Abstract:
A pressure sensor comprises an optical system which is coupled to a diaphragm an which couples light emitted by a transmitting light guide into two receiving light guides depending on the deflection of the diaphragm. In order to enable the pressure values thus detected to be measured by means of a simple circuit, the transmitting light guide and the receiving light guides are arranged parallel to the diaphragm and the optical system is constructed as a focusing system, preferably a spherical lens arranged to be movable by the diaphragm 11 in a direction perpendicular to this diaphragm.
Abstract:
An optical pressure sensor (1) is used for determining pressures and differential pressures of explosive liquids and gases and comprises a translucent body (2), having pressure measurement chambers (5, 7) formed as continuous holes. Sealing plates (3, 4), seal the pressure measurement chambers from the outside environment. The liquid or gaseous medium, introduced through inlet openings (9, 11) into the pressure measurement chambers and subjected to pressure, produces internal stresses in the body (2) so that the condition of polarization of polarized light (17), by which the body is irradiated, varies with the pressure in the pressure measurement chambers. An analyzer (18) filters from the light having a pressure-dependent condition of polarization linearly polarized light, whose intensity varies with the pressure of the medium to be determined. The pressure sensor is constructed in a simple manner and reacts with a high degree of sensitivity and accuracy to pressures and differential pressures. By adjustment of the diameter of the pressure measurement chambers and their relative distance, the sensitivity of the pressure sensor can be varied within wide limits.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for producing a ribbon free randomly wound yarn package is disclosed, and wherein a plurality of critical winding ratios at which undesirable pattern formations or ribbons would normally occur are determined and stored in a microprocessor control unit. During the winding operation, the spindle speed and traversing frequency are monitored by sensors and are transmitted to the control unit, and the control unit computes the optimum time for rapidly changing the traversing frequency so that the actual winding ratio moves rapidly through each of the approaching critical winding ratios. The original traversing frequency is re-established after having passed beyond each of the critical winding ratios.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for winding textile yarns into core-supported packages is provided in which the formation of thickened and hardened places in the yarn packages at opposite ends thereof are avoided by a recurrent series of stroke modification cycles in which the length of traverse stroke is varied aperiodically as determined by a random number sequence. Additionally, the formation of undesirable patterns in the windings of yarn forming such packages is avoided by continuously varying the speed of traverse of the yarn guide by accelerating and decelerating the traversing yarn guide between predetermined maximum and minimum speeds. The stroke modification cycles and traverse motion speed changes are coordinated in such manner that the periods of high traverse motion speed coincide with the periods of short traverse stroke length and vice versa.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a detection values processing apparatus. Energy-dependent detection values are provided, which are indicative of polychromatic radiation (4) after having traversed an examination zone (5). The radiation is filtered by a filter (15) which comprises K-edge filter material. A component decomposition technique is applied to the detection values for determining K-edge attenuation values being first component attenuation values, which are indicative of an attenuation caused by the K-edge filter material, and additional component attenuation values, which are indicative of an attenuation caused by additional components of the examination zone, wherein an image of the examination zone is reconstructed from the additional component attenuation values. An image can therefore be reconstructed, which is not adversely affected by the filter, because the K-edge attenuation values are not used for reconstructing the image. This can improve the quality of the reconstructed image.
Abstract:
A method and a device for analyzing a region of interest in an object is proposed. The method comprises: (a) providing measurement data by a differential phase contrast X-ray imaging system, and (b) analyzing characteristics of the object in the region of interest. Therein, the measurement data comprise a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional set of pixels wherein for each pixel the measurement data comprises three types of image data spatially aligned with each other, including (i) absorption representing image data A, (ii) differential phase contrast representing image data D, and (iii) coherence representing image data C. The analyzing step is based, for each pixel, on a combination of at least two of information comprised in the absorption representing image data A and information comprised in the differential phase contrast representing image data D and information comprised in the coherence representing image data C.
Abstract:
The invention describes a method of generating metabolic images of an investigation region (3) of a body (1) by irradiating an X-ray fluorescence marker in that region and detecting the resulting X-ray fluorescence with a fluorescence detector (30). A fan beam (12) is used as a source of primary X-radiation, thus allowing the scanning of a whole body slice (3) in one step. The fluorescence image may be directly measured, e.g. by mapping voxels (104) of the investigation region onto pixels (134) of the detector (130) with the help of a pinhole collimator (132), or it may be reconstructed by procedures of computed tomography. Moreover, a morphological image may be generated by simultaneously recording X-ray transmission through the body (1).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the distribution of an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) marker (16) in a body volume (14). The body volume (14) is irradiated with a beam of rays (12) from an X-ray source (10) with a first ray component with a quantum energy just above and a second ray component with a quantum energy just below the K-edge of the XRF marker (16). Secondary radiation emitted from the body volume (14) is detected in a location-resolved way by a detector (30). To separate the X-ray fluorescence components in the secondary radiation from background radiation, the body volume is irradiated for a second time with a beam of rays from which the first ray component has been substantially removed by a filter (22) made from the material of the XRF marker.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for the refrigerated storage and dispensing of substance samples, in particular a sample dispenser that is used in chromatography. Said device comprises a holder (7) for receiving one or more substance samples (3), at least one section of the holder (7) comprising at least one cavity (13) that is traversed by a liquid coolant (29), said cavity or cavities (13) being connected to a feed connection for supplying the coolant (29) and a return connection for evacuating the coolant (29). The device also comprises a liquid refrigeration unit (21), the feed connection of which is connected to the feed connection of the cavity or cavities (13) and the return connection of which is connected to the return connection of the cavity or cavities (13), a pump (23) for transporting the coolant (29) through the cavity or cavities (13) and a Peltier refrigeration unit (27) for cooling the coolant (29). In addition, the invention relates to an integrated liquid refrigeration unit (21) for a device of this type.
Abstract:
Described is a godet (2) for guiding and advancing endless filament yarns, which comprises one or several heating zones along its casing (3), the heat that is applied by the heating elements (7-10) to the godet casing (3) being scanned by a multiple temperature sensor (12), so as to control the temperature of godet casing (3) in zones. In accordance with the invention, the temperature sensor (12) consists of a flat circuit arrangement of resistors and conduction bands, which are enclosed by a coating resistant to even high temperatures. The exposed tapping contacts (18) lead to the outside of godet (2) and are connected, via measuring lines, with an evaluation unit, whereas the temperature sensor (12) itself is attached to the inside surface of the rotatably driven godet casing (3).