An apparatus includes a material charging device configured to charge a material with a first charge.

The system calculates the actual magnitude of each bucketload of material and adds that value to the present payload to predict the future payload resulting from an additional bucketload of material.

The invention relates to a material for storing thermal energy with enhanced thermal conductivity comprising a polymer matrix, a filler of phase-change material and a filler of carbon nanotubes.

The polysilazane can be optionally filled with particulate material.

There is provided also a muffler with a filling of fibrous material.

A central column (20) is defined for receiving the charge of material (50) from which the hard composite material is to be formed.

At least one charge of thermoplastic material is deposited into the interior.

A foil material for coating a building element comprises an outer layer of polyolefin material and a base layer, which comprises a filler of mineral material and a binder of polyolefin material.

Material loading: The mould is opened, filled with powder plastic material (priory precisely measured), and closed.

Moulding apparatus is disclosed in which a charge of the material to be moulded is fed into a holding cavity.

The first solid material charge (15) and the second solid material charge (17) can, for instance, can be sequentially ignited by separate igniter elements (18, 19), thereby determining the pressure accumulation.

The positive active material stock contains 5 or more and 50 or less weight% of red lead.