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4.0 out of 5 stars Knowledgeable effort to reconcile humanity's economic fate with the natural world,
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This review is from: The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--And How We Can--Manage Nature for Global Prosperity (Hardcover)
In the never-ending war between "romantics" and "ostriches," economist Paul Collier stands squarely in the middle. Deeply grounded in the economic and environmental issues of the world's poorest nations, Collier's book provides background and cogent strategy for rational, pragmatic environmental practices (thus pacifying the romantics) and for bringing economic growth to the developing world via the sane, honest exploitation of natural resources (thus pleasing the ostriches). Collier describes the history and economic theory of resource "plunder," and discusses how to turn it into resource management. He's willing to fly in the face of popular opinion, and his hard-earned knowledge makes his arguments difficult to resist. In a perfect world, Collier would write less like an economist. But his ideas are so necessary and his solutions so urgent that readers who put up with his less-than-perfect flow of prose will gain important new insights. getAbstract strongly recommends this groundbreaking work to environmentalists, economists, policy makers, governments of any nation grappling with extracting their natural resources and all those concerned with these issues. And that should be everybody.
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5.0 out of 5 stars MORE BILLIONS,
DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--And How We Can--Manage Nature for Global Prosperity (Hardcover)
Paul Collier is Professor of Economics at Oxford, and mainly famous for his previous book The Bottom Billion, on the economics of the third world, notably Africa. In this new work he develops that theme but also expands his scope to the more general topic of managing the world's resources globally.
It would be fair to call Collier very logical, but of course his logic rests on certain values and ethical assumptions. Fundamental to his case is that natural resources have no private owners, with the corollary that natural liabilities such as greenhouse gases are also public responsibilities. This perspective seems only common rationality and common sense to me, but I expect there are conservative schools of thought to whom such ideas are anathema. In fact Collier goes further and regularly points to governments as being the only proper owners and managers of the resources that he categorises as being public, so presumably if you view actions by governments as being the agency of the devil on earth you may find the professor's reasoning unpalatable. In that case I should warn you that there is even worse in store, and that Collier brazenly prescribes international action as being necessary, via the United Nations if necessary.
None of this commits Collier to any unduly rosy view of governments much less of the UN. His argument, if I am not misrepresenting him, is not that governments carry out their responsibilities well, only that certain tasks are inescapably governmental responsibilities whether carried out well or badly, and of course he does not rule out delegation by governments to private or at least non-governmental groups where there is clear benefit in doing so. He is also, or certainly appears to be, extremely methodical in testing his findings by historical analysis. When the historical research comes up with counter-intuitive findings, he does not gloss this over but comes out upfront with what his analysis tells him. Sometimes, indeed, he might seem to be labouring the obvious ever so slightly, as when he solemnly informs us that good governance in Africa has beneficial economic effects for the governed. It needs no professor come from Oxford to tell us this, you might say, but really I support his way of doing it even here. Perhaps we can trust our common sense in the way we can trust our memory - a large proportion of the time. However a large proportion is not a totality, and it is worth checking whether the perception in question is a majority or a minority instance.
Where I suspect Collier is pulling his punches a little is when the economic benefits that he identifies point in the opposite direction from the non-economic. Where exactly has he positioned himself with regard to the preservation of natural species, for instance? On the one hand he is unequivocal in his support for large-scale farming, but we all know that this threatens some varieties of wildlife. He is impatient with certain environmentalists' attitudes that seem to him `romantic', and I suppose justifiably so up to a point, but is he tacitly implying that the giant panda is heading for extinction by its own efforts or lack of them, never mind as a result of human-engineered developments? He is patently humane and fair-minded, but not exactly a sentimentalist, as I suppose I must be to a certain extent. I would also like to pull him up sharply over the question of nuclear power generation. He states, as its proponents always state, that it is guiltless of carbon emissions. This is true of course, but what are we to do with the wastes? I have the uneasy suspicion that wholesale commitment to nuclear power, or at least fission generation, is only going to take us out of the frying pan into you-know-where. You can't destroy nuclear material, you can only take it somewhere else, and some of the actinides are dangerous for what is effectively the rest of eternity as measured against the human life-span, wherever we are supposed to put them. It may be a different story if we can overcome the monumental obstacles inherent in fusion generation, but that does not look to be just round the corner.
