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The invention relates to a wear-resistant coating used for bearing surfaces and flanks of piston rings in internal combustion engines. The wear-resistant inventive coating is obtained by mechanically alloying powders which form a metallic matrix with hard material dispersoids and lubricant material dispersoids. The coating is then thermally applied to the workpieces, especially by means of high velocity oxygen fuel spraying (HVOF). The workpieces coated are bearing surfaces and parts of flanks pertaining to piston rings in internal combustion engines.
1. A piston ring for internal combustion engines, said piston ring formed by the process of:
providing a piston ring having at least one of a flank surface and a bearing surface,
mechanically alloying a metallic matrix and a ceramic phase to provide a compound powder mixture for applying to said at least one of said flank surface and said bearing surface, wherein said metallic matrix is present in an amount of from 5 to 70% by volume and said ceramic phase is present in an amount of from 30 to 95% by volume, both relative to said total compound powder mixture,
wherein said metallic matrix comprises at least one of nickel and iron and an alloying element selected from at least one of carbon, silicon, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, nickel and iron, whereby said alloying elements do not exceed 70% by weight of said metallic matrix; and
wherein said ceramic phase is selected from at least one of Al2O3, Cr2O3, TiO2, ZrO2, Fe3O4, TiC, SiC, CrC, WC, BC or diamond, and wherein said ceramic phase has a particle size of up to 10 μm, and
thermal spraying said compound powder mixture to at least one of said flank surface and said bearing surface.
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3. A wear-resistant coating for the bearing surfaces and flanks of piston rings comprising:
a compound powder mixture comprising a metallic matrix and at least one ceramic phase mechanically alloyed with one another to form said compound powder mixture;
said metallic matrix comprising at least one of nickel and iron and an alloying element selected from at least one of carbon, silicon, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, iron, and nickel, whereby said alloying elements do not exceed 70% by weight of said metallic matrix; and
said ceramic phase selected from Al2O3, Cr2O3, TiO2, ZrO2, Fe3O4, TiC, SiC, CrC, WC, BC or diamond and having a particle size of up to 10 μm;
said alloying element present in an amount of from 5 to 70% by volume and said ceramic phase present in an amount of from 30 to 95% by volume, both relative to said total compound powder mixture; and
wherein said compound powder mixture is applied by means of thermal spraying.
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The present invention relates to a wear-resistant coating for use on the bearing surfaces and flanks of piston rings in internal combustion engines. The wear-resistant coating according to the invention is obtained by mechanically alloying powders that form a metallic matrix with hard material dispersoids and lubricant material dispersoids. The coating is then thermally applied to the workpieces, in particular by means of high-velocity flame (HVOF) spraying. The workpieces are the bearing surfaces and flank parts of piston rings in internal combustion engines.
The invention therefore relates particularly to manufacturing and assembly of coatings of mechanically alloyed powders having tribologically optimal properties that are used as the starting materials for coating the piston ring surfaces using thermal methods; for example, by means of thermal spraying and using the coatings obtained using the aforesaid powders on, for instance, piston rings of internal combustion engines.
By their constant contact at the cylinder barrel, piston rings are subject to constant sliding wear. This is expressed both in the abrasive degradation of the piston ring surface or its coating and in the partial transfer of material from the cylinder surface to the piston ring surface and vice versa. It is possible by using adapted coatings to minimize these negative affects. Consequently, particle-reinforced hard chromium layers exhibit better resistance to abrasion than uncoated or nitrated rings (see EP 217126 B1), but also better than conventional hard chromium layers or plasma sprayed layers on a molybdenum base. Nevertheless these coatings, too, lapse into the borderline region of their performances, because of the increasing pressure and temperature parameters in modern internal combustion engines. Therefore, new coatings are required that provide even less abrasion and higher resistance to abrasion versus the currently available ones. Ceramics are suitable in principle as materials that can fulfill these requirements. They have excellent resistance to abrasion and, because of their non-metallic bonding properties, have very low tendency to adhere in comparison to metal alloys.
Ceramics can also be applied directly to piston rings using various coating methods. So, for example, they can be directly deposited using vaporization methods (PVD or CVD). The drawback here is that the amount of material deposition per unit of time for this application are much too low and are therefore uneconomical.
Plasma spraying, on the other hand, provides relatively high deposition rates but the coatings are generally subjected to tensile stresses, whereby they run the risk of cracking and breaking out. This is aggravated generally by the very brittle character of the ceramics.
