Abstract: A method of fabricating an inductor includes (a) forming a ferromagnetic core on a semiconductor substrate, the ferromagnetic core lying in a core plane and (b) fabricating an inductor coil that winds around the ferromagnetic core, the inductor coil configured to generate an inductor magnetic field that passes through the ferromagnetic core in a first direction parallel to the core plane. While forming the ferromagnetic core, the method further includes (1) generating a bias magnetic field that passes through the ferromagnetic core in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and (2) inducing a magnetic anisotropy in the ferromagnetic core with the bias magnetic field.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reworking a structure. A compaction blanket comprising a number of magnets is placed on the structure. A heat source is applied on the compaction blanket, wherein the compaction blanket is between the heat source and a rework of the structure and heat is conducted from the heat source through the compaction blanket to heat the rework.

Abstract: A system and method of counterbalancing an aerodynamic thrust force generated by the impellers of a centrifugal compressor is disclosed. A rotor assembly includes a rotatable shaft disposed within a housing, and having a plurality of impellers axially-spaced from each other and coupled to the rotatable shaft for rotation therewith. Adjacent impellers along the rotatable shaft are each separated from each other with a stationary wall having one or more magnets coupled thereto. The magnets are disposed axially-adjacent a hub-side of each impeller such that the one or more magnets magnetically-attract each impeller toward the adjacent stationary wall, thereby reducing a net impeller thrust of the rotor assembly.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for loading a plurality of powder materials into a magnetic compaction tool. The system and method employ a powder loader which guides the plurality of powder materials into predetermined locations in the magnetic compaction tool so that when the tool is electromagnetically energized, the plurality of powder materials are compacted to form a part having a plurality of densified metals formed by the plurality of powder materials.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for crushing and sorting cans to collect waste cans in an optimal weight-to-volume ratio are provided. The method includes determining whether or not an object is supplied to a can crushing device and whether or the supplied object is a can by a proximity sensor installed at a can supply unit, and when it is determined that the supplied object is a can, opening an opening/closing plate installed at the can supply unit, thereby supplying the can into a crushing/sorting/discharging unit, and crushing/sorting/discharging for crushing the supplied can by a crushing plate installed in the crushing/sorting/discharging unit, sorting the crushed can using an electromagnetic force applied to the crushing plate by electromagnets mounted on the crushing plate, in accordance with the material of the can, and then discharging the sorted can.

Abstract: Wood is bent using a unit and a method in which a continuous and uninterrupted curved path is defined over a workpiece-supporting surface and form and clamp blocks are electromagnetically attached to the workpiece-supporting surface adjacent to the path. The form and clamp blocks engage a wood workpiece to force that workpiece into a shape that matches the path defined over the workpiece-supporting surface.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for loading a plurality of powder materials into a magnetic compaction tool. The system and method employ a powder loader which guides the plurality of powder materials into predetermined locations in the magnetic compaction tool so that when the tool is electromagnetically energized, the plurality of powder materials are compacted to form a part having a plurality of densified metals formed by the plurality of powder materials.

Abstract: Catering in a transport vehicle like an aircraft involves collecting mixed waste including solids (e.g. left-over food portions, food wastes, napkins, disposable cutlery) and liquids (e.g. beverage rests), without separation. These wastes are disposed of into an apparatus including a receiving container with a filter and separating element at the bottom, a waste shaft leading into the container, a press arrangement with flap doors, pressure pistons which press the press arrangement and flap doors onto the waste in the container to compact the waste, and a drain and coupling system at the bottom of the container. As the waste is compacted, liquids drain down through the filter, oils and fats are removed by the separating element, and non-oily liquids are removed through the coupling system to the vacuum disposal system or the gray water drain line of the vehicle. A control unit controls the overall operation.

