Abstract

In the special machines and custom made machine industry, machine manufacturers have to deal with maintenance services in spread market, while individualization of customer demands increases complexity to maintenance services. That is the case in stone cutting machines manufacturing business, where maintenance is a critical factor because of the high customization of each machine and because of...

We have discovered a new fractal pattern, coffee exhibits on a horizontal surface, with a fractal dimension 06 . 0 88 . 1 ± , when a heavy coffee droplet interacts with the surface of lighter milk. Parts of coffee pattern on the surface disappear due to Rayleigh–Taylor instability, and the annihilative behavior produces the fractal pattern. Coffee fractals and the Sierpinski carpet have common ...

Cationic amphiphilic diblock copolymers were synthesized by RAFT polymerization and the nanostructure of their monolayers was investigated by π-A isotherm and X-ray reflectivity. Carpet layer (dense hydrophilic block layer) formation under the hydrophobic layer was confirmed and a “brush” layer was found beneath the carpet layer. However, the thickness of brush layer was much thinner than that ...

BACKGROUND Several chemical treatments have been recommended for reducing mite and other allergen levels in carpets, including the protein-denaturing agent tannic acid (TA). OBJECTIVE We evaluated the efficacy of TA and other treatments on mite and cat allergens in carpets within houses. The effects of TA were assessed on Der p 1 and Der f 1, on group II mite allergens, and on the major cat a...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other techniques are being used to investigate moisture transport in textiles. MRI revealed that moisture distribution in carpet is significantly influenced by the details of the vacuum extraction procedure used to remove excess water. Industrially relevant through-flow drying of carpet has been simulated on a laboratory-scale dryer as well as inside an MRI ...