Abstract: Flexible sheet made of polymer material, preferably a plastics-material sheet provided with a grain structure or embossing, which has functional surface-area regions designed in the form of a switching, sensor or operating element such that the sheet is of multi-layered design at least in the region of the functional surface-area regions, wherein at least one layer made of conductive polymer material is arranged in the functional surface-area regions, wherein the layer made of conductive material is spaced apart, on the rear side, from the visible surface of the sheet and is connected to an electronic control and regulating device, which detects changes in electrical properties of the sheet in the functional surface-area regions and converts these into actuating, switching or control signals.

Abstract: A film including a top ply, where at least the top ply contains 15 to 90 phr of at least one ethylene-based polymer having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 121° C.) of 50 to 80 Mooney units and 10 to 85 phr of at least one polypropylene having an ISO 178 flexural modulus of greater than or equal to 400 MPa, and the film may be a single-ply or multi-ply film. In some aspects the ethylene-based polymer has a crystallinity of less than or equal to 30%. The top ply may further include at least one compatibilizer, which has, in some cases, a melt flow index MFI (230° C., 2.16 kg) of 0.1 to 4.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a foam film laminate having at least one compact outer layer and at least one layer composed of extruded foamed polymer bound to the outer layer, wherein the production of the layer of foamed polymer is effected in such a way that a polymer material is admixed with a chemical blowing agent which is solid at room temperature and, during or after the extrusion, is heated up to or above the activation temperature of the blowing agent, in order to obtain the layer of foamed polymer, wherein the processes is characterized in that the polymer material contains 5% to 60% by weight of at least one HMS polyolefin having a in accordance with ISO 20965 (as at 15 Feb. 2005, measurement apparatus type A) of 104 to 107 Pa s measured at 190° C. within a range of Hencky strain rate of 0.01 s?1 to 1 s?1 at a Hencky strain of 3.0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a foam-film laminate (1) comprising a compact cover layer with a three-dimensionally-structured or smooth surface (6) on the upper side and a foam layer (5) on the underside of the cover layer, said cover layer (2) comprising an outer layer (3) and an inner layer (4), the outer layer (3) having a thickness in the range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm, the inner layer (4) having a thickness in the range of 0.2 to 0.6 mm and being bonded to the foam layer (5), and said foam layer having a thickness in the range of 0.5 to 2 mm and a density of at least 350 kg/m3. The foam-film laminate is particularly suitable for coating interior trim parts for a motor vehicle in the region of the airbag coverings and in the region of the tear seams of the airbag coverings.

Abstract: Flexible sheet made of polymer material, preferably a plastics-material sheet provided with a grain structure or embossing, which has functional surface-area regions designed in the form of a switching, sensor or operating element such that the sheet is of multi-layered design at least in the region of the functional surface-area regions, wherein at least one layer made of conductive polymer material is arranged in the functional surface-area regions, wherein the layer made of conductive material is spaced apart, on the rear side, from the visible surface of the sheet and is connected to an electronic control and regulating device, which detects changes in electrical properties of the sheet in the functional surface-area regions and converts these into actuating, switching or control signals.

Abstract: In a method for producing a thermoplastic film having a three-dimensionally textured, embossed surface, the film is subjected prior to a subsequent shaping kind of processing step to electron-beam crosslinking, which differently crosslinks the individual surface-area regions of the film, so that the regions that undergo greater degrees of drawing out during deforming have different degrees of crosslinking than their neighboring regions.

Abstract: A film including a top ply, where at least the top ply contains 15 to 90 phr of at least one ethylene-based polymer having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 121° C.) of 50 to 80 Mooney units and 10 to 85 phr of at least one polypropylene having an ISO 178 flexural modulus of greater than or equal to 400 MPa, and the film may be a single-ply or multi-ply film. In some aspects the ethylene-based polymer has a crystallinity of less than or equal to 30%. The top ply may further include at least one compatibilizer, which has, in some cases, a melt flow index MFI (230° C., 2.16 kg) of 0.1 to 4.0 g/10 min.

Abstract: A multi-layer sheet material having at least one topcoat layer of plasticized polyvinyl chloride and at least one outwardly facing layer of lacquer on the topcoat layer, where the topcoat layer of the multi-layer sheet material contains from 50 to 100 wt % of at least one polyvinyl chloride and from 0 to 15 wt % of at least one crosslinking aid suitable for radiation crosslinking, and a calcium hydroxide stabilizer and/or a Ca/Zn stabilizer having from 0.5 to 10 wt % of calcium and from 0.5 to 10 wt % of zinc. The multi-layer sheet material is radiation crosslinked.

Abstract: A thermoplastic foil has an embossed three-dimensionally structured surface (2) in the external cover layer. The cover layer is configured as a foamed layer and has a foam density that varies across the layer thickness thereof and increases toward the surface.

