Abstract: A gas supply system for a side blowing and/or bottom blowing metallurgical furnace with at least one tuyere which is mounted in the side wall and/or in the bottom of the furnace, wherein gas is conveyed through a line of the gas supply system to the tuyere and through the tuyere to the interior of the metallurgical furnace and emerges there in the form of bubbles. The gas supply system has an inflow restrictor which is assigned to the tuyere or is positioned upstream of the tuyere and reduces or interrupts the gas supply to the interior of the furnace at equal intervals of time.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorption filter material (1) that provides protection against chemical toxins, chemical weapons and pollutants, with a preferably multi-layer composite construction (2). The layer construction (2) includes at least one planar support layer (3) with two opposing sides (3?, 3?) and an adsorption layer (4), provided on the support layer (3) made from a material which adsorbs chemical toxins, the surface of at least one of the both sides (3? and/or 3?) of the support layer (3) being modified by plasma treatment. The surface properties, in particular the surface finish and the surface reactivity can be adjusted and optimised to match the application by means of the plasma treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for drilling a bore in the ground, comprising a drive system with a connecting rod assembly that extends from the drive system into the ground. The end of said assembly pointing towards the face or base of the bore is connected to a tool head (40). The device also comprises several tools (41) that are located on the tool head (40) and work on the face or the base of the bore. The inventive device is characterised in that each tool (41) comprises an excavation disc (45) and elements that cause the excavation disc (45) to oscillate during operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting mechanism comprising a rotatably mounted drum (5) for winding a traction element (4). Said element can be rotated by means of a rotary drive unit (19) comprising at least one rotary drive motor (21, 22) that acts on the drum (5) by means of a multi-speed summation gear (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for drilling a bore in the ground, comprising a drive system with a connecting rod assembly that extends from the drive system into the ground. The end of said assembly pointing towards the face or base of the bore is connected to a tool head (40). The device also comprises several tools (41) that are located on the tool head (40) and work on the face or the base of the bore. The inventive device is characterised in that each tool (41) comprises an excavation disc (45) and elements that cause the excavation disc (45) to oscillate during operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle for cold gas spraying in which gas and spraying particles are accelerated. According to the invention, the cold gas spraying nozzle is at least partially coated at its inner wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorptive filtering material endowed with integrated particle- and/or aerosol-protection and with protective performance with regard to biological and/or chemical noxiants, in particular biological and/or chemical warfare agents, the adsorptive filtering material having a multilayered construction comprising a support layer, an adsorptive layer associated to and preferably fixed to the support layer, and optionally a covering layer disposed on that side of the adsorptive layer that is remote from the support layer, wherein the adsorptive filtering material is additionally equipped with a particle- and/or aerosol-filtering layer. The adsorptive filtering material is particularly useful in NBC protective materials of any kind (as in protective apparel for example) and for producing filters.

Abstract: A cold gas spray gun is disclosed. The spray gun includes a high-pressure gas heater which has a pressure vessel through which gas flows and a heating element situated in the pressure vessel, as well as a mixing chamber in which particles can be admixed with the gas through a particle feed. A Laval nozzle is arranged downstream in the direction of flow of the gas and consists of a convergent section, a nozzle throat and a divergent section. The high-pressure gas heater and/or the mixing chamber is/are at least partially insulated on the inside in the areas of contact with the gas.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing metallic objects such as films, sheet metal or moldings, with a photocatalytically active surface through the application or introduction of photocatalytically active material by means of cold-gas spraying technology is disclosed. To increase the durability of the layer, the spray material contains oxide ceramics and a metallic powder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage unit for gases, in particular a sorptive storage, with the storage unit comprising a sorbent for the reversible uptake of the gases to be stored and the sorbent being based on discrete sorptive particles. The sorptive particles are embedded in a solid gas-permeable three-dimensional support having a foam structure and/or are fixed thereto. The storage unit is particularly suitable for the storage of combustible or fossil gases, e.g. hydrogen, natural gas and the like, and thus as gas storage unit in power stations and motor vehicles.

