Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a carbonated mineral component in particular for the use as a substituent of cement in hydraulic binder compositions wherein a raw material comprising at least one of the group of concrete demolition waste, hardened concrete paste, hardened cement paste, or any mineral component containing hydrated calcium silicates, calcium aluminates is carbonated and heated, a carbonated mineral component manufactured in this way, a method for the preparation of a hydraulic binder using the carbonated mineral component and a cementitious component as well as a concrete composition with that hydraulic binder.

Abstract: A method of preparation of a construction element by carbonation, includes a) preparing a composition containing a cement, water and chemical additives; b) pre-drying the composition; then c) placing the pre-dried composition in a chamber of an incubator, the chamber containing at least one inlet and one outlet, the pre-dried composition being carbonated, in a carbonation procedure, by feeding into the chamber, through the inlet, a flow of CO2 containing gas, variations of the CO2 concentration in the chamber being kept below 10% of a reference value during the whole carbonation procedure, during the carbonation procedure, the pressure within the chamber being atmospheric pressure, the relative humidity within the chamber being above 80° % and the temperature within the chamber ranging from 20° C. to 80° C. The chemical additives in the composition include more than 0.05% in weight, compared to the total weight of the cement, of a cement hydration retarder.

Abstract: Carbonatable calcium silicate-based cements and concretes are presented, which result in concrete compositions that have an improved aesthetics. A cement product includes a plurality of particles of a carbonatable calcium silicate cement and a first additive; wherein, the first additive is a hydrophobic organic acid, or a salt thereof, or a silane, or a polysiloxane.

Abstract: A method of producing a synthetic carbonated mineral component in a cement manufacturing plant, includes providing a carbonatable substance from an external source, introducing the carbonatable substance into an exhaust gas installation of the cement manufacturing plant for contacting the carbonatable substance with CO2 enriched exhaust gas, carbonating the carbonatable substance by reacting the carbonatable substance with CO2 contained in the CO2 enriched exhaust gas, thereby obtaining the synthetic carbonated mineral component, and removing the synthetic carbonated mineral component from the exhaust gas installation.

Abstract: The invention provides composite materials comprising novel bonding elements exhibiting unique microstructures and chemical compositions, and methods for their manufacture and uses, for example, in a variety of concrete components with or without aggregates in the infrastructure, construction, pavement and landscaping industries.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive train for a motor vehicle containing an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected downstream thereof, drive wheels and a differential arranged between the drive wheels and the transmission. In order to eliminate or at least reduce the vibrational eigenmodes behind the transmission, a centrifugal pendulum is assigned adjacent to the differential.

Abstract: The invention provides composite materials comprising novel bonding elements exhibiting unique microstructures and chemical compositions, and methods for their manufacture and uses, for example, in a variety of concrete components with or without aggregates in the infrastructure, construction, pavement and landscaping industries.

Abstract: Calcium silicate-based cements and concretes are disclosed, which result in concrete compositions that have an improved strength development. A cement product includes a plurality of particles of a carbonatable calcium silicate cement and a first additive; wherein, the first additive is an organic molecule with at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amine group.

Abstract: Calcium silicate-based cements and concretes are disclosed, which result in concrete compositions that have an increased durability. A cement product includes a plurality of particles of a carbonatable calcium silicate cement and a hydrophobic organic acid, or a salt thereof, or a silane, or a polysiloxane.

Abstract: A watch case including a thumbwheel for controlling a watch function, configured to be manipulated by a user, movable inside a housing and configured to allow a limited translational motion of one portion of the thumbwheel in a radial direction of the case, against an elastic return configured to move the portion away from an interior of the case. The housing includes a control detector detecting presence of the portion close to the center of the case when pressure is applied by a user, and configured to activate or deactivate a sensor included in the case in proximity to the housing, configured, when a rotational movement is imparted to the thumbwheel by the user, to detect passage of a transmitter included in the thumbwheel.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive train for a motor vehicle containing an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected downstream thereof, drive wheels and a differential arranged between the drive wheels and the transmission. In order to eliminate or at least reduce the vibrational eigenmodes behind the transmission, a centrifugal pendulum is assigned adjacent to the differential.

Abstract: The invention provides novel, microstructured clinker and cement materials that are characterized by superior grindability and reactivity. The disclosed clinker and cement materials are based on carbonatable calcium silicate and can be made from widely available, low cost raw materials via a process suitable for large-scale production. The method of the invention is flexible in equipment and processing requirements and is readily adaptable to manufacturing facilities of conventional Portland cement.

Abstract: The invention provides novel methods and compositions that mitigate the occurrence of hazing of products made from carbonatable calcium silicate-based cements. The methods and compositions of the invention may be applied in a variety of cement and concrete components in the infrastructure, construction, pavement and landscaping industries.

Abstract: Light guide into which is injected the light produced by a light source optically coupled to the light guide, wherein the light guide includes a first central portion made of a transparent material in which are structured light extractors, via which the light produced by the light source is extracted from the light guide, and a second peripheral portion made of a light absorbing material and surrounding the central portion, wherein the peripheral portion is integral with the central portion.

Abstract: The present embodiments provide a method for unlocking a function of a device using a timepiece including a display device including display elements and a control device driving the display elements in a predefined animation sequence. The method including that the timepiece is placed in front of a detection device, the control device is actuated to drive the display elements in the predefined animation sequence, the predefined animation sequence is detected by the detection device, the detected animation sequence is compared to a reference animation sequence, and if the detected animation sequence is identical to the reference animation sequence, then the function is unlocked.

Abstract: Carbonatable calcium silicate-based cements and concretes are presented, which result in concrete compositions that have an improved aesthetics. A cement product includes a plurality of particles of a carbonatable calcium silicate cement and a first additive; wherein, the first additive is a hydrophobic organic acid, or a salt thereof, or a silane, or a polysiloxane.

Abstract: Calcium silicate-based cements and concretes are disclosed, which result in concrete compositions that have an increased durability. A cement product includes a plurality of particles of a carbonatable calcium silicate cement and a hydrophobic organic acid, or a salt thereof, or a silane, or a polysiloxane.

Abstract: Calcium silicate-based cements and concretes are disclosed, which result in concrete compositions that have an improved strength development. A cement product includes a plurality of particles of a carbonatable calcium silicate cement and a first additive; wherein, the first additive is an organic molecule with at least one primary, secondary or tertiary amine group.

Abstract: A watch case including a thumbwheel for controlling a watch function, configured to be manipulated by a user, movable inside a housing and configured to allow a limited translational motion of one portion of the thumbwheel in a radial direction of the case, against an elastic return configured to move the portion away from an interior of the case. The housing includes a control detector detecting presence of the portion close to the center of the case when pressure is applied by a user, and configured to activate or deactivate a sensor included in the case in proximity to the housing, configured, when a rotational movement is imparted to the thumbwheel by the user, to detect passage of a transmitter included in the thumbwheel.

Abstract: The invention provides novel, microstructured clinker and cement materials that are characterized by superior grindability and reactivity. The disclosed clinker and cement materials are based on carbonatable calcium silicate and can be made from widely available, low cost raw materials via a process suitable for large-scale production. The method of the invention is flexible in equipment and processing requirements and is readily adaptable to manufacturing facilities of conventional Portland cement.