Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Peter Knispel

Frank Gerstenberg

A device and a method are provided for checking whether when an object has a sufficiently. The object to be examined extends in an object plane. A force exertion device exerts a force on the held object such that the force includes a force component at right angles to the object plane. A fan generates a flow of a fluid which hits a movement area of the object. A holding device holds the object so that the object is held flat in a holding subsurface of the object plane and is movable in a movement area located outside the holding subsurface at right angles to the object plane. A measuring device tests whether the force produced by the force exertion device causes the movement area of the object to be deflected by a distance at right angles to the object plane which is greater than a predetermined limit.

Equipment and method to detect flexible devices

A method is provided for weighing a series of mail pieces such as letters, flats or a mixture thereof, that are being conveyed through a weighing module. Each mail piece has a length which falls within a range bounded by a maximum length and a minimum length. The mail pieces are conveyed through the weighing module at a substantially constant speed while maintaining a minimum gap between successive mail pieces as the mail pieces pass through the weighing module. The weight of each mail piece is measured during a measurement time when that mail piece is the only mail piece moving on the scale. The scale is sized so that measurement times for mail pieces between the maximum and minimum lengths will vary.

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Constance, Germany

Peter Knispel