An additive manufacturing system may include a powder delivery device configured to direct a powder stream toward a build surface of a component, and a powder flow monitoring system. The powder delivery device defines a longitudinal axis oriented toward the build surface. The powder flow monitoring system includes an illumination device configured to illuminate at least some powder the powder stream between the powder delivery device and the build surface; and an imaging device configured to image the illuminated powder at an image plane that intersects the longitudinal axis. The illumination device and the imaging device may be registered to the powder delivery device in a plane substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.

A search device updates positions and momentums of a plurality of virtual particles, for each unit time from an initial time to an end time. The search device, for each unit time, calculates, for each of the particles, a position at a target time of a corresponding particle, calculates, for each of a plurality of nodes, a first accumulative value by cumulatively adding positions at the target time of two or more particles corresponding to outgoing two or more directed edges, calculates, for each of the nodes, a second accumulative value by cumulatively adding positions at the target time of two or more particles corresponding to incoming two or more directed edges, and calculates, for each of the particles, a momentum at the target time of a corresponding particle based on the first accumulative value and the second accumulative value.

The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing particle analysis through flow cytometry at comparatively high event rates and for gathering high resolution images of particles.

The present invention relates to a method for cancer cell separation, and more specifically, relates to a method for cancer cell separation using micro-vibration.

A search device updates positions and momentums of a plurality of virtual particles, for each unit time from an initial time to an end time. The search device, for each unit time, calculates, for each of the particles, a position at a target time of a corresponding particle, calculates, for each of a plurality of nodes, a first accumulative value by cumulatively adding positions at the target time of two or more particles corresponding to outgoing two or more directed edges, calculates, for each of the nodes, a second accumulative value by cumulatively adding positions at the target time of two or more particles corresponding to incoming two or more directed edges, and calculates, for each of the particles, a momentum at the target time of a corresponding particle based on the first accumulative value and the second accumulative value.

An analytical device for analysing ions is provided comprising a separator 2 for separating ions according to a physico-chemical property and an interface 3 comprising one or more ion guides. A quadrupole rod set mass filter 4 is arranged downstream of the interface 3. A control system is arranged and adapted: (i) to transmit a first group of ions which emerges from the separator 2 through the interface 3 with a first transit time t1; and (ii) to transmit a second group of ions which subsequently emerges from the separator 2 through the interface 3 with a second different transit time t2.

An apparatus for measuring black powder dislodgment and entrainment velocities. The apparatus comprises an inlet section including a first gas source having a test gas, a second source having an additional gas, and an inlet pipe coupled to the first and second gas sources, a plenum having an inlet plate coupled to the inlet pipe for receiving the test gas or the additional gas and distributing the received gas into a steady flow, and a plurality of test sections extending from the plenum, each test section including a particle generation spool at which black powder is generated from the test gas via a condensation process, and a filtration spool downstream from the particle generation spool having at least one membrane element for filtering out black powder from the test gas flow and also having pressure gauges from which black powder dislodgment and entrainment velocities can be determined.

A search device updates positions and momentums of a plurality of virtual particles, for each unit time from an initial time to an end time. The search device, for each unit time, calculates, for each of the particles, a position at a target time of a corresponding particle, calculates, for each of a plurality of nodes, a first accumulative value by cumulatively adding positions at the target time of two or more particles corresponding to outgoing two or more directed edges, calculates, for each of the nodes, a second accumulative value by cumulatively adding positions at the target time of two or more particles corresponding to incoming two or more directed edges, and calculates, for each of the particles, a momentum at the target time of a corresponding particle based on the first accumulative value and the second accumulative value.

Electrophoresis device including: a first flow passage extending in a first direction and through which a sample and a buffer solution flow; a sample collecting part provided at an end portion of the first flow passage and configured to collect the sample; electrodes disposed at both sides of the first flow passage in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured to apply a voltage to the first flow passage in the second direction; second flow passages communicating with both sides of the first flow passage in the second direction, configured to accommodate the electrodes, and through which a second buffer solution flows; and partition walls fixed to communicating portions between the first and second flow passages with a predetermined bonding strength and configured to block movement of substances between the first and second flow passages. The partition walls are formed of a gel material having ion permeability.

Stationary devices employing quadrature phase analysis light scattering are provided, to aid in the determination of the magnitude and polarity of electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential of particles in colloids. The devices use an optical quadrature interferometer with an electrophoresis sample chamber containing sample particles undergoing electrophoresis, the optical quadrature interferometer being configured to generate a quadrature signal. The phase of the quadrature signal may be analyzed at the frequency of the sample chamber electric field to estimate displacements and directions of the particles. The estimates can be used to determine a central value of the magnitude of the electrophoretic mobility, as well as its polarity. Particles having low electrophoretic mobility, or that may be adversely affected by high electric fields, can be analyzed, and constraints on vibration and light source coherence length may be relaxed. A phase modulator or frequency shifter is not required.