Abstract: The piston dispenser for the measured supplying of material to the atomizer of a painting robot is arranged in the hand joint of the robot. Various feasible embodiments of the dispensing cylinder of this piston dispenser are described.

Abstract: Exemplary robots and corresponding exemplary operating methods for a painting system are disclosed. In one example, the robot is a handling robot for opening and closing doors or bonnets of motor vehicle bodies. A robot element of a handling robot that is susceptible to dirt retention, e.g., a handling tool, may be arranged away from the spray jet of a paint during the painting operation and is applied to the component that is to be painted. The robot may include a cleaning device for cleaning or for keeping the robot element of the handling robot that is susceptible to dirt retention clean from paint that is applied with spray jet in the painting operation.

Abstract: In a painting booth (1) for the series coating of application objects, such as vehicle bodies (2) or the add-on parts thereof, painting and/or handling robots (11) are moveable on guide rails (10) arranged above the conveyor (3) of the objects (2) and in particular arranged approximately level with their upper side or thereabove. According to a first aspect of the invention, the guide rail (10) and the basic body (51) of the robot (11), which basic body is guided by the guide rail, are arranged in such a manner that the first axis (A1) of the robot is inclined in relation to the vertical plane which is parallel to the conveying direction. According to a second aspect of the invention, the guide rail (10) is arranged at an inclination or tiltably with respect to a vertical plane which is parallel to the conveying direction.

Abstract: A sensor includes an electronic module that comprises several electronic subassemblies and a processor that can be electrically coupled to the electronic subassemblies. The subassemblies respectively feature a programmable storage device with subassembly-specific data of the respective subassembly. The content of the respective programmable storage devices can be read out and evaluated by the processor.

Abstract: A dedusting device and method is disclosed for the dry or moist dedusting (i.e., cleaning, dusting, or removal of dirt, dust, or other debris) from components, e.g., of motor vehicles. An exemplary method may generally include positioning a dusting tool driven by a drive motor in a predetermined dusting position such that the tool contacts or touches the component, and determining a first operating variable of the drive motor of the dusting tool when positioning the dusting tool in the predetermined dusting position. The first operating variable may reflect a mechanical load of the drive motor due to the contact with the component to be dusted. The method may further include calculating a corrected dusting position as a function of the predetermined dusting position and the first operating variable of the drive motor, and positioning the dusting tool in the corrected dusting position.

Abstract: A rotary atomizer arrangement and methods for operating the same are disclosed. An exemplary atomizer may be used for the coating of work pieces, and may include a bell plate driven by an electric motor. The exemplary atomizer may further be configured for the detection of errors in the spraying process and/or the drive system of the bell plate, such as by analyzing corresponding parameters of typical values of the drive motor.

Abstract: A transformer arrangement is disclosed for an electrostatic sprayer or in an adjacent moving element of a coating machine. A transformer provides a galvanic isolation between the line arrangement provided for supplying power to the sprayer arrangement, and consumers at high voltage in the sprayer or possibly in the robot arm. This isolation may be provided with an isolating transformer which has a sufficient isolation distance or other isolation device between the primary and secondary circuits.

Abstract: A field device for measuring a filling level, a pressure or a density of a medium in a container includes data memory with two memory areas that are separated from one another. First data for safety-critical program modules is stored in the first memory area. Second data for safety-uncritical program modules is stored in the second memory area. The two memory areas are separated from one another. All access to these memory areas is controlled by a memory management unit.

Abstract: An electronic module for level measurements, pressure measurements or density measurements is disclosed. In the module, a safety-relevant function is transferred into an area that is categorized as safety-uncritical. In order to prevent malfunctions, a diagnostic function is performed in the safety-critical area of the electronic module in order to check the transferred function. This diagnostic function is also checked with respect to its effectiveness during the safety-oriented operation. Suitable measures can be initiated in case an error is detected.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for registering analytical images comprising obtaining an image of an array, wherein the image depicts fiducials that can be used to register the sequential images of the array by determining the average intensity of the fiducials and then positioning the sequential images such that the average intensity of the fiducials attains either a maximum or minimum value.

Abstract: A pulse running time filling level sensor includes a sampling device for sampling an IF signal at discrete instants and for converting the sampling values into digital sampling values, and a digital signal processing device for subsequent processing of the digital sampling values by calculating at least one new value characterizing the IF curve from respectively exactly two digital sampling values.

