Abstract: According to a first aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a manufacturing method for a can container including forming a diameter-reduced portion with a die necking tool at one end of a can body whose surface is not formed with a varnish layer, wherein a coefficient of dynamic friction between the die necking tool and the can body is 0.30 or less. In addition, according to a second aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a can container including a can trunk portion, a bottom portion provided on one end side of the can trunk portion, and a diameter-reduced portion having an outer diameter reduced at the other end side of the can trunk portion, wherein a varnish layer is not formed on an outer surface of at least the diameter-reduced portion.

Abstract: Such a vapor-deposited barrier film is provided that has a vapor-deposited layer having uniform film quality, a high film density and high barrier performance in the initial stage. The vapor-deposited barrier film contains a substrate having on at least one surface thereof at least one layer of a vapor-deposited layer (a). The vapor-deposited layer (a) contains a metal oxide, has a thickness of from 10 to 500 nm, and has an average value of an elemental ratio of oxygen (O) and the metal (oxygen (O)/metal) of 1.20 or more and 1.90 or less and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the (oxygen (O)/metal) of 0.35 or less on analysis of the vapor-deposited layer in the depth direction thereof by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) method.

Abstract: Provided is a film which can be industrially coated easily and exhibits excellent gas barrier performance without being subjected to a high-temperature heat treatment. The film exhibits good gas barrier performance immediately after the production, and maintains the excellent gas barrier performance while exhibiting excellent hot water resistance and printing resistance.

Abstract: Such a vapor-deposited barrier film is provided that has a vapor-deposited layer having uniform film quality, a high film density and high barrier performance in the initial stage. The vapor-deposited barrier film contains a substrate having on at least one surface thereof at least one layer of a vapor-deposited layer (a). The vapor-deposited layer (a) contains a metal oxide, has a thickness of from 10 to 500 nm, and has an average value of an elemental ratio of oxygen (O) and the metal (oxygen (O)/metal) of 1.20 or more and 1.90 or less and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the (oxygen (O)/metal) of 0.35 or less on analysis of the vapor-deposited layer in the depth direction thereof by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) method.

Abstract: A film which can be industrially coated easily and exhibits excellent gas barrier performance without being subjected to a high-temperature heat treatment, good gas barrier performance immediately after the production, and maintains the excellent gas barrier performance while exhibiting excellent hot water resistance and printing resistance; a gas barrier laminated film including a resin layer on an inorganic thin film formed on at least one surface of a support film, the resin layer being formed by applying: (1) an aqueous dispersion containing polyvinyl alcohol (a), an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (b), and inorganic particles (c); (2) an aqueous dispersion containing an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (b), inorganic particles (c), and/or a cross-linking agent (d); or (3) an aqueous dispersion containing polyvinyl alcohol (a), an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer (b), inorganic particles (c), and cross-linking agent (d), to the inorganic thin film surface; and a

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a film, which is satisfactory in productivity, exhibits high gas-barrier property immediately after production, and has excellent adhesive strength between constituent layers while maintaining the excellent gas-barrier property, and a gas-barrier film, which is obtained by the method. The method for producing a gas-barrier film includes the steps of: (1) forming an inorganic thin film by a vacuum deposition method on at least one surface of a base film; (2) forming a thin film by a plasma CVD method on the inorganic thin film formed in the step (1); and (3) forming an inorganic thin film by the vacuum deposition method on the thin film formed in the step (2), in which each of the steps (1) and (3), and the step (2) are sequentially carried out at a pressure of 1×10?7 to 1 Pa, and at a pressure of 1×10?3 to 1×102 Pa, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a protective sheet for a solar cell module having a resin sheet, a vapor deposited layer containing an inorganic oxide provided on at least one side thereof, and a fluorine resin layer containing a silane coupling agent laminated on the vapor deposited layer.

Abstract: Provided are a gas-barrier laminate film which shows good productivity, has high transparency, exhibits high-level gas-barrier properties and has excellent adhesion strength between the constituent layers therein, and which curls little; and a method for producing the film. The gas-barrier laminate film has, on at least one surface of a substrate film thereof, an inorganic thin layer formed by a vacuum vapor deposition, an inorganic thin layer formed by a chemical vapor deposition, and an inorganic thin layer formed by a vacuum vapor deposition in that order thereon, wherein the thickness of the inorganic thin layer formed by vacuum vapor deposition is from 0.1 nm to 500 nm, and the carbon content in the inorganic thin layer formed by chemical vapor deposition is from 0.5 at % to less than 20 at %, and the thickness of the layer is less than 20 nm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-barrier film laminate having at least two gas-barrier film layers laminated via an adhesive layer, wherein the gas-barrier film layer has a substrate film, and at least one constitutive unit layer comprising an anchor coat layer and an inorganic thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate film in that order, and wherein the number of the bubbles having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm and the impurities having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm existing between the gas-barrier film layers is at most 3 in total per 100 cm2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-barrier film laminate having at least two gas-barrier film layers laminated via an adhesive layer, wherein the gas-barrier film layer has a substrate film, and at least one constitutive unit layer comprising an anchor coat layer and an inorganic thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate film in that order, and wherein the number of the bubbles having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm and the impurities having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm existing between the gas-barrier film layers is at most 3 in total per 100 cm2.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas-barrier film laminate having at least two gas-barrier film layers laminated via an adhesive layer, wherein the gas-barrier film layer has a substrate film, and at least one constitutive unit layer comprising an anchor coat layer and an inorganic thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate film in that order, and wherein the number of the bubbles having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm and the impurities having a diameter of at least 0.5 mm existing between the gas-barrier film layers is at most 3 in total per 100 cm2.