Thermal spraying techniques using nano-crystalline hard metals (nano-crystalline=1 to 100 nm) are exhibiting increasingly positive results. As early as the late 1980s nano-carbide reinforced materials were being processed in layers using vacuum plasma spraying techniques. Higher hardnesses in the layers produced with comparatively lower hard material content can be obtained using this method. The coatings exhibit clearly higher ductility and resulting higher impact resistance than conventional reinforced materials. However, high-velocity flame spraying technology first made it possible to create powder morphologies also in the layer. Nano-oxide reinforced metals are primarily sprayed using high-velocity flame (HVOF) spraying. The spray powders are manufactured using high-energy milling. This process is particularly interesting for thermal spray powders, because it results in a number of special powder properties. The density of stacking errors, defects and deviations are increased on the surface of the powder by the crushing and milling process, whilst particle sizes can be reduced to nano-crystalline dimensions. These permanently freshly generated surfaces are characterized by high activity, so that even high-strength oxide-metal and carbide-metal combinations can be produced.
It is therefore desirable to combine the good tribological properties of the ceramics with the good mechanical properties of metals. It is therefore conceivable, for instance, to introduce ceramic particles into a metallic matrix, whereby ductile and viscous compounding of the hard and in part brittle ceramic particles is possible. The ceramic particles can then, with appropriate exposure at the surface, assume the tribological roles, while the metal matrix can take on the mechanical loads and breakdown stresses by deformation, if necessary.
Such a combination concept is already being realized today. So, for example, powdered hard metals (WC�Co) or cermets (NiCr�CrC) are being processed to layers by means of thermal coating processes. The basis for this is either a powder mixture or a compound powder. As a rule, however, mechanical mixtures provide the lowest coating quality, since in this case compound formation occurs only in the coating process and the hard materials must be relatively large due to their required fluidity. Compound powders are generally manufactured by agglomeration to so-called micro-pellets. In this process micro-fine starting powder is processed in a spray-drying process to powders that can be processed; in other words, primarily to fluid powders. In order to increase the strength of the agglomerate or to obtain certain agglomerate densities, they are in most cases subsequently sintered. Another possibility for manufacturing compound powders is mixing the components with subsequent sintering to the block. In this case, the powder is obtained by crushing and milling the block. Furthermore, compound powders are manufactured by enveloping, wherein, for example, a hard material powder is chemically or physically coated with a metallic element�so-called cladding�wherein fine metallic powders are adhered to the hard material core by a spray-drying process.
Characteristic of the manufacturing of common compound powders is that the formation of the compound in the powder generally requires a sintering process, because the powder can otherwise degrade into its starting components in course of the coating processes and lose the advantageous compound effects in the coating. This is all the more important the greater the processing forces during coating. These are especially high in the high-velocity spray methods, wherein the powder is processed in a supersonic gas current. Moreover, optimal binding between the ceramic and metallic binding phase is required for fulfilling the tribological tasks and can be obtained particularly by chemical-metallic binding.
The drawback in the required sintering is that on the one hand the economy of the powder is reduced and on the other hand the starting ingredients must be capable of being subjected to sintering. This is evident especially in the case of WC�Co combinations but is absent, however, in the case of those combinations that are of interest for economical and tribological reasons comprised, for example, of metallic binders and oxide-ceramic hard materials. Therefore, until now, such powders could not be used successfully for thermally coating piston ring surfaces.
A support for thermally coating metal parts such as, for instance, piston rings and cylinder barrels, is disclosed in DE 19700835 A1. The composite powder used in said document is a mixture of carbides, metal powder and solid lubricants which is processed using a high-velocity oxy fuel spraying method to a self-lubricating composite layer. The composite particles comprised of CrC and NiCr are mixed with the solid lubricants for creating the composite powder.
The drawback in this type of production of the composite powder according to DE 19700835 is the fact that in order to obtain the necessary fluidity, as a condition of processing using the high-velocity flame spray method, relatively coarse granular particles must be formed. In the case of these mixed, non-spherical composite powders the granule size of the solid lubricant particles must be >20 μm so that the composite powder has the necessary fluidity for spraying in the high-velocity flame method. These coarse particles require a concentrated accumulation of solid lubricant phases in the coating and this, in turn, has negative ramifications on wear, since the coarse and thus relatively large solid lubricant zones can break out and due to their size are available only punctally as a lubricant.
It is, therefore, the object of the present invention to expand the coating materials in terms of powder technology so that tribologically optimized surfaces are created for the piston ring.
Therefore, a thermally applicable coating composition for the bearing surfaces of piston rings etc. is provided, wherein said composition can be manufactured using mechanically alloyed powders.
According to the invention, said object is achieved by the coating and by the piston ring as described and claimed herein.
