Abstract: A process for the preparation of a food product, particularly a pet food product, comprising zein protein and particularly also comprising animal protein, said process comprising the steps of: (i) providing a composition comprising zein protein; (ii) treating the composition from step (i) to denature said zein protein to provide a composition comprising denatured zein protein; and (iii) mixing said composition comprising denatured zein protein with other ingredients of said food product, particularly animal protein.

Abstract: A blow film line and a method for operating the same relates to improving the flow rate in conventional blow film lines without compromising the production quality. The inner cooling body shows an air outlet path, with a cooling ring being embodied in a height-adjustable fashion, with a controller positioning the cooling ring in a lower area of the inner cooling body for the start-up of the facility. The cooling ring is positioned in the upper area of the air outlet path of the inner cooling body in order to achieve the steady-state production.

Abstract: The invention relates to the determination of the optical quality of a film. On the one hand, a correlation of the obtained measured values with the production parameters, which are detected in a time-synchronous manner at the extrusion plant, is carried out. On the other hand, a correlation of said obtained measurement data with the geometric and/or functional properties of a film, for example the water vapor permeability, is carried out. The obtained correlation of data is used in the process for controlling the running production process of the film to an optimum operating point. Consequently, the resulting functional properties of a film are improved in an automated manner and met according to the desired specifications. The operator can predetermine which geometric and/or functional properties of a film are accepted as a control variable.

Abstract: A blowing head, a method for producing a blown film, and a blown film installation include the use of plate spiral distributors in blown film installations for distributing melt steams arriving from extruders and for combining the melt streams to form an annular gap stream in several layers in an annular gap leading to a tubular die. The melt streams in a plate spiral distributor are initially bundled and then forwarded in a bundled manner to a common co-extrusion flow. The distributer has a plurality of spirals in superimposed layers, and the spirals of two layers have a junction for pre-combining the melt streams of two layers, and in that starting from the junction, a common guide leading to the annular gap is provided for combining there the pre-combined melt streams with the annular gap stream.

Abstract: A blow film line and a method for operating the same relates to improving the flow rate in conventional blow film lines without compromising the production quality. The inner cooling body shows an air outlet path, with a cooling ring being embodied in a height-adjustable fashion, with a controller positioning the cooling ring in a lower area of the inner cooling body for the start-up of the facility. The cooling ring is positioned in the upper area of the air outlet path of the inner cooling body in order to achieve the steady-state production.

Abstract: The formation of paraffin condensate on an inner cooling body of a blown film extruder can be either avoided or allowed in a controlled manner and then removed, thereby reducing damages to the film tube or even avoiding them. In an inner cooling body for a blown film extrusion line, the inner cooling body includes a shell around which a blown film tube, coming from the annular die, can ascend against gravity or can descend with gravity when the blown film extrusion line is running. The shell has a fraction condensate diverter for keeping paraffin condensate or any other condensate away from potential contact points of the blown film tube on the shell.

Abstract: A solar panel is described. The solar panel has at least a support layer and, arranged one on top of the other, a first intermediate layer, at least one solar cell, a second intermediate layer, and a front pane. The solar panel also has a first edge reinforcing layer and a second edge reinforcing layer, at least one terminal housing, and at least two collecting conductors which connect the solar cell to the terminal housing in an electrically conductive manner. The support layer has a portion that projects over the periphery of the front pane. The first edge reinforcing layer is arranged above the peripheral projection and has a cutout. The second edge reinforcement layer is arranged above the first edge reinforcement layer and has an opening. The collecting conductor is located in a cut-out section and in an opening.

Abstract: A solar panel is described. The solar panel has at least a) a support layer, b) a first intermediate layer, arranged on top of the support layer, c) at least one crystalline solar cell, arranged on top of the intermediate layer, d) a second intermediate layer, arranged on top of the crystalline solar cell, e) a front pane from glass having a thickness of 0.85 to 2.8 mm, arranged on top of the second intermediate layer, and f) an edge reinforcing structure. The edge reinforcing structure projects from the front pane by a height of at least 0.5 mm and has at least one drain channel in every corner of the solar panel. The drain channel connects the interior and the exterior of the edge reinforcing structure.

Abstract: A solar module is described. The solar module has: i) a carrier layer and, arranged thereon one over another, a first intermediate layer, at least one solar cell, a second intermediate layer, and a front pane; ii) a peripheral edge reinforcement arranged above the front pane; iii) an interspace formed by a peripheral projection of the carrier layer; and iv) a peripheral projection of the peripheral edge reinforcement beyond the front pane, the interspace having a sealant.

Abstract: A solar panel is described. The solar panel has at least a support layer and, arranged one on top of the other, a first intermediate layer, at least one solar cell, a second intermediate layer, and a front pane. The solar panel also has a first edge reinforcing layer and a second edge reinforcing layer, at least one terminal housing, and at least two collecting conductors which connect the solar cell to the terminal housing in an electrically conductive manner. The support layer has a portion that projects over the periphery of the front pane. The first edge reinforcing layer is arranged above the peripheral projection and has a cutout. The second edge reinforcement layer is arranged above the first edge reinforcement layer and has an opening. The collecting conductor is located in a cut-out section and in an opening.