Abstract: A system for producing a textile component of an article includes an additive manufacturing device in selective communication with a processor and memory. The processor and memory are configured to determine a strain value in a region of the textile component of the article based on images of the article from a camera in selective communication with the processor and memory and to generate a strain map based on the strain value. The additive manufacturing device is configured to apply a reinforcement to a textile substrate to variably reinforce the textile substrate according to the strain map and to form the textile component of the article.

Abstract: An example system to measure strain in an article includes a camera, a processor, and memory. The camera is to capture a plurality of images of the article. The processor and the memory are in selective communication with the camera. The processor and the memory are configured to determine strain in a region of the article based on a plurality of reference marks shown in the plurality of images.

Abstract: An example system to measure strain in an article includes a camera, a processor, and memory. The camera is to capture a plurality of images of the article. The processor and the memory are in selective communication with the camera. The processor and the memory are configured to determine strain in a region of the article based on a plurality of reference marks shown in the plurality of images.

Abstract: A rapidly rotating vacuum pump includes: a magnet-mounted rotor driven by an electric drive motor with a predetermined constant nominal rotational frequency (fnom). The rotor and a rotor bearing are embodied in such a way that the bending-critical counter-rotational resonance frequency (fcrit) is between 3% and a maximum of 30% above the nominal rotational frequency (fnom), thereby preventing an overspeed.

Abstract: A vacuum pump (10) has a pump rotor (16), an active magnetic bearing (20,21), a safety bearing (22,23) associated with the magnetic bearing (20,21), an electric drive motor (18) having a motor stator having a plurality of stator coils (191,192,193) for driving the pump rotor (16), a brake relay (42) having a plurality of changers each having a base contact (62,63,64), a brake contact (44,45,46) and an operational contact (47,48,49), and a short circuit point (60) by way of which all brake contacts (44,45,46) of the brake relay (42) are directly connected to each other. All stator coils (191,192,193) are connected to the base contacts (62,63,64) of the changer, and can be connected directly to each other by way of the brake contacts (44,45,46) of the brake relay (42) and by way of the short circuit point (60), and can be connected to an inverter module (32) by way of the operational contacts (47,48,49).

Abstract: In a method for determining a statement of a state of a turbomolecular pump, and in a turbomolecular pump, a vibration curve is determined with a vibration sensor (10) connected to the turbomolecular pump. The determined vibration curve is transferred to an evaluation device (12), wherein vibration amplitudes are detected by a filter (16) in the evaluation device (12) and then compared to comparative values. If a threshold value is exceeded, a warning signal is transferred to a monitoring system (30) by a remote data transfer device (28). The method allows for online monitoring of turbomolecular pumps.

Abstract: A vacuum pump (10) has a vacuum-tight housing (12) and having a gas-tight electrical leadthrough assembly (20) for producing an electrical connection between an electrical component (14,16,18) within the housing (12) and the exterior of the housing. The leadthrough assembly (20) is formed by a housing opening (22), by a sealing compound body (24) seated on the opening, by an electric line in the sealing compound body (24), by a sealing ring (26) between the opening edge of the housing opening (22) and the sealing compound body (24), and by a fixing means (32) for fastening the sealing compound body (24) to the housing (12).

Abstract: A vacuum pump (10) includes a pump unit (14) and an operating unit (12) arranged spaced from the pump unit (14). The operating unit (12) is connected with the pump unit (14) for controlling it. The pump unit (14) and the operating unit (12) respectively comprise a transceiver module (20,22) for transmitting and receiving control and operational data bidirectionally in a wireless manner. The pump unit (14) and the operating unit (12) are exclusively connected with each other in a wireless manner. By the omission of electrical lines, the induction of interfering signals is excluded. Wall perforations for lead-through of electrical lines are omitted.

Abstract: A vacuum turbomolecular pump (10) is driven by a brushless direct-current drive motor (16) comprising stator coils and a permanent-magnetically excited motor rotor. When rotating, the motor rotor produces an electromotive force oriented counter to the direction of rotation. A motor controller (22) is connected to the stator coils and which generates a current from the supply voltage, this current being induced in the stator coils. In addition, a rotational frequency regulator (32) limits the rotational frequency (f) of the drive motor (16) to a nominal rotational frequency (fN). A power supply (20) is connected to the motor controller (22) and supplies a constant direct current voltage as a supply voltage (UV) for the motor controller (22). The power supply (20) is designed so that the constant supply voltage (UV) is low enough that, at a limit rotational frequency (fG), the electromotive force is equal to the drive force that can be maximally generated by the motor controller (22) and by the stator coils.

Abstract: A vacuum pump (10) includes a pump unit (14) and an operating unit (12) arranged spaced from the pump unit (14). The operating unit (12) is connected with the pump unit (14) for controlling it. The pump unit (14) and the operating unit (12) respectively comprise a transceiver module (20,22) for transmitting and receiving control and operational data bidirectionally in a wireless manner. The pump unit (14) and the operating unit (12) are exclusively connected with each other in a wireless manner. By the omission of electrical lines, the induction of interfering signals is excluded. Wall perforations for lead-through of electrical lines are omitted.