Abstract: A tetrafluoroethylene resin molded article obtained by fusing PTFE by heating a tetrafluoroethylene resin by heating, and then executing a gradual cooling or a cooling including a holding at a temperature equal to or higher than 313° C. and lower than 321° C. for 10 minutes or longer, and having, when heated to 365° C., then cooled to 245° C. with a rate of ?1° C./min, and then heated to 365° C. with a rate of 10° C./min, a heat of fusion which, within a range from 296 to 343° C., is equal to or larger than 32 J/g and less than 47.8 J/g, a porous article obtained by expanding the molded article, and a composite article, a filter, an impact deformation absorber and a sealing material utilizing the molded article or the porous article.

Abstract: A fluorocarbon resin composite includes a fluorocarbon resin layer on a base, in which a fluorocarbon resin constituting the fluorocarbon resin layer is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation, and the base has a desired shape obtained by machining. The fluorocarbon resin is composed of a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polytetrafluoroethylene, or a mixture of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and polytetrafluoroethylene. A fluorocarbon resin composite, cookware, and a roller and a belt for use in office automation equipment are each produced by applying an uncrosslinked fluorocarbon resin on a base, subjecting the fluorocarbon resin to electron beam irradiation in a low-oxygen atmosphere to crosslink the fluorocarbon resin while the temperature of the fluorocarbon resin is maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the fluorocarbon resin, and machining the base into a desired shape.

Abstract: A fluorocarbon resin composite includes a fluorocarbon resin layer on a base, in which a fluorocarbon resin constituting the fluorocarbon resin layer is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation, and the base has a desired shape obtained by machining. The fluorocarbon resin is composed of a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polytetrafluoroethylene, or a mixture of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and polytetrafluoroethylene. A fluorocarbon resin composite, cookware, and a roller and a belt for use in office automation equipment are each produced by applying an uncrosslinked fluorocarbon resin on a base, subjecting the fluorocarbon resin to electron beam irradiation in a low-oxygen atmosphere to crosslink the fluorocarbon resin while the temperature of the fluorocarbon resin is maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the fluorocarbon resin, and machining the base into a desired shape.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing polymer and 2 to 30 parts by weight of an unsaturated compound containing at least one polar group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group and a carboxyl group, wherein the fluorine-containing polymer has been graft-modified with the polar group-containing unsaturated compound by irradiation of ionizing radiation, a production process thereof, and formed products such as a heat-shrinkable tube equipped with a layer composed of the adhesive composition.

Abstract: A fluorocarbon resin composite includes a fluorocarbon resin layer on a base, in which a fluorocarbon resin constituting the fluorocarbon resin layer is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation, and the base has a desired shape obtained by machining. The fluorocarbon resin is composed of a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polytetrafluoroethylene, or a mixture of the tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and polytetrafluoroethylene. A fluorocarbon resin composite, cookware, and a roller and a belt for use in office automation equipment are each produced by applying an uncrosslinked fluorocarbon resin on a base, subjecting the fluorocarbon resin to electron beam irradiation in a low-oxygen atmosphere to crosslink the fluorocarbon resin while the temperature of the fluorocarbon resin is maintained at a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the fluorocarbon resin, and machining the base into a desired shape.

Abstract: Devices used in an oil-containing wastewater treatment system are simplified by efficiently combining differences in processes used in the system. The oil-containing wastewater treatment system includes a separation tank that separates oil by flotation, the separation tank being arranged in a supply path of raw water which is oil-containing wastewater; a membrane filtration tank that is arranged on the downstream of the separation tank and that includes therein a membrane separation module including a hollow fiber membrane or a flat sheet membrane, and a diffuser for generating air bubbles, the diffuser being disposed below the membrane separation module; a supply pipe that supplies the raw water from the separation tank to the membrane filtration tank through a circulating pump; and a return pipe that returns unfiltered water containing the oil and air bubbles from the membrane filtration tank to the separation tank.

