The present invention is a metal bond comprising a filler with a Vickers hardness from about 300 kg/mm2 to about 800 kg/mm2 wherein the Vickers hardness of the filler is maintained above 300 kg/mm2 upon firing of the bond at a temperature above 700 DEG C. for at least about 10 minutes. The present invention further is an abrasive tool comprising a metal core; an abrasive composition comprising di...

The present invention is a mechanically frothed foam that is prepared from a polyurethane formulation that includes both an organo-metallic catalyst and a tertiary amine catalyst. Foams of the present invention have low density and good physical properties, which make them desirable for carpet applications.

A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a bead filler which does not deteriorate the uniformity of a pneumatic tire are provided. The apparatus extrudes a rubber composition at a surface velocity V1 in a top portion 28 and at a surface velocity V2 in a base portion 26, while forming the rubber composition in the shape of a filler portion 24 in a forming portion 40 by a truncated cone shaped ex...

In dem Verfahren zur Verringerung des Gehalts einer mindestens ein Polyol enthaltenden Zusammensetzung an primären Aminen, bei dem eine mindestens ein Polyol enthaltende Zusammensetzung mit mindestens einem Isocyanat versetzt wird, das ausschließlich sekundäre und/oder tertiäre, aliphatisch gebundene Isocyanatgruppen aufweist, wird Isocyanat in einer Menge von bis zu 5 Gew.-%, bezogen auf die gesa...

Es wird eine Datenkartenaufnahme (1) vorgeschlagen, bei welcher der in der Frontwand (2) befindliche Eingabe-/Ausgabeschlitz (5) sowohl bei eingegebener Datenkarte (6) als auch in der Bereitschaftsstellung zur Eingabe einer Datenkarte (6) verschlossen ist, welche unter Einsatzbedingungen im Kraftfahrzeug eine verläßliche Funktion und ausreichend Schutz gegen Verschmutzung und Manipulationen bietet...

A biosensing system is described which determines whether a measured current is varying in accordance with a predetermined Cottrell current relationship. The system includes a test cell with at least a pair of electrodes which extend into a reaction zone, which reaction zone includes analyte reactants. An analog signal detector, in combination with a microprocessor, take plurality of current measu...

The present invention relates to high-frequency generator for cutting tissue having adjustment devices, with which at least one of the momentary electric output values, such as e.g., current, voltage, power or electric arc can be set. The present invention is distinguished by, for improvement of the initial incision behavior, an electronic desired-value transmitter and a measurement device having ...

Process for producing shaped sintered parts containing finely divided carbon by shaping a mixture of a) a ceramic and/or metallic powder and b) polyoxymethylene and/or a copolymer containing a predominant proportion of oxymethylene units to give a green body, removing the binder by treatment with a gaseous acid, pyrolysis and sintering, with there being added to the mixture of a) and b) a ther...

A system for controlling the pumping rate of a producing well using a rod pump in which a vibration sensor 95 is attached to the above ground pump structure. A processor 96 analyses signals from the vibration system sensor 95 to identify vibrations indicating the occurrence of fluid pound and controls the speed of the rod pump accordingly.

PCT No. PCT/EP97/04550 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 1, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 1, 1999 PCT Filed Aug. 21, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/09616 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 1998Solid foamed active ingredient preparations based on melt-processable polymers, obtainable by extrusion of a melt of one or more polymers which comprises active ingredient and which is impregnated with a volatile, physiologically acceptable blow...

A moisture-hardening one-component polyurethane lacquer for coating elastomer parts consists of polyfunctional isocyanate compounds, solvents and, if necessary, additives and agents for improving adhesion which contain reactive polysiloxanes and reactive tensides in order to improve their sliding properties. The lacquer can be applied by a simple lacquering process, in particular on nonpolar elast...

PURPOSE:To adjust a mandrel to an optimum position during the operation of a wire twisting machine by shifting the mandrel in the axial direction of a hollow shaft. CONSTITUTION:A mandrel 48 is held with a tip fitting 46 slidably attached to a stationary fitting 44 with a spline bonding part 88. The stationary fitting 44 is fixed to a stationary pipe 60 passing through a hollow shaft 32 and fixed ...

PURPOSE:To manufacture an oxide superconductor thick film wiring having higher critical temperature than liquid nitrogen temperature and high quantity by cutting a superconductor thick film having high critical temperature to manufacture a plurality of small pieces, and connecting the pieces to form wirings of a narrow width. CONSTITUTION:A superconductor thick film 1 having a wide width and high ...

PURPOSE:To give such a characteristic as to be suited to a large-sized superconducting magnet wire-rod for a nuclear fusion reactor to a Nb3-Al multicore superconducting wire by arranging Al leaves prepared through the process of dividing an original Al leaf into segments in such a manner that layers of Nb leaf may contact one another in overlapping the Nb leaf and each of the Al leaves together t...

The present invention provides a drilling assembly 90, with a stabilization system 58, that stabilizes at least a section of the drilling assembly, as a function of one or more downhole measured parameters, or parameters of interest. One or more sensors V 1 to V n , carried by the drilling assembly, measure the desired parameters of interest, and a control system 232 controls the stabilizer syste...

An acoustic logging tool, useful for measuring the acoustic velocity of ultrasonic waves in formations surrounding an earth borehole, and also as an acoustic caliper tool, determines the shape and dimensions of an earth borehole, and includes one or many acoustic transceivers 56-60 mounted in substantially the same plane, in a drill string sub. The mounting receptacles are located in blocks, flexi...

A polyolefin copolymer composition, which is produced with a catalyst having a metallocene complex in a single reactor by polymerisation of an ~a-olefin with one or more olefin comonomers, has long-chain branches along the polymer backbone and a molecular weight maximum that occurs in the 50 wt.% of the composition having the highest wt.% content of comonomer. Also claimed are: (1) an organometall...

PCT No. PCT/EP97/02362 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 12, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 12, 1998 PCT Filed May 7, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/43334 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 20, 1997The present invention relates to expandable polystyrene beads containing blowing agent which are coated with from 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of a hydrophobicizing agent which melts above 25 DEG C. and has a mean particle size of less than 100 mu m...

The proper functionality of a first processor is checked with a second processor. The second processor thereby provides the first processor with a start value and a computation rule. The first processor carries out the specified computation rule using the predetermined start value, and returns a result to the second processor. The second processor checks the result against a stored comparison resu...

A method and apparatus is provided for monitoring the processing of a group of articles having different properties, for example differing weights and/or quality grades. The method includes the steps of obtaining information about the differing properties of the group, using this information to provide a main visual model of the property distribution within the group, and providing a first subsidi...