An apparatus for connecting collar components to an elongate member is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame structure having a central opening that is configured to receive an elongate member and that includes at least a first gripping station and a second gripping station. Each gripping station includes a reference surface and a clamp device that is configured to force a collar component against the reference surface. The first and second gripping stations are configured to control relative spatial location of a first collar component held by the first gripping station relative to a second collar component gripped by the second gripping station, prior to connecting the first and second collar components to the elongate member.

A glass tube is treated with laser cutting for separating a hollow glass body from the glass tube. A laser beam used for laser cutting is focused on a wall of the glass tube.

An automated container cutting apparatus configured to cut various sized rectilinear containers without unnecessary costs or lack of transportability. The automated container cutting apparatus includes a right angle transfer conveyor that positions a container in a first cutting position. The apparatus also includes a cutting mechanism configured to cut the container on two adjacent edges while in the first cutting position. The cutting mechanism further includes two cutting elements supported at right angles to one another for horizontally cutting a container on two adjacent edges.

A method of controlling highly regulated power and frequency from a high frequency power supply system to provide a highly regulated power and frequency to a workpiece load where the highly regulated power and frequency can be independent of the workpiece load characteristics by inverter switching control and an inverter output impedance adjusting and frequency control network that can include precision variable reactor pairs with a geometrically-shaped moveable insert core section and a stationary split-bus section with a complementary geometrically-shaped split bus section and a split electric terminal bus section where the insert core section can be moved relative to the stationary split-bus section to vary the inductance of the variable reactors.

A method for producing a component of a sliding bearing includes a) providing a metal bolt with a cylindrical lateral surface and two end faces; b) coating the lateral surface of the bolt with a soldering flux or solder material; c) providing a metal sheet made of bronze and forming it into a cylindrical sleeve having a longitudinal slot, wherein a first side of the metal sheet forming an inside is coated with a solder material or a soldering flux before or after the forming process, either the lateral surface of the bolt or the inside of the sleeve having soldering flux; d) sliding the sleeve onto the lateral surface of the bolt; e) integrally bonding the lateral surface and the sleeve soldering; f) optionally closing the longitudinal slot by welding; and g) optionally machining a second side of the metal sheet facing away from the bolt.

A laser decontamination system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a laser generator generating a laser beam; an optical head inserted inside a pipe and focusing the laser beam on a contamination material inside the pipe for laser ablation; a first optical fiber connecting the laser generator and the optical head and transmitting the laser beam to the optical head; a spectroscope for analyzing a plasma spectrum generated in the pipe by the laser ablation; a second optical fiber connecting the spectroscope and the optical head and transmitting the plasma spectrum to the spectroscope; a dust collector for collecting a dust generated in the pipe by the laser ablation; a dust collection pipe connecting the dust collector and the inside of the pipe and transmitting the dust to the dust collector; and a blocking film positioned between the optical head and the pipe to block the dust.

The present invention relates to a method of making a highly flexible stent graft (100), the method comprising: providing a stent graft having a first and a second longitudinal end and a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the stent graft comprising a base stent (10), the base stent having a first covering material (14) provided on the inside of the base stent so as to line the lumen and a second covering material (12) provided on the outside of the base stent, locally ablating the second covering material without puncturing the first covering material to thereby increase the flexibility of the stent graft.

A hardfacing metal composition and method of restoring worn work string tubing by application of a hardfacing metal to the worn regions of the work string tubing.

A laser welding method for joining a non-sintered material to a sintered material is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a first component made of a non-sintered material, providing a second component made of a sintered material, arranging the first component and the second component along a contact plane to produce a joining joint, applying a laser beam to a first joining region of the first component in the region of the joining joint to melt the first joining region to a melt, melting a second joining region of the second component in the region of the joining joint by means of the melt of the first joining region, and cooling the joining joint.

A process is provided for the continuous production of thin-walled, radially closed hollow profiles composed of nonferrous metals and having a small cross section comprises supply of a flat strip of the metal to a forming apparatus at a first supply speed, the thickness of the strip corresponding to the wall thickness of the hollow profile. The forming apparatus continuous forms the flat strip into a shape corresponding to the hollow profile. After forming, two opposite edges of the flat strip rest flush against one another in a contact region and are continuously welded by means of a laser which emits light having a wavelength of less than 600 nm. The laser heats an area in a welding region having a diameter of less than 20% of the cross-sectional dimension of the hollow profile. The welded hollow profile is taken off from the welding region and taken up in an uptake device.