Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass sheet in which a value of SB/(SA×t) is 5.0 mm?1 or more, where SA (MPa·?m) is an integrated value of a compressive stress from a surface of the glass sheet to a depth of 10 ?m, SB (MPa·?m) is an integrated value of a compressive stress from the depth of 10 ?m to DOL which is a depth at which the compressive stress is zero, and t (mm) is a thickness of the glass sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a thermoformable and/or embossable particle/polymer composite using a substrate S based on shredded polymer-coated paper and a thermoplastic polymer P, therewith providing a new method of recycling/upcycling paper waste. Furthermore, a process for the manufacturing of a molded article obtained from the paper-based particle/polymer composite and its use as an element in buildings or in furniture are disclosed.

Abstract: A thin glass substrate, as well as a method and an apparatus are provided. The glass substrate has a glass having first and second main surfaces and elongated elevations on one of the main surfaces. The elevations rise in a normal direction, have a longitudinal extent that is greater than two times a transverse extent, and have a height, on average, that is less than 100 nm, and with a transverse extent of the elevation smaller than 40 mm. The method includes melting a glass, hot forming the glass, and adjusting a viscosity of the glass so that for the viscosity ?1 for a first stretch over a first distance of up to 1.5 m downstream of a flow rate control component and y1 indicating a second distance to a location immediately downstream the flow rate control component the equation lg ?1(y1)/dPa·s=(lg ?01/dPa·s+a1(y1)) applies.

Abstract: A system and method for retrofitting installed thermal windows to provide anti-ballistic properties to the windows by using a portable system for filling gaps in the windows with an anti-ballistic material that may or may not be cured. Also provided is an optional capability to add controllable tinting capability to these retrofitted windows.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate containing a cubic boron nitride-containing sintered body, and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises a lowermost layer and an alternating laminate structure in this order, the lowermost layer comprises (Al1-xCrx)N, an average thickness of the lowermost layer is 0.01 ?m or more and 0.2 ?m or less, the alternating laminate structure includes mutually different two kinds of compound layers of a first compound layer containing (Al1-y1Cry1)N and a second compound layer containing (Al1-y2Cry2)N alternately laminated repeatedly twice or more, an average thickness of the entire alternating laminate structure is 0.1 ?m or more and 1.2 ?m or less, an average thickness of the entire coating layer is 0.2 ?m or more and 1.3 ?m or less, and a compressive residual stress at the cubic crystal (111) plane is 3.0 GPa or less.

Abstract: A bonding method of a touch-control display panel, a touch-control display panel and an electronic device are provided. The bonding method includes: fixing a glass cover plate, and adhering a first adhesive on the glass cover plate in a circumferential direction of a non-display area of the glass cover plate; stretching a capacitive film to make it flat, aligning and bonding the capacitive film with the glass cover plate to adhesive the capacitive film and the glass cover plate by the first adhesive; at a side of the capacitive film facing away from the glass cover plate, adhering a second adhesive on the capacitive film in the circumferential direction corresponding to the non-display area; and aligning and bonding a display screen with the capacitive film to adhesive the display screen and the capacitive film by the second adhesive. At least the first adhesive is a double-sided adhesive.

Abstract: A thermoplastic film includes a core layer having a recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) based resin having an intrinsic viscosity of greater than about 0.7 and having a polydispersity index of greater than about 3.0. The thermoplastic film comprises about 90% to about 100% by weight of the recycled PET resin.

Abstract: There is provided an automated lamination system for embedding printed electronic element(s) in a composite structure. The automated lamination system includes a supply of composite prepreg material, a layup tool assembly, and a modified automated lamination apparatus laying up layer(s) of the composite prepreg material on the layup tool assembly, to form the composite structure. The modified automated lamination apparatus includes a section preparation pre-printing apparatus preparing section(s) on a top surface of a top layer of the layer(s), to obtain prepared section(s), and includes a non-contact direct write printing apparatus mechanically coupled to the section preparation pre-printing apparatus, and includes one or more supplies of electronic element materials, printed with the non-contact direct write printing apparatus, on each of the prepared section(s), to obtain the printed electronic element(s), that are embedded in the composite structure.

