A building panel, such as a floor panel, including a core including at least one or more of a thermoplastic material, a thermoset material, a mineral based material or a combination thereof. The building panel further including a first layer arrangement, arranged on one side of the core, having a surface layer and a thermally insulating layer, where the thermally insulating layer is arranged between the core and the surface layer.

A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles and a second thermoplastic material form on the first foil, and adhering the first foil to the second thermoplastic binder and the wear resistant particles to form a wear resistant foil.

The invention relates to a film for use in a resilient floor covering, wherein the film comprises (a) a first layer and (b) a second layer and wherein the first layer has a Shore D hardness of 60 to 80 at 20° C. and the second layer has a Shore D hardness of 40 to 65 at 20° C. Also provided is a composite laminate floor covering comprising the film of the invention. Also provided is a floor tile comprising the film of the invention.

Sheet material includes at least two layers of material, wherein a first layer of material forms more than half the thickness of the sheet material and is mainly built up from wood particles glued by means of a first binder and pressed. The first binder is thermosetting, wherein the second layer of material is present on the surface of the aforementioned sheet material and is mainly built up from particulate particles glued by a second binder and pressed. The second binder is thermoplastic and/or elastomeric.

The present invention relates to a multi-layer wood composite block, a multi-layer wood veneer and methods for producing the same. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the multi-layer wood veneer as a decorative and/or trim element, in particular in a vehicle interior, and articles comprising the multi-layer wood veneer.

A floor panel includes at least two reinforcing layers extending in a direction parallel to a plane defined by the panel to allow one of the at least two reinforcing layers to be situated at a level between 30˜70 percent of a thickness from a top surface of the panel to a highest part of a top surface of the tongue, and/or a bottom surface of the panel to a lowest part of an upper surface of the lower lip.

Described herein are details for designing and manufacturing enhanced shock and impact resistant helicoidal lay-ups by combining nanomaterials, variable pitch and partial spirals, Thin unidirectional fiber plies, hybrid materials, and/or curved fibers within a ply. The helicoidal structures created in the prescribed manners can be tuned and pitched to desired wavelengths to dampen propagating shock waves initiated by ballistics, strike forces or foreign material impacts and can arrest the propagation of fractures including catastrophic fractures. These enhancements open the helicoidal technology up for use in such applications as consumer products, protective armor, sporting equipment, crash protection devices, wind turbine blades, cryogenic tanks, pressure vessels, battery casings, automotive/aerospace components, construction materials, and other composite products.

The invention relates to a below grade, blind side, waterproofing sheet membrane with adhesive and quartzeral granular particle layer, and having a top release liner, and a bottom release liner, enhancing bond strength between sheets, and be able to fully bond to concrete/shotcrete, and a method of making, and using same. The inventive waterproofing sheet membrane with adhesive, has at least one layer of quartzeral granular particle layer that are fully or partly embedded into the adhesive layer, and where the average reflectivity of the exposed granular particles is between about 30 percent to 80 percent reflectivity on a standard reflectivity scale. The quartzeral sand or granular particles are hydrophobic, and any moisture or water can be easily removed from its surface. Even a wet quartzeral surface allows an adhesion or bonding of an adhesive to the quartzeral surface.

An attack fire hose capable of withstanding radiant and convective heating without leakage or degradation of performance for significant periods of time is disclosed. The hose includes a woven aramid blend of fibers in the outer jacket, and a nitrile rubber layer is extruded through the weave of an inner nylon/polyester jacket that is fitted within the woven outer jacket. The resultant hose retains a double jacketed construction with exceptional thermal performance.

A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.