Abstract: A polymer film comprising polyvinyl acetal and a laminated glass manufactured using the same are provided. At least one surface of the polymer film has a void volume (Vv) value at a material ratio of 10% ranging from 2 ?m3/?m2 to 18 ?m3/?m2, wherein the void volume (Vv) and material ratio are defined in accordance with ISO 25178-2:2012.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass, which includes two or more stacked resin layers including a colored layer, exhibits excellent deaeration properties in a production process of a laminated glass, and is capable of preventing poor appearance of a colored portion, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a laminated structure including two or more layers, at least including: an outer layer disposed on the outermost surface of the interlayer film for a laminated glass and having a large number of recesses on one surface; and a colored layer containing a colorant, a minimum distance between an outer layer side surface of the colored layer and the surface having a large number of recesses of the outer layer being 150 ?m or longer.

Abstract: A coating composition for a substrate includes a polymer binder, one or more hydrophobic silicon dioxide compositions, and one or more UV protection agents. The polymer binder can include a fluoropolymer or an epoxy polymer resin. The coating composition can also include molybdenum disulfide.

Abstract: Cables jacket are formed by extruding discontinuities in a main cable jacket portion. The discontinuities allow the jacket to be torn to provide access to the cable core. The armor cables have an armor layer with armor access features arranged to work in combination with the discontinuities in the cable jacket to facilitate access to the cable core.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a single extrudable food stream such as a cooked cereal dough into a plurality of differently colored and/or flavored dough streams is disclosed including an extruder having screw augers for advancing a plastic food mass, a head or manifold for dividing the plastic food mass into a plurality of substreams each in turn in fluid communication with a plurality of sub-divided dough passageways, and a die head having a plurality of die ports. Each subpassage is separately supplied an additive and has disposed therein a multiplicity of in-line static mixer elements to admix the additive into the substreams of the plastic food mass before passage through the die ports. In a preferred form, first and second substreams are intermixed in a non-homogenous manner before reaching the exit ports. The extrudates are severed into individual pieces by a rotary cutter.

Abstract: A two-layer mono-axially oriented film includes a first layer of an opaque beta-nucleated microvoided propylene-based polymer; and a second layer containing a dark pigment that is adapted for use in a thermal printer in which the thermal print-head contacts the exposed surface of the first layer. The dark pigment of the second layer pigment has a color contrasting with the color of the first layer and can contain a carbon black. The first layer includes microvoids and may be made transparent upon the application of heat by collapsing the voids of the first layer or upon the application of ultra-sonic energy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic artificial marble having a granite pattern and a method of manufacturing the same, which can provide a natural marble effect by mixing and molding two or more compounds having different colors and thus can obtain a granite pattern in which patterns of the two or more compounds are smoothly mixed, and which can obtain a desired pattern remarkably similar to a pattern of natural stone by using a multicolor chip sheet.

Abstract: An artificial turf is disclosed having a base and a plurality of synthetic fibers attached to and extending upward from the base, the fibers comprising a chlorin-based organic colorant and the colorant reflects infrared radiation in the range of 700 to 1,100 nm.

Abstract: A process for preparing a filled polymer extrudate, with which a flowable composition is made, composed of a carrier fluid and reinforcing agents or filler material (9), or coloring pigments (12 added to them in a first extruder (2) and a polymer melt of a thermoplastic polymer (16) in a second extruder (14, in which the composition and the polymer melt are subsequently co-extruded in a co-extruding step in such a way that the polymer melt encloses the composition forming the core of the generated extrudate strand (22).

Abstract: Disclosed therein are an extrusion die for synthetic wood which can provide a natural wood pattern similar with real wood by forming various wood patterns on the surface of synthetic wood manufactured through extrusion molding, manufacturing apparatus and method using the same, and synthetic wood manufactured by the same. The extrusion die includes: a pair of molds respectively having rectangular extrusion holes for allowing extrudates forming an inner layer to pass through the extrusion holes; and surface layer forming parts having flow paths which are oppositely formed on contact faces of the molds in such a way as to keep a predetermined gap and formed in a top and bottom asymmetrical manner for injecting other extrudates supplied, the surface layer forming parts serving to form a surface layer having different wood patterns on the outer circumference of the inner layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a composite article by injecting at least two composite materials comprising metal carbides into a mold to form a green compact is disclosed. The composite materials may be metal powders comprising a binder metal, a hard particle. The composite material may further comprise a plastic binder. The two different composite materials are injected into the mold to form the green compact. Additionally, the composite materials may be injected through a die before entering the mold. In a specific embodiment, the die forms at least one internal channel within the green compact.

