166 patents
Utility
Method for Producing a Component Manufactured In Part Additively for a Technical Device
18 Jan 24
The present invention relates to a method for producing a component manufactured in part non-additively for a technical device, wherein a basic structure of the component with a predefined wall thickness is produced by means of a non-additive manufacturing method, wherein at least one region of the component is determined with the aid of an optimisation method, wherein in the at least one region, a supporting structure is applied to the basic structure by means of an additive manufacturing method.
Herbert AIGNER, Karlmann KANZLER, Georg WIMMER, Christian Michael HERWERTH
Filed: 5 Oct 21
Utility
Method and device for feeding gas to an additive manufacturing space
9 Jan 24
According to the present invention a method is provided for feeding a gas flow to an additive manufacturing space during a manufacturing process wherein the gas flow is established by a pump connected to the manufacturing space wherein the pump is controlled by a set differential pressure, and wherein the gas flow consists of Helium or the gas flow consists of a gas mixture comprising 30 Vol.-% Argon and 70 Vol.-% Helium or the gas flow consists of a gas mixture comprising 50 Vol.-% Argon and 50 Vol.-% Helium or the gas flow consists of a gas mixture comprising 70 Vol.-% Argon and 30 Vol.-% Helium.
Camille Pauzon, Tanja Arunprasad, Andres Torres
Filed: 25 Sep 19
Utility
Process and Plant for Cryogenic Separation of Air
4 Jan 24
A process for cryogenic separation of air using an air separation plant configured as a high air pressure air separation plant is provided, wherein of the air initially compressed several partial air streams are formed which are at least in part further compressed, cooled in a main heat exchanger and expanded before being introduced into the column system.
Dimitri GOLUBEV
Filed: 22 Nov 21
Utility
Method and Conveying Device
28 Dec 23
A method for conveying a cryogen from a storage vessel to a load, comprising the following steps: a) introducing the cryogen from the storage vessel into a conditioning tank, the cryogen flowing from the storage vessel into the conditioning tank only because of the hydrostatic pressure of the cryogen, b) bringing the cryogen accommodated in the conditioning tank into its supercritical state, and c) discharging the cryogen from the conditioning tank to the load, wherein the cryogen accommodated in the conditioning tank is kept in the supercritical state during step c).
Heinz POSSELT, Anton WELLENHOFER, Eva MÜLLER, Stefan FELBINGER, Christian ZACH, Harald ZENZ, Kathrin WELLENHOFER, Hakemi NABEEL, Julia KLEINER, Petya TONEVA, Kay DOST
Filed: 11 Nov 21
Utility
Process and Plant for Producing One or More Hydrocarbons
21 Dec 23
A method for producing one or more hydrocarbons includes feeding a process gas stream into a reactor arrangement.
Andreas Meiswinkel, Hans-Jorg Zander
Filed: 4 Nov 21
Utility
Method for Operating a Cryogenic Refueling Arrangement
21 Dec 23
A method for operating a cryogenic refueling arrangement comprising a coupling device and a receiver socket, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) coupling the coupling device to the receiver socket such that the coupling device and the receiver socket are locked to one another in a first position, b) applying a negative pressure to the coupling device and/or the receiver socket, c) unlocking the coupling device and the receiver socket so that the negative pressure causes the coupling device to move, in a direction toward the receiver socket, from the first position into a second position, which is different from the first position, d) locking the coupling device and the receiver socket in the second position, and e) starting a refueling process.
Florian EHEGARTNER, Peter GERSTL, Bernhard REITER
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Coupling Device and Cryogenic Refueling Arrangement
21 Dec 23
A coupling device for a cryogenic refueling arrangement, having a main valve; a venting valve which is connected parallel to the main valve and which serves for venting a volume, which is provided downstream of the main valve and the venting valve, in order to prepare the coupling device for a refueling operation; a housing which encloses a further volume in which the main valve and the venting valve are arranged; and a shut-off valve which is provided on the housing and by means of which the volume enclosed by the housing is accessible.
Florian EHEGARTNER, Bernhard REITER
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Coupling Device and Cryogenic Refuelling Arrangement
21 Dec 23
A coupling device (1) for a cryogenic refueling arrangement (3), having a valve (9), which is arranged between an inlet (5) and an outlet (7) of the coupling device (1), a primary drive mechanism (11) for opening and closing the valve (9), and a secondary drive mechanism (13) separate from the primary drive mechanism (11), wherein the primary drive mechanism (11) has a switch (10) which is connected upstream of the valve (9), and wherein the secondary drive mechanism (13) opens the switch (10) in order to close the valve (9) as soon as a pulling force (F) acting on the coupling device (1) exceeds a predetermined value.
Florian EHEGARTNER, Bernhard REITER
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Cryogenic Tank-filling Arrangement and Method
21 Dec 23
A cryogenic tank-filling arrangement having a coupling device and a receptacle, wherein the coupling device and the receptacle are designed to be complementary to each other, wherein the cryogenic tank-filling arrangement can be brought with the aid of a pressure change in the intermediate space from an unlocked state—in which the coupling device and the receptacle are accommodated in each other at least in sections, so that the coupling device and the receptacle enclose an intermediate space which is closed off relative to an environment of the cryogenic tank-filling arrangement and which is arranged between an end face of the coupling device and an end face of the receptacle—into a locked state, in which the end face of the coupling device is pressed against the end face of the receptacle due to the pressure change.
Florian EHEGARTNER, Bernhard REITER
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Method and unit for low-temperature air separation
19 Dec 23
The invention relates to a method for a low-temperature air separation in which an air separation unit is used comprising a first rectification column and a second rectification column.