Abstract: A magnetic calender comprises a pair of rotatable parallel rolls (1, 2) and an electromagnet provided with two pole pieces (6, 7) extending parallel to the rolls (1, 2) and joined to a common base (5) through a plurality of magnetic cores (8) having an arrangement which is specularly symmetrical with respect to both the transverse mid-plane and the longitudinal mid-plane of the calender. A coil (9) and a control solenoid (10) located adjacent to the relevant pole piece (6, 7) are wound around each of the cores (8), and the intensity of the current circulating in the coil (9) is controlled by an adjusting unit (11) which is in turn controlled by a control unit (12) which receives and processes the magnetic flux reading carried out by the control solenoid (10).

Abstract: A pressing machine, particularly a fast operating pressing machine equipped with a pressing head forced into longitudinal jigging motion in a working range over a bench (46) by an eccenter disk (8), having an eccentric shaft, through a crank arm (9). The pressing head (12) has a lower pressing block (13) removable from the work range above the bench (46) and an upper pressing block (14) arranged slideably in relation to the lower and forced into jigging motion by the crank arm (9) and there is a connecting element (15) joining the lower pressing block (13) to the upper pressing block (14). The connection between the upper and lower pressing block (14, 13) can be broken, thereby motion of the lower pressing block (13) can be stopped while the eccentric disk (8), its shaft and any flywheel or similar inertial mass connected with the upper pressing block (14) continues to rotate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for obtaining a desired nip pressure distribution profile in the cross direction of a paper web. The paper web passes through a nip, the latter defined by at least one elastomer covered roll, the covered roll having polarizable particles or magnetic particles embedded therein. A plurality of spaced plates or spaced coils each generate a local field (respectively electric or magnetic) which acts upon individual spaced zones or regions along the covered roll. The field may thus be an electric field or a magnetic filed. The affect of the field is to change the effective modulus of the elastomer by acting on the particles. In turn, this action varies the nip pressure pulse as to exert a desired pressure at each of a plurality of spaced zones or regions on the paper web, to thus create or process a more uniform product in the nip. The method and apparatus can be used, for example, to improve web moisture profiles in the press section of paper machines.

Abstract: A tie-bar less clamping apparatus is intended for use in combination with an injection molding machine. A stationary platen (24) is fixed to a first support section (20B) of a support frame (20), and linear motors (30) are incorporated into the second support section (20C) of the support frame (20). One end of an armature (34) included in each linear motor (30) and having the shape of a rod is connected to a movable platen (28).

Abstract: A double-belt system for processing viscous melts includes a driven upper belt having a lower working run, and a driven lower belt having an upper working run spaced beneath the lower working run to form a gap therewith for receiving a viscous melt. A gap-adjusting mechanism includes upper rollers engaging an upper surface of the lower working run, and lower rollers engaging a lower surface of the upper working run. A distance between the upper rollers and lower rollers is adjustable to vary a size of the gap. A compensation mechanism is disposed over the lower working run to apply an upward force thereto for pulling the lower working run against the upper rollers, thereby resisting sagging of the lower working run. At least one delivery mechanism applies a temperature-controlled liquid across an entire width of the lower working run for controlling a temperature thereof. The liquid is extracted by an extraction mechanism disposed downstream of the delivery mechanism.

Abstract: The invention provides a press for bread products which includes two horizontally opposed, inclined press blocks which contain electromagnets with a trapezoidal pendulum block is pivotally mounted between the press blocks. The pendulum includes two large permanent magnets. The polarity of the electromagnets is switched in a manner to force the pendulum to swing from contact with one press block to the other. A dough ball distribution system is also provided which distributes dough balls to interstitial positions between the pendulum and the press blocks, so that when the polarity of the electromagnets is switched, the pendulum press block presses the dough ball into a tortilla. A heating system is provided to heat the press blocks and pendulum block to partially cook the tortilla and aid in removing the pressed blocks after it is pressed.

