Abstract: Provided is a drum set for manufacturing a bead-apex for a tire and an assembly including the drum set, wherein the drum set has drum segments which form a drum, wherein the drum segments are radially movable, wherein the drum set is arranged to be movable between an operational position in which the drum set is supported on a base and a storage position in which the drum set is unsupported by the base. The drum set further includes a support member for supporting the drum segments of the drum set with respect to each other, wherein the support member is provided with guides for guiding the radial movements of the drum segments when the drum set is in the operational position, while the guides are arranged for retaining the drum segments of the drum set to the support member when the drum set is in the storage position.

Abstract: A servo motor controller comprises: a position command generation unit; a position detection unit; a position control unit that generates a velocity command for position control based on a position command and a position FB; a force command generation unit that generates a force command for instructing force to be applied to a subject by a driving target; a force detection unit; a force control unit that generates a velocity command for force control based on the force command and a force FB; a selection unit that selects one of the position control and the force control; and a storage unit that stores a force threshold. The selection unit selects one of the velocity commands for the position control and the force control of a smaller value. If the force FB is smaller than the force threshold, the selection unit selects the velocity command for the position control.

Abstract: A press pad for a hydraulic single- or multi-stage heating press, the press pad comprising: a support fabric advantageously including metal threads; and an elastomeric material application made from a crosslinked rubber material, characterized in that the elastomeric material application is applied by a 3-D printing method to the support fabric by a printing arrangement, wherein the application is performed as a function of predetermined digitized data of a 3-D topography of the desired elastomeric material application.

Abstract: The object of the disclosure is a method and an apparatus for mechanically forming a product package box. According to the disclosure, a product package box is formed with a box-forming apparatus from a tubular sleeve folded flat, which sleeve is mechanically opened into the correct shape of the product package box and to which is affixed an essentially integral base panel. On the basis of online data coming from a picking system, for each product package box, a sleeve is selected from a sleeve bundle, the height of which sleeve corresponds most suitably to the online data, or a sleeve of suitable height is cut from a sleeve blank.

Abstract: Continuous method for making a web of draw strip bags, comprising providing a film web (F) wherein a first portion (11) and a second portion (12) overlap each other with free longitudinal side edges (7, 7?) thereof being essentially aligned with each other, back folding a first part (13) having said free side edge (7) of the first portion (11) outwardly away from said second portion (12) along a first fold line (B) by a first hemmer (120), and by folding a first subpart (15) of said first part (13) along a second fold line (C) whereby the free side edge (7) of the first portion (11) is brought into near alignment with said first fold line (B) while a second subpart (14) of said first part (13) of the first portion (11) remains back folded, whereby said first and second subparts (14, 15) of the first portion define a first hem (H1).

Abstract: A releasable pair of dual nested corrugated sheets comprises a top liner, a bottom liner and a combined web. The combined web comprises a first material coupled to a second material without an adhesive. The combined web further comprises a plurality of corrugations. The top liner is partially coupled to the combined web using an adhesive. The bottom liner is partially coupled to the combined web using an adhesive. The pair of dual nested corrugated sheets is releasable such that the top liner and the first material is separate from the bottom liner and the second material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the elasticity of a work material, to a workpiece produced by this method, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A method to manufacture mat includes steps of: forming a main body from soft material wherein the main body at least has a top face; obliquely cutting or abrading the margin of the top face to form an inclined face, the top face being adjacent to the inclined face, the top face and the inclined face having an angle therebetween larger than 90 degrees but smaller than 180 degrees inside the main body, the inclined face having a larger roughness than that of the top face; adhering a covering layer continuously on the top face and the inclined face of the main body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a web (1) with a web base (3) and a tube segment (4) made of a wood-based material or bamboo, wherein the tube segment (4) comprises a wall (5) which is delimited in the circumferential direction of two cut ends (8, 9), and wherein the tube segment (4) is mechanically connected to the web base (3) by means of at least one of the cut ends (8, 9). The invention further relates to a sandwich plate (2) with a plate layer (11) and a core layer (13), wherein the core layer (13) comprises at least one web (1) according to the invention which is mechanically connected to the adjacent connecting face (14) of the plate layer (11) by means of a cut face (6, 7) of a tube segment (4), wherein the cut faces (6, 7) delimit the wall (5) of the tube segment (4) in longitudinal extension direction. The invention further relates to a sandwich block (26) and a methods for producing a sandwich plate, a web (1) and a sandwich block (26).

