Abstract: Embodiments provide a door body for opening and closing a front part of an article body, whereby the door body includes a front panel constituting a front of the door body, a frame supporting at least a part of an outside edge of the front panel, and a back panel constituting a back of the door body. According to at least one embodiment, the frame includes a support plate extending to an inside of the article body in a substantially vertical direction, the front panel is bonded to the support plate with a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film, the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film extends from a leading edge of the support plate to an inside of the door body, and a radius of curvature of a front side corner of the leading edge of the support plate is 0.1 to 10 mm.

Abstract: Described herein is a flame-retardant building panel comprising a body having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, an inorganic coating atop the first major surface, the inorganic coating being optically transparent and flame retardant and comprising a silicate compound; and wherein the inorganic flame retardant coating is substantially transparent such that the first major surface of the body is visible through the inorganic coating.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions, methods, and uses for multi-layered films which are intended to provide high quality sealants having sufficient sealing strength for use in packaging and other applications while being more cost-effective and higher-yield than traditional combinations of unoriented polyolefin films and web materials. The film comprises a multilayer structure of LLDPE having a core layer, a surface skin layer, and a sealant skin layer. The core layer further comprises a slip agent, while the skin layers further comprise antiblock agents. Optional embodiments may include tie layers between the core layer and the skin layers, or may include pigments in one or more of the core layer or tie layers. The surface skin layer may be subjected to a surface treatment (e.g., corona treatment) to improve suitability for coating or metallization.

Abstract: A touch sensing device including a sensor and a water shielding layer. The sensor is a capacitive, resistive, or optical touch sensor and is configured to detect a detection target approaching the sensor from one side in a first direction. The first direction is a thickness direction of the sensor. The water shielding layer is composed of waterproof elastic substance, is disposed on the one side in the first direction relative to the sensor, and covers at least part of the sensor.

Abstract: A sound wave absorbing laminate composite material structure for an aircraft including stacked plies of a hybrid composite material, wherein each of the hybrid composite material plies includes first polymer material tows parallel to a warp direction, second polymer material tows parallel to a weft direction, and sound absorbent material tows parallel to the warp direction, wherein the first and second polymer material tows carbon or glass fiber reinforcing polymer.

Abstract: A film structure including at least a functional film, a carrier layer, and a counter-force liner, the functional film being in between the carrier layer and the counter-force liner. The carrier layer and the counter-force liner are larger than the receiving area, and the film structure includes a fastener adapted to fasten, directly or indirectly, the counter-force liner to the carrier layer at least on a portion of a zone outside the functional film. It is also proposed a corresponding machine, optical device and method for forming a functional film intended to be laminated on an optical article.

Abstract: A reusable wallpaper and method for producing reusable wallpaper for removable attachment to a wall or ceiling surface with wallpaper paste. The wallpaper includes only a flat base layer without a paste coating applied by the manufacturer. The flat base layer is in the form of a textile, in particular synthetic fibers.

Abstract: A process for making a layered multi-material structural element having controlled mechanical failure characteristics. The process includes the steps of: supplying a cementitious layer and forming a polymer layer on the cementitious layer by additive manufacture such that the polymer layer has a first thickness and the cementitious layer has a second thickness, wherein the polymer layer comprises a polymer and the cementitious layer comprises a cementitious material; and allowing the polymer from the polymer layer to suffuse into the cementitious layer for a period of time to obtain a suffused zone in the cementitious layer such that the suffused zone has a third thickness that is less than half the second thickness.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition that can form a molded article having both good appearance and high stiffness. The method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises the following first step and second step, wherein the produced thermoplastic elastomer composition contains 5 mass % or less of a mineral oil (C): first step: a step of melt-kneading polypropylene (A-1) and an ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B) in the presence of an organic peroxide, the polypropylene (A-1) being polypropylene of which 20° C. xylene insoluble fraction has an intrinsic viscosity [?cxis] of 0.1 dl/g or more and less than 1.5 dl/g; and second step: a step of further adding polypropylene (A-2) of which 20° C. xylene insoluble fraction has an intrinsic viscosity [?cxis] of 1.5 dl/g or more and 7 dl/g or less, and melt-kneading the resulting mixture.

Abstract: A metal resin composite-molded article which can suppress deformation induced by laser processing in a technique for improving the adhesion between a metal plate and a resin by forming grooves on the surface of the metal plate by means of a laser, even if the metal plate is thin. A metal resin composite-molded article obtained by insert-molding a resin composition on a metal plate having a thickness of 500 ?m or less, grooves are formed on the surface of the metal plate in which the resin composition is inserted, the width of the grooves is 30-300 ?m, the depth of the grooves is at most 24% of the thickness of the metal plate, and the ratio of the width to the depth is 0.1-2.5.