Other advantages of the present invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
Referring to the Figures, wherein like numerals indicate like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, a wear-resistant coating for the bearing surfaces and flanks of piston rings is disclosed.
The wear resistant coating includes a mechanically alloyed powder mixture obtainable by mechanical alloying. The powder mixture includes a metallic matrix and a ceramic phase. The metallic matrix comprises at least one of nickel and iron and at least one of a nickel and an iron-alloying element selected from carbon, silicon, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, and iron. The at least one of the nickel and iron is present in a quantity of from 5 to 70% by volume relative to the total powder mixture, whereby the alloying elements do not exceed 70% by weight of the metallic matrix.
In one embodiment, the metallic matrix is further defined as comprising nickel and chromium, wherein the chromium is present in an amount up to 50% by weight of the metallic matrix. In another embodiment, the metallic matrix may comprises nickel, chromium, and molybdenum, wherein the chromium is present in an amount of to 30% by weight of the metallic matrix and the molybdenum is present in an amount of up to 30% by weight of the metallic matrix.
In yet another embodiment, the metallic matrix includes iron and chromium, wherein the chromium is present in an amount of up to 50% by weight of the metallic matrix. In still another embodiment, the metallic matrix may include iron, chromium, and molybdenum, wherein the chromium is present in an amount of up to 30% by weight of the metallic matrix and the molybdenum is present in an amount of up to 30% by weight of the metallic matrix.
The ceramic phase is selected from at least one of Al2O3, Cr2O3, TiO2, ZrO2, Fe3O4, TiC, SiC, CrC, WC, BC or diamond. The ceramic phase has a particle size of up to 10 μm and the ceramic is present in an amount of from 30 to 95% by volume relative to the total powder mixture. Preferably, the ceramic phase is further defined as being present in an amount of from 70 to 90% by volume relative to the powder mixture. The preferred ceramic phase is Al2O3.
The wear-resistant coating further includes a powdered solid lubricant selected from the group comprised of graphite, hexagonal boron nitride, polytetrafluorethylene. The powdered solid lubricants are present in an amount of up to 30% by volume of the powder mixture.
The wear-resistant coating also includes at least one additive selected from the group of elements Ti, Zr, Hf, Al, Si, P, and B. The additive is present in an amount of up to 2% by weight relative to the total alloying element of the metallic matrix.
The wear resistant coating is particularly useful as a coating for engine components, for example, but not limited to, a piston ring for internal combustion engines. The powder mixture is applied to the engine components having a thickness of from 0.01 to 1.0 mm. The powder mixture is applied by means of thermal spraying, and preferably by means of high-velocity flame (HVOF) spraying.
According to the invention, therefore, the starting powder is mechanically alloyed, in particular in an attritors, hammer mill or a ball mill. In all of these methods according to the invention, the starting powders are reduced by crushing and simultaneously kneaded into each other so that, even without sintering, a compound powder is obtained. By so doing, combinations of materials that are not amenable to sintering, such as metals and oxides, can be worked into composite powders. This technology is, for example, used in large-scale methods for manufacturing the so-called ODS alloys for high-temperature applications, wherein the metal matrix is alloyed with approximately 2% by weight of oxides reduced to nano-dimensions.
The invention therefore relates to manufacturing mechanically alloyed powders and using such powders in thermal coating processes for coating the bearing surfaces and flanks of piston-rings and the piston rings coatings so produced. The powder mixtures according to the invention have a suitable grain size. In particular, grain sizes of 5-80 μm, particularly preferably 5-60 μm, are used for thermal sprays. According to the invention, the starting powder consists of a metallic matrix and at least one ceramic phase for increasing wear resistance of the metallic matrix. The ceramic phases in the starting powders or in the finished coating have a cross-section of less than 10 μm. Preferably they have a size ranging from a few nanometers to several micro-meters. The metallic matrix of the powder mixture and the coating include particularly alloying elements based on iron, nickel, chromium, cobalt, molybdenum.
The powder mixture can comprise the metallic matrix and at least one solid lubricant phase for enhancement of the lubricant properties of the matrix. The solid lubricant phase in the starting powder has grain sizes of <20 μm, preferably <10 μm. Graphite, hexagonal boron nitride or polytetrafluoro ethylene, for example, can be used as solid lubricant particles.
In contrast with DE 19700835 A1, a further advantage of the inventive material is provided in that the dispersoids and solid lubricants are milled to a composite powder; that is, mechanically alloyed. In this fashion very fine composite particles can be produced that in turn are reproduced in the coating as extremely finely distributed solid lubricant phases. These extremely finely distributed solid lubricant phases make possible an optimal and uniform distribution of the lubricant, whereby coating wear is reduced.