Abstract: A roller arrangement has a magnetic circuit that includes two rollers. The magnetic circuit consists of a cylindrical magnetic core, several poles axially distributed on the magnetic core, a cylindrical exciter and control windings arranged between these poles, a magnetic shell that encloses the whole circumference of one roller and is made of two parts separated by a ring-shaped secondary air gap, and a continuous magnetic shell in the axial direction arranged at the outer circumference of the other roller. When used to process webs of material in the textile, paper, plastic and metallurgical industries, this electromagnetic roller arrangement achieves high quality standards with a high productivity.

Abstract: The improved upper magnetic plate for anchoring molds, is constituted by a body made of steel with high magnetic permeability in which recessed seats are provided for accommodating coils adapted to generate an attracting magnetic field, the improvement consisting in that the coils are constituted by turns of wire made of a material such as a fluorocarbon resin perfluor alkoxy (PFA) and wrapped by a peripheral containment lapping made of an adhesive tape which has a vitreous base; the coils are arranged in the corresponding recessed seats and are locked therein by a thermosetting silicone containing filling material which is initially inserted in the plastic and malleable state; the seats can be closed in an upward region with plates made of diamagnetic material.

Abstract: A rolling apparatus utilizing magnetic forces established between two main rollers so that a workpiece undergoes a uniform and predetermined pressure throughout the rolling process. At least one of the main rollers has a ply unit preferably made from insulated and laminated silicon steel sheets within it to substantially eliminate undesirable heating and counter-rotational effects resulting from eddy currents generated by the magnetic flux passing through the rollers. Passageways are provided for a fluid medium in the apparatus to forcibly move the heat by circulating the fluid medium.

Abstract: A mechanism for regulating the external surface of an elastically deformable metal shell includes a temperature control for controlling roll sections and thus pressure controlling for controlling bending of a roller. The assembly provides a press roller with one or more pressing members for regulating nip pressure of a press roller against a counter roller. The assembly also provides a suction box with a mechanism for pressing it against a counter roller and a mechanism for pressing the counter roller against the box. The pressing mechanism are pressurized by use of a silicone elastomer compound which is in turn preferably pressurized by heating.

Abstract: An improvement to an electro-magnetically actuated piston has a first magnetic core and a second magnetic core. There is an electro-magnet coil for magnetically coupling the first and the second magnetic cores. The coil moves the first and second magnetic cores relatively, one to another. In the improvement itself the first and the second magnetic cores each comprise non-conductive core material or an array of a multiplicity of lamination plates. The non-conductive core material or each of the lamination plates are configured to receive a portion of the electro-magnet coil. The nonconductive core material or array of lamination plates encloses the coil and contains the magnetic field produced by the coil when the coil is energized. When the non-conductive core material or lamination plates of the first and second magnetic cores are in juxtaposition, the result is to generally isolate any magnetic materials adjacent the lamination plates from the magnetic flux produced when the coil is energized.

Abstract: A mold clamping device in an injection molding machine comprising a stationary electromagnetic plate and a movable electromagnetic plate provided at the side of the stationary electromagnetic plate away from the movable platen so as to be capable of being moved toward and away from the stationary electromagnetic plate. Both electromagnetic plates are each provided with an electromagnetic coil for generating a magnetic attracting force. The device further comprises a movable platen driving mechanism which is composed of a combination of a feed screw shaft and a nut member and is connected to the movable platen. An operation for closing the molds is performed by the driving mechanism. Subsequently, a mold clamping operation of both molds is performed by a magnetic attracting force from the electromagnetic coil.

Abstract: An electromagnetically-driven punch press has an electromagnetic drive thrust motor comprising a fan-cooled solenoid winding and movable armature mounted in elevated location for isolating the magnetic circuit from the tooling to avoid tool magnetization and isolating winding heat from tooling for stabilizing tool dimensions. Stroke length, "open" height and "shut" height are conveniently adjustable; and tool performance is optimized by adjusting armature-thrust versus travel. Four-way access to tooling enables convenient material feeding and handling, including multi-direction or multi-layer feed. Scrap pieces are freely downwardly ejected. Multiple electromagnetic drives are mountable side-by-side at the same elevation, or they are stackable at multiple levels for increased power or for tailoring force-versus-distance relative to materials being worked. Materials-handling and/or tool-handling robots or pneumatic actuators can be installed on an elevated platform.

