306 results about "Thermal impact" patented technology

The laser induced liquid jet generating apparatus irradiates a laser beam on a liquid in a main body, guides the generated liquid jet into a catheter via a nozzle, and generates a flow in the direction opposite the liquid jet. Even by the use of a catheter having a small outside diameter, therefore, the apparatus is enabled to effect powerful laser irradiation without being thermally affected by the laser beam and consequently shatter thrombus, for example, and recover by aspiration the shattered thrombus through the distal end of the catheter.

A method of fabricating plastic objects having an insert of Lenticular lens material integrally bonded or otherwise attached therein. In one embodiment, the method is used to fabricate a container, such as a conical cup, by first manufacturing or providing a sheet of Lenticular material comprising layers of lens material and optical ridges and grooves and an ink layer printed on the flat side of the lens material. To protect the ink from the heat of molten or moldable plastic during later plastic processing, a thermally protective substrate is attached or bonded to the ink layer by using adhesives to attach a plastic substrate or by coating the ink with coating materials that thermally protect the ink from high temperatures. In one embodiment, the protective substrate is applied in a two step process of first placing a plastic hot melt onto a polyester or other material release liner and, after cooling of the hot melt, using heat and pressure to laminate or bond the hot melt plastic to the ink and then removing the liner. Lenticular inserts are cut out of the Lenticular material sheets and the inserts are positioned within a mold where the container is formed by injection, blow, or other molding process. In this step, the substrate acts as a bonding surface as it contacts the molten plastic, melts, and then cools forming a bonding interface with the plastic used to form the container.

The invention discloses a method for efficiently compounding a fusion-covering reinforced steel rail through laser and an auxiliary heat source. The laser and the auxiliary heat source act on a to-be-fusion-covered area on the surface of the steel rail simultaneously, as a main heat source, the laser makes the material of a fusion-covering layer and the material on part of the base of the surfaceof the steel rail quickly fused simultaneously to form a fusion pool, the auxiliary heat source and the laser heat source move in the same direction at the same speed and preheat and / or postheat the laser fusion pool, a heat influence area and the surface layer of the base of the steel rail, the temperature gradient of the steel rail is lowered, thus the cooling speed of the steel rail is lowered,and the phenomena of transforming of a martensite in a heat influence area and cracking are avoided. Through the compounding effect, the critical cooling time for transforming an austenite to a pearlite is shortened in the heat influence area wherein the cooling time is larger than a CCT curve or a TTT curve, so that the mechanical performance among the fusion-covering layer, the heat influence area and the base is reasonably matched, the rigidity curve is smooth in distribution, and the overall fatigue performance is good. The method can fuse-cover a metal layer on the surface of a field ofa railway steel rail on line and can also achieve fuse-covering machining on the surface of the steel rail in a production workshop.

A bistable microelectromechanical system (MEMS) based system comprises a micromachined beam having a first stable state, in which the beam is substantially stress-free and has a specified non-linear shape, and a second stable state. The curved shape may comprises a simple curve or a compound curve. In embodiments, the boundary conditions for the beam are fixed boundary conditions, bearing boundary conditions, spring boundary conditions, or a combination thereof. The system may further comprise an actuator arranged to move the beam between the first and second stable states and a movable element that is moved between a first position and a second position in accordance with the movement of the beam between the first and second stable states. The actuator may comprise one of a thermal actuator, an electrostatic actuator, a piezoelectric actuator and a magnetic actuator. The actuator may further comprise a thermal impact actuator or a zippering electrostatic actuator.