Abstract: A method for making a substantially tube-shaped conduit resonator having a plurality of plastic component parts, the conduit resonator having a tubular hollow body and at least one tubular molded part arranged inside the tubular hollow body and connected to the tubular hollow body, the method comprising the steps of: making a molded part via an injection molding process in an outer tool having an inner mandrel; injecting the hollow body between the molded part and a surrounding outer tool wherein the molded part along with the inner mandrel serve as an inner tool; and, thereafter, via a blow molding process, seating the hollow body on the inner wall of the outer tool and reshaping the hollow body on the outer wall of the molded part and bonding the hollow body, in part, to the outer wall of the molded part.

Abstract: A method for making a substantially tube-shaped conduit resonator having a plurality of plastic component parts, the conduit resonator having a tubular hollow body and at least one tubular molded part arranged inside the tubular hollow body and connected to the tubular hollow body, the method comprising the steps of: making a molded part via an injection molding process in an outer tool having an inner mandrel; injecting the hollow body between the molded part and a surrounding outer tool wherein the molded part along with the inner mandrel serve as an inner tool; and, thereafter, via a blow molding process, seating the hollow body on the inner wall of the outer tool and reshaping the hollow body on the outer wall of the molded part and bonding the hollow body, in part, to the outer wall of the molded part.

Abstract: A continuous process for the preparation of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer is disclosed. The process is carried out at 130 to 250° C. and comprises reacting at least one polyether diol with at least one organic diisocyanate and 1,4-di-(2,2′-hydroxyethyl)-hydroquinone, in the presence of tin dioctoate as a catalyst. The resulting thermoplastic polyurethane has a glass transition temperature (Tg) below 50° C. The inventive thermoplastic polyurethane is suitable for making injection molded or extruded articles.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprising aliphatic polyurethane is disclosed. The composition is charactrized in having a post weathering yellow value lower than 20 and good hardness and softening temperature values both before and after weatering for 504 hours in accordance with ISO 4892.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a thermoplastic molding composition containing a mixture of a TPU and a thermoplastic (co)polymer is disclosed.

Abstract: A thermoplastsic molding composition comprising thermoplastic polyurethane resin and about 0.05 to 2 percent of a wax is disclosed. The composition which offers processing advantages, including release and cosmetic properties, is characterized in that the wax contains acylation products of hydroxy groups and of amino groups of amino alcohols.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a thermoplastic molding composition containing a mixture of a TPU and a thermoplastic (co)polymer is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of a thermoplastic molding composition containing a mixture of TPU and a (co)polymer is disclosed. The process comprises(a) introducing into an extruder under time and temperature conditions sufficient to bring about the formation of thermoplastic polyurethane a (co)polymer, and polyurethane-forming components comprising A) an organic diisocyanate, B) a linear polyol having terminal hydroxyl groups and a molecular weight of 500 to 5000, and C) a chain extender having a molecular weight of 60 to 500, and upon completing the formation of said polyurethane(b) discharging the resulting TPU/(co)polymer mixture from the extruder. Importantly, the (co)polymer contains a flow enhancer and the molar ratio of the NCO groups in A) to the groups which react with NCO in B) and C) is 0.9 to 1.2.

Abstract: The invention relates to transparent multi-layer films made from polyamides and polyolefines using copolyamides of .epsilon.-caprolactam together with diamines and dicarboxylic acids.

Abstract: A method whereby the properties, particularly the recrystallisation temperature, of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers, particularly those suitable for processing by extrusion, are kept constant during continuous manufacture in screw-type extruding machines by continuously adding substantially straight-chain hydroxyl-terminated polyols having a molecular weight of 500 to 5000, organic diisoicyanates and diol and optionally triol chain-lengthening agents having a molecular weight of 62 to 500, the molar ratio of polyols to chain-lengthening agents being 1:1 to 1:5, and by continuous addition of a catalyst, wherein the recrystallisation temperature is set at a value at least 2.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for working up the hydrogen fluoride phase of reaction mixtures from fluorination reactions comprising contacting the hydrogen fluoride phase with oleum in order to obtain dried hydrogen fluoride, which can be recycled to the fluorination reaction.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of polymer blend films consisting of polycarbonate and polyalkylene terephthalate supports for diagnostic test strips.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of salts of sulfosuccinic acid esters as internal antistatic agents, take-off and winding aids for transparent cast films of polycarbonates, to a process for the production of cast polycarbonate films and to the cast polycarbonate films themselves containing salts of sulfosuccinic acids and also to the use of the new cast polycarbonate films in the electrical field and optical field.

Abstract: A process for the production of optically isotropic extrusion films is disclosed. Accordingly in a first process step a thermoplsatic resin is extruded to form a film having a thickness below 600 .mu.m. The second process step entailsa) calendering said film between a ground elastic roller and a high gloss steel roller to produce a film having a high gloss surface and a matt surface, orb) calendering said film between a lacquered elastic roller and a high gloss steel roller to produce a film having high gloss on both surfaces, orc) calendering said film between a ground elastic roller and a high gloss steel roller to produce a film having a high gloss surface and a matt surface, and then coating said matt surface with a melt of said thermoplastic polymer and calendering the resulting coated film between a high gloss steel roller and a ground elastic roller, with the high gloss side of the coated film facing the roller of elastic material.

Abstract: Films from aromatic polyesters and from aromatic polyestercarbonates are excellently suitable for preparing printing ribbons, in particular for thermal and electrothermal recording processes.

Abstract: This invention relates to carbon-containing moulded bodies based on thermoplastic polycarbonates and thermoplastic polyalkylene terephtalates with an addition of carbon black and graphite and to a process for the production of these moulded bodies.

Abstract: A polycarbonate film obtained by dispersing carbon black in a solution of thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate, producing a cast film, and subsequently stretching the cast film, is characterized in that its elongation at break is greater than that of a corresponding unstretched similarly filled film having an identical thickness.

Abstract: Films from aromatic polyesters and from aromatic polyestercarbonates are excellently suitable as electrically insulating films, for example as dielectric for capacitors and as conductor track films.

Abstract: Polyesters having at least 90%, by weight, of recurrent structural units corresponding to the following formula: ##STR1## and characterised by a relative viscosity.eta..sub.rel of from 1.6 to 4.5 (determined at 25.degree. C. in CH.sub.2 Cl.sub.2, c=5 g/l) are suitable for the production of films having highly advantageous performance characteristics, in particular high heat resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polycarbonate laminates consisting of an electrically conductive polycarbonate layer (A) containing carbon black or graphite, and an electrically insulating polycarbonate layer (B), their preparation and their use in the electrical sector.