The subject of this invention is a multipurpose manure spreading device which enables the spreading of organic manure to the rear of the machine (backwards) or laterally (sideways). The technical problem this invention is solving is the ability to spread manure backwards or sideways, in order to enable optimum fertilization of a selected surface. A review of the existing variants has shown that there is no machine available on the market that would enable spreading of organic manure both backwards and sideways with the same device.
F.06 Development of a new product
COBISS.SI-ID: 5957147The innovation represents a mechanism in the upper price bracket. The regular mechanism does not allow inserting sheets of paper to the left side when the mechanism is open, while this is possible with the double touch lever arch mechanism. At the same time, opening and closing is always performed in a downward direction, while with the regular mechanism it is done in both directions. The mechanism is a part of regular product portfolio of a company NIKO d.o.o. Železniki, Slovenia.
F.06 Development of a new product
COBISS.SI-ID: 11314459The patent is a result of the part of the LECAD lab. The researchers of the lab developed and applied methods for opportunity search, chaining of physical laws and basic schemata, and virtual product development. The patent also indicates that application of systematic methods leads toward the enlargement of company's product portfolio; the enlargement lowers business risks related to insufficient product portfolio. Device increased the productivity by factor 3(!) and simultaneously lowers operator's loads during operation comparing to existing technologies.
F.06 Development of a new product
COBISS.SI-ID: 12165659Architectural design is leading us in the direction of structures with free and irregular forms. As a consequence of this the connection between the design's intent and its fabrication represents a challenge when creating a support structure that is geometrically viable and which needs to possess certain aesthetic, fabricational, thermal and strength requirements. To ensure the contacts of the edges of the neighboring insulation panels along their thicknesses, the edges must be cut at different angles, which causes differences in the vertex heights and, furthermore, differences in the positions of the inner metal sheets of the insulation panels. The main goal of the presented research is the development of a post-optimization procedure, by which the minimum joint-height differences will be achieved for all the joints, taking into account all the free-form surfaces of the individual architectural design. To compensate for the residual height differences the use of spacers of different thicknesses is proposed. The paper considers the global minimization of the joint-height differences for a sample free-form architectural design that is meshed with a quad-dominant mesh.
F.10 Improvements to an existing technological process or technology
COBISS.SI-ID: 12476955A selection of achievements and first physics results are presented of the European Integrated Tokamak Modelling Task Force (EFDA ITM-TF) simulation framework, which aims to provide a standardized platform and an integrated modelling suite of validated numerical codes for the simulation and prediction of a complete plasma discharge of an arbitrary tokamak. The framework developed by the ITM-TF, based on a generic data structure including both simulated and experimental data, allows for the development of sophisticated integrated simulations (workflows) for physics application. The equilibrium reconstruction and linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability simulation chain was applied, in particular, to the analysis of the edgeMHDstability of ASDEX Upgrade type-I ELMy H-mode discharges and ITER hybrid scenario, demonstrating the stabilizing effect of an increased Shafranov shift on edge modes. Interpretive simulations of a JET hybrid discharge were performed with two electromagnetic turbulence codes within ITM infrastructure showing the signature of trapped-electron assisted ITG turbulence. A successful benchmark among five EC beam/ray-tracing codes was performed in the ITM framework for an ITER inductive scenario for different launching conditions from the equatorial and upper launcher, showing good agreement of the computed absorbed power and driven current. Selected achievements and scientificworkflowapplications targeting key modelling topics and physics problems are also presented, showing the current status of the ITM-TF modelling suite.
F.02 Acquisition of new scientific knowledge
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