Abstract: A thermoplastic film for airbag covers contains a cover layer and a foam layer. The cover layer is made of at least two layers, having an outer layer and an inner layer, and an elongation at tear of the inner layer of the cover layer and of the foamed layer is considerably less than the elongation at tear of the outer layer of the cover layer.

Abstract: A multi-layer sheet material includes at least one textile substrate layer, at least one foamed layer made of polyvinyl chloride containing plasticizer, at least one cover layer made of polyvinyl chloride containing plasticizer, and at least one coating layer facing outward on the cover layer. The invention further relates to a method for producing the multi-layer sheet material and to an interior trim part made of a sheet material for a vehicle. For a reduced tendency to yellow under high-temperature aging and for greater color fastness, the polyvinyl chloride fraction in the cover layer is based at least 50 wt% on a polyvinyl chloride that was produced according to the method of suspension polymerization (S-PVC), and the composition for the cover layer comprises a calcium hydroxide stabilizer and/or a Ca/Zn stabilizer that contains 1 to 3 wt% calcium and 1 to 2 wt% zinc.

Abstract: A flexible flat structure has a flexible, flat resistance heating element that is connected to electrodes that are spaced apart from one another for supplying electrical current that is pressed on to the resistance heating element by staples or clamps in a force-fit manner and/or a form-fit manner and provides a more flexible connection.

Abstract: A method for producing plastic moldings with a distinct grain/three-dimensional surface structure by grain-imparting negative thermoforming. The plastic molding is subjected to a preheating, and the molding is then pressed into/onto a negative mold that is formed with the negative of the three-dimensional surface structure to be applied. Those portions of the plastic molding that face away from the grain side are subjected to electron beam crosslinking before or during the preheating and the grain-imparting negative thermoforming.

Abstract: A thermoplastic film for the interior paneling of motor vehicles has a top layer with a structured surface layer and a foamed layer on the underside and with indentations or material weak points introduced on the reverse side. The top layer has a residual thickness of at least 35% in the region of the indentations and the foamed layer has a thickness between 15 and 50% of the density of the compact top layer.

Abstract: A thermoplastic foil has an embossed three-dimensionally structured surface (2) in the external cover layer. The cover layer is configured as a foamed layer and has a foam density that varies across the layer thickness thereof and increases toward the surface.

Abstract: A thermoplastic film for airbag covers contains a cover layer and a foam layer. The cover layer is made of at least two layers, having an outer layer and an inner layer, and an elongation at tear of the inner layer of the cover layer and of the foamed layer is considerably less than the elongation at tear of the outer layer of the cover layer.

Abstract: A textured, layered mold-formed body is produced with a foil laminate in which a top foil of at most partially crosslinked polymer materials and a sub-foil containing a polymer foam material with a density between 35 and 120 grams per liter and a gel content of less than 80 percent are laminated together. The foil laminate is embossed with a texture and treated with electron beams to give the texture enough stability for a subsequent deep-drawing step in which the mold-formed body is produced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a foil or molded body based on a transparent and high frequency weldable polymer mixture containing a) (I) a copolymer of ethylene with about 8 to 60% by weight of comonomers, selected from vinyl esters of saturated C2–C8 carboxylic acids saturated C1–C12 alkylacrylates and methacrylates, optionally with carbon monoxide as termonomer, and/or (II) ethylene homopolymer, ethylene copolymer, propylene homopolymer and/or propylene copolymer with about 8 to 60% by weight of grafted units of unsaturated carboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acids, their esters and/or anhydrides or (III) a mixture of two or more of the above mentioned compounds, independently of their allocation to groups, whereby the polymers or their mixture have a melt index MFI (190° C.; 2.16 kg) of about 0.2 to 15.0 g/10 min and b) a copolymer of ethylene with about 10 to 30% by weight of C3–C12–?-olefin with a melt index MFI (190° C., 2.16 kg) of about 0.2 to 15.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a polyolefin foil by developing a foil from mass having a content of polyolefin and with subsequent treatment of the foil by an electron beams beam. The polyolefin foil prepare according to the invention specific method distinguishes itself vis-à-vis the state of the art by favorable price, concurrent with excellent ability of being laminated and embossed as well as having high grain stability.

Abstract: A light-stable, sinterable particulate thermoplastic molding composition is described. The thermoplastic compositions of the present invention consist essentially of: (i) a resinous blend of, (a) thermoplastic polyurethane, and (b) a member selected from at least one of a number of recited copolymers, e.g., a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer; (ii) a UV stabilizer; and (iii) an antioxidant. The thermoplastic polyurethane (a) is prepared from an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic diisocyanate. The molding compositions are suitable for the preparation of textured sintered films, e.g., by the powder-slush process, having improved tactile properties that, for example, may be used in the fabrication of vehicle interior trim components and vehicle air bags.