable shoe, of an electrically conducting material to a workpiece of electrically conducting material, by means of a temperature controlled brazing process in which the heat necessary for brazing is generated by striking an electric arc between a carbon electrode, and the electrically conducting connecting piece, where the voltage and current is electronically controlled by control electronics to achieve a temperature development to result in a martensite free brazing, and wherein the DC voltage applied is using the carbon electrode as the negative pole, and using the electrically conducting connecting piece as the positive pole, and 0 wherein the carbon electrode is having a tapering, bevelled, or pointy end at the end facing the electric arc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for repairing a wide crack in a hot gas path part for a gas turbine using brazing, the method including the steps of removing oxides from the inside of the wide crack of the hot gas path part, filling base metal powder and a filler into the wide crack from which the oxides have been removed, and bonding the wide crack by means of the br

Abstract: A portable electric soldering iron tool includes a heating assembly, a control assembly and a housing handle. The heating assembly includes a soldering sleeve and a heater element disposed in the soldering sleeve, wherein the heater element includes a substrate and at least a thick film layer provided on the substrate, the control assembly includes a controller and a power module electrically connected to the controller, the thick film layer of the heater element is electrically connected to the controller, the heating assembly and the control assembly are assembled to the housing handle.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing discrete input controls for push-pull guns/torches, spool guns/torches, MIG (GTAW) torches, and/or TIG (GTAW) torches. A welding-type torch configured for applying welds may include an input component configured for setting a welding-type parameter associated with a welding-type device that is used in conjunction with the welding-type torch during welding-type operations, with the input component configured to cause adjusting the welding-type parameter by a preset discrete value in response to each individual action on the input component by a user of the welding-type torch.

Abstract: Disclosed handheld welding devices include: an energy storage device; power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power from the energy storage device to output welding power; a wire feeder configured to deliver welding wire and/or a gas valve configured to control flow of gas from a gas source; a front assembly configured to conduct the welding power to a welding electrode, wherein the front assembly is swappable between two or more of a wire-fed welding process, a stick welding process, or a tungsten electrode welding process; control circuitry configured to control the power conversion circuitry and the at least one of the wire feeder or the gas valve based on the configured one of the two or more welding processes, to selectively provide the welding power and at least one of the welding wire or the gas to the front assembly in response to an input device; and a housing.

Abstract: An example wire brake assembly for a welding torch is provided. An example wire brake assembly for a welding torch includes a housing configured to connect a welding cable to a rotating power connector for a welding torch or a welding torch neck, and a piston assembly arranged within the housing to apply a force to a welding wire. An example piston assembly includes a first end and an air inlet at a second end, a piston, a bore configured to receive the piston, at least one biasing device for biasing the piston, and an actuator arranged at the second end of the piston assembly, wherein the actuator applies a force to the welding wire in order to maintain the welding wire in a predetermined position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to titanium alloy compositions suited for manufacturing components by additive manufacturing, resulting in components that exhibit relatively small prior ?-grain sizes. The titanium alloy compositions comprises: from 2 to 7 wt % Al, from 1.5 to 6 wt % Mo, from 0.25 to 1.5 wt % Bi, unavoidable impurities, and a remaining wt % Ti which makes the total content of constituents in the titanium alloy composition sum up to 100 wt %, wherein the weight percentages are based on the total mass of the titanium alloy composition.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a band flash butt welding machine by which it is possible to weld band faces of band ends of at least one band, in particular a saw band, to each other. The band flash butt welding machine comprises clamping elements for clamping the band ends. Furthermore, the band flash butt welding machine comprises aligning elements for aligning the band ends. The second clamping elements can be moved by a drive relative to the first clamping elements in the direction of a longitudinal axis. Two aligning elements are fixedly connected to one another by a coupling device, in particular a bridge part. The coupling device defines the relative alignment of the aligning elements. The second clamping element can be moved relative to the two aligning elements. This design is advantageous for a changeover of the band flash butt welding machine for band ends having a different geometry.