Abstract: A greenhouse screen strips of film material that are interconnected by a yarn system of transverse threads and longitudinal threads by means of knitting, warp-knitting or weaving process to form a continuous product, wherein at least some of the strips comprise a film material in the form of a single- or multilayer polyester film is disclosed. The film material has a transparency of at least 93.5% and is provided with at least a first anti-reflective coating or layer on a first side of the film material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a matrix containing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), comprising the steps of: 1) mixing an organic ligand precursor solution and an anionic polymer-containing solution to produce a mixed solution; and 2) adding a metal salt to the mixture solution. In addition, the present disclosure provides a matrix containing MOFs prepared according to the preparation method, and an adsorbent comprising the same. Furthermore, a method for performing fluid separation by using a matrix containing MOFs prepared according to the preparation method is disclosed.

Abstract: Proposed are a layered Group III-V antimony compound, a Group III-V nanosheet that may be prepared using the same, and an electrical device including the materials. There is proposed a layered compound having a composition represented by [Formula 1] Mx?mAySbz (Where M is at least one of Group I elements, A is at least one of Group III elements, x, y, and z are positive numbers which are determined according to stoichiometric ratios to ensure charge balance when m is 0, and 0<m<x).

Abstract: A method includes attaching an integrated circuit chip module substrate to a printed circuit board (PCB). First region(s) of a bottom surface of the module include electrical contacts to the board, and second region(s) of the bottom surface of the module lack such contacts. Mechanical structures are assembled into the second regions. These structures allow lateral motion of the module relative to the board, and are sized and placed to inhibit bending of the second regions of the module towards the board under application of a vertical force on a top surface of the module. A package for an integrated circuit may be assembled using the method.

Abstract: Provided are a display device, a mask assembly, and an apparatus and a method for manufacturing the display device. The mask assembly includes: a mask frame; at least two mask sheets installed on the mask frame, each of the mask sheets including a plurality of openings; and at least two thin shielding plates installed on the mask frame such that the thin shielding plates are spaced apart from each other and shield a portion of the plurality of openings of each mask sheet, wherein one of the mask sheets and the thin shielding plates includes a shielding portion between the thin shielding plates spaced apart from each other, the shielding portion selectively blocking at least portions of the openings so as to form a deposition region having a shape other than a rectangle or a square.

Abstract: Provided is a mask assembly. The mask assembly includes a mask frame and a mask. The mask is coupled to the mask frame to distinguish first to third deposition areas from each other. Each of the first and third deposition areas has a first width greater than a reference width in a first direction and a second width less than the first width in a second direction. The second deposition area has a third width less than the first width in the first direction and a fourth width less than the reference width in the second direction.

Abstract: A ceramic circuit substrate having high bonding performance and excellent thermal cycling resistance properties, having a circuit pattern provided on a ceramic substrate with a braze material layer interposed therebetween, and a protruding portion formed by the braze material layer protruding from the outer edge of the circuit pattern, wherein: the braze material layer includes Ag, Cu, Ti, and Sn or In; and an Ag-rich phase is formed continuously for 300 ?m or more, towards the inside, from an outer edge of the protruding portion, along a bonding interface between the ceramic substrate and the circuit pattern, and has a bonding void ratio of 1.0% or less.

Abstract: A member includes a base material structure and a surface layer on the base material structure. The surface layer includes a particle that includes Y—O—F. The base material structure includes interface layers in contact with the surface layer. The interface layers of the base material structure include fluorine.

Abstract: A coated component, along with method of forming the same, is provided. The coated component may include a substrate having a surface, a silicon-based bond coating on the surface of the substrate, and an EBC on the silicon-based bond coating. The silicon-based bond coating may include a silicon-phase contained within a refractory phase. The silicon-phase, when melted, is contained within the refractory phase and between the surface of the substrate and an inner surface of the environmental barrier coating. Such a coated component may be, in particular embodiments, a turbine component.