Abstract: A vehicle window, includes at least one transducer device and transducer electronics associated with the transducer device, wherein both the transducer device and the transducer electronics are arranged at least partially within the vehicle window, wherein the transducer device and/or a compensating device associated with the transducer device and arranged at least partially within the vehicle window and/or an electrical shielding device associated with the transducer device for electrically shielding the transducer device relative to a vehicle interior or a vehicle exterior are transparent, at least in sections.

Abstract: A roofing membrane and a method of making the same is provided. The roofing membrane includes a top layer having a flame retardant and a first silane-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer with a density less than 0.90 g/cm3; a scrim layer; and a bottom layer having a flame retardant and a second silane-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer with a density less than 0.90 g/cm3. The top and bottom layers of the roofing membrane both exhibit a compression set of from about 5.0% to about 35.0%, as measured according to ASTM D 395 (22 hrs @ 70° C.).

Abstract: A rail for the fastening of equipment elements, such as, in particular, seats, in aircraft, includes a holding region for connection to an equipment element of an aircraft, and a support region to fasten the rail to a carrier element of the aircraft. The rail has a metallic shell which is, for example, made of titanium and which is filled with a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic filler material which is reinforced by short fibers. To produce the rail, a metallic molded part is used as a casting mold and is filled, for example by injection, with the filler material and, after the rail has been produced, forms the metallic shell for the filler material.

Abstract: Structurally reinforced composite components are disclosed having access openings reinforced to increase strain load and buckling load without adding weight to the composite components by inducing out-of-plane regions proximate to the access opening during composite prepreg laminate layup.

Abstract: Aircraft that incorporates a rounded-hat composite stringer connected to an inner side of the skin of the aircraft to form an elongate conduit that defines a conduit axis, where the conduit axis includes at least one curving portion. The rounded-hat composite stringer can be manufactured by constructing a lower forming die and an upper forming die, each forming die having a length and defining a curve along at least a portion of the length of the die, cutting a pre-cured flat composite charge dimensioned to form the rounded-hat composite stringer, pressing the flat composite charge between the lower and upper forming dies to shape the composite charge into a pre-formed stringer having an inner side between curved fillet portions, contacting a forming member against the inner side of the pre-formed stringer, applying radius fillers to the curved fillet portions of the pre-formed stringer, curing the pre-formed stringer, and removing the forming member from the cured stringer.

Abstract: A reinforcement sheet for reinforcing a metal plate by adhering to the metal plate includes a core material layer containing a resin and a filler, and a front layer disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the core material layer. A content ratio of the filler in the core material layer is 15 mass % or more and below 85 mass %, and the front layer is obtained by laminating a plurality of unidirectional fiber resin composite sheets.

Abstract: A reinforcement sheet for reinforcing a metal plate by adhering to the metal plate includes a core material layer containing a resin and a front layer disposed at one side in a thickness direction of the core material layer. The front layer is obtained by laminating a plurality of unidirectional liber resin composite sheets, and an area ratio of a void in a cross section of a solidified material of the core material layer is 50% or less.

Abstract: A fuselage for an aircraft includes a pressure deck assembly extending along a roll axis of the fuselage. The pressure deck assembly includes longitudinal beams and a pressure deck. The longitudinal beams extend lengths along the roll axis of the fuselage. The pressure deck extends between the longitudinal beams along the lengths of the longitudinal beams. The pressure deck is compliant along a pitch axis of the fuselage. The fuselage includes a bulkhead extending along a yaw axis of the fuselage. The bulkhead is joined to the pressure deck assembly at a corner joint. The fuselage includes a compression chord extending a length along the pitch axis of the fuselage. The compression chord is joined between the pressure deck assembly and the bulkhead at the corner joint such that the compression chord extends on an outside of the corner joint.

Abstract: There is provided a gas trapping material and vacuum heat insulation equipment where the gas trapping material can be activated in a sealing step of the vacuum heat insulation equipment, and production efficiency can be enhanced by maintaining a high gas trapping characteristic even when a gas is released in a baking step or in a sealing step under an air atmosphere. The gas trapping material contains porous metal oxide and silver particles having an average particle size of 0.5 nm to 100 nm inclusive.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for the production of a 3D printed object (100), wherein the method comprises (i) a 3D printing stage, the 3D printing stage comprising 3D printing a 3D printable material (110) to provide the 3D printed object (100) of printed material (120), wherein the 3D printing stage further comprises forming during 3D printing a channel (200) in the 3D printed object (100) under construction, wherein the method further comprises (ii) a filling stage comprising filling the channel (200) with a curable material (140) and curing the curable material (140) to provide the channel (200) with cured material (150), wherein the cured material (150) has a lower stiffness than the surrounding printed material (120).