The guide is used to direct one or more threads from a first position to a second position in a machine and comprises a plate (1) with at least one hole (2) for the thread(s) to pass through. The plate is oriented substantially at right angles to the thread(s). At least one curved recess (3) provided in the side of the plate is in contact with and guiding the thread(s). The hole also has rounded e...

An apparatus (1) for carrying cables winding drums (2), where a reticular frame (3) includes structure elements (21), fitted in such a way to define a geometrical solid, supports the winding drum (2), which revolves around a horizontal axis (4) of rotation, within its own overall dimensions. Two wheels (5) mounted on the reticular frame (3) with their spin axis (6) parallel to the drum (2) axis of...

Security devices are widely used for guarding spaces or areas (for example outdoor areas), with detectors monitoring different planes. It is a requirement for a good operation of a security device that the risk of false alarms should be reduced to a minimum. Each plane is subdivided into several subplanes in that the detector for each plane is provided with several sensors which are positioned so ...

A lifting device for an automatic pile changing device of a sheet-processing machine, in particular for a sheet-fed offset printing machine with a non-stop feeder, having a main pile-carrying assembly and an auxiliary pile-carrying assembly which can be raised and lowered by means of a motor and an upstream drive unit. The invention allows simple and cost effective synchronization of the main pile...

An umbrella device which has a shank, an umbrella-like cap formed as a membrane and a driver. The membrane is connected to the shank and is caused by the driver to move from a position of rest where it droops limply around the shank to an open position where it is essentially horizontal due to the centrifugal forces of the membrane produced by the rotation of the membrane by the driver.

An instruction set for a microcontroller which has robust multiple word instructions. The instruction set has a plurality of instructions wherein the plurality of instructions comprises single word instructions and multiple word instructions. At least one bit is located in a predetermined location in all non-first words of all multiple word instructions. The bit will be decoded by the microcontrol...

Disclosed herein is a process for depolymerizing and purifying contaminated post-consumer polyester. In the process, depolymerization is effected by way of glycolysis in an agitated reactor vessel. The process includes the steps of contacting a contaminated polyester with an amount of a glycol to provide a molar ratio of greater than about 1 to about 5 total glycol units to total dicarboxylic acid...

The process comprises: a) introduction of the precious metals, in the form of laminas, leafs or wafers in a container provided with grinding means; b) addition to said container with the precious metal of a liquid medium of a density between 0.61 g/ml and 1.50 g/ml at room temperature; c) grinding of the precious metal in the container, in the presence of the liquid medium, until the former is tra...

A tread for a tire having, on at least one lateral part, and radially to the inside of the running surface of said tread, a plurality of cavities oriented virtually transversely and opening onto at least one of the edges of the tread, the cavities being intended to form grooves and incisions opening radially towards the outside of the tread after wear of between 15% and 45% of the thickness of the...

A rail train has a video cameras (10) within the carriages (70) that provide input to on board transmitters (20). the transmitted information is relayed to receivers (30) located at intervals along the track. An optical fibre communication line (60) links the receivers to a central monitoring station (40) and this allows activity within the moving train to be observed.

The invention relates to a water-impermeable and at the same time breathing-active film produced in a self-supporting manner by extrusion which also exhibits an antistatic behaviour, where the film has a DIN friction index of less than 0.8, and the film comprises thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer resins whose melt flow index is at most 70 at 190 DEG C and a test load of 10 kg, where the soft se...

A polymer mixture comprises at least 40 but less than 85% by weight of an ethylene copolymer (A) which has a density of from 0.91 to 0.93 g/cm3, an HLMFR (190° C./21.6 kg) of from 5 to 60 g/10 min and a molar mass distribution Mw/Mn<=3, and more than 15 but at most 60% by weight of an ethylene copolymer (B) which has a density of from 0.93 to 0.945 g/cm3, an HLMFR (190° C./21.6 kg) of from 8 to 20...

A continuous gas fluidized bed process for the polymerization of olefins, especially ethylene, propylene, or mixtures thereof with other alpha-olefins by cooling the recycle gas stream to condense some liquid (e.g., a comonomer), separating at least part of the liquid and spraying it under pressure through a nozzle (1) directly into the fluidized bed by pressurizing the liquid and feeding it to a ...

A 100 %-solids adhesive emulsion for use in mounting an optical pellicle (110) to its frame (116) includes a first component with a resin that is curable according to a free radical curing mechanism, a second component including a fluorocarbon compound, a surfactant, and an initiator. The components are emulsifiable into an adhesive emulsion that includes an effective amount of initiator, between ...

The invention relates to a method of producing soluble polymer granules which are suitable for use in washing and/or cleaning surfactants. According to said method, an aqueous preparation of the polymer which contains at least 30% by weight polymer, optionally in admixture with other washing and/or cleaning surfactant ingredients, is granulated and at the same time dried batchwise or continuously,...

A process for improving the green strength of ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene polymers is described comprising (A) selecting an ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene polymer having a Mooney viscosity at 125 C up to about 80 and a percent gel (% gel) up to about 30 percent and (B) partially crosslinking the ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene polymer selected in step (A) to make a modified ethylene/alpha-olefin/diene po...

The present invention pertains to a continuous process and polymerization system characterized by separate injection of catalyst and make-up feed, an ethylene interpolymer composition characterized as having broad molecular weight distribution (MWD) and optimized compositional uniformity, a process for making such a composition and a fabricated article made from such composition. The novel composi...

The invention relates to a film made of plastic having at least one mineral additive, wherein capillaries are formed through expansion at phase transition limits between the plastic and the mineral additives. Said film forms a laminate in conjunction with a plastic non-woven fabric, the laminate remaining in an expanded state. The plastic film and non-woven fabric materials display the same or sub...

A method of production of a highly absorbent, polysaccharide-based material, wherein an aqueous solution containing a starting material including a cross-linkable polysaccharide-based polymer blend of an electrically charged polysaccharide-based polymer and an electrically uncharged polysaccharide-based polymer is subjected to cross-linking in order to obtain a water-swelled gel. The cross-linked,...

The invention relates to homogeneously colored polyester particles having a mean particle size <50 mum and a monomodal particle size distribution with a span (=d90-d10/d50)<=2.5, which can be melted at temperatures <200° C. to form a continuous coating, to a process for their preparation and to their use for powder coatings.In a preferred embodiment the particles comprise units of formulae (1) and...