Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compounds free from nitrile groups, containing a mixture of randomly structured copolymers containing methyl methacrylate, maleic acid anhydride and aromatic vinyl compounds, aromatic polycarbonate resins and an elastomer grafted with methyl methacrylate.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compounds which are free from nitrile groups, obtained from randomly structured aromatic vinyl copolymers containing N-phenyl- or methyl-maleimide, aromatic polycarbonate resins and an elastomer grafted with methyl methacrylate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compositions containing thermoplastic polycarbonates, graft polymers, rubber-free copolymers and, if appropriate, copolymeric rubbers, and also, if appropriate, conventional additives, which are characterized in that the rubber-free copolymers contain internal epoxide compounds.

Abstract: This invention relates to a granular, free-flowing detergent component which dissolves rapidly in water and which has a powder density of from 550 to 900 g/l, consisting of synthetic, essentially nonionic surfactants, inorganic supports, other organic washing aids, and water bound by adsorption and in hydrate form. The detergent component is produced by spray-drying, and more than 50% by weight thereof consists of droplet-like to rodlet-like particles having an average diameter of from about 0.02 to 1.5 mm, an average length of from about 0.1 to 5 mm, and a ratio of average diameter to average length of from about 1:1.2 to 1:10, optionally coated with a finely divided water-soluble or water-dispersible solid material as a fluidity improving agent.

Abstract: It is necessary to determine the effects of welding pressure in order to control the high-frequency welding process in the manufacture of pipes with longitudinal seams. It has been discovered that measurements of the height of the welding bead provide an approximation that is satisfactory for determining the mass of the bead, which is proportional to welding pressure in known pipe geometry. The height of the bead is transmitted by an optical system to the diode matrix of a commercially available diode-matrix camera. The results are processed to control welding pressure.

Abstract: A system for non-destructive testing of metallic materials and for, in particular, welding seams. An ultrasonic sensor is employed and ultrasonic defect signals are producted according to the pulse echo method. The ultrasonic defect signals are digitized and the digitized signals are combined with signals corresponding to longitudinal positions along the welding seam. A defect curve is produced form the data resulting from combining the digitized signals with the signals corresponding to longitudinal positions along the welding seam. The resulting defect curve is compared with data from a catalog of classes of defects. The system eliminates the need for manual ultrasonic reinspection of presumed welding defects.