Abstract: A description is given of a nonaqueous sound deadener composition comprising (a) a nonpulverulent, solvent-free polyacrylate binder having a K value in the range from 10 to 35, measured as a 1% strength solution in tetrahydrofuran; and (b) inorganic fillers. Also described is a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of components of vehicles and machines, using the sound deadener composition of the invention.

Abstract: The use of an aqueous Solution comprising at least one polyanion and at least one high molecular weight polyethyleneimine is described, for providing oxygen barrier properties to a polymer film. The polyanion is a polymer comprising acid groups neutralized with a base selected from the group consisting of inorganic bases and monovalent organic bases and having a weight average molecular weight of at least 10000 g/mol.

Abstract: A coated polymer foil is described and can be produced via coating of a polymer foil with an aqueous composition comprising (A) a polymer which is obtained via free-radical polymerization and which is composed of from 10 to 80% by weight of a compound selected from ethylenically unsaturated anhydrides and ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the carboxylic acid groups of which can form an anhydride group, and (B) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxy groups. The coating gives the polymer foil an oxygen barrier and can in particular be used for producing packaging.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for producing conveyor belts having a rope core, for example a wire rope core, comprising at least one rope unwinding unit having a plurality of rope reels, from which the ropes to be embedded in the conveyor belt are unwound, a combining unit in which the ropes, which are under tensile stress and run in the longitudinal belt direction parallel to one another in one plane, are combined with one or more raw rubber webs to form a raw belt, and a vulcanization press in which the raw belt is vulcanized by means of pressure and/or heat forming the conveyor belt. Said system is characterized in that the rope unwinding unit is designed as a rope unwinding and tensioning unit, in which each rope is individually tensioned to the required production tension.

Abstract: A description is given of a sound deadener composition comprising a polymer dispersion comprising (a) at least one water-dispersed polymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of free-radically polymerizable monomers and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?60 to +60° C.; (b) inorganic fillers; and (c) at least one fluorinated compound selected from perfluoroalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids and their salts, fluorocarbon resins, surface-active, fluoroaliphatic polymeric esters, and fluorine-containing, acrylate-based copolymers. A description is also given of a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of components of vehicles and machines, using the sound deadener composition of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polyurethane adhesive in the manufacture of film/foil-coated furniture. The adhesive consists of two components, the first component comprising at least two different polyurethanes which comprise carboxyl groups, and the polyurethanes comprising units derived from polyester diols and units derived from polyether diols, the weight quantity ratio of the sum total of all units derived from polyester diols to the sum total of all units derived from polyether diols being in the range from 1:9 to 9:1, and the second component comprising at least one silane compound reactive toward carboxyl groups.

Abstract: A description is given of a nonaqueous sound deadener composition comprising (a) a nonpulverulent, solvent-free polyacrylate binder having a K value in the range from 10 to 35, measured as a 1% strength solution in tetrahydrofuran; and (b) inorganic fillers. Also described is a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of components of vehicles and machines, using the sound deadener composition of the invention.

Abstract: The use of an aqueous Solution comprising at least one polyanion and at least one high molecular weight polyethyleneimine is described, for providing oxygen barrier properties to a polymer film. The polyanion is a polymer comprising acid groups neutralized with a base selected from the group consisting of inorganic bases and monovalent organic bases and having a weight average molecular weight of at least 10000 g/mol.

Abstract: A description is given of an adhesive comprising two components, the first component comprising at least two different polymers of which at least one contains carboxyl groups. One of the polymers is selected from polymers which are capable of forming crystalline domains and copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and the second polymer is an amorphous polyurethane, the quantitative weight ratio of first polymer to second polymer being from 2:8 to 8:2. The second component comprises at least one silane compound that is reactive toward carboxyl groups. The adhesive can be used to produce film-laminated moldings for automobile construction which feature high resistance to climatic cycling.

