摘要:
An electronic control apparatus configured for use in routing customer orders, received over the internet, to a service provider such as a print service provider selected from a plurality of competing print service providers, comprises an electronic interface configured to receive and acknowledge customer orders; first processing means configured to compare the requirements of a received order with pre-stored information specific to each of the competing service providers; responsive means configured to establish a list of the service providers determined to be able to fulfill requirements of the received order; and processing means configurable, for a received order, to make the selection from the list and to route the received order to the selected service provider. Advantageously by applying a series of filters an optimum service provider is selected by a gateway device assigning a printing order to a print service provider taking into account geographical criteria, and attempts to minimize the final price, in particular the shipping costs. While minimizing costs to the end customer, the gateway device seeks to ensure that a print service provider having competitive prices still receives work.
摘要:
In a process for the production of an aircraft stop by molding a composite material of resin and carbon fibers, a stack of pieces made of composite material, in which a metal piece will have been inserted, is draped by superposing layers of carbon fibers that are preimpregnated with resin, whereby the fibers are oriented so as to ensure maximum cohesion of the unit around the metal piece (4).
摘要:
The present invention provides an apparatus and method of orienting perforating gun strings. One embodiment of the present invention provides an orienting weight provided in a portion of the perforating device, such as the shaped charge, the loading tube or the gun housing. Additional weight may be provided as separate components and attached to the gun components.
摘要:
A system for printing documents 100 having a position identifying pattern 108 on them comprises a memory 403 arranged to have a document definition 410 stored therein which defines a document having at least one pattern area 107 and a printing control system 400, 408, 306, 307, 309 arranged to print a document instance from the definition by allocating an identity to the document instance, associating an area 700, 718, 720, 721, 722 of pattern space with the document instance, and printing the document instance, wherein the printing control system is arranged to move the boundaries of the defined pattern area before printing the document instance.
摘要:
A product 100 having a data encoding pattern 108 printed on it, the pattern defining a grid having a grid spacing, wherein the grid spacing has discontinuities arranged to compensate for a mismatch between the resolution at which the pattern 108 is printed and a required value for the grid spacing, the discontinuities being irregularly spaced across the product.
摘要:
A method of producing a printed digital document 200, the document 200 being provided with a pattern 12 of printed features 14 which provides positional information for a reader 20, the method comprising incorporating printing information which relates to at least one characteristic of the printing of the document with at least one of: the positional information; and an information entity in addition to the pattern of printed features.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are described for creating a fluid seal in a subterranean well structure having a fluid seal defect. The method comprises introducing a meltable repair material proximate a structure in a subterranean well which has a fluid seal defect or enhanced seal capacity is required or it is desired to temporarily or permanently hydraulically isolate a portion the well or strengthen the structural integrity of well tubulars or tubular hangers. Exothermic reactant materials are located proximate the meltable repair material. The exothermic reactant material is ignited or an exothermic reaction otherwise initiated which supplies heat to and melts the meltable repair material into a molten mass. The molten mass flows and solidifies across the structure and the fluid seal defect to effect a fluid seal in the subterranean well structure or the structural integrity is enhanced. Examples of preferred exothermic reactant materials include thermite, thermate, fusible chemical reactants such as ammonium chloride and sodium nitrate, and oxidizers and accompanying hydrocarbon based fuels. Examples of preferred meltable repair materials include solder or brazing materials and eutectic metals which expand upon cooling and solidifying from a molten state.
摘要:
A system for controlling allocation of areas of data-encoding pattern from a defined pattern space, the system comprises a service provider system 304; a user system 302; and a certification system 308. The certification system is arranged to certify a token, and the service provider system is arranged to issue the certified token to the user system thereby authorising the user to use an area of the pattern.
摘要:
Automatic testing determines whether a proofing-file generator and receiver are in a common intranet. If so then the proofing file is automatically sent by a route that is substantially wholly within the intranet, and ideally peer-to-peer. If the generator and receiver are not in a common intranet, then preferably the file is sent by a conventional route through the Internet, preferably via a master server of the proofing service. The test preferably includes dynamically establishing IP addresses for the generator and receiver, and comparing the established IP addresses; however, consultation of a pretabulated listing is also possible.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for producing a document having human-readable content and a position identifying encoding pattern. A printer places text or other content onto a substrate, such as paper, and a filter material application system applies transparent filter material to at least a portion of that content to only modify the reflectivity of the content at a predetermined wavelength. Because the reflectivity of the position identifying encoding pattern remains unchanged, it is distinguishable from the content and can be read at the predetermined wavelength. The position identifying pattern can take a number of forms including a number of dots printed at predetermined positions on the substrate on an imaginary grid.