However I recommend this important book without hesitation. Collier can be witty and even acerbic at times, witness his withering comments on the recent Copenhagen conference and its idiotic fumbling. He is not a great stylist in the sense that I would call Galbraith a stylist, and he is in general less polemical and `political' than Galbraith might be thought to be. However he majors on thoroughness, and if at times he might even seem slightly flat-footed, I recall what Galbraith himself said about new concepts in economics - there are none. The only financial reality is cash, the rest is smoke and mirrors. On the matter of public responsibilities, here is another - it is the duty of every adult citizen to become familiar with at least basic economics, because the stridently vocal and pathologically ignorant are getting away with too much by way of `debate'. Collier is not difficult to read, so it is up to the rest of us to read him.
5.0 out of 5 stars Once Again Collier is Asking the Right Questions,
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Reading this book effectively brings home the fact that issues regarding natural resources are central to the future of many of the poorest countries. Add to this the subject of global warming through carbon emissions and it would be hard to think of a book which dealt with more fundamental issues.
First and foremost Collier is an economist through to his core, and quite a free market one at that. The strength of the best parts of this book derives from this fact, as also do the parts which other strongly environmentalist readers may baulk at.
He gives an excellent accessible account of the basic economic incentive and contractual problems at the heart of relations between many weak and often corrupt poor country governments and the private companies that extract their natural resources. There is no prevaricating on the evils of large corporations, just astute insights into the nature of the issues. Just like the poverty traps explained in his "Bottom Billion" book, these insights and explanations are pure gold. As in the bottom billion he explains how natural resource incomes can taint the incentives and processes of democracy.
A major theme which some environmentalists may struggle with is the concept that depleting nature is more acceptable for a country as long as the incomes from that depletion is invested to provide future generations with a higher standard of living. Many environmentalists would be unwilling to give nature or natural assets any such opportunity cost or value, but as an economist Collier is prepared to, and points a finger at the "romantics". He puts forward that we have "custody" responsibly over nature and should not plunder it, but we do not have the obligation to completely preserve it.
He discusses at length two tragedy of the commons type issues, being fishing and carbon emissions. Regarding fishing he suggests that the international seas should have ownership rights which revert to the United Nations, where profits can be used for food aid. The ownership would be the perquisite for a quota system to stop plunder.
Regarding carbon he favours a universal "shadow price" for carbon emissions rather than a cap and trade system. He argues that a cap and trade system encourages "gaming" by states to angle for advantage. Cap and trade approaches could see rich polluters willing to pay poorer countries to use up their pollution allocations, where as a shadow tax approach aspires to make polluting equally more expensive for everyone, which obviously is proportionally more hurtful to poorer people. His approach could therefore be argued to be more efficient but perhaps regressive. But of course an economist may conclude that efficiency should come first, and issues of distribution can be balanced after by other means.
Finally another point Collier brings up is that although China's habit of paying for extracted African resources by building infrastructure has been criticised by the West for being opaque, actually compared to the poor record of African governments effectively investing resource incomes, the Chinese approach could be viewed as a good deal.
That's enough summarising. Just buy it.
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The Annual Easter Festival and Antique Car Parade, sponsored by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Easter Sunday, March 31. The parade will step off from parking field No. 9E between Tenth and Eleventh Streets and will proceed south on Franklin Avenue to Seventh Street, west to Hilton Avenue.
