Woodwelding Ag

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Festo Se &co. Kg

Multimaterial-welding Ag

Festo Ag & Co. Kg

Maillefer Sa

Creaholic S.a.

Syndermix Ag

Samuel Malzach

Martin Sigrist

Laurent Torriani

Antonino Lanci

Philipp Bernhard

Joakim Kvist

Mario Weiss

Hannes Merz

Jörg Mayer

Marcel Aeschlimann

Elmar Mock

Alfons Riek

Christoph Berger

Christian Schmid

Kurt Stoll

Laurent Manca

Frederic Lavanchy

Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg

Hans Klingel

Sergey Krasiev

Carole Chapelat

Luc Amgwerd

Curt-Michael Stoll

Judith Wimmer

Martin Helmer

Peter Barmettler

Ivo Aschwanden

Kilian Iannucci

Onur Dayioglu

Andre Klopfenstein

Nicholas Aldersley

Loïc Sottas

Leif Pudewills

Mario Tronza

Carlos Roberto Camozzi

André Klopfenstein

Andrew Hirniak

Philippe Desarzens

Frédéric Lavanchy

Antonio Lanci

Aymeric David Niederhauser

Kilian Augusto Iannucci

Florian Kaufmann

Markus Andreas Müller

Alexandra Krause

Naomi Bitmead

Rafael Luca Zuber

Yann Schaeffer

Markus Andreas Muller

Katja Sylvia Leu-Buerki

Kiflay Mengestabe

A method of mechanically securing a first object to a second object, wherein the first object has a thermoplastic material in a solid state, the second object has a generally flat sheet portion having a second object edge. A third object is provided and arranged to provide an assembly including the first, second and third objects, in which assembly the second object edge is in contact with the thermoplastic material. Mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the assembly by means of a vibrating tool until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material due to friction heat generated between the second object edge and the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows around the second object edge to at least partially embed the second object edge in the thermoplastic material and the third object is caused to be embedded at least partially in the thermoplastic material of the first object.

Method for securing a second object to a first object

A method for supporting designing and operation of a robotic system includes operating a computer-based Inventory configured to operate in a robotic system having Hardware Modules to perform a task, the Inventory including Hardware Module Descriptions including a unique identifier, a description of physical characteristics, a current status and historical data the Hardware Module. The method including the steps of

Method for operating a computer-based inventory of hardware modules of a robotic system

A method for cell stimulation by mechanical energy as well as a method for determining a subject specific set of treatment parameters for acoustic wave stimulation and a method for validating a set of treatment parameters for acoustic wave stimulation. The method for determining a subject specific set of treatment parameters includes generating subject specific data, which includes measuring a geometric property of a body portion, and determining a target field distribution in the body portion. The method for validating a set of treatment parameters for acoustic wave stimulation includes determining a target field distribution of an acoustic field in a body portion, receiving a related set of treatment parameters for at least one transducer, generating a subject specific 3D model of the body portion, and determining a difference between the target field distribution and a field distribution determined in the subject specific 3D model.

Treatment parameters for acoustic wave stimulation

A production cell includes: at least one robot arranged to handle products; at least one buffer area for intermediate storage of products inside the production cell; a vision system with cameras arranged to determine, based on images from the cameras, the identity and the location of objects in the production cell a plurality of production modules, each production module comprising at least one Hardware Module configured to process products; and a plurality of module attachment locations, each module attachment location being configured to connect with an interface section of a production module through at least a physical connection and a power connection.

Production cell

A method of mechanically securing a first object including a thermoplastic material in a solid state to a second object with a generally flat sheet portion, with a perforation of the sheet portion, and with the sheet portion having an edge along the perforation is provided, wherein the first object is positioned relative to the second object so that the edge is in contact with the thermoplastic material and wherein mechanical vibration energy is coupled into the assembly including the first and second objects until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material due to friction heat generated between the edge and the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows around the edge to at least partially embed the edge in the thermoplastic material. After the mechanical vibration stops, the thermoplastic material is caused to re-solidify, whereby the re-solidified thermoplastic material at least partially embedding the edge anchors the first object in the second object.

