Abstract: A method for determining operating properties of a drill-rod borehole pump, having a pump head, which is connected to a kinematics converter via a drill rod, and the kinematics converter is driven by an electric motor, and furthermore a measuring device is provided for measuring the power consumption of the motor during operation of same.

Abstract: A stranding machine is provided for producing a cord from a plurality of wires, preferably metal wires. The stranding machine has a stranding device for stranding the wires, including at least one rotatably mounted deflecting roller for deflecting the cord and at least one guide device for guiding the cord. The guide device is arranged in such a way that the cord can be guided on a straight line from the guide device to the deflecting roller in such a way that the cord is pressed against a first flank of the deflecting roller. As the cord is deflected by the deflecting roller, the cord moves from the first flank into the roller base of the deflecting roller.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, which comprises: a distance measuring unit configured to emit a plurality of first pulses towards an object located in a field of view (FOV), wherein the object is associated with one or more markers; and a detector configured to receive at least one second pulse from the one or more markers of the object, wherein each of the at least one second pulse indicates object information identifying the object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for a motor vehicle for ascertaining a navigation position, having: a plurality of receivers for receiving respective position data of a plurality of different navigation satellite systems, an inertial measuring unit for ascertaining an inertial position of the navigation system, a receiving unit for receiving correction data, an additional receiving unit for receiving certified position data, a device which is coupled to the plurality of receivers, the inertial measuring unit, the receiving unit, and the additional receiving unit so as to transmit signals, wherein the device is designed to ascertain the navigation position on the basis of the position data, the inertial position, the correction data, and the certified position data. The invention additionally relates to a method which can be carried out by the navigation device in particular.

Abstract: A roller for a printing unit of a printing press, has a roller outer body, which is mounted on a roller inner body, so as to be movable axially in a reciprocating manner. For the axial movement of the roller outer body, in at least a first direction, a pneumatic drive is provided. The pneumatic drive has at least one first chamber, which is mounted in the interior of the roller in the manner of a cylinder/piston system between one or more structural elements, that are fixed to the roller outer body, and one or more structural elements that are fixed to the roller inner body. The chamber can be pressurized with compressed air. The parts of the structural elements adjoining the chamber, and that are movable axially relative to one another, form a non-contact seal between themselves on their mutually facing sides.

Abstract: A roller for a printing unit of a printing press, has a roller outer body, which is mounted on a roller inner body, so as to be movable axially in a reciprocating manner. For the axial movement of the roller outer body, in at least a first direction, a pneumatic drive is provided. The pneumatic drive has at least one first chamber, which is mounted in the interior of the roller in the manner of a cylinder/piston system between one or more structural elements, that are fixed to the roller outer body, and one or more structural elements that are fixed to the roller inner body. The chamber can be pressurized with compressed air. The parts of the structural elements adjoining the chamber, and that are movable axially relative to one another, form a non-contact seal between themselves on their mutually facing sides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for a motor vehicle for ascertaining a navigation position, having: a plurality of receivers for receiving respective position data of a plurality of different navigation satellite systems, an inertial measuring unit for ascertaining an inertial position of the navigation system, a receiving unit for receiving correction data, an additional receiving unit for receiving certified position data, a device which is coupled to the plurality of receivers, the inertial measuring unit, the receiving unit, and the additional receiving unit so as to transmit signals, wherein the device is designed to ascertain the navigation position on the basis of the position data, the inertial position, the correction data, and the certified position data. The invention additionally relates to a method which can be carried out by the navigation device in particular.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrical device including an electrical component at least partially covered by a covering material having a cement material includes supplying the cement material, mixing an additive into the cement material, applying the covering material having the cement material with the additive onto the electrical component, and treating the covering material. The treatment allows the additive from the cement material to reach a surface of the cement material and to form a protective layer on the surface.

