Abstract: A coating device for coating a base body, as well as a method. The coating device has at least one holding device for fixing a base body, at least one stamping station and at least one printing station for applying one or more printed layers to at least one partial area of a first surface of the base body and/or to at least one partial area of one or more film elements stamped on the base body and/or to at least one partial area of one or more further printed layers applied to the base body, and in that the stamping station has one or more stamping units for stamping one or more film elements on at least one partial area of a first surface of the base body and/or on at least one partial area of one or more further film elements stamped on the base body and/or on at least one partial area of one or more printed layers applied to the base body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel MMP-8 activation product such as a MMP-8 middle-part activation product. The invention also relates to detecting such a MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments in a biological sample derived from a subject and to the use thereof for diagnosing diseases which relate to abnormal or elevated levels of activated MMP-8.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel MMP-8 activation product such as a MMP-8 middle-part activation product. The invention also relates to detecting such a MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments in a biological sample derived from a subject and to the use thereof for diagnosing diseases which relate to abnormal or elevated levels of activated MMP-8.

Abstract: MMP-8 activation products are disclosed that have a MMP-8 middle-part activation product having a size between 20-35 kDa. Methods of detecting the MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments in a biological sample derived from a subject are also disclosed. The MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments diagnose diseases based on abnormal or elevated levels of activated MMP-8.

Abstract: MMP-8 activation products are disclosed that have a MMP-8 middle-part activation product having a size between 20-35 kDa. Methods of detecting the MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments in a biological sample derived from a subject are also disclosed. The MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments diagnose diseases based on abnormal or elevated levels of activated MMP-8.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a coating containing chromium, nitrogen and carbon, which component is characterized in that the coating comprises a sliding layer having a ceramic phase and an amorphous phase. According to the invention the ceramic phase forms a crystalline ceramic matrix from Crx(C1-yNy) with 0.8=x=1.2 and y>0.7, and the amorphous phase consists of carbon particles that are embedded in substantially uniform distribution in the crystalline ceramic matrix.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sliding tappet of a valve train of an internal combustion engine may include the steps of: providing a main body; applying a coating at least on a contact surface of the main body configured for contacting an associated cam. The coating may include tungsten carbide and cobalt, and the coating may be applied via high velocity oxygen fuel spraying. The method may further include the step of performing a surface finishing on the coating after the coating is applied.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a coating containing chromium, nitrogen and carbon. According to the invention the coating comprises a sliding layer having a ceramic phase and a carbon phase, the ceramic phase forms a crystalline ceramic phase from Crx(C1-yNy) with 0.8=x=1.2 and y>0.7, and the crystalline ceramic phase and the carbon phase form a layer system of alternating individual layers (A, B), wherein the carbon phase has interstices that are filled with the crystalline ceramic phase.

Abstract: MMP-8 activation products are disclosed that have a MMP-8 middle-part activation product having a size between 20-35 kDa. Methods of detecting the MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments in a biological sample derived from a subject are also disclosed. The MMP-8 activation product or activated MMP-8 fragments diagnose diseases based on abnormal or elevated levels of activated MMP-8.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sliding tappet of a valve train of an internal combustion engine may include the steps of: providing a main body; applying a coating at least on a contact surface of the main body configured for contacting an associated cam. The coating may include tungsten carbide and cobalt, and the coating may be applied via high velocity oxygen fuel spraying. The method may further include the step of performing a surface finishing on the coating after the coating is applied.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a coating containing chromium, nitrogen and carbon, which component is characterised in that the coating comprises a sliding layer having a ceramic phase and an amorphous phase. According to the invention the ceramic phase forms a crystalline ceramic matrix from Crx(C1-yNy) with 0.8=x=1.2 and y>0.7, and the amorphous phase consists of carbon particles that are embedded in substantially uniform distribution in the crystalline ceramic matrix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a component having a coating containing chromium, nitrogen and carbon. According to the invention the coating comprises a sliding layer having a ceramic phase and a carbon phase, the ceramic phase forms a crystalline ceramic phase from Crx(C1-yNy) with 0.8=x=1.2 and y>0.7, and the crystalline ceramic phase and the carbon phase form a layer system of alternating individual layers (A, B), wherein the carbon phase has interstices that are filled with the crystalline ceramic phase.