For the dozen years or so that Kings Market has sat on Franklin Avenue, the one constant has been store manager Connie Deckel. A preternaturally friendly person who fits hand in glove in taking the lead on customer service in her market, Deckel has endeared herself to village residents. And while what she does within the four walls of Kings Market is a key reason why people so faithfully patronize this store, Deckel's heavy involvement in and around Garden City has her a treasured fixture. In addition to serving as the director of the Chamber of Commerce board of directors, she's tirelessly supported both the Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts of Garden City, is heavily involved in the Salvation Army Holiday Drive and enjoys a strong bond with the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN), a nonprofit organization serving hungry and homeless Long Islanders. Not surprisingly, the Kings Market manager was the recipient of the 2011 President's Award given by the chamber. It's this kind of selfless involvement topped off by Deckel's relentlessly cheery approach towards everything she does that makes a trip to Kings that much more special whether you're picking up a carton of milk or doing a full shop.
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The Town of Hempstead Sanitation Department will conduct the first of its monthly S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program this Saturday, March 23. The program, which is held at various locations throughout the Town of Hempstead, will make hazardous waste facilities accessible to as many residents as possible.
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All residents are asked to assist in the task of cleaning up our community to keep Garden City beautiful. This can be done by picking up paper, cans, bottles and other debris that may have been deposited on the streets and other public areas near your homes. A few minutes of cooperative effort by all of us can make our village look 100 percent better.
Residents are also reminded that rubbish should not be placed on the curb before the evening prior to the collection day. It detracts from the aesthetics of the village and poor treatment of one's neighbors to ignore the village law that specifies that rubbish should not be deposited at curbside before the evening prior to collection.
Recently, the Garden City High School girls basketball team helped Coach Anthony Sparachia notch his 200th win. It's a significant achievement that has Sparachia joining a number of other Trojans coaches that have stuck around long enough to rack up the wins and championships including Community Achievement Award Winner Diane "Chappy" Chapman (357 field hockey wins; 203 lacrosse wins) and football head coach Tom Flatley (five Long Island Championships).
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Each week, Garden City along with all villages within Nassau County, performs a radio-test with the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management Office (NCOEM) to ensure that their assigned radio is working properly. These radios operate at 800 MHz frequency and have been in operation for the past several years as a result of funding from former State Senator Michael Balboni. In the event of a major disaster where normal radio communications were disrupted each Village would have the ability to communicate with each other directly as well as with the NCOEM.
They say technology is our nation's future and if that's the case, it's not too far-fetched to say that the students participating in the Garden City Robotics League (GCRL) have gotten a real leg up on their peers. In its first season of existence, the GCRL teams made a strong showing at the FIRST LEGO League Qualifier Tournament held at Central Islip Senior High School on February 2 and 3. One squad, the Robotic Rebels, even wound up taking first place for its entry in the Innovative Solutions category for its Senior Saver entry, a wireless device that shuts off the main gas valve in a home during an emergency situation. With our area having been through the horrors of Hurricane Sandy, this is an invention that can have very real-world applications. This showing by the GCRL promises to be the first of many victories, some of which may come at the next competition on March 3, when our local robotics squads head over to compete at Longwood High School in Middle Island.
