PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a nonwoven fabric-like continuous film having elasticity and sufficiently air permeability on the surface of a substrate consisting of natural materials or plastic materials made of synthetic resins by solving the problem of single fibers and the problem of vapor of an organic solvent. SOLUTION: This method for forming the air permeable film co...

The invention relates to a method for resetting a processor, and a watchdog for generating a reset pulse to a processor which can initialize itself and which sends acknowledgement pulses at predetermined intervals to the watchdog comprising transmission means (5) for generating and transmitting reset pulses to the processor. The watchdog comprises counter means (7) for counting the number of reset...

A method for braking and/or stopping a vehicle travelling along a track, e.g. a railway track, by means of an apparatus that includes stationary equipment (1) attached to the track and provided with a magnetic field generating unit (A), as well as mobile equipment (3) including at least one antenna (5) preferably mounted on the underside of the vehicle for interaction with the generating unit (A)....

A method for producing a fully dense powder metal helical gear including placing powder metal in a preform die wherein it can be compacted axially by punches to create a gear preform having various gear profiles such as a helical profile, sintering the preform, and inserting the sintered preform into a hot forming die wherein it is impacted axially by punches to fully densify the gear preform. The...

The invention relates to a device for atomising melts, in particular slag melts. Said device comprises a slag tundish (1) with an outlet (6), into which a lance (7) for a propulsion jet opens and to which a refrigeration chamber (11) is connected. A guide body (9) is located in the vicinity of the nozzle mouth of the lance (7) for the propulsion jet, said guide body deviating the propulsion jet in...

The present invention provides a process for preparing a stable dispersion of a preformed polymer in a polyol in a single mixer. A preformed polymer is mixed under sufficient heat and shear to reduce its particle size to a desired size in the presence of a polyol. The present invention also provides stable dispersions of polymers in polyols and polyurethane formulations containing stable dispersio...

Metal powder compositions for powder metallurgy (P/M) applications contain an oxidized high-density polyethylene as a lubricant. The compositions are suitable for either cold or warm compaction. When compacted, the compositions yield parts having relatively high density, high green strength and good surface finish.

The invention is an improved belt drive system and method for a power plant. The power plant is of the type having a crankshaft pulley, an accessory pulley, a motor/generator pulley, a first belt tensioner, a first belt tensioner pulley, and a power transmission belt trained about the crankshaft pulley, the accessory pulley, the motor/generator pulley, and the first belt tensioner pulley. The powe...

A feed wagon for feeding silage or concentrate, or both, to animals, such as cows, which comprises automatically operated loading and unloading mechanisms. The wagon selectively automatically loads silage at ground level at two slot silos and silage or concentrate at a standing silo. It discharges in a feed alley between stalls in a cowshed. The route between the slot silos, the standing silo, and...

A water-soluble or water-dispersible polyester resin composition, suitable for textile sizing applications, comprises a reaction product of 20-50% by weight of waste terephthalate polymer, 10-40% by weight of at least one glycol and 5-25% by weight of at least one oxyalkylated polyol. Preferred compositions also comprise 20-50% by weight of isophthalic acid. A further water-soluble or water-disper...

The invention relates to a process for producing sinterable metallic shaped parts from a metal powder, which is mixed with an auxiliary compacting agent containing at least in part components from the polyalkylene glycol family, is filled into a compacting mold and, following the compacting under pressure, is ejected from the mold as compacted shaped part.

Disclosed are aromatic polyester polyols, polyol based resin blends, and rigid closed-cell polyisocyanate-based foams made using the polyol based resin blends. The resin blends generally comprise:(a) an aromatic polyester polyol reaction product formed by inter-esterification of a phthalic acid based material; a hydroxylated material having a functionality of at least 2; and a hydrophobic material...

The description relates to production of rigid foamed plastics containing urethane groups, by use of a blowing-agent mixture containing 5 to 50 parts by weight of C3 and/or C4 alkanes and 50 to 95 parts by weight of cyclopentane. There is also a description of use of the thus-produced rigid foamed plastics as composite components or for foam filling of cavities in refrigerator construction.

The clamp consists of a base surmounted by a body (2) with lateral retaining jaws (5, 6) and a main spring (15), and an active asymmetry member (51) which provides for an asymmetrical movement of the jaws and is accessible from outside the clamp after assembly. It is also movable and can be reversed. The two jaws are able to move against the effort of the main spring, and the asymmetry member comp...

The inventive bindings have a symmetrical construction in relation to a vertical longitudinal plane of a ski. When the ski (1) is subjected to a stress on one side only or when a greater stress is placed on one longitudinal ski edge (1') than the other, the release resistance produced crosswise to the ski, towards the stressed longitudinal ski edge (1'') is different to that which is produced towa...

The shredding elements are connected to a rotary drive (18) to form one complete structural group (17) which can be fixed on and removed from the housing (36 preferably by screw connections (34) releasable from the top side of the housing. The housing can be closed at the top by a removable cover which can be screwed and locked on the housing. A plastics or metal mesh sieve can be detachably fitte...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To restrict decrease of Jc to the minimum and increase an N value, by rolling, thinning, and thus unifying layered sheets of a Cu-based metallic material and of a first base metal material forming an alloy layer therewith, packing a plurality of composite single-core wires obtained by winding it around a second base metal material into a cylindrical container made of Cu to fo...

PURPOSE:To provide a high-critical current characteristic by setting the average diameter of a Nb or Nb alloy filament constituting a superconducting module and/or the average cross section area of the superconducting module to the optimum range. CONSTITUTION:A superconducting module 3 is made of Cu or Cu alloy, a Nb or Nb alloy filament, and Sn or Sn alloy. The module 3 is arranged on the inside ...

PURPOSE:To facilitate winding and fixing a superconducting tape by constructing a central conductor from a plurality of segment conductors divided from one another in its circumferential direction, and forming the segment conductors into a spiral structure having predetermined pitches along their length. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of superconducting tapes are stacked and the required longitudinal po...

A fluorinated resin having enhanced wettability to water prepared by roughening a surface of the fluorinated resin such that a central line roughness average (Ra) of the surface is increased to at least 0.1 mum, and then depositing thereon a thin hydrophilic film while maintaining the central line roughness average (Ra) of at least 0.1 mum, the thin hydrophilic film being formed from a hydrophilic...