Abstract: The active brazing solder for brazing ceramic parts of alumina, particularly of high-purity alumina, contains a maximum of 12 wt. % Ti, a maximum of 8 wt. % Be, and less than 16.5 wt. % Fe, the remainder being Zr and any impurities that may be present. The active brazing solder has the following behaviour/features: Brazing temperature: lower than 1,000° C.; the brazed joint is high-vacuum-tight over a long period of time; the coefficient of thermal expansion of the active brazing alloy is substantially identical to that of the alumina ceramic in the entire temperature range covered during the brazing process; the strength of the brazed joint between the two ceramic parts is so high that under tensile loading, fracture will result not at the joint, but in the adjacent ceramic; the pressure resistance of the active brazing solder is greater than 2 GPa; the active brazing solder is very good processable into powders having particle sizes on the order of 10 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A rolling boot for sealing a universal joint, having a first collar with a larger diameter to be secured to the outer joint part of the universal joint and having a second collar with a smaller diameter to be secured to a shaft at the inner joint part of the universal joint, and having a semi-toroidal boot wall connecting the collars, wherein the rolling boot is an injection-moulded or blow-moulded product, the rolling boot consists of a thermo-plastic elastomer and the elastomer is irreversibly cross-linked up to a degree ranging between 15 and 85%.

Abstract: For the formation of a thread withdrawal nozzle for an open-end spinning apparatus which possesses a spin rotor, a thread contact surface (32) of the nozzle is provided with projections (36), which projections close at an obtuse angle (&agr;) with the thread contact surface (32). Thereby, a satisfactory twist propagation is obtained to the fiber entwinement point, so that, in this manner, a softer thread can be produced. Advantageously, the thread is not roughened by this treatment.

Abstract: In order to be able to process in an economical manner different iron carriers in varying quantitative compositions, a plant for the production of iron melts (4), in particular steel melts, such as crude steel melts, is equipped with an electric are furnace vessel (1), a refining vessel (3) following upon the furnace vessel (1) via a weir (34) and including a bottom departing from the weir (34) in an at least partially downwardly inclined manner and an oxygen supply means (35, 36) as well as an iron melt tap (41) provided in its end region farther remote from the furnace vessel (1), a decanting vessel (2) following upon the furnace vessel (1) and having a common bottom (18) with the furnace vessel (1), said decanting vessel being provided with a slag tap (43) in its end region farther remote from the furnace vessel (1), a supply means (21) supplying liquid pig iron (20) and opening into the furnace vessel (1), a preheating shaft (5) supplying solid iron carries (7), said preheating shaft being arranged a

Abstract: In a procedure for the provision of access authorization for an engine-driven vehicle, if there is an operator request for the provision of access authorization to an engine-driven vehicle, a bidirectional signal transmission using encoded transmission signals and an electronic key will be effected. From transmission units located on or in the vehicle, vehicle signals will be transmitted to the electronic key, and, from the electronic key, key signals will be returned as echo signals to the respective transmission units. The time difference between the vehicle signal and the key signals will be determined and evaluated. The position of the electronic key in relation to the vehicle will be determined by means of successive bidirectional signal transmissions between at least two transmission units and the electronic key as well as by evaluating the time differences; having determined the actual key position, a decision on access authorization to the vehicle will be made.

Abstract: The active brazing solder for brazing ceramic parts of alumina, particularly of high-purity alumina, contains a maximum of 12 wt. % Ti, a maximum of 8 wt. % Be, and less than 16.5 wt. % Fe, the remainder being Zr and any impurities that may be present. The active brazing solder has the following behaviour/features: Brazing temperature: lower than 1,000.degree. C.; the brazed joint is high-vacuum-tight over a long period of time; the coefficient of thermal expansion of the active brazing alloy is substantially identical to that of the alumina ceramic in the entire temperature range covered during the brazing process; the strength of the brazed joint between the two ceramic parts is so high that under tensile loading, fracture will result not at the joint, but in the adjacent ceramic; the pressure resistance of the active brazing solder is greater than 2 GPa; the active brazing solder is very good processable into powders having particle sizes on the order of 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: A method for the surface stabilization of sand and/or soil is provided. The method is comprised of applying an aqueous polymer dispersion to the surface layer of soil. The aqueous polymer dispersion is comprised of triesters of glycerol with lower aliphatic monocarboxylic acids, citric acid triesters with lower aliphatic monohydric alcohols and/or epoxidized triglycerides of at least partly olefinically unsaturated fatty acids as biodegradable plasticizers in aqueous polyvinyl acetate dispersions.

Abstract: In a splash-water protected keyboard having a contact foil arranged in a housing and a rubber mat with switch domes disposed over the contact foil and keys with contact stems disposed in the housing over the switch domes for actuating the contacts in the contact foil, the rubber mat has upwardly extending circumferential projections such that the rubber mat forms a trough structure which is provided at least at one edge with discharge spouts extending into openings in the housing bottom plate for discharging any liquid collected in the trough structure.