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I would like to remind you that the board of trustees will be conducting a work session to review the proposed 2013-14 village budget on Thursday, March 14, 7:30 at 10 p.m. and is the final Budget Study - Work Session. The session is currently scheduled to be held in the Board Room at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Ave., Garden City. All residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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GadsdenExcel Institute
1147 Walnut Street
Gadsden, AL, 35901
(256)546-9176Special Education School33 students | Gr. 1-12
BirminghamFamily Sunshine School
1600 7th Ave S
Birmingham, AL, 35233
(205)939-6629Special Education School290 students | Gr. KG-12
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1300 Meridian St N Ste 2200
Huntsville, AL, 35801
(256)551-4439Special Education School22 students | Gr. K-8
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Po Box 1131
Huntsville, AL, 35807
(256)650-6331Special Education School18 students | Gr. 1-12
MobileMobile Assn Ret Citizens
2424 Gordon Smith Drive
Mobile, AL, 36617
(251)479-7409Special Education School25 students | Gr. 1-12
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Po Box 311206
Enterprise, AL, 36331
(334)894-5405Special Education School88 students | Gr. 5-12
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Po Box 131431
Birmingham, AL, 35213
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Po Box 908
Jacksonville, AL, 36265
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Po Box 1306
Semmes, AL, 36575
(251)649-4420Special Education School77 students | Gr. PK-12
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3811 Old Shell Road
Mobile, AL, 36608
(251)342-4931Special Education School (Christian)25 students | Gr. 6-11
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1900 Golf Rd Sw Ste E
Huntsville, AL, 35802
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A taping head for applying a film of pressure sensitive adhesive to a receptor surface has a drive means for driving the adhesive to the applicating roller by driving a liner supporting the adhesive, and a dancing roll positioned between the apparatus for stripping the liner from the adhesive and the applicating roller adjusts the speed of movement of the film of adhesive to match the same with the application of the adhesive. The applicator is pressed against the receptor surface under the control of a compression device and a cutting device for adhesive severs the adhesive below the applicating roller and an air nozzle maintains the cut end of the adhesive in a position for subsequent application.
1. A web applicator for applying to a surface a length of web material carried releasably on a liner, said applicator comprising:
a frame,
guide means directing a supply of web material to the frame,
a stripping plate supported on said frame and having an edge about which the liner of a said web material is drawn to separate the liner from the web,
drive means for driving said liner including a drive roller having positive engagement only with said
an applicator roller supported on said frame in spaced relationship to said edge,
a dancing roller disposed between said edge and said applicating roller and positioned transversely to and engageable only with said web,
means for positioning said dancing roller to define the normal path of said web, and
means responsive to movement of said dancing roller for controlling the rate of rotation of said drive roller.
2. An applicator according to claim 1 wherein said positioning means for said dancing roller comprises a spring and an air cylinder is provided to move said dancing roller to a set position by applying a force to change the position of the dancing roller against the bias of said spring.
3. An applicator according to claim 2 wherein said means responsive to movement of said dancing roller for controlling said drive roller comprises a linear transducer having the armature movable in response to movement of the position of the axis of the dancing roller.
4. An applicator according to claim 3 wherein said drive means for said liner includes a servo motor responsive to changes in position of said armature to said transducer for varying the speed of said drive roller.
5. An applicator according to claim 1 wherein said applicating roller is supported on a subframe which is spring mounted to said frame.
6. An applicator according to claim 5 wherein means are provided for forcing said subframe in a direction toward a receptor surface to maintain a predetermined amount of force between said applicating roller and said receptor surface for uniformly applying a said web to a said receptor surface.
7. An applicator according to claim 1 wherein said frame includes a bracket at the upper edge thereof to secure said applicator to an automatically controlled mechanism affording a raising and lowering or rotation of said applicator for substantially universal positioning of said applicating roller.
8. An applicator according to claim 6 wherein said subframe is supported from two parallel flat spring members in spaced relationship to afford a parallelogram support for said applicating roller.
9. An applicator according to claim 8 wherein said means for forcing said subframe toward a receptor surface comprises a linear acting air cylinder for applying unidirectional pressure against said subframe to bias the same against said flat spring members toward the receptor surface.
10. An applicator according to claim 1 wherein said applicator includes cutting means for severing a said web between a receptor surface and said applicating roller.
11. An applicator according to claim 10 wherein said cutting means comprises a knife and anvil between which said web is severed.
12. An applicator according to claim 11 wherein said knife and anvil are mounted on oscillating arms driven by a double acting air cylinder.
13. An applicator according to claim 10 wherein means are provided for retaining the severed end of the web adjacent the applicating roller after operation of said cutting means.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to applicators for applying lengths of web material to a surface.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The prior art web applicators for applying a length of web material to a surface, such as tape heads where the web was coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive, the receptor was either driven past the applicating head and the web was applied to the receptor surface or the head was moved and the article remained stationary, and such relative movement of the head and surface dispensed the web onto the surface. Cutting means were provided for cutting the web at a predetermined time interval or upon a predetermined length of tape being dispensed.
