Abstract: A power tool includes a receiving device having at least one first and second power consumption element. A power supply unit connectable to the power tool includes a connecting device having at least one first and second power output element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the power consumption elements and the power output elements are connectable. Both the first and second power consumption elements have a positive pole as well as a negative pole, and both the first and second power output elements have a positive pole as well as a negative pole. The positive pole of the first power consumption element and the positive pole of the second power consumption element as well as the negative pole of the first power consumption element and the negative pole of the second power consumption element are positioned at a distance from each other in at least one first and second direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising: a binding agent based on an aqueous, or solvent-based polymer dispersion; fireproofing additives comprising a physically acting expanding agent and an ash-crust stabilizer; inorganic fibers; and a spherical filler. The invention also relates to the use of said composition as a sealing mass, in particular as a fireproofing sealing mass.

Abstract: An end cap for a profile rail includes a connector for connecting the end cap to the profile rail and a fastening leg, where the fastening leg defines an opening and where a fastening pin is guidable through the opening to mount the profile rail. The opening has a cross-sectional constriction and the fastening pin is holdable in the opening by the cross-sectional constriction.

Abstract: A reactive amine accelerator is prepared by reacting a primary or secondary aromatic amine with a diglycidyl ether and an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid. The reactive amine accelerator can be used in a reactive resin, in particular based on an epoxy (meth)acrylate resin or a urethane (meth)acrylate resin. A reactive resin composition, in particular based on epoxy (meth)acrylate resin and urethane (meth)acrylate resin, which has an amine accelerator is useful. The amine accelerator is covalently incorporated into the polymer network.

Abstract: A curing agent composition for an epoxy resin compound for the chemical fastening of construction elements, an epoxy resin compound, and a multi-component epoxy resin system are described. Methods for the chemical fastening of construction elements in boreholes and methods of using a salt (S) as an accelerator in an epoxy resin compound for chemical fastening have the epoxy resin compound including 3-aminomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane and at least one further cycloaliphatic amine which is reactive to epoxy groups.

Abstract: A device (10) for detecting electrically conducting objects to be measured in a ground is provided, including a housing (21), a solenoid unit (34) situated in the housing (21), which includes a transmitter coil unit (38) and a receiver coil unit (39), a control unit (36), and an evaluation unit (37). A metal sheet (35) is provided in the housing (21), the solenoid unit (34) being situated on a lower side (53) of the metal sheet (35) facing the ground during the measuring operation, and the control unit (36) being situated on an upper side (54) of the metal sheet (35) facing away from the ground during the measuring operation.

Abstract: A method for the layered production of a green body (10) from powdery material, including insert elements which are placed at defined positions in the powdery material, in which the green body (10) is segmented in a building direction (16) into N, N?2 consecutive, cylindrical cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) made up of a two-dimensional cross-sectional surface and a layer thickness. Setting areas for the insert elements are defined in the cross-sectional areas of the green body (10) which include the defined positions for the insert elements, and loose powder particles surrounding the setting elements are at least partially bonded to each other before the insert elements are placed into the powdery material.

Abstract: An anchor rod assembly is used for being fastened into synthetic resin mortar and contains an anchor rod with a shall portion, a fastening portion, and a head having a cutting edge, and contains a sleeve-like additional element which surrounds the fastening portion at least in some regions.

Abstract: A method of operating a mobile construction robot includes placing an optical tracker on an architectural construction site and parking a driving platform of the robot on the site. An end effector of the robot is moved in first and second positions and the first and second positions of the end effector relative to the driving platform are measured. An optical marker mounted to the end effector is tracked in the first and second positions of the end effector with the optical tracker and the first and second positions of the optical marker relative to the optical tracker is measured with the optical tracker. A position and an orientation of the driving platform is determined based on the measured first and second position of the end effector relative to the driving platform and the measured first and second position of the optical marker relative to the optical tracker.

