Utredning om huruvida Dalarnas Tidningars produktion passar en KBA Cortina

This degree project illustrates newsprint and waterless offset. A new news press was introduced at Drupa-00, Cortina from KBA, which is the first news press dedicated the waterless technique. With actual statistics from the company in question an investigation was made whether their production fits this press. It came out in the investigation that the production of the company, from statistics, fits this press very good. A table was made where different timeschedules were accounted for the new press, with semi- and full automatic plate changing for present and to be added papers. The waterless technology is compared to conventional offset with the difference that the plate is based on a sort of laminatetechnology. Like conventional plates this plate has a base made of aluminium. Lightsensitive photopolymer isunited as a layer or coat on top of the aluminium and a 2µm thin oleophobic siliconlayer is applied on top of the photopolymer. Considering the print, the waterless method has a higher qualitygrade than conventional offset. No water is emulsifiedin the ink, and therefore the printed dot gets a higher density. The loss of dampening solution and higher tack of the ink gives sharper dots. This makes the colourspace bigger why a greater range of colours can be printed. The loss of dampening solution gives a more stable dotgain, which contributes to that a higher screen can be used. The disadvantage is that the plate can't do as many rotations as the conventional plate. A waterless plate makes around 100 000-500 000 rotations before it needs to be removed owing to type- and manufacturer of the plate. The plate is also slightly more sensitive and expensive than conventional plates, around 1,4 - 1,7 × aluminium printing plates. A waterless system can be installed in a conventional printing press by degrees and when large editions are being printed a cooler needs to be installed in the oscillationrollers of the press, since an increase in temperature can make the oleophobic parts of the plate oleophilic. The Cortina is however equipped with a temperature controlsystem at the beginning. To avoid picking, caused by the tacky ink, a blanket with a high “quick release” should be used.

Stegmotorstyrd rotortilt för användning vid mätning av antenners riktningskaraktäristik

Radioantenner tillverkas med olika egenskaper för att passa olika applikatoner. En av dessa egenskaper är antennens riktningskaraktäristik. Hur antennen skall konstrueras för att få den eftersträvade riktningskaraktäristiken kan beräknas. För att kontrollera att antennens faktiska riktningskaraktäristik överensstämmer med den beräknade kan antennens riktningskaraktäristik mätas. Företaget Detectus AB utvecklar idag ett mätsystem för att mäta antenners riktningskaraktäristik och presentera denna i form av ett tredimensionellt polärdiagram. Rapporten beskriver det examensarbete som genomförts i syfte att utveckla hårdvara med tillhörande styrsystem för mätsystemet. En prototyp för den rotortilt som skall rotera och tilta antennen under mätningen har utvecklats. Till denna rotortilt har också mjukvara för styrning av rotations- och tiltrörelsernas stegmotorer tagits fram. Vidare arbete innefattar att implementera en nödstoppsfunktion samt en referenssökningsfunktion för rotortilten. Vidare arbete innefattar också att utveckla mjukvara för mätsystemet.

Sagnac rotational phase shifts in a mesoscopic electron interferometer with spin-orbit interactions

The Sagnac effect is an important phase coherent effect in optical and atom interferometers where rotations of the interferometer with respect to an inertial reference frame result in a shift in the interference pattern proportional to the rotation rate. Here, we analyze the Sagnac effect in a mesoscopic semiconductor electron interferometer. We include in our analysis the Rashba spin-orbit interactions in the ring. Our results indicate that spin-orbit interactions increase the rotation-induced phase shift. We discuss the potential experimental observability of the Sagnac phase shift in such mesoscopic systems.