Abstract: A sliding body for an internal combustion engine may include a main part and a coating which at least partially covers the main part. The coating may have a first main layer. The first main layer may include main components which are molybdenum, nitrogen and oxygen.

Abstract: A process for avoiding false positive results in a detecting process of an inflammation indicator from the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family in a gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), wherein said GCF, which is obtained from a mouthrinse or saliva, is filtered before said inflammation indicator from the MMP family is assayed.

Abstract: A planar device for absorbing substances, especially proteins, such as enzymes, from body fluids, especially from gingival crevicular fluid or lacrimal fluid, comprising a receptor element (10), a support element (20), characterized in that—said receptor element (10) is hydrophilic and has a pore size of from 0.22 ?m to 5 ?m, especially from 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m, and consists of a plastic material or mixture of plastic materials, especially of an inert plastic material or a mixture of inert plastic materials;—said support element (20) is hydrophobic and covers one surface of the receptor element (10) at least partially, and—wherein the device further comprises a discriminator element (40) which is situated at the opposing surface of the receptor element (10).

Abstract: Disclosed is a piston (1) for a combustion engine, comprising hub bores (3) that are provided with plain bearing surfaces (5) and are used for accommodating a piston pin. In order to very effectively and inexpensively prevent the piston pin and the hub bores from jamming and wearing off, a self-lubricating coating (6) made of a thermally cured resin which contains embedded solid lubricant particles is applied directly to at least one subarea (Tb) of the plain bearing surfaces by means of rotary atomization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard chrome layer, which is formed substantially by electrodeposition from an electrolyte containing a hexavalent chrome and which has fissures in which particles of hard material are intercalated. According to the invention, it is provided that the particles of hard material are formed from cubic boron nitride and have an average particle size of from 0.1 to 1.0 ?m. The present invention also relates to a substrate with such a hard chrome layer and to a tribological system comprising a basic body and an opposing body in the form of such a substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connecting rod for a combustion engine, comprising a small connecting-rod eye that is provided with a plain bearing surface and is used for accommodating a piston pin, and a large connecting-rod eye which is provided with a plain bearing surface and embraces a crankshaft journal. In order to very effectively and inexpensively prevent the piston pin and the crankshaft journal of the connecting rod from jamming and wearing off, a self-lubricating coating made of a thermally cured resin which contains embedded solid lubricant particles is applied directly to at least one of the plain bearing surfaces by means of rotary atomization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piston ring whose running surface is provided with a coating containing a plastic material. Said piston ring is characterized in that the coating is composed of at least one polyamide-imide and/or at least one polyether ether ketone with embedded particles which can be embodied as hard material particles, solid lubricant particles, or metallic particles. The invention further relates to a piston/piston ring arrangement comprising at least one inventive piston ring and an agent for coating at least the running surface of the piston ring.

Abstract: A method for the production of wear-resistant edges for a keystone ring for internal combustion engines, involves forming a rectangular ring from a steel strip with a rectangular cross-section, grinding the ring edges and the outer circumferential faces to give the required profile and brushing the inner circumferential face, grinding the upper and lower ring edge to form the keystone ring, complete nitriding of the piston ring surface by a gas-nitriding process (GNS) to form a nitride layer, profiling the nitrided piston ring by grinding and lapping without machining the nitrided edges of the piston ring, stacking the piston rings on the parallel faces, coating the outer circumferential faces of the piston rings with a wearing layer, and grinding the nitrided layer of the faces in the stacked state such that at most a quarter of the total thickness of the nitrided layer is removed.