Abstract: A system for fault monitoring of laser welding processes on a component that is to be processed or has been processed by a laser processing apparatus includes an image recording device for creating two-dimensional image data of the component, and an evaluation unit configured to, based on the two-dimensional image data created by the image recording device, determine associated height values and create a height profile of the component by using a convolutional neural network.

Abstract: A pressure container having a container body, wherein at an upper end of the container body an end portion is formed integrally with the container body, which has a container opening and wherein the container body has a container bottom arranged at a lower end and formed integrally with the container body. A valve is arranged in and/or at the end portion. A suction pipe is arranged in a container interior and is connected in a fixed and fluid-tight manner to the valve. A pipe interior of the suction pipe is fluidically connected to a passage opening of the valve, and the suction pipe extends in the direction of the container bottom into a region of the container bottom and has a pipe opening in the region of the container bottom.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of joining partners for a joining process includes providing the joining partners in a joining position, capturing a real image of the positioned joining partners, generating a false color image based on the real image, and determining, based on the false color image, at least one item of information about the position of at least one of the joining partners.

Abstract: A valve may have a valve body having a lateral wall, a passage opening and a vertical filling opening and a vertical inflow opening. The passage opening may extend from the vertical filling opening to the vertical inflow opening. In a filling position of the valve, the passage opening may be closed from the lateral wall in a media-tight manner and the filling opening may be fluidically connected via the vertical passage opening to the vertical inflow opening. A pressure vessel may utilize the valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure vessel comprising: a vessel body, wherein, at an upper end of the vessel body, an end section is integrally formed with the vessel body, which has an opening, and a valve arranged in the end section. At least two outflow openings are formed in the wall surrounding the opening of the end region below the opening, which are in particular arranged opposite one another. In an outflow position of the valve, the outflow openings are fluidically connected via the valve to a body interior of the vessel body and the opening of the end region is closed in a media-tight manner, and, in a filling position of the valve, the opening of the end region is fluidically connected to the body interior of the vessel body via the valve. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for filling the pressure vessel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (100, 200, 300, 400) for the formation of organic nanoparticles configured to perform a method according to any one of the claims 12 to 18, comprising a cylindrical liquid feed line (14) for providing a first liquid at a first fluid flow velocity and a first annular liquid feed line (24) for providing a second liquid at a second fluid flow velocity, wherein the cylindrical feed line (14) and the first annular feed line (24) are coaxially arranged and the first annular feed line (24) extends around the cylindrical feed line (14), the device comprising a first inlet (12) for the introduction of the first liquid into the cylindrical feed line (14) and a second inlet (22) for the introduction of the second liquid into the first annular feed line (24), wherein the device (100, 200, 300, 400) comprises a second annular feed line (34) for providing a third liquid at a third fluid flow velocity and a third inlet (32) for the introduction of the third liquid into the second an

Abstract: The invention relates to a beverage bubbler (1) and a pressure vessel (2) for a gas for use in a beverage bubbler (1). According to the invention, the pressure vessel (2) or/and the beverage bubbler (1) has a flavor storage unit (4) which is designed to hold a flavor and to introduce the flavor into a gas which is intended for introduction into a beverage to be bubbled, or into the beverage.

Abstract: A method for identifying splatters or weld seam defects during laser processing of a workpiece includes processing the workpiece using a processing laser beam of a laser processing machine, compiling at least one recording of radiation emerging during the processing of the workpiece using an optical sensor that has a plurality of pixels for recording the radiation, and inputting the at least one recording into an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit has a machine learning algorithm configured as a convolutional neural network in a U-Net architecture. The machine learning algorithm has been trained with verified recordings of splatters or weld seam defects. The method further includes identifying one or more splatters or weld seam defects in the processing of the workpiece by running the machine learning algorithm using the at least one recording as input, and outputting an output indicating the identified one or more splatters or weld seam defects.

