The present disclosure relates to composites. One composite may include a resin and oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers. The oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers may be provided as a nonwoven fabric. An additional composite may include a resin and material scraps respectively including carbon fibers. The material scraps may be positioned to at least partially overlap one another and define a substantially continuous layer. The material scraps may be provided as a fabric and/or a plurality of loose fibers.

A method for producing a cellulose product from a multi-layer cellulose blank structure, wherein the method comprises the steps; forming the multi-layer cellulose blank structure from at least a first layer of dry-formed cellulose fibres and a second layer of a cellulose fibre web structure, through arranging the at least first layer and second layer in a superimposed relationship to each other and in the superimposed relationship arranging the at least first layer and second layer in contact with each other; arranging the multi-layer cellulose blank structure in a forming mould; heating the multi-layer cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature in the range of 100 C. to 300 C., and forming the cellulose product from the multi-layer cellulose blank structure in the forming mould, by pressing the heated multi-layer cellulose blank structure with an isostatic forming pressure of at least 1 MPa, preferably 4-20 MPa, wherein the multi-layer cellulose blank structure is shaped into a two-dimensional or three-dimensional fibre composite structure having a single-layer configuration.

The present invention relates to a high-strength absorbable composite active internal fixation device and a preparation method therefor. Specifically, the present invention discloses the internal fixation device and its preparation method, which possess excellent biological activity and mechanical properties.

A powder particle mixture which contains a polybutylene terephthalate resin and a polycarbonate resin, and which is characterized in that: the average particle diameter thereof is more than 1 m but 100 m or less; the uniformity thereof is 4 or less; the melting point thereof is more than 220 C.; and the difference between the melting point thereof and the crystallization temperature thereof is 60 C. or more. A powder particle composition which is characterized by containing inorganic microparticles that have an average particle diameter of 20-500 nm at a ratio of 0.1-5 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the powder particle mixture. The present invention efficiently provides a polybutylene terephthalate resin powder which is suitable as a material powder for the production of a three-dimensional shaped product by means of Selective Laser Sintering 3D printer.

A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.

Provided are a shaped article made of a fibrous filler-reinforced thermoplastic resin composition and capable of increasing mechanical properties and a method for producing the shaped article. The shaped article is made of a resin composition containing: inorganic fibers having an average fiber length of 1 m to 300 m and an average aspect ratio of 3 to 200; and a thermoplastic resin, and the inorganic fibers have an average orientation angle of 24 or lower.

This disclosure describes a composition for additive manufacturing, which contains a thermoplastic polymer and a mineral additive capable of reducing a specific heat of the composition relative to a specific heat of the thermoplastic polymer. A proportion of the mineral additive in the composition may be set such that the specific heat of the composition is equal to or less than 95% of the specific heat of the thermoplastic polymer, and the composition may be in the form of a filament, rod, pellet or granule. Compositions disclosed herein may be adapted to function as compositions suitable for performing additive manufacturing by material extrusion. Also disclosed herein are additive manufacturing processes and methods for producing the compositions for fused filament fabrication.

The present invention relates to an electrical transformer comprising an electrical insulator and a winding of an electrical conductor around a core, said insulator being formed of an essentially non-porous composite material comprising a resin matrix and up to 85% by weight of insulating fibres surrounded by the resin matrix, the composite material having a maximum moisture content of less than 0.5% by weight at 23 C. and 50% relative humidity.

Method of manufacturing a structural member includes moving fibers (130) along an assembly line (100), applying binder to spaced apart fibers (130) extending across a first area, and applying a traction agent (178) to at least one of the fibers and the binder. A tapered die (180) has a first portion (195) with a first greater diameter positioned to receive the fibers and a second portion with a second lesser diameter positioned downstream of the first portion. Guiding the fibers along the die and decreasing a distance between the plurality of fibers with the die. After decreasing the distance between the plurality of fibers, the fibers extend across a second area that is smaller than the first area, and the plurality of fibers are shaped with a shaping station. Traction agent increases friction between at least one of the fibers and either an adjacent fiber or the die during shaping.

The present invention relates to a method of producing a coherent growth substrate product formed of man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF), comprising the steps of (i) providing MMVF; (ii) providing an uncured binder composition; (iii) providing an additive; (iv) forming a mixture of the MMVF, the uncured binder composition and the additive; (v) curing the uncured binder composition in the mixture to form the coherent growth substrate product; wherein the uncured binder composition comprises at least one hydrocolloid; and wherein the additive is a micro-organism, fungus, biologically-active additive or combination thereof.