Abstract: The invention relates to a grommet for an electrical connector, an electrical connector assembly, and a method for manufacturing such a connector assembly. The grommet comprises an elastically expandable tube section and a cap-shaped housing section. The tube section comprises a cable receptacle for passing through an electrical cable connected to the electrical connector. The housing section comprises a connector receptacle connected to the cable receptacle for receiving the electrical connector. The grommet forms a seal which surrounds an opening of the housing section facing away from the tube section. The invention is based on the object of configuring the grommet such that the manufacture of the connector assembly, in which the electrical connector is disposed at least in sections in the connector receptacle and the electrical cable is disposed at least in sections in the cable receptacle, can be largely automated.

Abstract: A self-piercing rivet with a head and a shank which has a shank diameter (Ds), wherein, at a foot end opposite the head, the shank has an axial recess which has an axial depth (LB), wherein the axial recess has a recess volume, wherein a ratio of recess volume to volume of the shank and the head is in the range of 0.06 to 0.08.

Abstract: Shown is a housing part for a hybrid connector for the transmission of electrical current and at least one fluid to a mating connector along a connection direction, comprising an electrical connection area and a fluid connection area which is separate from the electrical connection area and comprises an external connection located at a distal end with at least one fluid channel for connecting at least one fluid hose transversely to the connection direction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a protective covering for a robot hand axis of a robot, in particular in a painting robot. The protective covering according to the disclosure has a protective sheath for at least partially enclosing the robot hand axis. Furthermore, the protective covering according to the disclosure has a proximal protective sheath fastening for fastening the protective sheath to a fastening point on a proximal component of the robot hand axis or on the robot arm of the robot. Furthermore, the protective covering according to the disclosure has a distal protective sheath fastening for fastening the protective sheath to the tool. The disclosure provides that the proximal protective sheath fastening and preferably also the distal protective sheath fastening allows a rotational movement of the protective sheath relative to the fastening point on the proximal component of the robot hand axis or on the robot arm of the robot.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrically insulating connector housing, at least one electromagnetically shielded contact device including an electromagnetic shield, at least one clamping screw, and an electrically insulating protective cap. The at least one clamping screw mechanically secures an electrical contact of the contact device. The electrically insulating protective cap is provided at or on the connector housing, and electromagnetically closes at least one shielding hole defined in the electromagnetic shield of the contact device.

Abstract: A clamping screw device has a clamping screw extending in an axial direction and including a screw head that is rotatable, a screw body, and a screw foot. The clamping screw device has an electrical insulation on an outside of the screw head. The electrical insulation accommodates an electromagnetic shielding and/or a seal.

Abstract: A method, device, and system for managing a mining facility including a plurality of systems. The method includes generating, on a simulation unit, system models for one or more systems from the plurality of systems of the mining facility. The system models are generated based on one of input signal, sensor data and output signal from the plurality of systems at the mining facility. The method further includes generating a facility model of the mining facility based on dependencies between the system models and managing the mining facility by simulating operation of the mining facility using the facility model.

Abstract: A self-piercing rivet with a head and a shank which has a shank diameter (Ds), wherein, at a foot end opposite the head, the shank has an axial recess which has an axial depth (LB), wherein the axial recess has a recess volume, wherein a ratio of recess volume to volume of the shank and the head is in the range of 0.06 to 0.08.

Abstract: A method of creating a plotline though audience interaction provides a system for collecting audience development preferences and instruction and distributing that feedback to appropriate parties. The system accomplishes this by providing an application or other interface that facilitates communication and enables determination of a most-preferred outcome or series of events through a voting process. The audience can be divided into teams, preferably protagonists and antagonists. The teams are initially set in opposition to each other, with each team generating storylines for their characters. A team must determine each action of the characters in advance to stay ahead of the opposing team. The outcome of every storyline depends solely on the decisions of the audience. The show will be written and filmed according to the choices that the audience makes. Additional storylines with additional characters can further be incorporated onto the main storyline.

Abstract: A method of welding a weld stud to a workpiece and of checking the strength of the welded joint includes the steps of providing a tool, a workpiece, and a weld stud, the weld stud including a shank and a polygonal shaped head; welding the weld stud onto the workpiece; applying the tool to the polygonal shaped head section of the stud; applying a predetermined test torque to the weld stud with the tool; and checking the welded joint for satisfactory acceptance of the test torque.