Abstract: A fiber composite component, comprising a basic element which comprises fibers embedded in a matrix material. A production method for a fiber composite component. A structural component, comprising a support element and the reinforcement element and also to a production method for a structural component. The fiber composite component comprises a base element, comprising fibers embedded in a matrix material, and a reinforcement element, comprising fibers embedded in a matrix material wherein the base element and the reinforcement element are interconnected, a hole leads through the base element and the reinforcement element, wherein fibers of the base element that are adjacent to the hole are severed, and fibers of the reinforcement element that are adjacent to the hole are continuous.

Abstract: Tip bonded formed laminates, and methods for making tip bonded formed laminates, are made from multiple layers of formed substrates made from films which are bonded together at the tips of their formed protrusions. Tip bonded laminates can be designed with greater resistance to bending, improved resilience to compression, and can be patterned for directionally oriented responses to tensile loads. Also, tip bonded formed laminates made from multiple layers of formed substrates can use their layered structure to provide better aesthetics as well as better physical properties such as improved puncture resistance. Tip bonded formed laminates can be configured with thicker portions and designed patterns, which are appealing to consumers. A tip bonded formed laminate can be made from two or more formed substrates and can be used instead of a single, thick, unformed, substrate, so the laminate can use about the same amount of material, while still providing surprising functional benefits.

Abstract: The antifouling film includes a polymer layer that includes on a surface thereof an uneven structure provided with multiple projections at a pitch not longer than a wavelength of visible light. The polymer layer has a proportion of the number of fluorine atoms relative to the sum of the numbers of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms, and fluorine atoms of 33 atom % or more on the surface of the uneven structure. The polymer layer has at least one local maximum of the proportion of the number of nitrogen atoms relative to the sum of the numbers of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms, and fluorine atoms in a region 5 to 90 nm deep from the surface of the uneven structure. The local maximum is 0.3 atom % or more greater than the average value in a region 90 to 120 nm deep from the surface of the uneven structure.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.

Abstract: A wool textile structure is provided, including a surface layer, a middle layer, and an inner layer. The surface layer is composed of a woven fabric. The middle layer is composed of a hydrophilic film. The inner layer is composed of a wool knitted fabric, which contacts a wearer's skin.

Abstract: An adhesive assembly can be used to join textile materials together creating a durable wash resistant. An emblem can be removed from a work shirt without leaving glue stains or residue. The shirt may be reused if emblems need to be removed or changed before the life of the garment expires. In various embodiments, a layer of mesh is incorporated into the heat activated glue on the back of the emblem. This mesh does not affect adherence to the garment. The emblem sticks just as well as without the mesh layer and with zero process changes to how the emblem is applied. The mesh allows for the complete removal of the adhesive from the garment when the patch is removed allowing the garment to be used even after the patch is removed.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating film comprising a heat-conductive layer obtained by burning a mixture layer of flaky carbon and a binder resin to carbonize or burn off the binder resin, and plastic films covering the heat-conductive layer, the heat-conductive layer having a density of 1.9 g/cm3 or more and thermal conductivity of 450 W/mK or more, is produced by (1) sandwiching a mixture layer of flaky carbon and a binder resin with a pair of first plastic films to form a laminated film; (2) heat-pressing the laminated film to densify the mixture layer; (3) burning the mixture layer to carbonize the binder resin in the mixture layer; (4) pressing the resultant burnt layer to form the heat-conductive layer; and (5) sealing the heat-conductive layer with second plastic films.

