Abstract: A composition comprising the following components: A) an ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene interpolymer with MV (1+4, 125° C.)?50; B) an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer with MV (1+4, 125° C.)<70; C) MgO; D) at least one carbon black filler; E) at least one hindered amine antioxidant; F) at least one peroxide.

Abstract: A holding portion having a diameter larger than that of a cavity is formed in communication with the cavity, in an area of a two-part type mold, the area including a portion corresponding to an annular groove. Subsequently, an insert member formed in a cylindrical shape and provided with, on an outer circumferential surface, the annular groove having no step in a groove surface is fitted to the holding portion, and then the mold is closed. On an inner circumferential surface of the insert member, a surface treatment layer having a surface roughness rougher than those of other portions of the insert member is formed. Molten resin is injected into the cavity; thereafter, an assist material is injected into the cavity to mold the resin into a desired pipe body. Then, the insert member and the pipe body are integrated along with curing of the resin.

Abstract: A method for producing a steel material for line pipes which has a tensile strength of 570 MPa or more, a compressive strength of 440 MPa or more, and a thickness of 30 mm or more, the method including heating a steel having a specific composition to a temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C.; performing hot rolling such that a cumulative rolling reduction ratio in a non-recrystallization temperature range is 60% or more, a cumulative rolling reduction ratio in a temperature range of (a rolling finish temperature +20° C.) or less is 50% or more, and a rolling finish temperature is the Ar3 transformation point or more and 790° C. or less; and subsequently performing accelerated cooling from a cooling start temperature of the Ar3 transformation point or more, at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or more, until the temperature of a surface of a steel plate reaches 300° C. to 500° C.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a novel coupled 6-amino uracil derivative, and the use of the coupled 6-amino uracil derivative as a stabilizer in halogen containing polymer compounds. In particular, the disclosed technology relates to the use of a coupled 6-amino uracil derivative as a stabilizer in vinyl chloride compounds, such as, for example, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) compounds.

Abstract: A split-tip catheter for placement within the vasculature of a patient and for use in hemodialysis or other suitable procedures, and methods of use. The split-tip catheter can include a catheter body defining a first lumen and a second lumen, and a split distal region extending from a distal end of the catheter body. The split distal region can include an arterial segment defined by an outer wall enclosing an arterial segment lumen, the arterial segment lumen in fluid communication with the catheter body first lumen, and a venous segment defined by an outer wall enclosing a venous segment lumen, the venous segment lumen in fluid communication with the catheter body second lumen, the venous segment outer wall extending from the catheter body distal end to a distal nose portion. The distal nose portion can taper from a first outer perimeter to a second smaller outer perimeter.

Abstract: A pre-cleaner for an internal combustion engine is arranged in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine at an upstream side of a filter of an air cleaner. The pre-cleaner includes a casing that includes a cylindrical side wall and swirl generation vanes that swirl intake air about an axis of the casing. The side wall has a portion located next to an upstream side of the swirl generation vanes that is formed from an air-permeable fibrous molded body.

Abstract: A catheter for vascular insertion, including a catheter body defining a first lumen and a second lumen, and including a distal region. The distal region may include a first distal opening in fluid communication with the first lumen, and a second distal opening in fluid communication with the second lumen. The distal region may also include a first lateral opening defined by the catheter body and in fluid communication with the first lumen, and a second lateral opening defined by the catheter body and in fluid communication with the second lumen. One or both of the first and second lateral openings may be defined by an angle cross-cut through an outer perimeter of the catheter body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tube body that is to be used in a high-temperature atmosphere and a method for stably forming a metal oxide layer on an inner surface of the tube body at a high area percentage wherein the tube body is constituted by a heat-resistant alloy containing Cr in an amount of 15 mass % or more and Ni in an amount of 18 mass % or more, so that the inner surface has an arithmetic average roughness (Sa) of three-dimensional surface roughness that satisfies 1.5 ?m?Sa?5.0 ?m and a skewness (Ssk) of a surface height distribution that satisfies |Ssk|?0.30, wherein the heat-resistant alloy may contain Al in an amount of 2.0 mass % or more and the inner surface may have a kurtosis (Sku) of a surface height distribution of the three-dimensional surface roughness that satisfies Sku?2.5.

