Abstract: The invention relates to, among other things, a method for filling and closing containers. At least an upper portion of a container (B) is positioned in a treatment chamber. The container is filled with a carbonated filling material via a filling member up to a gas volume in a head space of the container. The filling member is removed from the container mouth after filling, wherein a pressure in the treatment chamber is greater than a saturation pressure of the carbonated filling material. The pressure in the treatment chamber is reduced below the saturation pressure of the carbonated filling material, thereby causing foaming of the carbonated filling material in the head space of the filled container, which forces the gas volume out of the head space. The container is closed via a closing member.

Abstract: A device and method for centering a container during travel into a processing region, wherein the device has: a receiving section configured to receive the container; a guiding section configured to guide a translational movement along a defined trajectory between a receiving position and a processing position; a chamber wall having an opening, wherein the receiving section and the guiding section are configured to insert at least some section of the container into the processing region; a sealing device having an inflatable seal, which is arranged in the opening and configured to adopt a sealing position around a container section in the processing position; and a control device, which is in communication with the sealing device and is configured to at least partially inflate the inflatable seal during the translational movement of the container from the receiving position into the processing position.

Abstract: A ponderomotive phase plate, also called a laser phase plate or standing wave optical phase plate, has a first mirror and a second mirror that define an optical cavity. An electron beam passes through a focal spot of the optical cavity. A laser with variable polarization angle of laser light is coupled to the optical cavity. A standing wave of polarized laser light, with an anti-node at the focal spot of the optical cavity, causes variable modulation of the electron beam. The variable modulation of the electron beam is controllable by the variable polarization angle of the laser light. In a transmission electron microscope, an image plane receives the electron beam modulated by the standing wave optical phase plate. An image formed at the image plane is based on the variable polarization angle of the polarized laser light.

Abstract: A ponderomotive phase plate, also called a laser phase plate or standing wave optical phase plate, has a first minor and a second minor that define an optical cavity. An electron beam passes through a focal spot of the optical cavity. A laser with variable polarization angle of laser light is coupled to the optical cavity. A standing wave of polarized laser light, with an anti-node at the focal spot of the optical cavity, causes variable modulation of the electron beam. The variable modulation of the electron beam is controllable by the variable polarization angle of the laser light. In a transmission electron microscope, an image plane receives the electron beam modulated by the standing wave optical phase plate. An image formed at the image plane is based on the variable polarization angle of the polarized laser light.

Abstract: A device and method for centering a container during travel into a processing region, wherein the device has: a receiving section configured to receive the container; a guiding section configured to guide a translational movement along a defined trajectory between a receiving position and a processing position; a chamber wall having an opening, wherein the receiving section and the guiding section are configured to insert at least some section of the container into the processing region; a sealing device having an inflatable seal, which is arranged in the opening and configured to adopt a sealing position around a container section in the processing position; and a control device, which is in communication with the sealing device and is configured to at least partially inflate the inflatable seal during the translational movement of the container from the receiving position into the processing position.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling a vessel with a multicomponent filling product includes a filler having at least one filling unit set up to introduce the filling product into the vessel, and a filler tank set up for intermediate buffering of the filling product and in fluid connection with the filling unit via a product conduit to supply the filling unit with the filling product; and a mixer set up to blend the filling product from at least two filling product components, wherein the mixer has a circulation conduit; and the mixer has at least one dosage branch set up to introduce one filling product component into the circulation conduit, wherein the mixer has a heat exchanger set up to adjust the temperature of the filling product in the circulation conduit.

Abstract: A frequency stabilization arrangement for a power transmission grid has a modular multi-level converter with a first terminal for electrical connection to a power transmission grid, and an electrical resistor unit with a second terminal for electrical connection to the power transmission grid.

Abstract: A device for treating containers, for example, for filling and closing containers in filling plants is described. The device includes an isolator chamber in which the treatment of the containers takes place, and an outlet disposed beneath the isolator chamber for discharging fluids, wherein the outlet has a housing for receiving ejected containers and a suction device for extracting gases from the isolator chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, with a movable carrier on which at least one forming station is arranged for forming the plastic preforms, wherein the forming station is transported along a predefined transport path, and wherein the apparatus has a clean room inside which the plastic preforms are formed, wherein this clean room is isolated from a non-sterile environment by at least one wall, with a sterilisation device for sterilising the plastic preforms and/or plastic containers, which device acts upon the plastic preforms and/or plastic containers to be sterilised with a flowable sterilisation medium for their sterilisation. According to the invention, the apparatus comprises an ejection device for ejecting containers from the clean room, and this ejection device has a lock chamber from which the ejected containers can be removed, wherein this lock chamber can be acted upon with an atmosphere containing a sterilisation medium.

