Abstract: A gradient density padding material includes a single layer of nonwoven material having at least one surface processed to form a portion of a thickness thereof having a density increased with respect to a remaining portion of the thickness thereof. The single layer of nonwoven material after processing has an airflow resistance within the range of 200-4000 MKS Rayls, wherein said single layer of nonwoven material has an enhanced acoustic performance. A method of making a gradient density padding material having an enhanced acoustic performance includes the steps of providing a single layer of nonwoven material and processing at least one surface of the single layer of nonwoven material to form a portion of a thickness thereof having a density increased with respect to a remaining portion of the thickness thereof. The single layer of nonwoven material after processing has an airflow resistance within the range of 200-4000 MKS Rayls.

Abstract: A method of making an absorbent structure having a three-dimensional topography includes placing at least a portion of the absorbent structure between opposed mold surfaces. At least one of the mold surfaces has a three-dimensional topography. The three-dimensional topography of the mold surface is imparted onto the absorbent structure so that the absorbent structure has a three-dimensional topography corresponding to the three-dimensional topography of the mold surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an oriented thermoplastic polyester resin sheet which is excellent in tensile strength, tencile modulas and heat resistance, and a light laminate-molded body using the same, which has a low linear expansion coefficient and is excellent in impact resistance, durability, easiness of handling, productivity, and others. A process for producing an oriented thermoplastic polyester resin sheet, which includes: pultrusion-drawing a thermoplastic polyester resin sheet in an amorphous state at a temperature from the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polyester resin ?20° C. to the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polyester resin +20° C.; and then drawing the resultant uniaxially at a temperature higher than the temperature for the pultrusion-drawing. A laminate-molded body, wherein a thermoplastic resin layer is laminated on each of the surfaces of the resultant oriented thermoplastic polyester resin sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fibrous tape comprising fused polymeric fibers, said fibrous tape having a tape thickness and a tape width and being characterized by a coefficient of variation (CV) of the tape thickness across the tape width of at most 6%.

Abstract: A method for making a thin walled ePTFE tube having improved axial and radial strength includes the steps of: providing an unsintered or partially sintered ePTFE membrane; wrapping the ePTFE membrane around a mandrel or form tool to form an ePTFE tube; matting the ePTFE tube; immediately thereafter, sintering the matted ePTFE tube; removing the sintered ePTFE tube from the mandrel or form tool; stretching the sintered ePTFE tube in the axial direction; stretching the ePTFE tube in the radial direction over a second mandrel that is greater in diameter than the reduced axially stretched diameter, but less than the first mandrel diameter; overwrapping the second mandrel with a second ePTFE membrane; matting the ePTFE tube; immediately thereafter, sintering the matted ePTFE tube; and removing the sintered ePTFE tube from the second mandrel or form tool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a press felt for use in the press section of a paper machine. Said felt comprises a nonwoven layer lying on one of its surfaces, the surface of said layer being connected and fixed to the felt by a thermoplastic binding material. According to the invention, the surface of the nonwoven layer is smoothed by the application of pressure from a smooth surface during the cooling of said layer surface from a temperature in excess of the melting temperature of the thermoplastic binding material to a temperature below the melting temperature. To manufacture the press felt, an untreated press felt, which contains the nonwoven layer and the thermoplastic binding agent is first produced, the thermoplastic binding agent being distributed in the nonwoven layer in the form of thermoplastic adhesive fibres and/or a thermoplastic adhesive component of bicomponent fibres.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising deforming an organic polymer composition at a temperature below a glass transition temperature of an organic polymer in the organic polymer composition; the deforming being conducted by an application of a shear force, an elongational force, a compressive force, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing forces; the forces being applied to the organic polymer composition as it is disposed between a first roll that comprises a rubber surface and a second roll that comprises a textured metal surface; the deforming producing a textured film having a ratio of texturing of about 0.5 to about 3; the textured film having a thickness of about 5 to about 75 micrometers and an average roughness of about 0.3 to about 6 micrometers on opposing surfaces of the film.