Abstract: A description is given of a sound deadener composition comprising a polymer dispersion comprising (a) at least one water-dispersed polymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of free-radically polymerizable monomers and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?60 to +60° C.; (b) inorganic fillers; and (c) at least one fluorinated compound selected from perfluoroalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids and their salts, fluorocarbon resins, surface-active, fluoroaliphatic polymeric esters, and fluorine-containing, acrylate-based copolymers. A description is also given of a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of components of vehicles and machines, using the sound deadener composition of the invention.

Abstract: Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, recycled paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl(meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.

Abstract: A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for preparing sound deadener compositions, the polymer dispersion being obtainable by emulsion polymerization of free-radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one protective colloid which is an amphiphilic graft copolymer. Preferred protective colloids have a polyalkylene oxide main chain and vinyl ester-comprising side chains. A description is also given of corresponding sound deadener compositions which comprise the polymer dispersion, and of a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of vehicle components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for producing conveyor belts having a rope core, for example a wire rope core, comprising at least one rope unwinding unit having a plurality of rope reels, from which the ropes to be embedded in the conveyor belt are unwound, a combining unit in which the ropes, which are under tensile stress and run in the longitudinal belt direction parallel to one another in one plane, are combined with one or more raw rubber webs to form a raw belt, and a vulcanization press in which the raw belt is vulcanized by means of pressure and/or heat forming the conveyor belt. Said system is characterized in that the rope unwinding unit is designed as a rope unwinding and tensioning unit, in which each rope is individually tensioned to the required production tension.

Abstract: A coated polymer foil is described and can be produced via coating of a polymer foil with an aqueous composition comprising (A) a polymer which is obtained via free-radical polymerization and which is composed of from 10 to 80% by weight of a compound selected from ethylenically unsaturated anhydrides and ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the carboxylic acid groups of which can form an anhydride group, and (B) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxy groups. The coating gives the polymer foil an oxygen barrier and can in particular be used for producing packaging.

Abstract: Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, recycled paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymeric dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.

Abstract: The use of polyelectrolyte complexes as plasticizer barrier is described, in particular those formed from anionic polymer and from cationic polymer, as also are plasticized substrates and production of the same, where the plasticized substrates have been coated with at least one layer which comprises at least one polyelectrolyte complex.

Abstract: The present invention relates to textile two- or three-dimensional structures formed from fibers and/or ribbons and swellable materials, the fibers and/or ribbons present in the structure and also the swellable materials each being present in such an amount that the fibers and/or ribbons are encased by the swellable materials and the voids in the structure are, in the swollen state, partially or completely filled by materially bound water and the swellable materials used being aqueous emulsions of (co)polymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer MON which are applied to the fibers and/or ribbons.

Abstract: A barrier coating is described, where a polymer layer of thickness at least 1 ?m is applied on a supportive substrate, selected from polymer foils, paper, and paperboard, and the polymer layer has been formed from a copolymer which can be produced via ring-opening metathesis polymerization of (a) olefin monomers, selected from monocyclic olefin monomers having 1 or 2 endocyclic C—C double bonds and bicyclic olefin monomers having an endocyclic C—C double bond, and (b) polycyclic olefin monomers having at least two C—C double bonds, e.g. a copolymer of cyclooctene and dicyclopentadiene.

Abstract: A description is given of a sound deadener composition comprising a polymer dispersion comprising (a) at least one water-dispersed polymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of free-radically polymerizable monomers and having a glass transition temperature in the range from ?60 to +60° C.; (b) inorganic fillers; and (c) at least one fluorinated compound selected from perfluoroalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids and their salts, fluorocarbon resins, surface-active, fluoroaliphatic polymeric esters, and fluorine-containing, acrylate-based copolymers. A description is also given of a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of components of vehicles and machines, using the sound deadener composition of the invention.

Abstract: A description is given of the use of a polymer dispersion for preparing sound deadener compositions, the polymer dispersion being obtainable by emulsion polymerization of free-radically polymerizable monomers in the presence of at least one protective colloid which is an amphiphilic graft copolymer. Preferred protective colloids have a polyalkylene oxide main chain and vinyl ester-comprising side chains. A description is also given of corresponding sound deadener compositions which comprise the polymer dispersion, and of a method for damping oscillations or vibrations of vehicle components.