Abstract: Techniques for preparing PNCs are provided. In one embodiment, a polymer extruding device may include a barrel configured to accommodate a composite material, a shaft rotatably disposed in the barrel, and a motor coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate the shaft, thereby moving the composite material. The polymer extruding device may further include a die including one or more injectors configured to inject nano particles into the die to cause shear stress to be exerted to the composite material, thereby forming a layer of the nano particles on a surface of the composite material.

Abstract: A wet shaving system is disclosed including a blade member and a skin-engaging portion in proximity to said blade member, the skin-engaging portion comprising a solid polymeric shaving aid composite including an exposed portion containing a water-soluble shaving aid dispersed in a water-insoluble polymeric matrix, the water soluble shaving aid being coated with mineral oil.

Abstract: A co-extrusion process enhances the durability of the ultimate product over previous systems which use relatively fragile paint coatings to limit heat absorption. By providing near-IR transmissive and reflective pigments within the co-extruded polymers, a highly durable finished product is obtained. The co-extruded layers are disclosed for use in fence and deck applications, but will also find application in a wide variety of building product applications, both exterior and interior.

Abstract: The base material for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet of the present invention is a different-colored laminated base material having a layered structure in which a plurality of film layers having different colors are laminated adjacently, and is used as a base material in a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one surface of the base material. The base material for a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet is capable of providing the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet with a light-reflective property and/or a light-shielding property without requiring the formation of an ink layer and with an excellent tear resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of blow-molded two- or multi-layer containers made of thermoplastic, and a plastic container produced accordingly, having view strips, particularly for storage and for transport of contents. To this end, molten plastic material is deflected in an extrusion head (10) from the inner, natural-colored layer (34) of the tubular preform (18) into the outer layer (36) in a process technical step, and incorporated there, whereby a view strip (24) is formed in the colored outer plastic layer (36).

Abstract: A co-extrusion process enhances the durability of the ultimate product over previous systems which use relatively fragile paint coatings to limit heat absorption. By providing near-IR transmissive and reflective pigments within the co-extruded polymers, a highly durable finished product is obtained. The co-extruded layers are disclosed for use in fence and deck applications, but will also find application in a wide variety of building product applications, both exterior and interior.

Abstract: A co-extrusion comprising at least one clear layer and at least one coloured layer wherein the at least one clear layer comprises approximately 50 to 95% of the total thickness of the co-extrusion and the at least one coloured layer comprises approximately 5 to 50% of the total thickness of the co-extrusion, the co-extrusion having a light transmittance of between 0 and 30% and providing a look of painted glass is disclosed.

Abstract: A method produces a support web (10) made of a predefined amount of plastic material by a plurality of molding elements (16, 17) formed in hollow spaces (12) of a mold (5). The plastic material is fed to the mold (5) via at least one extruder nozzle (1) of an extruder apparatus (18). To be able to lower the processing temperature while the plastic material obtains a very good molding behavior into the hollow spaces of a mold, the plastic material is intrinsically provided with at least one additive such that the melt flow index (MFI) of the plastic material remains constant or preferably increases.

Abstract: A security article includes a light transmissive substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, with the first surface having an embossed region with an optical diffraction pattern or a holographic image pattern. A color shifting optical coating is formed on the substrate such as on the opposing second surface, with the optical coating providing an observable color shift as the angle of incident light or viewing angle changes. The security article can be used in a variety of applications and products to provide for enhanced security measures such as anticounterfeiting.

