Abstract: A handling device for a manufacturing environment includes a manufacturing apparatus for additive manufacturing of an object, a robot device, a transport device, where the robot device is configured to interact with at least one component of the manufacturing apparatus, and a coupling device which is configured to couple the robot device detachably to the transport device. The transport device is configured to transport the robot device to at least one workstation and to uncouple the robot device from the transport device by the coupling device.

Abstract: A method is provided for handling a fiber arrangement to be supplied to a pressing tool. The fiber arrangement is interspersed with a curable matrix material at least in some sections before being supplied to the pressing tool and then is supplied to the pressing tool. The method is characterized in that the fiber arrangement is supplied to the pressing tool largely without contact by acoustic levitation after being interspersed with the matrix material.

Abstract: A horizontal solid-bed polymerization reactor which is divided into a plurality of zones, for example a reaction zone, an after-reaction zone, a heating zone and a product discharge zone and possesses inlet and outlet openings for feeding substances into the zones and/or removing substances from the zones, the zones being separated from one another over a part of the reactor cross-section by means of weirs, wherein two drive shafts which are independent of one another and possess mixing elements are introduced into the solid-bed polymerization reactor in the middle.