A blow bottle includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein the inner layer has blackness higher than that of the outer layer, and wherein the outer layer has an L* value of 20 or more and 90 or less in an International Commission on Illumination (CIE) L*a*b* color system.

An automobile interior trim has a resin core material and a skin material that is joined on a surface of the resin core material. The automobile interior trim has stitches that are formed on the skin material by sewing the skin material with threads. The skin material and the stitches are cut by a laser beam to generate a cut section. The vicinity of the cut section has a structure in which threads of the stitches and the raw material of the skin material are melted by heat of the laser beam, mixed together, and solidified.

A composite includes a heavy Leno weave fabric, a first resin coating, and a second resin coating. The heavy Leno weave fabric has a first side and a second side. The fabric is characterized by yarns having a denier number of at least about 1,300 in both warp and weft directions. The fabric defines a pore structure. The first resin coating is on the first side of the heavy Leno weave fabric. The second resin coating is on the second side of the heavy Leno weave fabric. The first and second resin coatings are bound to each other through the fabric via the pore structure.

A household appliance having a tub wherein the items to be washed are placeable and which is made of a composite material comprising a matrix of a polymeric material and glass fibers embedded in the polymeric material. It is an object of the present invention also a process for producing the above mentioned tub.

A method for forming a shell type body (100) of self-reinforced composite thermoplastic polymer material from a plate-like element (10, 60), with a central region (11) and a peripheral region (12) surrounding said central region (11), comprises: providing a press (1) including a first and a second die portion (3, 4) which can be moved between a forming configuration, wherein they are pressed against one another, and a release configuration (Y), wherein they are spaced apart; at least one from the first and/or the second die portion (3, 4) being provided with ribs (5) on an operating face (3A, 4A) thereof intended to abut the plate-like element (10); arranging the plate-like element (10) on the press so that the central region (11) abuts on the operating face (4a) of the second die portion (4), retaining the plate-like element (10) at the peripheral region (12), moving the first (3) and/or the second die portion (4) towards the forming configuration until the first die portion (3) abuts the plate-like element (10) continuing to retain the plate-like element (10) at the peripheral region (12), a forming step in which the first (3) and the second die portion (4) are kept in the forming configuration for a predefined time, and the plate-like element (10) is kept between the first (3) and the second die portion (4) at a forming temperature of the material such as to generate the at least partial fusion of a matrix of the material without causing the substantial fusion of the fibers so as to form by means of the ribs (5) a plurality of recesses (20) defining on the central region (11) a plurality of lateral panels (15) mutually connected to a central panel (14) by means of at least one corresponding recess (20A), moving the first (3) and/or the second die portion (4) into the release configuration (Y) and extracting the plate-like element (10), subsequently folding the lateral panels (15) with respect to the central panel (14) at the recesses (20A, 20B) so as to form the shell type body (100).

An acoustic and thermal shield for a motor vehicle, including a porous shell based on fibers bound together by a binding agent and a spring layer based on elastically compressible polyurethane foam, the porosity of the shell being such that the foam is able to create a sealed skin on the underside of the shell, which fibers consist of two types: thick reinforcing fibers in an amount of 25 to 40% by weight of the shell and fine fibers in an amount of 15 to 35% by weight of the shell, the bonding agent being formed by fusible bonding fibers in an amount of 35 to 50% by weight of the shell, so that substantially no foam penetrates the thickness of the shell.

Certain embodiments described herein are directed to articles that provide less sag. In some examples, the articles can include a fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer core layer comprising reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic polymer, and a frim disposed on the fiber reinforced polymer core layer. In certain examples, the frim comprises a film coupled to a scrim comprising an effective basis weight to prevent substantial sag of the article, e.g., during a forming operation.

Provided herein is a process for forming a 3D object on a substrate using liquid inkjet compositions, machinery and methodologies, devoid of dry powders or UV-curable agents. The 3D object is digitally printed according to the additive approach, by inkjet printing a top layer over a base layer before curing the base layer, whereas a layer is formed as a gel, and the gelatinous object is thereafter cured.

A seat support element has a body that includes at least one portion having a plurality of discrete structural elements and a plurality of connecting fibers, the discrete structural elements being joined together via the connecting fibers to form the portion of the body.

A stretch blow-molded article comprising: a first polyester; and a second polyester having a structure different from a structure of the first polyester, wherein an intrinsic viscosity value of the first polyester is 0.60 to 0.74 dL/g, and the second polyester has a structure corresponding to terephthalic acid and a structure corresponding to bisphenol A.