Lightweight, flexible protective fabrics for protecting a person, animal or other object from hot burning materials, hot high heat capacity and/or hot corrosive materials, such as hot molten metal, hot oily liquids (e.g., heating oil), hot gels, hot solids, hot sparks, and hot acids. The lightweight protective fabrics can be used to protect a person, animal or other object from hot molten metals, such as liquid metal zinc heated to a temperature of about 950 F. (510 C.) or greater, hot molten aluminum heated to a temperature of about 1150 F. (620 C.) or greater, burning phosphorus at temperature of about 1550 F. (843 C.) or greater, hot solid iron having a temperature of about 500 F. (260 C.) or greater, hot heating oil having a temperature of about 500 F. (260 C.) or greater, and hot hydrochloric acid having a temperature of about 300 F. (150 C.) or greater.

Apparatus are provided for a device with improved heat resistance. The device includes a body and an encasing layer disposed substantially entirely around the body. The encasing layer includes a fabric layer and a coating. The fabric layer has a first end and a second end coupled together about the perimeter of the body to enclose the body, and the fabric layer includes an exterior surface. The coating is disposed on the exterior surface of the fabric layer, and the coating forms a barrier for the fabric layer.

A flexible material is disclosed comprising a flexible substrate, a sorbent comprising zirconium hydroxide and a binder, wherein the solids weight ratio of the binder to the zirconium hydroxide is in the range 1:1 to 1:120. Also disclosed is a process for production of a fabric, comprising: providing a flexible material, providing at least one sorbent dispersion comprising zirconium hydroxide and a binder, applying the sorbent dispersion to the flexible material to produce a treated flexible material, squeezing the treated flexible material under pressure, and passing the pressed treated flexible material through a stenter.

Described herein is a building panel comprising a body, the body comprising: a fiber; a latex binder present in an amount ranging from about 3 wt. % to about 10 wt. % based on the total weight of the body; and an inorganic particle having an average particle size ranging from about 1 micron to about 13 microns; wherein the inorganic particle and the binder are present in a weight ratio ranging from about greater than 1:1 to about 6:1.

A biodegradable synthetic leather is a layered material that includes a layer of a biodegradable polyurethane, a backing layer, and an adhesive layer. The layered material is formed by bonding a first surface of the biodegradable polyurethane layer to a first surface of the layer of the bamboo fiber through the adhesive layer. In some embodiments, the biodegradable polyurethane layer is made from a mixture of polyurethane, a biodegradable additive, and in some cases, a colorant. The biodegradable additive in the mixture enhances biodegradability of polyurethane. In some embodiments, there is 1 to 2 wt % of the biodegradable additive in the biodegradable synthetic leather. A biodegradable coating may be formed on a second surface of the layer of the bamboo fiber to further enhance biodegradability of the layered material. In some embodiments, the biodegradable synthetic leather is formed solely from ingredients of plants.

The present invention concerns a process for producing leather, skin, hide and/or textile substitute from mycelium. The present invention also concerns a leather, skin, hide and/or textile substitute obtainable by said process and use thereof.

Disclosed are lagging materials for use on a driven cylindrical pulley or drum for an industrial machine. A lagging material can comprise a seaming element along the cross-machine direction (CD) of each of the opposing ends of the lagging material for forming a seam for seaming opposing ends of a lagging material when brought together. A lagging material can also comprise coatings that increase the Coefficient of Friction of a lagging material when the lagging material is installed onto the drum such that no additional adhesive is required to keep the lagging on the drum circumference when in operation. Also described is an apparatus for installing an on machine seamable lagging including at least two opposed elongate members, such that when the elongate members are drawn together, the lagging material is stretched into a seamable position to be installed on the drum.

The present invention refers to a composite material comprising a polyurethane foam backing material sheet and a tanned bacterial cellulose (BC) membrane either integrally joint together or adhered to each other by an adhesive, and methods for manufacturing the same.

A sleeve has a textile wall having a circumferentially continuous outer surface extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends. The textile wall includes heat-resistant multifilament yarn and an impervious coating extending about the outer surface of the textile wall to allow the sleeve to withstand heat up to 1000 C. or greater for a continuous duration of 20 minutes or more. The impervious coating includes one of a silicone ingredient, a silicone-based ingredient, a liquid silicone rubber ingredient, a polytetrafluoroethylene ingredient, or a polyurethane ingredient, and includes at least one of carbon black pigmentation and iron oxide pigmentation impregnated therein.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing mycelium mat into leather by using pH-controlled tannic acid. The method comprises the following steps: (1) inactivating the mycelium mat; (2) infiltrating the mycelium mat with a polysaccharide solution; (3) treating the polysaccharide-infused mycelium mat with a tannic acid solution; and (4) introducing a buffering agent to the tannic acid-treated mycelium mat. This innovative approach enhances the mechanical properties of the resulting leather, offering an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional leather materials.