Abstract: A multilayer composite comprising at least the following layers: I. a layer I of a polyamide molding composition and II. a layer II of a polyester molding composition, where the layers are firmly bonded to each other without use of an additional layer of bonding agent, wherein the polyester molding composition comprises a mixture of: a) from 80-99% by weight of a polyalkylene 2,6-naphthalate selected from the group consisting of polyethylene 2,6-naphthalate and polybutylene 2,6-naphthalate, and b) from 1-20% by weight of one or more compounds containing at least two isocyanate groups, wherein, in addition, the isocyanate groups from component IIb are present in layer II in a concentration of from 0.03-3% by weight.

Abstract: A surfaced wood-based board comprises a substrate (1) made of wood material and, on it, a surfacing (2) comprising at least one thermoplastic layer. The surfacing incorporates a polyamide film (2b), which has been glued to the surface of the substrate (1) by means of a reactive adhesive layer (2a). The adhesive layer (2a) is based on phenolic resin, polyester resin, epoxy resin, isocyanate adhesive or polyurethane adhesive, and it is an adhesive film impregnated with reactive adhesive, such as an impregnated paper. A surfaced board is produced by hot-pressing, which is used to attach the films to each other and the substrate.

Abstract: A laminate comprising a printed layer, a transparent thermoplastic polyurethane layer and a layer forming a substrate of a thermoplastic material is disclosed. The laminate that is characterized in that the printed layer is interposed between the layer forming a substrate and the polyurethane layer is suitable for the preparation of a variety of articles.

Abstract: A co-mingled polyurethane-polyvinyl ester composition can be used as a coating, which has good scratch, mar and solvent resistance. The coating is derived from a waterborne polyurethane solution containing free radically polymerizable monomers such as acrylate, ultraviolet light initiators, and optionally urethane crosslinking agents. A process for forming the co-mingled polyurethane-polyvinyl ester composition comprises drying the waterborne polyurethane containing the polymerizable monomers therein and radiation polymerizing, as by ultraviolet light, the free radically polymerizable monomers on a substrate such as a plastic sheet to form a laminate. Subsequently, the laminate can be utilized to form a coating on a product as by thermoforming, where if urethane crosslinking agents are utilized, the polyurethane will be crosslinked.

Abstract: A crosslinked polyamide material and a process for preparing the crosslinked polyamide material are disclosed. The crosslinked polyamide material comprises a crosslinked chemical combination of (1) a polyamide of the formula: wherein n is between about 50 and 10,000, wherein each R is between 1 and 50 carbon atoms alone and is optionally substituted with heteroatoms, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, or phosphorus and combinations thereof, wherein multiple of the R are in vertically aligned spaced relationship along a backbone forming the polyamide, and wherein two or more of the R contain an amino group; and (2) a crosslinking agent containing at least two functional groups capable of reacting with the amino groups of the polyamide. In one embodiment of the invention, the crosslinking agent is an aliphatic or aromatic isocyanate compound having 2 or more —N═C═O groups.

Abstract: A composite material is described which comprises at least two layers of different plastics materials which are directly bonded to each other, wherein

Abstract: The present invention relates to a deposited plastic film comprising: a deposited plastic film comprising: a plastic film; a coating layer which is formed on at least one surface of said plastic film and comprises a cured resin composition obtained by curing a resin composition comprising 6 to 80% by weight of an oxazoline group-containing water-soluble polymer; and a deposit layer which comprises a metal, metal oxide or mixture thereof and is formed on a surface of said coating layer.

Abstract: Decorative ionomeric surfaced film and sheet (e.g., multilayer co-extruded polymer) and articles made therefrom (e.g., automotive panels and parts) exhibiting good weatherability, mar resistance, and surface appearance of a high quality automotive finish (including color, haze, gloss, and DOI) and economical process for making (e.g., co-extrusion) and using (e.g., thermoforming and injection backfilling) the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to membranes including an urethane including a polyester polyol, wherein the membrane has a gas transmission rate of 15.0 or less for nitrogen gas wherein the membrane has an average thickness of approximately 20.0 mils. Under certain embodiments, the membranes include blends of one or more polyester polyol based thermoplastic urethanes and one or more barrier materials. The membranes can be employed in a variety of applications and can be used as either monolayers or multi-layered laminates.

