A method for making a sintered article (14) comprising providing a plurality of individual blocks (19) of sinterable matrix material, arranging said blocks in abutting relationship to form an assembly of said blocks in a sinter mold wherein said assembly comprises a plurality of said blocks extending in at least one direction thereof and sintering said assembly under pressure in the mold to form a...

The invention relates to a device (10) for treating composite elements made of solid organic and/or inorganic composite materials. Said device (10) contains a flow path situated between a feed channel (34) and a tube-like outlet (38, 38a) in a housing. Said flow path is used for a transport fluid which is produced by disintegrating the composite materials and which carries particles made of solid...

Patterns with feature sizes of less than 50 microns are rapidly formed directly in semiconductors, particularly silicon, using ultraviolet laser ablation. These patterns include very high aspect ratio cylindrical through-hole openings for integrated circuit connections; singulation of processed die contained on semiconductor wafers; and microtab cutting to separate microcircuit workpieces from a p...

A wired pipe joint 10 comprises a box-end 22 and a pin-end 32. The box-end and pin-end define contacting shoulders 24, 41, 51, 34 at their respective base and tip, and also have cooperating threads 23, 33'. The inner shoulder 24 of the box-end and the leading shoulder 34' of the pin-end have annular slots 25, 35 housing the inductor coils (28, 38, fig 4). The coils are surrounded by a highly elect...

A process for the production of methanol is disclosed wherein the gaseous reactants of CO, H2 and optimally CO2 are reacted in a distillation column reactor in the presence of an inert C7-C12 component, which is boiling at the reaction temperature within the catalyst bed. The inert component is taken overhead along with the methanol and separated therefrom for reflux of the inert component back to...

Interactive movable waiting station, comprising a plurality of seating stations (16) carried by a motorized movable structure (22) adapted to cyclically take the various seating stations (16) in correspondence with a service counter (10) attended by an operator. Each seating station (16) is provided with first computer means (20) electronically connected to second computer means (12) associated wi...

A device in a reel-up (3) in a paper machine in which paper is produced in a web running in the reel-up (3) and supported by a surface winding drum (2) and wound onto exchangeable reeling drums (6) in contact with the surface winding drum (2) in order to form reels of paper, for applying an adhesive agent on the web when changing full-width reels and in the event of web ruptures in the reel-up. Ac...

The present invention provides a navigation system for vehicles, in which advancing direction guidance information at a first guide branch point is displayed by overlapping it on advancing direction guidance information at a second guide branch point, and it is possible to recognize that the information at the uppermost layer has higher priority and also to find two advancing direction guidances a...

A seating unit (110) comprises a support member (118); a seat member (112) pivotally mounted on the support member (118); an arm rest member (120) having an actuating button (230,334) positioned in the arm rest member (120), the button (230,334) being movable between a first position and a second position; a fluid pressure cylinder (172,282) having actuating means (200,310) and operatively connect...

The invention concerns a lead-acid battery having all the surfaces of all the electrodes under high pressure and their circumferences kept unchanged by support from mechanically rigid cell walls such that only the thickness of the electrodes is allowed to expand under strong resilient load during the discharge and return during charge. The pressure is 0,49 -10<5> - 9,81 -10<5> Pa (0.5-10 kp/cm<2>)...

Bogenstanz- und Prägemaschine mit Greiferwagen (1) und einer Positioniereinrichtung (4) für die Greiferwagen (1), wobei der Greiferwagen (1) Greifer (13) zum Klemmen von Bogen (14) aufweist und begrenzt federnd an einer Transportkette befestigt ist und der mittels der Transportkette intermittierend zwischen den Bearbeitungsstationen (2) verfahrbar ist sowie an seiner in Laufrichtung vorderen Seite...

Vorrichtung für Röntgencomputertomographen zur Verringerung der Patientendosis durch Vergleichmäßigung der während des Bildherstellungsvorganges an den einzelnen Elementen (9a) des Einzeilen- oder Mehrzeilendetektors (9) auftretenden und in Bildsignale umgesetzten Strahlendosis durch ein zwischen dem Patientenquerschnitt (5) und dem Röntgenstrahler (8) eingebrachtes Formfilter (16) zum Zwecke der ...

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Roheisenerzeugung in einem Hochofen, der mit Sauerstoff, mit CH-haltigen Zusatzstoffen und mit auf < 10 Vol.-% CO¶2¶ abgesenktem, in die Hochtemperaturzone im Gestell rückgeführten Gichtgas betrieben wird, bei dem eine Stickstoff-Anreicherung im Gichtgas vermieden wird. Das Gichtgas wird als vom CO¶2¶-befreite Teilmenge in die Rast zurückgeführt, und/oder a...

The utility model relates to a generator, a wind-power generator. The wind-power generator comprises a tower type power generation part and a control part, wherein, the tower type power generation part comprises a generator set and a generator set chamber. The utility model is characterized in that the tower type power generation part also comprises an electric power tower, a wind wheel, a vertica...

The lead-acid battery includes casing, positive and negative electrode plates, microporous isolation material between adjacent electrode plates, and required amount of electrolyte; the casing has cells and covers, and is connected along their overlap portion by means of welding, the positive electrode plate includes a grid frame and an intermediate element extended between the isolated circumferen...

The CT apparatus directs a fan-shaped beam (2) of X-rays from a focus (1) through the body (3) to a detector (4) comprising parallel rows of modular elements. The system is rotatable about its axis (6) for irradiation of the body in axial and spiral modes. The computer (7) forms images corresponding to various thicknesses of layers for display on a monitor (8). Each module consists preferably of a...

A centrifugation bowl for separating blood products, includes a cylindrical filter core disposed within the bowl preferably coaxial with the bowl and preferably rotating with the bowl. The centrifugation bowl (214) includes a rotating bowl body (302) with a closed bottom (306) and defining an enclosed separation chamber (304). The filter core (328) includes a filter membrane (330) that is sized to...

In connection with cleaning of gas from particles suspended therein and being heavier than the gas the gas is caused to rotate in a chamber delimited in a stationary housing, so that the particles by centrifugal force are separated from the gas and are thrown towards a stationary housing. The rotation of the gas is accomplished by means of a rotor, which includes a stack of conical separation disc...

A packaging unit (1) for continuously producing aseptic sealed packages (2), containing a pourable food product, from a tube (14) of packaging material filled with the food product; the unit (1) has a first and second chain conveyor (10,11) respectively having a number of first and second jaws (12,13) which interact with and grip the tube (14) at respective equally spaced cross sections (88) to pe...

A non-metallic bobbin (22) has features on a radial flange (28) which allow magnet wire (MW) that forms an electromagnet coil (114) on the bobbin core (24) to be tensioned throughout. An end segment of magnet wire is wrapped around a post (56) on the bobbin flange, and the magnet wire runs in tension generally diametrically across the bobbin to pass through slots (66, 68) in opposite walls of an e...