It is further possible to incorporate into the inventive material also hard material particles for the ceramic phase selected from the group comprised of wolfram carbide, chromium carbide, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, boron carbide, titanium carbide and/or diamond.
Mechanical alloying enables two essential advantages, while affording economic advantages, versus all other methods of manufacturing powders. On the one hand, in terms of process methodology, relatively simple compound powders such as metal+oxide ceramic and metal+diamond can be manufactured for subsequent coating processing by means of thermal methods. When this is done, the hard material content in the metallic matrix can be considerably greater than 50% by volume, whereby the properties of the hard material phases can be clearly optimized than with lower contents, that are currently achieved, for instance, in galvanic chromium dispersion coatings. As a further advantage, practically any finely and uniformly distributed hard material phases can be produced in the optionally composed metallic matrix. By doing this the matrix can be specifically optimized to abrasion and burn trace resistance and a certain portion of the larger hard phases can perform purely tribological functions.
When manufacturing mechanically alloyed powder mixtures, the starting materials are filled into the mill and the milling process begun. The powders are, depending on their formability, broken up and formed by the impact processes that are produced by the balls arranged in the mixer or by contact with the chamber walls. Ceramics, for instance, that have little formability and are continuously finely crushed. Experiments have shown that these can be reduced down to nano-dimensions. It has also been shown that the metallic matrix undergoes increases in strength, when the ceramic phases contained therein go below the one-micron limit. In contrast, metals having formability capacities are maximally deformed, but in part by cold working are also broken. In the course of the milling process, the broken up hard material phases are then alloyed into the metallic matrix and kneaded by the ongoing mill movements into powder fractions that can be processed. In this process an excellent bonding between oxide ceramics and metal, for example, occurs even without sintering. This is explained in that the breaking process continuously creates fresh, energy-rich surfaces on the ceramic and those surfaces have high microscopic affinity. By the high mechanical impulses during the milling, the metallic and ceramic surfaces are tightly compacted with each other so that interfacial reactions at the atomic level probably occur. Subsequent sintering of the powder can, in the individual case, provide a further increase in ceramic�metal cohesion.
By incorporation of the various starting materials at different points in time, the hard material sizes in the powder can be specifically adjusted. Furthermore, not only can a ceramic phase and a metallic matrix be used for this but practically any number of same. Further still, a portion of solid lubricants as may be beneficial to the application can also be added to the powder.
The powder is then applied using a thermal coating method, whereby thermal spraying, laser coating and surfacing by welding and soldering can be used with particularly satisfactory results.
In experiments, high-velocity flame (HVOF) spraying, a technique from thermal spraying, has been used predominantly for this purpose.
The invention will be more completely explained using the following examples with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.
In Example 1 conventional aluminum oxide spray powder was milled with a conventional spray powder comprised of NiCr in volumetric proportions of 1:1. A powder of extremely finely distributed aluminium oxide phases (gray) resulted after the milling process (FIG. 1: mechanically alloyed powder NiCr-34Al2O3). After processing by means of HVOF a very satisfactorily adhering, thick coating was obtained that exhibited the same microscopic structure as the powder (FIG. 2: HVOF sprayed coating exhibits identical microstructures).
In Example 2 up to 20% by volume of a powdered solid lubricant was alloyed with the powder of Example 1, which is demonstrably present in the coating after processing using HVOF and clearly improves the frictional behavior of the coating on the piston ring.
In Example 3, additional metallic elements such as Mo were added by alloying to the matrix of Example 1, in order to improve the tribological properties of the piston ring coating. The Mo powder is only slightly finely milled in the milling process due to its high viscosity; however, it occurs in the powder and in the coating as a uniformly distributed, excellently imbedded phase. The burn trace behavior of the piston ring coating was demonstrably improved in this way.
In Example 4, 50% by volume of two different ceramic phases (aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide) were mixed into the powder of Example 1. The ceramics were added at different points in time to the milling process, whereby the various ceramic phases have different fractions in the HVOF coating. Using this procedure, the matrix hardness can be specifically controlled by the one ceramic without the tribologically required hard phase of the other ceramic being negatively influenced. Thereby the abrasive resistance of the piston ring coating can be clearly improved.
In Example 5, an extremely fine diamond dust was added to and alloyed with a commercial NiCr spray powder. After processing by means of HVOF, an increase in wear resistances versus the unalloyed matrix was observed, which has an advantageous affect on the tribological properties of the piston ring coating.
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Fantastic news!
