Abstract: A steering device includes: a steering gear housing, which provides a sensor accommodation region; a steering sensor unit, which is situated in the sensor accommodation region when installed; a housing cover, which is provided to cover the sensor accommodation region in the axial direction when installed; and a connector unit, which can be situated in a contact recess in the steering gear housing or in the housing cover, for making, in particular direct, electrical contact with the steering sensor unit during the process of installing the connector unit. The connector unit includes a plug unit with at least one plug element for connection to the steering sensor unit, and a support unit. The connector unit also includes an elastic compensation unit, which is connected fixedly to the plug element and to the support unit and is provided to resiliently support the plug element.

Abstract: A controller for a tool drive that collects force data and displacement data from the tool drive. The controller generates a stiffness model representing a workpiece using the force data and the displacement data. The controller further collects a force signal from the tool drive. The controller determines deflection of the workpiece using the force signal and stiffness model. The controller determines a resonant frequency of the workpiece using the stiffness model. The controller modifies an oscillation frequency and/or a rotational frequency of a spindle of the tool drive based on the resonant frequency. The controller also determines a location of a tip of the tool drive using the force signal.

Abstract: A method for preventing collisions when driving at least two movers on a drive surface, each mover comprising at least one magnetic field generator, with a device comprising a plurality of plate-shaped sectors, the sectors each comprising at least one electric magnetic field generator. The sectors form the drive surface, generating magnetic fields via control of a power supply of the electric magnetic field generators such that the movers are movable over the drive surface in at least one direction. A first path planning for the first mover is carried out, an estimated second travel path of the second mover is determined or received, and the estimated second travel path of the second mover is taken into account in the first path planning of the first mover to determine a first travel path for the first mover such that collision of the first mover with the second mover is prevented.

Abstract: A processing device allows processing standard or non-standard spectacle lens prescription documents drafted in a plurality of fashions and provided by eye care professionals, such as opticians, or by end consumers in one of a plurality of languages to determine the data related to the refractive values in a reliable, scalable, and automated fashion. Data related to refractive values is determined from the spectacle lens prescription document. A processing device for determining data related to the refractive values determine at least one pattern containing the data related to the refractive values from an electronic representation of the at least one spectacle lens prescription document, and determines text containing the data related to the refractive values from the electronic representation of the at least one spectacle lens prescription document.

Abstract: A printing system is provided comprising a print head including a plurality of ink nozzles; an actuator configured to move the print head relative to a substrate; a print head position sensing system configured to detect an actual position of the print head relative to the substrate; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive the actual position of the print head detected by the print head position sensing system corresponding to a target print head position; determine a positional offset between the actual position and the target print head position; generate a nozzle firing pattern based on the positional offset; and control the print head to print the nozzle firing pattern at the target print head position using the plurality of ink nozzles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical connector with automatic sealing on disconnection and to a method of connecting/disconnecting a medical connector.

Abstract: Interface module and method for configuring and parameterizing a field bus user, wherein to facilitate a configuration and parameterization of a field bus user logical addresses on the side of an engineering system are transformed with a transformation device into virtual addresses, where whether virtual addresses are present in a received virtual configuration file is recognized in an interface module via a recognition device, a signal is triggered when addresses are present in the received virtual configuration file to ensure the virtual configuration file is adopted and stored in a non-volatile manner in a configuration store within the interface module, and where the virtual addresses are transformed in the interface module via a reverse transformation device back into physically present addresses, whereby for a data exchange of the process data of the module slot, on request by further field bus users, the process data in the module slot is addressed.

Abstract: A method for driving at least one rotor in a planar drive system. The rotor has a device for generating a magnetic field. The rotor can be moved on a drive surface formed by stator modules comprising a magnetic field generator. A virtual two-dimensional potential curve is determined for the rotor, with a target point having an attractive potential. A virtual force vector is determined with a vector direction and a vector length at a first position of the rotor, which is determined from the virtual two-dimensional potential curve. A magnetic drive field interacting with the magnetic field of the rotor is generated by the magnetic field generator such that a resulting force is applied to the rotor by interaction of the magnetic drive field with the magnetic field. The direction of the resulting force is based on the vector direction, and the strength is based on the vector length.

Abstract: A vibration assisted drilling system is presented. The vibration assisted drilling system comprises a drill feed motion system having a drill feed axis, an oscillation motion system having an oscillation axis, a drill spindle having a drill bit, and a mounting system configured to connect the drill spindle to the oscillation motion system. The drill feed axis is substantially parallel to and offset from the oscillation axis.

Abstract: A method for operating a wind power installation for generating electrical power from wind, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades of which the blade angle is adjustable, and the rotor can be operated at a variable rotor rotation speed. Furthermore, the wind power installation has a generator, which is coupled to the aerodynamic rotor, in order to generate an output power. Here, the output power is set depending on the wind in a partial-load mode in which the wind is so weak that the wind power installation cannot yet be operated at its maximum output power, an actual air density of the wind is detected and each blade angle is set depending on the rotor rotation speed and depending on the detected air density. A wind power installation is also provided.

