Abstract: A web offset press includes several printing units through which a web passes essentially in a horizontal direction. The printed web then passes to at least one first folding unit. Each of the printing units has at least one plate cylinder and one transfer cylinder which interacts with the web being printed. An effective plate width of the plate cylinder corresponds to the print image of at least eight upright or prone printed pages in a BIN 4A format. The printed web is slit longitudinally into a plurality of web strands: A first number of these web strands are supplied to the first folding apparatus. At the same time, a second number of web strands, produced by the slitting of the same web, are supplied to a second folding apparatus for further processing.

Abstract: A web offset press includes several printing units through which a web passes essentially in a horizontal direction. The printed web then passes to at least one first folding unit. Each of the printing units has at least one plate cylinder and one transfer cylinder which interacts with the web being printed. An effective plate width of the plate cylinder corresponds to the print image of at least eight upright or prone printed pages in a BIN 4A format. The printed web is slit longitudinally into a plurality of web strands: A first number of these web strands are supplied to the first folding apparatus. At the same time, a second number of web strands, produced by the slitting of the same web, are supplied to a second folding apparatus for further processing.

Abstract: A method and a device is used for reducing vibrations on at least two rotating elements, such as cooperating cylinders, which roll in opposite directions while situated in contact with each other. At least one of the elements has a surface protrusion that projects from an essentially circular contour of an active lateral surface. A height of this protrusion can be altered in a radial direction. A circumferential position of the protrusion can also be altered, all in accordance with a quality that characterizes a machine state or vibration.

Abstract: Flexural vibrations are reduced in rotating components, such as rotating cylinders of a rotary printing press. One or more actuators are placed in a groove or recess in the cylinder. These actuators act in the axial direction of the rotating component. The amount of force exerted by said actuator will vary with the rotational position of the cylinder.

Abstract: Described is a braking-pressure control system, especially for a road vehicle, having a pneumatic brake booster (14), having a main cylinder (16) in which a main-cylinder pressure (PHZ) can be generated by a pneumatic brake booster (14), and having a hydraulic modulator (17) which is connected between the main cylinder (16) and at least one wheel-brake cylinder (10-13) of at least one wheel; the hydraulic modulator (17) including a configuration of switchable valves (ASV, USV, EV, AV), as well as one pump (25, 25′); and a wheel-brake cylinder pressure (PRZ) being able to be generated in the at least one wheel-brake cylinder (10-13), using the hydraulic modulator; the wheel-brake cylinder pressure being higher than the main-cylinder. pressure (PHZ). The braking-pressure control system is characterized in that the pneumatic brake booster (14) is designed in a manner allowing it to already reach its saturation point (A0, A1) at a main-cylinder pressure (PHZ) of less than 50 bar.

Abstract: Flexural vibrations are reduced in rotating components, such as rotating cylinders of a rotary printing press. One or more actuators are placed in a groove or recess in the cylinder. These actuators act in the axial direction of the rotating component. The amount of force exerted by said actuator will vary with the rotational position of the cylinder.

Abstract: A brake system for vehicles, in particular for motor vehicles, has electrically controlled hydraulic final control elements, integrated in a hydraulic block; a pressure sensor with a plurality of pressure measuring elements for measuring the hydraulic pressure controlled by the individual final control elements; and a control circuit for controlling the final control elements. For the sake of simple and secure mounting of the hydraulic block, pressure sensor and control circuit, the control circuit and pressure sensor are accommodated in a common housing of an add-on electronic control unit (ECU), from whose underside the pressure measuring elements protrude with smaller-diameter plug-in tubes. When the add-on ECU and hydraulic block are installed, and that the housing is mounted on the hydraulic block and solidly joined to it by insertion of the plug-in tubes into the fluid conduits, present in the hydraulic block, in a fluid-tight manner.