Abstract: An apparatus for magnetizing a permanent magnet which includes a frame including first and second relatively movable members arranged to form a core frame which supports first and second conic co-axial poles enclosed by the movable frame members for creating a magnetic flux circuit with an adjustable air gap for enclosing a product to be magnetized. The apparatus is energized by coils wound about the poles and enclosing the air gap. The poles include a bore co-axially aligned with the co-axial axis of the poles and a press ram dimensioned to move within the bore.

Abstract: A device for separating and closing a split mold that comprises a base, a stationary platen, and a movable platen extending upward from the base and oriented to oppose each other, electromagnets, a hydraulic cylinder, and a control panel. The movable platen is capable of movement toward and away from the stationary platen by the hydraulic cylinder. The stationary platen has the electromagnets mounted thereon and the movable platen has the electromagnets mounted thereon. In the use of the device, the mold is positioned upon the base such that the first half is positioned against the stationary platen. The movable platen is moved against the second half and the electromagnets are activated. The movable platen is then moved away from the stationary platen, and the mold halves are held against their respective platens by the attractive forces of the electromagnets. Mold halves are thus separated by the movement of the platen away from the stationary platen in activation of the electromagnets.

Abstract: An extended nip press for papermaking machine extracts water from a web of paper on a forming felt passing over a backing roll employing electromagnetic repulsion forces. In one embodiment, a belt is formed with permanent magnets which have thickness oriented poles and a like pole is provided external to the belt surface in non-contacting relation to provide a repulsion force to the belt which is transmitted by the belt to the felt and the paper. In another embodiment, the belt is formed of current-carrying nonferrous material and a repulsion force is formed by inducing current to flow in the belt by causing current to flow in an adjacent coil in non-contacting relation to the belt. In either embodiment, air pressure housing may be positioned over the electromagnet or conductor, to cool the electromagnet and to apply an air pressure force against the belt in the same direction as that of the induced or repulsion force.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for processing work pieces, such as semiconductor lead frames, wherein the apparatus includes a power device such as a solenoid assembly, for driving an upper die into processing relationship to a work piece on a lower die with the stroke of the power device being relatively short, such as in the range of 0 to 0.375 inch. This is achieved by providing a second power device, such as a piston and cylinder assembly, in which the piston rod of the assembly raises the upper die high enough to allow clearance between the dies for the passage of the work piece between the dies, then the second power device is allowed to lower relatively slowly until the upper die is substantially in proximity to the work piece.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photo-pressure sensitive recording sheet developing apparatus in which vibratory pressure generated by an ultrasonic wave generating means is applied to a photo/pressure sensitive recording sheet using microcapsules carrying a latent image formed through exposure to thereby develop the photo/pressure sensitive recording sheet by the vibratory pressure. Preferably, the ultrasonic wave generating means is formed as a single resonance system and has parallel surfaces opposite to each other, each of the opposite surfaces having a vibration mode so that the opposite surfaces are displaced in the directions opposite to each other and substantially along a vertical axis of the opposite surfaces.

Abstract: Apparatus for mounting a pair of die members so that one die member can move toward and away from the other die member. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced die shoes for mounting respective die members and an electromagnetic unit for moving one of the die shoes toward the other die shoe. The electromagnetic unit includes a coil mounted on one of the die shoes and an armature mounted on the other die shoe, the electromagnet and the armature being between the die shoes. The armature is aligned with and partially extends into a recess in the central portion of the coil so that, when current flows through the coil, the armature is attracted to the coil and moves the other die shoe toward the one die shoe. A bias structure biases the other die shoe away from the one die shoe. Such bias structure can take the form of an air cylinder or a spring.

