Abstract: A formed article according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cylindrical base layer containing a polyimide as a main component, a sliding layer disposed on an inner circumferential surface side of the base layer and containing a polyether ether ketone as a main component, and an outermost layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface side of the base layer and containing a fluororesin as a main component.

Abstract: An electricity storage device member is provided. The electricity storage device member includes a base material mainly composed of a metal and a resin layer stacked on the base material, in which the resin layer contains a crosslinked fluororesin.

Abstract: A formed article according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cylindrical base layer containing a polyimide as a main component, a sliding layer disposed on an inner circumferential surface side of the base layer and containing a polyether ether ketone as a main component, and an outermost layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface side of the base layer and containing a fluororesin as a main component.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention is a manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product, the method including a step of irradiating a forming material containing a polytetrafluoroethylene as a principal component with ionizing radiation, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene has a melt viscosity at 380° C. of not greater than 7×105 Pa·s.

Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention contains, as a principal component, a polytetrafluoroethylene having a crosslinked structure and has a PV limit of not less than 1600 MPa·m/min.

Abstract: An electricity storage device member is provided. The electricity storage device member includes a base material mainly composed of a metal and a resin layer stacked on the base material, in which the resin layer contains a crosslinked fluororesin.

Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention contains, as a principal component, a polytetrafluoroethylene having a crosslinked structure and has a PV limit of not less than 1600 MPa·m/min.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention is a manufacturing method for a polytetrafluoroethylene formed product, the method including a step of irradiating a forming material containing a polytetrafluoroethylene as a principal component with ionizing radiation, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene has a melt viscosity at 380° C. of not greater than 7×105 Pa·s.

Abstract: An adhesive reinforcing sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a surface layer containing a crosslinked fluororesin as a main component, an intermediate layer laminated on one of surfaces of the surface layer and containing a metal or a super engineering plastic as a main component, and an adhesive layer laminated on a surface of the intermediate layer, the surface being opposite to the surface layer. In the adhesive reinforcing sheet, the crosslinked fluororesin is chemically bonded to the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer may contain aluminum, stainless steel, or iron as the main component. The intermediate layer may contain a polyimide, a polyamide-imide, or a combination of a polyimide and a polyamide-imide as the main component.

Abstract: Provided is a heat-shrinkable resin tube for forming a resin layer on a rotary member for an image forming part, such as a charging roller, a developing roller, or a transfer roller, a rotary member for support, or a rotary member for paper discharge in an image forming apparatus, in which a maximum depth of at least one linear scratch on a surface of the heat-shrinkable resin tube is 0.8 ?m or less. A maximum length of the at least one linear scratch may be 1 mm or less, the resin tube may have a thickness of 100 ?m or less, and the at least one linear scratch may extend in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the resin tube or in a direction tilted by 20° or less with respect to the axial direction.

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 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 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.

Abstract: Provided is a heat-shrinkable resin tube for forming a resin layer on a rotary member for an image forming part, such as a charging roller, a developing roller, or a transfer roller, a rotary member for support, or a rotary member for paper discharge in an image forming apparatus, in which a maximum depth of at least one linear scratch on a surface of the heat-shrinkable resin tube is 0.8 ?m or less. A maximum length of the at least one linear scratch may be 1 mm or less, the resin tube may have a thickness of 100 ?m or less, and the at least one linear scratch may extend in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the resin tube or in a direction tilted by 20° or less with respect to the axial direction.