Investigations of operating parameters of widely used sand mixers reveal a wide variability range in the values of parameters associated
with their power demand. Power efficiency of manufacturing processes has received a great deal of attention lately, which encourages the
research efforts to optimise this aspects of operation of machines and installations as well. In the first place these machines
and installations have to work properly as a part of the process line- which applies also to moulding sand mixers. Experiments conducted
by the authors suggest that the same goal can be achieved at variable energy input levels. To obtain information about the power demands
of sand mixers requires the use of highly specialised equipment, methodology and result processing procedures. This study provides a brief
characteristic of measurement equipment and results of measurements taken on a unit AG-015 (based on a roller mixer) and a laboratory
rotor mixer.
The article presents current state of the structure of hard coal enrichment plants in Poland, taking the capacity, the range of grain enrichment and the type of equipment used into account. This data were presented in a tabular format for each Polish Coal Company operating on the Polish market. The article was also present simplified: flow sheet of the steam and coking coal enrichment system. Based on the presented data, the planned needs and trends were described in terms of increasing production efficiency, minimizing water consumption and safety of work. A list of research and development works which must be undertaken were also presented as well as factors determining the technological development of the processing plants.
For a long time creativity, innovativeness and entrepreneurship have been at the heart of studies on economic growth of regions and cities. In the paper the three notions are scrutinised together to propose conceptual approach to establishing research and development pathways, based upon three-stage identification of: research problems, project patterns and relational mechanisms. The paper is concluded with a 63 Box – the approach helping to navigate throughout project preparation phase.
A ceria loaded carbon nanotubes (CeO2/CNTs) nanocomposites photocatalyst was prepared by chemical precipitation, and the preparation conditions were optimized using an orthogonal experiment method. HR-TEM, XRD, UV-Vis/DRS, TGA and XPS were used to characterize the photocatalyst. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption was employed to determine the BET specific surface area. The results indicated that the photocatalyst has no obvious impurities. CeO2 was dispersed on the carbon nanotubes with a good loading effect and high loading efficiency without agglomeration. The catalyst exhibits a strong ability to absorb light in the ultraviolet region and some ability to absorb light in the visible light region. The CeO2/CNTs nanocomposites photocatalyst was used to degrade azo dye Acid Orange 7 (40 mg/L). The optical decolorization rate was 66.58% after xenon lamp irradiation for 4 h, which is better than that of commercial CeO2 (43.13%). The results suggested that CeO2 loading on CNTs not only enhanced the optical decolorization rate but also accelerated the separation of CeO2/CNTs and water.
This paper discusses issues related to optimising the technological parameters of the process of brazing gold in a vacuum
furnace. An investigation of the brazing process was carried out for materials used in constructing components for aircraft engine
fuel systems. The vacuum brazed material was AMS 5510 stainless steel (in the form of plates and pipes). AMS 4787 (BAu-4) was
used as the brazing filler. In particular, the influence of the method of preparing the surface on solder spreading and the thickness
of the diffusion zone were analysed. The best spreading of solder was obtained for nickel plated surfaces. When the sample surface
was more rough or scratched, the effect of the spreading of solder was limited and the diffusion process of the solder into the base
material became dominant. Moreover, the influence of the brazing temperature on microstructure changes and on interdiffusion
of the AMS 5510 stainless steel/BAu-4 solder system was determined. It was observed that an increase in the brazing temperature
modifies the morphology of the formed joint by forming a massive and rounded phase. Furthermore, an increase in the brazing
temperature enhances the exchange of components.