Other tape applicators include applicators for applying pressure sensitive adhesive labels to a product. These applicating heads are stationary. As the product to be labeled moved by, a drive means moved a liner around a stripping edge to separate the liner from the pressure sensitive adhesive coated label. The separated label was then applied to the surface of the article as the same moved past the label applicating head.
Differing from these prior art devices, the device of the present invention provides a drive means for an adhesive web which is separated from a liner and applied by an applicating roller to a stationary surface as the head is moved about the surface by an automatically controlled mechanism such as a robotic arm which is attached to the frame of the applicating head in a manner that it will permit the head to position the applicating roller on the surface and rotate on the automatially controlled mechanism as a portion of that mechanism on which the applicating head is mounted moves along X, Y and Z coordinates to manipulate the position, height and speed of the applicating head.
The present invention provides an applicator adapted for use with an automatically controlled mechanism such as a robotically driven arm for applying a length of a web to a surface. The web may comprise a film of pressure sensitive adhesive on a liner. A stripping plate is supported on a frame for the applicator and has an edge about which the liner is drawn to separate the liner from the web and a drive for driving the liner including a drive roller having positive engagement with the liner. The liner draws the web material off the liner to the applicating roller. The applicating roller is freely rotatable in one direction.
A dancing roller is disposed between the separating edge and the applicating roller and is engageable with said web. A spring member connected to the dancing roller positions said dancing roller and the dancing roller is also connected to means responsive to movement of said dancing roller for controlling the operation of the liner drive. The applicating roller is pressed toward the product surface with a controlled pressure from an air cylinder against the bias of two leaf springs.
The present invention will be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawing wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the tape applicating head of the present invention applying lengths of tape to the surface of a stationary article;
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the applicating head of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the applicating head of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the applicating head of the present invention taken along the lines 5--5 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken along the lines 5--5 of FIG. 2; and
FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the lower end of the applicating head.
The present invention provides a web applicating head which may be used, as illustrated, to apply a web of adhesive material such as a film of pressure sensitive adhesive supplied on a liner to a product, which web of adhesive is illustrated at 10 in FIG. 1 to the surface of a stationary product 11. The present invention provides means for applying the film of adhesive or other material to a surface at essentially zero tension. Thus the film is applied at the speed of movement of the head. This permits the adhesive to be applied to a surface that may have a film of lubricant on the surface and the film will remain where it is placed. The applicator can be used for a web of pressure sensitive adhesive in applications where a bead of adhesive or sealant was previously used.
The applicating head is located on a portion of an automatically controlled mechanism such as a robotically controlled arm which portion has movement on the X, Y and Z axis such that it can receive instruction on the Z axis to determine the height of the head with respect to the surface and on the X and Y axis to determine its position or its rate of movement in any direction with respect to the Z axis, and universal movement for positioning the applicating roller at varying angles to maintain contact with a product surface. The illustrated taping application is provided using a web of pressure sensitive adhesive or a tape with pressure sensitive adhesive on either side or both sides of a backing. In either event, the web is provided on a liner and the liner is separated from the pressure sensitive adhesive. The adhesive is supplied on the liner in a convolutely wound roll for use in this application. The roll of tape material 13 may be supported on the frame of the applicating head or remotely stored and directed along a guide member to the head.
At the applicating head the tape web 13 is guided along a plate to an edge 15 for separating the liner 14 from the adhesive 10 of web 13. The adhesive is then directed around a dancing roller 16 to an applicating roller 20 which presses one surface of the adhesive into contact with the surface of the stationary member 11.
Referring now to the other figures where the head is disclosed in greater detail, but like parts are referred to by the same number throughout the several views, the applicating head is provided with a frame 21 having a bracket 22 attached thereto at the upper edge of the frame 21 to secure the head to the portion of the automatically controlled mechanism.
