Abstract: This application provides a fruit extract leather. The fruit extract leather includes a prepolymer material A, a prepolymer material B, and a base fabric. The prepolymer material A includes a fruit powder, and the fruit powder is obtained by grinding a remaining residue material obtained after fruit peels and/or fruit kernels are extracted. This application further provides a method for preparing the fruit extract leather. According to the fruit extract leather and the preparation method thereof provided in this application, polyester and other components in leather are substituted, fruit peels and/or fruit kernels are recycled, and waste and environmental pollution are reduced.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a glass direct roving that has excellent workability and can effectively increase the mechanical strength of a composite material obtained by combination with resin. A method for producing a glass direct roving 10 formed by directly winding up a bundle of glass filaments includes the steps of: applying a sizing agent containing an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent of 180 to 240 to surfaces of a plurality of glass filaments to bundle the plurality of glass filaments; winding up a bundle obtained by bundling the plurality of glass filaments, thus making a wound package; and thermally drying the sizing agent at a temperature of 135° C. to 155° C. to form a coating on the surfaces of the glass filaments.

Abstract: An artificial turf system provides an existing artificial turf including a plurality of existing artificial turf fibres and an existing artificial turf backing configured to carry the plurality of existing artificial turf fibres, a new artificial turf comprising a plurality of artificial turf fibres and an artificial turf backing layer, where the artificial turf backing layer comprises a carrier structure configured to carry the plurality of artificial turf fibres, and a geogrid positioned between the existing artificial turf and the backing layer of the new artificial turf.

Abstract: A welded yarn may have a cross section about a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the welded yarn wherein the cross-sectional area is comprised of two or more distinct portions, wherein the degree of welding in each portion is different, which May also result in different fiber volume ratios compared to raw yarn substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite fiber for obtaining a fiber having a strength at 100% elongation of 0.04 cN/dtex or less, wherein the composite fiber is composed of component X comprising a polyvinyl-based thermoplastic elastomer, or a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower, and component Y which is an easily soluble thermoplastic polymer, wherein the composite ratio (mass ratio) X:Y of the component X and the component Y is within the range of from 90:10 to 50:50, and wherein the composite fiber has a core-sheath structure in which the component X constitutes the core component, and the component Y constitutes the sheath component, in a cross section of the fiber.

Abstract: Wipes for preventing chlorine depletion suitable for commercial applications (e.g., industrial and consumer disinfectant wipes) are provided. The wipe includes at least one nonwoven layer, at least one pulp layer, and a nonionic modified siloxane additive. The at least one nonwoven layer and the at least one pulp layer may be hydroentangled to form a hydroentangled nonwoven fabric having a first surface and a second surface. Additionally, the nonionic modified siloxane additive may be disposed on at least one of the first surface or the second surface.

Abstract: An underlayment layer is configured to support an artificial turf assembly. The underlayment layer comprises a core with a top side and a bottom side. The top side has a plurality of spaced apart, upwardly oriented projections that define channels suitable for fluid flow along the top side of the core when the underlayment layer is positioned beneath an overlying artificial turf assembly.

Abstract: A carpet tile, includes a pile fabric layer, a primary backing coupled with the pile fabric layer, a secondary backing coupled with the primary backing, and a dual-layer wet-laid nonwoven mat. The dual-layer wet-laid nonwoven mat includes a first layer comprising a plurality of glass fibers and a first binder and a second layer comprising a plurality of synthetic fibers and a second binder.

Abstract: A clutch assembly for a motor vehicle drivetrain includes a rigid support and a wet friction material fixed to a surface of the rigid support. The wet friction material includes a base material including a matrix of fibers and filler particles embedded in the matrix of fibers. The filler particles include calcined kaolin clay, and the base material includes, by percent weight, 5 to 60% of calcined kaolin clay. The wet friction material also includes a binder embedded in the base material. The binder is tung modified phenolic resin.

Abstract: An artificial turf system includes a turf assembly having a turf backing and stands of artificial grass blades extending from the turf backing to form an artificial turf layer. Infill material is placed in between the blades of artificial grass and on top of the turf backing. The infill material has a composition of sand in an amount within the range of from about 80 to about 98 percent of the infill by dry bulk weight, and organic particles in an amount within the range of from about 2 to about 20 percent of the infill by dry bulk weight.

Abstract: An environmental aspect control assembly is configured to control one more environmental aspects. The environmental aspect control assembly may include at least one aspect-controlling portion formed of one or more environmental aspect-controlling materials, and at least one shape-changing actuator operatively connected to the aspect-controlling structure(s). The shape-changing actuator(s) is configured to have a first actuator shape at a first temperature and a second actuator shape at a second temperature that differs from the first temperature. The first actuator shape causes the aspect-controlling structure(s) to form a first structural shape. The second actuator shape causes the aspect-controlling structure(s) to form a second structural shape that differs from the first structural shape.

