Abstract: Conveying facility for conveying cell stacks formed by segments for the energy cell-producing industry, comprising several transport vehicles which can be moved individually and are each equipped to transport a cell stack, wherein a pick-up region is provided which has at least two transfer stations at which the cell stacks are provided to be picked up by the transport vehicles or at which the segments are stacked onto the transport vehicles to form cell stacks, wherein each transfer station comprises its own cell stacking apparatus which is equipped to combine the segments into cell stacks having a pre-defined cell stack height; a delivery region which is spatially distanced from the pick-up region is provided, in which delivery region the cell stack received in the pick-up region is removed from the transport vehicle; and a control device is provided which is equipped to individually control and/or regulate the movement speed and/or the movement route of the transport vehicles loaded with the cell stacks be

Abstract: Cutting apparatus for cutting segments for energy cells from a continuous web fed into an intermediate space in a cutting plane, having a cutting rotating device which is driven in rotary movement around a rotational axis by the means of a driving device, is arranged on one side of the intermediate space and has at least one cutting blade projecting radially outwards from an interface of the cutting rotating device and at least one counter blade arranged on the other side of the intermediate space, wherein the cutting blade and the counter blade each have a cutting edge, characterised in that the cutting blade comes to rest with its cutting edge in a point-like contact on the cutting edge of the counter blade during the rotary movement of the cutting rotating device, and is thereby aligned at an angle of not equal to zero degrees in relation to the cutting edge of the counter blade, wherein the cutting edge of the cutting blade slides on the cutting edge of the counter blade during the rotary movement of the

Abstract: A device for removing or branching-off product segments from a product flow in the energy-cell manufacturing industry, characterised in that the device has at least one switchable dispenser which is set up to remove a product segment from the product flow as a result of a switch signal.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a plurality of elongate first strips having an aerosol generating material; a plurality of elongate second strips having an inductively heatable susceptor material; and a plurality of elongate third strips to which the plurality of elongate second strips are adhered. A width of each of the elongate second strips is equal to a width of each of the elongate third strips, and the elongate first, second and third strips are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a plurality of elongate first strips having an aerosol generating material; a plurality of elongate second strips having an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which each of the plurality of elongate second strips is attached. The at least one elongate carrier strip is folded along one or more fold lines to form two or more elongate carrier regions, and one or more of the plurality of elongate second strips is attached to each elongate carrier region. The elongate first strips, the elongate second strips and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: An arrangement and method for conveying rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry. The arrangement conveys article segments of first and second rows disposed side by side in pairs in a transverse axial direction. In a conveying inspection section, at least one conveying member conveys a first row of article segments disposed transversely axially behind each other and conveys a second row of article segments disposed transversely axially behind each other. Moreover, one or two head end inspection devices, preferably optical, are provided for inspecting one or both head ends of the first row of article segments along a conveyor path for the first row of article segments of the first row, and one or two head end inspection device, preferably optical, are provided for inspecting one or both head ends of the second row of article segments along a conveyor path for the second row of article segments.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate; (ii) applying at least one susceptor patch to a surface of the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate; (iii) cutting the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate and the at least one susceptor patch applied to the surface thereof to form a plurality of aerosol generating strips and a plurality of susceptor strips; and (iv) forming the plurality of aerosol generating strips and the plurality of susceptor strips into a continuous rod.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material and at least one elongate second strip including an inductively heatable susceptor material. The plurality of elongate first strips and the at least one elongate second strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article having a longitudinal axis. The plurality of elongate first strips are substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis The at least one elongate second strip is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis to define an angle greater than 10 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes: a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material; at least one elongate second strip including an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which the at least one elongate second strip is adhered. Each of the plurality of elongate first strips has a width which is less than a width of the at least one elongate second strip and a width of the at least one elongate carrier strip is greater than the width of the at least one elongate second strip. The elongate first strips, the at least one elongate second strip and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web or a continuous strip of an aerosol generating substrate; (ii) providing a continuous web of susceptor material; (iii) continuously cutting the continuous web of susceptor material to form a plurality of susceptor patches; (iv) consecutively applying the patches to a surface of the continuous web or continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate with a predefined and constant spacing between each successive patch; and forming the web or strip of aerosol generating substrate and the patches into a continuous rod. Step (iii) uses a rotary cutting unit including a support drum supporting the continuous web of susceptor material around its periphery and a cutting drum having a plurality of circumferentially spaced cutting elements around its periphery. The cutting elements cooperate with the support drum to shear cut the continuous web of susceptor material to form the patches.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web or a continuous strip of an aerosol generating substrate having a substantially flat surface; (ii) providing a continuous web of susceptor material; (iii) intermittently applying an adhesive to a surface of the continuous web of susceptor material to form adhesive areas on the surface; (iv) continuously cutting the continuous web of susceptor material at positions between the adhesive areas to form at least one susceptor patch ; (v) adhering the susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface of the continuous web or the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate; and (vi) forming the continuous web or the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate and the at least one susceptor patch adhered to the surface thereof into a continuous rod

Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes: a plurality of elongate first strips including an aerosol generating material; a plurality of susceptor patches including an inductively heatable susceptor material; and at least one elongate carrier strip to which the plurality of susceptor patches are adhered. Each susceptor patch has a length dimension which is substantially equal to its width dimension. The elongate first strips, the plurality of susceptor patches and the at least one elongate carrier strip are arranged to form a rod-shaped aerosol generating article.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate; (ii) separating a continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate from the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate provided in step (i), the continuous strip having a substantially flat surface; (iii) applying at least one susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface of the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate obtained by step (ii); (iv) cutting the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate to form a plurality of aerosol generating strips; and (v) combining the at least one susceptor patch and the continuous strip of aerosol generating substrate obtained by step (iii) with the plurality of aerosol generating strips obtained by step (iv) to form a continuous rod.

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing aerosol generating articles includes: (i) providing a continuous web of an aerosol generating substrate, the continuous web including a substantially flat surface having a centre line; (ii) applying at least one susceptor patch to the substantially flat surface substantially along the centre line to leave an exposed region of the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate on each side of the at least one susceptor patch; (iii) cutting the exposed regions of the continuous web of aerosol generating substrate to form a plurality of aerosol generating strips on each side of the at least one susceptor patch; and (iv) forming the plurality of aerosol generating strips and the at least one susceptor patch into a continuous rod.

Abstract: In a method for transformation of a 3D representation of a part of a body, a central axis of the part of the body to be represented is defined, and a transformation surface that is axis-symmetrical to the central axis is defined. The transformation surface is transformed into a plane and a transformation of the voxels representing the part of the body oriented to the transformed transformation surface is carried out.

Abstract: A centering screw for aligning two elements, particularly a workpiece and a carrier, relative to each other, the centering screw having a first end section with a first outside diameter and a first length, and a second end section with a second outside diameter and a second length, the first end section having a first thread, at least in sections, and a cone being provided for the centering. In this case, the centering screw has the cone in an intermediate section between the first end section and the second end section, the cone having a diameter changing along the intermediate section, the diameter at an end of the cone facing away from the first end section being larger than the first outside diameter, and the end of the cone facing away from the first end section being assigned an axial stop facing away from the first end section.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining the visibility of a satellite for a GNSS-based position determination, including: detecting the environment in a position, in particular determining an unobstructed view of the sky, by means of an environment sensor system and/or a GNSS sensor system and/or a camera sensor system; and merging the detected environment, in particular the unobstructed view of the sky, with a theoretical visibility of a satellite in the position.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of a motor vehicle includes receiving a first signal containing an absolute position of the motor vehicle, receiving a second signal containing a change in the position of the motor vehicle, generating first position information corresponding to the absolute position from the first signal when the first signal is available, and continued from the second signal according to the change in position when the first signal is not available, generating second position information corresponding to the first position information at the beginning of first time segments and continued over the first time segments from the second signal according to the change in position, and determining an error in the first position information using the second position information.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of a motor vehicle includes receiving a first signal containing an absolute position of the motor vehicle, receiving a second signal containing a change in the position of the motor vehicle, generating first position information corresponding to the absolute position from the first signal when the first signal is available, and continued from the second signal according to the change in position when the first signal is not available, generating second position information corresponding to the first position information at the beginning of first time segments and continued over the first time segments from the second signal according to the change in position, and determining an error in the first position information using the second position information.

Abstract: A centering screw for aligning two elements, particularly a workpiece and a carrier, relative to each other, the centering screw having a first end section with a first outside diameter and a first length, and a second end section with a second outside diameter and a second length, the first end section having a first thread, at least in sections, and a cone being provided for the centering. In this case, the centering screw has the cone in an intermediate section between the first end section and the second end section, the cone having a diameter changing along the intermediate section, the diameter at an end of the cone facing away from the first end section being larger than the first outside diameter, and the end of the cone facing away from the first end section being assigned an axial stop facing away from the first end section.