Abstract: A process for providing a substrate having a metal, glass or ceramic surface with a vitreous layer comprising an interference pigment. The process comprises comminuting an interference pigment having at least one dielectric interference layer by a wet grinding process; dispersing the comminuted interference pigment into a silicate-containing suspension to obtain a coating composition; applying the coating composition to the surface by a wet coating process; and densifying the coating composition at a temperature of not more than 650° C.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrical device including an electrical component at least partially covered by a covering material having a cement material includes supplying the cement material, mixing an additive into the cement material, applying the covering material having the cement material with the additive onto the electrical component, and treating the covering material. The treatment allows the additive from the cement material to reach a surface of the cement material and to form a protective layer on the surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amines and/or Mannich adducts as detergents and/or dispersants in fuel and lubricant compositions for direct-injection gasoline engines. The invention further relates to fuel and lubricant compositions which comprise at least one such Mannich adduct, and also a bisaminoalkylated Mannich adduct.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of stabilizing the bonding agent gelation time in the consolidation of a geological formation in the presence of one or more catalytically active substances, in which method a bonding agent is infiltrated into the formation, a portion of the infiltrated bonding agent is optionally expelled by flushing with a gas or a liquid, and the bonding agent remaining in the formation is cured. the bonding agent comprises a mixture of a) a heterocondensate, obtainable by hydrolysis and condensation of at least one hydrolyzable silicon compound and at least one metal, phosphorus or boron compound, the metal being selected from Al, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Mg, Li, V, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf, B) at least one organic polymerizable monomer or oligomer comprising a C-C double bond, and C) at least one thermal polymerization initiator without peroxide function.

Abstract: Metallic substrates with a vitreous or glass-ceramic pigmented protective layer are obtainable by applying an alkali metal silicate-containing coating sol to the substrate or a surface thereof and thermally densifying the layer thus obtained, said alkali metal silicate-containing coating sol comprising an oxidic pigment of at least one element selected from the third and fourth main or subgroups of the Periodic Table of the chemical elements and the transition metals Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Nb and Ta.

Abstract: The invention relates to articles comprising a metal surface provided with a glass-, glass-ceramic- or ceramic-type protective layer, characterized in that the protective layer comprises a base layer comprising a matrix made of an alkali and/or alkaline earth silicate and an alkali metal- and alkaline earth metal-free top layer comprising a matrix made of an oxidic silicon compound, and to a method for the manufacture of said articles. The articles comprising the protective layer exhibit high chemical resistance and improved non-stick properties. They are characterized in particular by high dishwasher resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amines and/or Mannich adducts as detergents and/or dispersants in fuel and lubricant compositions for direct-injection gasoline engines. The invention further relates to fuel and lubricant compositions which comprise at least one such Mannich adduct, and also a bisaminoalkylated Mannich adduct.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for producing abrasion-resistant and alkali-resistant layers or molded bodies having a low-energy surface, said composition comprising a) a hardenable binder system containing at least one organic polymer or oligomer comprising at least one functional group, or a precursor thereof, b) at least one fluorine-containing polymer or oligomer containing at least one functional group that can react with a functional group of the binder system, and c) inorganic particles, and to the products thus obtained. The coatings and molded bodies obtained are especially suitable for surfaces to be kept clean.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amines and/or Mannich adducts as detergents and/or dispersants in fuel and lubricant compositions for direct-injection gasoline engines. The invention further relates to fuel and lubricant compositions which comprise at least one such Mannich adduct, and also a bisaminoalkylated Mannich adduct.

Abstract: Metallic substrates having a deformable vitreous coating, obtainable by applying an alkali metal silicate-containing coating sol to the substrate and thermally densifying the layer thus obtained in a two-stage heat treatment process, the heat treatment being carried out, in the first stage, either (A) in an oxygen-containing atmosphere or (B) in a vacuum at a residual pressure of ?15 mbar and, in the second stage, in a low-oxygen atmosphere up to full densification with formation of a vitreous layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of stabilizing the bonding agent gelation time in the consolidation of a geological formation in the presence of one or more catalytically active substances, in which method a bonding agent is infiltrated into the formation, a portion of the infiltrated bonding agent is optionally expelled by flushing with a gas or a liquid, and the bonding agent remaining in the formation is cured. The bonding agent comprises a mixture of A) a heterocondensate, obtainable by hydrolysis and condensation of at least one hydrolyzable silicon compound and at least one metal, phosphorus or boron compound, the metal being selected from Al, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Mg, Li, V, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf, B) at least one organic polymerizable monomer or oligomer comprising a C—C double bond, and C) at least one thermal polymerization initiator without peroxide function.

Abstract: A binder is described which comprises A) a hydrolysate or heterocondensate of at least one hydrolysable silicon compound and at least one metal, phosphorus or boron compound, the metal being selected from Al, Ge, Sn, Pb, Ti, Mg, Li, V, Nb, Ta, Zr and Hf, B) an organic polymerizable or polycondensable monomer or oligomer and C) a buffer, so that the pH of the buffered binder is in the range from 2 to 7, and optionally a complexing agent, if appropriate, the at least one hydrolysable silicon compound comprising one or more hydrolysable silicon compounds having at least one nonhydrolysable group or oligomers thereof. The binder is suitable for consolidating bulk or loose substrates.