Looks like it's a terrible night for social conservatives across the US!
Congratulations Maryland, i hope england evolves enough very soon to follow your lead.
Great news, the Mary's can marry in Maryland! Let's all hope that Washington State and Minnesota follow suit.
This certainly shows the bible bashing lot that their bigotry will not be tolerated!
Go Team Gays!!!
It's also looking like Minnesota will not vote to change the constitution to outlaw gay marriage and currently in Washington the Yes vote is ahead but only half of the vote is in.
Wow! So happy to hear this. I thought they were going to lose this battle, but I am tickled pink to be proven wrong. Happy, happy day for the United States.
Great news.
It is however completely disgusting that there was an election on this – it is beyond appalling that a minority's civil rights can be subject to an election.
Is there any possibility that the bigots will try to get another referendum on this?
Is it NOT possible for you to be happy?
This is a historic moment, the first time in US history that gay rights have been passed by the will of the voters, as opposed to being pushed through by "activist" judges. And for the first time in such a long time, LGBT people have been recognized as members of society, just like everyone else.
Just take a moment and celebrate this achievement.
I am very happy that equality has been voted for.
But this notion that a minority's civil rights can be subject to a popular vote will ALWAYS be abhorrent and disgusting.
I cannot foresee a situation in any of our lifetimes where GLBT people in the South will gain equal civil rights as a result of an election.
Finally the FIRST southern state of the United States called Maryland voted to SUPPORT same sex marriage! The votes at the ballot was 51.2% or 379,321 voters wanted to keep the law!
No updates on Minnesota and Washington State (not to be confused with Washington DC) as of yet!
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Excellent news! Well done, Maryland!
The pope and christians must be messing their panties over this.
Well done, Maryland, a heavily catholic state proving that not all catholics support their church's ant-gay, anti-equal marriage position.
Spain's constitutional court just hours ago reaffirmed it's equal marriage law putting and end to the conservatives' from overturning it. Well done. Eat your heart out C4M, CI and all the hatemongers in the UK.
Marylands law on same sex marriage becomes effective from 1 January 2013.
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MACAO, CHINA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/14 -- G2E -- AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series accelerated processing unit (APU) and CPU family (previously codenamed "Bald Eagle") for embedded applications. The new solutions are targeted at gaming machines, medical imaging, digital signage, industrial control and automation (IC&A), communications and networking infrastructure that require industry-leading compute and graphics processing technology.
"When it comes to compute performance, graphics performance and performance-per-watt, the 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series family is unique in the embedded market," said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president and general manager, AMD Embedded Solutions. "The addition of HSA, GCN and power management features enables our customers to create a new world of intelligent, interactive and immersive embedded devices."
The 2nd generation AMD R-series APU and CPU solutions are designed for mid- to high-end visual and parallel compute-intensive embedded applications with support for Linux, RTOS and Windows operating systems. The new solutions range from 2.2-3.6 GHz CPU frequency with max boost, based on AMD's latest CPU architecture (codenamed: "Steamroller") and 533-686 MHz GPU frequency based on AMD's latest Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, designed to advance the visual growth and parallel processing capabilities of embedded applications.
Industry-First Features, Benefits and Support
- Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA): The 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series APU is the first embedded processor to incorporate HSA features, enabling applications to distribute workloads to run on the best compute element -- e.g., CPU, GPU or a specialized accelerator such as video decode -- for up to 44 percent more 3-D graphics performance(1) and up to 46 percent more compute performance than comparable Intel Haswell Core-i CPUs(2).
- Open-source Linux development: As a gold-level member of the Yocto Project, a Linux Foundation Collaboration Project, and as part of a recent multiyear agreement with Mentor Graphics, embedded systems developers now have access to customized embedded Linux development and commercial support on the 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series family through Mentor Embedded Linux and Sourcery CodeBench, as well as Mentor Embedded Linux Lite available at no cost.
- Embedded-specific features: The 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series family is specifically designed for embedded applications with industry-leading, 10-year longevity(3), dual-channel memory with error-correcting code (ECC), DDR3-2133 support and configurable TDP for system design flexibility to optimize the processor at a lower TDP.
Target Markets
Visual Embedded: For embedded applications like gaming machines and digital signage that provide immersive and interactive visual experiences, AMD customers can achieve up to 64 percent more 3-D graphics performance than a standalone 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series APU(4), and greater flexibility and scalability with support for up to nine independent displays and 4K resolution with the combination of the newly launched AMD Embedded Radeon E8860 discrete GPU.
