A furnace for relieving glass products of stress is provided. The furnace has a furnace interior and a thermal element that measures temperatures in the furnace interior. The thermal element is enclosed by an enveloping tube composed of an inorganic material.

Automated blast gel pack conditioning equipment is provided and includes a housing with an evaporator and heater and defining a void space for containing a set of gel packs, at least one fan for circulating air within the housing such that a path of air flow extends through an air insufflation end to an air return end within the housing, at least one temperature sensor located within the housing, and a controller for receiving temperature measurements from the at least one temperature sensor and for automatically controlling operation of the evaporator, heater, and fans during phase change processing and conditioning of gel packs. A method of phase change processing and conditioning gel packs and a temperature sensor assembly are also provided.

Disclosed is a temperature measurement device (4) and method of using the same. The device (2) comprises a base portion (14), a plate (16), and a temperature sensor (22). The base portion (14) comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and spaced apart from the first surface. The base portion (14) is more thermally insulating than the plate (16). The plate (16) comprises a first surface and a second opposite to the first surface. The plate (16) is disposed on the first surface of the base portion (14) such that the second surface of the plate (16) is in contact with the first surface of the base portion (14). The temperature sensor (22) is coupled to the first surface of the plate (16) such that the temperature sensor (22) measures a temperature of the first surface of the plate (16).

This disclosure is directed to simulated food particles. In one possible configuration and by non-limiting example, the disclosure includes a method for design and control of properties of simulated food particles for process monitoring and validation of aseptically processed multiphase foods and biomaterials.

This disclosure is directed to simulated food particles. In one possible configuration and by non-limiting example, the disclosure includes a method for design and control of properties of simulated food particles for process monitoring and validation of aseptically processed multiphase foods and biomaterials.

A secondary battery internal temperature estimation device that estimates a secondary battery's internal temperature regardless of the secondary battery's type or state of degradation, the device including: a control unit that estimates the secondary battery's internal temperature on the basis of a relational equation showing a relationship between an external temperature and the secondary battery's internal temperature. A control unit calculates element values of an equivalent circuit of the secondary battery, determines a coefficient of the relational equation on the basis of the element values of the equivalent circuit calculated by the control unit, and applies the coefficient obtained by the control unit to the relational equation. The control unit estimates the secondary battery's internal temperature on the basis of the relational equation to which the coefficient has been applied by the control unit.

To provide a temperature measuring device for a thermal displacement compensation device, in which the values output by temperature sensors are shared among a plurality of machine tools, and thus the total number of the temperature sensors is reduced, thereby suppressing the total cost and also reducing the failure risk of the temperature sensors installed in the machine tools. A plurality of machine tools are made to use, in order to monitor a temperature of each of one or more common positions set in advance, temperature information measured by a temperature sensor installed at any position in the common positions in each of the machine tools, as temperature information of any position in the common positions without a temperature sensor installed in another machine tool in the plurality of machine tools.

This disclosure is directed to simulated food particles. In one possible configuration and by non-limiting example, the disclosure includes a method for design and control of properties of simulated food particles for process monitoring and validation of aseptically processed multiphase foods and biomaterials.

A device that measures a temperature of a heat plate for heating a target substrate mounted thereon, includes: a temperature measurement substrate including a substrate body and temperature sensors installed in the substrate body; a memory part to store correction parameters over a plurality of time zones after the temperature measurement substrate is mounted on the heat plate; and a data processing part configured to acquire time transition data of a temperature by correcting respective temperature detection values sampled at predetermined time intervals after the temperature measurement substrate is mounted on the heat plate, using the correction parameters stored in the memory part in a corresponding relationship with the temperature sensors and the time zones. The correction parameters are obtained in advance based on a standard temperature transition data acquired in advance using the temperature sensors and a time transition data acquired by each of the temperature sensors.

The invention relates to a thermometer, especially for determining the winding temperature of an electric power transformer. The invention is characterised in that, in a thermometer for determining the winding temperature of an electric power transformer, an electric temperature sensor, a mechanical temperature sensor and a heating element are arranged inside a coupling part formed from a heat-conductive material, and an insulating sleeve consisting of a thermally stable material is provided between an outer wall of the coupling part and an inner wall of the housing, the housing, the insulating sleeve and the coupling part forming a coaxial structure without leaving any air gaps such that thus definable heat transfers are generated between the individual components, namely the coupling part, the insulating sleeve and the tubular housing.