Methods of manufacturing rotor blade components for a wind turbine and rotor blade components produced in accordance with such methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method generally includes providing a mold of the rotor blade component; coating at least a portion of an interior surface of the mold with an elastomeric material; inserting impletion material within the mold so as to at least partially reduce an open internal volume within the mold; inserting a foam material within the mold; and, removing the rotor blade component from the mold, wherein the elastomeric material forms a cover skin around at least a portion of the rotor blade component. In an alternative embodiment, the method includes providing at least one support member defining a profile for the rotor blade component on a mold surface; coating at least a portion of the support member with an elastomeric material; and, allowing the elastomeric material to cure on the mold surface so as to form the rotor blade component.

A headrest has a pad that is formed integrally with an outer cover by foam molding, and is also provided with: a low-resilience layer that is set in a front part of the pad and has lower resilience than the pad; a support member that is harder than the pad and supports the low-resilience layer from a backside of the low-resilience layer; and a blocking member that is located at a position to cover a contact area of the low-resilience layer and the support member from an outer circumference side while being in contact with at least one of the low-resilience layer and the support member and blocks infiltration of a foamed resin material of the pad into the contact area.

A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.

Provided is a vehicle interior material comprising coating layers formed on both surfaces of a veneer layer; a back layer on the coating layer of one surface of the veneer layer; and a front layer on the coating layer of the other surface of the veneer layer. Provided is a method of manufacturing a vehicle interior material comprising steps of: providing a veneer layer; forming coating layers on both surfaces of the veneer layer by applying and drying water-dispersible polyurethane dispersion or water-dispersible acrylic polyurethane dispersion on the both surfaces; pre-forming a real wood film layer prepared by forming the coating layers on the both surfaces of the veneer layer; forming a back layer on the coating layer of one surface of the veneer layer by primary insert molding; and forming a front layer on the coating layer of the other surface of the veneer layer by secondary insert molding.

Methods for manufacturing cushioning elements for sports apparel are described. A method is provided for manufacturing a cushioning element for sports apparel from randomly arranged particles of an expanded material. The method includes positioning a functional element within a mold and loading the mold with the particles of the expanded material, wherein the loading occurs through at least two openings within the mold and/or wherein the loading occurs between different movable parts of the mold.

A sheet material (30) is constituted by an FBL to which one surface (36a) of a fire-retardant urethane material (36) is melted and fused and an outer cover (34) to which the other surface (36b) of the fire-retardant urethane material (36) is melted and fused.

A method of forming a blow molded plastic article wherein the article comprises an airflow conduit, comprising: providing a first sheet of insulation material located on a insulation carrier; providing a blow molding mold including two halves and having a molding surface defining a molding cavity to form the article; locating the insulation carrier between the two halves of the blow molding mold; transferring the first sheet of insulation material from the insulation carrier to the blow molding mold; introducing an extrudate of thermoplastic composition between the two halves of the blow molding mold; closing the blow molding mold; forming the extrudate to a shape of the mold cavity of the blow molding mold to form the article; and bonding the extrudate to the first sheet of insulation material as the extrudate is being formed to the shape of the mold cavity.

The present invention relates to a floor mat comprising a substrate layer, a gel layer and a cover layer, wherein said substrate layer, said gel layer and said cover layer have a substantially planar shape, and wherein said gel layer is coupled in between said substrate layer and said cover layer, and wherein the cover layer comprises a plurality of deformations, which deformations protrude at least partly towards the center of the gel layer. In further aspects, the invention relates to a floor mat wherein the thickness of the gel layer and the thickness of the substrate layer are related according to a ratio of between 1:20 and 20:20, as well as to methods for manufacturing a floor mat.

A method for waterproofing blanks of shoes, gloves, items of clothing and other clothing accessories, a blank waterproofed by the method and shoes, gloves, items of clothing and other clothing accessories provided by the waterproofed blanks, the method comprising the gluing and pressing on the surface of the blank, on the side intended to remain hidden after its application, of a waterproof and breathable assembly provided by associating a waterproof and breathable functional element in the form of a flexible sheet with at least two meshes that close it in a sandwich-like manner.

The present invention relates to a process for producing an insulation component in which an insulating foam material is placed in a mold and in which (a) isocyanates, (b) polymeric compound having hydrogen atoms reactive towards isocyanate, (c) chain extenders and/or crosslinkers, and (d) catalysts are mixed to give a reaction mixture and the reaction mixture is injected into the mold and cured to form a seamless outer material enclosing the insulating foam wherein the average functionality of the polyols (b) and the chain extenders and/or crosslinkers (c) and the isocyanates (a) is greater than 2.2. The invention further relates to an insulation component obtainable by such a process and a door or wall component for cold storage that is made from that insulation component.