Abstract: A filter device has a support tube, which has an inner face and an outer face and which forms an interior adjoining the inner face, into which interior an inlet opening leads, the support tube having through-openings, which connect the interior to a surrounding space adjoining the outer face of the support tube, and a first filter element, which has an inner face and an outer face. The first filter element is disposed in the interior of the support tube and the outer face of the first filter element is adjacent to the inner face of the support tube. A support body is disposed in the interior of the support tube and the support body adjoins the inner face of the first filter element. The filter device can be disposed in a filter housing and, in particular, can also be used in separating water from hydrocarbons.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining apparatus (1) having a filter element (3) in a fluid line (2) which can be flowed through in a flow direction (V) by a fluid (F) comprising a foreign fluid (X), having a volume flow control apparatus (5) by way of which the volume flow (S) through the fluid line (2) can be controlled, having a sensor device (6) by way of which the fraction of foreign fluid (X) in the fluid (F) can be determined, and having a control device (7) by way of which the volume flow (S) can be controlled by way of the volume flow control apparatus (5) in a manner dependent on the fraction of foreign fluid (X) in the fluid (F) as determined by way of the sensor device (6). The invention furthermore relates to a fuel tank filling installation having said retaining apparatus, and to a method for retaining foreign fluid from a fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a separating device (1) for fluid-collecting sumps, in particular of filter or water separators, comprising a line pipe (10) which has a connection opening (11) and an outlet opening (12), wherein the line pipe (10) is equipped with a flow restrictor (20), a phase detection sensor (30) for detecting a phase boundary (G) between a light fluid (F1) and a heavy fluid (F2), and an electronically actuatable outlet valve (40) between the phase detection sensor (30) and the outlet opening (12). The outlet valve (40) is actuated by a regulating device (45) such that the outlet valve (40) is brought from an open position into a closed position when a phase boundary (G) is detected by the phase detection sensor (30). The invention additionally relates to fluid container devices (100) comprising a fluid-collecting sump (101) and such a separating device (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining apparatus (1) having a filter element (3) in a fluid line (2) which can be flowed through in a flow direction (V) by a fluid (F) comprising a foreign fluid (X), having a volume flow control apparatus (5) by way of which the volume flow (S) through the fluid line (2) can be controlled, having a sensor device (6) by way of which the fraction of foreign fluid (X) in the fluid (F) can be determined, and having a control device (7) by way of which the volume flow (S) can be controlled by way of the volume flow control apparatus (5) in a manner dependent on the fraction of foreign fluid (X) in the fluid (F) as determined by way of the sensor device (6). The invention furthermore relates to a fuel tank filling installation having said retaining apparatus, and to a method for retaining foreign fluid from a fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a separating device (1) for fluid-collecting sumps, in particular of filter or water separators, comprising a line pipe (10) which has a connection opening (11) and an outlet opening (12), wherein the line pipe (10) is equipped with a flow restrictor (20), a phase detection sensor (30) for detecting a phase boundary (G) between a light fluid (F1) and a heavy fluid (F2), and an electronically actuatable outlet valve (40) between the phase detection sensor (30) and the outlet opening (12). The outlet valve (40) is actuated by a regulating device (45) such that the outlet valve (40) is brought from an open position into a closed position when a phase boundary (G) is detected by the phase detection sensor (30). The invention additionally relates to fluid container devices (100) comprising a fluid-collecting sump (101) and such a separating device (1).

Abstract: Squirrel cage rotor and method for the production thereof including a rotor shaft having a solid rotor portion formed of ferromagnetic material having a plurality of through-passages extending in an axial direction of the rotor shaft, a plurality of electrically conducting bar elements each received in a through-passage so that the respective bar elements extend in the axial direction. The bar elements each have a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, and two electrically conducting end elements which electrically connect the longitudinal ends to form a squirrel cage is formed by the bar elements and end elements. The bar elements are received in the through-passages in such that relative movement in the axial direction between the solid rotor portion and the bar elements is enabled when there is a change in length of the bar elements and/or of the solid rotor portion.