Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basell Polyolefine Gmbh

Abb Lummus Global Inc.

Basell Polypropylene Gmbh

John Lynch

Gerhard Hoffmann

David Fischer

G&uuml;nther Schweier

Rudolf Vyvial

Bernd Bronstert

Gerhard Bleckmann

Hans-Helmut G&ouml;rtz

Herbert Naarmann

Peter Lechtken

Rainer Hemmerich

Wolf Spaether

Gunter Wallbillich

Heinrich Hartmann

Reinhold J Leyrer

Franz Langhauser

Werner Lenz

Roland Hingmann

Heinz Friedrich Sutoris

Wolfgang Bidell

Gunther Schweier

Jurgen Kerth

Manfred Zuerger

Albert Elzer

Stephan H&uuml;ffer

Klaus Borho

Joachim R&ouml;sch

Dietrich Saenger

Alexander Aum&uuml;ller

Heinz Mohr

Joachim Rösch

Gunther Schulz

J&uuml;rgen Zubiller

Alexandre Segul

Ingo Treffkorn

Manfred Zurger

The present invention relates to a new solid catalytic component, which can be used in combination with an aluminum compound as co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor as additional co-catalyst to form a catalytic system of the Ziegler-Natta-catalyst-type. The solid catalytic system comprises titanium or vanadium compound, a compound of magnesium containing at least one halogen, a particulate porous support, and optionally an internal electron donor.

Solid catalytic component and catalytic system of the ziegler-natta type, process for their preparation and their use in the polymerization of alk-1-enes

Catalyst systems of the Ziegler-Natta type

Polymerizable alkanes are prepared by gas-phase polymerization in the presence of catalyst systems by a process in which the catalyst systems used are supported castalyst systems.

Process for producing alkene polymers by gas phase polymerisation

Supported catalyst systems

Preparation of polymers of alkenes by suspension polymerization

Vinyl monomers are polymerized in the aqueous phase in the presence of at least one N-oxyl compound of a secondary amine, having no hydrogen atoms bonded to the &agr; carbon atoms. This process substantially eliminates deposits on reactor surfaces.

Method for polymerizing vinyl monomers

Supported catalyst systems are obtainable by a) application of a mixture of

Supported metallocene catalyst systems

Photocurable filling compounds for closing the gaps which result between the end or edge regions of gravure printing plates when the latter are clamped on forme cylinders consist of a homogeneous, solvent-free, photopolymerizable mixture which is free-flowing at room temperature and contains from 10 to 90% by weight of one or more hydrophilic, polar, photopolymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated low molecular weight compounds, from 5 to 65% by weight of one or more polymeric binders which are resistant to toluene-containing, gasoline-containing, ketone-containing and/or ester-containing solvents and are compatible with the photopolymerizable low molecular weight compounds, from 0.01 to 10% by weight of one or more photoinitiators and from 0 to 70% by weight of further additives and/or assistants.

Photocurable filling compound, in particular for closing the gap between

Relief plates and printing plates are produced by a positive-working process, using a photopolymerizable layer which contains one or more photopolymerizable, olefinically unsaturated compounds, one or more photoinitiators which can be activated by UV light, and a combination of a phenothiazinium, phenoxazinium, phenazinium or acridinium dye with a mild reducing agent which, on exposure to visible light, is capable of reducing the dye in the excited electronic state. The photopolymerizable layer is exposed imagewise to light having a wavelength longer than 450 nm, and simultaneously or subsequently exposed uniformly to light having a wavelength of from 300 to 420 nm, after which the unpolymerized areas of the layer are removed.

Production of relief plates and printing plates by a positive-working

To close the gaps (6) which result between the end or edge sections (7) of the gravure printing plates (2) when the latter are clamped on form cylinders (1) of rotary gravure presses, the gap (6) is covered with a cover element (8) in which at least that surface region which lies on the end or edge sections (7) of the gravure printing plate (2) and covers the gap (6) is deformable under pressure and can therefore be matched up with the surface contour in the gap region, the cover element is pressed onto the surface of the gravure printing plate, the resulting gap cavity is filled with a curable filling compound and, when curing of the filling compound is complete, the cover element is removed. It is particularly advantageous to use cover elements which are in the form of hollow bodies and which are filled with a pressure-generating and pressure-transmitting medium, and the pressure exerted on the deformable surface of the cover element which lies on the gravure printing plate, and hence also the surface contour of the closed gap, can be controlled via the internal pressure in the cavity of the cover element.

Method for closing the gap between the ends of gravure printing plates

The gap formed between the end sections of a gravure printing plate anchored in a groove in a forme cylinder is covered with a plate, and the resulting gap cavity is filled with plastic, curable material. When the filling has been cured, the plate is removed. In order to position the plate exactly on the gap, the plate is held, in such a way that it can be rotated and lowered, by means of a pair of guide rails mounted on the forme cylinder axle; the said pair of rails can be connected to a means for centering on the gap, this means likewise being rotatable about the said axle.

Apparatus for closing the gap between the ends of a gravure printing

Gravure printing plates comprising a plastic printing layer applied on a printing plate base are produced by a method wherein a solid photosensitive layer (L) firmly bonded on the printing plate base is exposed imagewise to actinic light, and the exposed layer is washed out with a developer and then subjected to thermal hardening to form the plastic printing layer. In this process, the photosensitive layer (L) employed contains, as the photosensitive component, a compound possessing two or more aromatic and/or heteroaromatic o-nitrocarbinol ester groups, and a compound which effects crosslinking and possesses two or more reactive groups which are capable of reacting with --COOH groups under the action of heat to form a covalent chemical bond. After imagewise exposure, the layer is either washed out with an aqueous developer, post-exposed uniformly to actinic light and then subjected to thermal hardening and crosslinking, or subjected to selective thermal hardening and crosslinking in the exposed areas and then washed out with a developer.

Production of gravure printing plates having plastic printing layers

Gravure printing plates which are highly abrasion-resistant and scratch-resistant can be produced rapidly and simply from a photosensitive recording material by exposing the latter through a photographic positive, washing out the unexposed areas and drying the resulting gravure printing plate, if the photosensitive recording material employed, which comprises a photopolymerizable and/or photocrosslinkable layer (L) applied to a dimensionally stable base, contains finely divided, hard, abrasive particles in the layer (L), the surface of this layer, which subsequently constitutes the surface of the printing plate, has a peak-to-valley height of &lt;2 .mu.m, and the materials of this layer are chosen so that, after exposure and development, it has a Vickers hardness of not less than 10 N/mm.sup.2, measured under load.

Photosensitive recording materials containing particles for the

Photosensitive recording materials which are suitable for the production of printing plates and relief plates and possess a photopolymerizable relief-forming layer which can be developed with water and is based on a polyvinylalcohol/monomer mixture contain, as a binder in the said layer, a polyvinylalcohol derivative which is obtained by reacting polyvinylalcohol with an acylating agent which has groups which are polymerizable by free radicals, the reaction being carried out in the heterogeneous phase, in an aprotic dispersant, using the acylating agent in an amount which corresponds to not less than twice the molar amount required to achieve the desired degree of acylation.

Photosensitive recording material suitable for the production of

The gap (15) formed between the end portions (5) of a gravure printing plate (3) which is anchored in a groove (2) of a printing cylinder (1) on which the plate is mounted is covered with a sheet (6) which overlaps the end portions. The gap cavity (9) thus formed is then filled with a thermoplastic and/or hardenable material and when this has hardened the cover is removed.

Process and arrangement for sealing the gap between the ends of a

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