Abstract: A process is described for production of a biaxially oriented film which comprises at one crystallizable thermoplastic as main constituent and comprises at least 500 ppm, based on the weight of thermoplastic, of a pigment. The production process uses at least 20% by weight, based on the weight of the film, of recycled material of the same type whose molecular weight has been increased by condensation processes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a guidewire having a discrete length. The method includes the steps of feeding a first end of a corewire into an extrusion device, gripping the first end of the corewire with a gripping apparatus, and extruding a first extrusion material onto an outer surface of the corewire while the gripping apparatus pulls the corewire through the extrusion device to form an extrusion jacket on the outer surface of the corewire. The corewire has a predetermined length corresponding to a length of the guidewire.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyester film, which a) has a base layer B, which includes a yellow dye and a red dye, b) has, on each side of the base layer B, at least one layer (A or C) which includes, based on the weight of layer A or C, less than 0.01% by weight of the yellow dye and less than 0.01% by weight of the red dye, and c) the film has one absorption maximum lying at from 400 to 500 nm in the UV/visible spectrum from 400 to 800 nm. Preferred dyes are anthraquinone dyes and perinone dyes; the polyester is preferably PET. After metallization or lamination, the film has a gold appearance, and is a suitable packaging material.

Abstract: A variegated polymeric article such as a variegated siding panel having improved depth of color and a three-dimensional appearance is formed having a substantially clear, methacrylic acid based capstock coextruded to a tinted polyvinyl chloride based substrate material. A specially formulated streaker pellet provides accent color streaks within the capstock to simulate a wood grain appearance. The use of a clear capstock material eliminates the need for capstock tinting necessary in the prior art to color match the capstock to the substrate material in post formed variegated vinyl sidings. Titanium dioxide may also be introduced in small amounts to the capstock to provide further ultraviolet light protection to the underlying tinted polyvinyl chloride based substrate material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coextrusion of at least two molten material flows having different composition by separating the molten material into at least two molten material flows, admixing additives in at least one of the molten material flows and bringing together the molten material flows by coextrusion in one or more extrusion tools. The method is particularly suitable for the production of PVB films with a color strip for composite glazings.

Abstract: According to the invention there is provided a pigment coated paper base that comprises a paper base, which paper base comprises one or more wet strength agents, and a pigment coating on at least the topside of said paper base, which pigment coating comprises one or more insolubilizers. This pigment coated paper base may be provided with a polymer resin coating at the backside and is suitable for use in a wide range of inkjet printing application. Further this invention is directed to a pigment coated paper base provided with a polymer resin coating on the top-side and optionally on the backside that is suitable for use as support in a wide range of recording media.

Abstract: A process by which many kinds of unstretched films comprising a thermoplastic resin are produced each in a small amount and high yield. A thermoplastic resin (A) to be formed into an unstretched film and another thermoplastic resin (B) are separately melted by heating. The thermoplastic resin (B) is introduced to each edge part of a T-die (2) for extrusion. The two resins are ejected and extruded on a casting roll so that the thermoplastic rosin (B) is disposed on the side of each edge of the thermally melted thermoplastic resin (A). Thus, an unstretched film (20) is formed which comprises the thermoplastic resin (A) and the thermoplastic resin (B) disposed on the side of each edge of the resin (A). Thereafter, the parts constituted of the thermoplastic resin (B) are removed y cutting to form a target unstretched film (20) consisting only of the thermoplastic resin (A).

Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.

Abstract: An automotive trim product is made as follows. A single or multiple layer sheet is extruded so as to include at least one color pigmented and/or metallized layer therein. Optionally, a clear coat may be laminated to the sheet, or may even be coextruded therewith. In certain embodiments, a roughened surface texture may be embossed into a major surface(s) of the sheet prior to lamination. In other embodiments, a design (e.g., logo) may be silk-screened onto the clear coat layer prior to lamination. The sheet, after optional lamination, is then thermoformed into a three-dimensionally shaped preform or article via vacuum forming or the like.

Abstract: A defect free semipermeable composite membrane having excellent integrity and high water permeability is provided. Said composite membrane comprises an inside support layer to provide sufficient mechanical strength; an outside barrier layer to provide selective separation; and a middle layer to provide both physical adhesion and chemical binding between said support and said barrier layer to bond them together. Three different methods for making said defect free composite membrane are discovered. These methods have been successfully utilized to produce high quality coatings and defect free composite membranes, which are independent of chemical composition and physical structure of said support. In the present invention, ultrasonic sonication is discovered to be effective to speed up the phase inversion process of a membrane casting solution, thus allows produce a composite membrane at a speed much higher than those disclosed in the prior art.

