Abstract: A feeding screw machine for feeding a processing screw machine comprises a housing with at least two housing bores formed therein and screw shafts rotatably arranged in the at least two housing bores. The at least two housing bores and the at least two screw shafts define a free volume in a respective cross-sectional plane, which decreases monotonically at least in some regions for continuous compression of a material in a conveying direction. This enables an improved supply of material with a low bulk density.

Abstract: A process for preparing a storage-stable silane-terminated polymer of formula (I) or (II) where D is linear or branched hydrocarbon group, A is polymer backbone selected from group, R1, R1?, R2 and R2? are each linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n is 1, 2 or 3, x and y are natural numbers between 1 and 10, G is linear or branched hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 hydrocarbon atoms, F is linear, branched or cyclic organic radical containing no isocyanate-reactive groups, m is natural number greater than 1, E is reactive group reacting with isocyanate group and selected from group consisting of NH2, NHR4 and SH, and R4 is linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.

Abstract: In order to specify a method for controlling a transport unit (TE) of a transport device (1) in the form of a long-stator linear motor, said method allowing safe transport of an object (O) without exposing the object (O) to critical movement limit values, the invention provides that a movement profile of the transport unit (TE) is established at least in sections along the transport path (2) depending on a relative movement profile of a relative point (PR) connected to the transport unit (TE) and spaced at a distance from a reference point (PT) of the transport unit (TE).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for removing fluoroorganic acidic compounds from a solution comprising at least one protic solvent, comprising: forming a mixture of a solution comprising at least one fluoroorganic acidic compound comprising less than 15 carbon atoms and protic solvent, wherein the solution has a pH of 4, with an extraction composition comprising at least one trialkylamine and organic solvent; reacting the fluoroorganic acidic compound with the trialkylamine to form a hydrophobic ionic compound comprising the anion of the fluoroorganic acidic compound and the cation of the trialkylamine; separating the mixture into a first phase comprising the protic solvent and at most 50 wt.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a railway track (11) is provided, the method comprising detecting monitoring signals (MS) by a distributed acoustic sensor (10) being arranged along the track (11), where each monitoring signal (MS) comprises a monitoring signal value (MSV) for a first measurement segment (12) of the distributed acoustic sensor (10) and a monitoring signal value (MSV) for a second measurement segment (22) of the distributed acoustic sensor (10), determining a first event monitoring signal value (EV1) for the first measurement segment (12) from the monitoring signal values (MSV) that are detected during the passage of a rail vehicle over the position of the first measurement segment (12), determining a second event monitoring signal value (EV2) for the second measurement segment (22) from the monitoring signal values (MSV) that are detected during the passage of a rail vehicle over the position of the second measurement segment (22), and determining a difference value (DV) where the difference value (DV

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for removing fluoroorganic acidic compounds from a dispersion of fluoroorganic polymer particles in at least one protic solvent, the process comprising the following steps: (i) forming a mixture of a. a dispersion having a pH-value of less than 6 and comprising fluoroorganic polymer particles, at least one protic solvent and at least one fluoroorganic acidic compound with b.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for removing fluoroorganic acidic compounds from an emulsion of fluoroorganic polymer particles, the process comprising the following steps: (i) forming a mixture of a. an emulsion comprising fluoroorganic polymer particles, at least one fluoroorganic acidic compound and at least one protic solvent, with b.