Abstract: A method of directly joining a polymer to a metal along a joint interface through the formation of C—O-M chemical bonds, where M represents an element in the metal to be joined. The method includes heating the metal to a predetermined temperature above a glass transition temperature of the polymer and less than a flash ignition temperature of the polymer and less than a metal melting temperature of the metal; physically contacting at least one of the metal and the polymer; and applying compression pressure to the joint interface of the metal and the polymer when the metal is above the glass transition temperature of the polymer and less than the flash ignition temperature of the polymer and less than the metal melting temperature of the metal to generate intimate atomic contact between the metal and the polymer to create C—O-M chemical bonds between the metal and the polymer.

Abstract: A multi-layer polymer film comprising at least one middle layer A, the polymeric constituents of which are soluble in aqueous solution, and in each case at least one substantially water-impermeable covering layer B, C arranged above and below the at least one middle layer A, wherein the layers A, B and C independently of each other in each case comprise at least one thermoplastic polymer and at least one of the covering layers B and C comprises at least one polyhydroxyalkanoate is presented and described. Processes for the production of the multi-layer polymer film according to the invention and its use for the production of molded parts, films or bags are furthermore presented and described.

Abstract: A skin-adhesive item is described that can include a substrate F coated continuously or discontinuously on at least one of the two faces thereof by a pressure-sensitive silicone adhesive Z that has been previously sterilized by means of gamma radiation and demonstrates good tack on the skin even after sterilization.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorescent plate in which a high reflectance of a reflective layer can be maintained over a long period of time, and occurrence of peeling of the reflective layer can be suppressed. The fluorescent plate of the present invention includes a fluorescent material layer containing a fluorescent material, an oxide layer disposed below the fluorescent material layer, and a reflective layer which is disposed below the oxide layer and is formed of silver, and further includes an oxidation-preventive protective layer which is disposed between the oxide layer and the reflective layer and is formed of a translucent material, and a translucent adhesion layer interposed between the oxidation-preventive protective layer and the reflective layer.

Abstract: Coated articles are provided comprising: (a) a substrate that demonstrates electrical conductivity; and (b) a coating layer applied to at least one surface of the substrate; wherein the coating layer demonstrates push-through electrical connectivity. The coated articles are particularly suitable for use in circuit assemblies.

Abstract: A coated substrate includes a substrate, a zirconium-containing layer disposed over the substrate, and one or more copper alloy layers disposed over the substrate. Variations include coated substrate with a single copper alloy layer, alternating copper layers, or a combined copper alloy/zirconium-containing layer.

Abstract: A high temperature reaction system includes a reaction tube including a heating space, a discharge unit, a cooling unit, a feeding unit and an observation and analysis unit. The discharge unit is disposed opposite to an inlet of the heating space and has a discharge space communicating the heating space, and an observation window and a discharge opening which communicate the discharge space. The cooling unit has a cooling space communicating the discharge opening. The feeding unit includes a carrier holding a sample, and a moving module for moving the carrier and the sample. The observation and analysis unit includes an image capture module and an analysis module for analyzing gas released by the sample.

Abstract: Provided is an optical laminate capable of contributing to reduction in weight and improvement in impact resistance of a display apparatus. The optical laminate includes a thin glass having a thickness of 100 ?m or less and a polarizing plate arranged on one side of the thin glass, in which the polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film arranged on a surface of the polarizer on a thin glass side. In one embodiment, the optical laminate of the present invention further includes an adhesion layer between the thin glass and the polarizing plate.

Abstract: Systems and processes of cutting and drilling in a target substrate uses a laser (e.g., a pulsed laser) and an optical system to generate a line focus of the laser beam within the target substrate, such as a glass substrate sheet, are provided. The laser cutting and drilling system and process creates holes or defects that, in certain embodiments, extend the full depth of the glass sheet with each individual laser pulse, and allows the laser system to cut and separate the target substrate into any desired contour by creating a series of perforations that form a contour or desired part shape. Since a glass substrate sheet is brittle, cracking will then follow the perforated contour, allowing the glass substrate sheet to separate into any required shape defined by the perforations.

