Abstract: A valve, which has at least one seal ring arranged in a recess of a valve housing, which seal ring has a seal housing having a U-shaped cross-section, in which seal housing an annular sealing element is arranged. The seal housing has a multi-part design and contains at least one separate housing leg, which is fixed to an annular bottom section of the seal housing in a joining region. The sealing element has a static sealing section, which engages in a sealing groove formed in the bottom section and is suitable for interacting with the two groove flanks of the sealing groove in a sealing manner.

Abstract: A data acquisition unit for an automation system, with at least one communications interface which is designed for connection to an operating bus and is set up to receive control commands from a field unit and data from operating bus participants with a processing device which is designed for the processing of the received control commands and/or data to give processing results, and with a memory device designed for the storage of processing results.

Abstract: In a working cylinder, with a cylinder casing, in the cylinder interior of which is mounted a driving piston capable of linear movement under fluidic pressurization, wherein the cylinder casing is mounted between two cylinder covers closing the cylinder interior, wherein the cylinder covers each have a central section and an outer frame section, with at least four mounting areas and encompassing the central section, wherein there is formed between the frame section and the central section an annular space, in which are provided reinforcing struts aligned radially and each extending towards an assigned mounting area, outer surfaces of each reinforcing strut diverge away from the assigned mounting area towards the central section.

Abstract: A method for configuring a fluid control unit including the provision of a processing device with information on the fluid control unit, the moving device and fluid control valves, the determination of possible basic states of the moving device for the fluid control valves and/or of possible movement sequences, and the selection of a basic state and/or of a movement sequence by a user, the transmission, of a respective configuration file to the fluid control unit including open- and/or closed-loop control parameters for the selection of the fluid control valves, the use of the open- and/or closed-loop control parameters from the configuration file in the fluid control unit for selecting the fluid control valves for setting the selected basic state and/or for carrying out the selected movement sequence.

Abstract: A valve assembly for influencing at least one fluid flow, the valve assembly including a control unit and at least one valve device, wherein the control unit includes a bus interface for connection to a bus communication system for the reception of movement instructions, a processing device for processing the movement instructions into control commands for valve devices and at least one connecting device for the electric coupling of valve devices, and wherein the at least one valve device is electrically connected to one of the connecting devices of the control unit and includes a processing means designed for processing the control commands, wherein the processing means is assigned at least one first connecting means for the electric coupling of valves and at least one second connecting means for the electric coupling of sensor means, and wherein the processing means is designed for linking sensor signals of connected sensor means to the control commands.

Abstract: A supply module for insertion into a module chain of functional modules mounted side by side along a concatenation axis and electrically connected to one another in a Z-linkage includes a first coupling surface having a plurality of electric input terminals, and a second coupling surface having a plurality of electric output terminals, wherein a specifiable assignment of the input terminals to the output terminals is provided, and wherein at least one input terminal is designed as a supply input for feeding in a supply voltage from an upstream functional module and at least one output terminal is designed as a supply output for transferring the supply voltage to a downstream functional module. An additional input for feeding in an additional supply voltage and an output terminal are provided for transferring the additional supply voltage to at least one functional module arranged downstream along the concatenation axis.

Abstract: A positioning system includes a slide support, on which is mounted a positioning slide, which can be driven to perform a positioning movement in a positioning plane with the aid of drive gears of the slide support, wherein the positioning plane is defined by a Cartesian x-y coordinate system. The drive gears are represented by at least one x-drive gear, which can cause a positioning movement in the x-axis direction, and at least one y-drive gear, which can cause a positioning movement in the y-axis direction. The drive gears are in engagement with a driven toothing structure of the positioning slide, which includes a plurality of driven teeth distributed in a punctiform arrangement in a regular two-dimensional tooth matrix. Although the drive gears are short, the positioning system facilitates a traverse of the positioning slide within a large positioning area.

Abstract: A sensor system for detecting a position of a measuring object relative to a sensor, the system including a sensor for the provision of a measured value and an evaluation device for the evaluation of the measured value and for the provision of an evaluation result, wherein the evaluation device includes a comparison device and a timing element, the comparison device is configured for a comparison of a stored measured value with a currently detected measured value, the comparison device is configured for a provision of a control signal to the timing element if a result of the comparison meets a presettable criterion, the timing element is configured in such a way that a time measurement process is continued at the provision of the control signal and the time measurement process is started anew at an absence of the control signal, the timing element is configured in such a way that a trigger signal is output by the timing element on reaching a presettable period of time.