Abstract: A uniform semipermeable membrane supporting body which does not cause any defect in the semipermeable membrane coating layer when a semipermeable membrane coating liquid is applied, and is free of low density defects. The wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body according to the present disclosure contains a synthetic fiber as a main constituent fiber, has been subjected to hot press processing, has a pressure loss at a face velocity of 5.3 cm/second of from 50 Pa to 3000 Pa and a sheet density of 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic binder product [12, 10] which includes a mixture of a hydraulic binder [38, 202], a polyvinyl alcohol [14, 204] and a gelling agent [54] which reacts with the polyvinyl alcohol and a method [8] of producing same.

Abstract: A solar-cell sealant that has excellent properties such as transparency, flexibility, adhesiveness, heat resistance, appearance, cross-linking characteristics, electrical characteristics, and calenderability. A solar-cell sealant that contains an ethylene/?-olefin/unconjugated-polyene copolymer satisfying requirements (a1) through (a3). Requirement (a1) is that constituent units derived from ethylene constitute 80-90 mol %, constituent units derived from C3-20 ?-olefin constitute 9.99-19.99 mol %, and constituent units derived from an unconjugated polyene constitute 0.01-5.0 mol % of said copolymer. Requirement (a2) is that the MFR of said copolymer, as measured in accordance with ASTM D1238 at 190° C. under a 2.16 kg load, be at least 2 g/10 min. and less than 10 g/10 min. Requirement (a3) is that the Shore A hardness of said copolymer, as measured in accordance with ASTM D2240, be 60 to 85.

Abstract: Articles are provided having no orientation or a multi-directional orientation. Such articles may be in the form of films, ribbons, sheets, and/or tapes and may be utilized as buttresses with a surgical stapling apparatus or as reinforcing means for suture lines.

Abstract: According to a process for producing a thermoplastic resin film according to one aspect of the present invention, a molten resin, while the molten resin is discharged from a die and thereafter lands onto a cooling roller, is uniformly heated in a direction of a flow by a heater. Thereby, a thermoplastic resin film having very slight thickness unevenness in a longitudinal direction can be formed. Moreover, according to the process for producing a thermoplastic resin film, heating by the heater can reduce a viscosity of the molten resin at the time of landing, and can suppress generation of retardation at the time of landing.

Abstract: The nonwoven fabric sheet of the present invention is characterized by a porosity in the range of 0.3 to 0.7 and an average pore size in the range of 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m. The nonwoven fabric sheet of the present invention preferably has a maximum pore size (?m)/average pore size (?m) ratio of 1.30 or lower. The nonwoven fabric sheet of the present invention is obtained by press-molding a nonwoven fabric at a temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin which constitutes the nonwoven fabric sheet. According to the present invention, there is provided a nonwoven fabric sheet that has a high porosity, small uniform pore sizes and excellent productivity, which can suitably be used in various applications such as filters, light diffusing material, liquid absorber and heat insulating materials; and a method for producing the nonwoven fabric sheet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a membrane for Western blotting which has a three-dimensional open pore structure, an average pore diameter of 0.1-1.0 ?m and a thickness of 30-200 ?m, wherein the membrane for Western blotting is manufactured by subjecting nanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 50-1000 nm, obtained by electrospinning, to a hot-plate calendering process, and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the steps of: dissolving a hydrophobic material in a solvent to prepare a spinning solution; subjecting the spinning solution to a spinning process to obtain a hydrophobic polymer nanofiber web; and calendering the obtained nanofiber web to obtain a membrane for Western blotting.

Abstract: Methods of enhancing one or more physical properties of a thermoplastic film include incrementally stretching thermoplastic films in the machine direction and/or transverse direction. In one or more implementations, methods of incrementally stretching thermoplastic films include reducing the gauge of the films while maintaining or increasing a ratio of the machine direction to transverse direction resistance to tear. The methods can involve cold stretching the films and imparting rib patterns into the film. The linear ribs can have alternating thick and thin gauges.

