Abstract: Method for joining a fluid conduit and a connection hub. There is provided a method for joining a fluid conduit 2 and a connection hub 7, wherein a fluid 2 conduit is provided having an at least partially transparent end section 1. Also provided is a connection hub 7 comprising a hub cavity 9 having a shape complementary to a shape of the end section of the fluid conduit 1. The end section of the fluid conduit 1 is at least partly introduced into the hub cavity 9 through an opening in the hub, wherein a contact interface between at least a lateral wall part of the end section 1 and a hub cavity 9 wall is established. The method includes heating a target zone 27 in the contact interface, for joining the fluid conduit 2 and the connection hub 7 at the target zone 27, by directing a light beam 29 across the at least partially transparent end section 1 of the fluid conduit 2 from a side of the fluid conduit 2 which is opposite a side of the target zone 27.

Abstract: Method for joining a fluid conduit and a connection hub. There is provided a method for joining a fluid conduit 2 and a connection hub 7, wherein a fluid 2 conduit is provided having an at least partially transparent end section 1. Also provided is a connection hub 7 comprising a hub cavity 9 having a shape complementary to a shape of the end section of the fluid conduit 1. The end section of the fluid conduit 1 is at least partly introduced into the hub cavity 9 through an opening in the hub, wherein a contact interface between at least a lateral wall part of the end section 1 and a hub cavity 9 wall is established. The method includes heating a target zone 27 in the contact interface, for joining the fluid conduit 2 and the connection hub 7 at the target zone 27, by directing a light beam 29 across the at least partially transparent end section 1 of the fluid conduit 2 from a side of the fluid conduit 2 which is opposite a side of the target zone 27.

Abstract: A method is provided for cooling a beverage in a container, the container being provided in contact with a cooling contact body thermally conductively coupled to a cooling element. The method comprises operating the cooling element and obtaining an ambient temperature of the environment outside the container and the cooling contact body. Based on the ambient temperature, a cut on temperature is defined and a temperature value indicative of a temperature of the beverage is obtained. The cooling element is operated if the temperature is larger than the cut on temperature until an end criterion is met. A higher ambient temperature may require more cooling of the beverage to ensure the temperature of the beverage is maintained between acceptable boundaries. A higher environmental temperature, requiring more cooling, means faster switching on or off. By using a switch on temperature based on the ambient temperature, more efficient cooling may be established.

Abstract: A slider for an optical apparatus having an optical lens defining a focal point, includes a resilient element configured for maintaining a distance between a portion of the slider and a disk; and a sloped end. The optical lens is located over a portion of the sloped end. The slider further includes at least two legs; and an island having a first portion located between the two legs and a second portion located outside the two legs.

Abstract: This invention relates to a slider (11) for an optical data writing/reading apparatus (1), the slider carrying an optical lens (40) defining a focal point (42), the slider having a configuration such that, upon variation of the disk speed such as, for example, caused by a slider movement from an inner diameter to an outer diameter, the pitch angle varies owing to a pivot movement about a pivot axis which lies in a vertical plane through the focal point, the pivot axis preferably coinciding with the focal point.

Abstract: Process for the wall ironing of a product in sheet form, which is formed from a metal sheet coated on at least one side with a layer of plastic, the wall-ironing tool comprising a forming surface which the product with a plastic coating layer moves along during the wall ironing, and the forming surface being at an entry angle with respect to the direction of movement of the product, whereby the entry angle varies over the length of the forming surface, in the direction of movement of the product past the forming surface, this entry being smaller in a starting zone of the forming surface than in the subsequent zone thereof.