Abstract: A ponderomotive phase plate, also called a laser phase plate or standing wave optical phase plate, has a first minor and a second minor that define an optical cavity. An electron beam passes through a focal spot of the optical cavity. A laser with variable polarization angle of laser light is coupled to the optical cavity. A standing wave of polarized laser light, with an anti-node at the focal spot of the optical cavity, causes variable modulation of the electron beam. The variable modulation of the electron beam is controllable by the variable polarization angle of the laser light. In a transmission electron microscope, an image plane receives the electron beam modulated by the standing wave optical phase plate. An image formed at the image plane is based on the variable polarization angle of the polarized laser light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for route planning, with the steps: (S300) Reading in position data (PD) indicative of the stopping point of a recipient (E1, E2, E3) of a delivery, reading in duration data (ZD) indicative of a length of stay of a recipient (E1, E2, E3) at the stopping point, evaluating at least the position data (PD) and the duration data (ZD) by determining a value (W) indicative of a probability of encountering the recipient (E1, E2, E3) at the stopping point, taking into account the value (W) indicative of a probability of encountering the recipient (E1, E2, E3) at the stopping point when determining a route data record (FD), and outputting the route data record (FD).

Abstract: A connecting device for connecting two n-phase alternating voltage grids of the same frequency includes n susceptance elements each having continuously variable susceptance values. Through the use of each susceptance element, two connecting conductors, which are associated with one another, of the alternating voltage grids can be connected to one another and the active power exchange between the AC voltage grids can be controlled by varying the susceptance values in a targeted manner. A method for operating the connection device is also provided.

Abstract: A device for filling a fill product into a container to be filled in a beverage bottling plant. The device includes a fill product reservoir for storing the fill product, a fill product channel, and a filling member in fluid communication with the fill product reservoir via the fill product channel. The filling member is configured to introduce the fill product into the container to be filled and the filling member communicates via media channels to provide media flows for two or more functions: flushing the container with a flushing gas, pre-pressurizing the container before it is filled, returning gas displaced during the filling of the container, relieving a gas overpressure in the container, and circulating a hot fill product through the filling member for controlling a temperature. A single media channel of the media channels is configured to provide the media flows for at least two of the functions.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing containers, and in particular beverage containers, having a heating device configured to heat plastic parisons, having at least one first transport device, which transports the plastic parisons along a predetermined transport path, a sterilization device configured to sterilize the plastic parisons, and a forming device arranged downstream of the sterilization device, as seen in a transporting direction of the plastic parisons, and configured to form the plastic parisons into plastic containers by the application of a free-flowing medium, wherein said forming device has a transport chamber within which the plastic parisons are transported. The apparatus has an application device configured to apply a free-flowing sterilization medium, at least temporarily, to the transport chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling a vessel with a multicomponent filling product includes a filler having at least one filling unit set up to introduce the filling product into the vessel, and a filler tank set up for intermediate buffering of the filling product and in fluid connection with the filling unit via a product conduit to supply the filling unit with the filling product; and a mixer set up to blend the filling product from at least two filling product components, wherein the mixer has a circulation conduit; and the mixer has at least one dosage branch set up to introduce one filling product component into the circulation conduit, wherein the mixer has a heat exchanger set up to adjust the temperature of the filling product in the circulation conduit.

Abstract: A device for producing filled containers has a transport device which is configured for transporting containers which are filled with a liquid and are closed by a closure. Furthermore, the apparatus has a penetration device which is configured for producing an opening in at least one region of the closure and/or of the container, and an application device, which applies a flowable and in particular gaseous medium to the interior of the container through this opening (or feeds the gaseous medium to this interior). Furthermore, the apparatus has a closing device which closes the opening again.

Abstract: A rotary cleaning nozzle for cleaning surfaces of a beverage bottling installation using a fluid, comprising a nozzle assembly which has a feed duct for the fluid, and a nozzle head which is mounted rotatably on the nozzle assembly and has at least one nozzle outlet opening from which, during operation, fluid flowing through the feed duct and the nozzle head emerges in the form of a cleaning jet. The rotary cleaning nozzle furthermore comprises an electrical generator for the induction of electrical energy by way of rotation of the nozzle head, and a control unit for indicating a rotation of the nozzle head in dependence on the induced electrical energy.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a plant part that is to be cleaned in a beverage filling plant, including a medium inflow for supplying a cleaning medium to the plant part that is to be cleaned, and having a medium return flow for removing the used cleaning medium from the plant part that is to be cleaned is described. A heating unit is provided for heating the cleaning medium in the medium inflow, and a recuperator is provided for transferring heat energy from the cleaning medium that is removed via the medium return flow to the cleaning medium that is to be supplied to the heating unit.

Abstract: A device for filling a container with a sterilized filling product, preferably for filling a beverage container with a sterilized beverage in a beverage bottling installation, comprising a sterilization device for sterilizing the filling product, a sterile tank for buffered receiving of the filling product sterilized in the sterilization device, and a filling device which has a filling valve for the filling of the container to be filled, wherein the filling valve is a proportional valve for controlling and/or regulating the filling-product flow of the filling product into the container to be filled, and the proportional valve is connected in a buffer-free manner to the sterile tank.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit for selectively actuating drive elements (1, 2), which are operated on direct current, in a motor vehicle by means of half-bridges (4, 5). According to the invention, the circuit is designed for selectively actuating eight drive elements (1, 2) for locking and, respectively, unlocking four doors of the motor vehicle from the outside and/or from the inside. The circuit contains nine half-bridges (4, 5), wherein the outputs of eight of the nine half-bridges (4) are each connected to a first pole of one of the eight drive elements (1, 2) and the output of the ninth half-bridge (5) is connected to all second poles of the eight drive elements (1, 2).