Abstract: A baseball bat having a fiber reinforced outer layer which is formed by a resin injection technique employing a continuous reinforcing fiber and a molding material which cures to provide a crosslinked polyaminoamide resin, a crosslinked epoxy-modified polyaminoamide resin or a crosslinked polyesteramide resin and method for manufacturing such baseball bat.

Abstract: A rubber composite comprising polyester fibers as the reinforcing material, wherein a compound having at least one cyclic imino ether group of a specific structure in its molecule is incorporated in a rubber composite except for adhesive-treated polyester cords.

Abstract: A cross-linked resin produced by heating a mixture of (a) a bis(2-oxazoline) compound, (b) an aromatic polyamine compound which has at least two amino groups in the molecule and (c) a polyepoxy compound which has at least two epoxy groups in the molecule at elevated temperatures, preferably in the presence of an oxazoline ring-opening polymerization catalyst. The resin shows a high mechanical strength and toughness, a very small water absorption and a very high resistance to heat.

Abstract: A process for producing a cross-linked resin which comprises: reacting at least one phenolic reactant selected from the group consisting of(a) a compound having phenolic hydroxyls and having the general formula:HO--Ar--OHwherein Ar represents a divalent aromatic group composed of single or condensed aromatic rings, or a divalent aromatic group composed of two or more aromatic rings connected by C--C covalent bond, or a divalent aromatic group composed of two or more aromatic rings connected by a divalent hydrocarbon group or a divalent group selected from the group consisting of carbonyl, thioether, ether and amide group, and wherein the aromatic ring may bear additional hydroxyls or substituents which are inactive to the bis(2-oxazoline) compound, and(b) a polymer having not less than two phenolic hydroxyls in the molecule.

Abstract: A cross-linked resin as obtained by the reaction of a bis (2-oxazoline) compound with an aromatic compound having at least two amino groups shows low water-absorption, excellent in strength, and, in addition, tough and superior in heat-resistance.The resin composition comprising the cross-linked resin and reinforcements and/or fillers can be especially advantageously utilized for preparing a variety of molded articles practically usable in a broad application field, for example, space, aircraft, railway vehicles, automobiles, civil engineering, electrical and electronic appliances, cross-resistant equipment, sports and leisure equipment, medical equipment and industrial parts, as well as in the new application areas where conventional fiber-reinforced resins have hardly been utilized by the reason of insufficient strength, water-absorption, heat-resistance, etc.

Abstract: A cross-linked resin produced by the reaction of a bis(2-oxazoline) compound with a dicarboxylic acid anhydride, and optionally also with at least one selected from the group consisting of a dicarboxylic acid, a hydroxy-carboxylic acid, a diol and water, in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of an organic phosphorous acid ester, an organic phosphonous acid ester and an inorganic salt at an elevated temperature. The cross-linked resin has a high mechanical strength and a high resistance to organic solvents.The resin composition comprising the cross-linked resin and reinforcements and/or fillers combined therewith has outstanding heat-resistance and mechanical properties.

Abstract: A cross-linked resin produced by the reaction of a bis(2-oxazoline) compound with a dicarboxylic acid anhydride, and optionally also with at least one selected from the group consisting of a dicarboxylic acid, a hydroxy-carboxylic acid, a diol and water, in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of an organic phosphorous acid ester, an organic phosphonous acid ester and an inorganic salt at an elevated temperature. The cross-linked resin has a high mechanical strength and a high resistance to organic solvents.The resin composition comprising the cross-linked resin and reinforcements materials and/or fillers combined therewith has outstanding heat-resistance and mechanical properties.

Abstract: A process for producing a novel cross-linked resin which comprises: reacting a bis(2-oxazoline) compound with a polyesterpolycarboxylic acid which has carboxylic acid ester linkages in the molecule, in an equivalent ratio of the bis(2-oxazoline) compound to the carboxyls of the polyesterpolycarboxylic acid not less than 1 at an elevated temperature.The cross-linked resin has excellent physical and chemical properties inclusive of mechanical strength and resistance to various chemicals, and may be usable, for example, for embedded moldings of electrical machinery, electric insulating materials, films, adhesives and coating compositions.The polyesterpolycarboxylic acid which has carbonic acid ester linkages as well as carboxylic acid ester linkages in the molecule provides a cross-linked resin which is in particular excellent in elongation and impact strength.

Abstract: A process for producing a novel cross-linked resin which comprises: reacting a bis(2-oxazoline) compound with a reactive compound which has at least one active hydrogen in the molecule, the reactive compound being at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfonamide, an acid imide, an aromatic hydroxy-carboxylic acid and a bisphenol sulfone compound, in a molar ratio of the reactive compound to the bis(2-oxazoline) compound of not more than about 2, at an elevated temperature. About 5 to about 95 mole % of the reactive compound is replaceable by a dicarboxylic acid.The cross-linked resin may be usable for the production of machinery parts such as rolls and gears and embedded moldings of electrical machinery and apparatus parts as well as for electric insulating materials and dental uses. The cross-linked resin may further find applications in, for example, adhesives and various coating compositions.

Abstract: A process for producing a cross-linked polyesteramide which comprises: reacting a bis(2-oxazoline) compound with a dicarboxylic acid in a molar ratio of the dicarboxylic acid to the bis(2-oxazoline) compound of not more than about 1, at an elevated temperature in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of a strong acid, a sulfonic acid ester, a sulfuric acid ester and an organic halide which contains at least one halomethyl group in the molecule.The cross-linked polyesteramide may be usable for the production of machinery parts such as rolls and gears and embedded moldings of electrical machinery and apparatus parts as well as for electric insulating materials and dental uses. The cross-linked polyesteramide may further find applications in, for example, adhesives and various coating compositions.

Abstract: A new cross-linked polyester amide having structure in which the ester amide chain of the formula below: ##STR1## (wherein R and R' each are a bivalent hydrocarbon radical; n is a positive integer) as obtained by the reaction of a bis(2-oxazoline) compound and a dicarboxylic acid is contained in the polymer chain and at least 5% of its --NH-- group is cross-linked with a 2-oxazoline ring by ring-opening addition reaction.The cross-linked polyesteramide is tough and excels in abrasion resistance and solvent resistance and can be utilized in the molding of machinery parts such as rolls and gears and embedded molding of electrical machinery and apparatus parts as well as for electric insulating materials and materials for dental uses.