The invention provides a process for production of silver-containing precursor alloys to oxide superconductors, said alloys having reduced amounts of intermetallics. Powders containing metallic elemental components of an oxide superconductor are high energy milled for a predetermined amount of time to increase homogeneity of the mixed metallic elemental components of the oxide superconductor. Silv...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING A TIRE AND STORING STRIP MATERIAL A method and apparatus for building a tire including storing strip material in a spool storage arrangement without crushing underlying layers of the strip material by threading a relatively stiff liner into a spiral groove which is on the opposing axially inner surfaces of the spool. The spool rotates, drawing the liner and strip ...

Improved preexpanded polyolefin resin particles are made of a base resin comprising 0.1 to 10 (preferred 0.3 - 5) parts by weight of a polymer (1), which has carboxyl groups and 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin. The polymer (1) is incorporated in the polyolefin resin. The resin particles have a cell diameter of 200 to 500 microns. The polyolefin resin is specified to be a propylene resin ...

This invention is directed to a setting resin composition for making artificial marble, comprising (A) a radically polymerisable monomer, (B) a thermoplastic resin soluble or dispersible in the monomer (A), (C) an epoxy resin, (D) at least one polyfunctional carboxylic acid compound selected from said group consisting of polyfunctional carboxylic acids and anhydrides thereof, and (E) an inorganic ...

12 A lightweight block useful as a patio tile, a border piece or a landscaping component, which has a density of 800 to 1,200 kg/m3 and is made from a concrete mix comprising stabilized wood aggregates prepared by sterilization of wood chips by thermal treatment, followed by a chemical treatment with a calcium salt first and then with at least one soluble silicate, the concrete mix also comprising...

Collagen membranes containing inorganic and/or organic agents are useful for various medical treatments, e.g. as antibacterial artificial skin. The membranes, of high strength, are formed from collagen fibres obtained by refining and reconstituting collagen which has been treated by the limited pepsin digestion process. Suitable organic agents include bone forming agents as well as antibacterial a...

A method for bonding together adjoining hollow glass spheres to form an acoustic matching member for a transducer comprises subjecting a mixture of adjoining spheres and a solution of a heat curable resin and a volatile organic solvent to a first temperature to drive off the solvent and then to a second temperature to cure the resin. This causes the spheres (6) to bond together at their points of ...

An implant comprising several support bodies (7) made of an elastic plastic is provided to substitute a part, which is no longer capable of support, of the core region of an intervertebral disc (3). The support bodies (7) are successively introduced into a central cavity (5) formed in the core region using a probe (6) which penetrates the external annular region (4) of the intervertebral disc (3) ...

An implant consisting of several support members (7), which are produced from an elastic plastic, is provided as a replacement for a part, which is no longer capable of bearing loads, of the core region of an intervertebral disk (3). The support members (7) are inserted one after the other into a central cavity (5) constructed in the core region by means of a tube (6) passing rough an outer annula...

A rail-laying train for loading, transporting and unloading long railway rails (5) is equipped with wagon frames supported on rail travelling mechanisms and with rail supports (6) which run perpendicularly to the wagon longitudinal direction and are equipped with rollers provided for storing the long railway rails (5). These rollers are designed as flanged rollers (9) with a flange (14) arranged a...

A device for effecting a gas exchange in multiplate insulating glass units having sealant spacers, which device consists of a tubular tool, which is sharpened at one end like a plug drill and is provided at the other end with a handle portion, which is provided with a port for connection to an apparatus for effecting a gas exchange. The wall of the tubular tool is provided with openings in that po...

A rail loading train for transporting and for loading and unloading long rails (5) is provided with wagon frames supported on on-track undercarriages and rail supports (6), extending at right angles to the longitudinal direction of the wagon, with rollers provided for supporting the long rails. These are designed as a flanged roller (9) with a flange (14) arranged on the end face. (Fig. 2)

The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for defining the properties and/or composition of moulding sand in casting works, wherein some of the properties are defined in a test sleeve (5) which receives a moulding sand sample. In order to create a process or a testing method which make it possible to more quickly and easily determine the properties of the moulding sand which are essentia...

An expandable blend of a linear olefinic polymer and a crosslinkable polymer for production of lightly crosslinked foamed polymers and a process for the preparation thereof is provided. The presence of a crosslinkable polymer component in the blend increases the melt strength of the linear olefinic component so that conventional melt processing techniques may be utilized to produce foamed polymers...

A substrate for an ink jet recording head comprises a support (1) and an electrothermal transducer provided on said support and comprising a heat-generating resistor member (2) and electrodes (3, 4) electrically connected to said heat-generating resistor member (2), wherein said heat-generating resistor member (2) is comprised of a complex compound comprising a metal boride, silicon and nitrogen.

An improved salt basket for dewatering solids. The salt basket is ideally configured for use with a crystallizer or evaporator producing salts from industrial wastewaters. The salt basket system includes a pressurizable vessel having a screen floor situated above a bottom liquid collection head, an inlet for the brine/solids slurry from which solids are to be separated and dried, an inlet for air,...

The invention relates to a process for producing a refractory material and to the material so-produced. The process comprises calcining red mud obtained as a by-product of the Bayer process of producing alumina, grinding the calcined product to form particles of -4 Tyler mesh, mixing the ground product with a binder (e.g. colloidal silica, colloidal alumina, sodium silicate or sodium aluminate) an...

Disclosed is an oriented, heat shrinkable, thermoplastic vacuum bag having a protective heat shrinkable patch attached thereto such that said heat shrinkable patch covers substantially all area exposed to bone, thereby protect-ing the bag from puncture by sharp protruding bones in bone-in cuts of meat which are vacuum packaged within the bags. The protection is especially directed to prevention of...

PLASMA POLYMERIZATION AND SURFACE MODIFICATION INSIDE HOLLOW MICRO-SUBSTRATES There is disclosed a process and product of such a process for forming a plasma-induced surface modification or polymerized coating inside very small (?2 mm) diameter hollow substrates.

A method of heat-treating a substrate to be loaded/unloaded to and from a substrate heating device for prescribed cycle time period includes the steps of transferring the substrate from a substrate conveying robot to a substrate transferring and receiving device, holding the received substrate in a state under little influence of heating by a hot plate for a first time period prior to transferring...