Abstract: A metal pipe including a curved portion produced by bending in which a plurality of non-bending surfaces and a plurality of bent portions at which the non-bending surfaces are connected in a bending manner are provided on a circumferential surface on an inside of a center of a curvature side of the curved portion is provided.

Abstract: A duct intersection comprising a first duct portion and a second duct portion extending laterally from a side of the first duct portion. At least one flow modifier is mounted inside one of the first and second duct portions. The flow modifier is a contoured duct liner and/or the flow modifier includes at least one turning vane. The duct intersection may also include a transition portion extending between the first and second duct portions, wherein the transition portion has a length extending along a side of the first duct portion and a depth extending away from the side of the first duct portion, wherein the length is greater than a diameter of the second duct portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a hollow 26 of a ferritic FeCrAl alloy into a tube 2. While tubes made of powder metallurgical, dispersion hardened, ferritic FeCrAl alloys are commercially available, hollows made of FeCrAl alloys so far can hardly be formed into tubes of small dimensions. The major reason for the problems in forming hollows of a ferritic FeCrAI alloy into a finished product is that FeCrAl alloys are brittle. It is therefore an aspect of the present invention to provide a tube 2 made of a ferritic FeCrAl alloy having arbitrary small dimensions. Furthermore, it is an aspect of the present invention to provide a machine 1 and a method for forming a tubular hollow 26 into a finished tube 2 of a ferritic FeCrAl alloy. At least one of the above aspects is addressed by a method for forming a hollow into a tube 2 comprising the steps providing the hollow 26 of a ferritic FeCrAl alloy, heating the hollow 26 to a temperature in a range from 90° C. to 150° C.

Abstract: A multilayer filter screen and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The multilayer filter screen includes a conductive powder layer and a plastic powder layer. The conductive powder layer and the plastic powder layer are stacked up through a solidifying process. Therefore, the mechanical structural strength and the anti-static electricity function of the multilayer filter screen are improved.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for making a duct assembly including an internal component part such as a silencer is disclosed. The duct assembly may be made in a blow-molding operation in which first and second duct parts are formed from a single parison as a combined part that is then split apart to receive a component part in a housing and subsequently closed by a closure part. Alternatively, the first and second housing parts may be separately formed and a component part may be inserted into a housing defined by one or both of the first and second duct parts. The first and second duct parts may be joined and sealed by injection molding a ring over telescopically assembled ends of the first and second parts.

Abstract: A glassforming blank mold having an internal surface and an engraving in the internal surface, wherein the engraving, in cross section, includes a radially outward surface having a circumferential width, and sidewalls connecting the radially outward surface to the internal surface of the blank mold, and including fillets between the radially outward surface and the sidewalk, and rounds between the sidewalls and the internal surface of the blank mold, such that the sidewalls are not straight but, instead, are continuously curving. A method of making a glass container using the mold is also disclosed, as is the glass container itself.

Abstract: A tailored blank for hot stamping includes a welded portion formed by butt-welding a first aluminum-plated steel sheet and a second aluminum-plated steel sheet, an Average Al concentration of a weld metal in the welded portion is in a range of 0.3 mass % to 1.5 mass %, an Ac3 point of the weld metal is 1250° C. or lower, and furthermore, an aluminum layer formed during the butt-welding is present on a surface of the welded portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a highly corrosion-resistant, high strength, Al-containing weathering steel plate, wherein the chemical composition comprises in weight percentages (wt %) of: C: 0.02-0.07%, Si: 0.2-1.0%, Mn: 0.2-2.2%, P?0.01%, S?0.006%, Cu: 0.2-0.5%, Cr: 0.5-3.5%, Ni: 0.2-1.2%, Al: 0.4-4.0%, N?0.005%; selectively added one or more of Nb: 0.01-0.06%, Ti: 0.01-0.10%, V: 0.02-0.10%; the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein Al/Cr is 0.5-8.0. The steel plate has a yield strength of 350-500 MPa, an elongation of 20% or more, a relative corrosion rate of 27% or less and a good impact toughness and a low yield ratio. The present application also provides a method for manufacturing the weathering steel plate.

Abstract: Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners that, when used as raw material for manufacturing a composite pressure vessel liner, yields a liner having sufficient strength and a high fatigue limit and enables the manufacture of an inexpensive composite pressure vessel is provided. Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 5.0%, P: 0.0005% to 0.060%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.010%, and Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and a metallic microstructure in which a mean grain size of prior austenite grains is 20 ?m or less, and a total area ratio of martensite and lower bainite is 90% or more.