Medical Imaging: The 2nd generation AMD R-series APU is also ideal for clinical and field medical imaging applications across portable, 3-D and 4-D ultrasound, low-dose X-ray, and imaging-assisted surgical systems. The new AMD Embedded R-series APUs deliver high image transformation performance and low latencies in a low-power and highly integrated solution for medical imaging device vendors looking to help reduce size, weight, complexity and system cost. The combination of high compute performance and low memory access latency afforded by hUMA, as well as high graphics performance in the 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series platform accelerate image transformation and deliver excellent image rendering to enable next-generation ultrasound applications to help diagnose and treat patients.
Communications and Networking Infrastructure: For non-visual applications, the advanced parallel-compute graphics engine in the 2nd generation AMD Embedded R-series APU provides a highly unique heterogeneous compute platform for control plane switching and routing applications. With up to 66 percent more compute performance than the previous generation AMD Embedded R-series APU,(5) the high-performance GPU enables acceleration of parallelizable functions such as deep packet inspection, encryption or decryption, search, and compression or decompression allowing more CPU headroom for customers to help increase feature velocity.
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1. The AMD RX-427BB scored 2051 and Intel Haswell Core i7-4765T scored 1424, when running 3DMark® 11P benchmark. RX-427BB's TDP is 35W and Core i7-4765T's TDP is 35W. The performance delta of 44% was calculated based on RX-427BB's performance score of 2051 and Core i7-4765T's performance score of 1424. The AMD RX-427BB used an AMD Ballina motherboard with 8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM memory and 256GB SanDisk HDD. The Core i7-4765T used a Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p with 8GB DDR3 memory and 128GB Crucial M4 HDD. Both systems ran Windows® 7 Ultimate. EMB-93
2. The AMD RX-427BB scored 76 and Intel Haswell Core i7-4765T scored 52, when running BasemarkCL 1.0 benchmark. RX-427BB's TDP is 35W and Core i7-4765T's TDP is 35W. The performance delta of 46% was calculated based on RX-427BB's performance score of 76 and Core i7-4765T's performance score of 52. The AMD RX-427BB used an AMD Ballina motherboard with 8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM memory and 256GB SanDisk HDD. The Core i7-4765T used a Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p with 8GB DDR3 memory and 128GB Crucial M4 HDD. Both systems ran Windows® 7 Ultimate. EMB-94
3. Part availability is planned for 10 years from date of announcement, subject to change without notice. Further support available under contract
4. The AMD RX-427BB scored 2,051, and the AMD Radeon E8860 paired with RX-427BB at dual-graphics mode scored 3,359 when running 3DMark®11P benchmark. The AMD Bald Eagle RX-427BB used an AMD Ballina motherboard with 8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM memory and 256GB SanDisk HDD. The AMD Radeon E8860 used an AMD DB-FS1r2 motherboard with 8GB DDR3 memory, 64GB Crucial M4 HDD, and RX-427BB. The system ran Windows® 7 Ultimate. EMB-97
5. The AMD Bald Eagle RX-427BB scored 76 and AMD R-Series 464L scored 46, when running BasemarkCL 1.0 benchmark. The performance delta of 66% was calculated based on RX-427BB's performance score of 76 and R-464L's performance score of 46. The AMD Bald Eagle RX-427BB used an AMD Ballina motherboard with 8GB DDR3 SO-DIMM memory and 256GB SanDisk HDD. The R-464L used an AMD DB-FS1r2 development board with 8GB DDR3 memory and 160GB Hitachi HDD. Both systems ran Windows® 7 Ultimate. EMB-95
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example t...
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How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: Exposing the device to a management framework Exposing that management framework to a business centric logic Exposing that business layer and data to end users. This last trend is the IoT stack, which involves a new shift in the separation of what stuff happens, where data lives and where the interface lies. For instance, it's a mix of architectural styles ...
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The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of...
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Terraria Cheats for PC - WindowsHome / PC - Windows /
This page contains Cheats for Terraria organized by sections for PC - Windows. Terraria is a Action Platformer 2D game, made by Re-Logic, released on May 16, 2011 and published by Re-Logic. If you can't find a hint or secret in our list, then please check this page periodically for the latest updates.