Abstract: A solar reflective coating composition includes: a film-forming resin; a plurality of near-IR transparent pigments dispersed in the film-forming resin, the plurality of near-IR transparent pigments including a first perylene pigment and a second perylene pigment different from the first perylene pigment; and a near-IR reflective pigment dispersed in the film-forming resin, the near-IR reflective pigment different from the first perylene pigment and the second perylene pigment. When formed into a cured coating over a substrate, the cured coating exhibits an off-white or grey color. The solar reflective coating composition is substantially free of carbon black. The present invention is also directed to a substrate having a surface at least partially coated with a solar reflective coating composition and a method of preparing a low weight aerospace component.

Abstract: A spacer fabric comprises a first and a second textile layer as well as spacer yarns that join the textile layers and is used to form an interior trim. The first textile layer is visible from outside on a surface of the interior trim, and the first textile layer and the spacer yarns are made entirely of polymeric multifilament yarns. At least the polymeric multifilament yarns of the first textile layer and of the spacer yarns are dyed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat dissipation sheet comprising fibrous carbon and a polymer, wherein: the fibrous carbon has an average effective fiber length of 5-120 ?m, an average fiber diameter of 200-900 nm, and an average aspect ratio of 30-10,000; and the heat dissipation sheet has a fibrous carbon content of 5-85% by mass with respect to the total amount of the fibrous carbon and the polymer.

Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a composition that contains, in terms of mass %, C: 0.10% or more and 0.50% or less, Si: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 2.5% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 1.5% or less, N: 0.005% or less, Cu: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, and the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein a proportion of a steel sheet surface covered with oxides mainly composed of Si is 1% or less, a proportion of the steel sheet surface covered with Fe oxides is 40% or less, CuS/CuB is 4.0 or less, and a tensile strength is 1180 MPa or more, when CuS denotes the Cu content in a steel sheet surface layer and CuB denotes the Cu content in a base material.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing an ingot includes a crucible body having an opening and in which raw materials are accommodated, and a lid assembly located at the opening and having a portion fixed to the crucible body. The lid assembly includes a placement hole having open upper and lower ends, a frame member arranged along a periphery of the opening while surrounding a periphery of the placement hole, and a core member located in the placement hole and movable upward and downward with respect to the frame member.

Abstract: A first conductor is embedded in the first dielectric layer to a first wear depth, where the first wear depth is associated with a first threshold wear level. A second dielectric layer overlies the first dielectric layer to a second wear depth. The second wear depth is associated with a second threshold wear level greater than the first threshold wear level. A second conductor is embedded in the second dielectric layer and separate from the first conductor. An indicator is adapted to indicate whether the wear plate is the first threshold wear level or the second threshold wear level.

Abstract: A ferroelectric memory is provided. The ferroelectric memory includes a first electrode layer having a dominant crystallographic orientation of (110) or (220), a second electrode layer opposite the first electrode layer, wherein the second electrode layer has a dominant crystallographic orientation of (110) or (220), and a ferroelectric layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the ferroelectric layer has a dominant crystallographic orientation of (111).

Abstract: A resin composition comprises (A) 100 parts by mass of a resin selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polylactic acids, and polyphenylene sulfides each having a melting point of 170° C. to 370° C., (B) 0.05 to 5.0 parts by mass of a triazine compound represented by the disclosed general formula (1), preferred examples of which are compounds of the formula: wherein RA, RB, RC, and RD, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, (C) 0 to 3.0 parts by mass of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 2,2?-methylenebis[6-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol], 2-[3-hydroxy-4-(4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)phenoxy]ethyl 2-ethylhexanoate, and 2,4,6-tris(2-hydroxy-4-hexyloxy-3-methylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, and (D) 0 to 1.0 part by mass of a light stabilizer being particulate at room temperature (25° C.). The resin composition is useful for making molded articles having improved heat resistance and weatherability.

Abstract: Provided is a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.10% or more and 0.6% or less, Si: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: more than 2.5% and 10.0% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 1.5% or less, N: 0.005% or less, Cu: 0.05% or more and 0.50% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more, in which a steel sheet surface coverage of oxides mainly containing Si is 1% or less, a steel sheet surface coverage of iron-based oxides is 40% or less, CuS/CuB is 4.0 or less, and a tensile strength is 1180 MPa or more, where CuS denotes a Cu concentration in a surface layer of a steel sheet and CuB denotes a Cu concentration in base steel.