Abstract: Various exemplary illustrations of an electrode assembly for an electrostatic atomizer, for example for a rotation atomizer, and exemplary methods of making and/or using the same, are disclosed. An exemplary electrode assembly may not include an electrode holder arrangement for holding at least one electrode creating an electrostatic field about a symmetrical axis, wherein there is dielectric material for influencing a discharge current component extending in the direction of the symmetrical axis.

Abstract: Various exemplary illustrations of an electrode assembly for an electrostatic atomizer, for example for a rotation atomizer, and exemplary methods of making and/or using the same, are disclosed. An exemplary electrode assembly may not include an electrode holder arrangement for holding at least one electrode creating an electrostatic field about a symmetrical axis, wherein there is dielectric material for influencing a discharge current component extending in the direction of the symmetrical axis.

Abstract: Various exemplary illustrations of an electrode assembly for an electrostatic atomizer, for example for a rotation atomizer, and exemplary methods of making and/or using the same, are disclosed. An exemplary electrode assembly may include an electrode holder arrangement for holding at least one electrode creating an electrostatic field about a symmetrical axis, wherein there is a dielectric material for influencing a discharge current component extending in the direction of the symmetrical axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plug element (2, 2?) of a plug connector (1) for a sealed electrical plug-and-socket connection extending through a hole (4) in a wall (5), having a protective housing (9, 9?), which comprises an inner chamber (46), which at least in places forms a mating plug receptacle (45) for a mating plug element (3) complementary to the plug element (2, 2?), having a locking device (11, 11?), which is actuatable from outside the protective housing (9) and may be moved from an unlocked position (T) into a locked position (R), the locking device (11, 11?) extending at least in the locked position (R) into the inner chamber (46) and overlapping the mating plug receptacle (45) at least in places, and having at least one sealing element (18, 18?) resting against the protective housing (9, 9?) at least in a final plugged-together position of the plug connector (1), by means of which sealing element the mating plug receptacle (45) may be sealed relative to the external environment of the plug connect

Abstract: A ground covering for sports areas, in particular tennis courts. In order to provide a ground covering for sports areas and in particular for tennis courts which has not only the advantageous play properties of a sand court but also the care and maintenance properties of a hard court, there is provided at least one layer (4) having a first, mineral particle material (1) which is doubly crushed and a second particle material (3) and also a binder (2), wherein an average particle size of the second material (3) is less than an average particle size of the first material (1), and the second material (3) is arranged at least partially in depot zones (5) formed by the first material.

Abstract: A welding stud including a head and a shank extending from the head. The shank has an end region opposite the head and the end region includes at least two angled surfaces which incline towards an axis of the shank in a direction moving away from the head.

Abstract: A ground covering for sports areas, in particular tennis courts. In order to provide a ground covering for sports areas and in particular for tennis courts which has not only the advantageous play properties of a sand court but also the care and maintenance properties of a hard court, there is provided at least one layer (4) having a first, mineral particle material (1) which is doubly crushed and a second particle material (3) and also a binder (2), wherein an average particle size of the second material (3) is less than an average particle size of the first material (1), and the second material (3) is arranged at least partially in depot zones (5) formed by the first material.

Abstract: A method of welding a weld stud to a workpiece and of checking the strength of the welded joint includes the steps of providing a tool, a workpiece, and a weld stud, the weld stud including a shank and a polygonal shaped head; welding the weld stud onto the workpiece; applying the tool to the polygonal shaped head section of the stud; applying a predetermined test torque to the weld stud with the tool; and checking the welded joint for satisfactory acceptance of the test torque.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-and-socket connector with a first housing with first electrical contacts and a second housing with second electrical contacts. The first housing has a lever and a blocking element. The second housing has a toothed surface on which the lever arm can be brought into contact with an actuating surface upon pivoting in order to draw the first and the second housing together into an end position in which the first and the second contacts are contacted with each other.

Abstract: A welding stud includes a shank and a head flange, which projects radially relative to the shank and whose outer circumference is of polygonal design in order to be able to apply a test torque (T) to the stud by means of a tool. The flange includes an annular section (16) whose front facing and radially extending annular surface is designed as a welding surface. The annular section directly adjoins the flange, and the annular section and the flange form a head section which has a uniform outside diameter (D) throughout, and wherein the polygonal shape of the flange extends over the annular section up to its front annular surface.