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The present invention relates to making optical articles such as opthalmic lenses by molding and, in particular, to using a continuous extrusion-compression molding method to make plastic lenses whereby a polymer melt is fed from an extruder or melting apparatus to a first die of a plurality of rotating or conveyed sequentially processed compression die sets comprising a first die and a second die. The die sets are positioned on die supports on a rotating turntable or conveying system, the lenses formed by compressing the die sets with pressing means associated with each die support, the lenses separated from the dies and the dies recycled to die loading and the melt feed step of the process and the process repeated until the desired number of lenses or other optical articles such as compact disk substrates are produced.

A dilatation balloon for use in combination with a catheter device, the balloon having a waist, cone and body portion and having a first layer formed from a first polymeric composition, the balloon having a second layer disposed on at least a portion of the first layer, the second layer formed from a second polymeric composition which is crosslinked on at least a portion of the dilatation balloon, and methods of making and using the same.

The invention discloses a mixed-type high-voltage DC breaker and an implementation method thereof. The DC breaker is connected in a DC system in series and concretely comprises the following branches connected in parallel: an on-state branch, a pre-transfer branch, a re-transfer branch and an energy-dissipating branch. The on-state branch comprises at least one quick mechanical switch and a first current transfer module including a full control device, and the quick mechanical switch and the first current transfer module are connected in series. The pre-transfer branch comprises the following parts connected in series: a first inductor, a first semi-control device thyristor serial connection module, and a second current transfer module including a full control device. The re-transfer branch comprises the following parts connected in series: a second inductor, a second semi-control device thyristor serial connection module, and a capacitor. The energy-dissipating branch is formed by a non-linear resistor. The implementation method comprises corresponding operations when the DC system runs normally or when a short circuit fault happens to the DC system. With the prerequisites including a fast enough breaking speed and low losses ensured, the DC breaker employs the semi-control device thyristors, so that the capability of breaking current is good, the voltage-withstanding level is high, and the cost is greatly reduced.

Alkali metal chlorates are produced by electrolyzing an anolyte contained in an anode compartment of an electrolytic cell, the anode and cathode compartments separated by means of a permselective membrane having low alkali metal ion transport efficiency. The final chlorate product can be directly crystallized from the electrolyzed anolyte or fed directly to a chlorine dioxide generator. Alternatively, a microporous, hydrophilic diaphragm can be substituted for the permselective membrane provided that the catholyte compartment is maintained at a higher hydraulic pressure than the hydraulic pressure in the anolyte compartment.

A method of fabricating a thermooptic tunable wavelength filter of optical communication systems using WDM is provided, which includes the steps of forming a polymer optical waveguide on a semiconductor substrate using a polymer material, forming a polymer Bragg grating on the optical waveguide using O2 RIE and polymer spin coating, and forming a thermooptic tuning electrode over the polymer optical waveguide in which the Bragg grating is integrated. This provides the thermooptical tunable wavelength filter which has very narrow wavelength band width of transmission signal, low crosstalk with optical signals adjacent thereto, stable wavelength tuning characteristic using thermooptic effect and wide tuning ranges. Furthermore, the optical devices using the polymer optical waveguide can be fabricated with low cost. Thus, they have advantages in terms of economy and marketability.