Abstract: The invention relates to a filtration device and to a method for characterizing a filter medium or a medium to be filtered. The filtration device comprises a plurality of filtration units. Each filtration unit comprises a first container, which is designed to receive a medium to be filtered, a second container, which is designed to receive a filtrate, at least one connecting line, which connects the first container to the second container, and a filter medium between the first container and the second container in order to filter the medium to be filtered. The first container is designed for the application of positive pressure thereto, and the second container is designed to receive a measurement instrument at ambient pressure.

Abstract: Manual displacement control device (MDC) for hydraulic units has an input shaft mounted rotatably about an input shaft axis in an input shaft block. The input shaft protrudes from the input shaft block with a first end, onto which a rotating torque can be applied. The MDC further includes a control spool housed in a control housing, which is moveable by means of rotating the input shaft for controlling a servo pressure. The control device has positioning means for adjusting and fixing the lateral position of the input shaft with respect to the control housing in a direction perpendicular to the input shaft axis and perpendicular to the direction of a restoring force exerted on the input shaft. The hydraulic unit is adjustable to its neutral position by means of a servo spring bracket providing an end stop surface for a servo spring seat towards the displacement element.

Abstract: The flow duct for flue gas to be treated and/or treated in an flue gas cleaning unit or plant has a plurality of flow guide elements, particularly in the vicinity of an elbow or a knee of the flow duct. The flow guide elements have curved flow guide surfaces and comprises self-supporting glass panes. The glass panes themselves can be prestressed and/or subjected to a compressive prestressing.