Rutgerswerke Aktiengesellschaft

Ruetgerswerke Aktiengesellschaft

Karl Ruehl

Ernst Scherp

Lothar Hockenberger

Timothy C Lee

Peter Endruscheit

Franz-Josef Bergmann

Raymond Robinson

Karlheinz Bildner

Polysulfide sheeting is prepared by mixing a curable polysulfide oligomer or polymer, carbon black, and manganese dioxide as a hardening catalyst; forming the composition into a sheet; and curing the sheet at an elevated temperature. The sheeting has unusually high short-term heat resistance, so it will not lose its watertightness when coated with hot-laid asphalt at 240.degree. C. It has better resistance to ultraviolet light than conventional polysulfide sheeting, and good penetration and compression set resistance. The sheeting can be laminated to a reinforcing layer, if desired. A continuous waterproofing layer can be formed by laying pieces of the sheeting in overlapping relation, placing an uncured polysulfide rope between the overlapping edges of adjacent pieces of sheeting, and curing the rope, thus joining the pieces to form an integral sheet. Such waterproof layers can be incorporated into paving for bridges, roofs, and other structures.

Polysulfide sheeting

Bubble-formation when melting a magnetically adhering bituminous soundproofing sheet provided with a hot-melt adhesive layer (4) onto an automobile body sheet metal at temperatures of about 190.degree. C., is prevented by integrating a flexible, temperature-resistant foil (5) into the soundproofing sheet. For soundproofing sheets up to 3 mm thick, the spacing between the hot-melt layer (4) and the foil (5) preferably should not exceed 1 mm.

Magnetic, hot-melt adhering soundproofing sheet

A roofing strip with a very wide range of plasticity and based on elastomer-modified bitumen is prepared by covering a support with a bitumen/rubber mixture in the ratio of 17/3-19/1 and irradiating the strip at a rate between 6 and 16.times.10.sup.4 Gy.

Bituminous roofing strip

A high-temperature resistant sealing strip for bridge-sealing is prepared from a strip with a cover substance containing a mixture of bitumen and a radiation-crosslinking polymer in the ratio of 7/3 to 19/1 and which is crosslinked in an electron accelerator at an irradiation dose between 5 and 16.times.10.sup.4 Gy.

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Karl Ruehl