Abstract: An arrangement for milking a plurality of milking animals comprises an automated milking system (11) provided with a milking robot (13) for automatically milking a milking animal; a milking system (15) provided for batchwise milking of multiple milking animals; an identification arrangement (19, 21) provided for identifying each of the plurality of milking animals prior to being milked; decision means (23) connected to the identification arrangement for deciding, for each of the plurality of milking animals, whether that milking animal should be milked by the automated milking system or by the milking system for batchwise milking; and means connected (25) to the decision means for guiding each of the plurality of milking animals to the automated milking system or to the milking system for batchwise milking depending on the decision made for that milking animal.

Abstract: Process for preparation of bead polymers whose average particle size is in the range from 1 ?m to 40 ?m, by dispersing and polymerizing a polymerizable composition in an aqueous phase, where the dispersion stabilized by an aluminium compound is prepared at a shear rate ?103 s?1. A polymerizable composition is used here which, in each case based on its total weight, comprises a) more than 50.0% by weight of at least one compound of the formula (I), where the radicals 1R to 6R have definitions according to the Description, b) from 0.1% by weight to 10.0% by weight of at least one crosslinking agent and c) less than 49.9% by weight of at least one compound of the formula (II) where the radicals R and 7R to 9R have definitions according to the Description The bead polymers prepared according to the inventive process are particularly suitable for production of mouldings with light-scattering properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer mixture, based on the (meth)acrylate (co)polymer components a.), b.), c.) and/or d.) according to claim 1, where a test specimen produced from the polymer mixture simultaneously has the following properties: a tensile modulus (ISO 527) of at least 2 500 MPa, a Vicat softening point VSP (ISO 306-350) of at least 110° C., an impact resistance (ISO 179-2D, flatwise) of at least 30 kJ/m2, and a melt index MVR (ISO 1133, 230° C./3.8 kg) of at least 1.0 cm3/10 at least The invention further relates to injection mouldings and to the use of the polymer mixture for production of injection mouldings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a macroporous plastics bead material with an average particle diameter from 10 to 1000 ?m, containing a copolymer of a) 5-60 wt. % vinylically polymerizable monomers with a water solubility of at least 1% at 20° C., b) 1-40 wt. % vinylically polymerizable monomers with an additional functional group, which can enter into covalent bonds with the nucleophilic groups of the ligands in a polymer-like reaction, c) 10-40 wt. % hydrophilic, crosslinking radical-polymerizable monomers with two or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups and d) 10-60 wt. % vinylically polymerizable monomers with a water solubility of at most 1% at 20° C. are contained, as a rule with the monomers a) to d) adding up to 100%.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer mixture based on the (meth)acrylate (co)polymer components a), b), c), and/or d) according to claim 1, where a test specimen produced from the polymer mixture simultaneously has the following properties: I. a tensile modulus (ISO 527) of at least 2600 MPa, II. a Vicat softening point VSP (ISO 306-B50) of at least 109° C., III. an impact strength (ISO 179-2D, flatwise) of at least 17 kJ/m2, and IV. a melt index MVR (ISO 1133, 230° C./3.8 kg) of at least 1.5 cm3/10 min. The invention further relates to injection mouldings and to the use of the polymer mixture for producing injection-moulded parts.

Abstract: A film forming composition comprises a resin, a plurality of nanoparticles, a surface active material and a polymeric dispersant. The film forming composition is substantially transparent and is adapted to be combined with a substrate to enhance abrasion resistance. The film forming composition may be used with wood objects including furniture, doors, floors, for architectural surfaces, for automotive articles and finishes, for metal coatings and coil coatings, for plastic articles, and for wipe-on protective treatments.

Abstract: A film forming composition comprises a resin, a plurality of nanoparticles, a surface active material and a polymeric dispersant. The film forming composition is substantially transparent and is adapted to be combined with a substrate to enhance abrasion resistance. The film forming composition may be used with wood objects including furniture, doors, floors, for architectural surfaces, for automotive articles and finishes, for metal coatings and coil coatings, for plastic articles, and for wipe-on protective treatments.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polyalkyl(meth)acrylate bead polymers with an average particle size V50 that ranges between 30 and 70 ?m for improving the stress cracking resistance of moulding materials containing polyalkyl(meth)acrylate. The invention also relates to moulding materials comprising: a) at least 50 wt. % of an impact resistance modifying agent, which contains at least one polyalkyl(meth)acrylate phase; b) at least 8 wt. % of a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate bead polymer with an average particle size V50 that ranges between 30 and 70 ?m; and c) between 0 and 42 wt. % of a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate with a molecular weight ranging between 20,000 and 350,000 g/mol, whereby the wt. % of the components a) to c) amounts to 100 wt. %, and to moulded bodies that can be obtained from said materials.

Abstract: A moulding compound comprises a copolymer (I)a), produced by polymerisation of 90-100% by weight methylmethacrylate, styrene and malic acid anhydride, and optionally 0-10% by weight additional monomers which can be copolymerised with methylmethacrylate, a (co)polymer (II)b), produced by polymerisation of 80-100% by weight methylmethacrylate and optionally 0-20% by weight additional monomers which can be copolymerised with methylmethacrylate, and has a solution viscosity in chloroform at 25° C. (ISO 1628 Part 6) of 50 to 55 ml/g, as well as c) optional conventional additives, auxiliary agents and/or fillers. The moulding compound is characterised in that the copolymer (I) has a solution viscosity in chloroform at 25° C. (ISO 1628 Part) of 55 ml/g or less. Also disclosed are mouldings produced by thermoplastic processing of the moulding compound and their uses.

