Abstract: An arrangement for the assembly and wiring of electrical components in switchgear construction, the arrangement comprising a robot with an end effector designed as a gripper, a mounting plate holding device, with which a mounting plate is held in a mounting position with respect to the robot, and a component supply in the access area of the robot, via which components to be mounted on the mounting plate are provided for removal by the robot, wherein a controller of the robot has machine data for controlling the robot including position data for the arrangement of components on a mounting plane of a mounting plate to be equipped, wherein the robot has an optical imaging system which is adapted to detect an orientation of a mounting plate with respect to the robot, the controller of the robot being adapted to provide the position data with an offset representing the orientation of the mounting plate with respect to the robot as a function of the detected orientation. A corresponding method is further described.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device, including a housing including ventilation holes, a heating chamber defining a heating zone and being sized to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate within the heating zone, an induction element disposed around, or adjacent to, the heating zone, a power supply, and a controller connected to the induction element and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the induction element to generate an alternating magnetic field within the heating zone, the induction element being configured to be controlled to sequentially provide a first alternating magnetic field having a first frequency for a first period of time followed by a second alternating magnetic field having a second frequency for a second period of time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel spiro-macrocyclic compounds of general formula (I) which are Orexin 2 receptor agonists.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds having the general formula Ib wherein R1, R1b, R2, R3, and Z are as described herein, composition including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.

Abstract: A gripper for the automated wiring of electrical components of an electrical switchgear, the gripper having at least two gripper fingers, wherein the gripper fingers delimit between them a cable guide corridor, the passage cross-section of which is bounded at a distal end of the gripper fingers by opposing gripper jaws of the gripper fingers and, with respect to the distal end, is bounded further proximally by opposing cable drives of the gripper fingers, the two gripper fingers being adjustable with respect to one another in an adjustment direction which corresponds to a cross-sectional direction of the passage cross-section in order to vary the passage cross-section via a linear adjustment unit. A corresponding robot and a corresponding method are further described.

Abstract: Queries may be accelerated with compound disjunctive conditions. A query is received and a compound disjunctive condition identified. Different strategies, such as inferring and adding additional disjunctive join conditions, may be implemented as part of query planning. These additional disjunctive join conditions may be included in a query plan generated for the query, which is then executed to return a result for the query.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-destructive testing equipment and method for testing a heating element in an aerosol-generating article. The testing equipment comprises a control module comprising a passage for an aerosol-generating article to pass the control module through the passage. The control module further comprises a control circuit and a measurement device. The control circuit comprises an excitation coil configured to generate an alternating magnetic field within the passage of the control module. The measurement device is configured to determine values related to a load applied to the control circuit responsive to physical characteristics of the heating element, when the heating element passes the control module through the passage. The control module is further configured to determine if a determined value of the tested heating element corresponds to a predefined value of a predefined heating element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for wiring electrical components of an electrical switchgear arranged on a mounting plate, comprising: providing a design of a switchgear comprising at least location information and orientation information about a plurality of electrical components of the switchgear on a mounting plate and wiring information about a plurality of electrical wirings between every two of the electrical components; optically detecting an actual arrangement of the electrical components on the mounting plate and matching the location information and orientation information to the actual arrangement; and automatically wiring the electrical components in a wiring order and according to the wiring information and the matched location information and orientation information.

Abstract: Queries may be accelerated with disjunctive equijoin conditions. A query is received and a disjunctive equijoin condition identified. Different strategies, such as creating a filter data structure for distinct equijoins may be implemented where the filter data structure is applied to the result of scan operations for the disjunctive equijoin conditions. These strategies may be incorporated into a query plan generated for the query, which is then executed to return a result for the query.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds having the general formula Ib wherein RX, RY and Z is described herein, composition including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.

Abstract: A multi-layer susceptor arrangement for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate, the multi-layer susceptor arrangement including: a first layer including a first susceptor material; and a second layer including a second susceptor material, the second susceptor material including a Ni—Fe-alloy including one of: 79 wt %-82 wt % Ni and 13 wt %-15 wt % Fe, or 79 wt %-82 wt % Ni, 4 wt %-6 wt % Mo, less than 1 wt % of Si and Mn combined together, and 13 wt %-15 wt % Fe, or 77 wt % Ni, 16 wt % Fe, 5 wt % Cu, and 2 wt % of one of Cr and Mo, or 77 wt % Ni, 14 to 15 wt % Fe, 4 wt % Cu, and 4 wt % of Mo.