Abstract: Provided is a vinylidene fluoride resin film that is produced using a film composition including at least a vinylidene fluoride resin and inorganic particles; and that includes a plurality of protrusions on at least one surface thereof. Among the plurality of protrusions, the number of protrusions greater than 0.10 ?m in height from a flat surface at which the protrusions are not present is from 7.0 to 50 per 0.10 mm2 of the vinylidene fluoride resin film.

Abstract: A method for producing an ultrathin chemically toughened glass article is provided that includes: providing an ultrathin glass sheet with a first surface and a second surface joined by at least one edge, having a thickness between the first and the second surface, chemically toughening the ultrathin glass sheet to produce an ultrathin toughened glass article. The method includes applying an edge pre-treatment to the at least one edge, preferably all edges, of the ultrathin glass sheet prior to the chemical toughening in order to reduce and/or blunt edge defects and to increase resistance to breakage of the ultrathin glass sheet during the chemical toughening.

Abstract: To provide a technique of increasing a radius of curvature of (0001) plane, and narrowing an off-angle distribution, there is provided a nitride semiconductor substrate containing a group III nitride semiconductor crystal and having a main surface in which a nearest low index crystal plane is (0001) plane, wherein (0001) plane in one of a direction along <1-100> axis and a direction along <11-20> axis orthogonal to the <1-100> axis, is curved in a concave spherical shape with respect to the main surface, and a radius of curvature of the (0001) plane in one of the direction along the <1-100> axis and the direction along the <11-20> axis orthogonal to the <1-100> axis is different from a radius of curvature of at least a part of the (0001) plane in the other direction.

Abstract: An article includes a MAX phase solid and a high temperature melting point metallic material interdispersed with the MAX phase material.

Abstract: A lighting laminated glazing includes a first transparent glazing and a second glazing; an intermediate thermoplastic material layer; an electrically conductive layer between the first and second glazings; a capacitive touch sensitive device including a touch sensitive structure formed in the electrically conductive coating, having a ground electrode and a touch electrode having a touch sensitive area; a light emitting diode on the electrically conductive layer to indicate the touch sensitive area, the diode having a light emitting surface facing the touch sensitive area, and having a first and a second terminal electrically connected to, respectively, the ground electrode and the touch sensitive area; and a lighting device controlled by the touch sensitive device, the lighting device including a lighting element distinct from the diode, the lighting element being disposed between the first and the second glazing.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to bearing assemblies and methods of manufacturing. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly includes a support ring and bearing elements. The bearing elements are mounted to and distributed circumferentially about an axis of the support ring. At least one of the bearing elements includes a polycrystalline diamond table, a substrate bonded to the polycrystalline diamond table, bonding region defined by the substrate and the polycrystalline diamond table, and a corrosion resistant region. The corrosion resistant region includes a corrosion resistant material that covers at least a portion of at least one lateral surface of the bonding region. The corrosion resistant region prevents corrosion of at least some material in the bonding region covered by the corrosion resistant region (e.g., during use). Other embodiments employ one or more sacrificial anodes as an alternative to or in combination with the corrosion resistant region.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a laminate, comprising laminating an aramid paper sheet and a polyimide film together by performing heating and pressurizing process under conditions of a temperature of 275 to 320° C. and a pressure of 50 to 400 kgf/cm. In the present invention, an aramid paper sheet-polyimide film laminate with excellent heat resistance, electrical properties, chemical resistance, mechanical properties, and the like can be manufactured by laminating the aramid paper sheet and the polyimide film in a simple method without impairing their properties.

Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive support article for supporting a body part of a user. A single-sided stretchable adhesive tape blank is precut into a sheet having a central anchoring portion and a plurality of outwardly extending fingers. The sheet is marked with visual indicators to guide the user of the support article for applying the central anchoring portion onto a first exterior surface of the body part and for stretching the fingers before adhering them at a predetermined distance away from the central anchoring portion. The adhesive support article can also be provided in a support system with at least one corresponding body landmark article, providing further guidance for applying the support article to the desired body part.

