Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt. % of said prepolymer.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt.% of said prepolymer.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt. % of said prepolymer.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an ultra-high molecular weight ethylene homopolymer having a MFR21 of 0.01 g/10 min or less, said process comprising: (I) prepolymerising at least ethylene at a temperature of 0 to 90° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous Ziegler Natta catalyst to prepare an ethylene prepolymer having an Mw of 40,000 to 600,000 g/mol; and thereafter in the presence of the prepolymer and said catalyst; (II) polymerising ethylene at a temperature of 55° C. or less, such as 20 to 55° C., to prepare said UHMW ethylene homopolymer; wherein the UHMW ethylene homopolymer comprises up to 8 wt. % of said prepolymer.

Abstract: The invention allows serialized prevention of duplicate charging records so that loss of charging data records does not occur even in cases of multiple charging gateways being down or otherwise unreachable at a time. In response to detecting no acknowledgement received from a first charging data record collection unit for a charging data record set, it is checked whether processing of any charging data record set marked as a potential duplicate is currently pending. In response to discovering pending processing of at least one charging data record set marked as a potential duplicate, completion of the pending processing is detected. In response to the detected completion, a second charging data record collection unit is selected as a temporary backup. The charging data record set is then transferred to the second charging data record collection unit for processing as a potential duplicate.

Abstract: The invention allows serialized prevention of duplicate charging records so that loss of charging data records does not occur even in cases of multiple charging gateways being down or otherwise unreachable at a time. In response to detecting no acknowledgement received from a first charging data record collection unit for a charging data record set, it is checked whether processing of any charging data record set marked as a potential duplicate is currently pending. In response to discovering pending processing of at least one charging data record set marked as a potential duplicate, completion of the pending processing is detected. In response to the detected completion, a second charging data record collection unit is selected as a temporary backup. The charging data record set is then transferred to the second charging data record collection unit for processing as a potential duplicate.