Abstract: Pipeline segments can contain cables, such as communication cables (e.g., fiber optic cables) within insulation material surrounding the pipeline segments. Cables can be embedded within the insulation material, run through conduits embedded within the insulation material, placed in channels formed in the insulation material, or otherwise. Channels containing one or more cables can be filled with supplemental insulation material, thus securing the cables within the channels. Pipelines created as disclosed herein can enable data transfer between distant points without the need to lay fiber optic cable in addition to the pipeline. Further, fiber optic cable embedded thusly can be used to sense conditions in the pipeline, such as leaks, seismic activity, strain, and temperature information.

Abstract: A high-strength, high-toughness steel plate having excellent surface properties and a high absorbed energy includes, by mass %, C: 0.03% to 0.08%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 1.5% to 2.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.010%, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, and N: 0.001% to 0.006%, and further includes at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% to 1.00%, Ni: 0.01% to 1.00%, Cr: 0.01% to 1.00%, Mo: 0.01% to 1.00%, V: 0.01% to 0.10%, and B: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. In a surface portion and a central portion in the thickness direction, the area fraction of Martensite-Austenite constituent is less than 3% and the area fraction of bainite is 90% or more, and in the central portion in the thickness direction, the average particle size of cementite in bainite is 0.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a high-strength seamless steel pipe having the composition which contains, by mass %, 0.20 to 0.50% C, 0.05 to 0.40% Si, 0.3 to 0.9% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, 0.005 to 0.1% Al, 0.008% or less N, more than 0.6% and 1.7% or less Cr, more than 1.0% and 3.0% or less Mo, 0.01 to 0.30% V, 0.001% or more and less than 0.01% Nb, 0.0003 to 0.0030% B, and 0.0030% or less O (oxygen). The high-strength seamless steel pipe has the microstructure where a volume fraction of a tempered martensitic phase is 95% or more, and prior austenitic grains have a grain size number of 8.5 or more, and a segregation degree index Ps which is defined by a formula Ps=8.1 (XSi+XMn+XMo)+1.2XP is set to less than 65.

Abstract: A high strength/highstrength, high toughness steel sheet having tensile strength, Charpy impact absorption energy, and ductile fracture rate are equal to or greater than specified values comprises, in mass %, 0.03-0.08% of C, 0.01-0.50% of Si, 1.5-2.5% of Mn, 0.001-0.010% of P, 0.0030% or less of S, 0.01-0.08% of Al, 0.010-0.080% of Nb, 0.005-0.025% of Ti, 0.001-0.006% of N, at least one substance selected from among 0.01-1.00% of Cu, 0.01-1.00% of Ni, 0.01-1.00% of Cr, 0.01-1.00% of Mo, 0.01-0.10% of V, and 0.0005-0.0030% of B, and a remainder of Fe and unavoidable impurities. At a position at ½ the sheet thickness, the area ratio of island-like martensite is less than 3%, the area ratio of bainite is 90% or more, and the average particle size of cementite within the bainite is 0.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a heat transfer tube for a steam generator comprises a step of providing a tube and then applying cold drawing to the tube by using a high-pressure lubricating oil of 40 MPa or more in pressure. After the step of applying cold drawing to the tube, a step of applying a solid solution heat treatment to the tube is conducted. After the step of applying a solid solution heat treatment to the tube, a step of straightening the tube by using a roll straightening machine is conducted. An offset amount of 5 mm or less is formed for at least successive three pairs of upper and lower straightening rolls of the roll straightening machine.

Abstract: Curvilinear ducts manufactured by depositing one or more runs of material in a conjoined helix, a conjoined plurality of conjoined planar spirals, and a plurality of conjoined conical spirals.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to coiled steel tubes and methods of manufacturing coiled steel tubes. In some embodiments, the final microstructures of the coiled steel tubes across all base metal regions, weld joints, and heat affected zones can be homogeneous. Further, the final microstructure of the coiled steel tube can be a mixture of tempered martensite and bainite.

