Abstract: Provided is a storage device including a storage body for holding a liquid, a gas or an item, which has a first wall, a second wall, and a magnetic closure device for closing the storage body, which has a first closure part and a second closure part. The first closure part has a first strip body elongate along a transverse direction and is arranged on a first closing portion of the first wall. The second closure part has a second strip body elongate along a transverse direction and is arranged on a second closing portion of the second wall. The first closure part and the second closure part cooperate in a magnetically attracting manner. At least one of the first wall, the second wall, the first strip body and the second strip body are wholly or partly fabricated from a composition containing an antimicrobially active additive.

Abstract: A closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, in particular of a two-wheeler or a three-wheeler, includes a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element. The second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position. The second closure part is releasably connectable to the container.

Abstract: A closure device for connecting a container to a frame of a vehicle, in particular of a two-wheeler or a three-wheeler, includes a first closure part which is to be arranged on the frame and comprises a first magnet element and a second closure part which is assigned to the container and comprises a second magnet element. The second closure part is positionable on the first closure part in a closing direction and is latched mechanically with the first closure part in a closed position. The second closure part is releasably connectable to the container.

Abstract: Powder compositions and articles and methods of forming articles from powder compositions are provided. The powder compositions include at least one powder that preferably includes an amount of one or more branched polymers such as, for example, one or more branched polyamide polymers. The powder composition is preferably capable of being formed, via a layer-by-layer sintering process such as, for example, selective laser sintering, into a three-dimensional article.

Abstract: The invention relates to a press felt for use in the press section of a paper machine. Said felt comprises a nonwoven layer lying on one of its surfaces, the surface of said layer being connected and fixed to the felt by a thermoplastic binding material. According to the invention, the surface of the nonwoven layer is smoothed by the application of pressure from a smooth surface during the cooling of said layer surface from a temperature in excess of the melting temperature of the thermoplastic binding material to a temperature below the melting temperature. To manufacture the press felt, an untreated press felt, which contains the nonwoven layer and the thermoplastic binding agent is first produced, the thermoplastic binding agent being distributed in the nonwoven layer in the form of thermoplastic adhesive fibres and/or a thermoplastic adhesive component of bicomponent fibres.

Abstract: The invention describes a new synthetic fiber material of polyhydroxyether, as well as a melt-spinning method for its production. The new material can be used, in particular, for stabilization of the reinforcement fibers of high-performance fiber composite materials before they are embedded in the matrix material. During this usage, the polyhydroxyether fiber material dissolves at a temperature above its glass transition temperature entirely in the matrix material, so that the reinforcement fibers can be arranged largely free of kinking. In addition, it forms cross-links with the matrix material to form a homogeneous matrix and thus does not constitute a disruptive third phase in the composite material. The compatibility of the matrix and reinforcement fiber is also improved. It was possible to improve the bending strength of test slabs by 12% as compared to that of reference slabs with polyester filament.

Abstract: The invention describes a new synthetic fiber material of polyhydroxyether, as well as a melt-spinning method for its production. The new material can be used, in particular, for stabilization of the reinforcement fibers of high-performance fiber composite materials before they are embedded in the matrix material. During this usage, the polyhydroxyether fiber material dissolves at a temperature above its glass transition temperature entirely in the matrix material, so that the reinforcement fibers can be arranged largely free of kinking. In addition, it forms cross-links with the matrix material to form a homogeneous matrix and thus does not constitute a disruptive third phase in the composite material. The compatibility of the matrix and reinforcement fiber is also improved. It was possible to improve the bending strength of test slabs by 12% as compared to that of reference slabs with polyester filament.

Abstract: Copolyamides, consisting of polycondensation products of the following components: caprolactam 10 to 45 mol-%, laurolactam 30 to 55 mol-%, at least 2 dicarboxylic acids 20 to 50 mol-% of the following compounds, aliphatic &agr;,&ohgr;-dicarboxylic acids with 6 up to 14 C atoms inclusively, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, wherein the content of aromatic dicarboxylic acids is lower than 10 mol-%, with reference to the allover amount of the above-mentioned components, which add up to 100 mol-%, a diamine mixture in an amount that is equimolar to that of the dicarboxylic acids, chosen from the group of the following substances, hexamethylene diamine, piperazine and/or 2-methyl-1,5-diaminopentane, wherein the molar content of hexa-methylene diamine is between 75 and 95 mol-% with reference to the diamine mixture. The copolyamides according to the invention are used for the production of mono- and multifilaments, fibers, films and nets.

Abstract: Novel, quick-crystallizing hot-melt adhesive masses having a melting point between 60° and 100° C. comprise a statistically-proportioned copolyester or copolyetherester based on terephthalic acid, adipic acid and a mixture of aliphatic diols; the molar proportion of terephthalic acid is between 55 and 85 mole %, relative to the total acid quantity; and the molar proportion of adipic acid is between 15 and 40 mole %. A combination of butane diol and hexane diol is used as the diol component; the molar component of butane diol is between 40 and 55 mole %; and the molar proportion of hexane diol is between 40 and 60 mole %. Up to 15 mole % of a dimer acid having a molar mass between 400 and 800 g/mole, or up to 10 mole % of a higher-molecular polyethylene glycol having a molecular mass of 600 to 4000 g/mole, can be used to increase the flexibility. The copolyester or copolyetherester hot-melt adhesive masses of the invention can be used in the hot-melt method, and in powder-form coating methods.

Abstract: In a core-shroud bicomponent fiber, which exhibits a core and a shroud at least partially enveloping the core, an elevated abrasion behavior, a low compaction under exposure to temperature and pressure and a high strength of the fibers is achieved by having the shroud consist of 45-98% w/w of a first polyamide having a melting point exceeding 280° C., and 2-20% w/w of a layer silicate.