Abstract: In some examples, a processing machine for processing a substrate includes at least one shaping unit and/or at least one application unit. The at least one application unit and/or the at least one shaping unit in each case includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one impression cylinder. The at least one forme cylinder of the application unit includes at least one application forme including at least one application surface and/or the at least one shaping unit includes at least one shaping tool including at least one working surface. The application surface and/or the working surface are arranged to cover at least a portion of the outer cylindrical surface of the at least one forme cylinder. A speed of the at least one forme cylinder and a speed of the at least one impression cylinder have a speed ratio with respect to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing an injection anchor in the ground, wherein a bore is created in the ground, a hardening material for forming the anchor foot is injected by means of an injection member at least in a partial region of the bore, and after partial, not yet complete, hardening of the material a post-grouting medium is introduced under pressure in a region of the anchor foot via a post-grouting member, by which medium the not yet completely hardened anchor foot is broken up. According to the invention, provision is made for an automatic post-grouting machine to be connected to the post-grouting member, by which machine the post-grouting medium for breaking up the not yet hardened anchor foot is automatically introduced into the post-grouting member at a freely specifiable time.

Abstract: A method for operating a lock. A wireless command is received from a trusted device in a proximity range of the lock to enable a proximity mode. The proximity range is selectable by a user of the trusted device via an application. The proximity mode is enabled, and while enabled, a command is received to activate or deactivate the lock. The lock is activated or deactivated in response to the received activating or deactivating command.

Abstract: A construct for a hockey blade formed from layers of sheet molding compound material. The sheet molding compound material may be manufactured to have longer average fiber lengths entrained within the sheet molding compound material with random orientation in order to enhance the mechanical properties of the formed hockey stick blade.

Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater drilling device and to a method for procuring drill cores of a bed of a body of water, wherein an underwater drilling device with a base frame is lowered in a body of water and placed on a bed of a body of water. A drill string consisting of at least one tubular drill string element is drilled out into the bed of the body of water in a first drilling step with a drill drive, with a drill core being formed in a receptacle in the tubular drill string element and being received in a core barrel in the drill string element. According to the invention, the drill core is enclosed in pressure-tight manner in a receiving container on the basic cradle under water.

Abstract: In some examples, a screen printing unit includes a screen printing forme cylinder, an impression cylinder, and a frame including two frame side walls. The screen printing unit further includes first and second base modules, each comprising two stationary base side walls that each have a one-piece design. Each base module includes four installation areas for rotational transport bodies whose positions coincide in the base modules, and the respective first and second installation areas of each base module form a respective selection group of the base module. An impression cylinder cooperating with the screen printing forme cylinder is in one of the installation areas of the selection group of the first base module, and a respective rotational transport body is arranged in each of the four installation areas of the base modules. A functionally different rotational transport body is arranged in an installation area of the first base module.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable swivel for connecting a cable or a retainer to a component, in particular a Kelly bar, which is rotatable relative to the cable or the retainer, with a stationary first swivel part which can be fastened on the cable or the retainer, and a rotatable second swivel part which is supported in a rotatable and axially fixed manner on the stationary first swivel part and can be connected to the component. Furthermore, in the case of the invention provision is made in that the rotatable second swivel part is of sleeve-shaped design with an axial passage and in that on the stationary first swivel part a connecting pin is designed which at least partially extends axially along the passage of the rotatable second swivel part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a trench wall cutting device comprising a trench cutter having at least one cutting frame unit and at least two cutting wheels arranged in the longitudinal direction of the cutting frame unit and is configured for cutting a substantially vertical cutting trench in the ground, a supporting structure for suspending the trench cutter in a cutting position and moving it in a substantially vertical cutting direction for creating the cutting trench, and a feed device for feeding the trench cutter in a feeding direction which is oriented transversely to the cutting direction.

Abstract: A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a skater (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the skater and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface (e.g., ice). At least part of the skate boot and optionally at least part of one or more other components (e.g., the skating device) may be constructed from one or more materials (e.g., foams) molded by flowing in molding equipment during a molding process (e.g., injection molding or casting). This may allow the skate (or other footwear) to have useful performance characteristics (e.g., reduced weight, proper fit and comfort, etc.) while being more cost-effectively manufactured. Other articles of footwear are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a colloidal mixer for colloidal processing of a slurry, in particular processing of construction materials, with a colloidal mixer, in which at least one liquid is introduced into a mixing trough, at the lower region of which is arranged an outlet opening with a mixing device having a mixing rotor, which is driven in rotation. According to the invention, the at least one pulverulent solid component is introduced into the mixing trough, the at least one liquid mixed with the at least one pulverulent solid component is induced to flow by the rotatingly driven mixing rotor and is discharged from the mixing trough through the outlet opening, wherein the mixture is led back again for a certain time via a backflow line into an upper region of the mixing trough for further mixing and, after a desired mixing state has been attained, the mixture is discharged as a finished slurry from the outlet opening by means of a discharge line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring arrangement for measuring a position, in particular a verticality, of a vertically adjustable and lowerable working apparatus with respect to an upper fixed point, with at least one measuring cable which is on the one hand connected to the vertically adjustable working apparatus and on the other hand extends towards the fixed point, at least one measuring means which is connected to the corresponding measuring cable and designed to measure an angle of inclination of the measuring cable relative to a vertical measurement axis and is arranged in a connection region between the measuring cable and the working apparatus, and at least one connecting means which is arranged between the measuring means and the working apparatus and designed to keep the measuring means torsion proof about the vertical measurement axis and at the same time capable of being angled with respect to the vertical measurement axis on the working apparatus.

