Abstract: A device is disclosed including a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a drive unit, a slit nozzle with a muzzle end for dispensing lacquer, and a deformation unit. The slit nozzle and the deformation unit are each connected to the frame, and an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions, the transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation at the frame. The drive unit is configured to drive the transfer roller in a rotation direction of the transfer roller, such that the lateral wall continuously passes through a first angular range and the second angular range, each fixed to the frame. The deformation unit is arranged to elastically deform the lateral wall resulting in a respective first deformation section of the lateral wall passing through the first angular range and a respective second deformation section of the lateral wall passing through the second angular range.

Abstract: A structure and equipment system installed in an aircraft includes vertical supports, a rail device, a connector, guiding elements, pivot joints, and locking devices. The rail device is arranged on the aircraft to guide the guiding elements along a rail device extension axis. Via the connector, the vertical supports are arranged in parallel and connect to form a grid arrangement with the guiding elements arranged thereon. The pivot joints are attached to upper ends of the vertical supports to pivot them. The locking devices each have a first and a second locking element. The grid arrangement is inserted into the aircraft as far as an installation position via the guiding elements on the rail device with vertical supports pivoted upwards from the vertical, by pivoting down into a vertical orientation, the first locking elements can interlock with correspondingly arranged second locking elements to form a load-bearing support structure.

Abstract: A connecting system for connecting components in a vehicle includes a first elongate element with a first connecting face at a first end, and a second elongate element with a second connecting face at a second end. The first and second elements each comprise holding devices distributed along an annular connecting line. The connecting faces are congruent. The connecting faces and holding devices are configured to be brought into a flush superficial contact when the orientations of the elongate elements coincide, and the mutually opposing holding devices then connect with one another. One of the elements has a length adjustment component configured to change a position of the respective connecting face in a longitudinal direction of the respective element. The connecting faces comprise at least one pair of connectable interfaces which correlate with one another in pairs for transfer of a fluid, electrical or optical signals or electrical current.

Abstract: A system for lacquer transfer is disclose having a device for lacquer transfer. The device includes a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer. The slit nozzle is connected to the frame. An outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably to the frame. The slit nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a nozzle with a dispensing end for dispensing lacquer, and a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a circumferential outer contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the nozzle and the transfer roller are arranged such that lacquer is dispensable from the dispensing end onto the outer contact surface and into the depressions, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outer contact surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring the lacquer from the outer contact surface and from the depressions to the work surface of the workpiece. A first hardening unit is formed as a UV-light unit configured for partially hardening the lacquer in a contactless way by emitting UV-light, the first hardening unit is arranged within an interior space defined by the transfer roller.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation to the frame, wherein the slit nozzle is arranged for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated about the axis of rotation, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface of the work piece, wherein the slit nozzle at its muzzle end includes an upper lip and a lower lip as well as a slit between the upper and lower lips for dispensing lacquer.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer with a frame, transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and nozzle for dispensing lacquer, the nozzle connected to the frame, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation to the frame, the nozzle arranged for dispensing lacquer into depressions while the transfer roller is rotated. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring lacquer from the depressions to the work surface, the depressions formed and distributed over the outside contact surface in a predefined pattern having a main orientation direction. Efficiency of lacquer transfer can be increased as the pattern is arranged such that the main orientation direction extends other than perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the transfer roller.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed including a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a nozzle for dispensing lacquer, wherein the nozzle is connected to the frame, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation at the frame, wherein the nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated about the axis of rotation, and wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface of the work piece.

Abstract: A device for a lacquer transfer is disclosed having a transfer roller, the transfer roller includes a cylindrical support body, a first ring element, a second ring element, and a tire, wherein the tire comprises a middle section forming a circumferential outer contact surface with several depressions. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outer contact surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring lacquer from the outer contact surface and from the depressions to the work surface of the workpiece. The tire includes two annular end sections, which are attached to the support body resulting in two axially separated and circumferentially extending connections. The tire, the connections, and the outer shell of the support body are fluid-tight and arranged such that a fluid-tight main cavity is formed between the tire and the support body.

Abstract: A device is disclosed including a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a drive unit, a slit nozzle with a muzzle end for dispensing lacquer, and a deformation unit. The slit nozzle and the deformation unit are each connected to the frame, and an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions, the transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation at the frame. The drive unit is configured to drive the transfer roller in a rotation direction of the transfer roller, such that the lateral wall continuously passes through a first angular range and the second angular range, each fixed to the frame. The deformation unit is arranged to elastically deform the lateral wall resulting in a respective first deformation section of the lateral wall passing through the first angular range and a respective second deformation section of the lateral wall passing through the second angular range.

Abstract: A system for lacquer transfer is disclose having a device for lacquer transfer. The device includes a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer. The slit nozzle is connected to the frame. An outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably to the frame. The slit nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a slit nozzle for dispensing lacquer, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall includes several depressions. The transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation to the frame, wherein the slit nozzle is arranged for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated about the axis of rotation, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface of the work piece, wherein the slit nozzle at its muzzle end includes an upper lip and a lower lip as well as a slit between the upper and lower lips for dispensing lacquer.

