Abstract: An application device for paste-like and/or flowable material, including a housing with a feed region for material and at least one discharge region for material. At least one mixing region is formed between the feed region for material and the discharge region for material and the at least one mixing region is designed as at least one mixing device.

Abstract: a binder, consisting of at least one wax and optionally additional additives, characterized in that the at least one wax is constituted of at least a base wax portion and a synthetic wax portion and that the melting point of the synthetic wax portion is higher than the melting point of the base wax portion.

Abstract: An oven-hardening modeling material, at least including a binder and a softener, the binder and the softener being in the form of a plastisol, the plastisol being essentially composed of PVC and plasticizer and the mass having an overall plasticizer content of 32 to 60 wt. %.

Abstract: A method for producing molding compounds, at least including a binder and a softener, the binder and the softener being in the form of plastisols, the plastisol being essentially composed of PVC and softener, the method of production has the following steps: in a first step, mixing the PVC powder and the amount of softener with optionally other admixtures and/or additives and carrying out the mixing process at a mixing temperature of approximately 55 to 70° C.

Abstract: A modeling compound having at least one binder including plastisol and at least one filler and optionally other substances. The plastisol is composed essentially of PVC and plasticizers, wherein the at least one filler is in the form of plastic fibers.

Abstract: A coated steel component is provided. The coated steel component includes a substrate composed of a steel sheet which can be supplied to a hot-forming process. The coated steel component also possesses a non-metallic coating on the basis of silicon, in a layered structure. The layered structure includes three functional layers having the composition SiOxNyCz, wherein x lies between 30 and 70%, y lies between 0 and 35%, and z lies between 0 and 50%.

Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module includes a carrier and a layer stack at least partly covering the carrier. The layer stack includes a reflection layer, a light-transmissive layer arranged above the reflection layer, and a partly light-transmissive silver layer arranged above the light-transmissive layer. The partly light-transmissive silver layer is configured for reflecting part of light impinging on the partly light-transmissive silver layer.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module may include an electronic circuit in or on a carrier, a smart card module contact layer, which is coupled to the electronic circuit and provides a plurality of smart card module contacts, a mirror layer on the smart card module contact layer, said mirror layer at least partly covering the smart card module contacts, and an optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer, which covers the mirror layer. The optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer includes a plurality of regions of different layer thicknesses for providing different color components.

Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module includes a carrier and a layer stack at least partly covering the carrier. The layer stack includes a reflection layer, a light-transmissive layer arranged above the reflection layer, and a partly light-transmissive silver layer arranged above the light-transmissive layer. The partly light-transmissive silver layer is configured for reflecting part of light impinging on the partly light-transmissive silver layer.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module may include an electronic circuit in or on a carrier, a smart card module contact layer, which is coupled to the electronic circuit and provides a plurality of smart card module contacts, a mirror layer on the smart card module contact layer, said mirror layer at least partly covering the smart card module contacts, and an optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer, which covers the mirror layer. The optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer includes a plurality of regions of different layer thicknesses for providing different color components.

Abstract: A non-metallic coating for a steel substrate or for a coated steel substrate includes a first layer fabricated from at least one of a silicon oxide, a silicon nitride, and a silicon oxynitride, as well as a second layer fabricated from chromium nitride. The second layer has a thickness between 3 nm and 30 nm, and the first layer and the second layer together form a stacked-layer structure having a total thickness of not more than 300 nm.

Abstract: A coated steel component is provided. The coated steel component includes a substrate composed of a steel sheet which can be supplied to a hot-forming process. The coated steel component also possesses a non-metallic coating on the basis of silicon, in a layered structure. The layered structure includes three functional layers having the composition SiOxNyCz, wherein x lies between 30 and 70%, y lies between 0 and 35%, and z lies between 0 and 50%.