A process to manufacture and coat a sodium carbonate perhydrate containing 10.5% to 14% active oxygen which is stable in a non-phosphate detergent composition and which has a bulk density of from 900 to 1,050 kg/m3. Anhydrous sodium carbonate with a pore volume of at least 0.29 ml/g is contacted with 50% to 75% by weight hydrogen peroxide in the presence of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic aci...

A process for producing alpha-cyclodextrin using cyclomaltoextrin glucanotransferase is disclosed. The enzyme is obtained from Bacillus macerans. Starch hydrolysate is treated with the enzyme at a temperature of between about 15 DEG C. and about 40 DEG C. wherein the conversion is performed in the presence of cyclohexane and substantially no gamma-cyclodextrin is produced. The resulting alpha-cy...

PURPOSE:To reduce the generation of a speed change shock as an engine stop is prevented from occurring by a method wherein during speed change of an automatic speed change gear, the ignition timing of an engine is delayed, meanwhile, when a filling amount of fuel-air mixture is below a given value, the delay of the ignition timing is released. CONSTITUTION:An engine is provided with an automatic s...

PURPOSE:To make power generation efficient by a method wherein a method, in which energy is stored in carbon dioxide and power generation is effected by an expansion turbine, is combined with another method, in which liquefied natural gas is used as fuel and power generation is effected by a gas turbine. CONSTITUTION:Carbon dioxide under high temperature and high pressure is introduced into a firs...

A printing press (1) has a paper feeder (5) and a jig (20) for preparing and aligning a batch of sheets of paper for delivery into feeder (5). A pair of first alignment members (25) and a second, side alignment member (26) are mounted on the feeder (5) for aligning a batch of sheets on a platform (14) for moving into the feeder (5), when required. Tracks (22) which engage casters (24) on the platf...

The insertion system allows an auxiliary sheet stacking platform (1) to be positioned over a main sheet stack (2) which is to be removed, without interrupting the continuous operation of the printing machine, by movement of the auxiliary sheet stacking platform in the sheet delivery direction, synchronous with the delivery of the sheet. A control device controls the movement of the operating dri...

The device has a clustered blast air source, e.g. a nozzle or a thin blower tube (10), located in front of the front edge of the delivery stack (2). Air is directed onto the front edge, below the sheet lifter (9). Air supply to the blower tube is coupled to the control of front edge stops (8) and sheet lifters. After the front edge stops have been folded down, an air jet (S) is directed onto the a...

A clamping and feeding device for a single yarn (10), esp. a single yarn selected for a working position from a side-by-side array of several yarns, comprises: (i) a feeding device (13) which passes yarn between a driven feed shaft (6) and a nip roller (7); and (ii) a clamp unit (14) between a pin (4) and a stop (3); where: (a) the clamp unit (14) and the feeding device (13) interact so that incre...

A phase-contrast X-ray CT apparatus is provided with an X-ray source (7) for generating an X-ray beam (8), a crystal (9; 21) for generating a diffracted beam (10a) by irradiation with the X-ray beam, an object arranging section provided in the direction of propagation of the diffracted beam so that it is rotatable relative to the diffracted beam, an analyzer crystal (11; 22) for receiving a beam t...

During refining/beating of beating material there exists a need to measure more parameters than the gap, directly in the beating zone. The present invention makes this possible and it relates to a system for continuous measuring of pressure and temperature in the beating zone and the system is characterized in that a number of separate/combined pressure sensors or temperature sensors provided with...

The present invention relates to a coating formulation for use in multicoat paint systems, whicha) comprises as binder a water-dilutable polyurethane resin which has an acid number of from 10 to 60 and a number-average molecular weight of from 4000 to 25,000 and can be prepared by reacting with one anotheraa) a polyester-and/or polyether-polyol having a number-average molecular weight of from 400 ...

There is provided a high precision device for measuring the color of non-self-luminous or self-luminous objects having interchangeable optical geometries for conversion from one optical geometry to another. The device interchanges a plurality of modules, each having at least one optical geometry for directing illumination from an illumination source and for collecting sample light reflected from a...

Apparatus for carrying out patch clamp technique utilized in studying the effect of certain materials on ion transfer channels in biological tissue, and more particularly patch clamp apparatus utilizing an autosampler, such as those utilized with HPLC apparatus, to provide high throughput, is disclosed. The invention additionally includes novel microperfusion chamber assemblies capable of utilizin...

A shade is disposed on the inner wall of an inductively coupled plasma chamber, covering a protected zone of the wall generally opposite to the inductive coil driving the chamber, preventing accumulation of material sputtered from a wafer in this zone, and thus restricting closed paths for eddy current flow along the chamber wall, improving inductive coupling of electrical power to the plasma in t...

FIELD: oil and gas production industry. SUBSTANCE: this is used for evaluation of bed quality during drilling of oil or gas well, particularly for determining composition and volume of recovered hydrocarbons. According to method, drilling mud emitting from well during drilling process has adjustable concentration of given external matter which is maintained by adding it if necessary. At least part...

An ion exchange resin catalyst containing sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer, with special porous structure is disclosed. The catalyst is suitable for the condensation reaction between a phenol and a carbonyl compound to prepare bisphenols,especially suitable for the condensation reaction between phenol and acetone to prepare bisphenol A.

A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a power transmitting system between an engine and wheels. The transmitting system has a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a motor-generator actuated in one of a regenerating operation mode and an assisting operation mode. The motor-generator serves as a generator in a regenerating operation mode and as a motor in an assisting operation mode. Th...

A shift control system is provided for an automatic transmission in which a secondary shifting unit capable of being shifted to a high speed stage or a low speed stage and a primary shifting unit capable of setting one of plural speed stages including a reverse speed stage are connected in series and the secondary shifting unit can be set to the high speed stage upon setting the reverse speed stag...