219 results about "Initial cost" patented technology

The present invention discloses apparatus and methods for replacing a BOP with a gate valve to thereby save space, initial costs, and maintenance costs that is especially beneficial for use in offshore subsea riser packages. The method provides a gate valve capable of reliably cutting tubing utilizing a cutting edge with an inclined surface that wedges the cut portion of the tubing out of the gave valve body. A method and apparatus is provided for determining the actuator force needed to cut the particular size tubing.

By utilizing an existing device, the initial cost is reduced. A blind curve and a narrow road such as a mountain road having a high possibility of danger of collision are detected in advance and the danger of collision is evaded in advance. For this, a current position calculation section calculates the current position, the direction, and the speed. When a running road judgment section judges that the currently running road is a blind narrow curve such as a mountain road, it transmits identification information for identifying the local device and the current position information to an external server via communication means. According to the approach information on the oncoming car or the following car too near received from the server, a route guiding section searches a place where passing each other is possible and displays it on a display section. It should be noted that navigation devices can exchange information directly with each other.

The present invention provides a processing method which can process biomass resources to a carbide having a uniformity and including a large amount of high-carbon charcoal, can hold down an initial cost while capable of executing a large amount of process (for example, 100 ton per day), has a low running cost while can suppress a fuel consumption to a significantly low level, and can continuously carbonize a object having a high water content, having an unstable shape and having a high viscosity such as a sewage sludge even being a simple structure. The carbonization processing method has the steps of (i) continuously supplying a processing object M which is not preliminarily treated, or a processing object M which is formed at a predetermined magnitude by a preliminary treatment such as a fragmentation, a water content reduction or the like, from an upstream side of a cylindrical rotary kiln in which a spiral carrier wall is provided in an inner peripheral surface in an entire length and an agitating wall cutting across the carrier wall is formed in the carrier wall in a middle portion from the upstream side at a predetermined unit amount while rotating the rotary kiln, (ii) blowing a flame in an inner portion of the rotary kiln from a downstream side in a carrying direction of the rotary kiln in the state (i), and stopping the blowing of the flame if the processing object M is ignited within the rotary kiln, (iii) supplying an air necessary for burning a combustible gas generated from the processing object M to an inner portion of the rotary kiln from a downstream side, and self burning the combustible gas without supplying any fuel, (iv) sucking a gas generated in the inner portion of the rotary kiln from the upstream side of the rotary kiln so as to detoxify and discharge, and (v) discharging the carbide of the processing object M from an outlet in the downstream side of the rotary kiln so as to cool by executing the operations in the (i) to (iv).

Provided is an electronic beam irradiation device that is able to: use a compact, low-energy electron accelerator with a narrow irradiation window to irradiate an electronic beam uniformly on the entire outer surface of an object for irradiation; keep the reliability and safety of sterilization performance high by making the sterilization level of each of multiple sites substantially the same; and reduce electron accelerator cost, and by extending usage limit (life), equipment initial cost and maintenance cost. The invention comprises an electron beam irradiation means forming an electron beam irradiation area, and a gripping / moving means that grips part of the object for irradiation, and passes said object through the inside of the electron beam irradiation area. The entire surface of the object for irradiation is capable of uniformly passing through the electron beam irradiation area by combining regripping of the object for irradiation by means of two gripping mechanisms that the gripping / moving means is provided with, rotating of the object for irradiation by means of two rotating mechanisms, and moving of the object for irradiation by means of two movement mechanisms.

Offering vertical services to subscribers and service providers is an avenue to immediately improve the competitiveness of digital subscriber line access service, for example of the type offered by a local exchange carrier. To deliver high-quality vertical services, however, the underlying ADSL Data Network (ADN) or the like needs to establish Quality of Service (QoS) as a core characteristic and offer an efficient mechanism for insertion of the vertical services. The inventive network architecture introduces QoS into the ADN, in a manner that enables the delivery of sophisticated and demanding IP-based services to subscribers, does not affect existing Internet tiers of service, and is cost-effective in terms of initial costs, build-out, and ongoing operations. The architecture utilizes a switch capable of examining and selectively forwarding packets or frames based on higher layer information in the protocol stack, that is to say on information that is encapsulated in the layer-2 information utilized to define normal connectivity through the network. The switch enables segregation of upstream traffic by type and downstream aggregation of Internet traffic together with traffic from a local services domain for vertical services and other local services. Systems coupled to the local services domain alone or in combination with software in servers and / or a user's computer enable a testing of connectivity, throughput, QoS metrics and the like through selected points of the ADN network.

A method of operating a navigation system for a vehicle and a vehicle navigation system are provided, where an initial route to a destination is determined, the initial route that includes a plurality of links, each of which is associated with an initial cost. The initial route may be calculated such that it passes within a predetermined distance of one or more predetermined waypoints. One or more of the predetermined waypoints may be designated as an obligatory waypoint, which will be taken into account when calculating a new route. The initial cost associated with a link in the initial route may be decreased and a new route calculated in the event the vehicle deviates from the initial route.