Abstract: An apparatus comprising a socket insert that is arranged in a receptacle of the apparatus. The socket insert is connected to an operating medium connector. In the receptacle a data interface is covered by the socket insert and inaccessible from outside. To obtain access to the apparatus software or data, the socket insert can be replaced by a service insert that covers the operating medium output but contacts the data plug. The service insert allows communication with the apparatus control to input or output data and/or programs. The arrangement of the service interface covered by socket inserts provides an effective means for access control to the service interface. It impedes or avoids non-authorized access to the interface and damages for persons and material that otherwise could occur due to the missing disruptive discharge proof potential separation between the service interface and particularly the power section of the apparatus control.

Abstract: A gas turbine has blades. A blade may have a leading edge; a trailing edge; a pressure side and a suction side, which extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The blade has, along the leading edge, a leading edge profile with profile portions, each of which, along its profile portion length, transitioning, proceeding from a depression, into an elevation via a first transition portion and back into a next depression via a second transition portion. An apex of the elevation of a profile portion is arranged in an asymmetric manner in relation to the profile portion length, in such a way that the first transition portion has a first transition length and the second transition portion has a second transition length. The first transition length and the second transition length are different lengths.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a socket insert that is arranged in a receptacle of the apparatus. The socket insert is connected to an operating medium connector. In the receptacle a data interface is covered by the socket insert and inaccessible from outside. To obtain access to the apparatus software or data, the socket insert can be replaced by a service insert that covers the operating medium output but contacts the data plug. The service insert allows communication with the apparatus control to input or output data and/or programs. The arrangement of the service interface covered by socket inserts provides an effective means for access control to the service interface. It impedes or avoids non-authorized access to the interface and damages for persons and material that otherwise could occur due to the missing disruptive discharge proof potential separation between the service interface and particularly the power section of the apparatus control.

Abstract: A surgical instrument having a long shaft comprises, in the shaft, a sealing element produced by primary shaping at the installation location. The sealing element is produced such that any actuating mechanisms are installed and held in place in the shaft and then a curable plastic material is injected into the shaft such that the material encloses the actuating element along a length that is greater than the inside diameter and smaller than its length.

Abstract: The invention relates to tissue scissors (10) with improved stability and improved handling that have two structurally and electrically different branches (11, 12). While the sliding surface (25) of the first branch (11) has a metal-ceramic hard material layer (30), such as, for example, titanium nitride, the second sliding surface (34) of the second branch (12) has an electrically non-conductive ceramic layer (33). The material mating produces great mechanical resistance to abrasion in the bearing (17) and on the cutting edges (28, 35). At least one of the branches, in particular branch (12), can have a cermet body (36) to improve the cooling of the cutting edge (35 (28)) and/or keep it sharp, to prevent heating of the branches (11, 12) during coagulation and sticking of the tissue.

Abstract: A surgical instrument having a long shaft comprises, in the shaft, a sealing element produced by primary shaping at the installation location. The sealing element is produced such that any actuating mechanisms are installed and held in place in the shaft and then a curable plastic material is injected into the shaft such that the material encloses the actuating element along a length that is greater than the inside diameter and smaller than its length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing an insulation element (12), which can be arranged radially above at least one guide vane (14) in a housing (10) of a thermal gas turbine. The insulation element (12) is produced from a solid body (24) provided with a metallic shell (26), the solid body (24) consisting at least partially of a ceramic material. The invention also relates to an insulation element (12), which can be arranged radially above at least one guide vane (14) in a housing (10) of a thermal gas turbine, and to an aero engine having a housing (10), in which at least one insulation element (12) is arranged radially above at least one guide vane (14).

Abstract: Disclosed are a turbomachine having at least one radial gap seal which has at least two opposite ceramic coatings which are constructed in each case from a ceramic powder, the particle size of which is smaller than 1.0 ?m, and a turbomachine having at least one radial gap seal, wherein the coatings are built up from powder-based individual layers, the outer layer of which has a higher ceramic fraction than a base layer close to the rotor or stator section respectively, wherein the particle size of the powder material is smaller than 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing cage of a bearing means, in particular a ball or roller bearing, which is produced by means of a generative manufacturing method and has an outer flange and a bearing seat, which are joined together via a plurality of spring beams.

Abstract: The invention relates to tissue scissors (10) with improved stability and improved handling that have two structurally and electrically different branches (11, 12). While the sliding surface (25) of the first branch (11) has a metal-ceramic hard material layer (30), such as, for example, titanium nitride, the second sliding surface (34) of the second branch (12) has an electrically non-conductive ceramic layer (33). The material mating produces great mechanical resistance to abrasion in the bearing (17) and on the cutting edges (28, 35). At least one of the branches, in particular branch (12), can have a cermet body (36) to improve the cooling of the cutting edge (35 (28)) and/or keep it sharp, to prevent heating of the branches (11, 12) during coagulation and sticking of the tissue.

