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    Design and testing of a 5-degrees-of-freedom, large working range micropositioning stage

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    This paper discloses the design principles of a compact 5-degrees of freedom piezoelectric micropositioning stage. The presented system exhibits the capability of generating large displacements, while maintaining a simple and modular structure. Due to a double-stage mechanical amplification strategy of the displacements generated by the piezoelectric actuators, the driving voltages can be kept low while reaching the desired performances in terms of amplitude of the working volume, thus allowing for the use of low-cost electronics. Experiments conducted to assess the static performances of a prototype device are in good agreement with the theoretical models. Possible applications include micromachining, micromanipulation and other positioning tasks in scientific instrumentation

    METHOD TO MAKE A DECORATIVE ELEMENT WHICH CAN BE APPLIED ON SURFACES AND CORRESPONDING DECORATIVE ELEMENT

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    Method to make a decorative element which can be applied on surfaces, comprising a step (22, 26) of making a decorative layer (12) made of high quality materials, metal or non-metal, such as precious materials or precious or noble metals and their alloys on a support layer (11) in order to define a desired design or graphic motif, wherein at least a sub-step (22) is provided of depositing the high quality material by means of a physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique chosen from a group comprising; heat evaporation, electronic beam evaporation, or magnetron sputtering

    metodo per la realizzazione di un elemento decorativo applicabile su superfici e relativo elemento decorativo

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    Il presente trovato si riferisce ad un metodo decorativo di tipo temporaneo, quale ad esempio un tatuaggio, una decalcomania, o simili, applicabile su superfici quali ad esempio sulla pelle, nel caso di un tatuaggio, o su una superficie di un oggetto. In particolare l'elemento decorativo temporaneo è realizzato con materiali di pregio metallici, preferibilmente metalli nobili, o preziosi, o loro leghe, come ad esempio, ma non esclusivamente, oro, platino, palladio, argento, leghe oro-rame, oro-argento, oro-platino, argento-palladio o simili, oppure materiali non metallici come diamond-like carbon

    Saldatura H-FSW di giunti a sovrapposizione di leghe di Al per impiego aeronautico

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    La friction stir welding (FSW) è una tecnica di saldatura allo stato solido che si è rapidamente diffusa in diversi settori applicativi, principalmente per la saldatura delle leghe leggere. La saldatura FSW su giunti a sovrapposizione si è dimostrata più difficile da condurre rispetto alla configurazione di testa, ampiamente trattata in letteratura. In particolare, si riscontrano delle zone di discontinuità in corrispondenza dell’interfaccia tra le lamiere saldate che assumono un profilo potenzialmente dannoso per la resistenza statica e dinamica del giunto. In prima approssimazione, la resistenza di questo tipo di giunzione è controllato più dalla presenza di questi difetti macroscopici che dalla microstruttura del materiale. Perciò la valutazione delle saldature ottenute in questo lavoro si è basata essenzialmente sulla ricerca di una correlazione tra le caratteristiche morfologiche della zona saldata e i risultati di prove di trazione statica su campioni di saldatura. In sintesi con questo lavoro si è voluto studiare la procedura di saldatura hybrid-FSW, messa a punto nel laboratorio tecnologico del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica. Essa consiste nel far precedere l’utensile da un arco TIG con le funzioni di preriscaldo del materiale base. Questa metodologia è stata applicata ai giunti a sovrapposizione di leghe di alluminio, AA2024-T3 / AA7075-O / AA2024-T3 , tradizionalmente poco o per nulla saldabili con processi di fusione

    Application of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma for heating plastic materials

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    Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma is usually referred in literature as a form of cold plasma. Many applications of DBD plasma rely on this characteristic, which allow to treat also sensitive materials, including biological tissues, to exploit a range of different effects. Atmospheric pressure plasma treatment is regularly used on polymers to enhance surface properties such as wettability and adhesion. However, in the present work, we show that DBD plasma can also be used as an alternative for heating polymeric based materials, as an initial step for further industrial processing such as thermo-forming. In particular, the efficiency of the heating process has been measured, and a novel heating mechanism has been proposed based on the experimental result

    Delayed-reference control (DRC) applied to machining operations

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    This paper deals with a non-time based control for machining operations. Such a control can be implemented in most of the CNC centers in a practical way. Basically, in this control, which belongs to the category of non-time based controllers, the desired input reference is a function of the time and of a variable which plays the role of a time delay: xd(t−T). Indeed, the proposed controller is called delayed-reference control (DRC). It is recalled that in a time-based control, the desired input reference is described as a function of time only, which is referred to as reference time: xd(t). The calculation of this function is usually implemented off-line by means of the so called path-planning process. According to this traditional approach, during the task execution, at each instant, the control module is required to track an input reference. What is relevant is that such a reference can never be modified by any event or circumstance. The DRC control differs from time-based controllers in the sense that time delay is properly calculated on-line according to the measured force signals in such a way to improve the interaction during the cutting process. In fact, the DRC consists in an outer force feedback loop around an inner position feedback loop. The effectiveness of the controller has been proven by means of its implementation on a three axes CNC center for wood machining. Eventually, experimental results are presented
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