Abstract: Extended nip presses for papermaking machines and the like are provided with electromagnets immediately adjacent the press nip to create or augment the nip pressures or loads. The electromagnets have massive, wide large areas, establishing a concentrated magnetic field between conforming opposite sides of the entire nip area eliminating gaps heretofore encountered in magnetic presses. Non-magnetic belts convey wet webs through the nips of dewatering presses and dry web calendering presses can have the webs directly engage a calender roll conveying the web through the nip.

Abstract: A press is provided for compacting small scale objects such as beverage cans. The press includes a hollow, cylindrical housing having a floor and sidewalls extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom to define a housing cavity, a compacting arrangement slidable within the cavity, the compacting arrangement being arranged to travel within the cavity in close proximity to the sidewalls of the housing, and an arrangement for drawing the compacting means downwards toward the floor of the housing. The drawing arrangment may include an arrangement for producing negative pressure within the housing cavity or an electromagnet and is capable of drawing the compacting arrangement toward the floor of the housing with sufficient force to substantially crush an object positioned between the compacting arrangement and the floor of the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for the inductive heating of a roll used in the manufacture of paper by means of eddy currents, such as the inductive heating of a calender roll. In the apparatus, pole shoe devices provided with electromagnetic coils are used, by means of which the eddy-current heating is applied only to the surface layer of the roll, the surface layer being constituted of ferromagnetic material, solely from outside the roll. The apparatus comprises several iron cores placed side by side and provided with magnetizing coils. Into each coil, a magnetizing current is passed, the magnetizing current being of adjustable intensity and/or frequency to control the temperature profile of the roll in the axial direction thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for forming radial orientation rare earth-transition metal magnets in continuous arc rings by hot isostatic pressing. A method includes the steps of compacting rare earth-transition metal powders having a particle size up to 40 microns into radially oriented rings in a mold provided with a radially aligning field, stacking a plurality of compacted radially oriented rings within an annular cavity within a sealed, evacuated canister to form a cylinder of a predetermined height, subjecting the canister to temperatures in the range of 900.degree. to 1150.degree. C. under a gas pressure of 15 kpsi to densify the compacts, and cooling the canister and the compacts to room temperature.

Abstract: Described is a foulard machine with the minimum possible application of liquor. For this purpose, a wiper is held against the circumference of an enlacing roller by means of forces of magnetic repulsion. The wiper has a plurality of recesses or indents next to one another which act to convey the liquor. Any out-of-rounds of the enlacing roller are compensated for by the forces of magnetic repulsion so that the wiper abuts against the circumference of the roller uniformly over its entire length.

Abstract: A method of joining two sheets of a non-magnetic material e.g. a plastics material, together along a join line comprises the steps of locating the sheets in a zone between a magnet and a body which is attracted by the magnet to bring the sheets together, causing the sheets to be moved through the zone either by moving the sheets or by moving the magnet and body, and joining the sheets together e.g. by heat or ultrasonic welding, in the zone or immediately after the sheets have passed through the zone. Apparatus for use in this method is also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention provides a method and an apparatus for use in controlling a nip through which material is passed. The apparatus comprises at least one means for generating a magnetic field and means for locating the magnetic field generating means at a selected position along the length of one of the pressing elements, adjacent to the element, to thereby affect only a portion of the length of the element, thus controlling only that portion of the length of the nip which is generally aligned with the affected portion of the pressing element.

Abstract: A calender roll has a hollow cylinder which surrounds or is surrounded by a stationary support. That surface of the support which faces the cylinder has circumferential and axially parallel grooves for the coils of electromagnets which are energizable independently of each other or simultaneously and serve to prevent flexing and/or other deformation of the cylinder when the latter rotates and contacts a running web of paper, textile material or metallic or plastic foil. Those sections of the aforementioned surface of the stationary support which are surrounded by the coils constitute portions of circumferentially extending arcuate or annular pole faces and the polarity of each circumferentially extending pole face is constant. However, the polarities of neighboring pole faces the different, i.e., pole faces which constitute south and north poles alternate with each other, as considered in the axial direction of the calender roll.