As illustrated, the frame 21 includes a transverse bar 24. Depending from one end of the bar 24 is a bracket 25 which supports a spool 26 which will support a supply roll 27 of the web material. Positioned at the opposite end of the bar 24 is another bracket bar 29 from which is supported a spindle 30 for supporting a take-up reel 31. Between the bracket 25 and the bracket 29 is a frame member 33 which supports a liner drive mechanism 34, a liner stripping mechanism 35, a web sensing and speed control system generally designated 36, a cutting mechanism 38 and applicating roller 20.
Referring first to the drive mechanism, the web is removed from the supply spool 26 and is directed around a first idler 40 from which the web is directed to the liner separating or striping mechanism 35. This mechanism 35 includes a plate 42 having two edge guide plates and an edge 15 about which the liner 14 is directed to separate the same from the pressure sensitive adhesive 10. The liner 14 goes around the edge 15 and along the opposite side of the plate 42 between said opposite side and a deflector plate 43. The deflector plate 43 provides only a thin gap between it and plate 42 to restrict the adhesive 10 from following the liner 14. The liner 14 moves from between the deflector plate 43 and plate 42 to the liner drive mechanism 34. The liner drive 34 comprises a drive roller 44 which is supported on the frame 33. On either side of the drive roller 44 is a pressure roller 45 which pressure rollers 45 are supported in yokes 47 which are pivoted about axes 48 to move the pressure rollers into firm contact with diametrically opposite surfaces of the drive roller 44. This firm contact is maintained by a pair of springs 51 which are disposed on either side of a fixed spring block 52 which supports the springs 51. The springs engage the yokes for the pressure rollers 45 for urging the same about their pivot axes 48 in a direction towards the periphery of the drive roller 44. The drive roller 44 is driven by a servo motor 55, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, to drive the drive roller 44 at varying speeds. As the drive roller 44 is driven in the clockwise direction as seen in FIG. 2, the liner will be drawn around the edge 15, causing a separation of the adhesive 10 from the liner 14. From the second of the pressure rollers 45 the liner 14 goes around a guide roll 56 to the take-up reel 31 driven by the driven spindle 30. The spool 26 and the spindle 30 are driven by 24 volt motors which provide a braking action to the spool 26 and a take-up drive to the spindle 30.
After the adhesive is separated from the liner 14, the adhesive is directed toward the applicating roller 20. Positioned between the separating edge 15 and the applicating roller 20 is a dancing roll 16. The dancing roll 16 is mounted on the end of a crank arm 58 joined to an axle 59 supported on the frame 33. Extending from the opposite end of the axle 59 is a first radial arm 60 and a second radial arm 61. The radial arm 60 extends from the axle 59 to a position for engagement with the end 63 of a rod 64 extending from an air cylinder 65. The cylinder 65 is actuated prior to operation of the cutting mechanism 38 to force the end 63 against the arm 60 to rotate the axle 59 and thus the crank arm 58. The amount of movement is sufficient to move the dancing roll 16 from its normal position to a fixed position more nearly along a line between the edge 15 and the applicating roller 20. When the next web application begins the severed end of the web is positioned below the applicating roller 20, the liner drive starts and the dancing roll 16 is released to return to its normal operating position under the force of a tension spring 66 connected to frame 33 and radial arm 61.