Abstract: A method for producing a film comprising feeding a composition comprising a crystalline thermoplastic resin having a temperature of higher than the crystallization temperature Tc of the resin to between a first nip-pressing surface and a second nip-pressing surface of a nip-pressing unit, and leading the composition to pass through the nip-pressing surfaces while the nip-pressing unit gives a pressure of from 5 to 1000 MPa to the composition, to thereby form the composition into a film continuously.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a film catalyst, including forming a catalyst layer on one side or each side of a base material to obtain a film catalyst, bending the film catalyst, and optionally cutting the film catalyst, wherein the bending step is conducted by bending the film catalyst with a bending tool composed of two gears that are oppositely arranged as meshing each other while a protective material having a compressibility of 40 to 95% is inserted between the catalyst layer of the film catalyst and the two gears.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tire sidewall, at least one portion of which has a rubber composition based on at least a diene elastomer, a crosslinking system and a reinforcing filler, wherein the content of reinforcing filler in the composition varies from 20 to 40 parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer, phr, with a volume fraction of reinforcing filler in the composition ranging from 8.0% to 13.0%, and in that this reinforcing filler comprises predominantly a carbon black or a mixture of carbon blacks with a BET specific surface area ranging from 50 m2/g to 69 m2/g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing membrane comprising a thermoplastic barrier layer and a tack-free solid epoxy resin layer which is suitable for sealing substrates in the construction industry. The invention further relates to a method for sealing said substrates. Said method allows rapid and efficient sealing of structures in civil engineering and good adhesion of the sealing membrane on the substrate.

Abstract: A dimethyl terephthalate residual composition including a. dimethyl terepthalate derived from a terephthalic-containing polyester homopolymer, terephthalic-containing polyester copolymer, or a combination thereof; and b. from more than 0 to less than 5.1 wt. % of a residual component selected from dimethyl isophthalate, cyclohexane dimethanol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a materials handling system, a patterned product, and process of fabricating a patterned product, such as non-pvc thermoplastic, through-color, flooring product includes a narrow, long-grained, striated color pattern. The process includes mixing colored particles into a mixed composition, receiving the mixed composition between calendering rolls wherein a front calendering roll which is hotter than a back calendering roll, and forming a product with an elongated pattern. The materials handling system includes a mixing portion disposed to mix colored particles into a mixed composition. The system also include a processing portion disposed to receive the mixed composition, the processing portion having a front calendering roll which is hotter than a back calendering roll.

Abstract: A transparent plastic foil with improved weathering resistance and increased intrinsic stability is provided. The foil contains a) poly(meth)acrylate and polyvinylidene fluoride in a ratio of from 1:0.01 to 1:0.5 (w/w); and b) a mixture containing a UV stabilizer and a UV absorber. Use of the foil as a protective coating is also included.

Abstract: A method of forming thermoforming sheets includes providing a molten polymer source. The method further includes providing a first and second roller, the second roller having a first and second section, the first section having a first diameter and the second section having a second diameter. The method further includes feeding molten polymer from the molten polymer source into a nip between the first and second roller. The method further includes forming the thermoforming sheets having a first and second portion, the first portion corresponding to the first and second section of the second roller respectively, the first portion have a first thickness corresponding to the first diameter and the second portion having a second thickness corresponding to the second diameter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a chemical crosslinker and a modifier selected from compounds comprising at least one group Q, and at least one group A, which are joined to one another by at least one and preferably one spacer group Sp, wherein: Q comprises a dipole containing at least one and preferably one nitrogen atom, A comprises an associative group comprising at least one nitrogen atom, Sp is an atom or group of atoms forming a bond between Q and A. This composition has an improved balance between stiffness under moderate deformations/elongation at break and improved hysteresis properties and is therefore especially suited to the manufacture of tyres for enhancing the trade off between rolling resistance and resistance to large deformations.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing polyethylene films which have high resistance to deformation or elongation under loading in tension. The method comprises orienting in the machine direction (MD) a high density polyethylene film at a draw-down ratio effective to give the film an MD tensile strength at yield greater than or equal to 50,000 psi, wherein the HDPE has a density greater than 0.940 g/cm3.