Abstract: An easily adhesive polyamide film has been created from unstretched or uniaxially stretched non-heated polyamide film coated with a water-base coating mixture, whose main constituents are (A) water polyurethane resin containing acetylene glycol in which each carbon atom immediately adjacent to the triple-bonded carbon atom is replaced with a hydroxyl group and a methyl group, and/or an ethylene oxide addition product of the acetylene glycol; (B) a water-soluble polyepoxy compound; and (C) particles with an average diameter between 0.001 and 1.0 &mgr;m, of which the solid-content weight ratio is 98-30/2-70/0.1-10, the coating amount after stretching is between 0.005 and 0.030 g/m2, and the film is stretched in at least one direction and then heated. This newly invented film possesses good blocking resistance and excellent adhesiveness with print ink, laminate, and other coating mixtures, and is especially suitable for boiling sterilization, retort sterilization, and packaging of liquids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to composite materials made of at least one composite layer of a polyurethane and of a second composite layer which is directly bonded to the first layer and which consists of a thermoplastic material that is different from the polyurethane of layer A). The polyurethane material of layer A) is characterized by a residual content of free reaction components containing ether groups of no more than 400 ppm, and preferably of no more than 100 ppm. The invention also relates to a process for the production of these composite materials and to a method of their use as materials in motor vehicles.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a film support base, an adhesion promoting layer, a subbing layer and at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the adhesion promoting layer is close to the support and contains a silane compound and a polyurethane, and the subbing layer, selected within the group consisting of a hydrophilic colloidal layer or a layer comprising a continuous gelled network of inorganic particles, is positioned between the adhesion promoting layer and the emulsion layer. The present invention also refers to a photographic element comprising a film support base having coated on one side thereof at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and on the opposite side thereof an adhesion promoting layer and at least one auxiliary layer, wherein the adhesion promoting layer is close to the support and contains a silane compound and a polyurethane.

Abstract: Described is a multilayer film laminate having at least three layers, and gas barrier properties. The multilayer film laminate comprises sequentially: (I) at least two first layers, each of the first layers (I) having, on one side only, a vapor deposited coating selected independently from the group consisting of aluminum, SiOx and a metal oxide of main group 2 or 3 of the periodic table of the elements; and (II) an exterior polyolefin heat sealing layer. Also described is a method of using the multilayer film laminate as a barrier film in vacuum insulation panels.

Abstract: A water-based coating composition suitable for preparing hydrophilic surfaces on various articles is provided which includes a supporting polymer having functional moieties capable of undergoing crosslinking reactions, said supporting polymer soluble in or emulsified in an aqueous based medium; and a hydrophilic polymer, said hydrophilic polymer associated with the supporting polymer. The composition is characterized in that, when crosslinked at the functional moieties, the supporting polymer forms a three-dimensional network which substantially minimizes disassociation of the hydrophilic polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving both adhesion between substrate and polymer layers and the durability of such composite structures; while maintaining the malleability and preferred characteristics of the original substrate. Quite unexpectedly, the application of a layer or film upon an uncured, encapsulated base substrate which has been encapsulated by the shear thinning methods of the present invention, results in superior adhesion of multiple layers when compared to conventional layering, coating or composite manufacturing methods. Moreover, the uncured or at most, semi-cured, polymer composition applied to the base substrate ensures that the substrate maintains maximum flexibility for subsequent shaping into composite articles prior to curing. The methods described herein produce multiple layer composite articles that are lighter, stronger, more flexible and utilize less material, than composite articles produced by conventional techniques.

Abstract: The present invention relates to multilayered composite films comprising a film or film combination A of plastics layers or metal layers in any arrangement, having an at least 10 &mgr;m thick, biaxially oriented heat-sealable layer C predominantly comprising polyethylene homopolymers or polyethylene copolymers, which is bonded by means of an adhesive layer or connecting layer B to the film or film combination A.

Abstract: Improved oxygen barrier and oxygen absorbing compositions and structures comprising blends of xylylene group-containing polyamides and cobalt octoate and xylylene group-containing polyamides, polyesters and cobalt octoate are disclosed and claimed. These blends have superior barrier properties and clarity obtained by controlling the degree of orientation and the amount of cobalt. These novel blends are used as single layers and as the core layer in multiple layer films, structures and articles. When used in multiple layer structures, the adjacent layers are comprised of polyesters and/or polyamides. The structures made from the blends of the present invention have a clarity that is superior to structures previously known in the art.

