Abstract: A method of positioning a stator segment of a multi-segment stator of an electrical machine is provided, the multi-segment stator comprising a plurality of segments and a shaft, the method including: mounting a stator segment on the shaft at a first segment position, mounting a plurality of actuators between the segment and the shaft for moving the segment from the first segment position, detecting positions of a plurality of first reference objects attached to the stator segment using a camera system; a plurality of second reference objects attached to the shaft using a laser tracking system and a plurality of third reference objects attached to the camera system using the laser tracking system, determining a second segment position of the stator segment and actuating the plurality of actuators for moving the segment from the first segment position to the second segment position.

Abstract: It is described a method of aiding an assembly process of a rotor (30) of an electrical generator (10), in particular permanent magnet electrical generator, in particular of a wind turbine, the method comprising: arranging a rotor house (31) and a rotor bearing (32) at a static relative position; arranging an optical measurement device (140) at a static position relative to the rotor house (31) and the rotor bearing (32); measuring, using the optical measurement device (140), plural first distances (d1a, d1b, . . . ) between the optical measurement device (140) and plural first measurement locations (11a, 11b, . . . ) at the rotor house (31); determining at least one center point (zh) of the rotor house at at least one axial position or an axis (Z) of the rotor house (31) based on the plural first distances (d1a, d1b, . . . ); measuring, using the optical measurement device (140), plural second distances (d2a, d2b, . . .

Abstract: It is described a method of measuring a geometric characteristic of a stator component (2) of an electrical machine (30), the method comprising: arranging an optical measurement device (5) at a predetermined position (6) relative to the stator component (2), in particular at a first side of the stator component; measuring, by the optical measurement device (5), positions of plural measurement locations (10a, 10b) being in predetermined spatial relations to plural stator component locations (23a, 23b) while keeping the position of the optical measurement device (5) and the stator segment (2) fixed; determining the geometric characteristic based on the measured positions of the plural measurement locations (10a, 10b).

Abstract: It is disclosed a measurement and sorting arrangement for a plurality of magnets (36) for a rotor (30) of an electrical machine (10), the rotor (30) including a rotor house (31) and a plurality of permanent magnets (36). The arrangement includes: a measurement station for measuring at least a dimension of a magnet (36) along a direction which is subject to be aligned with a radial direction of the rotor (30), a storage for storing a plurality of magnets (36) based on the results of the step of measuring (120).

Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.

Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.

Abstract: A method of treating a glass cylinder for a piston-cylinder arrangement for reducing the friction of a piston on an inner cylinder wall of the glass cylinder includes: elevating surface energy of glass of an interior bounded by the inner cylinder wall and hence lowering a contact angle of the glass with water. The contact angle is lowered by: a gas discharge that acts on the glass at the inner cylinder wall and is generated by an electric or electromagnetic field; or the action of ozone on the glass surface. The glass with the lowered contact angle is contacted with water to form a water film on the contacted glass.

Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.

Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.

Abstract: A method of determining a readjustment value in position and/or in orientation of a stator segment of a multi segment stator of an electrical machine is provided, the stator segment to be assembled with a shaft, the method including: detecting positions of plural first reference objects attached to the stator segment using a camera system; detecting positions of plural second reference objects attached to the shaft using a laser tracking system; detecting positions of plural third reference objects attached to the camera system using the laser tracking system; determining the readjustment value in position and/or in orientation of the stator segment based on the positions of the plural first, second and third reference objects.

Abstract: A coating for a glass substrate is a multilayer coating including at least one silicon layer. The at least one silicon layer has a carbon content gradient over its layer thickness.

Abstract: A method for performing a plurality of measurements in the air gap between a stator and a rotor of a generator for a wind turbine is provided The method steps include: mounting distance measuring sensors on a surface of the stator and/or the rotor, the surface facing the air gap, each distance measuring sensor distanced from the other distance measuring sensor(s) along rotational axis, rotating the rotor about the rotational axis, while rotating the rotor, measuring distances between the distance measuring sensors and respective facing points across the air gap, deriving from the distances one or more value(s) of one or more parameter(s) associated with the air gap and/or the stator and/or rotor, wherein a portion of distance measuring sensors are fixed to a longitudinal support, the longitudinal support being fixed on a surface of the stator and/or the rotor, the surface facing the air gap, during the step of mounting.