Abstract: A sensor is proposed that has a measuring diaphragm (2), with at least one resistor measurement bridge (7, 8); a deflection of the measuring diaphragm (2) causes mistuning of the respective measurement bridge (7, 8), and the resultant change in the bridge diagonal voltage can be evaluated. The sensor (1) has one resistor measurement bridge (7, 8) on each half (3, 4) of the measuring diaphragm (2), and in each of the resistor measurement bridges (7, 8), two opposed bridge branches (R1, R4) are changed in their resistance values (&Dgr;R) by radial compressive offset, and the respectively other bridge branches (R2, R3) are altered in their resistances by radial or tangential elongation.

Abstract: Monitoring of the function of a symmetrical sensor bridge circuit is performed in that the signal from the positive or negative half-bridge is subtracted from half the bridge supply voltage (V.sub.s /2) in a summing member (2) and is subsequently amplified by an amplifier (3) in such a way that it corresponds to the full bridge signal (V.sub.in). The full bridge signal (V.sub.in) is compared with the amplified difference signal in a comparator (5). If the difference signal deviates in an unacceptable manner from the full bridge signal, the comparator switches an alarm signal on the output signal (6) of the sensor, so that this output signal is placed into a range which lies outside of the normal operational range of the sensor.

Abstract: A method is provided for cooling a low pressure steam turbine operating in a ventilation mode. The low pressure steam turbine has a closable inlet through which steam can be delivered when operating in a power generation mode and which is blocked off when operating in ventilation mode, an outlet which communicates with a condenser for condensing the steam to condensate and a bleed port between the inlet and the outlet. A bleed pipe is connected to the bleed port for diverting steam and/or condensate during operation in the power generation mode. Steam is supplied through a steam transfer pipe to the bleed pipe in order to cool the low pressure steam turbine when operating in the ventilation mode. Condensate may also be supplied to the bleed pipe. The cooling effect in the low pressure steam turbine is largely limited to those components which suffer most when it is operating in the ventilation mode, and the cooling provisions are extracted from resources that are already available.

Abstract: A tilt-actuated switch features a housing 11 and a contact element 14 movable within the housing between a stable first position and a second position in which the contact element electrically connects two fixed contact elements secured to the housing. The movable contact element responds to tilting of said housing beyond a predetermined critical angle, with respect to the vertical, by flipping from the stable first position through an unstable position (FIG. 2) into a second position (FIG. 3) which is stable. Unlike prior art tilt-actuated switches, this improved switch applies sufficient force against the fixed contacts, even when the tilting is gradual, to assure reliable electrical contact, necessary for applications such as a "dead-man-switch" in a portable radio transceiver.

Abstract: The electronic remote control means operates according to the known principle of code stepping through which a different code word is used after each transmitting/receiving operation. In accordance with the invention the respective new code word is produced anew by linking according to a given function, starting from a stored original code word and the previous code word. In case of non-agreement between the code word received and the new code word determined at the receiver additional code words are produced in sequence at the receiver. Thereafter, if no agreement results, the receiver switches over to an increased security mode wherein two successive code words in sequence must be successfully compared.

Abstract: In an effort to reduce the number of "terminal legs" in highly integrated electronic circuits, two different kinds of coded signals are applied successively to the control terminals thereof, namely: binary coded signals applied in parallel and successive pulses. An evaluation is made only of pulses applied to selected terminals, and a different number of pulses is applied to the individual control terminals. The total number of pulses evaluated is counted in a counter. The counter outputs are decoded in a decoder. The binary coded signals also are decoded in a decoder, and the outputs of both decoders are combined in a selection logic so that both kinds of signals together define a control state. In this manner 3.sup.n different control states are obtained by a number n of control terminals.