Abstract: A method of forming a coating can include: preparing a substrate surface with adherent characteristics; and/or applying at least one non-carbon-based topological insulator to the substrate surface to provide a topological insulator layer on the substrate surface. The at least one non-carbon-based topological insulator can have one or more of selected optical transmittance, selected thermal conductivity, selected electrical conductivity, or selected electrical resistivity.

Abstract: A method of coating a metal article is disclosed that includes immersing a metal article having an exterior anodized layer in a bath containing a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, and applying a voltage to the article during the immersing, the voltage driving the chemically active corrosion inhibitor from the bath into the exterior anodized layer. An article is also disclosed that has a substrate comprising a metal, and a porous anodized layer formed on an exterior surface of the substrate that is infiltrated with a chemically active corrosion inhibitor, the anodized layer having an inward-facing region and an outward-facing region, the anodized layer having a greater concentration of chemically active corrosion inhibitors in the inward-facing region than in the outward-facing region.

Abstract: Provided is a mounting member that is excellent in low dusting property and hardly contaminates an object to be mounted while being excellent in gripping force and heat resistance. The mounting member of the present invention includes an aggregate of carbon nanotubes for forming a mounting surface, wherein when the mounting member is placed on a silicon wafer so that a carbon nanotube aggregate-side surface thereof is brought into contact with the silicon wafer, and the resultant is left to stand for 30 seconds while a load of 100 g is applied from above the mounting member, a number of particles each having a diameter of 0.2 ?m or more transferred onto the silicon wafer is 100 particles/cm2 or less.

Abstract: A glass article has substantially perpendicular draw lines and includes a first outermost pane having a thickness of from 1.1 to 4.0 mm. The glass article also includes a second outermost pane disposed opposite the first outermost pane and having a thickness of from 0.3 to 1.05 mm. The glass article further includes a transparent interlayer disposed between the first and second outermost panes. Each of the first outermost pane and the second outermost pane independently has a length and includes draw lines that extend along the length. The first outermost pane is bonded to the second outermost pane via the transparent interlayer such that the draw lines of the first outermost pane are disposed substantially perpendicularly to the draw lines of the second outermost pane.

Abstract: The present invention related to CNT filled polymer composite system possessing a high thermal conductivity and high temperature stability so that it is a highly thermally conductive for use in 3D and 4D integration for joining device sub-laminate layers. The CNT/polymer composite also has a CTE close to that of Si, enabling a reduced wafer structural warping during high temperature processing cycling. The composition is tailored to be suitable for coating, curing and patterning by means conventionally known in the art.

Abstract: A method for laser processing a laminate workpiece stack includes forming a contour line in a first transparent workpiece of the laminate workpiece stack having a resin layer disposed between the first transparent workpiece and a second transparent workpiece. Forming the contour line includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a pulsed laser beam focal line directed into the first transparent workpiece to generate an induced absorption within the first transparent workpiece and translating the pulsed laser beam focal line along a first workpiece separation line, thereby laser forming the contour line having a plurality of defects. The method also includes separating the resin layer along a resin separation line by focusing the pulsed laser beam into the pulsed laser beam focal line directed into the resin layer and translating the pulsed laser beam focal line along the resin separation line, thereby laser ablating the resin layer.

Abstract: A knitted spacer fabric has a tightly knitted bottom layer, a more loosely knitted upper layer and linking fibres extending across the space between the lower and upper faces. Settable material, e.g. cement, is introduced into the space between the upper and lower faces and can be caused to set by the addition of a liquid, e.g. water. Until set, the fabric is flexible and can be shaped but after the material in space has set, the fabric is rigid and can be used as a structural element in a wide range of situations. The bottom layer has an extension that extends beyond the upper face and is connected to the upper face by elastic connecting fibres that draw the extension towards the other face, thereby at least partly closing the space at the edge of the cloth and preventing the settable material from spilling out.