Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator, which is designed to be connected to a backside of a plate like structure and which comprises an annular coil arrangement and a magnet system being designed to generate a magnetic field transverse to the annular coil arrangement. The annular coil arrangement and the magnet system are connected to each other by a plurality of springs, which are arranged inside of the annular coil arrangement. Furthermore, the invention relates to an output device, comprising a plate like structure and an electromagnetic actuator of the above kind connected to a backside of the plate like structure.

Abstract: A poultry management device comprises a living area for the poultry, a collection device having a collection face for poultry droppings, the collection device being disposed below the living area, and a drying device configured for drying the poultry droppings on the collection device. The drying device comprises a fan element which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis which is aligned at an angle of 45° to 90° in relation to the collection face.

Abstract: A poultry management device comprises a living area for the poultry, a collection device having a collection face for poultry droppings, the collection device being disposed below the living area, and a drying device configured for drying the poultry droppings on the collection device. The drying device comprises a fan element which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis which is aligned at an angle of 45° to 90° in relation to the collection face.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control feeding pan for use in a feeding system for poultry keeping, comprising a mounting element for mounting the feeding pan to a conveyor line; a feeding dish; a feeding shaft through which feed gets from a conveyor line to the feeding dish; a filling level sensor which is arranged and formed to generate a drive control signal; characterized by a signal unit arranged and formed to emit a feed signal that can be perceived by the poultry.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring and/or controlling the resource consumption of an agricultural plant for livestock farming and rearing, in particular of a livestock production business. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: determining agriculture-specific operating parameters of the agricultural plant in a current time interval, wherein the operating parameters contain information on the animal population, structure, and climate determining a resource consumption of at least one consumer least one resource type of the agricultural plant in the current time interval by means of at least one metering device, determining the resource consumption per one or more of the operating parameters, and outputting a signal comprising the resource consumption per one or more of the operating parameters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control feeding pan for use in a feeding system for poultry keeping, comprising a mounting element for mounting the feeding pan to a conveyor line; a feeding dish; a feeding shaft through which feed gets from a conveyor line to the feeding dish; a filling level sensor which is arranged and formed to generate a drive control signal; characterized by a signal unit arranged and formed to emit a feed signal that can be perceived by the poultry.

Abstract: In a device for providing food to animals, comprising a feed supply and a bowl-like feeding basin serving for providing the supplied feed, the feeding basin comprising in about the center of the basin a cleaning opening that can be opened and closed by means of a closing element. The closing element is a part of the feeding basin that is placed in the cleaning opening in a flush or fitted manner, whereby both the closing element on its periphery and the feeding basin in the area of the edge compromise locking means which can be mutually actively engaged. The closing element can be fixed on or released from the feeding basin by means of said locking means both in the releasing and closing positions.

Abstract: A slot die for producing webs of a foamed plastics material, into which die plastics material which has been plasticized under elevated pressure in an extruder and charged with a blowing agent enters, and through the die gap of which the plastics material is extruded by foaming. The die gap is formed by a pair of rollers mounted in a laterally sealed manner in the slot die. This achieves the effect that an advantageous formation of outer layers already occurs ahead of the die gap before the start of foaming.

Abstract: A sitting pole for poultry having a surface designed substantially straight on an incline, forcing the poultry perching on the sitting pole to sit in a defined alignment. The inclined plane is set at an angle of approximately 35°. The surface has a U-shaped profile with a U-base forming the inclined plane. U-legs are provided and are bent off from the U-base. The U-base can be formed by two surface sections that are set at different angles from each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting frozen pieces of meat. According to the invention, provision is made for continuously cutting these pieces of meat in a rotating set of cutters with minimum heat absorption and minimum possible emulsification to achieve a grain size of 2 to 8 mm.

Abstract: A melt-sealing device for extruders for thermoplastic polymers or rubber for sealing off the gear unit side against high-melt pressure, in which sealing is effected by the configuration of the extruder screw which includes an intake section, a compression section having a channel depth that decreases in the conveying direction, a metering section with a constant screw channel depth, a smooth annular melt channel section, and a blister element with an annular gap for the sealing melt.

Abstract: A process for producing pumpable foodstuffs, wherein raw foodstuffs such as raw cheese is pre-comminuted, mixed with further ingredients, thermally treated by steam injection, subsequently cooled and creamed or emulsified and then fed or passed to a further working or processing operation. The present invention further relates to an apparatus for producing pumpable foodstuffs, such as processed cheese, having a treatment apparatus for raw foodstuffs, a mixer, a device or unit for heating and subsequently cooling the cheese mass and having feed pumps for the cheese mass.

Abstract: A process for producing pumpable foodstuffs, wherein raw foodstuffs such as raw cheese is pre-comminuted, mixed with further ingredients, thermally treated by steam injection, subsequently cooled and creamed or emulsified and then fed or passed to a further working or processing operation. The present invention further relates to an apparatus for producing pumpable foodstuffs, such as processed cheese, having a treatment apparatus for raw foodstuffs, a mixer, a device or unit for heating and subsequently cooling the cheese mass and having feed pumps for the cheese mass.

Abstract: A method of extruding a foamed thermoplastic plastics material wherein the plastics material and a pore regulating agent are fed into an extruder and are fused in a fusion zone. The pressure of the fused material is augmented in a further zone and the material is then caused to flow past or through an obstruction so as to be converted into the form of thin layers or strands. Thereafter, steam and a propellant are sequentially injected into the fused mixture in injection zones. The steam is either saturated or superheated and has a temperature not lower than that of the mixture. The pressure of the mixture upstream of the obstruction is higher than the vapor pressure of the steam downstream of the obstruction. The pressure of the fused mixture and steam, while the propellant is being injected, is greater than the condensation pressure of the steam. The mixture is then cooled and discharged in a still further zone whereupon it foams.

Abstract: A processing machine is provided having a tool comprising at least two identical, diametrically opposite mixing fingers which revolve in the same horizontal plane. These mixing fingers have a round cross-section, are arranged very close above the bowl bottom and protrude with their free radially outer, slightly upwardly bent end into the bowl radius. Further, the mixing fingers are provided between the bowl bottom and bowl wall, and are adapted in contour outline approximately to the bowl radius. By using a round profile for the mixing fingers, both a pressure component against the bowl bottom and a raising component away from the bowl bottom are obtained. Also, due to the very small gap between the mixing fingers and the bowl bottom, an adequately high turbulence is generated so that material in this area is more fully mixed. Two mixing blades may also be provided above the mixing fingers and offset by 90.degree. in order to ensure proper mixing even of small amounts of material.

Abstract: A gas-tight joint for pipe linings and risers inside a bore, consisting of a neck with an outside thread and of a matching collar with an inside thread, with a groove in the vicinity of the thread on the collar and/or of the thread on the neck to accommodate a deformable gasket that, when the joint is screwed tight, is demarcated and deformed by the base of the groove in the neck and/or in the collar and by the contour of the thread on the other component. The cross-sectional area demarcated by the base of the groove in the neck and/or collar and by the contour of the thread on the other component once the two components have been screwed together remains constant along the groove and is equal to or larger than the cross-sectional area of the deformable gasket before the components are screwed together.