Abstract: There are disclosed a method and a machine for constructing a shaft having a substantially circular cross-section. According to the present invention, the shaft having a shotcrete formed on a peripheral wall thereof can be easily constructed. The shotcrete can be promptly formed on the peripheral wall by spraying concrete on the wall above the water level of the water in the shaft before the wall is damaged. Also, muck excavated from a working face of the shaft can be efficiently conveyed therefrom to outside of the shaft even if the shaft has a depth of more than hundreds of meters.

Abstract: A hexene-1/4 methylpentene-1 random copolymer composed of 65 to 90% by weight of hexene-1 unit and 35 to 10% by weight of 4-methylpentene-1 unit and having a polystyrene-reduced number average molecular weight of 20,000 to 500,000, which copolymer is useful in applications as rubber vibration insulators, modifiers for plastics and rubbers and adhesives. Said random copolymer is produced by copolymerizing 60 to 95% by weight of hexene-1 with 40 to 50% by weight of 4-methylpentene-1 in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst comprising a transition metal component and an organometal compound component.

Abstract: A vibration-damping rubber composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of at least one rubber component selected from the group consisting of (a) at least one hexene-1 type polymer selected from the group consisting of hexene-1 homopolymers and copolymers of hexene-1 and a C.sub.3-20 alpha-olefin other than hexene-1 and (b) at least one graft copolymer selected from the group consisting of a graft copolymer of a hydroxyl group-containing polysiloxane or a copolymer of hexene-1 and a silane compound represented by the general formula I:CH.sub.2 .dbd.CH--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --SiR.sup.1.sub.m X.sub.3-m Iwherein n is an integer of 1 or more, m is 0 or an integer of 1-2, X is a chlorine or bromine atom, and R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-5 alkyl group and a graft copolymer of a hydroxyl group-containing polysiloxane on a terpolymer of hexene-1, a C.sub.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition obtainable by blending 100 parts by weight of a mixture consisting of(A) 75 to 40% by weight of a propylene polymer,(B) 20 to 40% by weight of an ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, and(C) 5 to 30% by weight of a graft copolymer obtained by copolymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound and a polar vinyl compound in the presence of an ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymerwith(D) 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, an anhydride thereof or a mixture of the two, and(E) 0.01 to 0.3 part by weight of an organic radical-generating agent,and then subjecting the resulting blend to thermal treatment. Said composition has not only a high bending modulus inherently possessed by polypropylene resins but also remarkably improved coating property. Accordingly, the composition is useful as interior and exterior trim parts of automobiles and exterior trim parts of motorcycles.

Abstract: A multi-stage particle separator provides a scroll and cylinder configuration in which the scroll establishes a swirling chamber and a first stage of separation and the cylinder establishes a continuing and second stage of separation.

Abstract: A combustion control system for a rotary kiln with a suspension preheater including a calcining burner wherein slurries of Portland cement raw materials, lime slurries, alumina, magnesia or the like are filtered into a cake, the cake being burned in the kiln with the suspension preheater.