Abstract: A passive multiphase separator is configured to separate gas from a two-phase fluid in a wellbore. The passive multiphase separator includes an intake tube that has an intake end, a discharge end and an interior section between the intake end and the discharge end. The interior section includes a rifled interior surface that induces rotation in fluids passing through the interior section. The passive multiphase separator further includes a head assembly connected to the discharge end of the intake tube. The head assembly includes a crossover tube extending into the interior section, one or more gas vents extending from an interior of the crossover tube to an exterior of the head assembly and a liquid discharge. The passive multiphase separator can be deployed in a variety of hydrocarbon recovery systems.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a connection pipe and a method of manufacturing the connection pipe for an evaporator of a refrigeration device. In the connection pipe and method, high-frequency welding is performed while a first pipe is at one side of a tube and a second pipe is at another side of the tube are welded, and a first curvature portion is in the first pipe and a second curvature portion is in the second pipe. Even though the connection pipe according to embodiments of the present invention is forced or pressed to connect a suction pipe to the second pipe, the connection pipe may not be deformed or damaged due to a structural characteristic during installation of the evaporator in the refrigeration device.

Abstract: Titanium-free alloy which has great resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion and a high yield point in the strain-hardened state and includes (in wt %) a maximum of 0.02% C, a maximum of 0.01% S, a maximum of 0.03% N, 20.0-23.0% Cr, 39.0-44.0% Ni, 0.4-<1.0% Mn, 0.1-<0.5% Si, >4.0-<7.0% Mo, a maximum of 0.15% Nb, >1.5-<2.5% Cu, 0.05-<0.3% Al, a maximum of 0.5% Co, 0.001-<0.005% B, 0.005-<0.015% Mg, the remainder consisting of Fe and smelting-related impurities.

Abstract: A cross-linked rubber obtained by cross-linking a nitrile rubber composition, wherein the nitrile rubber composition contains a carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber (a) with an iodine value of 120 or less and a diurethane compound (b) represented by a following general formula (1), a content of the diurethane compound (b) in the nitrile rubber composition is 5 to 15 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber (a), and a tensile strength of the cross-linked rubber based on JIS K6251 is 15 MPa or more and an elongation at break of the cross-linked rubber based on JIS K6251 is 300% or more, is provided.

Abstract: In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a system. The system includes a pneumatic surgical instrument and a surgical console operable to provide compressed gas to the pneumatic surgical instrument. Additionally, the system includes a pneumatic drive line coupling the pneumatic surgical instrument to the surgical console. The pneumatic drive line has an internal bore configured to deliver the compressed gas to the pneumatic surgical instrument. The internal bore has a non-uniform cross-section along a length of the pneumatic drive line.

Abstract: This detection terminal includes a fastening element intended to be fastened in or on a support, an electrical connection component for the connection of the propagation component arranged to propagate an electrical signal along an optically invisible network, and a protection element having at least one electrically conductive portion. The protection element is movable relative to the fastening element between a first position wherein the protection element covers at least partially the electrical connection component and the electrically conductive component is in electrical contact with the electrical conductive portion and is electrically connected to the grounding component through the electrically conductive portion. In a second position, the electrically conductive component is electrically insulated from the electrical connection conductive portion and from the grounding component.

Abstract: In a method for making a wrought nickel-chromium-molybdenum alloy having homogeneous, two-phase microstructures the alloy in ingot form is subjected to a homogenization treatment at a temperature between 2025° F. and 2100° F., and then hot worked at start temperature between 2025° F. and 2100° F. The alloy preferably contains 18.47 to 20.78 wt. % chromium, 19.24 to 20.87 wt. % molybdenum, 0.08 to 0.62 wt. % aluminum, less than 0.76 wt. % manganese, less than 2.10 wt. % iron, less than 0.56 wt. % copper, less than 0.14 wt. % silicon, up to 0.17 wt. % titanium, less than 0.013 wt. % carbon, and the balance nickel.

Abstract: A tool packaged for retail sale has a tool handle including a handle outer surface and an internal storage channel within the handle and having a channel opening facilitating selective access to the storage channel. A removable handle cap with a cap-exterior surface is installed over the channel opening in order to close off the storage channel. The handle cap is retained in place by a cap-restraining strip fabricated from a tear-resistant material. More specifically, a central portion of the cap-restraining strip is disposed over at least a portion of the cap-exterior surface, while portions of the cap-restraining strip on opposite sides of the central portion are disposed to extend along mutually opposite sides of the handle outer surface. A wrapper securely binds the portions of the cap-restraining strip located on opposite sides of the handle outer surface, thereby preventing removal of the handle cap without destruction of the wrapper.