Abstract: A method for determining an optimized parameter set having a plurality of measurement parameters to carry out a measurement is provided. The method includes: C) carrying out and storing n measurements of a measuring element, n being an integer greater than one. Each measurement has one parameter set. Each measurement has a multiplicity of measuring points. The method further includes: D) evaluating the n measurements with an evaluation function and storing the evaluation, E) generating new parameter sets from the parameter sets used in step C), F) carrying out steps C) to E) multiple times, and J) outputting at least one parameter set that is evaluated as good.

Abstract: The invention relates to a beverage carbonator (1) having a basic unit (3), wherein the basic unit (3) comprises: a plurality of pressure container receptacles (4) for receiving a corresponding number of pressure containers (5), and a beverage container receptacle (6) for receiving a beverage container (7).

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure vessel comprising: a vessel body, wherein, at an upper end of the vessel body, an end section is integrally formed with the vessel body, which has an opening, and a valve arranged in the end section. At least two outflow openings are formed in the wall surrounding the opening of the end region below the opening, which are in particular arranged opposite one another. In an outflow position of the valve, the outflow openings are fluidically connected via the valve to a body interior of the vessel body and the opening of the end region is closed in a media-tight manner, and, in a filling position of the valve, the opening of the end region is fluidically connected to the body interior of the vessel body via the valve. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for filling the pressure vessel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure container (2) provided for multiple filling with a medium for introduction into a beverage, wherein an outer side of the pressure container (2) is formed with a marking (F1, F2, F3) associated with the medium. Furthermore, the invention relates to an assortment of pressure containers (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure vessel (1), comprising a vessel body (3), wherein at an upper end of the vessel body (3) an end region (2) is formed in one piece with the vessel body (3), which has an opening (O), and a fastening structure (9) for a valve (6) formed on the inside of a wall (2.1) surrounding the opening (O) of the end region (2). According to the invention, two outflow openings (SO) are formed opposite each other in the wall (2.1) surrounding the opening (O) of the end region (2).

Abstract: The invention is directed at a polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a plastomer and an inorganic filler. Furthermore, the invention is directed at an article comprising the polypropylene composition and the use of the polypropylene composition to improve the adhesion performance.

Abstract: The invention is directed at a polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a plastomer and an inorganic filler. Furthermore, the invention directed at an article comprising the polypropylene composition and the use of the polypropylene composition to improve the adhesion performance of an article.

Abstract: The invention is directed at a polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a plastomer and an inorganic filler. Furthermore, the invention directed at an article comprising the polypropylene composition and the use of the polypropylene composition to improve the adhesion performance of an article.

Abstract: The invention is directed at a polypropylene composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a plastomer and an inorganic filler. Furthermore, the invention is directed at an article comprising the polypropylene composition and the use of the polypropylene composition to improve the adhesion performance.

Abstract: A system for mounting a heart valve prosthesis on a catheter shaft, the system having at least two components, each component at least partially enclosing a rotation-symmetrical space tapering along an axis of symmetry, the at least two components being designed in such a way that a relative movement of the at least two components along a longitudinal axis of a heart valve prosthesis to be mounted can take place toward one another and into one another in such a way that a space enclosed jointly by the at least two components is decreased. At least one component has a mandrel, which is oriented centrally in the space enclosed by the component and is located on the axis of symmetry of the rotation-symmetrical space.

Abstract: A system and a method for crimping a heart valve prosthesis onto a catheter shaft. The system comprises two components (1, 2) which receive the heart valve prosthesis (12) and are inserted into one another in the direction (14) in order to crimp the heart valve prosthesis (12).

Abstract: Methods for the formation of liposomes that encapsulate reagents in a continuous 2-phase flow microfluidic network with precision control of size, for example, from 100 nm to 300 nm, by manipulation of liquid flow rates are described. By creating a solvent-aqueous interfacial region in a microfluidic format that is homogenous and controllable on the length scale of a liposome, fine control of liposome size and polydispersity can be achieved.