Abstract: An axial-admission steam turbine, includes a steam inflow region, guide vane rings including a first guide vane ring, guide vanes of the first guide vane ring having radially inner ends, a shaft being rotatable in a given direction, an annular shaft shield being connected to the radially inner ends of the guide vanes of the first guide vane ring and being disposed in vicinity of the steam inflow region, the annular shaft shield surrounding the shaft at a distance defining a ring canal therebetween, the annular shaft shield having nozzles formed therein for discharging into the ring canal tangentially relative to the shaft as seen in the given direction of rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: Vibration damping guide vane ring assembly of an axial flow turbomachine, including mutually adjacent guide vanes, individual cover plates each being rigidly connected to a respective guide vane forming a cover band of the guide vane ring, the cover plates being frictionally connected to each other and the cover plates of the adjacent guide vanes having wedge-shaped recesses formed therein between the cover plates, and wedge-shaped damping elements having surfaces and being movably inserted in the recesses, each of the wedge-shaped damping elements exerting a vibration damping pressure on the respective cover plates through the surfaces of the damping elements in response to an axial pressure difference across the guide vane ring.

Abstract: Peak load device of a multistage turbine, having a high pressure turbine section with an inlet pipe supplying working medium and an exhaust steam outlet, a subsequent turbine section having an inlet pipe connected to the exhaust steam outlet of the high pressure turbine section for receiving the exhaust steam thereof, a bypass line connected from the high pressure turbine section inlet pipe to the subsequent turbine section inlet pipe through which part of the working medium bypasses the high pressure turbine section as a bypass flow, including a jet compressor inlet disposed at the connection of the bypass line to the subsequent turbine section inlet pipe for receiving the bypass flow as a motive medium while increasing the pressure of the flow through the subsequent turbine section inlet pipe.

Abstract: A cone-shaped screening member for separating solids from a gaseous medium such as steam flowing through a pipe line. The cone shaped member has a plurality of spaced annular screen elements of increasing diameters disposed behind each other with the cross section of each screen element shaped substantially as an obtuse triangle. Particular features of the screening member are,(a) inclining the outer triangle side of the screen element at about the inclination angle of the cone, and(b) providing a discharge opening in the pipe line at about the base of the cone for removal of separated solids. This prevents settling and clogging of the gas passage canals and also prevents accumulation of settled solids in the pipe.

Abstract: A turbomachine having a stationary housing and a rotatable rotor mounted therein and including a series of rotor blade rings carried by the rotor and a series of guide vane rings carried by the housing, the guide vane rings and the rotor blade rings being disposed in mutually alternating relationship, further includes means defining an annular space located forward of the first rotor blade ring of the series of rotor blade rings, flow medium supply means communicating with the annular space for supplying flow medium thereto, the annular space extending radially outwardly and along the entire periphery of the turbomachine for producing a torsional flow of the flow medium, the rotor having a shaft formed with a collar, and the series of rotor blade rings including a first blade ring mounted on the collar directly behind the annular space and having a diameter greater than that of the succeeding blade rings of the series, whereby the flow medium supplied to the annular space axially impinges directly on the firs

Abstract: A device for assisting in the training of volleyball players to learn the art and defense to the play known as spiking. This device is a holder for a volleyball at selected elevations near the volleyball net or a rebound surface. The holder allows a player to run, jump and strike the ball in a manner to drive it with great energy over the net and into opposing team's territory. The rebounder deflects a spiked ball in an unpredictable direction. The rebounder comprises a plurality of arms spaced less than a volleyball diameter apart and constituting an operating head. The operating head is positioned adjustably by a standard, whereby it may be located above and adjacent to a volleyball net to deflect unpredictably volleyballs spiked against it, for training of the defense to volleyball spiking.

Abstract: A separator member is formed of separator elements having the cross section of a substantially obtuse triangle and extending obliquely staggered behind and mutually spaced from one another, one side of the triangle extending parallel to the flow direction, pairs of adjacent separator elements, respectively, defining a flow channel flaring outwardly in downstream flow direction. For direct installation into a steam line, the separator member is of conical construction with annular separator elements of increasing diameter.