Abstract: A film-cooled gas turbine component for a gas turbine has a surface exposed to a hot gas and a number of film-cooling openings open out, which film-cooling openings combined to form at least one row transverse to a flow direction of the hot gas. Each of the film-cooling openings has a duct section and a diffuser section having an upstream diffuser edge, two diffuser longitudinal edges and a downstream diffuser edge. At least two immediately adjacent film-cooling openings, of the respective row have their duct axes of the respective duct sections laterally inclined relative to the local flow direction of the hot gas and their diffuser sections are formed asymmetrically with respect to a projection of the duct axis, such that immediately adjacent corner regions of the respective film-cooling openings are in alignment without the respective diffuser sections making contact with one another.

Abstract: An arrangement for cooling at least one axial end region of a stator in a rotating electrical machine, having: at least one annular chamber which is disposed on the radially outer periphery of at least one portion of the axial end region having at least one radial cooling duct, and which on the radially inner part towards the axial end portion is at least partially open and is communicatingly connected to the radial cooling duct, and which is sealed with respect to the axial end region; and at least one low-pressure line which is communicatingly connected to the annular chamber, and via which the annular chamber is communicatingly connected to a low-pressure chamber in the rotating electrical machine which, relative to a flow of cooling fluid that is created by a shaft-mounted fan on a rotor in the rotating electric machine, is upstream of the shaft-mounted fan.

Abstract: A thermocouple system, has a metal feedthrough having a cylindrical portion having an axis of symmetry and a terminal end region arranged thereon, which completely closes the cylindrical portion, and which has at least two passageways, the opening cross-section of which is smaller than the cross-sectional surface vertical to the axis of symmetry through the cylindrical portion. Through one passageway, a thermocouple is guided, and in the region of the passageway, the thermocouple is connected to the end region in a fluid-tight manner by way of a seal.

Abstract: An electrical apparatus containing an adsorbent, includes a housing, an adsorbent cover, an adsorbent and a locating bolt. The housing is cylindrical and has at least one locating hole. The adsorbent cover is installed in the housing, and has an annular groove in a circumferential direction, with the locating hole being opposite the groove. An outer diameter of a groove edge is the same as an inner diameter of the housing, while the diameter of a middle part of the groove is less than the inner diameter of the housing. The adsorbent is placed in the groove. The locating bolt passes through the locating hole and extends into the groove. The electrical apparatus has a simple structure. Since installation on a flange is not needed, a flange on the housing that is connected to an adsorbent container is dispensed with. The cost of the adsorbent container and housing are reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for checking a compatibility of a functional module for an installation for process automation. An input specification is provided for an input interface of the functional module, the input specification indicating for an input signal all input values that the functional module respectively accepts as valid. An output specification is provided, the output specification indicating for an output signal of the functional module all output values that the functional module provides as intended when the input specification is fulfilled. Operation of the functional module on the installation is preceded by an analysis device checking whether the functional module produces, for each input signal produced on the input interface in accordance with the input specification, the output signal on an output interface in accordance with the output specification. When an output value of the output signal violates the output specification, a module error is signaled.

Abstract: A method for mounting rotor blades on a rotor disk along a predetermined pitch circle diameter in such a way that adjacent rotor blades, when properly mounted on the rotor disk and in the cold state, are clamped against each other with a predetermined preload. A clamping device which performs such a method has a plurality of clamping elements which are arranged in a uniformly distributed manner around a central axis, the number of which corresponds to the number of rotor blades to be mounted on the rotor disk and which in each case are designed for the locating of a rotor blade, wherein the clamping elements are moveable radially, exerting a radially inwardly directed force.

Abstract: A separable housing for a transmission wherein the transmission that is to be received in the separable housing has a gear shaft and at least two pinion shafts which are engaged with a gear that is arranged on the gear shaft. The separable housing has at least one first housing element and a second housing element that is connected to the first housing element by a joint of a part. The gear shaft and the at least two pinion shafts can be received in the joint of a part in receptacles on the housing. The joint of a part has a first part-joint stepped section and a second part-joint stepped section, each stepped section forming a different horizontal level in the joint of a part and each stepped section being formed between two of the receptacles of two of the shafts, the stepped sections also being complementarily formed.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus to acquire magnetic resonance image data; an examination subject is positioned in a magnetic resonance apparatus to acquire magnetic resonance image data of the examination subject with a magnetic resonance sequence, and sequence parameters of the magnetic resonance sequence are established. First control commands of the magnetic resonance sequence are generated using the established sequence parameters. The first control commands are optimized so as to generate an optimized magnetic resonance sequence, the optimization of the first control commands including a conversion of the first control commands into optimized control commands. A test to review the optimized magnetic resonance sequence is implemented, the test including a comparison of the first control commands with the optimized control commands. The optimized magnetic resonance sequence is executed to acquire the magnetic resonance image data with the optimized control commands depending on the result of the test.

Abstract: A load or a generator is connected to an energy line, e.g. a ring feeder of an energy distribution network by using a switching system. For this purpose, the switching system has a thyristor circuit, which is connected in parallel to a disconnect switch and connects the transformer of the switching system to an energy line. Thereby an efficient disconnect switch can be realized, which can be dimensioned depending on the power of the load or generator.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite using an adhesive for attaching different layers of fiber material in a correct position is provided. The method includes at least partly dissolving the adhesive by wetting the adhesive with a thermoset resin containing components acting as solvents for the adhesive. The adhesive may include a thermoplastic adhesive with functional groups, which can react with a thermoset resin. Preferably, the adhesive can be made from the same base resin as the thermoset resin for optimal compatibility. Moreover, the adhesive can also be used to reduce the permeability of a material, for example of a fiber package for handling using a semi-vacuum.

