OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of implant position transfer and surface detail reproduction using two impression techniques and materials. MATERIALS AND METHODS A metal model with two implants and three grooves of 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75 mm in depth on the flat superior surface of a die was fabricated. Ten regular-body polyether (PE) and 10 regular-body polyvinyl...

PURPOSE The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of two different impression techniques for the All-on-Four implant therapy protocol. MATERIALS AND METHODS An acrylic resin analog for an edentulous maxilla with four internal connection implants (Replace Select, Nobel Biocare) was fabricated according to the All-on-Four protocol. A total of 40 impressions were made with diffe...

In the present study, experimental investigations about the hydrodynamics of the conical cap tray (ConCap tray) have been carried out. The ConCap tray is an innovative and novel type of cap trays. The effect of the different weir height (2.5, 5 and 7 cm) on the weeping, entrainment and the total pressure drop for the ConCap tray was measured, compared and correlated. The hydraulic experiments w...

What your microwave oven did for your kitchen, radio-frequency drying can do for your process. Radio-f requency (RF) drying is increasing in popularity in the textile industry because it is fast, effective, and economical. This bulletin will review the benefits of using RF to dry yarn packages. RF dryers can also dry most other textile products, including loose stock, hanks, muffs, cones, tops,...

INTRODUCTION Since almost all industrial scale columns are round, the side downcomers present unique challenges for liquid distribution both to and from the downcomers. Liquid leaving these downcomers needs to spread outwardly, away from the flow path centerline, in order to evenly feed the diverging tray active area. Also, one of the characteristics of side downcomers is that they naturally te...

From a design and hydraulic standpoint, trays are relatively complex distillation internals. In the ongoing search for higher performance trays, one first must understand the hydraulic and mass transfer aspects of the tray operation such as entrainment, downcomer flooding, and vapor liquid contact. When this is well understood, then various aspects of the deck and/or downcomer designs can more ...

INTRODUCTION A computer model quantified and compared muscle lengths and moment arms of two different reverse shoulder arthroplasty humeral tray designs during two different motions. METHODS The computer model simulated internal/ external rotation and abduction in the scapular plane for the normal shoulder, the 38 mm non-offset, and the 38 mm posterior-superior offset reverse shoulders. Muscl...

In Central Europe approximately 30% of the grain must be dried after harvest. The most popular continuous crop dryers are mixed-flow dryers. Although this type of dryer is widely used it is still necessary to optimize many segment processes during the drying. For example there are big differences in the vertical grain particle velocity causing differences in the residence time. The aim of the w...