Abstract: In the drawworks for lowering and withdrawing a load, in particular a drilling or a drilling plugging device, in particular for use on floating drilling platforms, which drawworks has at least one brake arrangement for braking and holding the load, an emergency brake device is provided for producing an additional braking force.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorption filter material (1) that provides protection against chemical toxins, chemical weapons and pollutants, with a preferably multi-layer composite construction (2). The layer construction (2) includes at least one planar support layer (3) with two opposing sides (3?, 3?) and an adsorption layer (4), provided on the support layer (3) made from a material which adsorbs chemical toxins, the surface of at least one of the both sides (3? and/or 3?) of the support layer (3) being modified by plasma treatment. The surface properties, in particular the surface finish and the surface reactivity can be adjusted and optimised to match the application by means of the plasma treatment.

Abstract: A cooling element for shaft furnaces includes an area through which coolant flows as a result of the arrangement of at least one internal coolant-carrying channel, which leads to coolant feed and discharge pipes connected to the cooling element. At the end of the element where coolant enters and/or exits, the coolant-carrying channel extends beyond the opening of the pipe and into an edge area of the cooling element. The coolant carrying channel has a cross-section which is larger than the cross-section of the internal channel, wherein the coolant section is provided with a guide element which divides the channel lengthwise in the flow direction so that the coolant is guided to the edge area of the cooling element and then back again in the opposite direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile sheetlike structure (1), in particular for protection against biological and chemical noxiants and poisons, such as biological and chemical warfare agents, said sheetlike structure (1) having a textile support layer (2) and a first sheetlike piece (3) of activated carbon fibres which is laminated onto the support layer (2), wherein the sheetlike structure (1) further comprises a second sheetlike piece (4) of activated carbon fibres which is laminated onto the support layer (2) such that edges of the two sheetlike pieces (3, 4) touch and/or overlap and wherein the two sheetlike pieces (3, 4) are joined together by the support layer (2).

Abstract: A cooling plate for refractory-lined shaft furnaces includes a first cooling plate element facing the inside of the furnace and a second, rear cooling plate element, where in the cooling plate elements are welded together. A cooling channel is formed between the first and second elements of the cooling plate. Pipe elements are connected to the coolant inlet and coolant outlet. The first cooling plate element is a bloom with a plane front side facing the inside of the furnace, and the cross-sectional area of the cooling channel is larger in the end regions thereof than in the center region, as viewed along the longitudinal extent of the cross-section.

Abstract: A cold gas spraying method and device, whereby the sprayed particles are accelerated in a gas flow. A powder tube and an outer nozzle body together form a Laval nozzle that produces high gas flow velocities. The injection of the sprayed particles occurs in the divergent section of the Laval nozzle.

Abstract: A thermal spray coating method for creating a coating layer on a surface of a substrate is monitored by determining characteristics of the thermal spray coating as it affects the quality of the coating layer by recording, controlling, and monitoring through a digital camera whose image is analyzed and characterized.

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to damp or suppress oscillations (?back-attack? effect) in sidewall or base blowing converters, used in particular to produce carbon steel or stainless steel. To achieve this, the gas supply system (3) for the converter comprises an inflow restrictor device (7), which is positioned upstream of or associated with the jets (5) and which periodically reduces or interrupts the gas supply to the interior of the furnace.

Abstract: A method and a device for cold gas spraying. According to the invention, energy is supplied to the particles with microwave technology. For that purpose, the nozzle in which the gas jet and particles are accelerated is surrounded by a microwave waveguide and/or a/the microwave waveguide encloses at least in part the spray-free jet between the nozzle outlet and the substrate. Advantageously, one section of the nozzle outlet is made of a ceramic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and a device for high-velocity flame spraying, the spray particles being accelerated in a flame jet of combustion gases. The injection of spray particles according to the invention takes place axially and centrally in the divergent section of the Laval nozzle, the powder tube (2) and the outer nozzle body (1) together forming a Laval nozzle for acceleration of the flame jet.