Abstract: In a method to determine a complete parameter of a pulse sequence composed of multiple pulse sequence modules for operating a magnetic resonance examination apparatus parameter information of the pulse sequence modules is stored in a memory in leaves and nodes of a tree structure, and the parameter information stored in the tree structure is evaluated to determine the complete parameter of the pulse sequence.

Abstract: An apparatus for degassing of gaseous components from at least one curable material, particularly a curable material for building a composite part, for example, a rotor blade for a wind turbine, is provided in an embodiment herein. The apparatus includes at least one degassing chamber having at least one inlet for introducing a curable material for building a composite part, the curable material containing gaseous components into the degassing chamber and at least one outlet for removing a degassed curable material from the degassing chamber and at least one mechanical splitting means adapted to mechanically split up gaseous components contained within the curable material so as to release the gaseous components from the curable material.

Abstract: In a method for producing 2-D recordings and 3-D recordings of a breast of a patient using an x-ray device that is operable in two recording modes and that has an x-ray radiation source and an x-ray radiation detector, the breast is placed between the x-ray radiation source and the x-ray radiation detector, and the 2-D recordings and the 3-D recordings are generated with the same breast placement. In order to keep the radiation exposure as low as possible in such a multi-mode x-ray device, all recordings are produced without the use of an anti-scatter grid, and a retroactive scattered radiation correction is implemented.

Abstract: A high-voltage insulator has an insulating body which is arranged around a high-voltage conductor. The high-voltage insulator has a damping chamber which at least partially engages around the insulating body and which is filled with an electrically insulating damping medium for damping an action of external mechanical force on the insulating body. A transformer bushing for routing a high-voltage conductor out of a transformer housing in an electrically insulating manner is further disclosed. The transformer bushing is characterized in that the transformer bushing contains a high-voltage insulator.

Abstract: A method and corresponding arrangement are provided for determining pitch angle adjustment signals for adjusting a pitch angle of a rotor blade connected to a rotation shaft of a wind turbine. The method includes obtaining a first maximal speed signal indicative of a first desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft. The method also includes deriving a first pitch angle adjustment signal based on the first maximal speed signal. The method further includes obtaining a second maximal speed signal indicative of a second desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft different from the first desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft. Further, the method includes deriving a second pitch angle adjustment signal based on the second maximal speed signal. The second pitch angle adjustment signal is different from the first pitch angle adjustment signal.

Abstract: In a method for producing an individual-segment rotor for an electric machine, a shaft is arranged in a mold and a plurality of laminated core segments, which are at a distance from one another, are arranged on the circumference of the shaft in a distributed manner in the mold. The laminated core segments each have a fixing contour for a form closure for radially fixing the laminated core segment on the shaft. In addition, a permanent magnet is arranged between each pair of laminated core segments. An intermediate space between the shaft and each fixing contour of the laminated core segments is filled with a curable nonmagnetic material. The curable nonmagnetic material forms a form closure with respect to the radial direction with each fixing contour, and therefore each laminated core segment is retained on the shaft by the form closure.

Abstract: A method for generating a combined projection image from a medical inspection object, includes steps of capturing a set of initial projection images; reconstructing a first and a second three-dimensional volume from the set of initial projection images; generating a first re-projection image from the first three-dimensional volume and a second re-projection image from the second three-dimensional volume; weighting the first re-projection image and the second re-projection image; and combining the weighted first re-projection image and second re-projection image for generating the combined projection image.

Abstract: A combustion chamber for a gas turbine is provided. The combustion chamber has a pilot burner device, a fuel injector, an ignitor unit and an air blast injector. The pilot burner device has a pilot body with a pilot surface facing an inner volume of the combustion chamber. The fuel injector has a fuel outlet for injecting a fuel into the inner volume, wherein the fuel outlet is arranged at the pilot surface. The ignitor unit is arranged at the pilot surface such that fuel which passes the ignitor unit is ignitable. The air blast injector is adapted for injecting an air blast into the inner volume, wherein the air blast injector includes an air blast outlet arranged at the pilot surface such that the air blast is injectable in the direction to the fuel outlet and the ignitor unit for directing the fuel to the ignitor unit.

Abstract: A method for optimizing repeated write access by a client to at least one variable in a server via OPC UA, wherein a call method for repeated write access is provided on the server, the call method includes notification of an access time interval and at least one variable for the repeated write access, the client calls the call method on the server, the server is notified of an access time interval and the at least one variable for the repeated write access in the process, where the server creates a data structure for the repeated write access and maintains said data structure during the access time interval, values of the at least one variable which are to be written are transmitted to the server by the client during the access time interval, and the server allocates each value transmitted by the client to the associated variable.

Abstract: A planetary gear train for a wind power plant includes a planetary stage rotating in a gear train housing, a spur gear stage downstream of the planetary stage, a sun wheel shaft which is non-rotatably connected to a sun wheel of the planetary gear stage, and a hollow shaft which is coaxially surrounded by a spur gear of the spur gear stage and is non-rotatably connected to the spur gear. The sun wheel shaft and the hollow shaft are non-rotatably connected to each other by a toothed coupling, with an outer toothing of the sun wheel shaft meshing with an inner toothing of the hollow shaft. The planetary gear train includes oil-guide ducts which produce a connection between an oil inlet connected to the gear train housing, on the one hand, and the toothed coupling and the axial contact surface, on the other hand.