Abstract:
A panelboard mounts and electrically connects to a plurality of circuit breakers. The panelboard includes a central body portion having a top surface. At least one bus bar is positioned within the central body portion. A pair of opposed legs extend the longitudinal length of the central body portion. A plurality of wells extend downwardly from the top surface and have prongs at the bottom of each well. The prongs are electrically connected to the bus bar.
Abstract:
A non-contact system (10) for sensing a property of a passing web of material (W) includes first and second sensors (14, 16) positioned on opposite sides of the web. The opposing sensors are repelled from the web and each other by gas bearings (22, 24) formed between the sensors and the web and attracted to each other by one or more polarized magnets (26, 25a, 25d, 25a', 27a-27d, 27a') embedded in the sensors. The resultant net force properly spaces the sensors from the web to ensure reliable and accurate sensing. The repelling force enables the sensors to react substantially instantaneously to changes in the pass line of the web. An automatic actuator/retractor (30) can be provided to withdraw the sensors, extend the sensors to or retract the sensors from adjacent the feed path.
Abstract:
A measuring apparatus (10) is provided having an illumination unit (20) including a source of electromagnetic radiation (22), fiber optic apparatus (30) and sensing apparatus (40). The fiber optic apparatus includes first fiber optic structure (110) having an input end (114) for receiving at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation emitted from the radiation source and an output end (116) for directing the received radiation to a web of material (100), and second fiber optic structure (80) having an input end (84) for receiving radiation reflected from the web of material and an output end (86) for directing the reflected radiation to the sensing apparatus. The sensing apparatus includes a first detector (90) for sensing electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength band and generating a corresponding first output signal and a second detector (90) for sensing electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength band and generating a corresponding second output signal indicative of a first property to be measured of the web of material.
Abstract:
An apparatus, system, and method for detecting high impedance faults in electrical power lines using a composite high impedance fault detection system having a voter logic that samples the logical outputs from a plurality of independent high impedance detection systems and determines a high impedance fault if any two of the plurality of independent high impedance detection systems indicates a high impedance fault. Preferably, the plurality of high impedance detection systems include a wavelet based high impedance fault detection system having a first logical output, a higher order statistics based high impedance fault detection system having a second logical output, and a neural net based high impedance fault detection system having a third logical output. Preferably, each of the plurality of high impedance fault detection systems includes an independent high impedance fault detection application that independently detects a high impedance fault on the electrical power line.
Abstract:
A control system for a centrifuge that allows the centrifuge to continue to run when there is a short duration failure or outage of the AC power source. The control system allows the centrifuge to be brought to a stop in a normal shutdown mode where there are longer duration failures or outages of the AC power source. This allows power to be maintained to the pump that lubricates the centrifuge bearings so that the bearings are lubricated during the coast down of the centrifuge and the differential speed of the centrifuge to be controlled during coast down allowing the centrifuge bowl to be cleared of solids so that the centrifuge can be immediately started up at lower vibration levels once power is restored.
Abstract:
Apparatus (10) for interrupting the flow of current in a power distribution system is disclosed for use with an enclosure containing insulating fluid. The apparatus (10) includes a housing (20) formed from insulating material and having a mounting flange (28) formed along the exterior of the housing (20). The flange (28) is located so that the housing extends away from the mounting side and the upper side of the flange. An electrical current interrupter (16), having electrical input and output ends (16a, 16b), is positioned in the housing (20) so that a portion lies within the portion of the housing extending away from the flange mounting side. An actuator (12) is mechanically connected to the interrupter (16) to provide the mechanical actuation required to interrupt the current flow between the input and output ends of the interrupter. When the flange (28) is attached to the enclosure, the portion of the housing (20) extending away from the flange mounting side extends into the fluid within the enclosure.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a three-stream atomizing nozzle for use with a rewet shower. The nozzle (22) has an air stream divider that separates the atomizing air from the source into three streams. The first stream is a straight air stream staying closest to and around the atomized water jet. The second stream is a swirl running around the first straight stream. The third stream is also a straight stream that wraps around the first straight stream and the second swirl. The nozzle also has a mixing chamber (74) in which the three air streams are mixed together for the atomizing purpose. The nozzle (22) can from the combination of the three air streams produce fine water droplets that are suitable for a paper rewet shower and more importantly creates a tailorable water mass profile. The mass profile can be tailored into a shape that is close to a square shape which is ideal for rewet showers as a square profile creates minimal coupling between adjacent zones.
Abstract:
An atomizing nozzle (22) for use with a rewet shower or a steam box. The nozzle has first (12) and second orifices (14) and a pressure port (16) which allows the pressure between the orifices (12, 14) to be measured. The nozzle (22) also has a pressure port (18) upstream of the two orifices (12, 14) that allows for the measuring of the regulated water pressure from an actuator (20) attached to the atomizing unit. The measured pressures can be used to determine if either orifice (12, 14, 26) is completely blocked or if one orifice is partially blocked or the other orifice is worn.