A powder-metallurgy produced high-speed steel article having a combination of high hardness and wear resistance, particularly at elevated temperatures. This combination of properties is achieved by the combination of W, Mo, V, and Co. The article is particularly suitable for use in the manufacture of gear cutting tools, such as hobs, and surface coatings.

A water soluble polymer binder for binding a fibrous substrate comprises from about 25 weight percent to about 85 weight percent of an unsaturated carboxylic acid/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer; from about 5 weight percent to about 35 weight percent of a divalent ion inhibitor; and from about 10 weight percent to about 60 weight percent of a hydrophilic cross-linkable polymer. In a p...

A first composite comprising grains 20 of polycrystalline diamond, polycrystalline cubic boron nitride or mixtures thereof in a continuous matrix 22, is formed by mixing and sintering a powder selected from carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides, borides or mixtures thereof, a powder selected from diamond, cubic boron nitride or mixtures thereof and a metal powder. The grains are preferably pcd, have a...

The apparatus comprises a partition plate with a plurality of apertures 18, separating an extracellular compartment containing an extracellular fluid containing cells 14 from an intracellular compartment. A fluidic channel 22 is formed by spacers between plate members 24 and 26. A high resistance seal is formed between a cell and aperture 18 by withdrawing extracellular fluid from the extracellula...

A stationary frame (20) is in the form of a box body (28) by which mutually telescopic lateral extension frames (21, 22) are slidably supported, thereby providing a spreader (16) which is light in weight and has no bent or torsion of the extension frames. Support of the extension frames (21, 22) by the support rollers (37) mounted on the opposite ends of the stationary frame (20) reduces the drive...

The present invention relates to a dangerous area alarm system. This system comprises a detection device which is provided in a vehicle and detects conditions of the vehicle to output vehicle data; a communication device which is provided in the vehicle and transmits the vehicle data output by the detection device; a server which is provided outside the vehicle and stores accident data regarding t...

A method and apparatus control an automatic transmission (3). A controller prohibits (S14) a down-shift of the automatic transmission (3) when the input rotation speed of the automatic transmission (3) is determined to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value due to operating characteristics of a device or a plurality of devices installed in a vehicle equipped with the automatic transmiss...

A vehicle drive power control apparatus and method control the speed ratio of a transmission based on a speed shift line that is set so that, within a practical region, the speed shift line is in a low revolution speed side of an optimal fuel consumption line determined based on the efficiency of the engine and the efficiency of the transmission. Therefore, the width of increase in revolution spee...

A control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided, which executes charging of a capacitor when a depth-of-discharge of a capacitor exceeds a predetermined depth-of-discharge which is set based on a vehicle speed. The control device of the hybrid vehicle, provided with an engine, a motor for assisting the output of the engine, and a capacitor for supplying electric power to the motor and for storin...

Um bei einem Roboter mit einem Nähkopf den Oberfaden vollautomatisch zu wechseln, wird ein Spulenmagazin vorgesehen, das ortsfest angeordnet ist. Die beim augenblicklichen Nähvorgang den Oberfaden liefernde Spule ist mit einer Trenn-und Fadenverbindungseinrichtung mit dem Roboter fest verbunden und macht so alle Bewegungen des Roboters mit. ; The apparatus to change the upper thread at a se...

Die Spule (13), welche in ein Schiffchen (1) für eine Stick- oder Steppmaschine eingesetzt wird, erhält nach deren Herstellung, d.h. nach dem Wickeln, durch einen Umformvorgang eine von der axial-symmetrischen Form abweichende, dem Innenraum des Schiffchens (1) entsprechende Raumform. Dadurch wird es möglich, eine grössere Menge von Bobinenfaden im Schiffchen (1) zu speichern und die Einsatzdauer ...

A driving force control device, which controls a driving force by changing a gear ratio of an automatic transmission, comprises: a virtual throttle opening converter (123a) for converting a target driving force into a virtual throttle opening by using a target driving force characteristic and a detected vehicle speed; a throttle opening information selector (123b) for selecting the virtual throttl...

A self-illuminating solid-state color image capture device, includes: an array of light emitting elements and light sensing elements formed on a common substrate; the light emitting elements including first color elements adapted to emit light of a first color and second color elements adapted to emit light of a second color, and the light sensing elements being responsive to all emitted colors; a...

A bobbin winder assembly, to lead the yarn end to an empty bobbin sleeve, has a retainer formed by the first yarn guide (31) at a controlled drive (33). The drive moves the yarn guide (31) from a guide retention position into a yarn release setting, in a swing movement. The second yarn guide is the opening (30) of a suction unit. When the yarn is to be caught through the catch (4), the first yarn ...

PCT No. PCT/SE95/00905 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 3, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 3, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 4, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO97/06088 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 1997An apparatus for feeding a set of threads (25) to a feeding head at a robot arm (10) which is freely movable in the room. The apparatus comprises a first arm segment (11) which protrudes at an angle from the robot arm (10), and which is pivotally...

The valve consists of a strip -1- onto which two coplanar strips -3, 4- are welded separated by an opening -5-. Production of the valve takes a strip -11- onto which two strips -12, 13- are welded separated by a space -5-. The valve obtained -16- is welded onto a laminar -17-, which forms part of the inflatable, with a hole -19- which has to coincide with the valve opening -5-. Next the first shee...

A vehicle having an antilock brake system (20) to control a brake so as to suppress locking of wheels when a slip ratio of the wheels exceeds a predetermined value is also provided with a continuously variable transmission (CVT)(30). When antilock brake control is being performed, a drive shaft torque controller (40) computes a command torque of an engine (10) and command drive ratio of the CVT (3...

The present invention relates to a dyed-yarn winding method wherein specified length control operates to wind a specified length of a dyed-yarn y without dyeing specks to a winding package Pw, and then cuts the dyed-yarn to remove a dyed-yarn having dyeing specks and remaining on a dyed-yarn supply package Ps. Since the specified length control prevents that part of a dyed-yarn that has dyeing spe...

A traverse mechanism is disclosed in the context of apparatus for transferring flexible filamentary (FM) material from one rotating winding mandrel (44,46) to another, automatically or semi-automatically in a high speed, dual head, on-line winding apparatus (HSDHWA). The traverse mechanism (50) uses a rotating crank (41) and connecting rod (48) mounted to slide within a slider cart to obtain the r...