Abstract: A device for a lacquer transfer is disclosed having a transfer roller, the transfer roller includes a cylindrical support body, a first ring element, a second ring element, and a tire, wherein the tire comprises a middle section forming a circumferential outer contact surface with several depressions. The transfer roller is configured to roll with the outer contact surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring lacquer from the outer contact surface and from the depressions to the work surface of the workpiece. The tire includes two annular end sections, which are attached to the support body resulting in two axially separated and circumferentially extending connections. The tire, the connections, and the outer shell of the support body are fluid-tight and arranged such that a fluid-tight main cavity is formed between the tire and the support body.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed having a frame, a nozzle with a dispensing end for dispensing lacquer, and a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, a circumferential outer contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the nozzle and the transfer roller are arranged such that lacquer is dispensable from the dispensing end onto the outer contact surface and into the depressions, wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outer contact surface on a work surface of a workpiece for transferring the lacquer from the outer contact surface and from the depressions to the work surface of the workpiece. A first hardening unit is formed as a UV-light unit configured for partially hardening the lacquer in a contactless way by emitting UV-light, the first hardening unit is arranged within an interior space defined by the transfer roller.

Abstract: A device for lacquer transfer is disclosed including a frame, a transfer roller with a circumferential lateral wall, and a nozzle for dispensing lacquer, wherein the nozzle is connected to the frame, wherein an outside contact surface of the lateral wall comprises several depressions, wherein the transfer roller is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation at the frame, wherein the nozzle is arranged contactless to or in direct contact with the outside contact surface of the lateral wall for dispensing lacquer into respective depressions in the lateral wall while the transfer roller is rotated about the axis of rotation, and wherein the transfer roller is configured to roll with the outside contact surface on a work surface of a work piece for transferring the lacquer from the depressions to the work surface of the work piece.

Abstract: A magnetically levitated arrangement for contactless movement over a surface comprising a magnetizable reaction surface and a magnetically levitated unit arranged to interact with the reaction surface. The levitated unit has at least one pair of rotatable rotary magnet units, each unit rotatable about a rotation axis and having magnetic elements arranged with alternating poles and respectively substantially parallel to the rotation axis in a pole connection direction. Each rotary unit pair is formed to interact, due to rotation of the two rotary units in opposite directions relative to one another and relative to the reaction surface, in such a way with the reaction surface, that forces are generated holding the levitated unit at a distance from the reaction surface, and due to the opposite rotation directions of the rotary units of each pair, a directed drive force moving the levitated unit relative to the reaction surface is generated.

Abstract: Production methods for producing a fiber-reinforced metal component having a metal matrix which is penetrated by a plurality of reinforcing fibers are provided. One method includes depositing in layers reinforcing fibers in fiber layers, depositing in layers and liquefying a metal modelling material in matrix material layers, and consolidating in layers the metal modelling material in adjacently deposited matrix material layers to form the metal matrix of the fiber-reinforced metal component. Here, the metal component is formed integrally from alternately deposited matrix material layers and fiber layers. An alternative method includes introducing an open three-dimensional fiberwoven fabric consisting of reinforcing fibers into a casting mold, pouring a liquid metal modelling material into the casting mold and consolidating the metal modelling material to form the metal matrix of the fiber-reinforced metal component.

Abstract: An aircraft structural component having a skin element, including an inner surface, a multitude of transverse stiffening elements, which lie against the inner surface of the skin element, and a multitude of longitudinal stiffening elements, perpendicular to the transverse stiffening elements against the inner surface of the skin element, wherein between a first and a second transverse stiffening element and also between a first and a second longitudinal stiffening element, a first skin section is defined. An aircraft structural component is provided with the quantity of the longitudinal stiffening elements reduced. A first applied reinforcement includes a core layer having a contour line running along the circumference of the skin element, the first applied reinforcement including a face sheet surrounding the core layer on the side thereof which faces away from the skin element, which face sheet is connected to the skin element along the core layer contour line.

Abstract: Production methods for producing a fibre-reinforced metal component having a metal matrix which is penetrated by a plurality of reinforcing fibres are provided. One method includes depositing in layers reinforcing fibres in fibre layers, depositing in layers and liquefying a metal modelling material in matrix material layers, and consolidating in layers the metal modelling material in adjacently deposited matrix material layers to form the metal matrix of the fibre-reinforced metal component. Here, the metal component is formed integrally from alternately deposited matrix material layers and fibre layers. An alternative method includes introducing an open three-dimensional fibrewoven fabric consisting of reinforcing fibres into a casting mould, pouring a liquid metal modelling material into the casting mould and consolidating the metal modelling material to form the metal matrix of the fibre-reinforced metal component.

Abstract: A magnetically levitated arrangement for contactless movement over a surface comprising a magnetizable reaction surface and a magnetically levitated unit arranged to interact with the reaction surface. The levitated unit has at least one pair of rotatable rotary magnet units, each unit rotatable about a rotation axis and having magnetic elements arranged with alternating poles and respectively substantially parallel to the rotation axis in a pole connection direction. Each rotary unit pair is formed to interact, due to rotation of the two rotary units in opposite directions relative to one another and relative to the reaction surface, in such a way with the reaction surface, that forces are generated holding the levitated unit at a distance from the reaction surface, and due to the opposite rotation directions of the rotary units of each pair, a directed drive force moving the levitated unit relative to the reaction surface is generated.