Abstract: An insulating structure for an appliance includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein an insulating cavity is defined therebetween. A plurality of hollow nano-spheres are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each of the hollow nano-spheres includes a diameter in the range of from approximately 50 nanometers to approximately 1000 nanometers and has a wall that defines the internal space, and wherein the wall of each hollow nano-sphere has a thickness that is in a range of from approximately 0.5 nanometers to approximately 100 nanometers. A fill material is disposed in the insulating cavity and wherein the fill material is disposed in the space defined between the plurality of hollow nano-spheres, and wherein the fill material includes at least one of powdered silica, granulated silica, other silica material, aerogel and insulating gas.

Abstract: Provided is a silicone foam sheet that expresses excellent bubble removability, that has satisfactory adhesiveness with an adherend and satisfactory sealability, that maintains the expression of these effects even when its thickness is reduced, that preferably expresses a stable modulus of elasticity over a region from a low-temperature region to a high-temperature region, and that suppresses both of its compression set in the low-temperature region and its compression set in the high-temperature region to low levels. Also provided is a method of producing such silicone foam sheet. The silicone foam sheet comprises an open-cell structure having a thickness of from 10 ?m to 3,000 ?m, wherein wherein an open-cell ratio is 90% or more, an average cell diameter of the silicone foam sheet is from 1 ?m to 50 ?m, and 90% or more of all cells therein has a cell diameter of 80 ?m or less.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a coloring composition which can form a light absorption anisotropic film having an excellent dichroic ratio, a dichroic dye compound, a light absorption anisotropic film, a laminate, and an image display device. A coloring composition according to the invention contains a dichroic dye compound which has a Hansen solubility parameter of 17.5 or greater and has a structure represented by Formula (1), and a liquid crystalline compound. L1-A1-N?N-A2-N?N-A3-L2??(1) in Formula (1), A1, A2, and A3 each independently represent a divalent aromatic group which may have a substituent. Any one of A1, A2, and A3 represents a divalent thienothiazole group which may have a substituent. In Formula (1), L1 and L2 each independently represent a substituent.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of making decorative articles such as seashells comprising the steps of providing an article; coating a first transparent protecting layer on the article; painting a decorative pattern layer on the first transparent protecting layer with an adhesive; covering the decorative pattern layer by metal powder to form a metal powder layer on the decorative pattern layer; curing partially or completely the adhesive to fix the metal powder on the decorative pattern layer; and forming at least one continuous metal layer on the metal powder layer by an electroplating method. Also provided herein are decorative articles such as seashells made by the methods disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal transfer sheet that can suppress thermal fusion of the thermal transfer sheet and a transfer-receiving article and can improve the durability of a printed article obtained by transferring a transfer layer onto the transfer-receiving article, even if energy applied to the thermal transfer sheet was increased upon transferring the transfer layer onto the transfer-receiving article. This thermal transfer sheet 100 comprises a thermal transfer layer 10 on one surface of a substrate 1. The transfer layer 10 comprises one or more layers, and among the layers constituting the transfer layer 10, the layer closest to the substrate 1 contains a copolymer of isobutyl (meth)acrylate and a monomer having a carboxyl group, and the acid value of the copolymer is not less than 40 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: One example provides a method. The method includes printing an image on a surface of laminate, the laminate including: a backing layer; and a transparency disposed over the backing layer. The transparency may have a first side having the image printed thereon and a second side disposed over a first side of the backing layer, the second side opposite the first side. The method may include detaching the second side of the transparency from the first side of the backing layer and reattaching the first side of the transparency to the first side of the backing layer to form a laminated image. The method may include disposing the laminated image over a substrate surface having a curvature.

