A nonwoven fiber and fabric are provided wherein the fabric has comparable strength characteristics to conventional fabrics yet is softer. The fibers are are a blend of a high crystallinity polypropylene polymer and a random block copolymer of polypropylene and polyethylene. The fabric of this invention may be laminated to other spunbond layers, meltblown nonwoven fabrics or films. The nonwoven fa...

PCT No. PCT/SE96/00040 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 17, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 17, 1997 PCT Filed Jan. 18, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/22248 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 1996An apparatus for producing highly pressurized air-saturated water intended preferably for dispersion in flotation plants, has, preferably, an upstanding cylindrical pressure vessel (21) which, in operation, is filled partially to a controlled ...

A decanter centrifuge comprises a bowl (12) rotatable about a longitudinal axis, the bowl being provided with a cake discharge opening (18) at one end and a liquid phase discharge opening (20). The bowl has a cylindrical portion (28) and a beach portion (42) disposed between the cylindrical portion and the cake discharge opening. A beach area is provided on an inner surface of the bowl at the beac...

The invention relates to particle-shaped expandable styrol polymers that can be processed to form hard foamed material having a low density and containing at least one foaming agent for said purpose. Said polymers contain at least aluminum in the form of particles to improve their heat insulating properties. The styrol polymer particles exhibit a fine cellular structure after expansion. The alumin...

In the prodn. of rigid polyurethane foam by reacting org. polyisocyanate, high mol. cpd. contg. at least 2 reactive H atoms and opt. low mol. chain extender and/or crosslinker in the presence of blowing agent, catalyst and opt. additive(s), the high mol. cpd. comprises a mixt. of polyether alcohol(s) (I) with a high functionality of 6-8 and average equiv. wt. of 125-200, polyether alcohol(s) (II) ...

Process for preparing a flexible foam by reacting a prepolymer having an NCO value of 3-15 % by weight, which is the reaction product obtained by reacting an excessive amount of a polyisocyanate with a polyether polyol or a mixture of such polyols, said polyol or mixture having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality of from 2 to 6, an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of from 500 to 5000 and a...

Expanded articles of biodegradable plastic material are produced by agglomerating expanded particles with density from 0.1. to 0.003 g/gm<3> and size from 0.5 to 10 mm of diameter, made of a material comprising: from 50 to 95% by weight of thermoplastic starch; from 0.5. to 45% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polymer; from 2 to 20% by weight of water; subject to a heating treatment...

Method of introducing instruments/measuring equipment/tools into formations ( 9 ) in the earth's crust or other solid materials, such as ice, by means of a drilling device ( 1 ), material being liberated by, for example, rotation of a drill bit ( 2 ), or by melting, for example by means of a heating element, the liberated material thereafter flowing, or being pumped, past/through the drilling devi...

Systematic distribution method for industrial products for businesses aiming to better serve the clients thereof with the aim of improving profitability, whereby a delivery of new products, an exchange or update of former products is carried out after a fixed period, according to the type thereof.

Assembly (80) for supporting and retaining sheets of glass (2), particularly in a machine (1) for machining said sheets of glass (2); the assembly (80) possesses a support structure (8), a plurality of suckers (45) carried by the support structure (8) to hold the sheet of glass (2) in an unambiguous reference position on a horizontal plane (11) and, for each sucker (45), a corresponding actuator (...

A method is providing for treating waters, such as standing and flowing waters and waste waters, soils, sediments and/or silts. At least one alkaline earth metal peroxide is brought into contact with such waters or the like, especially to effect immobilization of phosphates and heavy metals except manganese and iron therein.

Heterophasic compositions comprising starch and a thermoplastic polymer that is incompatible with the starch, in which the starch constitutes the discontinuous phase and the thermoplastic polymer the continuous matrix, having an impact strength greater than 30 KJ/m2 (measured on blown film of 30 microns thick at 10 DEG C and RH less than 5%), and further characterised by the presence in the X-ray ...

Processes for spray-drying water-soluble and water-swellable vinyl-addition polymer-containing dispersions, emulsions and microemulsions to obtain substantially dry water-soluble or water-swellable polymer particles, compositions of substantially dry water-soluble or water-swellable polymer particles, methods of agglomerating spray-dried polymer particles, and methods of using spray-dried polymer ...

A first set of apparatus is arranged for transmitting data from a point in a cased section of a well (1, 3) to a remote location. The apparatus may be used as a relay station (6) to increase operational depth. Signals are applied to and received from the string (1) at the relay station (6) and a selected length of the string (1) is provided with insulating spacer means (9) on either side of the re...

The socket includes a protective device (35), including the moving shutters (37), which is fixed to the mechanism (11) by a support interposed in the space in the observation window (38,39). Each window is at least sufficiently narrow locally to oppose the passage of a test finger by the normal arrangement of the insulating material of the body (12). The window is at least partially covered by a t...

The present invention relates to a denture adhesive composition comprising mixed salts of an alkyl vinyl ether-maleic acid copolymer wherein the mixed salt contains a cationic salt function comprising from about 5% to about 50% zinc cations; from 0% to about 2.5% of a cation selected from the group consisting of iron, boron, aluminum, vanadium, chromium, manganese, nickel, copper, yttrium, titaniu...

Method for setting in operation an underground storage cavity (1) intended to receive a hydrocarbon maintained in liquid form at a very low temperature, under 0 DEG C, the cavity (1) being formed in phreatic water (5) and comprising an internal liquid-tight coating (2), the process comprising the steps of draining the water, during an initial phase, till the phreatic water (5) is brought to a lev...

The invention includes liquid formulations of botulinum toxin that are stable to storage in liquid form at standard refrigerator temperatures for at least 1-2 years and to storage at higher temperatures for at least 6 months. The invention also includes methods of treatment using such formulations and uses of such formulations in the manufacture of medicaments for various therapeutic and cosmetic ...

This invention provides a method of conducting a simultaneous chemical reaction and controlled crystallization of the product employing impinging fluid jet streams containing reactants capable of producing the product with desired particle size characteristics.