Christian Kunz, Stefan Lochner, Wolfgang Haag, Lars Kirchner, Tobias Lautenschlager, Dimitri Golubev
Filed: 22 Oct 19
Utility
Method and Plant for Producing Olefins
14 Dec 23
A process for producing olefins includes subjecting a first feed stream to dehydrogenation to obtain a first product stream, and subjecting part of the first product stream to a first separation sequence.
Torben Hofel, Helmut Fritz
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Device for Conducting a Chemical Reaction in a Process Fluid in a Production Facility
14 Dec 23
An apparatus for carrying out a chemical reaction in a process fluid includes a reactor comprising one or more reaction tubes which have a number of electrically heatable tube segments which are connected to one another by an electrically conductive star bridge, and at least one power source configured to provide a multiphase alternating current with N phases to N phase lines at a predetermined voltage.
Martin Hofstatter, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Heinz Posselt, Niklas Fleischmann, Kiara Aenne Kochendorfer, Eric Jenne, Andrey Shustov, Werner Josef Still, Torsten Stark
Filed: 10 Sep 21
Utility
Directed decoupling between bundle and core tube in wound heat exchangers
12 Dec 23
The invention relates to a device (1) for use in the production of a tube bundle (3) of a wound heat exchanger (100), wherein tubes (30) are wound in a plurality of tube layers (4) onto a core tube (300) running in an axial direction (z), webs (10) which run in the axial direction (z) being arranged between the tube layers (4).
Manfred Schönberger, Roland Hiller, Christian Michael Herwerth
Filed: 24 Jun 19
Utility
Process and device for treating a waste lye
5 Dec 23
The invention relates to a process for treating a waste lye of a lye scrub using an oxidation reactor (100), the waste lye and oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas mixture being introduced into the oxidation reactor (100) and steam being introduced into the oxidation reactor (100).
Anton Wellenhofer, Jörg Zander, Ekaterina Ananieva, Florian Hairer, Michael Baus, Martin Schubert
Filed: 26 Apr 19
Utility
Torch Seamless Accessory Attachment Mechanism
30 Nov 23
An accessory holder for a torch, comprising: a body having an inner surface and an outer surface, and at least one accessory arranged on the body of the accessory holder and/or a fastening region arranged on the outer surface of the body of the accessory holder, which fastening region is configured to releasably fasten an accessory to the accessory holder.
Erwan SIEWERT, Nakhleh A. HUSSARY
Filed: 9 Aug 21
Utility
Welding Device with Nozzle Apparatus for Cooling a Workpiece During the Welding Process
30 Nov 23
The invention relates to a welding device for welding at least one workpiece, comprising: a welding torch, which is designed to create an electric arc for welding the at least one workpiece; and a nozzle apparatus, which is arranged on the welding torch and has a cooling nozzle array, which has at least one row of cooling nozzles, wherein for cooling the workpiece, the respective cooling nozzle can be supplied with an adjustable volume flow of a cooling medium.
Erwan SIEWERT
Filed: 6 Oct 21
Utility
Method for operating a piston compressor, and piston compressor
28 Nov 23
The invention relates to a method for operating a piston compressor (100) having a reciprocating piston (111) in a cylinder (110), wherein an inlet valve (112) and an outlet valve (113) are provided in the cylinder (110) on the side of a medium (b) which is to be compressed and conveyed, wherein the reciprocating piston (111) is moved to and fro by way of a hydraulic drive (120, 121) with a hydraulic piston (120) with the use of a hydraulic medium (a) in a first volume (141), with which the reciprocating piston (111) is loaded on the side of the hydraulic drive (120, 121), wherein, if required, hydraulic medium (a) is fed into the first volume (141) and/or is discharged from the first volume (141) in a manner which is dependent on a position of the hydraulic piston (120) and/or a rotational angle ((p) of a shaft (121) which is provided for moving the hydraulic piston (120) in relation to a position (x) of the reciprocating piston (120) and/or a pressure (p) in the first volume (141), and to a piston compressor (100) of this type.
Sascha Dorner, Christoph Nagl, Johannes Fritzer, Klaus Fischer
Filed: 6 Nov 18
Utility
Method for Operating a Process System, Process System and Method for Converting a Process System
23 Nov 23
The invention relates to a method for operating a process system, in which method one or more actuators in the process system are set by means of one or more manipulated variable values specified by means of a control process, whereby one or more operating parameters of the process system are influenced.
Gerhard ZAPP, Stefan LENZ, Nicolas BLUM
Filed: 29 Sep 21
Utility
Thermal Integration of an Electrically Heated Reactor
9 Nov 23
The present invention proposes a plant (110) for producing reaction products.
Eric JENNE, Kiara Aenne KOCHENDOERFER, Andrey SHUSTOV
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Device and Method for Controllably Carrying Out a Chemical Reaction
9 Nov 23
A method for regulatedly carrying out a chemical reaction in a reactor having reaction tubes which have a number of electrically heatable tube sections, wherein power connections are provided, which are each connected to at least one of the tube sections, wherein at least one connecting element is provided and each of the tube sections is connected to the connecting element.
Christian Lang, Martin Hofstatter, Mathieu Zellhuber, Anton Wellenhofer, Robert Stegemann, Peter Reiser, Niklas Fleischmann, Christian Ziegler, Heinz Posselt, Clara Delhomme-Neudecker, Andrey Shustov, Eric Jenne, Heinz-Jurgen Kuhn, Kiara Aenne Kochendorfer, Heinrich Laib, Reiner Jacob
Filed: 27 Sep 21