Abstract: Provided are an alloy coating steel plate and a method of manufacturing the same, and in this case, the alloy coating steel plate includes a steel, and an Al—Mg—Si alloy layer positioned on the steel plate, wherein the Al—Mg—Si alloy layer is formed to include Mg—Si alloy grains in an alloy layer configured in an Al—Mg alloy phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sheetlike composite (100) comprising a first composite region (101) and a second composite region (102); wherein the first composite region (101) comprises, as mutually superposed layers from an outer surface (104) of the first composite region (101) to an inner surface (103) of the first composite region (101): a) a thermoplastic layer A (110), b) a carrier layer (108), c) a barrier layer (106), and d) an inner polymer layer (105); wherein the outer surface (104) of the first composite region (101) is a surface of the thermoplastic layer A (110); wherein the second composite region (102) comprises, as mutually superposed layers from an outer surface (104) of the second composite region (102) to an inner surface (103) of the second composite region (102): A) a first thermoplastic layer B (109), B) the carrier layer (108); C) the barrier layer (106); and D) the inner polymer layer (105); wherein the outer surface (104) of the second composite region (102) is a surface of the first th

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer assembly comprising a metal surface and a coating which adheres directly on such surface and which includes a cross-linked composite of a polymer and a filler in the form of fibres.

Abstract: A thermal insulator, a vacuum insulation member, and a method of manufacturing a vacuum insulation member maintaining reliability and having an excellent thermal insulation property. The thermal insulator thermally insulates a thermal insulation target disposed on one surface side of a vacuum insulation member including a core and an outer covering member enclosing the core, from an outer region located on an other surface side of the vacuum insulation member. The vacuum insulation member includes a radiation prevention film configured to prevent or reduce radiation. The radiation prevention film is disposed between the core and the outer covering member and in a peripheral region on the other surface side.

Abstract: An outer bag for disposable body warmer packaging and a disposable body warmer are provided that are excellent in a gas barrier property that inhibits permeation of oxygen gas, water vapor and the like, which can allow swelling due to hydrogen gas generated during a storage period to be prevented. Provided is an outer bag for disposable body warmer packaging having an accommodating portion accommodating a disposable body warmer accommodated in an air-permeable inner bag and generating heat through contact with air, the outer bag comprising a low air-permeability portion having an oxygen permeability of 1.5 to 20 cc/m2·day·atm measured at 20° C. and 90% RH and a water vapor permeability of 0.05 to 10 g/m2·day measured at 40° C. and 90% RH; and an air-impermeable portion having an oxygen permeability of 1.3 cc/m2·day·atm or lower measured at 20° C. and 90% RH and a water vapor permeability of 2.0 g/m2·day or lower measured at 40° C.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a metal-clad laminate of a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film (TLCP film) and a metal sheet(s) bonded to at least one surface of the film using roll-to-roll processing. The metal sheet has a surface with a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of 5.0 ?m or less to be bonded to the TLCP film. The method includes preparing the laminate, dry-treating the laminate by subjecting the laminate passed through a dry zone satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) a drying temperature of lower than the melting point of the TLCP film, (2) for a drying period of 10 seconds or longer, and heat-treating the dried laminate by subjecting the laminate passed through a heating zone on a temperature condition of not lower than the melting point of the TLCP film successively after the dry treatment.

Abstract: A laminated vehicle windshield containing internal luminous information includes a first glazing, a lamination interlayer, and a second glazing with a face bearing a first curved organic-light-emitting-diode device that is configured to illuminate the first sign.

Abstract: A portable glass repair kit system and method, more particularly, for windshield repair for laminated glass and the like to provide an easy to use, highly portable, and economical glass repair kit. The glass repair kit does not require specialized equipment such as an injector, plugger device, suction cups, or require any additional tools or specialized knowledge of how to use the repair kit. The glass repair kit contains a resin which may be urged by a user through slight pressure after the glass repair kit is adhered over an impact point and any cracks thereby repairing a windshield in a more cost effective, time efficient, and user friendly way.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plastic cell that maintains conductivity without losing a sealing property and allows extension of an electrode even in a case where a plastic substrate is deformed into a free shape with roughness or curved surfaces, and a method for manufacturing the same. The plastic cell of the present invention includes a first plastic substrate, a first transparent conductive layer, a fluid layer, a second transparent conductive layer, and a second plastic substrate, in this order, the plastic cell further including a sealing part that seals the fluid layer by deformation of a part of the first plastic substrate or the second plastic substrate, in which the first plastic substrate has a first through-hole, the second plastic substrate has a second through-hole, the first through-hole has a first conductive material therein, and the second through-hole has a second conductive material.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a 3D polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) composite layer structure. A 3D PDLC composite layer is first provided and has an upper transparent resin substrate, a lower transparent resin substrate, a PDLC layer, an upper protective layer and a lower protective layer. The 3D PDLC composite layer is hot-press molded to form a 3D PDLC composite layer structure with a recess portion, where internal light transmission ratio before hot pressing and after hot pressing are in a range of 0.1%-10%. The upper protective layer and the lower protective layer are removed from the resulting structure.