Abstract: A method for robot-assisted wiring of electrical components of an electrical switchgear arranged on a mounting plate. The method includes providing a planning of a switchgear which has at least location information about a plurality of electrical components of the switchgear on a mounting plate and wiring information about a plurality of electrical wirings between every two of the electrical components. A cable routing is extracted including a cable source coordinate and cable destination coordinates and a routing path between the cable source coordinate and the cable destination coordinate from the wiring information for at least one of the plurality of wirings. Trajectory and/or vector points are generated along the cable routing and parameter to parameterize the trajectory and/or vector points to generate robot control.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds having the general formula Ib wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and Z are as described herein, composition including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.

Abstract: An electronic aerosol-generating device includes a housing extending between first and second ends along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing defines a cavity for receiving a consumable containing an aerosol generating substrate. The device further includes a heating component comprising a heating element extending along the longitudinal axis within the cavity and configured to penetrate into the aerosol generating substrate when the consumable is inserted into the cavity. The heating element comprises a material having a Curie temperature of less than 500° C. The device also includes an inductor comprising an inductor coil positioned to transfer magnetic energy to the heating element. The inductor is configured to induce eddy currents and/or hysteresis losses in the heating element. The device further includes a power supply operably connected to the inductor and control electronics operably connected to the power supply and configured to control heating of the heating element.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, and an aerosol-generating device having a housing, a heating chamber defining a heating zone and sized to receive the substrate therein, an induction element around the zone, a power supply, and a controller connected to the element to provide an alternating electric current to the element to generate an alternating magnetic field within the zone, the element being controlled to sequentially provide a first alternating magnetic field having a first frequency for a first period of time followed by a second alternating magnetic field having a second frequency for a second period of time, the element being first and second coils, the first and the second coils being actuatable to provide the first and the second fields, respectively, and the article and the chamber being arranged so the article is partially received within the chamber.

Abstract: Described herein is a technology for a wakeup pattern—data stream correlation by a detector to provide a trigger condition for a microcontroller in a wakeup receiver (WuRX). For example, the detector includes a data packet layer with a plurality of index registers that are updated through sampling of data streams. A sample clock is coupled to each of the plurality of index registers to independently activate each of the plurality of index registers. A shared comparator will then compare the updated plurality of index registers to corresponding shift registers that are initialized with rotating wakeup pattern bits. Based upon a number of matching results, the detector generates a triggering signal that facilitates a low-power operating mode to a high-power operating mode change.

Abstract: An inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: an aerosol-forming rod segment having a cylindrical shape with a constant outer cross-section including an elongate susceptor element and an aerosol-forming substrate surrounding the susceptor element so as to define the cylindrical shape of the rod segment, the susceptor element including at least one narrower portion at each extreme end of the susceptor element, and the narrower portion at each extreme end including a reduced transverse cross-section as compared to one or more portions of the susceptor element along a length extension of the susceptor element including a maximum transverse cross-section of the susceptor element.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds having the general formula Ib wherein R1, R2, R1, R4, R5 and Z are as described herein, composition including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for transporting a wire from an automatic wire processing machine to a discharging point, the arrangement comprising an automatic wire processing machine and an air pressure transport system, wherein a wire transfer interface between the automatic wire processing machine and the air pressure transport system comprises a wire receiving unit arranged in the access area of the automatic wire processing machine and a wire outlet which opens into at least one transport line of the air pressure transport system which is guided between the wire transfer interface and a discharging point.

Abstract: A diffractometric sensor (1), comprises:—a substrate (3);—two interdigitated affinity gratings (2), a first affinity grating (20) comprising first unit cells (200) with affinity elements (201) and a second affinity grating (21) comprising second unit cells (210) with affinity elements (211), wherein the first unit cells (200) and second unit cells (210) are configured and arranged such that coherent light of a predetermined wavelength generated at a predetermined beam generation location (40) and diffracted by target molecules (204, 214)) bound to the affinity elements (201, 211) constructively interferes at a predetermined detection location (50) with an inverse phase, and wherein the first and second affinity gratings (20, 21) are balanced to generate a bias signal at the predetermined detection location (50) that corresponds to a difference (Am) in the scattering mass of the first and second affinity gratings (20, 21) which is in the range of 0.001 pg/mm2 to 30000 pg/mm2.