A centrifuge has a rotating driving head (2) fixed to a rotating shaft (43), a rotor (3) fixed to the driving head, a means (21) of coupling the driving head and the rotor in rotation, and a means of blocking axial movement on the shaft comprising a means of applying an axial force to a surface (9) of the rotor where the force increases with the rotational speed of the driving head. The means of a...

The present invention is designed to perform a primary crushing of hooking and crushing the top face part of the waste W and bringing in the waste by means of supporting projections 14 and the first crushing roller 10, a secondary crushing of crushing the bottom face part and the top face part of the waste W while lifting the waste W brought in, by means of the first crushing roller 10 and the sec...

The present invention relates to an improved method of making submicron cemented carbide cutting tool inserts consisting of tungsten carbide and cobalt by the conventional methods wet milling of powders of WC and Co and conventional grain growth inhibitors to a slurry, drying said slurry to a powder, uniaxial pressing in pressing tools of the powder to bodies of desired shape and finally sintering...

Rough machining of a glass-ceramic material article such as a radome (20) is accomplished using a high-power Nd:YAG laser (60, 64). The radome (20) is rotated about its longitudinal axis (28), and the point of application of the laser beam (62) is translated generally parallel to the longitudinal axis (28) over either the inside (32) or outside (30) surface of the radome (20). The Nd:YAG laser (60...

Machine, especially a rotary printing machine, for processing flat print products comprises a processing station operating as a punching mechanism for punching out sections in a sheet, an extension arm with a guide device (4.10) forming a guiding surface (4.11) for the under side of the sheet, and a revolving gripping system for pulling the processed sheet in a processing direction over the guidin...

Manufacture of cutouts used in construction of packaging involves a gripper (10) with tongues (11') pulling on the edge (8) of a workpiece (5) with grooves or separation lines (7,9) defining edges of packaging blanks (6-6'''). The manufacturing system incorporates a separating tool (3) with cutouts (4-4''') shaped like the packaging blanks. The separating frame is attached to carrier rails (1',1'...

An aerobics exercise aid consists of a horizontal base frame (20) with a number of external hooks (23) at intervals. The frame secures an inflated domed elastic pad (10) with an anti-slip surface (12). A series of hand-held ropes (40) are attached at each end to the frame.

A toroidal continuously variable transmission (2) transmits the rotation output of a vehicle engine (1) at an arbitrary speed ratio. The toroidal continuously variable transmission (2) comprises two disks (31, 32) disposed coaxially, and power rollers (33) in contact with the two disks (31, 32). Surfaces of the two disks (31, 32) and of the power roller (33) are provided with oil. The oil is tempo...

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Hartmetall- oder Cermet-Schneidwerkstoff zum Zerspanen von Chrom- oder Molybdän-legierten Stahlwerkstücken, mit einer Carbide, Nitride und/oder Carbonitride enthaltenden Hartstoffphase und einer Binderphase aus Eisen, Cobalt und Nickel. Um bei Zerspanungsoperationen ein Verkleben des Schneidwerkstoffes zu verhindern, wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Binderphase 10 Masse-% ...

A papermaker's fabric is made by spirally winding a woven fabric strip. The fabric strip has first (30) and second (32) lateral edges, along which are a first (34) and second lip (36), respectively. Each lip has at least one lengthwise yarn (26) woven with crosswise yarns (28). Adjacent to and inward of the first (38)and second (40) lips on the fabric strip are a first and second gap, respectively...

A centrifuge for separating feed material into solid and fluid parts, which centrifuge comprises a conveyor rotatably mounted in a rotatable housing, th e conveyor having at least one impeller mounted on a nose member and the rotatable housing having a separating region comprising a pool area and a drying area between the conveyor and a rotatable housing, the arrangement being such that, in use, o...

A method for a cardholder to request fulfillment of an obligation associated with the card and for the issuer to acknowledge this obligation, which method allows a remote interaction of the parties and ensures their security. The issuer issues cards each of which has an identifier and the corresponding verifier, the latter being concealed by a masking device. A cardholder sends the identifier of t...

The present invention provides a superhard polycrystalline diamond or diamond-like element with improved wear resistance. Collectivey called PCD elements for the purposes of this specification, these ellements are fromed with a binder-catalyzing meterial in a high-temperature, high-pressure (HTHP) process. The diamond meterial is formed and integrally bonded to a substrate containing the catalyzin...

A high strength and high toughness Mo alloy worked material, characterized in that it is produced through subjecting a Mo alloy worked material comprising an Mo base phase and, incorporated in the form of a solid solution with the Mo phase, a metal element capable of forming a nitride and, precipitated and dispersed in the Mo phase, at least one of carbide particles, oxide particles and boride par...

A method and system of using exposure control to inspect a surface, such as a wafer (112). One inspection system comprises charge coupled devices (CCDs) as detectors (117, 118, 122). The exposure control function of each CCD (117, 118, 122) is used to adjust integration times on individual taps of the CCD (117, 118, 122) such that light scattered from the surface (112), which may contain multiple ...

A robotic apparatus for traversing a selected area autonomously that senses orientation relative to the Earth's magnetic field. The robotic apparatus is provided in two models, a master that can record directive and compass readings to provide at least one command recorded on a machine-readable medium representing an instruction for traversing an area of interest, and a slave that lacks the record...

A method of penis lengthening including dividing the suspensory ligament down to the inferior public arch; dividing the fundiform ligaments; or dividing the first and second corpus cavernosum circumferentially. A method of widening a penis where a dermal fat graft is sutured to the exposed Bucks fascia. Post operative drug and exercise to maintain the outcome of penis lengthening or widening.; L'i...

A method for monitoring compliance with recommended hand-washing practices is disclosed. The method involves detecting the occurrence of an event that is specified in a hand-washing rule. The method also involves determining whether a person who is involved in the event complies with the hand-washing rule. If the person does not comply with the hand-washing rule, the method may involve triggering ...

Methods and systems for monitoring and/or controlling membrane separation systems or processes are provided. The present invention utilizes measurable amounts of inert fluorescent tracers and tagged fluorescent agents added to a feed stream to evaluate and/or control one or more parameters specific to membrane separation such that performance thereof can be optimized. The methods and systems of th...

An improved means for retreading a solid tire (102) is disclosed. The retreading means comprises wrapping uncured rubber around the periphery of the tire (102), clamping the tire body (102) and uncured rubber assembly in a C mold (203) comprising a tread ring (202) and a sidewall ring (201) and curing the tire.; La présente invention concerne un procédé amélioré de rechapage d'un bandage plein (10...