Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a breathable layered flexible material comprising at least one polyvinyl chloride (PVC) porous layer or a plurality of PVC porous layers and a support layer. The pores of the PVC porous layer or plurality of PVC porous layers are obtainable by water evaporation of a water-in-oil PVC emulsion. The pores extend from the PVC layer to the support layer providing the material breathability. The disclosure also relates to a method for preparing the breathable layered flexible material. Upholsteries, in particular car upholsteries, comprising the breathable layered flexible material are also disclosed.

Abstract: A waterproof sound-transmitting sheet is disclosed. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet comprises: a waterproof sound-transmitting layer having a waterproofing function and configured to transmit a sound; a first adhesive layer attached to a first surface of the waterproof sound-transmitting layer; and a second adhesive layer attached to a second surface of the waterproof sound-transmitting layer, opposite to the first surface, wherein the waterproof sound-transmitting layer comprises: a pore-free layer having no pores; and a porous layer laminated on the pore-free layer and containing pores.

Abstract: The invention discloses an anti-twisting winding core barrel for winding of water pipe connector PTFE thread seal tape and an anti-twisting mechanism of the anti-twisting winding core barrel, and belongs to the field of building materials. The anti-twisting winding core barrel is mainly suitable for water heating device installation and comprises a winding core barrel body, the center of the winding core barrel body is provided with a central hole, and the two sides of the winding core barrel body are provided with side walls; a hollow setting-out head rotating around the winding core barrel body is arranged between the two side walls and connected to the winding core barrel body through rotary arms movably connected with the winding core barrel body; and the front end of the setting-out head is smaller than the tail end of the setting-out head, and the PTFE thread seal tape is fed from the tail end and discharged from the front end.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an expanded coating, a preparation method and use thereof, and a permanent magnet comprising same. The expanded coating described herein comprises pores and a filler resin arranged among the pores; the pores comprise at least a spheroid pore having a cross section with a long diameter and a short diameter; in the cross section of the expanded coating, the area of the spheroid pores accounts for 50%-60% of the cross-sectional area of the expanded coating. The permanent magnet of the present disclosure comprises the expanded coating. The expanded coating has high strength and can exhibit excellent mechanical properties and corrosion resistance at high temperatures (such as 170° C.), with a shear strength greater than 2 MPa, a tensile strength greater than 2 MPa, an oil resistance greater than 1800 h and a neutral salt spray performance greater than 288 h at 170° C.

Abstract: Provided is a laminate having low air permeability and excellent moisture permeability in a low temperature and low humidity environment. The laminate is provided with a porous substrate and a moisture-permeable membrane disposed on one side of the porous substrate, the laminate having an air resistance of 3000 seconds/100 cc or greater based on the Gurley method according to JIS P8117-2009 and a first moisture permeability of 300 g/(m2·24 h) or greater based on a moisture permeability testing method (the cup method) according to JIS Z0208-1976 under the conditions of a temperature of 5° C., a relative humidity of 45%, and a wind speed of 0.2 m/s or less.

Abstract: A foam-molded product including a foam layer, and a skin layer covering the foam layer, in which the maximum diameter of bubbles in the foam layer is 0.90 mm or less; and a method for manufacturing a foam-molded product and a method for suppressing an appearance defect of a foam-molded product, including an injection process and a foaming process, wherein the foam-molded product after molding includes a foam layer and a skin layer covering the foam layer, the skin layer having an average thickness of from 0.3 mm to 0.7 mm, and wherein expanding of the volume of the cavity includes performing a core-back process of the mold such that a thickness of the foam-molded product after molding is within ±0.2 mm of a predetermined target thickness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer sheet comprising at least two layers (A) and (B) in adherent contact with each other, wherein layer (A) is a foamed sheet comprising a high melt strength polypropylene composition and layer (B) is a coated non-foamed layer, which comprises a polypropylene composition, a process for producing said multilayer sheet, an article comprising said multilayer sheet and the use of said multilayer sheet for the production of an article with improved water vapor transmission and oxygen transmission properties.

Abstract: A molded body includes a non-foamed design layer, a foamed intermediate layer, and a non-foamed back layer, laminated in this order and formed of a first, second, and third resin compositions, respectively. The first, second, and third resin compositions contain a polyolefin as a main component. The first resin composition is an impact-resistant resin composition including a polyolefin, a polyamide, and a polyolefin-based modified elastomer having a reactive group reactive with the polyamide. A method of producing the molded body includes disposing a first support layer to serve as the design layer and a third support layer to serve as the back layer so as to be spaced apart from and face each other, interposing the second resin composition provided with foamability in a gap between the first and third support layers, and forming the intermediate layer by expanding the gap while causing the second resin composition to foam.