Abstract: A scrubbing strip usable for cleaning a floor or other hard surface. The scrubbing strip may comprise a background and a matrix of outwardly-extending protrusions. The protrusions provide a surface topography suitable for reaching into grout lines and other recess of highly textured surfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus forms an elastomeric strip. The apparatus includes a roller and an adjustable surface. The roller has a cylindrical surface. The roller rotates at a predetermined angular velocity. The adjustable surface confronts the cylindrical surface and has a first stationary position relative to the cylindrical surface such that the apparatus forms an elastomeric strip having a first thickness. The adjustable surface is adjustably pivotable relative to the cylindrical surface such that the adjustable surface moves to a second stationary position for forming an elastomeric strip having a second thickness.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-permeable film that has increased gas permeability and can be used as a packaging film suitable for a wide range of applications, in particular for packaging a wide variety of articles. Said gas-permeable film 1 has gas-permeable sections provided on a base plastic film of a prescribed thickness. Each gas-permeable section 3L is a recession 3 that is recessed and distended a prescribed amount from one surface of the base plastic film 2 towards the other surface such that the bottom of said recession protrudes outwards from said other surface. Each recession 3 is formed such that the thickness thereof decreases gradually from the top opening towards the aforementioned bottom, with the bottom being the thinnest part.

Abstract: A mechanical activation system has a first activation member, a second activation member, an activation zone, and a non-slip zone. The first activation member has a first plurality of teeth, and the second activation member has a second plurality of teeth. The first plurality of teeth is capable of intermeshing with the second plurality of teeth. The activation zone includes a first portion of the first plurality of teeth and a first portion of the second plurality of teeth. The first portion of the first plurality of teeth and the first portion of the second plurality of teeth include teeth having continuous tips. The first non-slip zone includes a second portion of the first plurality of teeth or a second portion of the second plurality of teeth. The second portion includes a tooth having a discontinuous tip.

Abstract: A carbon ribbon (16) has two faces (20, 22) and two longitudinal ends (34, 36), at least one of the faces of the ribbon (16?) having a central portion (20a, 22a) situated between the two longitudinal ends (34, 36), which central portion is to receive a deposit of a layer of a semiconductor material (30, 32). The ribbon further includes, on at least one of its races (20, 22), at least one longitudinal groove (17) situated between one of said ends (34, 36) and the central portion (20a, 22a), and in that the longitudinal groove (17) is shaped in such a manner that when the layer of the semiconductor material is deposited, the semiconductor material (30, 32) filling the groove (17) forms a protuberance (31) adjacent to one of the longitudinal ends (34, 36) of one of the faces (20, 22) of the carbon ribbon.

Abstract: A thermoplastic board (20) comprising at least one smooth side edge (21) is produced by means of extrusion. The side edge of a synthetic web is heated at least to its melting temperature following calibration while the peripheral surface zones are kept at a temperature below the softening temperature by cooling. A smoothing device (10?) for a side edge of the thermoplastic board encompasses a guiding groove (14?) that is provided with at least one heating means (15?), located within the face (11?), and at least one respective cooling means (16?, 17?) located within the side surfaces (12?, 13?) that face each other. A cutting edge (21, 24) of a synthetic board (20) that can be guided inside the guiding groove (14?) rests against the face (11?) while the peripheral surface zones (22, 23) thereof lean against the side surfaces (12?, 13?).

Abstract: A permeable material compacting method includes positioning permeable material around a mandrel, rotating the permeable material about an axis of the mandrel, longitudinally moving at least one tapered surface against the permeable material and reducing a radial thickness of the permeable material between a surface of the mandrel and the at least one tapered surface.

