The method for producing a coating on a grinding tool is characterised by the fact that a rough diamond coating (8) on the surface (2) of the tool body (1) is obtained through gas phase precipitation as a grinding layer.

The handling system locates a range of products in storage compartments (7) according to a command from a selector (3), e.g. in the form of a laser gun held by a driver/customer and pointed at the bar code on the compartment. When selected the products pass onto a conveyor and are directed by a transfer unit (8), e.g. a robot arm, and into a collection carton (4) that is located within a carrier (...

An expandable rubber modified styrene polymer (I) comprises (A) a continuous phase of polystyrene or a styrene comonomer containing up to 50 wt.% comonomer (B) 5-30 wt.% (w.r.t. polymer mixture) of dispersed rubber particles and (C) 2-15 pts.wt. (w.r.t. 100 pts wt. polymer mixture) of a low binding blowing agent. The rubber particles consists of a butadiene/styrene block copolymer having a compact...

The invention relates to hydrophilic, highly swellable polymers for aqueous fluids, e.g. superabsorbants, which are coated with reactive, water-insoluble, film-forming, hydrophobic polymers and an additional reacctive constituent which can react with carboxyl groups or carboxylate anions and form additional cross-links on the particle surface. The invention also relates to the production of supera...

A cement-bound building material consists of a) a hydraulic binder, b) a finely dispersed additive, c) a plasticising additive and d) a fine aggregate, the unhardened building material mix containing - 16 to 80 parts by mass of hydraulic binder with 9 to 30% of C3A fraction, - 1 to 21 parts by mass of finely dispersed additive, - 0.03 to 2.0 parts by mass of plasticising additive,...

A process for the surface-activation of fluoropolymers (I), in which the surface of (I) is flamed with an alkali metal- containing flame burning a combustible gas. Preferably the alkali metal is introduced into the flame in solid form as a salt, or in liquid form as a solution in water or organic solvent, especially as a 1-30% solution of salt in water or a 1-20% solution of alcoholate in organic...

A press-through plastics film is claimed which comprises a polyolefin (A)-containing polymer phase containing at least 3 wt. % on total weight of the film of a hydrocarbon resin component (B) in dissolved form. The hydrocarbon resin (B) is different to the polyolefin (A), has pendant cyclic groups on the polymer chain, and has an average molecular weight of at most 10000. - Packaging comprising a ...

On décrit un procédé de dégradation de polyoléfines thermoplastiques, notamment de polyéthylènes haute ou moyenne densité, utilisant comme catalyseur un solide min éral contenant du cuivre ou un solide minéral contenant de l'aluminium et du silicium et présentant un caractère acide, à une température de 200 à 450 .degree.C, la dégr adation étant accompagnée de l'incorporation des produits de dégra...

Disclosed are resin compositions comprising: a homogeneous ethylene/.alpha.olefin interpolymer; and a saturated fatty acid amide or saturated ethylenebis(amide); and an unsaturated fatty acid amide or unsaturated ethylenebis(amide); and a finely divided inorganic compound. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a saturated fatty acid amide or saturated ethylenebis(amide), an unsaturated fatty ...

A tool for preparing an optical fiber end-face includes a station (502) having a fiber bender (518) and a scribe (520) for cleaving a fiber. The station (502) may include a polishing surface (512), a cleaver door (508) rotatable between an open position and a closed position covering a shard collector (522), and a mount (514) for releasably attaching a fiber handling tool or puck (506). The puck (...

Expression systems are disclosed for the direct expression of peptide products into the culture media where genetically engineered host cells are grown. High yield was achieved with novel vectors, a special selection of hosts, and/or fermentation processes which include careful control of cell growth rate, and use of an inducer during growth phase. Special vectors are provided which include contro...

A coating for a biodegradable article comprises a hydratable coating or a chemically or physically discontinuous coating. Imperfections in the coating, which may comprise pores in the coating, enable water to penetrate to the underlying surface of the water soluble article. The nature and extent of the imperfections permits the rate of penetration of the coating by water to be controlled. Alternat...

A cleaning sheet comprising a network sheet having on one side or both sides thereof a nonwoven fiber aggregate formed by entanglement of fibers of a fiber web having 50% by weight or more of ultrafine fibers having a fineness of not more than 0.9 denier, the fibers of the nonwoven fiber aggregate being further entangled with the network sheet thereby forming a unitary body, in addition to the ent...

An improved electrochromic device, the device incorporating an electrochromic medium that comprises at least three electroactive materials having absorption spectra that add together such that the color of the electrochromic medium can be pre-selected by individually choosing the concentrations of the at least three electroactive materials. The electrochromic medium generally maintains the pre-sel...

A system and method for providing and analyzing information regarding the association of services with elements of an organization. The system gathers information encoded in electronic form, organizes it into a services list, and correlates it with elements of an organization that are classified in an organizational hierarchy. A user of the system may examine a selected elements at any level of th...

A polymer of ethylene and at least one alpha olefin having at least 5, carbon atoms obtainable by a continuous gas phase polymerization using supported catalyst of an activated molecularly discrete catalyst such as a metallocene in the substantial absence of an aluminum alkyl based scavenger which polymer has a Melt Index (MI) as herein defined of from 0.1 to 15; a Compositional Distribution Bread...

A system and method for providing and analyzing information regarding the association of services with elements of an organization. The system gathers information encoded in electronic form, organizes it into a services list, and correlates it with elements of an organization that are classified in an organizational hierarchy. A user of the system may examine a selected elements at any level of th...

A breathable microporous film is prepared by extruding a film comprising about 30 to 70% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer, about 30 to 70% by weight of filler particles having an average particle size less than about 10 microns and about 100 to 1000 PPM of a mono-functional hindered phenol, such as alpha -tocopherol, and then sufficiently stretching the filled film in at least one direction t...

A method of controlling a material handling device (20) and a sensor (62) to provide a profile of a work area comprising a group of a plurality of objects (28) positioned with respect to the material handling device (20). The method includes the first step of operating the material handling device (20) to move the sensor (62) to a plurality of positions defining a scanning path (64) with respect t...

A brake system for a wheeled walker frame having two walker frame legs with two telescopically adjustable frame tubes, of which one frame tube supports in its upper region a handle and a brake lever and the other is provided in its lower region with a brake device for braking a wheel. A telescopically adjustable brake rod is disposed within the frame tubes, between the brake lever and the brake de...