Abstract: An instrument suitable for minimal invasive surgery. The instrument can be introduced into a body, for example, through a trocar, and has two arms and a centrally guided knife for clamping vessels. The central guidance of the knife in at least one of the arms avoids disadvantages that could otherwise develop as a result of the off-center severing of coagulated tissue. Moreover, the clean central guidance of the knife results in lower wear on the knife. Thus, a better cut quality and a longer service life of the knife can be achieved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing cage of a bearing means, in particular a ball or roller bearing, which is produced by means of a generative manufacturing method and has an outer flange and a bearing seat, which are joined together via a plurality of spring beams.

Abstract: A bipolar clamp for high-frequency surgery, in particular for coagulating tissue, having at least two bipolar clamping parts which are movable relative to one another, defining a grasping region between an open position and a coagulation position (e.g., closed position) and having electrodes for coagulating tissue that is grasped by the clamping parts in the grasping region. The clamping parts are formed of an electrically conductive core which is surrounded by a thin-layer electrical insulation and the electrodes are arranged on the clamping parts as thin pin electrodes that protrude through the thin-layer electrical insulation into the grasping region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing an insulation element (12), which can be arranged radially above at least one guide vane (14) in a housing (10) of a thermal gas turbine. The insulation element (12) is produced from a solid body (24) provided with a metallic shell (26), the solid body (24) consisting at least partially of a ceramic material. The invention also relates to an insulation element (12), which can be arranged radially above at least one guide vane (14) in a housing (10) of a thermal gas turbine, and to an aero engine having a housing (10), in which at least one insulation element (12) is arranged radially above at least one guide vane (14).

Abstract: Disclosed are a turbomachine having at least one radial gap seal which has at least two opposite ceramic coatings which are constructed in each case from a ceramic powder, the particle size of which is smaller than 1.0 ?m, and a turbomachine having at least one radial gap seal, wherein the coatings are built up from powder-based individual layers, the outer layer of which has a higher ceramic fraction than a base layer close to the rotor or stator section respectively, wherein the particle size of the powder material is smaller than 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: An instrument suitable for minimal invasive surgery. The instrument can be introduced into a body, for example, through a trocar, and has two arms and a centrally guided knife for clamping vessels. The central guidance of the knife in at least one of the arms avoids disadvantages that could otherwise develop as a result of the off-center severing of coagulated tissue. Moreover, the clean central guidance of the knife results in lower wear on the knife. Thus, a better cut quality and a longer service life of the knife can be achieved.

Abstract: An electrosurgical device for coagulating and/or cutting biological tissue that includes an instrument for application of high-frequency current, an activation switch, a high-frequency generator, and a safety unit. The instrument for application of the high-frequency current includes first and second branches having respective first and second jaw parts that are connected such that they are movable relative to one another. The safety unit interrupts the current supply to electrodes of the instrument when the jaw parts assume a position relative to one another that is not suitable for coagulation by means of the high-frequency current, e.g. when the jaw parts are open. Thus, erroneous operation of the device may be prevented.

Abstract: A bipolar clamp for high-frequency surgery, in particular for coagulating tissue, having at least two bipolar clamping parts which are movable relative to one another, defining a grasping region between an open position and a coagulation position (e.g., closed position) and having electrodes for coagulating tissue that is grasped by the clamping parts in the grasping region. The clamping parts are formed of an electrically conductive core which is surrounded by a thin-layer electrical insulation and the electrodes are arranged on the clamping parts as thin pin electrodes that protrude through the thin-layer electrical insulation into the grasping region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bipolar clamp (10) comprising two scissor members (12, 14), which are joined together mechanically by means of an insulating screw or similar pivot joint (16) about which they can rotate with respect to one another, but are electrically insulated from one another, electrode components (18, 20) at distal ends (22, 24) of the scissor members (12, 14) for grasping tissue and conducting an electrical current through the tissue to cause. coagulation, handle devices (26, 28) at proximal ends (30, 32) of the scissor members (12, 14), current-supply means (34, 40, 42) at the proximal end (32) of one scissor member (14) ratchets (36, 38) between the pivot joint (16) and the proximal ends (32, 34) to lock, the scissor members (12, 14) to one another in a closed position.

Abstract: The present invention is a control method and numerical control for the vibration-reduced acceleration of a movable machine element of a numerically controlled industrial processing machine, in which a path of movement of the machine or machine element is broken down into directly successive interpolatable movement sections In the interpolation, resultant acceleration profiles which lie in a range close to a critical natural frequency of the machine or machine element are carried out with a reduced acceleration. By this method, intervention is made only in critical ranges of the acceleration profile, uncritical ranges remain uninfluenced, as a result of which drastic time losses during positioning can be avoided.