Abstract: A printing mechanism for waterless offset printing, including a form cylinder that carries a sleeve-shaped printing form and/or a transfer cylinder that carries a sleeve-shaped transfer form. The printing form and transfer form can be slipped onto or removed from the respective cylinder. At least one of the form cylinder and the transfer cylinder being provided with an internal channel through which fluid is circulated for internally cooling the cylinder.

Abstract: A curable composition which contains a siloxane polymer, filler and a curing agent which is capable of effecting the cure when heated, wherein the curing agent comprises a 1,1 di(tertiary butylperoxy) 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane in combination with peroxide selected from the group consisting of dicumyl peroxide and 2,5-di(tertiary butylperoxy) hexane. Also disclosed is a method of providing a molding using said curable composition.

Abstract: A spinning rotor for an open-end spinning device is proposed which is provided with a smooth surface at the critical locations in order to avoid deposits within the spinning rotor at its inner surface. The ring-shaped zone of the inner surface of the spinning rotor near its edge as well as the area of its bottom may for instance be made especially smooth by polishing.

Abstract: The coating of bodies rotating about an axis with a reaction mixture forming a polyurethane can be improved by making use of a sheet die disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the body at an angle .alpha., whereby the rate of reaction of the reaction mixture and the relative movement are synchronized with the circumferential speed of the rotating body in such a way that the successive convolutions overlap in the form of scales and connect together seamlessly.

Abstract: In a keyboard housing a housing top with a key pad and a housing bottom with support legs wherein the housing includes a support mat and a multi-layer contact foil set arranged underneath the key pad to be actuated thereby, a metal plate is embedded in a recess formed in the housing bottom below the contact foil set so as to increase weight and rigidity of the housing without the need for special molded housing reinforcement structures, the housing bottom, however, having U-shaped reinforcement web structures with bearing studs at their base areas near the housing bottom and housing legs with bearing holes receiving the bearing studs so as to be pivotally supported thereby, the housing legs having locking grooves and the housing bottom having, between the web structures, engagement tongues with locking ribs for engagement with the locking grooves in the housing legs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for the analysis of surface and depth rofiles of partially or completely electrically non-conductive specimens using the direct bombardment method of the secondary neutral-particle mass spectrometry SNMS; to dissipate otherwise disturbing ion currents, it is being suggested that a high-frequency alternating voltage is applied to the underside of the specimen, the upperside of which is in contact with the low-pressure plasma used in the SNMS procedure, whereby the phase of this voltage is adjusted to such a time sequence that during the negative voltage part of the high-frequency period the specimen is bombarded by positive ions of a constant kinetic energy from the plasma and that the applied ion charge from the influx of plasma electrons is compensated during the positive part of the high-frequency period.

Abstract: A plate-clamping apparatus suitable for automatic exchanges of plates and has only a narrow clamping channel. The apparatus includes a tie beam, which has clamping bodies that are elastic in the clamping direction and on the ends of which radial forces can be applied by actuating devices, that is elastically disposed in the cylinder groove.

Abstract: To produce an active brazing paste suitable for brazing leads in insulating parts, e.g., ceramic parts, and containing an active brazing powder and an organic material acting as a vehicle, coarse pieces of the active brazing alloy are prehydrogenated. These pieces are ground in a mill with the addition of hydrogen to form a hydrogenated active brazing powder. The latter is then processed with the liquid vehicle openly, under normal atmospheric and temperature conditions, to form the active brazing paste.

Abstract: An arrangement for controlling the temperature of the intake air of internal-combustion engines has an intake air filter in which a swivellable control valve is provided that interacts with a pneumatic actuator. The actuator causes an adjustment of the control valve by a bimetallic control device, as a function of the air temperature fed to the internal-combustion engine. A thermostat is provided which, by way of a movable stop, determines the swivel range of the control valve in the direction that closes off the warm-air duct. The thermostat is arranged in a receiving device. This receiving device is fastened in a cold-air duct by a welded connection.

Abstract: A process and device to detect and count yarn defects in a yarn segment including a camera (5), a computer (8) and an image processing program. The yarn (30) is illuminated with an intensity dependent upon the thickness of the yarn (30) and is photographed by the camera (5). The photographed image is digitalized in the computer with the image processing program and low-contrast points are filtered out. The remaining points are gathered together into coherent areas the sizes of which are classified into predetermined size classes and are stored.

Abstract: A device for laying a thin metal wire in a straight line on the surface of the thermoplastic film of a laminated glass pane. A rotatable mounting is provided for the wire supply reel, a heated pressing roller presses the wire into the thermoplastic film and a guide device guides the wire between the supply reel and the pressing roller. The supply reel is coupled in rotation to an electromagnetic brake having an adjustable braking torque and a wide control range for the braking torque. The electromagnetic brake is preferably a magnetic powder brake.

Abstract: A mold for manufacturing polyurethane parts using the RIM process, has two mold halves which between them enclose a mold cavity. The mold cavity is sealed off from the outside by a sealing surface. A gap of 15 to 30 mm depth and 0.15 to 0.25 mm width is provided between the mold cavity and the sealing surface.