Abstract: A discharge apparatus for texturing a food composition, in particular a meat substitute composition, includes a first boundary member having a first texturing surface and a second boundary member having a second texturing surface, a gap formed between the texturing surfaces, at least one feed opening for continuously feeding the food composition into the gap and at least one discharge opening for continuously discharging the food composition from the gap. The first boundary member and the second boundary member are rotatably drivable relative to each other about an axis of rotation. The first texturing surface and the second texturing surface each extend between the respective first feed opening and the at least one discharge opening radially to the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A filter unit for an extruder assembly comprises a support body with a hollow cylindrical wall section and a base section connected thereto, wherein the support body has a central longitudinal axis and delimits an inner space, wherein the hollow cylindrical wall section has a plurality of through openings opening into the inner space and forms an outlet opening for a molten plastic opposite the base section; and a displacement element for displacing the molten plastic which has entered the inner space, in particular via the through openings, substantially in the direction of the central longitudinal axis, wherein the displacement element and the support body are configured and/or produced in one piece, as well as filter arrangement with a plurality of such filter units, filter changing device with at least two filter arrangements and method for producing such a filter unit.

Abstract: A sample separation network includes a server node, a plurality of client nodes coupled with the server node, a plurality of sample separation devices coupled with the server node, wherein each of the sample separation devices includes device-specific control software configured for controlling specifically the respectively assigned sample separation device, wherein at least one of the server node and the client nodes includes generic control software configured for generically controlling sample separation devices in a non-device-specific way, and wherein at least one of the server node and the client nodes and the sample separation devices is configured for loading device-specific control software from a sample separation device to at least one of the server node and the client nodes upon connection of said sample separation device to the sample separation network.

Abstract: A method for aligning a workpiece in a working space of a machine tool having a numerical control system uses a probe. 3D models of the working space, probe, and workpiece are virtually displayed. The workpiece is positioned in the working space and the virtual workpiece is positioned in the virtual working space so that there is an initial coincidence between positions thereof. The probe is manually positioned relative to the workpiece, wherein a planned probing point and probing direction are selected based on a minimum distance of the virtual probe from the virtual workpiece, and are displayed. Enabling of the probing is based on quality of the planned probing point, and, when enabled, a probing operation is triggered, and coordinates of a probing point are determined. The position of the workpiece is recalculated using these coordinates, and the position of the virtual workpiece is updated.

Abstract: In order to improve the planning and implementation of the manufacture of a product in a manufacturing plant, the manufacturing plant is modeled via a machine network plan modeling the manufacturing plant as a network of manufacturing nodes, and the product to be manufactured being modeled via a product synthesis plan modeling the hierarchical structure of the product in the form of a tree of product synthesis nodes. The machine network plan and the product synthesis plan are linked with each other to form a manufacturing sequence, in which a manufacturing node of the machine network plan is selected for each operation node of the product synthesis plan, which selected manufacturing node carries out the manufacturing process to be carried out at the relevant operation node. The manufacturing sequence is carried out in the manufacturing plant via a system controller in order to produce the product.

Abstract: The use of an organocarbonate-modified prepolymer having at least an average of 1.5 carbonate, thiocarbonate, carbamate or thiocarbamate groups bonded directly to the polymer backbone each via an oxygen atom, where each of these oxygen atoms has its origin in the reaction of a primary, secondary or tertiary hydroxyl group of the polymer backbone and a reactive compound selected from the group consisting of a diorganocarbonate, a diorganothiocarbonate, a cyclic carbonate, a cyclic thiocarbonate, an N,N-diheterocyclourea derivative and an N,N-diheterocyclothiourea derivative. Also, the preparation of the alkoxysilane polymers.

Abstract: A method for preparing a zeolite L host-guest material hosting at least one type of guest molecule including the steps of: a) obtaining a composition including at least one cyclic siloxane and a mixture of guest molecules and zeolite L crystals having straight through channels, and b) heating the composition obtained in step a) to at least 100° C. to incorporate the organic guest molecules in the channels of the zeolite L crystals.

Abstract: In order to improve control of a long-stator linear motor, a first measured value is ascertained in a first measurement section and a second measured value is ascertained in a second measurement section, in each case along a transport path in a movement direction. The first measurement section overlaps, in the movement direction, the second measurement section in an overlap region, and the first measured value and the second measured value represent the same actual value of a physical quantity. An operating parameter of the long-stator linear motor determined based on a deviation occurring between the first measured value and the second measured value.