The spring 66 then draws the adhesive 10 to the operating path and any changes in tension on the adhesive web are reflected by movement of the dancing roller 16 and thus movement of the second radial arm 61 which is also connected to the end of a rod 67 extending from a linear potentiometer or voltage transducer 68. The device 68 is referred to as a linear variable differential transducer or LVDT and one variety Type 200 DC-D is available from Schaevitz Engineering, Pennsauken, New Jersey. In any event, movement of the rod 67 with respect to the transducer 68 affords means to control the rotational speed of the liner drive servo motor 55. The change in position of the rod 67 in the transducer 68 causes a change in the current to the drive motor 55, affording a change in the rotation of the drive roller 44. Thus, if there is excessive tension on the adhesive 10, the drive roller 44 will accelerate. If the tension goes out of the adhesive 10 the drive roller 44 will slow down. Changes in web feed speed are controlled by the program for the robotic arm and the dancer roll 16 only makes fine adjustments in the web tension such as when the adhesive is applied at a corner or curve or when the applicating roller position is moved from a horizontal path to a vertical path.
The applicating roller 20 is mounted on the head by a one way bearing for free rotation clockwise as seen in FIG. 2. The roller 20 has an outer surface formed to avoid adhesion to the adhesive web, e.g. knurled, silicone coated, Teflon coated, plasma coated etc. The roller 20 is mounted on a subframe 70 which is spring mounted with respect to the frame 33 and is movable therewith by means of two leaf springs 71 and 72 cantilevered from a fixed support plate 73 of a housing 74 mounted at the bottom of the frame 33. On this housing 74 is mounted a rotary double acting cylinder 75 which drives the cutting mechanism 38 for the adhesive web. The subframe 70, which is formed like a window frame and supported on the ends of the springs 71 and 72, is movable with respect to the frame 33 by the springs and against the bias of the springs by a damping device including an air cylinder 76 connected to a rocking arm 77 pivoted about an axis 79. The rocker arm 77 has the other end connected to a vertical rod 80 having an end member 81 which engages a plate member 82 mounted at the top of the frame 70. The two springs 71 and 72 of flat stock provide a parallelogram support for the applicating roller 20. The applicating roller 20 is supported on a shaft and journalled on a one way bearing in cantilever fashion from a support member 83 affixed to the bottom of the frame 70. In operation the cylinder 76 is pressurized to apply a force against the plate 82 and force the applicating roller 20 into contact with the product surface to afford contact between the adhesive 10 and the product surface.
Referring now to the cutting mechanism and FIGS. 2, 3, and 6, the rotary double acting air cylinder 75 has a primary drive shaft 84 movable through an angle of 90�, which shaft 84 extends through the housing 74. The end of shaft 84 is fixed to a radial arm 85 on which a knife 86 is attached. A gear 88 is fixed to the shaft 84, intermediate the radial arm 85 and the cylinder 75, which gear meshes with a second gear 89 fixed on a parallel shaft 90. The shaft 90 is supported in the housing 74 by suitable bearings. One end of shaft 90 is attached to a radial arm 92 on the distal end of which is an anvil member 94 cooperating with the knife 86 to sever the adhesive 10 by the knife bursting through the web backed by the anvil when the cylinder 75 is driven in one direction and bringing the arm 85 and the arm 92 back to their normal rest positions when reversed. The automatically controlled mechanism has lifted the applicator when it is desired to sever the adhesive 10. When the cylinder 75 is reversed, to rapidly separate the anvil and knife, approximately one-half inch (1.27 cm) of adhesive web remains extending below the applicating roller 20.
An air nozzle 98 is provided adjacent the periphery of the applicating roller 20 to maintain the severed length of tape against the surface of the applicating roller such that the web end is positioned to engage the surface of the stationary member 11 when the automatically controlled mechanism places the applicating head against the work surface again.
The guide roller 40, dancing roll 16 and applicating roller 20 are all provided with an outer covering or surface to resist adhesion of the adhesive of web 10 to such members.
Having thus disclosed the present invention with reference to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be appreciated that changes can be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. For example, rather than being mounted on an automatically controlled mechanism the frame of the applicator may be fixed and the surface to which the web material is to be attached may be moved, or both the frame of the applicator and the surface to which the web material is to be attached may be moved to provide the relative movement between the head and the surface required for proper application of the film. Also, the supply and take-up spools for the applicator may be mounted on structures other than the frame of the applicator.
