A variety of plates for footwear are provided including a polyolefin resin. Sole structures and articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. The effective amount can be an amount effective to allow the resin composition to pass a flex test, and in particular to pass a flex test without significant change in abrasion loss. In some aspects, the resin composition also includes a clarifying agent to improve optical clarity of the plate. In some aspects, the plates include a textile disposed on one or both of a first side and the second side of the plate. The textile can provide for improved bonding of the plate to other components such as a chassis or an upper.

A woven fabric formed of fabric fibers or threads coated with a hydrogel, wherein said hydrogel is not crosslinked or is partially crosslinked to the fabric fibers or thread, wherein the hydrogel has a number of excess reactive molecules that are available for a reaction with one or more molecules solvated in an aqueous solution, and wherein the reactive molecules of the hydrogel can reversibly bond with the molecules solvated in an aqueous solution, such that the reactive molecules of the hydrogel attract the molecules solvated in aqueous solution when the hydrogel coated fabric substrate is exposed to an aqueous solution.

The invention relates to method for producing an artificial turf, comprising the following steps: providing a carrier material having a top and a bottom, providing a plurality of fibres, wherein each fibre comprises two ends extending from the top of the carrier material and comprising a connected region arranged in a loop-like manner at the bottom of the carrier material; feeding the carrier material with the fibres to a heated rotating calender roller; guiding the carrier material with the fibres over at least one sub-region of the surface of the heated rotating calender roller, wherein the connected regions of the fibres and the bottom of the carrier material face the calender roller; during the guiding of the carrier material with the fibres over the at least one sub-region of the surface of the heated rotating calender roller: transferring heat from the heated rotating calender roller to the carrier material with the fibres, and fusing the connected regions of the fibres with the bottom of the carrier material to the artificial turf, and removing and cooling the artificial turf. The invention further relates to an artificial turf comprising: a carrier material having a top and a bottom; a plurality of fibres, wherein each fibre comprises two ends extending from the top of the carrier material and comprising a connected region arranged in a loop-like manner at the bottom of the carrier material, wherein the carrier material is fused at the bottom to the connected regions of the fibres.

An artificial leather is provided that has supple flexibility, moderate resilience while being dense and satisfactory thickness, where the artificial leather includes, as constituent elements, a nonwoven fabric containing ultrafine fibers having an average single-fiber diameter of 0.1 μm or more and 10 μm or less, and an elastomer, the artificial leather satisfying Formulas (a) and (b) below:

0.5≤F.sub.A/F.sub.B<1  (a)

0.5≤F.sub.C/F.sub.B<1  (b)

where F.sub.A, F.sub.B, and F.sub.C are respectively the fiber density (g/cm.sup.3) in a layer on one surface side, the fiber density (g/cm.sup.3) in a layer at the center in the thickness direction, and the fiber density (g/cm.sup.3) in a layer on the other surface side when the artificial leather is trisected in the thickness direction.

A carpet tile includes a textile top member and a carrier mat that is coupled with the textile top member via a thermoplastic material. The textile top member includes carpet yarns and a backing that is coupled with the carpet yarns so that the backing structurally supports the carpet yarns. The carrier mat includes a polymeric material component, a reinforcement, and a binder that is uniformly distributed throughout the polymeric material component and reinforcement component. The polymeric material component includes polymer fibers that are randomly oriented and entangled together. The reinforcement is disposed within the polymeric material component so that the reinforcement is entirely covered and concealed by the entangled polymer fibers to prevent exposure to a user. The reinforcement mechanically reinforces and stabilizes the polymeric material component and carpet tile.

A carpet tile includes a textile top member and a carrier mat that is coupled with the textile top member via a thermoplastic material. The textile top member includes carpet yarns and a backing that is coupled with the carpet yarns so that the backing structurally supports the carpet yarns. The carrier mat includes a polymeric material component, a reinforcement, and a binder that is uniformly distributed throughout the polymeric material component and reinforcement component. The polymeric material component includes polymer fibers that are randomly oriented and entangled together. The reinforcement is disposed within the polymeric material component so that the reinforcement is entirely covered and concealed by the entangled polymer fibers to prevent exposure to a user. The reinforcement mechanically reinforces and stabilizes the polymeric material component and carpet tile.

A method of maintaining soil strength and stability involves positioning a sheet of soil stabilization and strengthening material on a selected area where the strengthening and stabilization of the soil is desired. The sheet of soil stabilization and strengthening material includes a fabric layer that forms a base of the soil stabilization and strengthening material. The lower surface of the fabric layer is positioned against and engages the selected area. A moisture impervious layer is coupled to the upper surface of the fabric layer. A particulate aggregate material is embedded in the moisture impervious layer.

Disclosed herein is a method of making a composite fabric for use in or as a medical implant component, the method comprising steps of providing a textile comprising at least one strand having titer of 2-250 dtex and comprising fibers made from a biocompatible and biostable synthetic polymer; determining locations on the textile where a cut is to be made for an intended use of the textile; optionally pretreating the textile at least at the determined locations on at least one side of the textile with a high-energy source to activate the surface; solution coating the textile at least at a determined location with a coating composition comprising a biocompatible and biostable polyurethane elastomer and a solvent for the polyurethane; removing the solvent from the coated textile; and laser cutting the coated textile as obtained at least a one coated location with an ultra-short pulse laser; to result in a composite biotextile wherein polyurethane is present in an amount of 2.5-90 mass % based on composite biotextile and polyurethane is present at least at a laser-cut edge. Such composite biotextile as made shows an advantageous combination of good biocompatibility, especially hemocompatibility, high strength and pliability, and has well-defined regular edges that have high suture retention strength. Further embodiments concern the use of such composite biotextile in or as medical implant component for an implantable medical device; such as in orthopedic applications and cardiovascular implants. Other embodiments include such medical devices or implants comprising said composite biotextile or medical implant component.

A method for manufacturing an artificial turf fiber includes creating a polymer mixture that includes, 60-99% by weight of an LLDPE polymer and 1-15% by weight of an LDPE polymer. The method further includes extruding the polymer mixture into a monofilament; quenching the monofilament; reheating the monofilament; and stretching the reheated monofilament to form the monofilament into the artificial turf fiber.

The present invention relates to an artificial leather and a method for producing the same. The artificial leather includes a substrate, a thermoplastic ethylene-propylene polymer elastic layer, and a surface layer. The substrate is formed from fibers having a first thermoplastic ethylene-propylene polymer. The surface layer is formed from a second thermoplastic ethylene-propylene polymer. The first thermoplastic ethylene-propylene polymer and the second thermoplastic ethylene-propylene polymer provide the substrate with a specific melting point and the surface layer with a specific melting point, respectively. By the substrate with the specific melting point and the surface layer with the specific melting point, the artificial leather has an excellent post-processability. Therefore, the artificial leather can have the substrate and the surface layer which have the same material, thereby having an excellent recyclability.