Abstract: A bus system, a method for operating a bus system and a participant of a bus system are provided. The participant includes a timer and a transceiver circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to receive a data packet having a time stamp value via a bus. The timer is configured for synchronization, based on the time stamp value. The timer is configured to change the time stamp value. The transceiver circuit is configured to transmit the data packet with the changed time stamp value via the bus.

Abstract: A stackable transport and storage container includes a bottom, two side walls, two end-face walls, and inner partitions and/or a container cover. The inner partitions and/or a container cover can be detachably fastened to the container without the aid of tools and additional fastening elements. In the storage and transport container, the side walls and the end-face walls comprise folded-over edges, above which stacking profiles which are open at the bottom can be placed. The connecting piece of the stacking profile, which piece forms the stacking support, has profiling in the form of a keder holder into which a pull-in keder, having a keder core and a keder flap, can be inserted. Partitions for receiving transport and storage parts and/or the protective cover are fastened to at least one keder flap.

Abstract: A safety circuit for the multi-channel processing of an input signal. The safety circuit includes an analog-to-digital conversion device having a first analog input and a second analog input and at least one digital output for processing the input signal. Furthermore, the safety circuit has a test device which is set up to apply a test signal at the first and/or second input of the A/D conversion device in such a way that the test signal superposes the input signal such that the test signal dominates the input signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold material mixture for producing moldings for the foundry industry, in particular for producing foundry molds, cores or feeders for the foundry industry, which comprises A) one or more pourable, refractory fillers, B) a binder system comprising i) formaldehyde, a formaldehyde donor and/or precondensates of formaldehyde and ii) an amino acid. The present invention additionally relates to the use of amino acids in a mold material mixture for producing moldings for the foundry industry or for producing moldings for the foundry industry, a process for producing a mold material mixture and a process for producing a molding for the foundry industry.

Abstract: An inflow base which is permeable to process air and includes openings for the process air which flows thought the inflow base. The inflow base is arranged in the fluidizing apparatus in a manner rotatable about an axis Z of the fluidizing apparatus and subdivides this into a distribution chamber and into a vortex chamber. The inflow base of the fluidizing apparatus includes at least a first and a second inflow base plate, wherein one of the inflow base plates at its outer end includes or forms a sealing element.

Abstract: Described is a method of preparing a particulate refractory composition for use in the manufacture of foundry moulds and cores from spent foundry moulds or cores formed of refractory material and a binder containing water glass, the method comprising the following steps: providing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores or preparing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores, wherein the broken material comprises particles and/or aggregates of particles of refractory material having hardened water glass binder on their surface, mixing the broken material with particulate amorphous oxide comprising silicon dioxide in an amount of 85% by weight or more, based on the total amount of the particulate amorphous oxide, to give a mixture and subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment at a temperature of 400° C. or higher. Also described are a corresponding use, a reclamation mixture, and a method of making a foundry mould or core.

Abstract: A procedure for changing, in particular for updating a control program of an input/output module (I/O module), wherein the I/O module is attached side-by-side to a head station of a modular fieldbus node, said procedure comprising transferring data describing the change from the head station via a local bus to the I/O module, wherein the local bus connects the head station to the I/O module, checking the compatibility of the I/O module with the change by the I/O module, and transferring feedback, based on the checked compatibility of the I/O module, from the I/O module via the local bus to the head station; a correspondingly configured I/O module is also presented.

Abstract: What are described are a process for producing an insulating product for the refractory industry or an insulating material as intermediate for production of such a product, and a corresponding insulating material/insulating product. Likewise described are the use of a matrix encapsulation process in the production of an insulating product for the refractory industry and a corresponding insulating product and/or an insulating material as intermediate for production of such a product.

Abstract: What is described are isocyanate compositions comprising ?-dicarbonyl compounds and a binder system, especially for use in a process from the group consisting of polyurethane cold-box process and polyurethane no-bake process, with this isocyanate composition as polyisocyanate component.

Abstract: A process (i) for producing a metal casting or (ii) for producing a cured shaped part for use in the casting of metallic castings is described. Furthermore, the use of an aliphatic polymer which comprises structural units containing hydroxy groups and has been crosslinked by etherification as binder of a shaped part for use in the casting of metallic castings is described. A shaped part for use in the casting of metallic castings, comprising at least one base mould material and a cured binder comprising or consisting of an aliphatic polymer which comprises structural units containing hydroxy groups and has been crosslinked by etherification, is likewise described. In addition, a cured shaped part which is producible by a process according to the invention and also a mould material mixture for use in the process of the invention are described.

Abstract: A method of real time magnetic localization comprising: providing an artificial neural network field model that is calibrated and optimized for a predetermined magnet; receiving signals from one or more magnetic sensors; and solving the location of the magnet using the model based on the signals.