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A couple of weeks ago, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and The Nature Conservancy released a habitat map and statewide conservation strategy called BioMap2. The new land conservation blueprint plots the state's most critical lands, waters and habitats, and creates a new science-based plan to conserve and build ecological resilience among plants and animal populations in the context of climate change for generations to come.
The photo above is of me and The Nature Conservancy's Massachusetts State Director Wayne Klockner.
Over the past four years under the leadership of Governor Patrick, the Commonwealth has protected nearly 75,000 acres of land – the equivalent of 54 acres per day. These accomplishments include the preservation of land with nearly 30,000 acres of prime farm and forest soils and protection of 14,000 acres in 10 areas of critical forested landscape habitats across Massachusetts. BioMap2 will help guide future state land conservation investments toward the most valuable and critical wildlife habitat.
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BioMap2 includes 500 sets of data to target the habitat conservation needs of individual species, especially those that are currently rare or uncommon, as well as other noted fish and wildlife species identified in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy.
BioMap2 also outlines strategies to facilitate resistance and resilience of plant and animal populations and ecosystems subject to the effects of climate change. Recognizing that habitat transformation is particularly likely along the coast, the map identifies low-lying, intact uplands adjacent to salt marshes that would allow the migration of ecosystems up-slope in the context of rising sea level.
Find out where the 187,000 acres of Wildlife Management Areas (open space protected for biodiversity) are located across the state.
DFG and MassWildlife look forward to working with all of our conservation partners using this new mapping tool, which is designed to help protect the full breath of the Commonwealth's natural heritage.
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A man accused of burglarizing homes in the nude made his first court appearance Tuesday.
Lucas Leffel, 26, is charged with three counts of burglary to a dwelling and four counts of second-degree sexual assault of an unconscious victim.
Investigators said Leffel admitted to the crimes, saying he entered the three homes while naked and touched a woman while she slept in one of the cases.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Wednesday's Wisdom
Ahh, it's Wednesday again, and time to try to make it through the rest of the week. Today's post is a poem that I include every year with the orientation packets I give to my parents. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
by Lelia P. Fagg
You say you love your children,
And are concerned they learn today?
So am I; that's why I'm providing
A variety of kinds of play.
You're asking me the value
Of blocks and other such play?
Your children are solving problems.
They will use that skill everyday.
You're asking what's the value
Of having your children play?
Your daughter's creating a tower.
She may be a builder someday.
You're saying you don't want your son
To play in that "sissy" way?
He's learning to cuddle a doll.
He may be a father someday.
You're questioning the learning centers;
They just look like useless play?
Your children are making choices;
They'll be on their own someday.
You're worried your children aren't learning,
and later they'll pay?
They're learning a pattern for learning,
For they will be learners always.
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That's really something, we do hope and always do hope that trust each others.ReplyDelete
Why they are always asking, because they are parents. Why we are always hearing, because we are the children's education consultants :).
That's nice Ayn. What a great way to set the stage at the beginning of the year, and so much better than my technique of just lecturing the parents about the importance of play!ReplyDelete
That poem always gives me happy chills.ReplyDelete
It's one of my favorites, too.ReplyDelete
Tom, I used to do that at open house, but now I say a few words and give them the poem. (There is always the occasional parent that just doesn't "get" it, but usually they come around!)
What a wonderful poem to share with parents Ayn. Thank you for sharing it with us!!ReplyDelete
That's a ripper Ayn. I have a few parents in mind for this poem next week!ReplyDelete
Donna :) :)
Thank you. I am posting this on my blog. We have had trouble this year with parents not understanding one of our teacher's classrooms that engages in a lot of creative play. Because of these conflicts, I am taking over her class next year. She will be teaching our Enrichment/Science class which is a great oppurtunity for her. Anyway....this will be a great poem to hand to parents. There WILL be play in my room!ReplyDelete
Thank you! it is a wonderful poem! I would love to share it with others:) have a great day!ReplyDelete
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