Bardehle Pagenberg S.L

The present disclosure relates to battery cell contacting systems for an electrical vehicle, to electric vehicles and to methods for servicing a battery system of an electric vehicle. A busbar of a battery cell contacting system comprises a connection feature to which a circuit interconnect such as a flexible printed circuit or a flexible flat cable can be releasably attached, for example when a circuit interconnect already attached to the busbar in a permanent manner is damaged.

The present disclosure relates to a continuous freeze-drying system. The system comprises a drying device configured for receiving frozen particles of a substance and for drying the particles. The drying device comprises a rotatable tubular member comprising an inlet section, an outlet section and an intermediate helical section. The freeze-drying system also comprises a vacuum pump system for maintaining a vacuum inside the tubular member and a temperature regulation system configured for controlling a temperature in the tubular member. Furthermore, the system comprises a drive for rotating the rotating tubular member and thereby convey the particles. A control system is also provided for controlling the drive and the temperature regulation system such that the received frozen particles have been dried when arriving at and end of the outlet section. The present disclosure also relates to a freeze-drying method for performing freeze-drying of a substance.

The present disclosure relates to junction boxes for a vehicle comprising a plurality of busbars, and a housing to substantially enclose the plurality of busbars. The housing comprises a base, a cover and one or more sidewalls connecting the base to the cover. The base is made of an electrically insulating material and a portion of at least one of the plurality of busbars is embedded within the base. The present disclosure also relates to suitable methods for producing such junction boxes.

The present disclosure relates to ball mills, ball mill bases, ball mill jars, and to methods for grinding materials. A ball mill comprises a ball mill housing comprising a rotatable base within the housing, the base being configured to eccentrically support a jar and to rotate the jar in a first direction around an axis perpendicular to the base. The base comprises a resilient flexible coupling for supporting the jar on the base.

The present disclosure relates to ball mill systems, ball mills, ball mill jars and grinding balls, and to methods for grinding materials. A ball mill system comprises a ball mill including a ball mill housing comprising a rotatable base within the housing, the base being configured to eccentrically support a jar and to rotate the jar in a first direction around an axis perpendicular to the base. The ball mill system further comprises a jar configured to receive an input material to be milled and a plurality of grinding balls, and a plurality of grinding balls. The grinding balls comprise an outer hollow ball including through holes and an inner ball inside the outer hollow ball.

The present disclosure relates to a radome for protecting an antenna assembly. The radome comprises a body made of dielectric material, wherein the body is configured to redirect at least a portion of waves emitted by the antenna assembly. The present disclosure further relates to antenna systems including such a radome, and to methods of manufacturing such radomes.

The present disclosure relates to a production line (5) for manufacturing a wind turbine blade (11). The production line (5) comprises a first workstation (61) configured for carrying out a post moulding manufacturing step on an assembled blade (10) when the assembled blade (10) passes along the first workstation (61) while being conveyed in a first direction (D1) that is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the assembled blade (10). The first workstation (61) extends over a length in a direction that is substantially parallel to the first direction (D1). The length of the first workstation (61) is less than a longitudinal length of the assembled blade (10). The production line (5) also comprises a conveyor system (70) configured for conveying the assembled blade (10) in the first direction (D1). The present disclosure also relates to a method for carrying out a post moulding manufacturing step on an assembled wind turbine blade (10).

The present disclosure relates to methods (100, 200) for operating a wind turbine (10). The wind turbine (10) comprises a rotor (18) including a plurality of blades (22). A rotor disk (181) is defined by an area swept by the blades (22). The wind turbine (10) comprises a nacelle (16), a tower (15), and a yaw system (56). The methods (100, 200) comprise detecting or predicting a fire in a first blade (22f) and adjusting an azimuth angle of the rotor (18) such that the first blade (22f) is positioned in an upper half of the rotor disk (181). Furthermore, the methods (100, 200) comprise yawing the nacelle (16) away from an incoming wind direction (28) to an angle of more than 90 degrees and less 270 degrees. The present disclosure also relates to a control unit (96) configured for implementing such methods (100, 200) and to a wind turbine (10) comprising such control unit (96).

The present invention relates to the technical field of alkaline water electrolyzers for hydrogen production, in particular to a method and monitoring system for safe operation control of an alkaline water electrolyzer. The method includes: mounting at least one disc spring deformation monitoring instrument at a disc spring of the alkaline water electrolyzer to monitor the deformation of the disc spring and provide a safe operation control signal source of the electrolyzer; making a control judgment according to the deformation of the disc spring monitored by the disc spring deformation monitoring instrument to judge whether the electrolyzer is within a safe operation range; and triggering a stop signal to stop the operation of the electrolyzer when the deformation of the disc spring exceeds a specified safe use range. According to the present invention, safety problems caused when the electrolyzer operates can be effectively found, and a judgment for electrolyzer maintenance can be made in time to guarantee the safe operation of the electrolyzer.

An electrochemical impedance system comprising a vehicle battery, a battery management system (BMS), an excitation power module, and a current sensor. The vehicle battery comprises, in turn, one, two or more battery modules. Each battery module includes a plurality of battery cells. The BMS is configured to control the excitation power module to excite at least the one, two or more battery modules. The current sensor is configured to sense at least electric current of the one, two or more battery modules. The BMS is further configured to sense, determine, or receive voltage of the plurality of battery cells of the one, two or more battery modules, and also receive the electric current of the one, two or more battery modules sensed by the current sensor. In this way, the system of the present disclosure is capable of determining the electrochemical impedance of the vehicle battery. It includes two options: the first option, wherein the BMS is configured to determine the impedance of the plurality of battery cells of the one, two or more battery modules based at least on the electric current and the voltage. Alternatively, the second option, wherein the BMS is configured to send the electric current and the voltage to an external controller configured to determine the impedance of the plurality of battery cells of the one, two or more battery modules based at least on the electric current and the voltage. Additionally, the system may be further configured to generate a battery cell degradation output based at least on the determined impedance. The corresponding method is also provided.