Securing a second object to a first object

A Hardware Module for a robotic system includes at least one sensor for measuring an internal property of the Hardware Module, a communication unit for communicating with other Hardware Modules, a data storage unit and an embedded controller. The embedded controller is configured to collect collected data, the collected data including: status data representing the current status of the Hardware Module; and operating data representing usage of the Hardware Module wherein at least part of the collected data is determined from sensor data from the at least one sensor, and the embedded controller is configured to perform at least one of: storing the collected data on the data storage unit; and transmitting the collected data via the communication unit.

Hardware module for a robotic system, and mechanical coupling

Medical device

Method of securing a fastener to an object

A container for aerosol-generating articles is provided, including: a box portion formed from a single laminar blank; a lid portion formed from a same single laminar blank as the box portion; a plurality of aerosol-generating articles disposed within the box portion; and a removable laminar blank made from a same material as the single laminar blank, the removable laminar blank being disposed within and attached to the lid portion, the removable laminar blank including at least one longitudinal line of weakness, and the removable laminar blank being foldable along the at least one longitudinal line of weakness to form an elongate cleaning tool having a scraping surface at a distal end thereof.

Container with removable cleaning tool

There is provided a portable extinguisher for extinguishing a single smoking article at a time, the extinguisher including defining a reservoir, a chamber, and an opening configured to receive a smoking article into the chamber, the chamber being sized to receive at least part of the smoking article and being isolated from the reservoir such that there is no fluid communication between the chamber and the reservoir, wherein the reservoir and the chamber are thermally coupled.

Extinguisher for a smoking article

An adaptor for securing a second object includes an anchoring part and an adjustment part, wherein the anchoring part includes a distally facing anchoring surface and a proximally facing first control surface. The adjustment part has a distally facing second control surface positioned to abut against the first control surface. The anchoring part and the adjustment part define a common axis that is not perpendicular to the z direction, wherein the first control surface and possibly also the second control surface is/are helical with respect to the axis. Thereby a relative z position of the adjustment part with respect to the anchoring part is defined by the relative orientation of the adjustment part with respect to the common axis while the second control surface abuts against the first control surface.

Adaptor for securing objects to each other

An adaptor is secured to a first object. The adaptor includes an anchoring part and an adjustment part. The anchoring part includes a distally facing anchoring surface and a proximally facing first control surface. The adjustment part has a distally facing second control surface positioned to abut against the first control surface. The first control surface or the second control surface or both is/are helical. Thereby a relative z position of the adjustment part with respect to the anchoring part is defined by the relative orientation of the adjustment part with respect to the common axis while the second control surface abuts against the first control surface. This is used to adjust the z position of the adjustment part relative to the first object, in connection with the orientation of the adjustment part being defined and possibly fixed by the function of the adaptor/the adjustment part.

Control equipment for generating a rotational travel motion from a rotational drive motion includes a drive shaft, an intermediate body, a reference body, and an output body that are movable relative to each other. The control equipment includes a first transmission and a second transmission, which is different from the first transmission. The first transmission transforms a rotational movement of the drive shaft relative to the reference body into a linear motion component of the intermediate body relative to the reference body, and the control equipment has a displacement line along which the intermediate body moves via the linear motion component of the intermediate body relative to the reference body. The second transmission transforms the linear motion component of the intermediate body relative into a rotational movement of the output body relative to the reference body.

Control equipment

There is provided a portable extinguisher for extinguishing a single smoking article at a time. The extinguisher includes an outer vessel, an inner sleeve, an opening, and a lid. The opening is sized to receive a single smoking article into the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is within the outer vessel and is at least partially separated from the outer vessel. The inner sleeve includes at least one aperture allowing fluid communication between the inner sleeve and the outer vessel. The lid is for closing the extinguisher. When the lid is closed, escape of fluid from the extinguisher is prevented.

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Evilard, Switzerland

Samuel Malzach