Abstract: A film for use in the formation of a flexible package that has a first layer and a second layer that are laminated together to form a two layer laminate. The first layer is a base comprising polyethylene terephthalate, with at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface having a barrier layer disposed thereon. The second layer is a coextrusion having a core layer comprising an ethylene vinyl alcohol with an outer upper layer of a linear low density polyethylene and an outer lower layer of linear low density polyethylene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive resin film which does not cause peeling between respective layers, has an excellent adhesive force, and has strong adherability even in severe durability evaluation, to various planar or film-like adherends such as metal, glass, and plastic, and a production method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive resin film including a first adhesive layer, a first intermediate layer, a substrate layer having heat resistance, a second intermediate layer, and a second adhesive layer, which are laminated in this order, in which the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer comprise an acid-modified polyolefin resin, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive resin film having an excellent adhesive force and durability to various adherends such as metal, glass, and plastic, and a production method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a hot-melt adhesive resin film including a first surface layer, a first intermediate layer, a substrate layer having heat resistance, a second intermediate layer, and a second surface layer, which are laminated in this order, in which the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer include a resin which is obtained by modifying a copolymer of propylene and 1-butene with maleic acid, and a production method thereof.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to multilayer films, packages formed therefrom, and methods of preparing multilayer films. In one aspect, a multilayer film comprises a coextruded, multilayer film comprising at least five layers in which Layer A is a skin layer, Layer B is a tie layer, Layer C is a barrier layer, Layer D is a second tie layer, and Layer E is polyolefin, each layer having opposing facial surfaces and arranged in the order A/B/C/D/E. Layer A comprises polyethylene terephthalate, Layer C comprises polyamide or ethylene vinyl alcohol, and Layer E comprises polypropylene or polyethylene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative layer-attached transparent plate including: a transparent plate which is formed of a visible light-transmitting material and has two main surfaces; and a decorative layer provided on one of the main surfaces, in which the decorative layer has at least one of a protrusion and a recess at an end portion thereof, in plan view as viewed from the one of the main surfaces.

Abstract: Breathable multilayer films are provided. The multilayer films may include a monolithic core layer comprising a core-layer composition, which includes a core-layer highly breathable polymer and has a core-layer water absorption rate, and at least a first skin layer comprising a first-skin-layer composition, which includes a first-skin-layer highly breathable polymer and has a first-skin-layer water absorption rate. The core-layer water absorption rate may be at least about 10 times larger than first-skin-layer water absorption rate. Laminates including the multilayer films and at least one fibrous layer are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are multilayer films which can provide desired film performance and balanced overall performance suited for various applications.

Abstract: Provided are a composite material and a preparation method therefor. The composite material comprises: a base layer; a first plant fibre fabric located on the upper surface of the base layer; optionally, a second plant fibre fabric located on the lower surface of the base layer; and resins present in each layer. The composite material has a decorative performance and an improved mechanical performance.

Abstract: A composite molded article has a fiber-reinforced resin molded article (A) including a fiber-reinforced resin in which a polyamide-based resin is used as a matrix resin, a molded article (B) including an acid-modified-olefin-based copolymer, a molded article (C) including an unmodified-olefin-based polymer not containing an acid, and a molded article (D) including a polypropylene-based polymer layered in this order. The layer (B) including an acid-modified-olefin-based copolymer and the layer (C) including an unmodified-olefin-based polymer not containing an acid are interposed as joining layers between the layer (A) of the fiber-reinforced resin in which a polyamide-based resin is used as a matrix resin and the layer (D) including a polypropylene-based polymer, whereby a composite molded article can be obtained in which the layers (A), (B), (C) and (D) are strongly joined and integrated.

