Abstract: The invention concerns the operation of a pneumatic device for the metered delivery of a liquid and a pneumatic device particularly suited for operation in accordance with the invention. The pneumatic device has a pressure tank that can be connected to a compressed air source by means of an inlet valve and with the surroundings by means of an outlet valve. For delivery of the liquid, a pressure pulse is applied to the liquid container containing the liquid in that the pressure tank is temporarily connected to the liquid container via a changeover valve. After the end of the pressure pulse, the pressure prevailing in the pressure tank is increased to a value that is greater than the set value to be achieved during the pressure pulse.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer comprises an elongate horn, a counterpiece, two piezoelectric drives and a screw. The counterpiece is fastened to the horn by means of the screw and thus clamps the piezoelectric drives, which are arranged on either side of a longitudinal axis of the ultrasonic transducer, between the horn and the counterpiece. The ultrasonic transducer is designed in such a way that the tip of a capillary which is clamped in the horn can oscillate in two different directions.

Abstract: Determination of the height difference between a first reference point and a second reference point, at least one of the two reference points lying on a semiconductor chip, which is mounted on a substrate, comprises the steps A) recording a first image from a first direction, which runs diagonally to the surface of the substrate at a predetermined angle ?2, the substrate and the semiconductor chip being illuminated from a second direction which runs diagonally to the surface of the substrate at a predetermined angle ?3, a telecentric optics being located in the beam path, B) recording a second image from the second direction, the substrate and the semiconductor chip being illuminated from the first direction, either the cited telecentric optics or a further telecentric optics being located in the beam path, C) ascertaining a first coordinate of the position of the first reference point and a first coordinate of the position of the second reference point in the first image and determining a first difference

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer comprises an elongate horn, a counterpiece, two piezoelectric drives and a screw. The counterpiece is fastened to the horn by means of the screw and thus clamps the piezoelectric drives, which are arranged on either side of a longitudinal axis of the ultrasonic transducer, between the horn and the counterpiece. The ultrasonic transducer is designed in such a way that the tip of a capillary which is clamped in the horn can oscillate in two different directions.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a piece of foil on a substrate comprises a holder for receiving a strip of foil which is wound up on a roll, a loop buffer, an alignment unit in which the strip of foil is guided between two parallel plates and is deflected at least twice, a feed unit for the intermittent feeding of the strip of foil and a cutting unit for cutting a piece of foil. The cutting unit comprises two blades which touch each other in a contact point in order to cut the piece of foil.

Abstract: The invention concerns the operation of a pneumatic device for the metered delivery of a liquid and a pneumatic device particularly suited for operation in accordance with the invention. The pneumatic device has a pressure tank that can be connected to a compressed air source by means of an inlet valve and with the surroundings by means of an outlet valve. For delivery of the liquid, a pressure pulse is applied to the liquid container containing the liquid in that the pressure tank is temporarily connected to the liquid container via a changeover valve. After the end of the pressure pulse, the pressure prevailing in the pressure tank is increased to a value that is greater than the set value to be achieved during the pressure pulse.