Abstract: Provided are a flame-retardant, flexible resin composition having high mechanical strength, flexibility, heat resistance, oil resistance, flame retardancy, and processability with a good balance between the properties and a resin tube and an insulated wire having an insulating coating, the resin tube and the insulating coating being formed by using the flame-retardant, flexible resin composition as a material. The flame-retardant, flexible resin composition contains a resin component that mainly contains chlorinated polyethylene, and 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a zeolite-based compound relative to 100 parts by mass of the chlorinated polyethylene, and is cross-linked by irradiation with ionizing radiation. The resin tube and the insulated wire having an insulating coating are formed by using the flame-retardant, flexible resin composition as a material.

Abstract: Provided is a roller for an image-forming apparatus which includes a base member and a fluororesin layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of the base member directly or through an adhesive layer, the roller for an image-forming apparatus being characterized in that the fluororesin layer contains phosphorus-doped tin oxide. The roller for an image-forming apparatus has a surface resistance capable of stably and effectively preventing the occurrence of electrostatic offsets, and also has an excellent releasing property. Also provided is a process for producing the roller for an image-forming apparatus, characterized by including the steps of applying a fluororesin dispersion containing an aqueous dispersion of phosphorus-doped tin oxide onto a base member or an adhesive layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the base member, and then sintering the fluororesin.

Abstract: The invention offers a high-frequency circuit substrate that sufficiently decreases the transmission delay and transmission loss in comparison with the conventional high-frequency circuit substrate. In the offered high-frequency circuit substrate, a dielectric layer made of fluororesin is brought into intimate contact directly with a metal conductor that is used for wiring and that has a surface not subjected to coarsening treatment or primer treatment. The offered high-frequency circuit substrate causes a transmission loss of ?3 dB/m or less at a frequency of 1 GHz and has a combined specific inductive capacity of 2.6 or less and a combined dielectric loss tangent of 0.0007 or less.

Abstract: A fixing roller/fixing belt having an elastic layer and a surface layer formed on a substrate material in the enumerated order, wherein the surface layer is a layer formed by thermally shrinking a PFA tube, and the surface layer and the elastic layer are bonded together through a PFA-containing adhesive material. In particular, a fixing roller/fixing belt in which the ratio of heat shrinkage of the PFA tube forming the surface layer is 3 to 20%. Also, a fixing roller/fixing belt, in which the quantity of PFA contained in the PFA-containing adhesive material is 20 to 30 wt %.

Abstract: A jig provided with a holding protrusion is used; a guide is overlaid on an outer circumferential surface of the holding protrusion; the guide ring is compressed toward an inner circumferential side through a decompression hole opened in the outer circumferential surface of the holding protrusion; the guide ring is brought into close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the holding protrusion; an adhesive is applied to an outer circumferential surface of the guide ring; the roller is overlaid on the guide ring; pressure reduction is released to return the guide ring to its original outer diameter and press the adhesive applied to the outer circumferential surface of the guide ring against an inner circumferential surface of the roller; and after adhesively fixing the guide ring to the inner circumferential surface, the roller is removed from the jig.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical lens made of a molded product of a resin composition obtained by nano-dispersing a thermally conductive filler in a transparent resin, a content of the thermally conductive filler being 1 wt % or more based on a weight of the molded product, and the thermally conductive filler being nano-dispersed so that a total light transmittance of 30% or more is achieved when the molded product has a thickness of 2 mm, and a method for manufacturing the same. The optical lens according to the present invention has high transparency, improved resistance to heat and aging, high surface hardness, and improved lightfastness that can meet recent demands.

Abstract: Provided are a silicone rubber sponge that forms an elastic layer of a pressure roller of an image-forming apparatus, and that has a high mechanical strength so as to be used in a high-speed image-forming apparatus or a color image-forming apparatus, and a rubber-covered roller including the silicone rubber sponge. The silicone rubber sponge is produced by mixing expanded resin microballoons with a low-molecular-weight silicone rubber to prepare a compound A, mixing a high-molecular-weight silicone rubber with the compound A to prepare a silicone rubber compound, and heating the silicone rubber compound at a temperature lower than a softening point of the resin microballoons to cure the silicone rubbers.

