Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a connection between a measuring tube and at least one flange, e.g., in the case of a Coriolis mass flowmeter. In order to ensure reliable connection of the components in this case, the measuring tube can be inserted at one end over a portion through a flange bore, such that it projects out of the bore on the other side, and that the projecting end be flared out over the sealing face of the flange.

Abstract: A method for compensation for influences, which interfere with the measurement accuracy, in measurement devices of the vibration type, comprising a measurement tube through which a fluid medium can flow and which is caused to oscillate mechanically, acting as an oscillation body, by an excitation unit, whose oscillation behavior, which changes as a function of the flowrate and/or the viscosity and/or the density of the fluid medium, is detected by at least one oscillation sensor in order to determine the flowrate, wherein the material strain in the measurement tube is detected by means of at least one sensor, from which an indicator value for the influence causing the material strain is calculated in order to correct the measurement signal, by signal processing, from the indicator value obtained in this way.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a measuring device, especially a flowmeter. The aim of the invention is to simplify inspection if the sensors have been correctly installed. For this purpose, the installation state is detected by the sensors themselves, i.e. by sensing a corresponding sensor value and comparing it with characteristic data. The result of comparison is electronically evaluated and automatically estimated whether the characteristic data obtained match the comparative data within at least a defined tolerance.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for operating a measurement device of the vibration type in which at least one exciter arrangement excites the system to vibration and from the vibration parameters, a measurement quantity of a measurement medium in a tube system is determined. A time-dependent force f(t)=F sin(?t)+g(t) with at least one sinusoidal component with an adjustable frequency ? can be used which acts on at least one vibration-capable part of the measurement device of the vibration type. A response signal of the vibration-capable part, (e.g., its time dependent velocity v(t)=V sin(?t+?)+h(t)) can be measured, and a phase shift ? between the response signal and the force f of a signal component which oscillates with a frequency ? is determined. The phase shift ? can be used as the input for a frequency controller so that the excitation frequency is automatically adjusted as a function of ?.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector element for two installation breakers, adjacently attached with the broad faces thereof in contact, in particular, power breakers or residual current breakers, the housings of which are each formed from two dished housing pieces. The connector element comprises an approximately cylindrical base body with a first external diameter on the front side of which two radially-sprung, axially projecting first and second expanding arms are moulded. The external contours of the spreader arms lie on a cylindrical outer surface, the external diameter of which is smaller than the first external diameter of the base body. The free ends thereof comprise radially projecting lugs on opposed external lines, which, in the assembly state, clip behind recesses on the housings, for connection by means of the connector element, of adjacent installation breakers.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a service switching device having a housing, having a front face side, a rear face side, having front and rear narrow sides connecting the front and rear face sides, having lateral broad sides, a fastening side, having at least one screwless terminal connection, which is fixed in position in a terminal connection area in the interior of the housing, for connecting connecting conductors by fixedly clamping them with a clamping spring, which acts as a compression spring on the connecting conductor ends, fixedly clamps them in a window-like cutout of a busbar and has a number of spring elements which corresponds to the number of connecting conductors to be connected.

Abstract: A method for operation of a vibratory measurement instrument comprises flowing a fluid through at least one measurement tube; causing the measuring tube to oscillate mechanically using an oscillation production unit; detecting an oscillation behavior of the tube using at least one oscillation sensor; determining at least one of a mass flow, a viscosity, and a density in a narrowband frequency range based on the oscillation behavior; evaluating at least one of the mass flow, the viscosity, and the density using signal processing of an electronics unit; and evaluating the oscillation behavior at least at times in a broadband frequency range using the electronics unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for correcting programming and optimising treatment and/or subsequent treatment processes in technical installations, in particular in the paper industry, wherein the system comprises means for carrying an optimisation suitable for treatment processes and for corresponding subsequent treatment processes according to a production plan (18) defined by processing qualitative data (13) and/or information related to the quality of at least one starting product of an advanced production stage.

Abstract: A method determines the wear of axles of a robot arm of an industrial robot. A torque profile of at least one axle taken during at least one working cycle of the industrial robot is used as a basis for an analysis. The torque profile is analyzed for portions of the torque profile that exceed a previously fixed torque band, and current axial wear is determined by assessing the frequency and/or the curve profile of the portions of the torque profile. A system is provided for determining the wear.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation switching device comprising a housing, with a front and rear face, a mounting side, front and rear narrow sides and wide sides, and with two screwless terminal connections with in each case at least one clamping spring for the connection of connecting conductors which are fixed in position in a terminal connection space of the housing. The terminal connection space is open towards the housing wide sides and towards the face. Each terminal connection is covered by an associated terminal cover part connected pivotably to the housing, which has a terminal face with a number of terminal openings corresponding to the number of connecting conductors to be connected, and guide means moulded onto each terminal opening for the connecting conductors, which also has two side areas which cover the terminal connection laterally in the direction of the wide sides.