Abstract: Methods of enhancing one or more physical properties of a thermoplastic film include incrementally stretching thermoplastic films in the machine direction and/or transverse direction. In one or more implementations, methods of incrementally stretching thermoplastic films include reducing the gauge of the films without reducing the films' machine-direction tear resistance. The methods can involve cold stretching the films and imparting rib patterns into the film. The linear ribs can have alternating thick and thin gauges. Incrementally stretched thermoplastic films can have a machine-direction tear resistance that is approximately equal to or greater than the machine-direction tear resistance of the film prior to stretching.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an absorptive article includes a sheet-stretching step of performing a stretching process to stretch a continuous body of the exterior sheet in a widthwise direction while conveying a continuous body. In the step of performing the stretching process, the continuous body is stretched by a stretching apparatus including a first roll and a second roll. An axial core of the first roll and an axial core of the second roll are correspond to the widthwise direction of the continuous body. The first roll and the second roll have surfaces each provided with columns of tooth units and untoothed units.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to polymeric article comprising a blend of (a) a first polymeric component; (b) a second polymeric component, the second polymeric component including a propylene elastomer or a substantially linear or linear ethylene polymer; and (c) at least one reinforcement material. The polymeric articles desirably have one or more of the following characteristics: a soft touch feel, low gloss appearance, or a high surface durability.

Abstract: An optical film characterized by a high degree of flatness that can be used as a phase difference film of a liquid crystal display, and a method for manufacturing this optical film according to melt-casting film forming method. A melt including a cellulose resin is extruded onto a rotary support member 5 (cooling roll) from a flow casting die 4. A rotary pinch member 6 (touch roll) is energized to the rotary support member 5, and a nip is formed between them. When the melt is sandwiched and pressed by the nip, a die line and irregularity in thickness are removed. The linear pressure of the rotary pinch member 6 and the temperature of the melt immediately before the melt is sandwiched and pressed by the nip are set within a predetermined range, whereby effective correction of the film flatness is achieved.

Abstract: An extrusion device for producing elastomeric compounds, includes a holding body internally confining a chamber and at least one extrusion screw disposed in the chamber. The device further includes a plurality of interchangeable extrusion heads alternatively installed on the holding body at a discharge opening of the chamber. The choice of using a type of head rather than another or leaving the discharge opening free is carried out based on the physico-chemical features of the elastomeric compound to be treated, so as to maintain the temperature and/or pressure of the outgoing compound under critical threshold values for such a compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film and a method for the production thereof, wherein a starting film web comprising at least one layer having a polypropylene content of at least 45% by weight and a polyethylene content in the same layer or in a further layer is produced, the starting film web is heated to the molten state of the polyethylene, yet to below the molten state of the polypropylene and the heated starting film web is passed through a cooled roller nip.

Abstract: An apparatus for intermittently manufacturing a raw rubber strip comprises a screw extruder, an extruder head having a preforming nozzle, a gear pump therebetween, a pair of calender rolls, a roll-gap changer for switching between a close state and an open state of calender rolls, and a controller for controlling the gear pump, the calender rolls and the roll-gap changer to let the calender rolls in the open state prior to the stopping of the rotation of the calender rolls.

Abstract: A molding device for molding a resin composition into a sheet shape by pressurizing the resin composition has a pair of rollers arranged parallel to one another. Each of the rollers has a columnar or cylindrical core portion and an outer layer provided on an outer periphery of the core portion. The outer layer is constituted of the ceramic material. A thickness of the outer layer is in the range of 0.2 to 100 nm. Further, an arithmetic mean deviation of a profile Ra of an outer peripheral surface of each of the rollers defined by JIS B 0601 is in the range of 0 to 2 ?m.

Abstract: A system for providing shape and/or surface features to a moldable material includes, in an exemplary embodiment, at least two first opposed flat endless belts spaced apart a first distance, with each having an inner surface and an outer surface. The system also includes at least two second opposed flat endless belts disposed substantially orthogonal to the first two opposed endless belts and spaced apart a second distance. A mold cavity is defined at least in part by the inner surfaces of the at least two opposed flat endless belts. The system further includes a drive mechanism for imparting motion to at least two of the opposed flat endless belts.

Abstract: A method thermoforms one or more shaped bodies from a thermoformable tape and a structure having a thermoformable tape with one or more shaped bodies. The thermoformable tape is positioned proximate to a thermoforming device and to thermoform the tape with one or more shaped bodies. The structure includes of a thermoformable tape with one or more shaped bodies formed within the tape. The tape can have a plurality of apertures along the edge of the tape configured to impart a positioning force. The thermoformed shaped bodies can be comprised of one or more antenna carriers. The shaped bodies can further include components such as an antenna radiator coupled to the antenna carrier.

