PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for radiation tomographic imaging in which slice thickness can be dynamically switched during scanning and the center of radiation can be arbitrarily moved in the carrying-in direction of a subject. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with an X-ray tube moving part 21 enabled to move the radiation center of an X-ray tube 20 in the z-direction, a...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game device that is enjoyable with a more dynamic and impressive feeling. SOLUTION: A display screen displays a game space, a stage established in the game space, and a character as a principal in a game moved from one location to another on the stage. A player operates to move the character from one location to another. In the moving operation, input data for co...

A method is provided for separation of air by cryogenic rectification comprising compressing feed air, passing the compressed feed air through a prepurifier wherein the air is substantially cleaned of impurities, thereafter cooling the cleaned air in a cooled regenerator and then introducing it into a cryogenic air separation facility wherein it is separated into nitrogen-rich and oxygen-rich comp...

A method for reducing adhesive build-up on ultrasonic bonding surfaces of ultrasonic bonding systems is disclosed. The method includes providing an ultrasonic bonding surface. A pad is provided proximate to, and in fluid contact with, the ultrasonic bonding system. A fluid is conducted to the pad such that the fluid is applied is intermittently or continuously applied to at least a portion of the ...

A method of producing a metal component interacting by way of a sliding surface with a friction partner, for a drive assembly, includes forming the component from an aluminum-silicon-copper-magnesium alloy. The alloy has 12-15 wt. % silicon, 2.5-3.5 wt. % copper, and 0.4-0.8 wt. % magnesium. The particle size for the silicon is between 4 mum and 30 mum. The sliding surface of the component in the ...

A sintered powder metal part is prepared for machining by injecting grease into the surface of the part to be machined to a depth at least equal to the depth of machining. The grease is injected under very high pressure using repressing tooling by applying a certain volume of grease between the surface to be machined and the mating tool surface and applying pressure sufficient to uniformly inject ...

The invention concerns composite polyester films with good barrier properties relative to gases. More precisely, it concerns a biaxially drawn film, based on polyester and having improved barrier properties relative to gases, characterised in that it comprises a base polyester film of 5 to 50 mum, coated on one of its two surfaces with a deposit containing polyvinyl alcohol and a water dispersible...

A process for preparing hydrocarbon blown rigid polyurethane foam using a novel compatibilizing agent. The compatibilizing agent is an alkoxylate adduct of a triglyceride with a hydroxyl value of about 100 or less. The triglyceride adduct has an ethylene oxide content of at least 40% by weight thereof. These adducts may be used alone or in mixture with other compatibilizers. The compatibilizers in...

A system for arming and disarming a central intrusion alarm system control utilizing the activation status of a particular appliance. The system employs a detector for determining the position of an on-off switch associated with a particular appliance. The regulator prevents the operation of the arming control in a central intrusion alarm system when the detector determines that the appliance is "...

A method for identifying locomotive consists within train consists determines an order and orientation of the locomotives within the identified locomotive consists. An on-board tracking system is mounted to each locomotive and includes locomotive interfaces for interfacing with other systems of the particular locomotive, a computer for receiving inputs from the interface, a GPS receiver, and a sat...

A flusher and refill system for automobile, subassemblies such as an automatic transmission includes a storage tank for waste transmission fluid and a storage tank for unused or replacement transmission fluid. A fluid-conducting hose leading from the subassembly is connected to a fluid flow path leading to the waste fluid storage tank and which includes an electric valve and flow rate monitoring g...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting tool insert for coated milling in particular effective for milling of gray cast iron, regardless of the presence or absence of the outer skin of casting, at low cutting speed or medium cutting speed and under a wetting condition and milling for nodular cast iron and CV graphite cast iron, regardless of the presence or absence of the outer skin of casting,...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat-shrinkable polyester tube for coating an electrolytic capacitor for protection and electric insulation and a method for producing the tube. SOLUTION: The heat-shrinkable polyester tube contains a polyester resin or copolyester resin as main components and 0.01-3 wt.% of external particles 0.5-3.5 &mu m in average particle size and has a slippage value of 300...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biaxially stretched co-extruded frosted polyester film having good matting properties and good transparency, easy manufacture, excellent processability, and capable of mixing up to 60 wt.% of a total weight of the film in a film end generated in a manufacturing process. SOLUTION: The biaxially stretched matting polyester film comprises at least one base layer (B)...

This invention is a power control system and method that controls a power generator (50) to vary the duty cycle of a power output provided to a delive ry instrument (10) for delivering that power to a site in a patient for ablatio n. The peak power can be raised and the duty cycle lowered to result in deeper lesions. A power output having a higher peak power for producing deeper lesions can be obt...

A method for the production of foamable or foamed metal pellets, parts and panels. The method comprises the steps of: i) providing a mixture of a metal alloy powder with a foaming agent powder, ii) pre-compacting the mixture of step i); iii) heating the pre-compacted mixture of step ii) to a temperature below a decomposition temperature of the foaming and at which permanent bonding of the particle...

Today there is a growing demand to recycle plastics including polyethylene terephthalate. Sources of polyethylene terephthalate for recycling often contain polyvinyl chloride. It is necessary to separate polyvinyl chloride from the polyethylene terephthalate before it can be recycled into useful products. This invention reveals a process for recovering polyethylene terephthalate flakes from a rec...

The use of 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) and dimethyl ether, optionally with up to 50 mole % of water, as the blowing agent is disclosed as an efficient route to a rigid, closed-cell polyurethan e or polyisocyanurate foam of improved cell structure and excellent insulation properties.

A vibrating gyroscope includes: a support; four vibrating arms, four weights and excitation and detection elements. Each of the four vibrating arms has a first end and a second end in a longitudinal direction, and the four vibrating arms are fixed to the support at the respective first ends in the longitudinal direction such that four vibrating arms are radially arranged in a single plane with the...