A conveyor for a centrifuge, the conveyor in certain aspects having a length and including a plurality of spaced-apart flight members spaced apart along the length of the conveyor, a plurality of support members extending between, and connected to the spaced-apart flight members, the support members spaced-apart around the plurality of spaced-apart flight members, the spaced-apart flight members a...

The invention relates to a device for cutting food products, wherein separating sheets can be inserted simultaneously between the cut products. The transport system for delivering the paper web from which the separating sheets are formed comprises a station for transversal perforation of the paper web. The paper web is delivered to the cutting plane in such a way that the transversal perforation i...

The base or fixture plate has arranged on it a housing which supports a boot holder device releasably holding a long end of a ski boot or its sole. The housing in the longitudinal direction of the ski or the binding is arranged in front of the point or behind the heel of the ski boot. The boot holder device engages around and over a front and a rear boot or sole end in a clamping position on both ...

The emission protection process protects objects (4, 6, 8) against emissions from a rail vehicle. Each object in the track region (2) is classified according to its needs, at least one protective measure for it is defined, the object is reported and the appropriate measure is taken for the duration of the contact of the object with the emissions from the rail vehicle.

The invention intends to provide an organism tissue treatment apparatus using a radio frequency, in which the counter electrode plate is needless, and a treatment can be applied to an organism tissue by a discharge between the discharge electrode and the organism tissue and a Joule heat by a current flowing locally through the organism tissue. The organism tissue treatment apparatus using a radio ...

The transmission method allows a count value to be transmitted from a count point (ZP1-ZP3) to a central evaluation device (AWE), for providing a track free or track occupied indication for a railway track section, using an existing communication network, e.g. a mobile communications network (MSC,BTS). The communication link between the count point and the central evaluation device is established ...

Polyester polyol is produced from: (a) 50-60 pts. wt. alcohol with at least two hydroxyl groups, and 30-60 wt.% linear and/or cyclic ester; (b) 25-40 pts. wt. 10-33 wt.% succinic, 39-55 wt.% glutaric and 18-45 wt.% adipic acid; and (c) 15-25 pts. wt. polyalkylene terephthalate.

A description is given of a method and a device for controlling the internal temperature of a tooth (D) subjected to a treatment by laser beam. According to said method, an estimated internal temperature (T) of the tooth is determined as a function of, at least, an operating parameter of the laser and the treatment time (t); the estimated temperature (T) is compared with a threshold temperature (T...

The process according to the invention relates to the preparation of 2-chloromethyl-thiophene of the formula (I). During this process thiophene is chloromethylated in the presence of one or more compounds containing keto group and optionally it is transformed into the compound of the formula (II). Compounds of formula (I) and (II) are intermediates of several pharmaceutically active ingredients.

This invention provides compositions of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, water and at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of n-pentane, isopentane, cyclopentane and hexane that are environmentally desirable for use as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, blowing agents for polymer foam, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.

This invention relates to polyester/plasticizer blends which are useful as heat-shrinkable films or sheet in low temperature shrink packaging applications. The plasticizer is injected into the melt of the polyester. The plasticizer lowers the glass transition temperature, on-set temperature and shrink rate of the polyester. Film or sheet produced by the polyester/plasticizer blends is clear.

An ambient temperature glue, based on a copolymer comprising urea or urethane groups and also isocyanurate groups and containing a trimerization catalyst to form isocyanurate cycles in such a way that the molar ratio of isocyanate groups to the total of amine groups is 1.5-2.2. The copolymer is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate of functionality three or more and comprising isocyanurate cycl...

A small volume sensor, and methods of making, for determining the concentration of an analyte, such as glucose or lactate, in a biological fluid, such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. The sensor includes a working electrode and a counter electrode, and can include an insertion monitoring trace to determine correct positioning of the sensor in ...

A lithographic printing plate support is provided which becomes a support of a PS plate which has excellent ability to withstand repeated printing, and in which defects in appearance, such as dirtying and the like, do not occur. Also provided are a method of manufacturing the lithographic printing plate support and a PS plate which has such merits.

The method is for the production of timetables that are optimized in respect of energy use (taking into account feedback effects) and or the time distribution of energy use (de-synchronization). If necessary further optimization parameters can be considered such as: total passenger change times, number of carriages needed and the lateness total for the considered timetables. Independent claims...

A method of treating a composite material of epoxy resin-cured product and inorganic matter to easily recover the resin components in a recyclable state without causing thermal decomposition. A method of separating the inorganic matter. The epoxy resin-cured product is treated with a treatment liquid which contains a decomposition catalyst for epoxy resin-cured products and an organic solvent to d...

The present invention relates to a homogeneous composition of an expandable styrene polymer in the form of beads comprising (a) 100 parts b.w. of a styrene polymer having a weight-average molecular mass of 150,000 to 300,000 and a residual monomer content of less than 2,000 ppm, (b) from 2 to 9 parts by weight of at least one blowing agent comprising n-pentane, (c) from 0.1 to less than 1.0 part b...

An object of the present invention is to provide a water-borne urethane resin composition for forming a microporous layer, which is suited for use in a fibrous material substrate, especially an artificial leather, and which has well-defined heat-sensitive coagulation properties and is capable of being uniformly filled into a fibrous material substrate without causing migration, forming a micrporou...

This invention relates to a dual crosslinkable polymer/crosslinking system particularly suited for use in preparing high quality nonwoven products. The polymeric binders incorporate at least two different but reactive functionalities, i.e., hydroxy and carboxyl, and which are capable of reacting with two other multifunctional reactants, i.e., polyaldehydes and aziridines, each of which reacts with...

A communication system for use in a wellbore, a downhole tool, and a method includes a transmitter coupled to a wireline, and a receiver located remotely from the transmitter. The wireline is capable of acting as an antenna for the transmitter. The wireline is a slickline, and the transmitter may be associated with, provided on, or an integral part of a downhole tool or tool string. The transmitte...