Abstract: The present invention relates to a container with a side wall of plastic encloses a container volume. Horizontally oriented grooves spaced vertically apart from one another are formed in the side wall, and the grooves include first grooves for stiffening the side wall. The first grooves have a first groove depth and are configured such that a projection protruding into the enclosed container volume is formed in the inner surface of the side wall. The grooves also include second grooves having a second groove depth. The first groove depth is greater than the second groove depth. The first and second grooves are arranged such that at least one second groove is in each case arranged in the vertical direction between two first grooves. The subvolumes enclosed by two horizontal planes, which are defined by two adjacent grooves, and the side wall are in each case identical.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for mixing a first (8) and a second agrochemical component (6). The apparatus comprises at least one first vessel (4) for accommodating the first component (8) and one second vessel (5) for accommodating the second component (6), the first (4) and the second vessel (5) being delimited with respect to one another by a connecting region such that the connecting region, in a closed basic state, does not permit a passage of compounds from the second into the first vessel and, in an open state, permits the passage of compounds. Here, the connecting region has a predetermined breaking point (7) formed such that it is intact in the closed basic state and such that it breaks open, causing the connecting region to adopt the open state, when a pressure above a certain threshold pressure is applied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for delivering an agricultural formulation, having a container (1) for holding the agricultural formulation, the container (1) having a removal opening (19), a delivery unit (2), securely fastened in or to the container (1), for delivering the agricultural formulation located in the container (1) through the removal opening (19). The system also comprises a drive unit which, in order to drive the delivery unit (2), separately from the delivery unit (2), is coupled detachably to the delivery unit (2), wherein the drive unit has a hydraulic unit (12), which comprises a cylinder chamber (9), a piston (20) that is movable back and forth in the cylinder chamber (9), and an outlet opening (22) for a hydraulic fluid, and has a hydraulic line (8) which is coupled to the outlet opening (22) and able to be coupled to the delivery unit (2). In the system according to the invention, the hydraulic fluid is water or rapidly biodegradable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container with a side wall of plastic encloses a container volume. Horizontally oriented grooves spaced vertically apart from one another are formed in the side wall, and the grooves include first grooves for stiffening the side wall. The first grooves have a first groove depth and are configured such that a projection protruding into the enclosed container volume is formed in the inner surface of the side wall. The grooves also include second grooves having a second groove depth. The first groove depth is greater than the second groove depth. The first and second grooves are arranged such that at least one second groove is in each case arranged in the vertical direction between two first grooves. The subvolumes enclosed by two horizontal planes, which are defined by two adjacent grooves, and the side wall are in each case identical.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for delivering an agricultural formulation, having a container (1) for holding the agricultural formulation, the container (1) having a removal opening (19), a delivery unit (2), securely fastened in or to the container (1), for delivering the agricultural formulation located in the container (1) through the removal opening (19). The system also comprises a drive unit which, in order to drive the delivery unit (2), separately from the delivery unit (2), is coupled detachably to the delivery unit (2), wherein the drive unit has a hydraulic unit (12), which comprises a cylinder chamber (9), a piston (20) that is movable back and forth in the cylinder chamber (9), and an outlet opening (22) for a hydraulic fluid, and has a hydraulic line (8) which is coupled to the outlet opening (22) and able to be coupled to the delivery unit (2). In the system according to the invention, the hydraulic fluid is water or rapidly biodegradable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a structured surface on a polymeric material. In the production process, the polymeric material is brought into contact with a surface-structuring mold which comprises, on a first side, channels of length at least 10 ?m, open toward the first side, and then the removal of the surface-structuring mold from the polymeric material, where the structured surface is obtained on the polymeric material. The polymeric material is brought into contact with the surface-structuring mold at ambient pressure.

