Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method of improving the debonding of two or more surfaces together. The invention utilises thermoexpanadable microspheres and thermal energy to debond interfaces in an adhesive system or as vehicle carriers. It also discloses a method of curing the adhesive system prior to the debonding step so that the same adhesive system may be used for both phases. It is especially useful in the automotive industry for end of vehicle life dismantling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, its use and a method of its use as a glazing adhesive. The composition comprises an adhesive agent with thermoexpandable microcapsules which act as pressure actuators dispersed therein. The microcapsules are heat triggered so as to release at least one expandable volatile agent encapsulated within the microcapsule shell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method of improving the debonding of two or more surfaces together. The invention utilises thermoexpanadable microspheres and thermal energy to debond interfaces in an adhesive system or as vehicle carriers. It also discloses a method of curing the adhesive system prior to the debonding step so that the same adhesive system may be used for both phases. It is especially useful in the automotive industry for end of vehicle life dismantling.

Abstract: A mirror with wide viewing angle and reduced image distortion, to be used as an external rear-view mirror for vehicles which is obtained monolithically by pressure injection-molding or gravity casting of a highly transparent material and its external incident surface is flat, while the reflective rear part is obtained by means of an aspheric surface which is generated by the rotation, about an axis which is ideally parallel to the centerline axis of the vehicle, of a curve which determines, with good approximation, a profile which avoids significant deformation of the reflected images.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition, its use and a method of its use as a glazing adhesive. The composition comprises an adhesive agent with thermoexpandable microcapsules which act as pressure actuators dispersed therein. The microcapsules are heat triggered so as to release at least one expandable volatile agent encapsulated within the microcapsule shell.

Abstract: A glazing adhesive product comprising a thermoplastic polyester material having trapped gas bubbles dispersed therein whereby the product has surface pores to provide a suction effect. Also provided is a method of installing/removing vehicle glazing.

Abstract: A heated mirror, comprising a glass body (1) on one face whereof a film of an electrically conductive metal (2) is deposited so as to form a actual reflective surface. Two conductive busbars (3) are associated with the film (2) made of electrically conductive metal and are suitable to allow the flow of an electric current in the film (2).

Abstract: A method for obtaining dimensionally structurally stable objects, in particular disposable containers, from a flexible film rewindable on a reel, comprising the steps of preparing a flexible film rewindable on a reel, which, at least in those regions which in the obtained object are required to be substantially rigid, is associated with a structurally transformable substance inert with respect to the film and at least one passive activator therefore, forming an object from the film prepared in this manner, and during any one stage in a formation of the object, administering an energy compatible with the activator to start a structural transformation reaction of the substance and convert the regions from flexible to substantially rigid.

Abstract: A method for obtaining dimensionally and structurally stable objects, in particular disposable containers, from a flexible film rewindable on a reel, comprising the steps of preparing a flexible film rewindable on a reel, which, at least in those regions which in the obtained object are required to be substantially rigid, is associated with a structurally transformable substance inert with respect to the film and at least one passive activator therefor, forming an object from the film prepared in this manner, and during any one stage in a formation of the object, administering an energy compatible with the activator to start a structural transformation reaction of the substance and convert the regions from flexible to substantially rigid.

Abstract: The filter comprises filtering means suited to intercept the residual combustion products, and heating means suited to bring said residues to a combustion temperature; the heating means comprise a plurality of electrically conductive portions of said filtering means, mutually insulated and cyclically and selectively supplied.

Abstract: The filter paper according to the invention is characterised in that it contains electrically conductive fibers which render it electrically conductive and able to allow the heating of the fluid to be filtered by the Joule effect. According to a particularly advantageous application, this paper may be used in filters for fuel supply circuits in diesel engines, in order to prevent the blockage of such filters at low temperatures as a result of the freezing of paraffin contained in the fuel.

Abstract: The device comprises a plurality of superimposed sectional plates each of which is provided with aligned holes defining a plurality of ducts lying in side-by-side relation, each of the ducts containing a plurality of helically twisted vanes which are angularly displaced with respect to one another at angles of substantially 90.degree..

Abstract: A method is described for continuously producing very small diameter metal wire from molten material, comprising at least one heating stage for heating in a first predetermined position a glass tube in which a wire of metal material is disposed, these being fed in the direction of their longitudinal axis in such a manner as to cause said glass to soften to a required viscosity and said material to melt in order to form a wire, and a cooling stage for cooling, in a second predetermined position, said wire on which a required traction is exerted; the method is characterised in that said second predetermined position, in which said wire cooling stage is carried out, is located, with respect to said first position, at such a location along the wire axis that solidification of said material takes place in a section situated not before the limiting section at which the reduction in cross-section of said wire terminates, the quantity of heat removed during said cooling stage being sufficiently high to prevent soften

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a mixture comprising a solid phase and a liquid phase of a metal alloy, in which the concentration of the said solid phase has a pre-established value, is described; it comprises at least a first stage for bringing the said alloy into a completely fluid state, a second stage for creating a constant range flow of the mixture between an inlet section and an outlet section, a third stage for subdividing in a longitudinal direction the said flow into a plurality of flow sections, each of which has a predetermined length and in each of which the flow is subdivided into at least two independent streams, and a fourth stage for making each of the said streams flow along such a trajectory as to obtain in each of the said streams of each flow section a confluence of parts of both streams of the immediately preceding section.