Abstract: The present invention includes a system and a method for communicating emergency data. In its various embodiments, discussed in detail below, the present invention provides an interface between at least one mobile device and at least one data center, the latter of which is preferably networked such that it can be accessed through normal Internet protocols. The system of the present invention further provides for a network gateway that links the mobile device to the data center and provides means for translating information usable by the mobile device into information usable by the data center. In its more preferred embodiments, the emergency data is communicated according to two protocols, including HTTP, MMS, WAP or SMS, a first of which applying to communications with the data center and a second of which applying to communications with the mobile device.

Abstract: A change station for atomizer (7) and other tools that contains a carousel-like rotatable and/or linearly movable mount (112) is arranged on the wall of the cabin of a coating installation. The arrangement is such that the storage locations of the change station are accessible both to the coating machine (151) in the cabin and from outside the cabin.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a computer system to compare images generated from a randomly ordered array. This system preserves the relative position of each site within the array so that the same site can be compared in different images.

Abstract: A robotic paint applicator having a plurality of relatively movable housing enclosures each including an explosion proof motor including a housing having a gas inlet and outlet, and a source of non-combustible gas under pressure connected to each motor housing inlet circulating non-combustible gas through the motor housing and directing non-combustible gas into the robot housing enclosures. The robot housing enclosures are substantially air-tight and interconnected with a control unit operating an inlet valve to maintain a predetermined pressure of non-combustible gas within each robot housing enclosure. The method of this invention includes purging the motor housings and robot enclosures at a first pressure and maintaining a lesser pressure of non-combustible gas following purging.

Abstract: A change station for atomizer (7) and other tools that contains a carousel-like rotatable and/or linearly movable mount (112) is arranged on the wall of the cabin of a coating installation. The arrangement is such that the storage locations of the change station are accessible both to the coating machine (151) in the cabin and from outside the cabin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to (poly)peptides, which are recognized by anti-HHV8 antibodies of HHV-8 infected patients, whereby these (poly)peptides are not naturally occurring HHV-8 proteins. The present invention further relates to polymers, comprising at least two identical or different peptides according to the invention as well as conjugates, comprising said peptides and/or polymers thereof. Furthermore, this invention provides mixtures, comprising said peptides and/or polymers thereof, which are used to detect anti-HHV-8 antibodies with high sensitivity and specificity. In addition, the present invention relates to a diagnostic kit, comprising said peptides, polymers and/or mixtures thereof, which can be used for the detection of anti-HHV-8 antibodies and for the diagnosis of an HHV-8 infection, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to monoclonal antibodies capable of specifically binding to and recognizing an antigenic determinant (epitope) of the protein kaposin or a derivative thereof, hybridoma cell lines producing said monoclonal antibodies, diagnostic systems for the detection of the presence of a kaposin protein or a derivative thereof as well as antibodies directed against the kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, methods for detection of the expression of kaposin protein or a derivative thereof in a biological sample, methods for the detection of antibodies directed against kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, uses of the monoclonal antibodies provided according to the invention and uses of the kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, each in diagnostics and therapy.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to monoclonal antibodies capable of specifically binding to and recognizing an antigenic determinant (epitope) of the protein kaposin or a derivative therof, hybridoma cell lines producing said monoclonal antibodies, diagnostic systems for the detection of the presence of a kaposin protein or a derivative thereof as well as antibodies directed against the kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, methods for detection of the expression of kaposin protein or a derivative thereof in a biological sample, methods for the detection of antibodies directed against kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, uses of the monoclonal antibodies provided according to the invention and uses of the kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, each in diagnostics and therapy.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to monoclonal antibodies capable of specifically binding to and recognizing an antigenic determinant (epitope) of the protein kaposin or a derivative therof, hybridoma cell lines producing said monoclonal antibodies, diagnostic systems for the detection of the presence of a kaposin protein or a derivative thereof as well as antibodies directed against the kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, methods for detection of the expression of kaposin protein or a derivative thereof in a biological sample, methods for the detection of antibodies directed against kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, uses of the monoclonal antibodies provided according to the invention and uses of the kaposin protein or a derivative thereof, each in diagnostics and therapy.