Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of filled rubber granules, composed of a mixture of one or more polymers with one or more fillers, which includes precipitating the rubber onto the surface of the filler in one or more continuous reactors.

Abstract: A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.

Abstract: A process for preparing silica-filled rubber powder is provided, which includes contacting a salt-containing silica-precipitation suspension with at least one selected from the group including a rubber latex, rubber solution, and rubber emulsion, to form a mixture; and precipitating to produce a silica-filled rubber powder. A silica-filled rubber powder prepared by the process, and compositions and uses containing the same, are also provided.

Abstract: A fine-particle, free-flowing rubber powder containing silicatic fillers, one or more organosilanes having trialkoxysilyl groups, and a rubber prepared by solution polymerization is prepared by a process that starts from a two-phase system: 1) filler in water, and 2) rubber in organic solvent. A rubber/silicatic filler/silane composite is formed during transfer, under gentle conditions, of the various reactants into a single phase. The process features a high degree of freedom in selecting forms of filler and in selecting the organosilane and gives a finished rubber powder in which a silicatic filler and an organosilane have undergone complete chemical reaction.

Abstract: An aid for starting to wind a belt, especially a corded belt, on a reel, which is provided with a driving device, with a forked supporting body, which preferably is in two parts and can be moved perpendicularly to the reel axis against the reel core with closed guiding belts which are wrapped partially around the reel core from below and, with clamping of the belt that is to be wound up, are carried along by the driving device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing fine-particle free-flowing rubber powders, composed of carbon black fillers and a rubber, prepared by solution polymerization. The process operates on the basis of a two-phase system involving transfer of the organic rubber phase in a non-aggressive manner into the inorganic filler suspension, without addition of chemicals. A rubber/carbon black composite is formed. The process comprises measures to avoid clumping of product in the aqueous phase. After mechanical water removal and thermal drying, the product obtained flows freely and is a storage-stable powder or pellet and are markedly superior to the standard both in their processing and in their rubber-technology property profile.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process, which includes:

Abstract: An adsorbent for organic compounds consisting of filler granules, which contain 20 to 99.9 wt. % of fillers and a binder. The adsorbent is produced by mixing at least one binder with at least one filler and performing granulation in a mixing or granulation apparatus. The adsorbent may be used for adsorbing and/or absorbing organic and/or inorganic substances from a liquid or gaseous phase.

Abstract: Fine-particle, filled rubber powders prepared by precipitation from aqueous mixtures of a filler suspension and a rubber-latex emulsion in the absence of water-soluble salts of metals of groups IIa, IIb, IIIa, or VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements and in the absence of alkali metal silicate are used for vulcanizable rubber mixtures.

Abstract: A fine-particle, free-flowing rubber powder containing silicatic fillers, one or more organosilanes having trialkoxysilyl groups, and a rubber prepared by solution polymerization is prepared by a process that starts from a two-phase system: 1) filler in water, and 2) rubber in organic solvent. A rubber/silicatic filler/silane composite is formed during transfer, under gentle conditions, of the various reactants into a single phase. The process features a high degree of freedom in selecting forms of filler and in selecting the organosilane and gives a finished rubber powder in which a silicatic filler and an organosilane have undergone complete chemical reaction.

Abstract: A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.

Abstract: A process for preparing silica-filled rubber powder is provided, which includes contacting a salt-containing silica-precipitation suspension with at least one selected from the group including a rubber latex, rubber solution, and rubber emulsion, to form a mixture; and precipitating to produce a silica-filled rubber powder. A silica-filled rubber powder prepared by the process, and compositions and uses containing the same, are also provided.

Abstract: A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.

Abstract: Fine-particle, filled rubber powders prepared by precipitation from aqueous mixtures of a filler suspension and a rubber-latex emulsion in the absence of water-soluble salts of metals of groups IIa, IIb, IIIa, or VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements and in the absence of alkali metal silicate are used for vulcanizable rubber mixtures.