Abstract: A colored coating for an article is provided including a first layer polymeric coating material with a transparent base which has been pigmented to a desired color and extruded, a second layer of transparent polymeric coating material which has been co-extruded with the first layer and a third layer of polymeric coating material co-extruded with the first layer opposite the second layer, the third layer being more opaque than the first layer. The invention, while having widespread application, is particularly suitable for use as a coating for an exterior surface of an automotive vehicle body panel.

Abstract: A molding system for use in producing a solidified article having a predetermined composite pattern formed of at least two kinds of viscous fluids distinct from each other in color, the system including: at least one discrete passage per each of the viscous fluids, and at least one discrete passage outlet per each of the viscous fluids separately guided through the at least one discrete passage, a method for producing the solidified article, an apparatus for producing the solidified article, and a method for producing the solidified articles.

Abstract: A construction product made from an extrudable composition formed into various shapes for use in deck-building systems and other applications is disclosed. The extrudable composition prepared from polyethylene polymeric compounds, such as HDPE, and mixed with a mineral such as fiberglass, mineral wool or sand, along with a pigment, has sufficient strength and other advantageous properties to be useful for those construction applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a plank product and related components having a controllable and realistic wood-grain appearance, the planks and related components having at least one accent color, the method including the steps of: a) introducing into an extruder a powdered or pelletized base material and accent color pellets, the base material containing less than about 75% by weight wood flour, and having a vicat softening temperature, the accent color pellets (i) having a higher vicat softening temperature than said base material, and (ii) including a styrene polymer having a high vicat softening temperature and a melt flow index of greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: A rotary-molded, three-dimensional, multi-polymer article, e.g. a multi-color door mat, where sections of projecting elements comprise different polymers. Such multi-polymer articles are produced on a rotating cylindrical mold in continuous lengths wherein said apparatus comprises a rotatable, cylindrical mold having a plurality of circumferential, rows of cavities and a plurality of parallel grooves separating the rows of cavities. Two sources of polymer are fed to the rotating mold from a stationary polymer injection block in arcuate proximity to the mold and having a plurality of cavity injection ports for supplying at least two different polymers to corresponding rows of cavities to form projecting elements, and a plurality of base-forming injection ports for supplying polymer to corresponding parallel grooves to form a base.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a security item comprises coextruding at least two polymer plastic materials (6,7) with different characteristics so as to form a substrate so that neither material are biaxially oriented, and providing security indicia (14) on the substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film composed of at least one base layer (B) which comprises at least 80% by weight of thermoplastic polyester, and of, applied to this base layer (B), a transparent, high-gloss outer layer (A). The outer layer (A) of the invention comprises a specific pigment system which provides improved winding of the film and leads to a highly transparent film with a high-gloss surface (A). The invention further relates to a process for producing the film. The film may be used as a packaging film, in particular for metalizing or for ceramic coating, or for applications in the industrial sector, e.g. as a substrate for stamping films, and in particular to its use on high-speed packaging machinery.

Abstract: A zipper tape is provided which can freely be used regardless of whether the zipper tape is made from a polypropylene-based resin or a polyethylene-based resin and also on which letters can be printed or any color can be given thereto. A method of producing the zipper tape with high productivity by means of extruding male strips and female strips in rows in a batch is provided. The zipper tape (2) with the mating section (3) (the male strip (3a) and the female strip (3b)) formed thereon has a three-layered structure comprising the heat-insulating film (6) as an intermediate layer, the thermally fused film (7) thermally fused and bonded to one side of the heat-insulating film (6) of the bag (5), and the thermally fused film (8) for formation of a mating section bonded to another side of the bag (5).

Abstract: Multilayer polymeric shells for spas, bathtubs and shower enclosures having a textured and marbled surface layer. The shells are produced by forming by extrusion a multilayer polymeric sheet having a marbled appearing top layer, passing the sheet between rollers to impart a textured surface to the marbled top layer of the sheet, and thermoforming the sheets into the structural shells for spas, bathtubs and shower enclosures.