Abstract: A method of producing a carbon fiber bundle suppresses penetration of a process oil agent into the fiber surface layer and suppresses adhesion between fibers and the generation of surface voids, and also provides a carbon fiber bundle. The carbon fiber bundle is characterized by having a crystallite size of 3.0 nm or less as measured by wide-angle X-ray diffraction, containing a point where the Si/C ratio is 10 or more as calculated by SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry) in the region ranging from 0 to 10 nm in depth from the fiber surface, and also showing a Si/C ratio of 1.0 or less as calculated by SIMS at a depth of 10 nm from the fiber surface.

Abstract: A yarn is disclosed, which includes a blend of: 33-75 wt. % of a flame resistant fiber having a limit of oxygen index of 43%, a thermal conductivity of 0.0063 watt/meter/K and a moisture regain of 12%; 10-40 wt. % of an aramid fiber; and up to 36% of a wearability enhancing fiber selected from the group consisting of wool, flame resistant rayon and lyocell, wherein the yarn is free of thermoplastics and is sufficiently flame resistant such that a fabric consisting of the yarn is effective to limit a body burn percentage resulting from 4 seconds of flame exposure to less than 35% as measured by ASTM F1930. Fabrics and garments including the inventive yarn are also disclosed.

Abstract: A woven fabric comprises a plurality of first fibers extending along a first direction, the first fibers having a first modulus of elasticity; a plurality of second fibers extending along a second direction and being woven with the plurality of first fibers, the second fibers having a second modulus of elasticity that is lower than the first modulus of elasticity; and a coating disposed over the plurality of first fibers and the plurality of second fibers. In some embodiments, the coating is a synthetic leather.

Abstract: A sheet material includes a polymeric elastomer and a fiber-entangled body including, as a constituent element, a nonwoven fabric including ultrafine fibers having an average single fiber diameter of 1.0 ?m or more and 10.0 ?m or less. The ultrafine fibers include a polyester-based resin including a black pigment (a1). The black pigment (a1) has an average particle diameter of 0.05 ?m or more and 0.20 ?m or less and has a coefficient of variation (CV) of the average particle diameter of 75% or less. The polymeric elastomer includes a polyurethane including a black pigment (b). The sheet material has a nap coverage of 70% or more and 100% or less on a surface having a nap.

Abstract: Disclosed is a grain-finished leather-like sheet including: a fiber base material; and a polyurethane skin film stacked, as a surface layer, directly on the fiber base material or via another polyurethane layer, wherein the polyurethane skin film contains at least one of a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based red pigment and an ?-type phthalocyanine-based blue pigment, the grain-finished leather-like sheet further includes a clear polyurethane film layer coating the polyurethane skin film, and the grain-finished leather-like sheet has a grade of color difference, determined using a Grey scale for assessing staining, of 4-5 or more, when 0.03 g of oleic acid is added dropwise to a surface of the clear polyurethane film layer, and thereafter a white cotton fabric is reciprocated 100 times on the surface, using a crockmeter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing fine hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers wherein anionic group-containing anionically modified cellulose fibers are bound to a modifying group, the method including subjecting hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 1,000 ?m or less to a finely pulverizing treatment in an organic solvent. The fine hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers obtained by the method for production of the present invention can be suitably used in various resin manufactured articles for daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, wrapping materials for household electric appliance parts, and various industrial applications such as automobile parts.

Abstract: Provided is the method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure with a less amount of internal voids or bubbles, and also to provide a 3D printer filament used for manufacturing such three-dimensional structure. The method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, the method comprises melting and depositing a filament using a 3D printer, the filament comprising a commingled yarn that contains a continuous reinforcing fiber (A) and a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber (B), with a dispersity of the continuous reinforcing fiber (A) in the commingled yarn of 60 to 100%.

Abstract: An aqueous binder composition is disclosed that comprises at least one long-chain polyol having at least two hydroxyl groups and a number average molecular weight of at least 2,000 Daltons; a primary cross-linking agent comprising at least two carboxylic acid groups; and a secondary cross-linking agent comprising a short-chain polyol having at least two hydroxyl groups and a number average molecular weight less than 2,000 Daltons.

Abstract: To provide a reversibly thermochromic composite fiber having a reversible color change due to a temperature change, having such excellent flame retardancy that flame is hard to spread even if ignition occurs once, and having high safety. [Solution] Disclosed is a sheath-core type reversibly thermochromic composite fiber including a core comprising a resin, a reversibly thermochromic pigment, and a flame retardant, and a sheath comprising a resin and a flame retardant.