Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a plurality of elongate first strips having an aerosol generating material; a plurality of elongate second strips having an inductively heatable susceptor material; and a plurality of elongate third strips to which the plurality of elongate second strips are adhered. A width of each of the elongate second strips is equal to a width of each of the elongate third strips, and the elongate first, second and third strips are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a plurality of elongate first strips having an aerosol generating material; a plurality of elongate second strips having an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which each of the plurality of elongate second strips is attached. The at least one elongate carrier strip is folded along one or more fold lines to form two or more elongate carrier regions, and one or more of the plurality of elongate second strips is attached to each elongate carrier region. The elongate first strips, the elongate second strips and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: An arrangement and method for conveying rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry. The arrangement conveys article segments of first and second rows disposed side by side in pairs in a transverse axial direction. In a conveying inspection section, at least one conveying member conveys a first row of article segments disposed transversely axially behind each other and conveys a second row of article segments disposed transversely axially behind each other. Moreover, one or two head end inspection devices, preferably optical, are provided for inspecting one or both head ends of the first row of article segments along a conveyor path for the first row of article segments of the first row, and one or two head end inspection device, preferably optical, are provided for inspecting one or both head ends of the second row of article segments along a conveyor path for the second row of article segments.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate; (ii) applying at least one susceptor patch to a surface of the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate; (iii) cutting the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate and the at least one susceptor patch applied to the surface thereof to form a plurality of aerosol generating strips and a plurality of susceptor strips; and (iv) forming the plurality of aerosol generating strips and the plurality of susceptor strips into a continuous rod.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes: a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material; at least one elongate second strip including an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which the at least one elongate second strip is adhered. Each of the plurality of elongate first strips has a width which is less than a width of the at least one elongate second strip and a width of the at least one elongate carrier strip is greater than the width of the at least one elongate second strip. The elongate first strips, the at least one elongate second strip and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material and at least one elongate second strip including an inductively heatable susceptor material. The plurality of elongate first strips and the at least one elongate second strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article having a longitudinal axis. The plurality of elongate first strips are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis The at least one elongate second strip is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis to define an angle greater than 10 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web or a continuous strip of an aerosol generating substrate; (ii) providing a continuous web of susceptor material; (iii) continuously cutting the continuous web of susceptor material to form a plurality of susceptor patches; (iv) consecutively applying the patches to a surface of the continuous web or continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate with a predefined and constant spacing between each successive patch; and forming the web or strip of aerosol generating substrate and the patches into a continuous rod. Step (iii) uses a rotary cutting unit including a support drum supporting the continuous web of susceptor material around its periphery and a cutting drum having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting elements around its periphery. The cutting elements cooperate with the support drum to shear cut the continuous web of susceptor material to form the patches.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web or a continuous strip of an aerosol generating substrate having a substantially flat surface; (ii) providing a continuous web of susceptor material; (iii) intermittently applying an adhesive to a surface of the continuous web of susceptor material to form adhesive areas on the surface; (iv) continuously cutting the continuous web of susceptor material at positions between the adhesive areas to form at least one susceptor patch ; (v) adhering the susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface of the continuous web or the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate; and (vi) forming the continuous web or the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate and the at least one susceptor patch adhered to the surface thereof into a continuous rod

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes: a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material; a plurality of susceptor patches including an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which the plurality of susceptor patches are adhered. Each susceptor patch has a length dimension which is substantially equal to its width dimension. The elongate first strips, the plurality of susceptor patches and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate; (ii) separating a continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate from the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate provided in step (i), the continuous strip having a substantially flat surface; (iii) applying at least one susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface of the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate obtained by step (ii); (iv) cutting the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate to form a plurality of aerosol generating strips; and (v) combining the at least one susceptor patch and the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate obtained by step (iii) with the plurality of aerosol generating strips obtained by step (iv) to form a continuous rod.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate, the continuous web including a substantially flat surface having a centre line; (ii) applying at least one susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface substantially along the centre line to leave an exposed region of the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate on each side of the at least one susceptor patch; (iii) cutting the exposed regions of the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate to form a plurality of aerosol generating strips on each side of the at least one susceptor patch; and (iv) forming the plurality of aerosol generating strips and the at least one susceptor patch into a continuous rod.

