Abstract: An inlay for a sleeve shaft for collecting particles originating from a material of the sleeve shaft at least in part, at least one fluid being flowable through the sleeve shaft along an axial direction which is parallel to a main extension of the sleeve shaft, the inlay includes at least one first wall section and the inlay is inserted or insertable at least in part into the sleeve shaft such that at least one part of the first wall section has a radial distance from at least one first area of an inner surface of the sleeve shaft, and, hence, that the inlay together with the first area of the inner surface of the sleeve shaft encloses at least one volume domain, which volume domain is limited in the axial direction by a limiting element.

Abstract: A glass tube has a center axis, where for the glass tube a specific cross-sectional plane is defined which includes the center axis and which is parallel to the center axis. Within the specific cross-sectional plane, for each pair of outer diameters d1 and d2 of the glass tube at any two arbitrarily selected first axial position x1 and second axial positions x2 along the center axis, respectively, the following relation is 60 or smaller: |(d2?d1)/(x2?x1)|*(10{circumflex over (?)}6 mm)/d1.

Abstract: A glass syringe barrel is provided that has an at least partially conically shaped upper portion and a longitudinal axis. The glass syringe barrel has a top end through which a liquid can be ejected and a bottom end into which a plunger stopper can be pushed. The glass syringe barrel includes, in a direction from the top end to the bottom end, a cone, a shoulder region, and a body region. The shoulder region has and outer contour that has a concave and substantially circular arc-shaped area c1 with an outer radius r1. The outer contour of the glass syringe barrel in the shoulder region is defined by a certain value for r1.

Abstract: A platelike glass element is provided that includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first, and a hole that perforates the first surface. The hole extends in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, where the longitudinal direction is transverse to the first surface. The first surface has, at least partially around the hole, an elevation. The elevation has a feature selected from a group consisting of: a height of less than 5 ?m that at least partially around the hole, a height greater than 0.05 ?m, a height greater than 0.5 ?m, a height greater than 1 ?m, a height greater than 10 ?m, a height less than 20 ?m, a height less than 15 ?m, a height less than 12 ?m, and combinations thereof. The first surface has an average roughness value that is greater than 15 nm and less than 100 nm.

Abstract: A platelike glass element is provided that includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first, and a hole that perforates the first surface. The first surface has, at least partially around the hole, has a feature selected from a group consisting of: a height deviation with respect to the first surface that is greater than 0.005 ?m, is greater than 0.05 ?m, less than 0.1 ?m, less than 0.3 ?m, a less than 0.5 ?m, and combinations thereof. The first surface has an average roughness value that is less than 15 nm. The edge between the first surface and the hole that is free of elevations.

Abstract: An evaporator that includes a porous sintering body is provided. The sintering body is made of a composite consisting of at least one first electrically conductive material and at least one second electrically conductive material as well as at least one dielectric material. The sintering body has an open porosity ranging from 10 to 90%, and the dielectric material is selected from the group consisting of crystallizable glass and/or glass ceramic, wherein the first electrically conductive material has a lower electric conductivity than the second electrically conductive material; the content of dielectric material in the composite equals 5 to 70 vol. %; the content of the first electrically conductive material in the composite equals 10 to 90 vol. %; the content of the second electrically conductive material equals 5 to 50 vol. %; and the sintering body has an electrical conductivity ranging from 0.1 to 105 S/m.

Abstract: A bundle of tubular and/or rod-shaped glass articles is provided that includes a longest dimension, a plurality of layers (NL) of the glass articles, and a thread-like element. The longest dimension extends in a first direction. The glass articles in each layer are arranged side by side in a second direction. The plurality of layers are arranged side by side in a third direction. The first, second, and third directions being perpendicular to one another. The thread-like element is around two of the glass articles in at least one layer so that the two glass articles are spaced apart.

Abstract: A method of processing two-dimensional substrates is provided. The method includes placing the substrate onto a substrate carrier and subjecting the substrate to a force acting towards the substrate carrier in an action zone of the substrate, but not in a compensation zone of the substrate. The substrate is predivided while being subjected to the force.

Abstract: A supporting device for an image capturing device on a bioreactor, a bioreactor, and a method of use are provided. The supporting device for an image capturing device includes a window and a holder. The window has a transparent element that is transparent to electromagnetic radiation. The holder is configured to hold the image capturing device. The supporting device is held at least partially in a through-opening of a feedthrough of a container for holding fluid media containing biological material. The window seals the through-opening.

Abstract: A system for use in a glass drawing process includes: a tensioning element; a refractory tube having a tubular element and a surface element, the refractory tube being configured so molten glass runs onto a contact surface area of the refractory tube during a glass drawing process, the contact surface area of the refractory tube being allocated at least in part on the surface element, the surface element covering at least one surface of an end section of the tubular element, and the surface element projects at least in part over the end section of the tubular element, at least one portion of the part of the surface element projecting over the end section of the tubular element being connected at least in part to the tensioning element; and a carrier that carries the refractory tube and is connected with the refractory tube in a non-rotating manner.

