Abstract: A food treatment appliance includes a thermally insulated food treatment chamber, a refrigeration unit, a microwave generation facility configured to introduce microwaves with an associated microwave frequency into the food treatment chamber, and a low-frequency generation facility configured to introduce into the food treatment chamber low-frequency waves with a frequency which is lower than the microwave frequency.

Abstract: A food treatment appliance includes a thermally insulated food treatment chamber, a refrigeration unit, a microwave generation facility configured to introduce microwaves with an associated microwave frequency into the food treatment chamber, and a low-frequency generation facility configured to introduce into the food treatment chamber low-frequency waves with a frequency which is lower than the microwave frequency.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a circuit component, a temperature detector embodied as an IR detector and configured to sense a temperature of the circuit component, and a control facility coupled to the temperature detector and configured to actuate the circuit component and to actuate the household appliance on the basis of temperature measurement data measured by the temperature detector.

Abstract: A method for orientating a focused laser cutting beam eccentrically relative to the nozzle axis of a cutting gas nozzle and a laser processing machine for performing the same, the method including: arranging a redirecting mirror in a beam path of the laser cutting beam upstream of the cutting gas nozzle, the mirror being rotated about a direction which is coaxial with the nozzle axis and/or about a direction which is perpendicular relative to the nozzle axis and which corresponds to the beam incidence direction of the laser beam on the redirecting mirror. The cutting gas nozzle and the redirecting mirror are arranged in a second structural unit of a laser processing head, for rotation about the direction corresponding to the beam incidence direction relative to a first structural unit.

Abstract: A method for orientating a focused laser cutting beam eccentrically relative to the nozzle axis of a cutting gas nozzle and a laser processing machine for performing the same, the method including: arranging a redirecting mirror in a beam path of the laser cutting beam upstream of the cutting gas nozzle, the mirror being rotated about a direction which is coaxial with the nozzle axis and/or about a direction which is perpendicular relative to the nozzle axis and which corresponds to the beam incidence direction of the laser beam on the redirecting mirror. The cutting gas nozzle and the redirecting mirror are arranged in a second structural unit of a laser processing head, for rotation about the direction corresponding to the beam incidence direction relative to a first structural unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for influencing the polarization of laser radiation using a phase-shifting element (5) and an element (7) deflecting the laser radiation. The phase-shifting element (5) is disposed in the region of an outer side (4) of a first partial body (2) and the deflecting element t(7) is disposed in the region of an outer side (6) of a second partial body (3), wherein the first partial body (2) and the second partial body (3) can be rotated about a common axis of rotation (14) through an angle of rotation (?) which can be predetermined.

Abstract: A scanner head is provided for processing a workpiece by means of a focused laser beam. The scanner head includes a first module, rotatably supported in a first direction in order to deflect the laser beam from the first direction into a second direction, preferably perpendicular to the first direction, and a second module, which is fixed to the first module and is rotatably supported in the second direction, and which has a scanner mirror capable of tilting about a first axis. An adaptive beam deflection unit, which may include an adaptive mirror, is provided in the first module. The scanner mirror is arranged in the second module so that it can rotate or tilt about a second axis, and an optical arrangement with a beam expansion element and a focusing element is arranged in the scanner head.

Abstract: A scanner head is provided for processing a workpiece by means of a focused laser beam. The scanner head includes a first module, rotatably supported in a first direction in order to deflect the laser beam from the first direction into a second direction, preferably perpendicular to the first direction, and a second module, which is fixed to the first module and is rotatably supported in the second direction, and which has a scanner mirror capable of tilting about a first axis. An adaptive beam deflection unit, which may include an adaptive mirror, is provided in the first module. The scanner mirror is arranged in the second module so that it can rotate or tilt about a second axis, and an optical arrangement with a beam expansion element and a focusing element is arranged in the scanner head.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for influencing the polarization of laser radiation using a phase-shifting element (5) and an element (7) deflecting the laser radiation. The phase-shifting element (5) is disposed in the region of an outer side (4) of a first partial body (2) and the deflecting element t(7) is disposed in the region of an outer side (6) of a second partial body (3), wherein the first partial body (2) and the second partial body (3) can be rotated about a common axis of rotation (14) through an angle of rotation (?) which can be predetermined.

Abstract: A deformable mirror includes a reflecting surface disposed on a diaphragm and a diaphragm carrier that supports the diaphragm. The diaphragm carrier defines a non-circular, pressurizable rear surface of the diaphragm.

Abstract: A deformable mirror includes a reflecting surface disposed on a diaphragm and a diaphragm carrier that supports the diaphragm. The diaphragm carrier defines a non-circular, pressurizable rear surface of the diaphragm.