Abstract: A slip ring module includes a plurality of electrically conductive elements and a dielectric support body. The material of the dielectric support body includes a ceramic material. The slip ring module is produced by an additive method such that each electrically conductive element is formed as a single piece, has a first region arranged as a slip ring, and a second region arranged as a connecting conductor. The dielectric support body has webs between which cavities are located.

Abstract: A loudspeaker is provided with a motor assembly having at least one planar coil and first and second magnets magnetized in a magnetized direction perpendicular to direction of coil movement and perpendicular to a central axis of radiation of the loudspeaker. Ferrofluid is disposed between a diaphragm and the first and second magnets. Third and fourth magnets are disposed outside the first and second magnets and are magnetized in a direction parallel to the direction of coil movement and perpendicular to the magnetized direction of the first and second speakers.

Abstract: A loudspeaker and method of operating a loudspeaker are provided. The loudspeaker has a motor assembly with at least one planar coil. First and second magnets are magnetized in a magnetized direction perpendicular to a direction of coil movement and perpendicular to a central axis of radiation of the loudspeaker. The central axis of radiation is generally parallel to a direction of coil movement and parallel to the plane of the planar coil. The first and second magnets each have upper and lower large surface faces separated by a narrowest dimension. The first and second magnets are magnetized across the narrowest dimension in first and second magnetized directions being opposite.

Abstract: A loudspeaker is provided with a motor assembly having at least one planar coil and first and second magnets magnetized in a magnetized direction perpendicular to direction of coil movement and perpendicular to a central axis of radiation of the loudspeaker. Ferrofluid is disposed between a diaphragm and the first and second magnets. Third and fourth magnets are disposed outside the first and second magnets and are magnetized in a direction parallel to the direction of coil movement and perpendicular to the magnetized direction of the first and second speakers.

Abstract: An example magnet assembly for a loudspeaker includes a first permanent magnet with a cuboid shape, the first magnet encompassing a central opening, and a second permanent magnet with a cuboid shape, the second magnet positioned coaxially within the opening of the first magnet and forming a rectangular-ring shaped first gap therebetween, the first and second magnets being axially poled in opposed directions. The assembly further includes a soft-magnetic base plate connected across one side of the first and second magnets, a soft-magnetic first pole piece having a first face and positioned on the first magnet, and a soft-magnetic second pole piece having a second face and positioned on the second magnet. The first pole piece and the second pole piece form a rectangular-ring shaped second gap between the first and second faces such that magnetic flux is focused in the second gap.

Abstract: A loudspeaker and method of operating a loudspeaker are provided. The loudspeaker has a motor assembly with at least one planar coil. First and second magnets are magnetized in a magnetized direction perpendicular to a direction of coil movement and perpendicular to a central axis of radiation of the loudspeaker. The central axis of radiation is generally parallel to a direction of coil movement and parallel to the plane of the planar coil. The first and second magnets each have upper and lower large surface faces separated by a narrowest dimension. The first and second magnets are magnetized across the narrowest dimension in first and second magnetized directions being opposite.

Abstract: An example magnet assembly for a loudspeaker includes a first permanent magnet with a cuboid shape, the first magnet encompassing a central opening, and a second permanent magnet with a cuboid shape, the second magnet positioned coaxially within the opening of the first magnet and forming a rectangular-ring shaped first gap therebetween, the first and second magnets being axially poled in opposed directions. The assembly further includes a soft-magnetic base plate connected across one side of the first and second magnets, a soft-magnetic first pole piece having a first face and positioned on the first magnet, and a soft-magnetic second pole piece having a second face and positioned on the second magnet. The first pole piece and the second pole piece form a rectangular-ring shaped second gap between the first and second faces such that magnetic flux is focused in the second gap.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the simultaneous multiple track cutting of several food products, in which the products are cut by means of a common cutting apparatus, in particular a high performance slicer, which has at least one cutting blade which rotates about a blade axis in a cutting plane and/or revolves about a central axis in a planetary motion manner and to which the products are supplied in multiple tracks, and in which blank cuts are carried out in at least a passive track and/or in which the supply of the respective product is suspended at least at times, while the respective product is sliced in at least one other active track.

