Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method for producing a ball valve for regulating a fluid. In one example embodiment, the method includes the steps of: providing first and second housing parts of the valve housing, said first and second housing parts each including at least a central housing part and a connection end; providing a valve element shaped as a ball with at least one through-going aperture; arranging the first and second housing parts with the respective central part ends facing towards each other, and further arranging the ball at a position inside an inner space defined by the respective central parts; and welding the first and second housing parts together using a welding tool while performing an interrelated rotation about an axial rotation axis between the position of the first and second housing parts and the position of the ball.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a new type of food ingredient containing a combina-tion of insoluble whey protein particles having a particle size in the range of 1-10 micron (referred to as type A particles) and acid-gellable whey protein aggregates (referred to as type B particles). The invention furthermore pertains to whey protein-based, yo-ghurt-like products containing the combination of type A and type B particles and to methods of producing the food ingredient and the whey protein-based, yoghurt-like products.

Abstract: A web-like fibrous material consisting of fibres standing on end is produced from a starting material consisting of a web-like fibrous material, in which the fibres are oriented substantially transversely or longitudinally of the web. The starting material is cut into strips which in well-known manner are arranged side by side with the fibres standing on end. It is the object of the invention to eliminate the spaces or interfaces between these strips in a more efficient manner than has hitherto been possible. To this end, the side-by-side pattern of strips is deposited on a moving intermediary supporting surface, on which they are retained by an attractive force directed towards said surface and are at the same time subjected to a spreading action transversly of the strips, whereafter the fibres are deposited at a second depositing position on a moving product receiving surface while at the same time interrupting the attractive force acting on the fibres being deposited.