A thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin including 0.5 to 45% by weight of a graft copolymer (A-1) including acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 50 to 150 nm, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound, 20 to 80% by weight of a graft copolymer (A-2) including acrylate rubber having an average particle diameter of 151 to 600 nm, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound, and 10 to 45% by weight of an -methylstyrene-based copolymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 to 180,000 g/mol; and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of an ultra-high molecular weight copolymer (C) having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000,000 to 12,000,000 g/mol. A method of preparing the thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article including the thermoplastic resin composition are also disclosed.

A process for producing articles with an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system using a consumable filament made from or containing a propylene polymer composition made from or containing: A) from 20% to 60% by weight of a heterophasic propylene copolymer; B) from 5% to 33% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains up to 5% by weight of an alpha olefin; C) from 2% to 15% by weight of an elastomeric block copolymer made from or containing styrene; D) from 4% to 32% by weight of an elastomeric ethylene copolymer; E) from 5% to 50% by weight of a glass material as filler; and F) from 0.1% to 5% by weight of compatibilizer.

Disclosed are preforms which incorporate improvements in the region of the neck and upper segment of the body to allow the production of lightweight containers, such as bottles suitable for containing water or other beverages. In accordance with certain embodiments, the improvements include a thinner neck finish area than conventional bottles, where the thinner area is extended into the upper segment of the body portion below the support ring. Reducing the thickness in these areas of the bottle allows for less resin to be used in forming the preform and bottle.

A length of a main pipe is provided. The main pipe has an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of channels, tubes or conduits is attached to the external surface of the main pipe and spaced about a circumference thereof. A spray foam insulation is applied to the external surface of the main pipe. Prior to curing the spray foam insulation, a compressive force is applied against an exposed outer surface of the spray foam insulation to prevent a bulge from forming over the channels, tubes or conduits so that the outer surface of the insulation has a uniform radius.

The multilayer foam sheet includes a polyethylene resin foam layer and a resin layer laminated on at least one of the two surfaces of the foam layer. The resin layer has a multilayer structure formed from a surface layer and an intermediate layer. Both the surface layer and the intermediate layer contain a polyethylene resin and a polymeric antistatic agent. The polymeric antistatic agent is contained in the intermediate layer at a proportion of 30-70 wt % (inclusive). The polymeric antistatic agent is contained in the surface layer at a proportion of at least 5 wt % to less than 30 wt %.

A component for a water bearing appliance, wherein the component comprises a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material. The first polymeric material constitutes the external surface of the component and completely covers the second polymeric material. The first polymeric material and the second polymeric material have different characteristics.

Methods for additive manufacture of an article corresponding with one or more arrays of data values. The article may include, for example, an optical lens, such as a contact lens or an intraocular lens. The methods include generating an array of data values and emitting droplets of polymerizable mixture in a pattern corresponding with the arrays of data values. After receiving the droplets of polymerizable mixture on a receiving surface, the droplets are integrated and pinned via exposure to actinic conditions. Two or more patterns of droplets may be combined on the receiving surface to form a combined volume of polymerizable mixture and cured.

Methods and apparatus for additive manufacture of an article corresponding with an energy transmissibility image. The article may include a contact lens or intraocular lens. The improvements are directed to repeated application of a monomer according to a pattern corresponding with the energy transmissibility image, such as grayscale image. The method may include intermittent pinning of deposited polymerizable mixture, partial cure, and final cure of the deposited polymerizable mixture. A pattern of multiple defined areas may be manufactured, with each area representing an amount of energy transmissibility associated with that area.

A composition for extrusion and deposition by a three-dimensional (3D) printer is provided. The composition comprises a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), particulate matter having particles in the range of about 5 nm to about 10 m in diameter, and a solvent. Uses of the composition for 3D printing microstructures, including multiwall plate devices, are also provided.

A method for facilitating demolding of a substrate from an imprint template, the method comprising: providing (S510) the template and the substrate in a sandwich arrangement with a structured surface of the template in contact with a target surface of the substrate; applying heat (S520) to soften a molding layer on the target surface, wherein said molding layer is a thermoplastic material having a minimum glass transition temperature, T.sub.g>50 C. and Young's modulus>1000 MPa, and wherein the molding layer is heated above T.sub.g; pressing (S530) the sandwich arrangement together to imprint a pattern of the structured surface into the heated molding layer; submerging (S550) the sandwich arrangement in a cooling liquid to harden the molding layer; and separating (S560) the template from the patterned substrate.