Abstract: A composite article (30), comprising at least one fibrous layer (12), and at least one thermoplastic epoxy web layer (14) located in direct planar contact with the at least one fibrous layer (12), the at least one thermoplastic epoxy web layer (14) being adapted to substantially phase separate during a molding and/or curing process.

Abstract: A gas barrier film includes, in order, a film substrate, an organic layer, and a silica layer, in which the silica layer includes a silica polymer having at least a covalent bond between a silicon atom and an oxygen atom, and a concentration of carbon atoms of the organic layer is 50% or more. A method of producing a gas barrier film includes forming an organic layer having a concentration of carbon atoms of 50% or more on a film substrate, applying a coating liquid including a silicon compound to the organic layer to form a layer including the silicon compound, and irradiating the layer including the silicon compound with vacuum ultraviolet rays to form a silica layer including a silica polymer having at least a covalent bond between a silicon atom and an oxygen atom.

Abstract: A polyimide laminated film includes a porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of from 30% to 90% and pores having a spherical shape and a non-porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of 5% or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plated layer forming composition which is capable of forming a plated layer having excellent alkali resistance and is capable of forming a metal layer on the plated layer even in the case of forming the plated layer by exposure with a low exposure amount; a film having a plated-layer precursor layer; a film having a patterned plated layer; an electroconductive film; and a touch panel. The plated layer forming composition of the present invention includes a polymer having a group capable of interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, and a polyfunctional monomer having three or more acrylamide groups or methacrylamide groups.

Abstract: A gas barrier film includes a support, a gas barrier layer provided on one surface of the support and including an inorganic layer, and a deformation inhibition layer provided on a surface of the support opposite to a surface on which the gas barrier layer is provided and including a bifunctional or higher (meth)acrylate, in which the support has a thermal expansion coefficient of 30×10?6/° C. or greater, and the (meth)acrylate of the deformation inhibition layer has a volume shrinkage rate of 3% to 20%.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided bio-based mineral oil barrier coatings and films usable for decreasing mineral oil migration, for example in food packaging materials, and thus improving the safety of the materials facing the mineral oil containing environment.

Abstract: A squeezable, white polypropylene film is disclosed having a novel balance of conformability, stiffness, modulus, opacity, and whiteness. The film comprises an ABCBA structure having a core layer of polypropylene resin with an elastomeric copolymer and a cavitating agent. Two intermediate layers of polyproplene resin are present on either side, the intermediate layers optionally comprising an elastomeric copolymer and a pigmenting agent. Two polymer skin layers surround the two intermediate layers. The resins are co-extruded into a biaxially oriented film having a thickness between 40 to 70 ?m for use in pressure-sensitive labeling applications.

Abstract: A prestretched polyethylene film having a longitudinal degree of pre-stretching above 70% and a remaining longitudinal elongation capability of at least 300% as determined according to ASTM D882, wherein said film is a coextruded blown film comprising at least one core layer arranged between two exterior layers, wherein the thickness of the film is in the range of 10-30 ?m, and wherein the film comprises at least 25% by weight of a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) substantially free from long chain branching (LCB) produced using a Ziegler Natta catalyst and hexene, heptene or octene as comonomer and having a density of between 910 and 915 kg/m3. Use of the prestretched polyethylene film as an agricultural balewrap film or silage film, pallet wrapping film, or waste wrap film.

Abstract: A polymer laminate and a method for manufacturing a polymer laminate are disclosed. The polymer laminate includes a first layer having a first surface and a second surface. The first layer includes a first non-porous polymer material. The polymer laminate also includes a second layer on the first surface of the first layer. The second layer includes a first porous polymer material defining a first plurality of pores, and the first non-porous polymer material located within the first plurality of pores.