A screw conveyor intended and formed for use in a decanter centrifuge for separation of solid particles from a fluid compound, comprising a central body, at least one conveyor thread and at least one baffle bridging a flow path formed between different parts of the conveyor thread. The screw conveyor has at least two originally separate parts, each of which comprises a portion of said conveyor thr...

The system is based on end user software with user-configured opt-in choices that are stored centrally in a privacy-enhanced and secure environment. Organisations (V) that use e-mail or mobile phone messaging services to send out information are then only able to reach customers (IV) who have opted to agree to receive such information. The service providers check incoming electronic messages to se...

A method and apparatus for providing a configurable field of view in a non-invasive imaging system, such as a CT medical imaging system. A detector structure comprising two or more flat-panel X-ray detectors is provided such that the configurable field of view may encompass the full area of the two or more X-ray detectors or any suitable subset of the full area. The field of view may be configured...

A device in a finishing machine for paper is arranged to guide a paper web along a predetermined path. The traction device ( 2 ) engages a tail of the web or an auxiliary member ( 6 ) for transferring the tail of the web. The device has power transmission of its own by means of which is moves in relation to a guide ( 1 ) extending in the machine direction. The traction device moves in relation to ...

The invention relates to a computer system for data management including at least the management of data relating to the trading of warrants (citi CATS-OS), comprising a data processing system (1), an input unit (2), a display unit (3) and a data input (5), wherein the display unit (3) displays a first mask having a format allowing the input of a request for specific data by the input unit (2), th...

A non-intrusive method and apparatus for determining the center of gravity o f a package, while the package is moving. A multi-segment conveyor is used havin g segments at different slopes relative to each other, along with sensors used to approximate the time it takes a box to "tilt" from one conveyor segment to the other. Also disclosed is th e use of a herringbone conveyor in conjunction with a...

"SISTEMA DE DESSULFURIZAçãO COM CONTATO DE FLUIDO/SóLIDOS REALçADO". A presente invenção refere-se a um método e mecanismo para remover súlfur de uma corrente de fluido contendo hidrocarboneto onde a dessulfurização é realçada melhorando-se o contato a corrente de fluido contendo hidrocarboneto e particulados sólidos sorvendo súlfur em um reator de leito fluidizado (12).; A method and apparatus fo...

The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert for machining of steel comprising a cemented carbide body and a coating. The cemented carbide body comprises WC, 5-12 wt-% Co and 3-11 wt-% cubic carbides of metals Ta, Ti and W. The amount of Nb should be below 0.1 wt-%. The ratio Ta/Ti is 1-4. The Co-binder phase is highly alloyed with W with a CW-ratio of 0.75-0.95. Finally the cemented car...

In a paper web feed unit of a rotary press, a paper web taken out of a paper roll is longitudinally cut into first and second cut paper webs, which are fed out toward the downstream side by a driven roller of a feed-out mechanism, and only the first cut paper web is passed through an angle bar section for transferring the traveling path of the first cut paper web. The paper web feed unit is equipp...

A screw for a solid-bowl screw-type centrifuge, comprising: a screw body having a circumference, a cylindrical section and a conical section; at least one screw blade surrounding the screw body several times and forming several screw spirals; a delivery path for conveying material to be centrifuged formed between the screw spirals; blade segments arranged in the delivery path between adjacent scre...

A directional coupler sensor is provided for measuring the moisture content of a substrate, such as hair. The sensor incorporates a high frequency directional coupler having a pair of generally parallel plates defining a coupling gap therebetween. A high frequency signal generator generates an electromagnetic field across the gap with the substrate placed across the coupling gap. The coupled power...

An openable and obliquely rotatable umbrella comprises a rod body having an upper shaft and a lower shaft; an upper cell set firmly secured to the upper shaft; a lower cell set installed to the upper shaft and the lower shaft; two pulleys installed on the upper shaft; a rotatable tilting means installed between the upper shaft and the lower shaft; a spring installed at a lower end of the interior ...

The present disclosure addressed apparatus and methods for forming an annular isolator in a borehole after installation of production tubing. Annular seal means are carried in or on production tubing as it is run into a borehole. In conjunction with expansion of the tubing, the seal is deployed to form an annular isolator. An inflatable element carried on the tubing may be inflated with a fluid ca...

A method of treating blood or plasma of a subject to remove metabolic contaminants by electrophoresis. Blood or plasma from the subject is placed in a first solvent stream, the first solvent stream being separated form a second solvent stream by an electrophoretic membrane. Applying an electric potential between the two solvent streams causes movement of metabolic contaminants from the blood or pl...

An excisional biopsy method is disclosed. The method can include rotating an arcuate shaped electrode around a tissue specimen, and drawing a sheath around the tissue specimen as the specimen is cut from a tissue mass. In one embodiment, the method includes tunneling to a tissue site with one electrode, and cutting with a second electrode to obtain the tissue specimen.

A method for monitoring the impedance in a circuit coupling a radio frequency electrode to a radio frequency generator to control the power supplied by the generator to the electrode during a treatment procedure. In the method, the impedance in the circuit is monitored over a length of time. An expected impedance at the end of the treatment procedure is calculated from the monitored impedance and ...

The present invention comprises electrosurgical apparatus and methods for maintaining patency in body passages subject to occlusion by invasive tissue growth. The apparatus includes an electrode support disposed at a shaft distal end having at least one active electrode arranged thereon, and at least one return electrode proximal to the at least one active electrode. In one embodiment, a plurality...

A transparent film whose thickness is in the range from 1 to 500 mum and which comprises, as principal constituent, a crystallizable thermoplastic, wherein the film comprises at least one UV stabilizer as light stabilizer and at least one optical brightener, and to the use of the film, and also to a process for its production.

The invention relates to polyurethane foams comprising(i) ethylenimine, polyethylenimine, polyvinylamine, polyvinylamine copolymers, carboxymethylated polyethylenimines, phosphonomethylated polyethylenimines, quarternized polyethylenimines and/or dithiocarbamatized polyethylenimines or(ii) alkali hydroxides and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxides ora mixture consisting of both (i) and (ii).

A plasticizer with a crosslinking/chain extending agent is incorporated into a water-blown flexible polyurethane foam formulation to provide acceptable softness, openness, and tensile strength characteristics. The class of plastisizers is selected from the group consisting of alkyl benzyl phthalates, phosphate esters and benzoates. The aromatic polyhydroxy compounds are a preferred class of crossl...