Abstract: A solar cell module including a thin-film solar cell element protected with a novel gas barrier film is provided. The solar cell module includes a laminate obtained by laminating a gas barrier film on a layer including at least a solar cell element. The gas barrier film is obtained by laminating at least a substrate film, weather-resistant coating layer, and inorganic thin film layer. The weather-resistant coating layer is made of at least one of (a) a material obtained by crosslinking modified polyvinyl alcohol, (b) a material obtained by crosslinking polycaprolactone polyol and/or a material obtained by crosslinking polycarbonate polyol, and (c) an acrylic polymer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of an UV-stabilizing group, UV-absorbing group, and cycloalkyl group. The solar cell element is a thin-film solar cell element.

Abstract: Provided are a sheet for a solar cell of a monolayer construction or a multilayer construction based on a polyphenylene ether-based resin layer formed of a resin composition using a polyphenylene ether as a main component, which has excellent durability, excellent flame retardancy, excellent dimensional stability and high adhesiveness with a encapsulating resin layer or the like, and a solar cell module obtained by providing the sheet for a solar cell.

Abstract: Provided is a protective sheet for a solar cell module having a resin sheet, a vapor deposited layer containing an inorganic oxide provided on at least one side thereof, and a fluorine resin layer containing a silane coupling agent laminated on the vapor deposited layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-barrier laminate for hydrothermal treatment which comprises a base plastic film, a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base plastic film, an inorganic thin film formed on a surface of the coating layer which is made of a metal compound, and a heat-sealable plastic film laminated on the inorganic thin film or the base plastic film, wherein the inorganic thin film before laminating the heat-sealable plastic film thereon has a rubbing strength of not less than 20 times as measured under a load of 70 g, and the coating layer has a hardness of 0.15 to 0.40 GPa. The laminate of the present invention is excellent in interlaminar bonding property, hardly undergoes breakage of the inorganic thin film owing to the hydrothermal treatment, and can maintain an excellent gas-barrier property even after subjected to the hydrothermal treatment.

Abstract: A gas-barrier laminate comprises a plastic substrate (A), an inorganic thin film (B) formed on at least one surface of the plastic substrate (A), and a polyester-based resin layer (C) formed by applying a coating material containing a polyester-based resin on a surface of the inorganic thin film (B), wherein the polyester-based resin has a glass transition temperature of 50 to 70° C., a molecular weight of 1500 to 15000 and a hydroxyl value of 10 to 60 mg KOH/g, and the gas-barrier laminate has an oxygen permeability of not more than 5 cc/m2/day/atm and a water vapor permeability of not more than 5 g/m2/day.

Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a film, which is satisfactory in productivity, exhibits high gas-barrier property immediately after production, and has excellent adhesive strength between constituent layers while maintaining the excellent gas-barrier property, and a gas-barrier film, which is obtained by the method. The method for producing a gas-barrier film includes the steps of; (1) forming an inorganic thin film by a vacuum deposition method on at least one surface of a base film; (2) forming a thin film by a plasma CVD method on the inorganic thin film formed in the step (1); and (3) forming an inorganic thin film by the vacuum deposition method on the thin film formed in the step (2), in which each of the steps (1) and (3), and the step (2) are sequentially carried out at a pressure of 1×10?7 to 1 Pa, and at a pressure of 1×10?3 to 1×102 Pa, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a back sheet for a solar battery which holds an excellent gas barriering property and which is excellent in a weatherability and a light shielding property. It is a back sheet for a solar battery comprising a light shielding polyolefin base resin colored layer and a weather resistant polyester base resin layer and comprising a gas barriering layer containing a weather resistant coating layer and an inorganic thin film layer provided between the above layers, wherein the weather resistant coating layer comprises at least one selected from (a) a cross-linked product of polycaprolactonepolyol and/or polycarbonatepolyol, (b) a cross-linked product of modified polyvinyl alcohol and (c) an acryl base copolymer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a UV ray stabilizing group, a UV ray absorbing group and a cycloalkyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a back sheet for a solar battery which holds an excellent gas barriering property and which is excellent in a weatherability and a light shielding property. It is a back sheet for a solar battery comprising a light shielding colored layer and a weather resistant polyester base resin layer and comprising a gas barriering layer containing a weather resistant coating layer and an inorganic thin film layer provided between the above layers, wherein the weather resistant coating layer comprises at least one selected from (a) a cross-linked product of polycaprolactonepolyol and/or polycarbonatepolyol, (b) a cross-linked product of modified polyvinyl alcohol and (c) an acryl base copolymer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a UV ray stabilizing group, a UV ray absorbing group and a cycloalkyl group.

Abstract: A gas-barrier laminate, containing a plastic substrate, an inorganic thin film on at least one surface of the plastic substrate, and a coating layer on a surface of the inorganic thin film is provided. The coating layer comprises at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyester resin, an urethane resin, an acrylic resin, an alkoxysilyl group-containing resin, an oxazoline group-containing resin and copolymer resins thereof and a hardness of the coating layer is from 0.1 to 0.5 GPa as measured at 23° C. in atmospheric air by a nano-indentation hardness testing method. When the gas-barrier laminate is further laminated on the coating layer with an unstretched polypropylene film having a thickness of 60 ?m and the further obtained laminate subjected to a hydrothermal treatment at 120° C. for 30 min, an oxygen permeability of the further laminate is not more than 50 fmol/m2/s/Pa.