Abstract: An integrated transmission line installation system includes a transmission line conveying system that operates to install a transmission line within a conduit by advancing the transmission line through the conduit. The conduit includes at least a first segment and a second segment. The segments are evaluated to determine a full route including the routes of the first and second segments, and an installation plan is generated based at least in part on the full route. The transmission line conveying system includes two or more transmission line conveying apparatuses, a first that controls the advancement of the transmission line through the first segment, and a second that controls the advancement of the transmission line through the second segment.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of mixtures of olefinically unsaturated compounds are disclosed. The aqueous dispersions include at least one polyurethane containing olefinically unsaturated groups. Production and use of the aqueous dispersions, particularly in the field of automotive finishing, is disclosed. The disclosure further relates to an aqueous basecoat material including the multistage-prepared polymers, and also to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the aqueous basecoat material.

Abstract: The invention concerns a delivery valve for the delivery of a fluid into a tank of a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the following is provided: a) the delivery valve has a first settable maximum volume flow, b) the delivery valve has a second settable maximum volume flow which is higher than the first settable maximum volume flow, c) a control device (24, 25), by means of which optionally the first or the second maximum volume flow can be set, d) a sensor device (20, 21), which is configured for interaction with a signal emitter (29) assigned to the tank of the motor vehicle and which activates the control device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising multistage-prepared polymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds and to the preparation and use thereof, in particular in the field of automobile coating.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat, wherein at least one basecoat material used for producing the basecoats includes at least one aqueous dispersion which includes a polymer whose preparation includes successive radical emulsion polymerization of three mixtures of olefinically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of measurement regions on a chip, and a chip having a plurality of measurement regions which is obtainable by the method.

Abstract: Described herein are aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds and to the preparation and use thereof, in particular in the field of automobile coating.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat, wherein at least one basecoat material used for producing the basecoats includes at least one aqueous dispersion which includes a polymer whose preparation includes successive radical emulsion polymerization of three mixtures of olefinically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising multistage-prepared polymers, and also to coating material compositions comprising them, preparable by multistage polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers, using an emulsifier and a water-soluble initiator, under conditions of starved feed polymerization, and using particular monomer mixtures in the individual stages. The invention also relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising the aqueous dispersion of the invention, to the use of the aqueous dispersion of the invention in aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion, to a process for producing a multicoat paint system on a substrate, and to a multicoat paint system produced in accordance with the stated process.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of mixtures of olefinically unsaturated compounds are disclosed. The aqueous dispersions include at least one polyurethane containing olefinically unsaturated groups. Production and use of the aqueous dispersions, particularly in the field of automotive finishing, is disclosed. The disclosure further relates to an aqueous basecoat material including the multistage-prepared polymers, and also to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the aqueous basecoat material.

Abstract: Described herein are aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds and to the preparation and use thereof, in particular in the field of automobile coating.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method for producing a multicoat paint system on a metallic substrate by producing a basecoat or a plurality of directly successive basecoats directly on a metallic substrate coated with a cured electrocoat system, producing a clearcoat directly on the one or the topmost of the plurality of basecoats, and subsequently jointly curing the one or the plurality of basecoats and the clearcoat, wherein at least one basecoat material used for producing the basecoats includes at least one aqueous dispersion which includes a polymer whose preparation includes successive radical emulsion polymerization of three mixtures of olefinically unsaturated monomers.

Abstract: A surface-modified filter membrane for filtering blood, in particular for separating blood plasma and blood serum, and a method for the production thereof, a filter provided therewith and the use thereof.

Abstract: A method, an extraction instrument and a dispensing instrument for pretreating, in particular, a biological sample for, in particular, molecular-biological testing of the sample, the extraction instrument being sealed or able to be sealed by means of compression, and/or the sample being introduced or able to be introduced into the dispensing instrument through a piston of the dispensing instrument and/or being filtered or able to be filtered in the dispensing instrument. Furthermore, a kit for pretreating, in particular, a biological sample for, in particular, molecular-biological testing of the sample which includes a receiving instrument for receiving the sample, an extraction instrument, a treatment agent for treating the sample and a dispensing instrument.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising multistage-prepared polymers, and also to coating material compositions comprising them, preparable by multistage polymerization of olefinically unsaturated monomers, using an emulsifier and a water-soluble initiator, under conditions of starved feed polymerization, and using particular monomer mixtures in the individual stages. The invention also relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising the aqueous dispersion of the invention, to the use of the aqueous dispersion of the invention in aqueous basecoat materials for improving adhesion, to a process for producing a multicoat paint system on a substrate, and to a multicoat paint system produced in accordance with the stated process.

Abstract: The invention concerns a delivery valve for the delivery of a fluid into a tank of a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the following is provided: a) the delivery valve has a first settable maximum volume flow, b) the delivery valve has a second settable maximum volume flow which is higher than the first settable maximum volume flow, c) a control device (24, 25), by means of which optionally the first or the second maximum volume flow can be set, d) a sensor device (20, 21), which is configured for interaction with a signal emitter (29) assigned to the tank of the motor vehicle and which activates the control device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a breakaway coupling for a liquid line comprising a first and a second coupling part (3, 4) which each have a liquid connection and which can be separated by a defined force in the axial direction of the coupling and/or a tilting moment acting transversally to the axial direction. According to the invention, an antitwist device (12) is provided which prevents the first and second coupling part (4, 3) from twisting relative to one another during the operation of the coupling.

Abstract: An electrorheological composition has corrosion-inhibiting properties and contains at least one organic ionic compound as an electrolyte. Also disclosed are methods for the production thereof and the use thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of measurement regions on a chip, and a chip having a plurality of measurement regions which is obtainable by the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nut (1) for arrangement on a hose connector, including a connecting device (2) which is connectable in a fluid-tight manner to a hose connection part (13), and a receiving means (3) for the hose connector (7), having a first end (3a) and a second end (3b), wherein the receiving means (3) is realized for the purpose of encompassing the hose connector (7) in a form-fitting manner in the circumferential direction in such a manner that the nut (1) and the hose connector (7) are rotatable in relation to one another in the circumferential direction; wherein the nut (1) comprises anti-rotation protection (4) which is realized such that, as a result of a structural element (16) of the hose connection part (13), it is transferable from an open position, in which the nut (1) and the hose connector (7) are rotatable in relation to one another in the circumferential direction when the nut is arranged on the hose connector, into a closed position in which rotating of the nut (1) in the circumfer