Abstract: [Problems] An object of the present invention is to provide a polyester resin having excellent curability and further having processability, retort resistance, and dent resistance, and a coating composition in which the polyester resin is used. [Solution] A polyester resin comprising a polyvalent carboxylic acid component and a polyhydric alcohol component as copolymerization components, wherein the polyester resin satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iii), (i) the polyvalent carboxylic acid component constituting the polyester resin has 10 mol % or more of a polyvalent carboxylic acid component having a furan skeleton, (ii) the number of kinds of polyhydric alcohol components constituting the polyester resin is two or more, and (iii) the polyester resin has an acid value of 70 eq/t or more and 400 eq/t or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester resin composition that is capable of producing a molded product that can have a complex and/or partially-thin shape but still sufficient in mold releasability and also reduced in fogging and/or bleeding out, and the polyester resin composition comprises 0.01 to 4 parts by mass of a mold release agent (B) relative to 100 parts by mass of a polyalkylene terephthalate resin (A), wherein the mold release agent (B) contains two or more fatty acid ester compounds each consisting of a polyhydric aliphatic alcohol and a fatty acid. Preferably, the mold release agent (B) includes a fatty acid ester compound (B1) consisting of a hexahydric aliphatic alcohol and a fatty acid having 5 to 30 carbon atoms as well as a fatty acid ester compound (B2) consisting of a dihydric to tetrahydric aliphatic alcohol and a fatty acid having 5 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An adhesive resin composition according to the present invention is characterized by containing a polyester resin (A) and satisfying: (i) the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 100 eq/ton or more; (ii) the adhesive resin composition contains substantially no curing agent; and (iii) the polyester resin (A) contains, as polyol components constituting the polyester resin (A), a diol (a) having two primary hydroxy groups and having no alicyclic structure, and either one or both of a diol (b) having an alicyclic structure and a diol (c) having one primary hydroxy group and one secondary hydroxy group and having no alicyclic structure. The adhesive resin composition according to the present invention has good pot life property, and has excellent solder heat resistance and adhesiveness to various base materials, even with use of substantially no curing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition comprising 20 to 50 mass % of a polybutylene terephthalate resin (A) having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.60 to 1.0 dl/g, 20 to 45 mass % of a fibrous filler (B), 1 to 20 mass % of a polycarbonate resin (C) having a melt volume rate (MVR) of 30 cm3/10 min or more, 3 to 20 mass % of a copolymerized polybutylene terephthalate resin (D), and 0 to 20 mass % of an inorganic filler (E) other than the fibrous filler (B). The polybutylene terephthalate resin composition can form a molding that remedies sink marks, maintains high heat deflection temperature, and has excellent appearance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion composition that is water-based yet exhibits a high level of peel strength and a high level of adhesion to a polyolefin substrate that is hard to adhere to in baking at low temperatures (80° C. to 90° C.), as well as excellent water resistance. The aqueous dispersion composition contains a modified polyolefin (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 or more as measured by GPC and having an amount of modification with an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an acid anhydride thereof of less than 1.0 mass %; a nitrogen-containing non-ionic emulsifier (B); and a basic substance (C), in which the aqueous dispersion composition has a Z-average particle size of 200 nm or less.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide an adhesive composition that comprises a moisture-curable resin and a modified polyolefin and that achieves an excellent liquid state and excellent adhesion to polyolefin resin substrates. Provided is a moisture-curable adhesive resin composition comprising a moisture-curable resin (A) and a modified polyolefin resin (B), wherein the content of the modified polyolefin resin (B) is 2 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the moisture-curable resin (A).

Abstract: An electrode for use in a redox-flow battery system, wherein the electrode comprises a carbon fiber and a void, and a median diameter of the electrode based on pore volume determined by mercury porosimetry is at least 1.025 times a modal diameter of the electrode determined by mercury porosimetry.

Abstract: It is provided that a layered body having excellent absorption speeds of fuel and the like to the filter media. A layered body comprising a first base material and a second base material, wherein the first base material and the second base material are adhered to each other via an adhesive, the first and second base materials each contain a phenol-based resin and an aliphatic hydrocarbon detected during a retention time of 12.0 to 30.0 minutes under pyrolysis-gas chromatography mass spectrometry (PY-GC/MS), and the adhesive contains 65 mol % or more of a butylene terephthalate unit and 5 mol % or more of a butylene isophthalate unit, and has an acid value of not larger than 100 eq/ton, a glass transition temperature of ?10 to 60° C., and a specific gravity of not less than 1.20.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition includes: (A) a crystalline polyamide resin including a polycapramide resin as a main component; (B) a semi-aromatic amorphous polyamide resin; (C) an inorganic reinforcing material, (D) a carbon black masterbatch; and (E) a copper compound, wherein as (C) the inorganic reinforcing material, the polyamide resin composition includes (C-1) a glass fiber, (C-2) a needle-shaped wollastonite, and (C-3) a plate-crystal inorganic reinforcing material, a melt mass flow rate (MFR) and a cooling crystallization temperature (TC2) of the polyamide resin composition fall within predetermined respective ranges, mass ratios and contents of the component satisfy specific conditions. By the polyamide resin composition, not only a molded product having a higher level of external appearance is obtained when a mold temperature is less than or equal to 100° C. during molding, but also an excellent weather resistance of the external appearance of the surface of the molded product is attained.

