Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for converting feed material into granules under the application of pressure. The apparatus includes a conveyor screw arranged about an axis of rotation with at least one screw spiral, a rotationally symmetric working chamber arranged about the axis of rotation, which chamber is formed by two annular walls arranged at an axial distance from one another and by an annular perforated die. The annular wall has a central opening arranged coaxial to the axis of rotation into which the conveyor screw discharges in order to feed the working chamber with feed material. The apparatus also includes a pressure element that rotates about the axis of rotation and has at least one pressure arm, which extends from the axis of rotation toward the perforated die delivers the axially supplied feed material to the perforated die in the radial direction, and compacts it while doing so.

Abstract: A method and system include at least one X-ray source for producing at least one X-ray beam, at least one detector assembly, at least one shutter, and a barcode reader. The shutter directs the at least one X-ray beam toward the detector assembly. The barcode reader is affixed, in a predetermined proximity, to the shutter for detecting a barcode on an object that is moved along the shutter thereby causing the shutter to be opened from a closed state and/or fully closed once the barcode has been detected.

Abstract: A component for the transmission of electromagnetic waves and a method for producing such a component is provided, whereby conductors of a coplanar waveguide system are embedded in a membrane such that they are at least partially suspended across a back-etched area of the substrate for the decoupling of the conductors from the substrate (1). An additional substrate is connected to the bottom side of the back-etched area of the substrate in such a way that a hollow cavity is formed.