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Terraria PC - Windows CheatsRe-Logic
- Publisher: Re-Logic
- Genre: Action Platformer 2D
- Release Date: May 16, 2011
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Each world has an Underground Jungle and a Dungeon. Each of these areas is full of very difficult enemies and very valuable items, and each is found just before the "ocean" at the edge of the world. If you walk in the same direction long enough you will come across one of these. The other ...From: smc0813
Every night time stars fall from the sky. Collecting ten of these lets you increase your maximum mana. On normal terrain this can take a long time and can be a risky proposition in pitch-darkness. By creating a Sky Bridge (by making a ladder about a hundred or so blocks in the air and then laying do...From: pentarex
The Eater of Worlds can be a very tough boss if you're not prepared. A good strategy for tacking this enemy is to take the time to build a large enclosed arena a few dozen blocks above wherever you plan to summon the boss from. This will keep smaller enemies out and the gap will give you enough of a...From: Vulture
Each randomly generated world comes with at least one floating island. These contain a chest with unique loot and are interlaced with gold and silver ore. Finding a floating island can be tough as the altitude depends on the size of the world you created, but building a "sky bridge" can he...From: hakeldesfaisk
Here's a way that you can cheat the system and get as many life crystals and as much stuff out of a chest that you want by using the multiplayer feature. Go to Terraria.org and download their dedicated server program. (Just scroll all the way down at home page.) Use it to start one of your worlds or...From: TuMeriZinDaGi
You are familiar with bird statues, right? You power it and the bird mob is summoned. Make a line of pressure plates leading to a statue like so _------' - is a pressure plate, _ is the statue and ' is a wall. Now cover the top of it. Now the summoned bird will activate the plates super-fast, which ...From: Claus
Wall of Flesh is hard the first time, so I suggest making a pathway or atleast cover up the lava. The things you should have are the engineer and the demolitionist. Make as many explosives as possible and set them along a path to set them off on WoF. Each explosive does 500-2400 damage depending on ...From: Phione
1.) Place the items you want to duplicate into chests in a world on single player. 2.) Save and re-enter the same world with the same character on multiplayer. 3.) On multiplayer, collect the items you wish to duplicate and save. 4.) Re-enter the world in single player (same rules apply as step 2) i...From: Beemobeb
If you're stuck somewhere, or you are falling and can't stop yourself and you're going to die, just press "I" and then press save and quit. Then go back into your game and then boom, your back at our spawn point. Warning, if your spawn is outside of our house, and it is night, you will spa...From: Djracem
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American Idol 2013 Top 6 Revealed: 5 Reasons Burnell Taylor Lost to Lazaro Arbos
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American Idol 2013 Top 6 has been revealed. All the girls in the Top 10 remain as strong contenders for the Idol title. The past weeks saw only the boys going home one by one. Burnell Taylor, who made his first misstep Wednesday, is the latest casualty. Lazaro Arbos is now the only male contender left in the competition. How did Arbos beat Taylor despite forgetting lyrics and a terrible performance a week ago?
For the second time this season, American Idol host Ryan Seacrest announced the Top 3 in no particular order. After the first week of public votes, the Top 3 were: Angie Miller, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison. This time, it's Miller, Amber Holcomb, and (drumrolls) Arbos.
These contestants comprise the American Idol Season 12 Top 6: Arbos, Miller, Holcomb, Glover, Harrison, and Janelle Arthur. Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" clearly didn't work for Taylor. But Arbos made more missteps in the past. Case in point: "In My Life" (The Beatles) and "Breakaway" (Kelly Clarkson). How did Arbos make it in the Top 3?
Here are 5 reasons Arbos is able to stay on American Idol 2013 despite dishing mediocre to weak performances week after week:
1. VotefortheWorst.com criticisms. VFTW is notorious for slamming the weakest contestants on the show. Voters know they have to be more aggressive in casting votes once their favorites are picked on by the site.
2. A bottom 3 landing. Lazaro landed in the bottom 3 with Devin Velez and Taylor after the Top 8 performance last week. Naturally, Lazaro's supporters vowed never to let that happen again.
3. Underdog impression. Some fans find inspiration from archetypal underdogs. All things set aside, Arbos has the weakest vocal powers among the Top 10 finalists. Here's someone who should be unlikely to win, but he's got potential. So he got the votes of those who simply want to believe in him and the underdogs he represent.
4. Screen time and regional support. Between Taylor and Arbos, the latter enjoyed more screen time on Idol up until the most recent live round. Taylor had the support of Katrina survivors. But Cuban-born Arbos got the votes of those living the American Dream, as well as those inspired by his story.
5. The speech condition. The way Arbos mans up to his speech problem is a truly inspiring story. It's inspiring to see him stutter one moment and sing his heart out the next. It makes people look at their own problems differently. It's hard to compete with that.
For the reasons mentioned above, Janelle Arthur, the least popular among the girls, could be in trouble next week. American Idol judges were not unanimous in voting to save Taylor. Perhaps they could all stand behind Arthur next week just to be fair to Arthur (with respect to the odds against her). The judges get their last chance to save an Idol hopeful next week.