Abstract: An electrode for use in a redox-flow battery system comprises carbon fibers. A compressive strain factor determined by dividing a difference between a first thickness of the electrode and a second thickness of the electrode by the first thickness is more than 0.6. The first thickness is a thickness of the electrode measured in a state where a surface pressure of 0.7 kPa is applied to the electrode. The second thickness is a thickness of the electrode measured in a state where a surface pressure of 0.8 MPa is applied to the electrode.

Abstract: The adhesive resin composition according to the present invention is characterized by containing a polyester resin (A) and satisfying: (i) the polyester resin (A) has an acid value of 100 eq/ton or more; (ii) the polyester resin (A) contains, as polyol components constituting the polyester resin (A), a diol (a) having two primary hydroxy groups and having no alicyclic structure, and either one or both of a diol (b) having an alicyclic structure and a diol (c) having one primary hydroxy group and one secondary hydroxy group and having no alicyclic structure; and (iii) the polyester resin (A) contains, as polycarboxylic acid components constituting the polyester resin (A), an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (d). The adhesive resin composition according to the present invention enables curing even if the adhesive resin composition contains substantially no curing agent and therefore has excellent properties such as high solder heat resistance and adhesiveness to various base materials.

Abstract: The electret of the present invention comprises: inorganic particles and a dispersant in a polyolefin resin; and a nitrogen-containing compound, wherein a value of a/b is 0.3 or smaller when a represents a maximum value of a depolarizing current at 50 to 100° C. as measured by a TSC method, and b represents a maximum value of a depolarizing current at 100° C. or higher as measured by the TSC method.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous dispersion composition containing polyester resin having high storage stability, film-forming properties, tackiness, adhesiveness, and water resistance. An aqueous dispersion composition containing polyester resin, comprises, a polyester resin (A), a coalescing aid (B), and an aqueous medium (C), wherein the coalescing aid (B) has a Hansen solubility parameter with a dispersion term (?d) of 15.4 MPa0.5 or more and less than 18.0 MPa0.5, a polarization term (?p) of 4.1 MPa0.5 or more and less than 9.1 MPa0.5, and a hydrogen bond term (?h) of 7.0 MPa0.5 or more and less than 12.3 MPa0.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition having excellent heat resistance properties and high toughness, comprising 85 to 99.5 parts by mass of a polybutylene terephthalate resin (A) having an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of 1.0 to 1.3 dl/g, 0 to 13 parts by mass of a polyester elastomer (B), and 0.05 to 2 parts by mass of a talc (C) having an average particle size of 5 ?m or less, based on 100 parts by mass in total of components (A), (B) and (C), wherein in the case where the polyester elastomer (B) is contained, the mass ratio of hard segment/soft segment constituting the polyester elastomer (B) is 85/15 to 50/50.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photoluminescent aluminum alloy which exhibits high mechanical properties and which suppresses, to a high degree, the occurrence of color unevenness in cases where a tungsten-containing aluminum alloy die-cast material is subjected to anodization. Also provided is a photoluminescent aluminum alloy die-cast material produced using the photoluminescent aluminum alloy. This aluminum alloy contains 0.5-3.0 mass % of Mn, 0.3-2.0 mass % of Mg, 0.01-1.0 mass % of W and 1.0-3.0 mass % of Zn, with the remainder comprising aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a copolymerized polyester and a resin composition which are excellent in storage stability, water-resistant adhesion, processability, weathering resistance and leveling property. According to the present invention, there is provided a copolymerized polyester containing a polyvalent carboxylic acid component and a polyhydric alcohol component as copolymerization components, wherein, when a content of the polyvalent carboxylic acid component is taken as 100% by mole, a content of an alicyclic polyvalent carboxylic acid component is 50% by mole or more, and wherein the copolymerized polyester has an acid value of 170 to 1000 equivalents/106 g.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising an acid-modified polyolefin (a), a curing agent (b), and a phosphorus flame retardant (c), wherein the phosphorus flame retardant (c) contains an alicyclic structure in a molecule. The adhesive composition has high adhesiveness to various resin substates such as polyimide and metal substrates, as well as excellent solder heat resistance, excellent low dielectric properties, high insulation reliability, and high flame retardance.

Abstract: A pellet production method comprising: an operation in which a strand comprising a composition containing thermoplastic resin and reinforcing material is extruded from an orifice at a die; an operation in which the strand is drawn into water within a tank and is cooled; and an operation in which the cooled strand is cut to obtain a pellet; wherein at least one first guide roller for guiding the strand within the tank is provided within the tank, and an angle made by portions of the strand that are ahead of and behind that first guide roller which is in an upstreammost location is not less than 90° but is less than 180°; and wherein a ratio of a diameter of the pellet to a diameter of the orifice (diameter of the pellet/diameter of the orifice) is 0.45 to 0.80.

Abstract: A long-fiber nonwoven fabric of the present invention contains a resin having a polyethylene terephthalate component of 99% or more. The long-fiber nonwoven fabric has a dry heat area shrinkage rate of 30% or more at 100° C. for 3 minutes, and constituent fibers of the long-fiber nonwoven fabric have a birefringence index (?n) of 10×10?3 to 60×10?3 and a specific gravity of 1.335 to 1.340 g/cm3.

Abstract: A system to control a workpiece during its manufacturing in a machining system. The control being performed in the same manufacturing phase following machining operation. The workpiece being set in the work volume of the machining system. The check operation includes the acquisition of points on the surface of the part. The robot is moved by a cart so the robot can reach the protected working area. The measuring device is positioned relative to the workpiece by the robot. Acquisition of a plurality of points on the surface of the workpiece is performed. The position of the plurality points acquired is compared with the three-dimensional model stored in the memory of the computer.