Abstract:
A consolidation facility for consolidating power generated by a plurality of water current power generation systems 101, 201, 401, 801, each of said power generation systems 101, 201, 401, 801 comprising one or more submerged flotation chambers 102, 402, 403, one or more submerged induction type power generation units 104, 201, 405, 406 disposed in communication with said flotation chambers 102, 402, 403, one or more propellers 105, 206, 407, 501 disposed in communication with said induction type power generation units 104, 201, 405, 406, a mooring system and a generated power output means, wherein said consolidation facility further comprises means for receiving power generated by said power generation units 104, 201, 405, 406 and transferred to said consolidation facility by said generated power output means.
Abstract:
An annular metal cord and an endless metal belt are provided which have superior breaking strength and which are easy to be produced. The annular metal cord includes an annular core portion 3 and an outer layer portion 4. The annular core portion 3 is formed by connecting together both ends of a first strand material 1 which is made up of six twisted first metal filaments 5. The outer layer portion 4 is formed by winding spirally a second strand material 2 which is made up of six twisted second metal filaments 6 around the annular core portion 3. The second strand material 2 is wound at a predetermined winding angle relative to a center axis of the annular core portion 3, and a winding initiating end portion and a winding terminating end portion thereof are connected together. Since it is not that six second strand materials 2 are not wound but that the second strand material 2 is wound six rounds, there only has to be the single second strand material 2, and there is only one connecting portion. As a result, the breaking strength of the annular metal cord can be made large, and the production thereof can be facilitated.
Abstract:
The present invention provides structure of steel cord in heavy duty tires, in which the adhesive strength between filament and rubber, and penetrating property of rubber are improved by making the twist direction of core and strand different in the steel cord comprising core and strand filament, and by making the pitch or the twist period of core and strand different. In particular, this structure is applied to steel cord of 3+8*d(HT) which is used in heavy duty tires. In this application, twist direction of core filament is in the S direction and twist direction of strand filament is in the Z direction, and the ratio of the pitch of core filament (CP) and the pitch of strand filament (SP) is between 0.50 and 0.94.
Abstract:
A steel cord having a three-layer twisted construction consisting of an innermost layer, an intermediate layer, an outermost layer, and a spiral warp and being capable of achieving an improvement in the adhesion force to rubber while reducing the number of processing steps used. In the steel cord, the innermost layer consists of 3 filaments twisted in one of left or right twist directions while having a twist pitch length of 5 to 18 mm; the intermediate layer consists of 8 filaments twisted in the same twist direction as that of the innermost layer while having a twist pitch length of 5 to 18 mm, namely, the same twist pitch length as that of the innermost layer; the outermost layer consists of 13 filaments twisted in a left or right twist direction opposite to those of the innermost and intermediate layers while having a twist pitch length of 10 to 25 mm equal to or more than those of the innermost and intermediate layers; and the spiral wrap consists of a single filament adapted to be wrapped around the outermost layer, thereby preventing the steel cord from being unwound, the filament being twisted in a twisted direction opposite to that of the outermost layer while having a twist pitch length of 3 to 10 mm. Gaps are formed among the filaments of the intermediate and outermost layers. The gaps allow rubber to penetrate easily into the steel cord therethrough.
Abstract:
Zur Erkennung der Ablegereife von geschlagenen Kunstfaserseilen (1), vorzugsweise Aramidfaserseilen, ist durch mindestens zwei im Gegenschlag miteinander verseilte Litzenlagen (7,14) ein drehneutraler Seilaufbau aus tragenden Faserlitzen (2,3,4,5) vorgesehen, indem sich die verseilungsbedingten Drehmomente der Litzenlagen (7,14) gegenseitig ausgleichen. Bei durch Verschleiss oder Fremdeinwirkung bedingten ungleichen Schwächungen der Litzenlagen (7,14) fängt das Seil (1) unter Last im laufenden Betrieb an sich um seine Längsachse (20) zu drehen. Das Drehen des Seils (1) kann mittels verschiederer Massnahmen sichtbar gemacht werden. Bei einer Ausführungsart dient eine in Seillängsrichtung vorgesehene Markierung (11) zur visuellen Erkennung der Ablegereife anhand der Seildrehung.
Abstract:
Ein, insbesondere drehungsfreies, Drahtseil weist ein Kernseit (1) in Parallel-Machart auf, das auf seinem Querschnitt im Ganzen verdichtet worden ist und/oder aus Profillitzen hergestellt worden ist, die sich von vornherein dichter zusammensetzen lassen.