A system includes an agitation system having a container configured to store a coating material, an agitator configured to agitate the coating material, and a sensor configured to sense conditions within the container and transmit the conditions. The system also includes an agitation control system having a controller configured to turn on the agitator, and change an intensity of agitation in response to an input received from the agitation system.

An agitator is configured to move within a vessel in order to circulate at least one substance, the agitator including at least one sensor, the sensor being configured to detect parameters of the circulating process and/or parameters of the substance and/or parameters of an reaction and/or parameters of the agitator, and agitator being configured to supply energy to at least one sensor in a wireless manner and to transmit sensor signals to an evaluating device.

The invention further relates to an agitator system with such an agitator and a method for detecting and measuring, respectively, process parameters in a wireless and/or battery-free manner.

A microtiter plate mixing control system is disclosed. The system includes a frame, a suspension system attached to the frame, and a magnetically responsive horizontal platform supported on the frame by the suspension system. A solenoid is adjacent the platform for moving the platform on the suspension system. A proximity sensor is adjacent the platform for determining the position of the platform with respect to the frame. A controller is in communication with the proximity sensor and the solenoid for driving the solenoid and moving the platform in response to the proximity sensor.

Disclosed is a plunger mixer device (307B, 309B, 311B, and 313B) deployable within a hollow shaft injection drill bit system (305B). The plunger mixer device (307B, 309B, 311B, and 313B) includes a motor (313B), a piston (507D), and a plunger motor assembly (403C, 405C, 407C, 409C, 411C, 413C, and 415C). The motor (313B) is connected to a feeder auger tip. The piston (507D) is configured to be driven by the motor (313B). The piston (507D) is connected to a feeder auger (103C, 105A, 109B, and 205A). The plunger motor assembly (403C, 405C, 407C, 409C, 411C, 413C, and 415C) includes a stacked series of panels (503D, 505D, and 507D), and a plurality of motor shafts (311D). The stacked series of panels (503D, 505D, and 507D) has a plurality of ribbed panels (307D) with a rib locking feature. One of the stacked series of the panel (507C) is actuated by the motor (313B). The ribbed panels (303C) lock between each other when the ribbed panels (305D, 307B, 307D, and 309B) are spun into a fully formed deployment. The ribbed panels (303C, 305C, and 307C), upon deployment, serve to mix wet and dry materials by subsurface hollow shaft drilling augers (103A) ascending in communication with a feeder auger ascent and the subsequent descent.

Disclosed is a plunger mixer device (307B, 309B, 311B, and 313B) deployable within a hollow shaft injection drill bit system (305B). The plunger mixer device (307B, 309B, 311B, and 313B) includes a motor (313B), a piston (507D), and a plunger motor assembly (403C, 405C, 407C, 409C, 411C, 413C, and 415C). The motor (313B) is connected to a feeder auger tip. The piston (507D) is configured to be driven by the motor (313B). The piston (507D) is connected to a feeder auger (103C, 105A, 109B, and 205A). The plunger motor assembly (403C, 405C, 407C, 409C, 411C, 413C, and 415C) includes a stacked series of panels (503D, 505D, and 507D), and a plurality of motor shafts (311D). The stacked series of panels (503D, 505D, and 507D) has a plurality of ribbed panels (307D) with a rib locking feature. One of the stacked series of the panel (507C) is actuated by the motor (313B). The ribbed panels (303C) lock between each other when the ribbed panels (305D, 307B, 307D, and 309B) are spun into a fully formed deployment. The ribbed panels (303C, 305C, and 307C), upon deployment, serve to mix wet and dry materials by subsurface hollow shaft drilling augers (103A) ascending in communication with a feeder auger ascent and the subsequent descent.

A microfluidic module for co-encapsulation in droplets of two populations of particles may include first and second modules for sorting the two populations. The modules may have their first outlets including first obstructive valves configured to at least partially obstruct the first outlets. The first outlets may be fluidly connected to a fusion module, including a fusion module means for merging at least one droplet from the first droplet population and at least one droplet from the second droplet population into a merged droplet comprising the two population of particles, and a control unit for controlling the first obstructive valves from information originating from a first and second module detection portion located upstream of the first outlets.

A fluid mixing device includes a fluid mixing unit, a concentration measurement unit, a mixing ratio control unit controlling a mixing ratio of different fluid components in the fluid mixing unit based on a concentration of a mixed fluid measured by the concentration measurement unit, a flow rate measurement unit, and a flow rate control unit controlling a flow rate of the mixed fluid based on the flow rate of the mixed fluid measured by the flow rate measurement unit. The concentration measurement unit, the flow rate measurement unit, and the flow rate control unit are arranged on the downstream side of the fluid mixing unit. A flow passage of the concentration measurement unit, a flow passage of the flow rate measurement unit, and the elastic tube of the flow rate control unit are arranged to extend along a flow passage axis on a line with each other.

A mixing machine includes a head extending over a bowl receiving location, the head including a downwardly extending rotatable output shaft for receiving a mixer tool. A drive train including a motor having an output operatively connected to drive a planetary gear system that effects rotation of the rotatable output shaft about its axis and orbiting of the shaft axis about another axis. A control system includes a master control unit and a slave control unit, the master control unit connected with a first sensor located along the drive train between the motor and the planetary gear system, the slave control unit connected with a second sensor, wherein both the slave control unit and the second sensor rotate with a part of the planetary gear system, wherein the master control unit and the slave control unit are configured for wireless communication with each other.

A state monitoring system for stirring-degassing processing that includes: a sensor unit and a computer, the sensor unit including a temperature sensor that determines a temperature of a processing target material and a first transmitter-receiver that transmits output values of the temperature sensor to the computer, the computer includes a second transmitter-receiver, an information recorder, and a processor, the second transmitter-receiver receives output values of the temperature sensor transmitted by the first transmitter-receiver. A phenomenon that may appear in output values of the temperature sensor during processing and content of post-comparison determination processing performed by the processor according to the phenomenon are associated in information that is recorded in the information recorder, and the processor compares information recorded in the information recorder and a specific phenomenon that has appeared in output values of the temperature sensor during processing, and performs post-comparison determination processing according to a result of the comparison.

A microfluidic apparatus includes a substrate defining a microchannel having inlet and an outlet defining a length of the microchannel. The microchannel has a main channel extending from the inlet to the outlet, and a plurality of side cavities extending from the main channel. The cavities are in fluid communication with the main channel. A method includes introducing a sample into the microchannel through the inlet to fill the entire microchannel, and then introducing a solvent into the microchannel through the inlet at a controlled flow rate and inlet pressure. A developed solvent front then moves along the main channel from the inlet to the outlet while displacing the sample in the main channel. Images of the microchannel are acquired as the front moves, and a miscibility condition is determined based on the images.