Abstract: Provided is a fixing belt which has high thermal conductivity capable of achieving an excellent fixing property that can respond to the recent increase in printing speed, which has a proper degree of elasticity such that color toners are sufficiently enveloped so as to be melted and mixed, and which has excellent mechanical strength and durability. A fixing belt includes a tubular base member, an elastic layer disposed on the outer circumferential side of the base member, and a surface layer disposed on a surface on the outer circumferential side of the elastic layer, the fixing belt being characterized in that the elastic layer is composed of rubber into which a filler primarily composed of silicon carbide powder and a carbon nanotube are compounded, and the formulae 10X+3Y<750, 3X+30Y>170, X>10, and Y>0.1 are satisfied, where X is the percent by volume of the filler and Y is the percent by volume of the carbon nanotube in the elastic layer.

Abstract: In a filter for microfiltration, a filtration layer is protected so as not to be damaged. A porous multi-layer filter, which is a laminated body of three porous stretched PTFE sheets that have been biaxially stretched in the longitudinal and transverse directions, includes a filtration layer as a middle layer, a protection layer stacked on one surface of the filtration layer on the liquid-to-be-treated inflow side, and a support layer stacked on another surface of the filtration layer, in which the one surface and the other surface of the filtration layer are fusion-bonded to the protection layer and the support layer at boundaries therebetween, pores of the protection layer and pores of the support layer three-dimensionally communicate with pores of the filtration layer, and the mean pore size of pores of the filtration layer is smaller than the mean pore size of pores of each of the protection layer and the support layer.

Abstract: Provided is a heating fixing roller which includes a tubular base member and a fluororesin layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of the base member directly or through an adhesive layer, the heating fixing roller being characterized in that the fluororesin layer contains phosphorus-doped tin oxide. The heating fixing roller has a surface resistance capable of stably and effectively preventing the occurrence of electrostatic offsets, and also has an excellent releasing property. Also provided is a process for producing the heating fixing roller, characterized by including the steps of applying a fluororesin dispersion containing an aqueous dispersion of phosphorus-doped tin oxide onto a tubular base member or an adhesive layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the tubular base member, and then sintering the fluororesin.

Abstract: Provided is a fixing belt which has a high effect of preventing offset and the like and is capable of forming a clear image, which has high adhesion between a surface layer and another layer, and which has no problems in terms of appearance. The fixing belt includes a tubular base, a surface layer provided as an outermost layer and composed of a fluororesin A, and a primer layer provided in contact with the surface layer, wherein the primer layer is composed of a material obtained by mixing a fluorine-containing ion conductive agent, such as a fluorine-containing alkali metal salt, with a fluororesin B.

Abstract: Provided are a fluororesin tube that has substantially no scratches formed during manufacturing, and a rotary member for a fixing device, the rotary member obtained by using the fluororesin tube. The fluororesin tube is a heat-shrinkable fluororesin tube that covers a rotary member for a fixing device, such as a fixing roller or a pressure roller, to form an outermost layer of the rotary member, wherein a maximum depth of a linear scratch on a surface of the fluororesin tube is 0.8 ?m or less. In one embodiment, the length of the linear scratch is 1 mm or less, and the thickness of the fluororesin tube is 100 ?m or less.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a roller for office automation (OA) equipment, the roller capable of realizing an increase in the printing speed and having a good releasing property, and a roller for OA equipment. The method for producing a roller for OA equipment, the roller including a fluororesin layer provided on an outer circumferential surface of a tubular base either directly or with an intermediate layer therebetween, includes the steps of preparing a fluororesin coating material containing a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkylvinylether copolymer (PFA) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in a ratio of 99:1 to 50:50 (mass ratio); applying the fluororesin coating material onto an outer circumferential surface of a tubular base either directly or with an intermediate layer therebetween; baking the fluororesin coating material at a temperature of 340° C. or higher to form a fluororesin layer; and after baking, cooling the fluororesin layer at a cooling rate of 20° C./min or less.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for producing a heat-shrinkable tube. An apparatus 100 includes a pair of pinch rollers 105 that can be moved along a feeding path of a tube 101 and that can be opened and closed with the feeding path therebetween, an air vent 104 that supplies air from an end of the tube 101 to the inside of the tube, a pair of pinch rollers 106 that is arranged closer to the air vent 104 than the pinch rollers 105 and that can be opened and closed with the feeding path therebetween, and a control unit 114 that adjusts inflation of the tube by supplying air in the tube while the pinch rollers 105 are closed and the pinch rollers 106 are opened, then closing the pinch rollers 106, and changing a distance between the pinch rollers 105 and the pinch rollers 106.