A molding film is high in both windability during film production and also excellent in appearance quality and moldability. The molding film includes cyclic olefin based resin, has roughened regions in side edge parts of the molding film, is non-oriented, and satisfies (1) to (3): (1) one of the surfaces has a surface roughness SRa of 2 nm or more and 30 nm or less in the central region, which is defined as the region outside the roughened regions, whereas the other surface has a surface roughness SRa of 100 nm or more and 800 nm or less, (2) the ratio h/t where h represents the height (in m) of the roughened regions while t represents the thickness (in m) of the central region is 5/100 or more and 30/100 or less, and (3) the width of the roughened regions is 5 mm or more and 20 mm or less.

In an example, a method for forming a composite part includes, based on a part specification, cutting layers of material in a sequence and positioning the layers to form a stack. For each layer, after positioning the layer and before cutting a next layer in the sequence, the method includes (i) scanning along a length of the layer to determine an image, (ii) determining, based on the image, at least two edges of the layer, (iii) determining, based on the edges, a measured width at locations along the length of the layer, (iv) comparing the measured width at each location to a target width at the location, (v) deciding, based on the comparison, whether to adjust the production process, and (vi) if the decision is to adjust the production process, then adjusting the production process based on the comparison. The part specification specifies the target width at each location.

A manufacturing method which manufactures articles which have hollow areas inside them which are subject to their own internal vacuum. A 3-D printer can be located inside a vacuum chamber and the article(s) can be 3-D printed, thereby the hollow area inside each such article is subject to its own vacuum. When removed from the vacuum chamber, the article's hollow area remains subject to its own internal vacuum.

Provided is a poly-p-xylyene having at least one chemically active functional group present in a form of particles. In an embodiment, the functionalized poly-p-xylylene is synthesized via CVD, and electrospinning is then performed at a relatively low polymer concentration, so as to produce functionalized poly-p-xylylene particles. The functionalized poly-p-xylyene particles have a particle size at nano-scale or micro-scale. Such functionalized poly-p-xylyene particles can be applied to biological fields extensively.

A piston for a heavy duty diesel engine including a composite layer forming at least a portion of a combustion surface is provided. The composite layer has a thickness greater than 500 microns and includes a mixture of components typically used to form brake pads, such as a thermoset resin, an insulating component, strengthening fibers, and an impact toughening additive. According to one example, the thermoset resin is a phenolic resin, the insulating component is a ceramic, the strengthening fibers are graphite, and the impact toughening additive is an aramid pulp of fibrillated chopped synthetic fibers. The composite layer also has a thermal conductivity of 0.8 to 5 W/m.Math.K. The body portion of the piston can include an undercut scroll thread to improve mechanical locking of the composite layer. The piston can also include a ceramic insert between the body portion and the composite layer.

The invention relates to a shrink multilayer face film and a label produced thereof. According to an embodiment the multilayer face film comprises a core layer including: propylene random copolymer(s) or propylene terpolymer(s); and polyolefin elastomer(s), polyolefin plastomer(s), or olefin block copolymer(s); and a first skin layer and a second skin layer comprising at least 80 wt. % of cyclic polymer(s). The invention further relates to a method for providing a shrink multilayer face film and a method for labelling of an item.

A liquid formulation for reaction injection molding for polymerizing a norbornene-based monomer in the presence of a metathesis polymerization catalyst including tungsten as a center metal, the liquid formulation containing a norbornene-based monomer, an activator of the catalyst, and an ether compound represented by formula (1):

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the liquid formulation being obtained by mixing the norbornene-based monomer and the activator in the presence of at least the ether compound. The liquid formulation for reaction injection molding of the present invention can be suitably used in the field of manufacture of reaction injection-molded articles. Further, the reaction injection-molded article of the present invention has excellent mechanical properties and finishing of surface of the manufactured articles, so that the reaction injection-molded article can be suitably used in applications of automobile parts, parts of housing facilities, and the like.