Abstract: A device and method for preventing a collision when determining travel paths for at least two movers on a drive surface, each mover comprising at least a second magnetic field generator, the device comprising a plurality of sectors, the sectors comprising magnetic field generators for generating magnetic fields, the sectors forming the drive surface. A path planning for at least two movers is carried out, at least the two movers being assigned a priority, the priorities of the movers being taken into account in the path planning such that a path of a mover is assigned a priority in the path planning of the travel paths of the movers, and a travel path of a mover with a higher priority takes precedence over a travel path of a mover with a lower priority, so that a collision of the movers is prevented.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining a travel path for at least one mover on a drive surface, the mover comprising at least one second magnetic field generator, the device comprising a plurality of plate-shaped sectors, where the sectors comprise magnetic field generators for generating magnetic fields, and where the sectors form the drive surface. At least one virtual path network is provided on the drive surface, where a travel path for a mover is determined on the path network.

Abstract: A method for driving at least one mover is specified, wherein the mover comprises at least a second magnetic field generator, wherein the mover is movable on a drive surface comprising a plurality of sectors, wherein the sectors comprise magnetic field generators for generating at least one magnetic field, wherein path planning is carried out for the mover from a starting point to a target point on the drive surface, wherein at least one graph with nodes and edges is used for the path planning, wherein a path for the mover is determined on the basis of the graph.

Abstract: A method for preventing collisions when driving at least two movers on a drive surface, each mover comprising at least one magnetic field generator, with a device comprising a plurality of plate-shaped sectors, the sectors each comprising at least one electric magnetic field generator. The sectors form the drive surface, generating magnetic fields via control of a power supply of the electric magnetic field generators such that the movers are movable over the drive surface in at least one direction. A first path planning for the first mover is carried out, an estimated second travel path of the second mover is determined or received, and the estimated second travel path of the second mover is taken into account in the first path planning of the first mover to determine a first travel path for the first mover such that collision of the first mover with the second mover is prevented.

Abstract: Interface module and method for configuring and parameterizing a field bus user, wherein to facilitate a configuration and parameterization of a field bus user logical addresses on the side of an engineering system are transformed with a transformation device into virtual addresses, where whether virtual addresses are present in a received virtual configuration file is recognized in an interface module via a recognition device, a signal is triggered when addresses are present in the received virtual configuration file to ensure the virtual configuration file is adopted and stored in a non-volatile manner in a configuration store within the interface module, and where the virtual addresses are transformed in the interface module via a reverse transformation device back into physically present addresses, whereby for a data exchange of the process data of the module slot, on request by further field bus users, the process data in the module slot is addressed.

Abstract: A vibration assisted drilling system is presented. The vibration assisted drilling system comprises a drill feed motion system having a drill feed axis, an oscillation motion system having an oscillation axis, a drill spindle having a drill bit, and a mounting system configured to connect the drill spindle to the oscillation motion system. The drill feed axis is substantially parallel to and offset from the oscillation axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for hosting, streaming, and controlling video movie playback, that for the video playback uses a local or cloud based voting platform is disclosed. The systems and methods provide reduced system latency, and are fully scalable from a single user to multi-viewer modes, with the latter mode allowing for thousands of users viewing the video playback, and controlling the content display through a collective voting platform. In a preferred embodiment, the disclosed system includes three primary elements: a content control (cloud-based) engine, a data decision manager-server, and a local client platform. The content control engine controls the movie content to be streamed to the users. The data decision server manages the user input and voting that is transmitted to the content control engine. The local client platform provides the local interface with the user to elicit user selections and user votes.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a scanning apparatus for scanning food bars for a food processing system. The scanning apparatus comprises a conveyor assembly for conveying a food bar in a longitudinal direction, and a scanning unit adapted to record an outer and/or inner shape of at least one food bar. The scanning unit is movable at least along the longitudinal direction. The disclosure further relates to a method for scanning food bars.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a process variable of a medium by means of a vibronic sensor. In a first operating mode, an oscillatable unit is excited by a first electrical excitation signal, such that it executes mechanical oscillations, and the mechanical oscillations of the mechanically oscillatable unit are received and converted into a first electrical, received signal having a first frequency. Furthermore, the first received signal is evaluated relative to the process variable. In a second operating mode, mechanical oscillations of the oscillatable unit are received and converted into a second electrical, received signal, wherein a second frequency of the second electrical, received signal is ascertained, and wherein the second frequency is associated with a first disturbing influence for the vibronic sensor. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus, which is suitable for performing a method of the present disclosure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding apparatus for feeding food products to a slicing unit, having a product support comprising at least one track for the reception of a plurality of products arranged one after another; and at least one product mount which comprises a holder for holding a rear end of a product viewed in a feed direction.