Abstract: An actuator controller for actuating an actuator which can be operated fluidically, having a feed line for an inflow of the working fluid to an actuator connector and having a discharge line for an outflow of the working fluid to a fluid outlet, wherein the feed line is assigned a feed line valve and the discharge line is assigned a discharge valve, which valves are configured in each case to influence a volumetric fluid flow at the actuator connector, and having a control device for actuation of the feed line valve and the discharge valve. A throughflow sensor is arranged in a line section between the discharge valve and the fluid outlet, which throughflow sensor is configured for determining a volumetric fluid flow in the discharge line and for providing a throughflow signal.

Abstract: A field unit with a bus node which is designed for signal conversion between an external bus protocol and an internal bus protocol for communication with at least one function module, in such a way that a sequential transmission of data packets is made along an internal bus system and also including function modules which are designed for processing of data packets and for signal transmission with at least one downstream function component wherein the bus node is so designed for a differentiation of data packets of the higher-level control device that in the bus node a processing of non-safety-related data packets to the internal bus system and onwards transmission of safety-related data packets to the internal bus system is effected, and wherein at least one function module connected to the internal bus system is designed as a safety module for processing of safety-related data packets.

Abstract: A monitoring device for monitoring safety components including monitoring electronics which include a plurality of clock generators and evaluation means and on which at least two interfaces to be monitored for electric coupling to safety components are formed, wherein each of the interfaces includes at least two output ports and at least two input ports, wherein each of a first output port and a second output port is connected to a clock generator designed for providing clocked electric monitoring signals, wherein a first input port and a second input port are connected to the evaluation means, and wherein a number of clock generators greater than two and less than a number of all output ports of the interfaces to be monitored is chosen.

Abstract: An electromagnet including a wire coil and a coil core, wherein the wire coil is accommodated on a coil body and includes a plurality of windings which surround the coil core and define a winding axis, wherein the coil body includes end pieces spaced apart along the winding axis and axially bounding the wire coil, which end pieces are connected to each other by at least two connecting webs extending along the winding axis and defining, together with a recess in at least one of the end pieces, an accommodating space for the coil core which is bounded by a rectangular envelope having at least one profile protruding inwards in a cross-sectional plane oriented perpendicular to the winding axis, and wherein the coil core has a recess which extends along the winding axis in at least some sections and which corresponds to the profile.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator device, with at least one piezoelectric transducer which has at least one piezoelectric body and an electrode unit assigned to this piezoelectric body, with overall capacitance and including two electrodes lying opposite one another. At least one of the two electrodes of the electrode unit is divided into several individual sub-electrodes, spaced apart from one another and forming with the electrode lying opposite several sub-electrode pairs defining in each case a partial capacitance of the overall capacitance. A separate current-limiting resistor active during charge flow is connected in series to each sub-electrode pair. A valve, for controlling a fluid, is equipped with such an actuator device.

Abstract: A fluid valve for influencing a fluid flow, including a valve housing in which an actuator is accommodated which can be moved between a first and a second functional position, further including a fluid passage which extends through some regions of the valve housing and terminates at a valve seat in the valve housing, and further including a sealing means which is motion-coupled to the actuator and designed for temporarily sealing the valve seat as a function of the functional position of the actuator, wherein a plastically deformable adjustment means is assigned to and designed to act on the actuator in order to allow a position of the sealing means to be adjusted in at least one of the functional positions of the actuator, the adjustment means being designed as a positionable abutment for the actuator or for a coupling element arranged between the actuator and the sealing means for the purpose of motion-coupling.

Abstract: A motor controller including a control unit designed for receiving and/or processing a movement signal and for outputting a control signal depending on the movement signal, and including a power stage which is designed for enabling an electric energy flow as a function of the control signal, and further including a sensor designed for detecting a movement of the electric motor and for providing a movement-dependent sensor signal to a sensor input of the control unit, wherein the control unit is designed for detecting a usage-dependent load value for a movement system driven by the electric motor and wherein the control unit includes a component memory for storing parameters of components of the movement system, a processing device for combining the parameters with incoming sensor signals to produce a load value and a load value memory for storing the established load value.

Abstract: A valve assembly including at least one valve control group, which has two valve units. Each valve unit contains a valve tappet, which is arranged in a valve chamber and which passes through an overflow opening framed by a valve seat and has a shut-off segment facing the valve seat. In addition, each valve tappet has a first closure segment and a second closure segment, which each close one of two valve chamber segments in a sealed manner. The diameters of the two closure segments of each valve tappet are equal among each other and also equal to or slightly less than the diameter of the overflow opening.