Abstract: A method for the layered production of a component (10) from powdery material including loose powder particles, based on three-dimensional data of the component (10), including the method steps: the component (10) is segmented in a building direction (16) into N, N?2 consecutive, cylindrical cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) made up of a two-dimensional cross-sectional surface and a layer thickness; N powder layers of the powdery material are applied to a building plane perpendicular to the building direction (16); the loose powder particles in the cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the component (10) are at least partially bonded to each other and to the underlying cross-sectional area and; loose powder particles arranged within one cross-sectional area or within multiple consecutive cross-sectional areas in the building direction (16) are at least partially removed from the component (10) during the layered production of the component (10).

Abstract: A fire protection element is useful for the separation of openings passing through walls or ceilings, and in particular useful for line passages. The fire protection element has a molded part with a honeycomb structure made from intumescent material.

Abstract: A protective device for a measuring apparatus which can be arranged on a tripod includes a housing having a threaded hole and a threaded pin, where the threaded hole is disposed in a housing lower side of the housing and the threaded pin is disposed in a housing upper side of the housing. The protective device further includes an airbag and a filling device having at least one gas-filled gas container, a control device, and an energy source. A connecting line connects the airbag and the filling device for gas exchange. The airbag surrounds a cylindrical interior space in an inflated state.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a tool holder, a motor for rotational and/or percussive driving of the tool holder, and a magnetic field sensor disposed in a vicinity of the motor, where a magnetic field of the motor that is created by driving the tool holder by the motor is detectable by the magnetic field sensor. The hand-held power tool further includes a control device where the control device determines a load state of the motor in dependence on a detected magnetic field of the motor and differentiates between an idle mode of the hand-held power tool and a load mode of the hand-held power tool based on the determined load state of the motor.

Abstract: A fire protection element containing a layered body can be utilized for sealing passage openings in components, such as building components, through which conduits are guided. A method can be used for producing the fire protection element. The fire protection element can be used for sealing passage openings and/or joints in components against fire and flue gases.

Abstract: A method for rating a fastener arrangement that includes a mineral substrate having a hole and a screw which is disposed in the hole, includes unscrewing the screw out of the hole, following the unscrewing, optically inspecting the hole for presence or absence of grout in the hole, and rating the hole as satisfactory when grout has been optically detected in the hole and rating the hole as unsatisfactory when grout has not been optically detected in the hole.

Abstract: A firestop collar (10) for sealing of openings, especially of line penetrations (12), that pass through walls (11) or ceilings has a frame (16) and a block (20) of optionally intumescent material disposed therein, and is characterized in that an intumescent inlay (22) is disposed between the block (20) and the frame (16).

Abstract: A sealing strip is for sealing drywall connecting joints. The sealing strip has a centre web with two longitudinal edges, wherein along each longitudinal edge, a sealing profile is arranged having a first profile section, which is arranged along the allocated longitudinal edge and has a first thickness in the transverse direction of the centre web. A second profile section adjoins the first profile section, and the second profile section forms the end of the sealing profile that is remote from the centre web and has a second thickness in the transverse direction of the centre web, the second thickness being smaller than the first thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anchor rod (10) for a chemical anchor system for use in a bore hole filled with mortar mass, which anchor rod has an anchoring region (12), which comprises the front end (16) of the anchor rod (10), and a connecting region (14), which has a thread (24) and, at the front end of the connecting region, a transition region (28), wherein the thread (24) is provided at least partially in the transition region (28) and is sealed with a coating (30) in the transition region (28).

Abstract: A method for temporarily releasing a screw anchorage includes unscrewing and removing a primary screw having a thread that is tappingly engaged in a mating thread in an ungrouted hole in a mineral substrate from the ungrouted hole. Subsequently to the unscrewing and removing, a retrofitting screw is screwed into the hole to form an annular gap between the retrofitting screw and the mineral substrate. A hardenable grout is placed in the annular gap and the hardenable grout is hardened in the annular gap.

Abstract: A method is useful for producing a urethane(meth)acrylate resin composition. The method improves storage stability and reduces the reactivity drift of the composition compared to compositions made by other means from the same starting materials. In particular, it reduces the degradation of TEMPOL in mixtures with branched urethane resins.