Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring and managing the connecting steps and the operation of the hydraulic lines of a system, which includes an operating machine having a hydraulic circuit, a utility, and a plurality of hydraulic lines for connecting a utility to the operating machine, and a method of monitoring and managing the connection and operation of the hydraulic lines of the apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to oil-hydraulic applications and provides a novel system for recognizing and managing hydraulic lines, namely, quick couplings that establish connection of the hydraulic lines of a utility to the hydraulic circuit of an operating machine.

Abstract: An ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene polymer has: a powder bulk density of at least 200 kg/m3; an intrinsic viscosity (I.V.) of at least 8 dl/g, as measured in accordance with ASTM D4020; and wherein, a specimen prepared from the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene can be drawn in the absence of a solvent, at a total draw ratio of at least 50, when drawing at a drawing temperature of ?Tm?30° C., wherein Tm is the melting temperature of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene polymer. A supported catalyst system for producing such UHMWPE polymers includes a transition metal complex and a particulate catalyst support including particles having a volume based median particle diameter of at least 0.3 micrometer. Articles derived from such polymers having excellent strength and modulus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semi-crystalline polyolefinic ionomer and a process for the preparation of a semi-crystalline polyolefinic ionomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising from 60-98 wt. % of polypropylene, from 2-40 wt. % of aromatic polycarbonate and from 0.1-10 wt. % of compatibiliser for the manufacture of a foamed article, wherein the compatibiliser is a BAB or AB type of block copolymer comprising a polypropylene block A and a polyester or polycarbonate block B, or wherein the compatibiliser is a graft copolymer of the type ABn having a polypropylene backbone A and polyester or polycarbonate block(s) B grafted thereon, with n being at least 1, and wherein the polyester or polycarbonate blocks B have an average M/F ratio from 2-25, wherein M is the number of backbone carbon atoms in the polyester or polycarbonate not including carbonyl carbon atoms, and F is the number of ester or carbonate groups in the polyester or polycarbonate block, and wherein the wt. % is based on the sum of the amount polypropylene, polycarbonate and compatibiliser.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semi-crystalline polyolefinic ionomer and a process for the preparation of a semi-crystalline polyolefinic ionomer.