Abstract: A micro-lens array fabrication apparatus includes a first roller, a second roller, a molding member, and a cooling member. The first roller and the second roller revolve cooperatively to position portions of a substrate on the molding member while maintaining a tension on the substrate. The molding member includes a shaft and two caps connected to opposites ends of the shaft. The shaft defines a through hole and rows of molding holes in a lateral surface thereof, and forms heaters in the though hole. The heaters heat up the substrate till molten, and the air is driven to blow the molten substrate into the molding holes and form a row of micro-lens structures on the currently positioned portion of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of producing a composite material which includes a carbon-based material and a particulate or fibrous metal material Z. The method includes steps (a) to (c). In the step (a), at least a first carbon material and the metal material Z mixed into an elastomer, and dispersing the first carbon material and the metal material Z by applying a shear force to obtain a composite elastomer, the metal material Z having a melting point lower than a melting point of the first carbon material. In the step (b), the composite elastomer is heat-treated to vaporize the elastomer to obtain an intermediate composite material including a second carbon material and the metal material Z. In the step (c), the intermediate composite material is heat-treated together with a substance including an element Y having a melting point lower than the melting point of the metal material Z to vaporize the substance including the element Y.

Abstract: To provide a stretch-formed sheet of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin having excellent transparency and mechanical properties, while being relatively thick. A stretch-formed sheet of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin having a thickness of 0.2 mm or greater and having an internal haze of 70% or less in the direction of the thickness, is prepared by stretching at least in one direction a formed article of ultra-high molecular weight olefin having a density of 925 kg/m3 or less and containing a polymer of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin having an intrinsic viscosity of 7 dl/g or greater as measured in a 135° C. decalin solution, at a temperature of less than the melting point (Tm) of the ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin and at ordinary temperature or higher.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for deforming a web are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves feeding a web into a nip that is formed between at least two intermeshing rolls. The rolls are configured for deforming a web with at least two sets of deformations that are oriented in different directions relative to the surfaces of the web.

Abstract: Tire component which is not in contact with air or with an inflation gas, comprising a rubber composition based on (a) an elastomeric matrix based on natural rubber, (b) a reinforcing filler, (c) from more than 2.5 to 8.5 phr of sulphur and (d) a dihydrazide compound corresponding to the following formula: in which R is a divalent hydrocarbon radical chosen from substituted or unsubstituted aromatic radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and n is equal to 0 or 1. These tire components are more particularly those which comprise thread-like reinforcing elements, more especially metallic thread-like reinforcing elements, such as the carcass or crown plies of the tire.

Abstract: Absorbent members, especially bulked absorbent members, and methods of making the same are disclosed. The absorbent member may be in the form of a unitary absorbent fibrous layer comprising at least some cellulose fibers. The unitary absorbent fibrous layer is at least partially stratified through its thickness. The absorbent member may also have a plurality of discrete deformations, such as depressions and/or apertures in its surfaces. The method involves subjecting a precursor web to at least one cycle (or pass) through a mechanical deformation process. The mechanical deformation process utilizes a first forming member and a second forming member that form a nip therebetween through which the precursor web is passed. The first and second forming members are moving at different speeds relative to each other when they come together to form the nip.

Abstract: Methods of mechanically deforming a material are disclosed. The methods of mechanically deforming a material involve using forming members that are moving at different surface speeds relative to each other to form deformed web materials.

Abstract: Method for shaping a material with a reticular structure, plant for performing same and reticular material resulting from the method. This method is applicable for handling a reticular tubular structure, in particular one of those obtained by extruding a synthetic plastics material, wherein its filaments, which form the sides of the net mesh, have a greater thickness at the crossover points than the actual thickness of the filaments. This method consists in the synthetic plastics material with a reticular tubular structure being subjected, while hot and with its tubular flattened shape, to two-dimensional molecular orientation operations, through drawing and widening, followed by an operation to equal the thicknesses of the reticular tubular flattened structure, already oriented, by laminating it in a calendering machine.