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BYU basketball: NIT is likely next stop for BYU basketball team
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LAS VEGAS — With an early exit from the West Coast Conference tournament, the waiting game has begun for the BYU basketball team.
The No. 3 seed Cougars (21-11) fell to No. 6 San Diego, 72-69, Friday night in the quarterfinals at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The loss ended BYU's hopes of winning the conference tournament and earning an automatic NCAA tournament bid.
Reality is, the Cougars' streak of six consecutive NCAA tournament appearances has been snapped.
Outside the locker room at the Orleans Arena late Friday night, senior guard Brock Zylstra described the mood of his team.
"It's pretty somber," he said. "We came out not playing the way we should. We weren't as aggressive as we should have been. We found ourselves in the second half, but it was too late. Everybody is disappointed in themselves and in their effort."
The National Invitation Tournament appears to be the next stop for the Cougars, who have lost three of their last four games and five of their last eight.
"We need to refocus, prepare and really know that this could be our last game coming up," Zylstra said. "We've got to leave it all out there."
NIT bids will be extended March 17.
Will the Cougars receive a favorable seed in the NIT? Will they host a first-round game? Those are questions that will be answered next Sunday.
The last time BYU went to the NIT was in 2006, which was Dave Rose's first season as head coach. The Cougars traveled to Houston for a first-round game and lost.
After that, BYU went to the NCAA tournament every year from 2007-2012.
The NIT selection committee will convene March 15-17 to put together the field of 32.
Any regular-season champion of a Division I conference (as determined by the conference's tie-break protocol) not otherwise selected to the NCAA tournament will earn an automatic qualification into the NIT.
The committee then chooses the best available teams to fill the 32-team NIT field. Once selected, teams are seeded and placed into one of four eight-team regions.
The first three rounds are hosted at campus sites of participating teams. First-round games will be held March 19-20. Second-round games will be staged from March 21-25, while quarterfinal games will be played March 26-27.
The NIT Final Four will be staged at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The semifinals are April 2, with the championship scheduled for April 4.
While the Cougars are looking forward to continue playing basketball, things certainly didn't go the way they wanted them to, particularly in recent weeks.
BYU arrived in Las Vegas last Thursday hoping to get another opportunity to play Saint Mary's, and, possibly, Gonzaga — the No. 1 team in the nation.
"It's extremely disappointing," Zylstra said. "We wish we would still be here Saturday playing and carry on to Monday. But we find ourselves going home."
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Mr. Rogers was born April 13, 1953.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Rogers; son, Jamie Condon; and one grandson.
A celebration of life will be held at noon Monday, March 5, at Palms-Robarts Funeral Home, 170 Honore Ave., Sarasota.
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- Why am I Here? – Map an employee's role to the greater "cause". How does an employee make a difference?
- Can I Make an Impact? – We may know why we are performing a job and how that job impacts the bottom line of the company. But if employees see no possible way to succeed, they give up. If our teams can't answer "so what?" we end up with educated but ineffectual employees.
- WIIFM? – What's in it for me? Employees appreciate rewards, but be careful. For some the reward is accomplishing the task while for others the reward may come in more tangible forms. Regardless, mismatching the reward with an employee's needs breeds dissatisfaction and disengagement.
It shouldn't be "news" that companies with engaged employees outperform those staffed by the "walking wounded". Given the preponderance of evidence (read this article on employee engagement or this Wharton article for more background) it's clear we have a long way to go.
The pivot point is that even though engagement is a shared responsibility of employees and companies, it starts with us!
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Lee Andrews, Jr., a long time Fairfield resident, died Sunday, April 27. He was 87.
Andrews was born March 10, 1927, in Greenwich, to Lee Andrews and Iris (Clifford) Andrews. Upon graduation from Greenwich High School in 1945, he joined the Army Air Corps and served through 1946. Returning from service, he opened an insurance business in Greenwich which he ran until he was called to duty again in 1950. He served in the Air Force through 1951.
He was a member of the Old Greenwich Volunteer Fire Department. Settling in Fairfield, he spent more than three decades as an automobile salesman working in New York and Connecticut, before retiring in 1987. He and his wife owned an Antique store in Cannondale until 1992. He was a member of the Fairfield Public Library.
Andrews is survived by his brother, Fredrick of Hartford; children, Amy Andrews Blumenthal (Tom) of Riverside, Claudia Vonderheyde of Milford, Eric Andrews (Anne) of San Jose, Calif., and Emily Cotrona (Joe) of Stamford; and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents; and wife, Carol.
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In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824.
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