Abstract: In a method for transformation of a 3D representation of a part of a body, a central axis of the part of the body to be represented is defined, and a transformation surface that is axis-symmetrical to the central axis is defined. The transformation surface is transformed into a plane and a transformation of the voxels representing the part of the body oriented to the transformed transformation surface is carried out.

Abstract: A centering screw for aligning two elements, particularly a workpiece and a carrier, relative to each other, the centering screw having a first end section with a first outside diameter and a first length, and a second end section with a second outside diameter and a second length, the first end section having a first thread, at least in sections, and a cone being provided for the centering. In this case, the centering screw has the cone in an intermediate section between the first end section and the second end section, the cone having a diameter changing along the intermediate section, the diameter at an end of the cone facing away from the first end section being larger than the first outside diameter, and the end of the cone facing away from the first end section being assigned an axial stop facing away from the first end section.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining the visibility of a satellite for a GNSS-based position determination, including: detecting the environment in a position, in particular determining an unobstructed view of the sky, by means of an environment sensor system and/or a GNSS sensor system and/or a camera sensor system; and merging the detected environment, in particular the unobstructed view of the sky, with a theoretical visibility of a satellite in the position.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of a motor vehicle includes receiving a first signal containing an absolute position of the motor vehicle, receiving a second signal containing a change in the position of the motor vehicle, generating first position information corresponding to the absolute position from the first signal when the first signal is available, and continued from the second signal according to the change in position when the first signal is not available, generating second position information corresponding to the first position information at the beginning of first time segments and continued over the first time segments from the second signal according to the change in position, and determining an error in the first position information using the second position information.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of a motor vehicle includes receiving a first signal containing an absolute position of the motor vehicle, receiving a second signal containing a change in the position of the motor vehicle, generating first position information corresponding to the absolute position from the first signal when the first signal is available, and continued from the second signal according to the change in position when the first signal is not available, generating second position information corresponding to the first position information at the beginning of first time segments and continued over the first time segments from the second signal according to the change in position, and determining an error in the first position information using the second position information.

Abstract: A centering screw for aligning two elements, particularly a workpiece and a carrier, relative to each other, the centering screw having a first end section with a first outside diameter and a first length, and a second end section with a second outside diameter and a second length, the first end section having a first thread, at least in sections, and a cone being provided for the centering. In this case, the centering screw has the cone in an intermediate section between the first end section and the second end section, the cone having a diameter changing along the intermediate section, the diameter at an end of the cone facing away from the first end section being larger than the first outside diameter, and the end of the cone facing away from the first end section being assigned an axial stop facing away from the first end section.

Abstract: A method for the detection of the azimuthal angular position of a wheel imbalance in a wheel of a vehicle, in which the presence of a wheel imbalance is detected on the basis of the output signals of a wheel rotational speed sensor assigned to the wheel, at least one driving dynamics quantity describing the instantaneous driving situation is ascertained, and the azimuthal angular position of the wheel imbalance is ascertained as a function of the driving dynamics quantity.

Abstract: A method is described for ascertaining the offset value of a sensor signal in a vehicle after the end of a parking period, in which the vehicle was parked, including the steps ascertaining the offset value of the sensor signal prior to the start of the parking period, storing the ascertained offset value in a data memory, ascertaining the changed offset value of the sensor signal after the end of the parking period from the offset value ascertained prior to the start of the parking period and the sensor signal present after the end of the parking period.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a light emission of a headlight of a vehicle includes: a step of reading in a distance which represents a distance between the vehicle and an object situated in the surroundings of the vehicle; a step of reading in an illumination value which represents a height of an area of the object which is illuminated by the light emission; and a step of determining a light emission value which characterizes the light emission, using the distance value and the illumination value.