Abstract: A floor element includes a substrate made of polymer, a top layer on one of the two sides of the substrate and a polymeric foamed layer on the other of the two sides of the substrate. The density of the polymeric foamed layer is less than 120 kg/m3.

Abstract: An article includes a substrate. The substrate includes at least two phases. The first phase includes a carbon-carbon (C/C) composite. The second phase includes a metal carbide. The second phase is disposed within a plurality of interconnected pores of the first phase, wherein the second phase extends from a surface of the substrate to a depth of at least 300 micrometers below the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a foam-backed molded component, the method comprising the following steps: a) introducing a cover material in a mold (100), the mold (100) having a negative-profiled surface (310); and b) generating and maintaining a vacuum and/or negative pressure on the side of the cover material facing the mold (100); and c) pouring a foam material in the mold (100); and d) closing the mold (100); and e) molding the foam material; and f) opening the mold (100) and removing a foam-backed molded component, the foam-backed molded component having a profiled surface.

Abstract: A composite material and methods for making a foldable material are provided. The composite material includes ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and a hard coating material, a portion of the hard coating material being infiltrated into the UHMWPE. The UHMWPE has a highly porous structure of polyethylene and the hard coating material is in a liquid form. The UHMWPE can be formed as a layer on which another portion of the hard coating material is disposed. The layer of UHMWPE has a thickness smaller than 2 ?m, a tensile strength greater than 500 MPa, and the composite has a thickness smaller than 5 ?m, a tensile strength greater than 100 MPa. And the whole composite is crease free after more than 200,000 cycles of folding.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a conductive membrane transfer sheet including a first release sheet and a conductive membrane is provided. The first release sheet includes a liquid-permeable sheet. The conductive membrane includes a conductive fiber supported on a first major surface of the first release sheet. The first release sheet and the conductive membrane contain a first liquid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for producing an aerogel blanket, and a method for producing an aerogel blanket. The device for producing an aerogel blanket according to present invention is a device for producing an aerogel blanket, including a supply part, which supplies a fiber containing sol, and a conveyor belt which moves the fiber supplied from the supply part, wherein the conveyor belt is provided in multiple levels to move the fiber while reversing the fiber, and a start time at which the conveyor belt reverses the fiber is before fluidity of the sol is completely lost.

Abstract: A foamable cross-linkable thermoplastic material comprises a matrix polymer of any one or a mixture of two or more of polyethylene (PE), ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) and polypropylene (PP), a cross-linking agent, and a foaming agent. A weight ratio of the cross-linking agent to the matrix polymer is 1-5:100. A weight ratio of the foaming agent to the matrix polymer is 1-5:100. A cross-linking foaming temperature of the thermoplastic material is equal to or higher than the melting point of the matrix polymer.

Abstract: An anisotropic multilayer film comprising one or more foam layers is described herein.

Abstract: The adhesive anti-scratch pad for pets includes a surface layer, at the bottom of which an intermediate layer is arranged. A reinforcement layer is arranged between the intermediate layer and the surface layer. A back layer is arranged at the bottom of the intermediate layer. An induction layer is arranged on the outer side of the surface layer, and an adhesion aid layer is arranged on the outer side of the back layer.

Abstract: A vehicle pane with reduced emissivity and light reflection, includes a substrate having an exposed interior-side surface, an emissivity-reducing coating containing at least one layer based on a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) on the interior-side surface, and an anti-reflection coating based on nanoporous silicon oxide on the emissivity-reducing coating.

Abstract: Provided is an unconstrained vibration damping metal sheet with foam pores. The unconstrained vibration damping metal sheet of the present invention comprises: a metal sheet; an organic-inorganic pretreatment layer containing an acrylic resin formed on the metal sheet; and a foam resin layer formed on the pretreatment layer, the foam resin layer containing, based on weight % thereof, a thermoplastic polyvinyl chloride resin: 40-80%, a plasticizer: 5-40%, a foaming agent: 0.1-10%, an oxide-based crosslinker: 1-4%, and spherical silica: 1-10%.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an article. In an embodiment, the article includes (A) a top layer composed of a composition composed of (i) from 51 wt % to 90 wt % of a propylene-based polymer, and (ii) from 10 wt % to 49 wt % of an ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer having hard segments and soft segments. The ethylene/octene multi-block copolymer has a soft segment melt temperature (SS-Tm) less than 2° C. The article also includes (B) a bottom layer composed of a textile.