Abstract: A sport helmet may include a first surface and a second surface opposite one another, and a lattice formed of flexible polymeric material, configured to deform from an initial shape upon an impact on the sport helmet and recover the initial shape thereafter to absorb at least part of the impact.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for producing an injection silicate gel solution for injection into a soil, comprising a filtering device through which a mixing water can flow for pretreatment, wherein the filtering device comprises at least one filter element for ion exchange, an admixing device for metered admixing of a curing agent, a feeding device for feeding liquid silica sol into the pretreated mixing water, a feeding device for feeding liquid sodium silicate into the pretreated mixing water, and a mixing device for mixing and homogenizing the fed components with the pretreated mixing water for forming an injection silicate gel solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for treating gaseous hydrogen, comprising an inlet (10a) for supplying gaseous hydrogen, a drying unit (30) with an active drying material for removing moisture from the supplied hydrogen, an adsorption unit (50) with an active adsorption material for adsorbing impurities from the dried hydrogen, and an outlet (10b) for drawing off treated hydrogen. According to the invention, the mass ratio between the active drying material and the active adsorption material is in the range of 1.5:1 to 50:1. The invention further relates to a plant comprising such a system for providing compressed treated gaseous hydrogen and a method for treating gaseous hydrogen.

Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater drilling apparatus comprising a lowerable platform configured for setting down on a waterbody bottom, at least one support tube axially displaceable and rotatably mounted on the platform, at least one tubular drive arranged on the platform and configured for rotationally driving the support tube, in order to rotationally introduce the support tube into the waterbody bottom, and an in-hole drilling rig arranged in the support tube, wherein the in-hole drilling rig comprises: a rig base body, at least one clamping device for bracing and securing the in-hole drilling rig in the support tube, and a drill head which is axially displaceably and is rotatably mounted on the rig base body and can be rotationally driven by means of a drill drive. According to the invention, it is provided that, when the support tube is rotationally driven, the in-hole drilling rig is arranged in the support tube and is axially clamped thereto.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for clearing a helix gap of an auger, comprising a retainer for holding the device on a mast of a drill, a guide tube which surrounds the auger in portions and is mounted on the retainer, and a clearing element which engages in the helix gap and is mounted on the retainer so as to be freely rotatable about the drilling axis. According to the invention it is provided for the guide tube to be mounted on the retainer so as to be freely rotatable about the drilling axis, for the clearing element to be firmly attached to the rotatably mounted guide tube, for the guide tube to be axially fixed in the direction of the drilling axis, for the purpose of clearing, and for the clearing element, together with the guide tube, to be able to be caused to rotate about the drilling axis by means of a pulling procedure of the auger for the purpose of clearing the auger.

Abstract: The invention relates to a civil engineering machine for producing a foundation in the ground, which is configured to create a hole in the ground to a specified target depth for forming at least one foundation element in the ground or to introduce at least one foundation element directly into the ground to the specified target depth, comprising a control unit, into which the target depth can be input, and a display device, in particular a screen, on which data on the operation of the civil engineering machine can be displayed by the control unit. According to the invention, it is provided that the control unit is configured to calculate, based on the input target depth and depending on parameters that can be or are input to the control unit for producing of the foundation, an expected target reaching time until the input target depth is reached and to display it by means of the display device.

Abstract: A 3D printed thermal expansion structure includes a thermoplastic material and a thermal expansion material, wherein the thermoplastic material is in a range from 50 to 90 wt % based on a weight of the 3D printed thermal expansion structure, and the thermal expansion material is in a range from 10 to 50 wt % based on the weight of the 3D printed thermal expansion structure. The thermoplastic material and the thermal expansion material are mixed to form a mixed material, and the mixed material is utilized by a 3D printing apparatus to form a solid object, and the solid object is heated to form the 3D printed thermal expansion structure. A manufacturing method of a 3D printed thermal expansion structure is provided herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for carrying out construction measures, in particular foundation engineering measures, on a construction site with a number n of construction machines, in particular foundation engineering machines, on which attachment components, in particular construction tools, are fixed in a releasable and changing manner, wherein a number N of attachment components are kept on the construction site, wherein N>n>2.

Abstract: The present application relates to a Kelly bar arrangement for a drilling apparatus and a method for working the ground with the drilling apparatus. The arrangement includes a tubular outer Kelly bar and an inner Kelly bar which is displaceably supported inside the outer Kelly bar and has a rope suspension. The drilling torque can be transmitted between the outer Kelly bar and the inner Kelly bar. At least one line is arranged on the inner Kelly bar. A rotary feedthrough with a first attachment section and a second attachment section is arranged in a lower or upper end region of the inner Kelly bar. The rotary feedthrough includes a rotary device arranged for actively rotating the two attachment sections relative to each other.