Abstract: In a hose having a bent portion, a poor appearance part is prevented from being created in an inner round portion of the bent portion. A bent pipe has a bent portion located in an intermediate part in a longitudinal direction in which a cross section in a radial direction of a round of the bent portion is formed in a flat shape, and non-bent portions being continuous with the bent portion. The flat shape of the bent portion is a vertically long flat shape. With this configuration, when an unvulcanized hose is put on a mandrel and vulcanized, an inner round portion of the unvulcanized hose comes into tight contact with a bent portion of the mandrel and is not separated from the bent portion, so that the poor appearance part is hardly created in an inner round portion of the bent portion.

Abstract: Electric resistance welded steel pipes or steel tubes with a tensile property TS of not less than 434 MPa which have electric resistance welded parts exhibiting both excellent HIC resistance and excellent low-temperature toughness, and methods for manufacturing such steel pipes or steel tubes.

Abstract: A polyolefin composite composition is used in an automotive air duct. The polyolefin composite composition is useful as an automotive air duct component material due to excellent mechanical property, heat resistance, and foaming property as a composition in which a polyethylene resin and a long chain branched polypropylene resin having low crystallization of 45% or less are included as a base resin.

Abstract: A system for controlling temperature of intravenous fluids includes a thermal treatment device and a temperature sensing device to measure a temperature of the fluid flowing through the sensor. The temperature sensing device may simultaneously collect two temperature measurements. For example, the sensing device may include sensors that measure the temperature of the fluid at two disparate locations along the medical fluid line. Additionally, the sensors may measure the temperature of the fluid within the medical fluid line, as well as the ambient temperature outside of the line. The thermal treatment device includes a conduit configured to have a nonlinear flow path through the device. The thermal treatment device thermally treats fluid within the conduit to a desired temperature or range.

Abstract: A bracket includes a cylindrical portion and a plate-shaped portion that are integrally formed. The cylindrical portion is provided at one end side of a blank along one direction and is provided with a slit extending over an entire length of the cylindrical portion in the one direction as a result of forming a portion at the one end side of the blank along the one direction into a cylindrical shape extending in the one direction. The plate-shaped portion is provided at the other end side of the blank along the one direction. The cylindrical portion of the bracket is inserted in the cylindrical body member formed of an aluminum alloy material, and the body member and the cylindrical portion are clinched by electromagnetic tube compression.

Abstract: A sealed housing of an electric heating device to be installed in a motor vehicle includes a housing lower part and a housing cover abutting on the housing lower part via an intermediate sealing element. An elongate positive locking element, which interconnects the housing lower part and the housing cover in a form fit manner, is provided between opposed contact surfaces of the housing lower part and a housing cover. The positive locking element abuts on the contact surfaces under a pretensioning force caused by compression of the sealing element. A method of producing a sealed housing also is disclosed via which the contact surfaces move into contact with the elongate positive locking element under a pretensioning force of the sealing element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a propylene-1-hexene copolymer having: i) a content of 1-hexene derived units ranging from 0.6 wt % to 3.0 wt %; ii) a melt flow rate (MFR) measured according to the method ISO 1133 (230° C., 5 kg) ranging from 0.5 g/10 min to 5.0 g/10 min; iii) a polydispersity (PI) ranges from 4.5 to 10 and the distribution of molecular weight is of multimodal type; iv) a melting point ranging from 160° C. to 145° C.; and v) a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve (temperature/heat of fusion) that shows at least two peaks.

Abstract: A member with flow passage includes: a base member; a plate-like member including two flat plate portions that are positioned at both widthwise ends and have main surfaces passing over one and the same plane, and a convex portion that is provided between the two flat plate portions and has a cross section shaped in a thickness direction so as to protrude with respect to the flat plate portions, and forming the flow passage; and a metal deposit layer that is formed by, while main surfaces of the flat plate portions opposite to a top of the convex portion are facing the base member, accelerating powder of metal or alloy together with a gas, and spraying and depositing the powder in a solid-phase state on a surface of the plate-like member at the top side of the convex portion and a surface of the base member.