Abstract: A skin layer for covering a dash panel structure in overlying relation to an air bag cushion assembly. The skin layer is of a multi-layered construction including a top layer of virgin polymeric material forming a show surface of controlled predefined color across the vehicle dash panel and an underlying layer of regrind material formed from the scraps of material generated during molding and trimming of the dash panel covers. A tear seam may be scored across the underside of the skin extending into the underlying layer of recycled material in a desired break-out pattern for the air bag cushion. The skin layer may be disposed across an underlying layer of foam which in turn is disposed across a supporting panel structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a plank product and related components having a controllable and realistic wood-grain appearance, the planks and related components having at least one accent color, the method including the steps of: a) introducing into an extruder a powdered or pelletized base material and accent color pellets, the base material containing less than about 75% by weight wood flour, and having a vicat softening temperature, the accent color pellets (i) having a higher vicat softening temperature than said base material, and (ii) including a styrene polymer having a high vicat softening temperature and a melt flow index of greater than or equal to 1.

Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.

Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.

Abstract: A colored polyolefin film is printed by digital printing techniques. The colored polyolefin film is formed by blending a coloring agent, such as a pigment or a dye, with a polyolefin, and forming a film from the blend by an extrusion process. Digital signals are supplied to a printer adapted to respond to such signals to print the colored film. Indicia may be placed on the surface of the colored film by electrostatic printing, thermal transfer printing or ink jet printing, especially with an ultraviolet (UV) curable ink jet ink. The colored polyolefin film may be a multi-layer film having an opaque, cavitated core layer and at least one colored skin or tie layer.

Abstract: An automotive trim product is made as follows. A single or multiple layer sheet is extruded so as to include at least one color pigmented and/or metallized layer therein. Optionally, a clear coat may be laminated to the sheet, or may even be coextruded therewith. In certain embodiments, a roughened surface texture may be embossed into a major surface(s) of the sheet prior to lamination. In other embodiments, a design (e.g., logo) may be silk-screened onto the clear coat layer prior to lamination. The sheet, after optional lamination, is then thermoformed into a three-dimensionally shaped preform or article via vacuum forming or the like.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition is calendered to produce a film or a sheet. The polyester resin composition is a polyester having a crystallization half time from a molten state of at least 5 minutes combined with an additive for preventing sticking of the polyester to calendering rolls.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pattern-through soap is disclosed, in which a pattern block is embedded into a soap and penetrates through the two faces of the soap. After the soap is used for a long time, the pattern remains clear. The method for embedding the pattern block in the soap is: feeding materials from a primary tube and a secondary tube; a flow dividing mold is installed at the bottom of the secondary tube and a dispatching tube is connected to the primary tube. The soap material of the secondary tube firstly flows through the mold at the bottom of the flow dividing mold and is squeezed to be formed as a strip shape soap material. Then, the soap material of the primary tube flows through the outer side of the flow dividing mold to enclose the patterned soap material. Then, the soap material is sent out from the shaping mold at the outlet of the mixing tube so as to be formed with a strip shape soap. Then, the soap can be cut according to the desired thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to a white, flame-resistant, UV-stable, thermoformable, oriented film made from a crystallisable thermoplastic, the thickness of which lies in the range of from 10 &mgr;m to 350 &mgr;m. Said film comprises at least one white pigment, a flame-proofing agent and a UV absorber and is characterized by good stretchability and thermoformability, by good optical and mechanical properties and an economical production. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said film and the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is the apparatus and method for producing a plastic sheet having a pattern produced in a layer therein. The plastic sheet is a single layer sheet or a multi-layer sheet. The pattern is produced by mixing two or more plastic extrudants together in a mixer. The pattern is visible in the layer containing the two or more plastic extrudants because an at least one of the plastic extrudants is at least partially transparent. The mixer used to produce the pattern includes a housing having an end configured to expel the mixture of the two or more extrudants through a plurality of outlets. The mixer further comprises a rotatable shaft and at least one projection coupled to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the at least one projection configured to orient the mixture of the two or more extrudants relative to the plurality of outlets in the housing. The mixer further comprising a thrust bearing configured to couple an end of the shaft to the housing.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a bristle (1) suitable for use in a brush (4) or the like, and in particular in a toothbrush. The bristle (1) is made of a plastic material and includes preferably a circular area of cross-section. When viewed in cross-section, the bristle (1) includes two sections (2, 3) with different properties. These sections (2, 3) are not in concentric relative arrangement. As a result, the bristle (1) curves along its longitudinal axis. The curvature produces an improved cleaning action of the brush (4).