Abstract: The invention describes a novel impact modifier, built up from core-shell1- and shell 2, the core being capable of plastic deformation. Good mechanical properties were achieved using a small amount of impact modifier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered film comprising at least one upper layer a), a middle layer b) made of (meth)acrylate copolymer, and a supporting layer c) made of polycarbonate. Upper layer a) contains a light-stability agent and is made of a (meth)acrylate copolymer that, together with the polycarbonate of supporting layer c), can form partially compatible mixtures. A test piece, which is made from a mixture consisting of 20% by weight of (meth)acrylate copolymer and 80% by weight of polycarbonate, has a breaking elongation (ISO 527-2) of at least 75% at 23° C. The middle layer b) contains a colorant and, optionally, a light-stability agent and is made from an identical or different (meth)acrylate copolymer that, together with the polycarbonate of supporting layer c), can form partially compatible mixtures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer mixture based on the (meth)acrylate (co)polymer components a), b), c), and/or d) according to claim 1, where a test specimen produced from the polymer mixture simultaneously has the following properties: I. a tensile modulus (ISO 527) of at least 2600 MPa, II. a Vicat softening point VSP (ISO 306-B50) of at least 109° C., III. an impact strength (ISO 179-2D, flatwise) of at least 17 kJ/m2, and IV. a melt index MVR (ISO 1133, 230° C./3.8 kg) of at least 1.5 cm3/10 min. The invention further relates to injection mouldings and to the use of the polymer mixture for producing injection-moulded parts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a moulding composition, comprising a) 50 to 99.9% by weight of a matrix composed of a thermoplastic polymer and b) from 0.1 to 50% by weight of a matting agent in the form of a (meth)acrylate copolymer dispersed in the matrix, characterized in that the matting agent is a (meth)acrylate copolymer which has been prepared from the following monomers, b1) from 50 to 95% by weight of methyl methacrylate b2) from 5 to 50% by weight of C1-C6-alkyl acrylates b3) from 0.01 to less than 0.5% by weight of a crosslinking monomer and/or graft-linking agent having two or more ethylenically unsaturated radicals capable of free-radical polymerization, b4) from 0 to 20% by weight of one or more other, non-crosslinking ethylenically unsaturated monomers capable of free-radical polymerization, where the entirety of the constituents b1) and b2) and, where appropriate, b3) and/or b4) gives 100% by weight, and the glass transition temperature Tmg of the matting agent is at least 20° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer mixture, comprising a) a polymer matrix which is composed of a (meth)acrylate(co)polymer or of a mixture of (meth)acrylate(co)polymers with a Vicat softening point VSP (ISO 306-B50) of at least 104° C. and/or of a (meth)acrylimide(co)polymer, b) an impact modifier which is based on crosslinked poly(meth)acrylates and which does not have covalent bonding to the polymer matrix a), c) from 1 to 15% by weight of plastics particles composed of crosslinked polymers based on polymethyl methacrylate, on polystyrene and/or on polysilicones. The polymer mixture can be used to obtain injection mouldings with matt surfaces and Vicat softening points VSPs (ISO 306-B50) of at least 90° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel impact-resistance modifier, constructed from a core-shell 1 and a shell 2, whereby the core is plastically deformable. The invention is characterised by excellent mechanical properties obtained by a low content of impact-resistance modifier.

Abstract: A pH-sensitive polymer which has cytotoxic or membranolytic properties at pH values below pH 6.5. Carriers for natural or synthetic biomolecules or active pharmaceutical ingredients using such a pH-sensitive polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer-lacquer based paint, characterized in that in addition to the lacquer paint constituents are usual per se, it contains suitable conductive additives, by which the paint lacquer is provided with antistatic properties. The present invention also relates to a method for lacquering plastic surfaces comprising lacquering plastic surfaces with a lacquer paint, wherein the lacquer paint comprises a polymer-based lacquer and conductive additives, by which the lacquer paint is provided with anti-static properties, and the conductive additives are chosen from semiconductor-doped BaSO4.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection moulding method for the production of a complex, high optical quality light-diffusing moulded item. The moulding material used comprises a matrix made of polymethyl(meth)acrylate and spherical plastic particles whose particle size ranges from 1-24 ?m and the concentration thereof ranges from 0.05-30 wt.-% in relation to the weight of the polymethyl(meth)acrylate. The spherical particles exhibit a refractive index differential in relation to the polymethyl(meth)acrylate matrix of 0.01 0.2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a core-shell particle which has a core, a first shell and, where appropriate, a second shell, where: i) the core encompasses, based on its total weight, at least 75.0% by weight of (meth)acrylate repeat units; ii) the first shell has a glass transition temperature below 30° C.; iii) the second shell present where appropriate encompassed, based on its total weight, at lest 75.0% by weight of (meth)acrylate repeat units; iv) the first shell encompasses, based on its total weight, the following constituents; E) from 92.0 to 98.0% by weight of (meth)acrylate repeat units and F) from 2.0 to 8.0% by weight of styrenic repeat units of the general formula (I) where the radicals R1 to R6 are defined according to the Description and the percentages by weight of E) and F) give a total of 100.0% by weight, v) the radius of the core-shell particle inclusive of any second shell present, measured by the Coulter method, is in the range from above 160.0 to 240.0 nm.

Abstract: A film forming composition comprises a resin, a plurality of nanoparticles, a surface active material and a polymeric dispersant. The film forming composition is substantially transparent and is adapted to be combined with a substrate to enhance abrasion resistance. The film forming composition may be used with wood objects including furniture, doors, floors, for architectural surfaces, for automotive articles and finishes, for metal coatings and coil coatings, for plastic articles, and for wipe-on protective treatments.