Abstract: A system for processing food products comprises a slicing apparatus that is configured to cut off slices from food products and to form part portions having one or more slices in a portioning section. A transport device adjoining the portioning section is provided and the portioning section comprises a conveying device that transfers the part portions to the transport device. The system comprises a stacking apparatus that is configured to form a food portion comprising a plurality of part portions. The transport device is configured to transport the part portions onto a product support of the stacking apparatus, wherein the transport device and/or the stacking apparatus has/have a scale for measuring the weight of the part portions and/or of the food portion.

Abstract: A stacking apparatus for preparing food portions comprises at least one product support movable between a feed position and a depositing position, wherein, in the feed position of the product support, a part portion of the food portion to be prepared can be conveyed along a conveying direction onto a support surface of the product support, and wherein the stacking apparatus is configured to place the part portion conveyed onto the product support beneath the product support by moving the product support into the depositing position, in particular to stack the part portion conveyed onto the product support on a previously placed part portion. In the product support, at least one pneumatic channel is furthermore formed that can be connected to a device for generating a pressure difference and that has at least one orifice into the support surface.

Abstract: A payment acceptor (500) includes an inlet, a payment media transport path to transport payment media such as a banknote or a coin from the inlet to an interior of the payment acceptor, and an imaging sensor (501) to capture an image of an object inserted in the payment media transport path. The imaging sensor is configured to capture an image of a user (504) attempting to insert an object (505) into the inlet. At least one processor (3902) is configured to receive one or more images of the media captured by the imaging sensor via at least one of the one or more fiber optic sensors (1121, 1122), analyze at least one of the one or more images to determine at least one media characteristic of the media, store the at least one media characteristic in the memory (3904), and cause the payment acceptor to perform an action based on the at least one media characteristic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting apparatus having a gripper for gripping a product, in particular a food product, having a gripper base, and having a gripper head fastened to the gripper base, wherein the gripper head comprises at least one suction device that can be acted on by vacuum and that can be brought into contact with a section, in particular an end section, of the product to suck it in, with the gripper head being releasably fastened to the gripper base.

Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gripper for gripping a product, in particular a food product, having a suction device which has a contact surface which can be brought into contact with a section, in particular with an end section, of the product, wherein the suction device comprises at least one first suction section which is bounded in the radial direction by a sealing device and which is in communication with a pumping device generating a vacuum; and at least one sealing section which is arranged outside the first suction section viewed in the radial direction of the contact region and at least sectionally, in particular completely, surrounds it in the radial direction. The present invention relates to a cutting apparatus having a corresponding gripper and to a method for cutting a product.

Abstract: A process for making a functionalized hollow body includes: providing a hollow body including a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body, the wall including a layer of glass and having a wall surface with a surface region; at least partially superimposing the layer of glass in the surface region with a functionalizing composition precursor on a side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume, the functionalizing composition precursor including one or more siloxanes; and at least partially contacting the functionalizing composition precursor with a plasma, thereby obtaining the functionalized hollow body including a functionalizing composition which at least partially superimposes the layer of glass in the surface region on the side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume.

Abstract: There is disclosed a food slicing device for slicing food products which has a pre-cooling device for cooling the food product before the slicing and a cutting device with a cutting blade. A temperature registration device for measuring the temperature of the food product and a control unit are provided, wherein the control unit is designed to calculate, based on the temperature measured by the temperature registration device, an instruction for the operation of the pre-cooling device, wherein the pre-cooling device is controllable depending on this instruction. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for slicing a food product in which the food product is pre-cooled in a pre-cooling device, the temperature of the food product is measured after the pre-cooling and before or after the slicing of the food product, and the operation of the pre-cooling device is adjusted depending on the measured temperature level of the food product.