Abstract: A container is provided which allows for draining the liquid via one of the openings of the cap and allows for venting the container simultaneously via the other opening of the cap. Advantageously, also rigid containers, even large sized ones, can be used due to the venting function provided by the dual function closure of the container and the cap. In other words, a container with a dual function closure comprised by the cap itself is presented which facilitates draining and venting the container. The cap comprises a locking means adapted to engage with a locking interface of a coupling device. Thus, engaging a locking interface of the coupling device with the locking means of the cap such that the coupling device and the cap of the container are fixed is comprised. This provides a secure and reliable fastening means. Advantageously, the cap can be permanently fixed to the container, i.e. before, during and after draining, venting and/or washing the container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge apparatus for a plant protection product with a container (1) which encloses an interior (7) for accommodating the plant protection product and which comprises a discharge orifice (9). The discharge apparatus according to the invention is characterized by a suction tube (3) which comprises a first orifice (10) in the interior (7) of the container (1), a second orifice (5) at the discharge orifice (9) of the container (1) and a third orifice (4) in the interior (7) of the container (1), which third orifice (4) is arranged at a distance from the first orifice (10), and a pump (2), which is in particular arranged in the interior (7) of the container (1) and is in operative connection with the suction tube (3), such that plant protection product located in the container (1) may be delivered by means of the pump through the suction tube (3) from the first orifice (10) of the suction tube to the second and the third orifices (5, 4) of the suction tube (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a discharge apparatus for a plant protection product with a container (1), which has a container wall (8, 18, 19) and a discharge orifice (9), the container wall (8, 18, 19) enclosing an interior (7) for accommodating the plant protection product, and a pump (2, 6), which comprises a delivery unit (2) and a drive unit (6). The discharge apparatus according to the invention is characterized in that the delivery unit (2) is arranged in the interior (7) of the container (1) in such a way that plant protection product located in the container (1) can be delivered out of the container (1) through the discharge orifice (9) of the container (1) by means of the delivery unit (2), and the drive unit (6) is arranged outside the interior (7) of the container (1) and drives the delivery unit (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for the production of a composite component via multicomponent injection molding, where the composite component comprises a main body composed of a thermoplastic and an external layer composed of a foamed thermoplastic. The main body is produced via injection molding and subsequent hardening of the thermoplastic. A mixture of the foamed thermoplastic and a chemical blowing agent is injected onto the main body, subsequently hardened in the same injection mold, and foamed by heating. The composite component is solidified via cooling. The foamed thermoplastic is at least one polyamide whose modulus of elasticity is from 1 MPa to 250 MPa in the entire temperature range from 70° C. to 180° C. The chemical blowing agent is in non-polymerized form.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component comprising an insert part and plastics jacketing composed of at least two plastics components, where the insert part is enclosed by a first plastics component A and there is a second plastics component B enclosing the first plastics component A, where the first plastics component A is composed of: A1: from 5 to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of components A1 and A2, of at least one polyester based on aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and on aliphatic dihydroxy compounds; A2: from 20 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components A1 and A2, of at least one homo- or copolyester selected from the group consisting of polylactide (PLA), polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkanoates, and polyester derived from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and from aliphatic diols; A3: from 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component comprising an insert part and plastics jacketing composed of at least two plastics components, where the insert part is enclosed by a first plastics component A and there is a second plastics component B enclosing the first plastics component A.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for the production of a composite component via multicomponent injection molding, where the composite component comprises a main body composed of a thermoplastic A) and an external layer composed of a foamed thermoplastic B), where the main body is produced in a first process step a) via injection molding of the thermoplastic A) and subsequent hardening of the same in an injection mold, and an external layer is injected on to the main body in a second process step b) which follows directly, via injection molding of a mixture comprising the thermoplastic B) and comprising a chemical blowing agent, and the mixture is subsequently hardened in the same injection mold, with somewhat extended cavity, and the external layer injected on to the main body is foamed in a further process step d) via introduction of heat, and the composite component is solidified via cooling in a final process step e), where an essential feature of the invention is that it comprises using, as thermoplast

Abstract: The invention relates to a component comprising an insert part and plastics jacketing composed of at least two plastics components, where the insert part is enclosed by a first plastics component A1 or by a first plastics component A2, and the first plastics component A1 or the first plastics component A2 is enclosed by a second plastics component B, where the second plastics component B is composed of B1: 10 to 99.99% by weight of at least one thermoplastic polyester, B2: 0.01 to 50% by weight of B21: at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polycarbonate having an OH number of 1 to 600 mg KOH/g polycarbonate (as per DIN 53249, Part 2) or B22: at least one highly branched or hyperbranched polyester of the type AxBy, where x is at least one 1.1 and y is at least 2.1, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an expansion vessel for closed heating, cooling, drinking-water, or solar systems, with two spaces separated from one another via a separator, wherein the casing of the vessel i) has an inner surface composed of polyethylene terephthalate, polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate, polyacetal, polyvinyl chloride, polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene copolymer, ethylene-vinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol, polyether sulfone, or polysulfone, and ii) has a wound outer surface composed of oriented fibers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of a component, comprising an insert part (1) sheathed by a plastics layer, by, in a first step, sheathing of at least one part of the insert part (1) with a plastics molding composition (2) with low viscosity and, in a second step, using a hard plastics component (3) for overmolding of the insert part with the sheathing, or by sheathing of the insert part (1) with a hard plastics component (3), regions of the insert part (1) here not being sheathed, and overmolding of the non-sheathed regions with a plastics molding composition (2) with low viscosity. The invention further relates to a component comprising an insert part and comprising plastics sheathing which is composed of at least two plastics components, where the first plastics component, which at least to some extent directly sheathes the insert part (1), is a plastics molding composition (2) with low viscosity, and the second plastics component is a hard plastics component (3).

Abstract: In a method for preventing a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle located on its front (such as preferably another vehicle traveling in front of the vehicle), the headway between the vehicle and the obstacle and the difference in speeds of the vehicle and of the obstacle (relative speed) and also the speed and acceleration/deceleration of the vehicle are detected and a collision message and/or a braking operation is triggered as a function thereof. The driver's activity, the state of the road, the loading state and the degree of overlap of the vehicle relative to the obstacle are detected, and from this information, a first headway (D_brake) between the vehicle and the obstacle is calculated, which is the least necessary to avoid a collision of a vehicle with the obstacle by steering the vehicle past the obstacle. In addition, a second headway (D_steer) is calculated, which is the least necessary to avoid a collision by steering the vehicle past the obstacle.

Abstract: Polymers essentially comprising units of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or methyl andR.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 -aryl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, it being possible for these radicals, with the exception of the C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl radicals, to be up to trisubstituted by radicals selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy and halogen, are prepared by reacting a polymer based on C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl esters of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or mixtures thereof with ammonia or a primary amine in an extruder, by mixing the ammonia or the primary amine by mixing intensively with a melt of the polymer to be reacted, at at most 250.degree. C., before the imidation is carried out, and are used for producing thermoplastic moldings, films or fibers.

Abstract: A heat-curable molding material consists of an unsaturated polyester, monomers, a propylene polymer, free radical initiators and conventional additives and assistants, the propylene polymer being dispersed in the form of solid, round particles having a smooth surface and a mean diameter of from 1 to 200 .mu.m in the polyester resin.