Abstract: An apparatus for slicing food products, in particular sausage, meat or cheese, includes a product support for at least one product, a cutting blade which is disposed after the product support and to which the product can be supplied along a conveying direction, and at least one product holder movable along the conveying direction and cooperating with the product at least at times during the slicing procedure, wherein the product support has a loading zone which is disposed between a starting position and an end position of the product holder and in which the product support can be loaded with the product and wherein the product holder is movable from the end position back into the start position while bypassing the loading zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for skinning sausages or other food products, wherein an initial cut is made on a front end of said sausage, particularly in the region of an end-side tapering of the sausage, the skin is grabbed in the region of the initial cut at two points located at a distance from each other in the circumferential direction by means of two gripping elements, wherein the skin is particularly pulled onto a plane in a planar manner by a first working movement, particularly onto the contact surface of the sausage, the skin is cut parallel to the longitudinal extension of the sausage starting at the initial cut in the region between the gripping elements, the skin is lifted up away from the plane by a working movement of the gripping elements, and the sausage is conveyed parallel to the longitudinal extension thereof, particularly relative to the position of the gripping elements holding the sausage in a lifted position, and the skin is thus pulled off the sausage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting blade that can be rotationally driven in which a stabilization area provided in the form of at least one bulge is provided between a central fixing area and an edge area whose outer periphery is provided in the form of a cutting edge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a blade for cutting food products, in particular sausages, comprising a cutter having two partial cutters disposed tapered toward each other in a curved surface. The invention further relates to a cutting device for cutting food products, having a blade and having a holder on which the blade is rotatably disposed. The cutting device is designed so that an end piece can be sliced off of a product, the longitudinal axis thereof being oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blade, by a rotary motion of the blade. The invention further relates to a method for processing a food product.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cutting blade that is rotatably drivable and provided for machines for slicing food products, in particular high-speed slicers. With the aid of a mounting area surrounding a rotary shaft, the cutting blade is fixed to a drive shaft of the machine. A distance area is provided outside the mounting area but inside the cutting edge area. The disclosure aims at improving the cutting blade with respect to its stability and configuring it such that it has the lowest possible weight. For this purpose, alternately recessed and raised formations are provided in the distance area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conveying articles, in particular product slices produced by simultaneous slicing of a plurality of food products or respective portions including a plurality of product slices, wherein the articles are conveyed in a conveying direction on a main conveying path in multitracks in desired arrangements formed by articles from different tracks, in particular in rows extending transverse to the conveying direction, incomplete arrangements of articles having at least one deficient point are expelled onto a secondary conveying path and desired arrangements are formed from the articles forming the incomplete arrangements.

Abstract: An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product feed which feeds a product to be sliced along a product feed direction through a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves. The position of the cutting blade is adjustable relative to the product. A control unit is provided which is designed to automatically adjust the position of the cutting blade for the optimization of the blade wear.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a method for cutting a food product into slices for producing portions by taking into account the target weight thereof. Information about a remainder of the food product to be sliced is used to control corresponding actuators for a successive food product to be sliced.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling portions of products, in particular food products, includes a product conveyor which conveys the portions sequentially along a conveying direction and at least one sensor which serves to determine the weight of the conveyed portions. The apparatus includes an automatic weight compensation unit which is arranged in the vicinity of the product conveyor and which serves additionally to place at least one single product on a portion in dependence on the determined weight of the portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the use of a blade for a food slicer, where the blade comprises a radio transponder that in response to a query radio signal transmits a response data record in a response radio signal. Furthermore, a configuration signal is transmitted with a status data record. The configuration signal is received by the radio transponder, and the status data record is stored in the radio transponder. The present invention further relates to a blade for slicing food products in a food slicer, where the blade is in particular a circular blade or sickle blade, and where the blade comprises a radio transponder that is embedded in a recess in the blade. A receptacle is provided in the inner portion of the recess, where the radio transponder is disposed at least partially in the receptacle, and where the recess in the portion bordering its opening has a larger cross-section than the receptacle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus having a product conveyor drivable in a conveying direction and a transverse drive by which the product conveyor is movable in a direction transverse to the conveying direction. The product conveyor is coupled to a compensation mass by means of which forces can be compensated which occur by a transverse movement of the product conveyor.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling portions of products, in particular food products, having a product conveyor which conveys the portions after one another to at least one main conveyor track along a direction of conveying and having at least one sensor for recognizing portions of incorrect weight. A correction track is provided which has a first conveying section and a second conveying section. The first conveying section serves to branch off portions of incorrect weight from the main conveying track and to convey them to a weight correction station. The second conveying section serves to supply weight-corrected portions back to the main conveying track. The first conveying track and the second conveying track are separated from one another in the region of the weight correction station by an interruption of the correction track which prevents a transfer of portions of incorrect weight from the first conveying section to the second conveying section.