Abstract:
Armoured cable (10) comprising: - a plurality of cores (12) stranded together according to a core stranding direction; - an armour (16) surrounding the plurality of cores (12) and comprising a layer of metal wires (16a) helically wound around the cores (12) according to an armour winding direction; wherein the at least one of core stranding direction (21) and the armour winding direction (22) is recurrently reversed along the cable length L so that the armoured cable (10) comprises unilay sections (102) along the cable length where the core stranding direction (21) and the armour winding direction (22) are the same. The invention also relates to a method for improving the performances of the armoured cable (10) and to a method for manufacturing the armoured cable (10).
Abstract:
Optical fiber connector assembly for a fiber optic cable comprising an optical fiber having an end portion terminated with a ferrule and rod members (4). The optical fiber connector assembly comprises: - a ferrule holder (110) configured to hold the end portion of the optical fiber (10), the ferrule (30) and the rod members (4); - a connector (190) having an internal passageway for housing the ferrule holder (110); - a locking member (180) extending lengthwise and having an internal passageway for the end portion of the fiber optic cable (1). There is also disclosed a pre-connectorized fiber optic cable comprising a fiber optic cable and the optical fiber connector assembly mounted upon an end portion of the fiber optic cable.
Abstract:
Armoured power cable (10) for transporting an alternate current comprising at least one core (12), comprising an electric conductor (12a), and an armour (16), surrounding the at least one core (12), comprising a plurality of armour wires (16a) having a ferromagnetic inner portion (162) and an electrically conductive cladding (164).
Abstract:
An armoured cable for transporting an alternate current (I) at a maximum allowable working conductor temperature (T) comprising: at least two cores (12) stranded together according to a core stranding lay and a core stranding pitch A; an armour (16) surrounding the at least two cores, said armour comprising one layer of a plurality of metal wires (16a) wound around the cores according to a helical armour winding lay and an armour winding pitch B; the helical armour winding lay has the same direction as the core stranding lay, the armour winding pitch B is of from 0.4A to 2.5A and differs from the core stranding pitch A by at least 10%.
Abstract:
There are disclosed a plant and a process for building different types of green tyres for vehicle wheels for each tyre size, through the use of elementary semi - finished products, the process comprising: a) building a carcass structure of a green tyre, said carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply and a pair of annular anchoring structures; b) building a crown structure of a green tyre, said crown structure comprising at least one belt structure and a tread band; wherein at least one between the building of the carcass structure and the building of the crown structure comprises : c) providing at least one first feeding unit (12) of a first elementary semi - finished product and one second feeding unit (12) of a second elementary semi - finished product, said at least one first and one second elementary semi - finished products being different to one another; d) building at least one portion of a structural component of the tyre being processed starting from at least one of said first and second elementary semi - finished products, in one work station fed by said first and second feeding units of said first and second elementary semi - finished products.
Abstract:
Method of processing in a medical device an electric biological signal collected from a patient, the method comprising: a) acquiring a plurality of samples from the electric biological signal according to a sampling process wherein each sample is taken from the electric biological signal and memorized; b) during the sampling process of a), monitoring an active/inactive status of a radio time-division- multiplexing transmission of signals from the medical device over a radio communication network; and, when the status of said radio time-division-multiplexing transmission becomes active, c) preventing in a) the acquisition of any of the plurality of samples, which according to said sampling process should be acquired during said active status of the radio time-division-multiplexing transmission, from being performed till the radio time-division-multiplexing transmission remains in said active status.
Abstract:
Method for managing the provision of services in a telecommunication network (100), wherein the services are offered through a set of servers (24) and the telecommunication network (100) comprises at least one first network entity (20) and a plurality of second network entities (22), each second network entity (22) being adapted to access a sub-set of said servers (24), the method comprising: 1) receiving at said first network entity (20) a request for a predetermined service from a user equipment (1); and 2) at said predetermined first network entity (20), identifying, based on the service requested by the user equipment (1), the second network entity (22) which, among the plurality of second network entities (22), has access to the server (24) that, among the set of servers (24), allows meeting the request for the predetermined service.
Abstract:
An appliance (1) for producing hot drinks comprising - a water heating device (30) comprising a heat source (32); - a seat (50) adapted to receive a product for preparing the drink; - a duct (40) for feeding hot water from the water heating device (30) to the seat (50); - a temperature sensor (31) associated with the water 10 heating device (30); - control means (60) operatively associated with the temperature sensor (31) and with the heat source (32) for controlling the temperature of the water contained in the device (30) by switching on/switching off the heat source (32) based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor (31) ; wherein the appliance (1) also comprises a second temperature sensor (41) associated with the hot water feeding duct (40) and the control means (60) is adapted to control the temperature of the water contained in the device (30) by switching on/switching off the heat source (32) also based on the temperature detected by the second temperature sensor (41).
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing an elastomeric tire component comprising the productive steps of a) preparing an elongated element including a cross-linkable elastomeric material by feeding it to an extruding device comprising a plurality of units each having a respective thermal inertia, b) delivering said elongated element onto a building support, and further comprising at least one non-productive step of c) submitting at least one of the units of the extruding device to a thermal transition, selected from heating or cooling, substantially reducing the risk of scorching during the thermal transition from and to the non-productive step ranking the units according to their thermal inertia and heating the units starting with the top-ranked unit sequentially to the bottom-ranked unit to reach the respective working temperature or cooling the units starting from the maximum working temperature unit sequentially to the minimum working temperature unit to reach the respective non-working temperature.
Abstract:
Checking method and line for checking a tyre (2) for vehicle wheels, wherein the tyre (2) is associated with a model with which a setting for a set of image acquisition devices (282) is associated and it is provided to: a) obtain the model associated with said tyre (2); b) acquire preliminary images of said tyre (2); c) obtain, from said acquired preliminary images, at least one adjustment value representative of at least one geometric characteristic of the tyre (2); d) calculate a deviation between said at least one adjustment value and a respective reference value, associated with said model; e) adjust the setting associated with the model of tyre (2) based on the calculated deviation and inspect said tyre (2) to look for possible production defects by acquiring images of at least part of the surface of the tyre (2), using the set of image acquisition devices (282) set according to the setting thus adjusted.