Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a formed article substantially consisting of tubular elements by placing these elements close together and connecting them with each other and is characterized in that elements having, between them, different properties are placed together. The chosen property may be, for instance, length, thickness, or type of material. The invention also relates to the formed article obtained.

Abstract: A general digital message network for short address-coded telegrams having plural switching stations. In each switching station the outputs of the input stores are each connected to one of the inputs of a multiplexer. The inputs of the output stores are connected to the output of the multiplexer and the output stores are each connected to a comparator circuit with a fixed value store in which the routing word associated with the outgoing line of the output store is stored, in such a way that upon correspondence of the routing word in one of the fixed value stores with the routing word at a specific location of the address of the telegram in the associated output store, this telegram is transmittable onto the output line thereof.