Abstract: A method for operating a robot with a tool changer comprises providing a plurality of different kinds of tools, associating each of the plurality of tools with an unique explicit signature, producing at least one safe signal using the tool changer, wherein the at least one safe signal is a two-channel signal corresponding to one of the unique explicit signatures, and identifying the at least one tool using the at least one safe signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric installation device comprising a housing (11) that contains current conductive components, said components being accessible via openings (27; 60, 61) in the housing (11) of the installation device. At least one partition-type insulation barrier consisting of electrically insulating material can be allocated to at least one opening (27; 60, 61), thus increasing the clearances and creepage distances between two neighbouring openings (27; 60, 61). The insulation barrier can be fixed to the housing (11) of the installation device.

Abstract: A method assesses a state of at least one axial joint of an industrial robot, on the basis of data of a mechanical backlash present at the axial joint of the industrial robot, a state of wear of the axial joint being determined. On the basis of data of a torque profile, a first loading state of the axial joint is determined at the axial joint during at a first working cycle of the industrial robot. On a basis of data of a movement sequence at the axial joint during a second working cycle of the industrial robot, a second loading state of the axial joint is determined. An assessment of the state is carried out by pre-assessing the state of wear, the first loading state and the second loading state and a subsequent comparison with an empirically obtained comparison value matrix.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical installation switching device, having a switching mechanism with a latching point which can be unlatched manually by means of a switching toggle or by means of an electromagnetic or thermal release, having a tripping lever which can be operated by the electromagnetic and thermal release and acts on the latching point, having a latching lever which forms one element of the latching point, and having a movable contact lever, which can pivot, is acted on by the electrical release in the event of a short-circuit and is moved permanently to the disconnected position by the switching mechanism in the event of a short-circuit or overcurrent. The latching lever (which is mounted in the enclosure such that it can rotate) together with the tripping lever forms the latching point. The tripping lever is mounted such that it can rotate on the same rotation axis as the switching toggle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a quick-fixing device on electrical installation equipment, in particular, on a power breaker, residual current circuit breaker, or similar, for clipping the same to a standard profile rail in particular a top-hat rail, whereby the electrical installation equipment comprises a recess on the fixing side with a fixed lug arranged on a wall of the recess and a moving lug permanently pressed inwards against a spring force in the direction of a wall, said lug engaging in the assembled state behind the longitudinal edge of the free arm of the top-hat rail. The sprung lug is moulded to a bar, connected in one-piece to the installation equipment by at least one sprung connector web.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical switching device, having a thermal release, an electromagnetic release, and a switching mechanism with a latching point. A contact base for moving a contact member is located between the thermal release and the electromagnetic release. The thermal release is coupled to a release lever by means of a connecting rod passing over the contact base so that both the thermal release and the electromagnetic release open the latching point in the event of an overcurrent and/or short-circuit current.

Abstract: Clamping connection for connecting a conductor to an installation switching device, comprising a clamping spring, acting on the conductor end as compression spring, for clamping tight the conductor end at an abutment, wherein the clamping connection comprises a conductor bar with a connecting end and an adjoining discharge area, the conductor bar has at the connecting end a window-like opening with a support edge and a clamping edge, opposite the support edge, at the transition of the connecting end into the discharge area, the clamping spring has a support leg by means of which it is supported on the support edge of the conductor bar, and the support leg is adjoined by an arc piece which is adjoined by a clamping leg, so that the conductor end can be clamped tight between the clamping leg and the clamping edge as abutment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a special electrode surface for electrodes of a flow measuring device. In order to provide more measurement reliability for abrasive substances to be measured, for example in multiphase substances to be measured, according to the invention the size of the active electrode surface (3) is optimized independently of the size of the electrode (2) to be sealed in by means of a coating (4) so that an electrically nonconductive coating leaves free only the electrically active surface (3).

Abstract: An electrical switchgear includes a thermal trip, an electromagnetic trip, and a switching mechanism with a latching point and at least one contact point that is continuously opened or closed. An operating handle is connected to one end of a lug by means of a coupling element and the other end of the lug is coupled to a contact base that carries a moving contact member. The thermal trip is coupled to a trip lever by a connecting rod that passes over the contact base so that both the thermal trip and the electromagnetic trip open a latching point in the event of an excess current and/or short circuit current.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a measurement device, in particular a flow measurement device, and to a measurement device itself. In order in this case to reliably preclude measurement errors resulting from incorrect installation, the invention proposes that a characteristic variable is calculated from a time series s(t) of the measurement signal of a measurement device and is compared with previously recorded reference values, with this being used as the basis to automatically generate a message as to whether the measurement device has been installed correctly or incorrectly.