Abstract: An optical layered composite includes: a substrate having a front face, a back face, a thickness ds between the front face and the back face and a refractive index ns; and a coating applied to the front face. The coating comprises one or more coating layers. For at least one wavelength ?g in the range from 390 nm to 700 nm, the coating satisfies one of the following criterion: nc<ns; or nc>ns, and d c < k n c 2 - n s 2 · arctan ? n s 2 - 1 n c 2 - n s 2 ; nc is a mean refractive index of the coating layers, weighted by thickness; do is a total thickness of the coating; thicknesses are determined in a direction perpendicular to the front face; and k=?g/4?.

Abstract: Glass elements are provided that include a coating and a sheet-like glass substrate. The sheet-like glass substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The coating is disposed in at least some areas of at least one of the first and second surfaces. The coating is an inorganic glass-based coating that includes at least one glassy component; at least one pigment comprising pigment particles; and a filler. The filler is inorganic and includes filler particles with a d50 value, based on an equivalent diameter, of at least 0.1 ?m and less than 10 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to glass articles, such as for example glass tubes or flat glasses, where the material at the surface by a targeted process control has gradient material properties which in turn result in a compressive prestress of the surface. The invention also relates to a method for the production of the glass articles as well as their use.

Abstract: A method for unpacking a bundle of tubular and/or rod-shaped glass articles has the steps of holding the bundle in a locked position and pulling a thread-like element that is wrapped around the glass articles so that the thread-like element is withdrawn from the bundle. The bundle includes a longest dimension, layers (NL) of the glass articles, and the thread-like element. The longest dimension extends in a first direction. The glass articles in each layer are arranged side by side in a second direction. The layers are arranged side by side in a third direction. The first, second, and third directions are perpendicular to one another. The thread-like element is around two of the glass articles in at least one layer so that the two glass articles are spaced apart. The thread-like element has a cross section between at least 0.25 mm and at most 4.0 mm.

Abstract: A panel-shaped glass element is provided that includes vitreous material having a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 10×10-6 K-1 as well as two opposing surfaces. The glass element furthermore has at least one recess which runs through the glass of the glass element and has a recess wall which runs around the recess and adjoins the two opposing surfaces. The recess wall has a structure with a multiplicity of mutually adjacent rounded dome-shaped depressions. A roughness of the recess wall is formed by these depressions as well as the ridges enclosing the depressions. The recess wall has a mean roughness value (Ra) which is less than 5 µm.

Abstract: An apparatus and to a method for treating layers using a plasma zone sealed from the outer atmospheric pressure are provided. The apparatus and method include a plasma reactor including a substrate carrier in form of a container receiving means, and a closing element that is joined with the substrate carrier by means of a lifting device.

Abstract: A header, with improved cooling for electronic components for radio frequency signal transmission, for an electronic component for radio frequency data transfer, includes: a metallic base body including a plurality of electrical feedthroughs; a thermoelectric cooling element having one side bearing on the base body and an opposite side for mounting the electronic component; a radio frequency line to the electronic component being on the side for mounting the electronic component, with a ground conductor that is electrically connected to the metallic base body, the electrical connection to the metallic base body including a telluride element.

Abstract: A method for printing an image on a substrate is provided. The method includes: providing image template data; analyzing the image template data by identifying image components; printing the image using the image template data using a printing procedure based on printing parameters with a printer operating using printer configuration parameters; capturing the printed image; providing captured image data of the captured image; analyzing the captured image data. The analyzing including determining the region of interest within the captured image data based on definition parameters, identifying an image component and an image metric for the region of interest, relating the image metric to the image component, relating the identified image component to the identified image component of the region of interest, selecting parameters based on the image metric and/or the image component, and computing an actual correction parameter based on an optimization computing procedure using the image metric.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided which can be worn on the body or implanted into the body, such as in the form of a pulse watch and/or a smartwatch and/or an implant. The electronic device includes a photoplethysmographic measuring device. A transmitter diode and a receiver diode are arranged under a window made of glass or glass ceramics. The window is implemented as a compression glass seal and/or as a fiber-optic plate.

Abstract: A method for packing flat substrates, more particularly glass substrates, in a packaging box is provided. The method include the steps of: providing a base part of the packaging box, the base part comprising a lower wall and preferably four side walls, placing a flat substrate directly or indirectly on the lower wall of the base part of the packaging box, placing an intermediate layer directly or indirectly on the placed flat substrate, forming a stack of flat substrates and intermediate layers therebetween by repeating the preceding two steps, and setting a cover part of the packaging box on the base part of the packaging box.