Abstract: A primer for the metallization of substrate surfaces by chemical reduction, comprising a) from about 3 to about 40% by weight of a film or matrix former, b) from about 0.1 to about 15% by weight of an additive having a molecular mass of 500 to 20,000, c) from about 0.1to about 15% by weight of an ionic and/or colloidal metal or its organometallic covalent compound or complex compound with organic ligands, d) from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight of an organic and/or inorganic filler, e) from about 0.05 to about 5% by weight of a hydrophilic swelling material comprising finely divided particles containing silanol groups and/or partly modified silanol groups having a diameter of from 7 to 40 nm and a specific surface area of 50 to 380 m2/g, and f) from about 50 to about 90% by weight of organic solvents, in which all amounts by weight being based on the overall primer formulation, offers advantages at low bath loadings.

Abstract: A heat resistant fiber sheet composed of staple fibers consisting of a heat resistant organic high molecular polymer and fibrids consisting of a heat resistant organic high molecular polymer as main components, having excellent heat resistance, dimensional stability to heat, interlaminar peeling strength, electric insulation resistance under a high humidity, etc., and also good resin impregnating property in spite of having a high bulk density, and especially suitable for a base substrates for an electric insulating material and a laminate for an electric circuit, is obtained by setting the amount of the staple fibers occupying in the total amount of the sheet as 40 to 97% by weight and the amount of the fibrids as 3 to 60% by weight and partially softening and/or melting the fibrids so as to act as a binder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high modulus elastomer composition reinforced by pulp having a high surface area and composed of a combination of at least two organic polymeric materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a deposited plastic film comprising:

Abstract: An automobile exterior component, having good balance between impact resistance and fluidity and being excellent in coating heat resistance and rigidity, which is prepared by performing urethane coating or melamine coating on a molded article obtained by molding a resin composition which comprises a polyamide resin (A); a grafted polymer (B) prepared by graft polymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer in the presence of a diene rubber; an unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified copolymer (C) which has a reduced viscosity of 0.2 to 0.5 dl/g and is prepared by polymerizing an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer; a copolymer (D) prepared by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer; and talc, wherein the amount ratio of (A), (B), (C) and (D) is in a specific range.

Abstract: A coating composition comprising a fluorine-containing compound of the following formula 1, a polyisocyanate, water and an organic solvent: Rf—Q—A  1 wherein R is a monovalent fluorine-containing organic group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, Q is a single bond or a bivalent linking group, and A is a group having a hydrogen atom reactive with an isocyanate group.

Abstract: A water-based coating composition suitable for preparing hydrophilic surfaces on various articles is provided which includes a supporting polymer having functional moieties capable of undergoing crosslinking reactions, said supporting polymer soluble in or emulsified in an aqueous based medium; and a hydrophilic polymer, said hydrophilic polymer associated with the supporting polymer. The composition is characterized in that, when crosslinked at the functional moieties, the supporting polymer forms a three-dimensional network which substantially minimizes disassociation of the hydrophilic polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous laminating adhesive composition and a method of using thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to an aqueous laminating adhesive composition comprising at least one aqueous polyurethane polymer dispersion (A), at least one aqueous non-polyurethane polymer dispersion (B) prepared by free radical polymerization, and at least one water dispersible polyfunctional crosslinking agent (C). Improved bonded properties of dry laminated flexible film substrates such as polyolefin, polyester and polyamide, as well as cellophane, metals or paper are obtained.

Abstract: Composite including a rubber/thermoplastic blend adherent by itself to a thermoplastic material; the blend is in the form of a thermoplastic matrix containing rubber nodules functionalized and vulcanized during the mixing with the thermoplastic. Composite articles obtained by overmolding the vulcanized rubber/thermoplastic blend onto the thermoplastic.

Abstract: A thermoplastic laminate film containing a thermoplastic substrate film and a layer formed from a resin composition containing a polyester graft copolymer (A) and a resin (B), the layer being formed on at least one side of the thermoplastic substrate film, the polyester graft copolymer (A) being obtained by grafting at least one polymerizable unsaturated monomer, which contains an acid anhydride having a double bond, to a hydrophobic polyester resin, and the resin (B) containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, an acrylic resin and a vinyl resin. The adhesion improving layer of the inventive thermoplastic laminate film shows superior adhesion strength in a broad range of applications.