Abstract: A nickel-chromium-molybdenum-copper alloy resistant to 70% sulfuric acid at 93° C. and 50% sodium hydroxide at 121° C. for acid and alkali neutralization in the field of waste management; the alloy contains, in weight percent, 27 to 33 chromium, 4.9 to 7.8 molybdenum, greater than 3.1 but no more than 6.0 copper, up to 3.0 iron, 0.3 to 1.0 manganese, 0.1 to 0.5 aluminum, 0.1 to 0.8 silicon, 0.01 to 0.11 carbon, up to 0.13 nitrogen, up to 0.05 magnesium, up to 0.05 rare earth elements, with a balance of nickel and impurities.

Abstract: A sports equipment stick handle comprising a hollow tubular member with a cross section comprising at least a first wall and a second wall that intersect at a corner having a reinforcement portion (fillet, bead or diagonal; easement, wherein the thickness of the corner is greater than the thickness of the first and second walls. The reinforcement portion increases dent resistance, strength, and stiffness.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing an intensity of an electrical discharge that occurs within a fluid transport system in an aerospace vehicle. The aerospace vehicle is operated. The fluid transport system in the aerospace vehicle is comprised of materials selected such that the fluid transport system has an electrical configuration. The intensity of the electrical discharge that occurs within the fluid transport system during operation of the aerospace vehicle is reduced to within selected tolerances by the electrical configuration of the fluid transport system.

Abstract: A system for seismic exploration of a submerged sub-surface comprises a plurality of bases (4) located at predetermined seabed positions, each base comprising an elongate stem penetrating the seabed, at least a seismic sensor (10, 12) within said stem, a radially extending support zone (19) connected to the upper end of the stem, said upper end projecting from the seabed, and a respective plurality of modules (6) each incorporating a data storage unit and a power source, each module being mechanically and electrically connected to the upper end of said stem, said module being capable of being connected to, and disconnected from, the base by an underwater vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for joining materials having primarily ferritic properties is described. The method includes joining the ferritic materials using a welding process and a weld material having a primarily austenitic microstructure. The resulting weldment enhances the properties of yield ratio, uniform elongation, toughness and tearing resistance thereby producing superior strain capacity. High strain capacity produces a structure that accommodates high axial loading. The weldment can also accommodate larger than conventional weld flaws while maintaining sufficient strength, tearing resistance, and fracture toughness under high axial loading.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for drafting or transferring water from a water supply to a fire pump in fire service include a strainer, the strainer having a hood member with an open bottom inlet having an inlet aperture, an outlet having an outlet aperture, a suctioning structure extending away from the open bottom inlet of the hood member, and the suctioning structure having a base offset from the open bottom inlet. Method of using the strainer including immersing a strainer in a water supply, fluidly connecting the outlet to a suction side of a pumping apparatus, activating the pumping apparatus, transferring water through the hood member, directing the strainer toward the bottom of the water supply and maintaining the strainer at the bottom of the water supply.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is wastewater pipe having a shape that is operable to flow both small and large volumes of wastewater. The wastewater pipe includes a bottom portion with a different diameter than to top portion. The top and bottom portions of the wastewater pipe are connected by side walls that extend tangentially from the bottom portion and intersect tangentially with the top portion. The pipes may also variously include alignment tabs.

Abstract: A method of protecting a layered coating on a length of pipe for subsea use includes applying an edge finisher to the coating to encase an edge of the coating by fusing the edge finisher with the coating or by moulding the edge finisher at an edge of the coating. Where the coating and the edge finisher are of thermoplastics such as PP, fusing can be achieved by injection moulding the edge finisher or by welding a discrete edge finisher component to the edge of the coating. Mirror welding may be employed for this purpose, with a hot plate being interposed between the edge of the coating and the edge finisher.

Abstract: A tubing incorporated into a vehicle fuel tank system including an elongated and flexible tubular shaped body having a hollow interior exhibiting pluralities of alternating inner and outer diameter spaced locations. The inner diameter locations exhibit a first plurality of annularly projecting ribs, the outer diameter locations exhibiting a second plurality of ribs exhibiting a larger dimension. In this fashion, a plurality of individual tubing sections are incorporated into each of gas vapor (outflow) vent lines and fresh intake air (inflow) lines such that an inner airflow profile is established within the body to retard the generation of sound associated with volumetric airflow.

Abstract: A UOE steel pipe used to form a structure by performing butt circumferential welding and having an outside diameter shape in a waveform in a longitudinal direction is shaped to have no local minimum of the outside diameter shape in the waveform within a predetermined length from both longitudinal end portions.