Abstract: A method for detecting a stall condition of an electric motor. The method can include initiating an open-loop phase. During the open-loop phase, the method can include increasing a rotational speed of an electric motor and obtaining data indicative of a voltage associated with the electric motor while increasing the rotational speed of the electric motor. During the open-loop phase, the method can also include determining a difference between the voltage and a time varying target voltage and detecting a stall condition based at least in part on the difference between the voltage and the time varying target voltage. When a closed-loop condition is satisfied, the method can include initiating a closed-loop phase.

Abstract: A patient-specific arthroplasty system comprising a database comprising preoperative data, ligament balancing tool data, and postoperative data associated with a plurality of patients, a preoperative evaluation module that receives preoperative data for a given patient, an analysis engine that analyzes the database, receives the preoperative data, and generates a surgical recommendation based on the preoperative data of the given patient and the analysis of the database, and a pin positioning block module that receives the surgical recommendation and determines a pin positioning block based on the surgical recommendation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phenolic resin for use in the phenolic resin component of a two-component binder system for the polyurethane cold box process, to a two-component binder system for use in the polyurethane cold box process, to a molding material mixture for curing by contacting with a tertiary amine, to the use of a corresponding phenolic resin, of a corresponding phenol component, of a corresponding two-component binder system or of a corresponding molding material mixture. The present invention relates, moreover, to an article from the group consisting of feeders, foundry molds and foundry cores, producible from a corresponding molding material mixture, to a process for preparing a phenolic resin, and to a process for producing an article from the group consisting of feeders, foundry molds and foundry cores.

Abstract: Electronic power modules are disclosed. In one example, an electronic power module includes a first aluminum substrate, a second aluminum substrate, and a third aluminum substrate arranged in a common plane. The electronic power module includes first gap separating the first aluminum substrate from the second aluminum substrate. The electronic power module includes a second gap separating the second aluminum substrate from the third aluminum substrate. The electronic power module includes a first semiconductor switching component electrically coupled to the first aluminum substrate and the second aluminum substrate. The electronic power module includes a second semiconductor switching component electrically coupled to the second aluminum substrate and the third aluminum substrate.

Abstract: A module having an input configured to connect a sensor and having an indicator configured to optically indicate a physical state of the sensor. The module is configured to transmit a logical signal associated with the physical state or an inverted logical signal of the sensor to a higher-level unit and to receive a control value from the higher-level unit. The module is configured to evaluate the control value and to determine, on the basis of the control value, whether the value of the logical sensor signal or the inverted logical sensor signal is to be used for the optical indication of the physical state of the sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a first optical Mach-Zehnder interferometric sensor (MZI1) with a large FSR, wherein a plasmonic waveguide (107) thin-film or hybrid slot, is incorporated as transducer element planar integrated on Si3N4 photonic waveguides and a second optical interferometric Mach-Zehnder (MZI2), both comprising thermo-optic phase shifters (104, 106) for optimally biasing said MZI sensor (MZI1) and MZI as variable optical attenuator VOA.

Abstract: A stackable transport and storage container includes a bottom, two side walls, two end-face walls, and inner partitions and/or a container cover. The inner partitions and/or a container cover can be detachably fastened to the container without the aid of tools and additional fastening elements. In the storage and transport container, the side walls and the end-face walls comprise folded-over edges, above which stacking profiles which are open at the bottom can be placed. The connecting piece of the stacking profile, which piece forms the stacking support, has profiling in the form of a keder holder into which a pull-in keder, having a keder core and a keder flap, can be inserted. Partitions for receiving transport and storage parts and/or the protective cover are fastened to at least one keder flap.

Abstract: Described is a method of preparing a particulate refractory composition for use in the manufacture of foundry moulds and cores from spent foundry moulds or cores formed of refractory material and a binder containing water glass, the method comprising the following steps: providing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores or preparing broken material from spent foundry moulds or cores, wherein the broken material comprises particles and/or aggregates of particles of refractory material having hardened water glass binder on their surface, mixing the broken material with particulate amorphous oxide comprising silicon dioxide in an amount of 85% by weight or more, based on the total amount of the particulate amorphous oxide, to give a mixture and subjecting the mixture to a heat treatment at a temperature of 400° C. or higher. Also described are a corresponding use, a reclamation mixture, and a method of making a foundry mould or core.

Abstract: What are described is a process for producing casting molds, cores and mold base materials regenerated therefrom, a mixture for combination with a solution or dispersion comprising waterglass for production of casting molds and/or cores, a molding material mixture, a mold base material mixture, and a casting mold or a core. What is also described is the corresponding use of an amount of particulate sheet silicates having a d90 of less than 45 ?m or a corresponding mixture as additive for production of a molding material mixture comprising waterglass and particulate amorphous silicon dioxide, which is cured by chemical reaction of constituents of the molding material mixture with one another, in the production of a casting mold or a core, to facilitate the breakdown and/or to increase the regeneratability of the casting mold or core.