The disclosure relates to a granulator with a granulator housing (3) which has a rotor (11) with a number of rotary knives (12) and stationary knives (9) mounted by means of a clamping device (10) on the granulator housing (3). With the aid of operating means (13) on the clamping device (10), the stationary knives (9) may be fixedly clamped and released from the outside of the granulator housing (...

An apparatus for charging fibers that contain a nonconductive polymer. A polar liquid 32, 34 is sprayed onto free-fibers 24, and the free-fibers 24 are then collected to form an entangled nonwoven fibrous web 25 that may contain a portion of the polar liquid. The nonwoven web 25 is then dried 38. By applying an effective amount of polar liquid 32, 34 onto the nonconductive free-fibers 24 before fo...

A method of forming a wound fiber package comprises winding a first portion of strand having at least one fiber on a bobbin using a first indexing ratio A:B, wherein A is greater than 0 and A is greater than B, and winding a second portion of strand having at least one fiber on the bobbin using a second indexing ratio A:B different from the first indexing ratio, wherein A and B are greater than 0....

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To optimize the initial oil pressure of an engage side frictional engagement device in an automatic transmission to execute so-called equal speed shifting. SOLUTION: This control device concerned is for an automatic transmission to execute the initial hydraulic control of an engage side frictional engagement device at the time of gear shifting and is coupled with a drive moti...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform appropriate speed change control, regardless of the differ ence of an operation mode by constituting a learning control means such that it performs different learning control, according to the operation mode. SOLUTION: A learning control means stores learning values in learning maps being different with every operation mode, and in the case of control of reducing s...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the coupling timing of a direct-coupling clutch by which two rotary elements of planetary gears are linked with each other to turn the planetary gears integrally. SOLUTION: If it is judged that traveling in which importance is attached to a power performance is selected by an operator (SA7, YES), as the coupling of a direct-coupling clutch is delayed until a vehicl...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance drivability by shortening gear shifting actuation time at the time of kick-down actuation. SOLUTION: This shift control device 100 for an automatic transmission is equipped with a shifting means for each step of gear shift means 60 setting a target step of gear shifting based on a shift map 60a, an output restraining means 70 reducing engine power based on the outp...

A control system for a vehicle with an engine-CVT power train senses operator's desire relative to movement of the vehicle and translates the sensed operator's desire into a predetermined variable indicative of drive force applicable to the vehicle drive wheel. In integrated control mode, the predetermined variable indicative of drive force controls the engine throttle and the ratio of the CVT. In...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a second hydraulic pump of an electric type compact, and to avoid reduction of hydraulic pressure at the time of abnormality by using a first hydraulic pump of a mechanical drive type even in traveling by a motor. Ž

SOLUTION: The first hydraulic pump of a mechanical drive type is disposed on the clutch output shaft side, and it is integrally rotated with an input...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive unit suitable for a hybrid vehicle provided with an engine and a motor capable of obtaining a large drive force in a low vehicle speed range. SOLUTION: This drive unit comprises a differential device of 2-freedom having four or more input and output elements, an input In from the engine, an output Out to a drive system, and two motor/generators MGi and MGo ...

The control method involves determining whether a turbine blow-up value is higher than a predetermined reference value, when a shift command is applied. A blow-up learning control in proportion to the turbine blow-up value is performed, when the blow-up value is higher than the reference value.

A vehicular velocity controller includes a calculating section that calculates a target inter-vehicle distance (L*) from the controlled vehicle to a preceding vehicle on the basis of a vehicular velocity (VS) detected by a velocity detector and an inter-vehicle distance (L) detected by a distance detector. A vehicular velocity controlling section performs velocity control to bring the detected int...

An optical measuring arrangement, particularly for quality control in continuous material flow processes, comprising a measuring head which is arranged immediately adjacent to a measurement object, a measurement light source which is held at the measuring head for illuminating a measurement spot on the measurement object, a measurement light reception device, at least one spectrometer which is opt...

An arrangement for providing captioned telephone service is provided which permits persons who are hard of hearing to receive captioning of their telephone communications as they need it. A personal interpreter/captioned telephone device (60) can dial a relay (42) on a second telephone line (64) while the assisted user if conversing with a hearing user over a first telephone line (34). The second ...

A papermaker's fabric is made by spirally winding a woven fabric strip. The fabric strip has first and second lateral edges, along which are a first and second lip, respectively. Each lip has at least one lengthwise yarn woven with crosswise yarns. Adjacent to and inward of the first and second lips on the fabric strip are a first and second gap, respectively, which lack lengthwise yarns but whose...

A multi-modality imaging system that can be utilized in the volume computed tomography (VCT) mode, the single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) mode and the positron emission tomography (PET) mode is disclosed. In the VCT mode of operation, three (3) x-ray sources and associated detectors can be utilized. In the SPECT and PET modes of operation, the gamma radiation is provided by an isot...