A hybrid fiber-reinforced composite material according to an aspect of the present disclosure may comprise a first thermosetting resin, a first continuous fiber layer laminated on an upper surface of the first thermosetting resin, a long fiber layer laminated on an upper surface of the first continuous fiber layer, a second continuous fiber layer laminated on an upper surface of the long fiber layer, and a second thermosetting resin laminated on an upper surface of the second continuous fiber layer.

A decorative panel including a substrate material and decorative top layer includes a compressed timber layer with a permanent increased density. The panel is a floor panel including a mechanical coupling so a locking is created in a vertical direction perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, and in a horizontal direction perpendicular to coupled edges and in the plane of the coupled panels. The coupling allows coupling by a downward-directed movement where a first edge includes a male coupling part that can be pushed into a recess of a female coupling part to lock in the vertical direction due to a pair of a cooperating heel of the male coupling part and the recess of the female coupling part, wherein the recess is formed by substrate material of the second edge and a resilient element arranged in the substrate material of the second edge.

An integrated thermal dye sublimation printing and film-cutting machine includes a housing with a printing assembly and a film-cutting assembly inside, a first end in the housing close to the printing assembly is rotatably provided with two transfer rollers for printing, which are rotated by an actuator for printing, and a second end in the housing close to the film-cutting assembly is rotatably provided with two transfer rollers for film-cutting, which are rotated by an actuator for film-cutting, a shortest distance between the transfer rollers for printing and the transfer rollers for film-cutting is less than a length of a paper, a paper inlet is defined at the first end, a paper outlet is defined at the second end, and the paper successively enters between the two transfer rollers for printing and between the two transfer rollers for film-cutting through the paper inlet, and move out through the paper outlet.

A sports board incorporating reclaimed/reused sports board materials, and a method of making a such a sports board, allows for incorporation of portions of used (recycled) composite sports boards (or waste from the manufacture thereof) into new sports boards. This lessens the accumulation of composite sports board waste in the global environment, reduces the quantity of new virgin materials needed in the manufacture of new composite sports boards, and lessens the environmental impact of composite sports board manufacture and use. Optionally, the reclaimed sports board material may be incorporated into a new sports board in a manner providing structural enhancements (e.g., increased regional stiffness) to new sports boards. This may allow for structural enhancement while avoiding a significant increase in sports board weight, by incorporating used composite materials into new composite sports boards.

The presently disclosed subject matter generally relates to recyclable insulation material for shipping containers, groceries bags, etc., machines for making the recyclable insulation material, and methods for the making the recyclable insulation material. In one aspect, an insulation product may include a first layer and a first continuous paper sheet formed into a first plurality of flexible loops disposed on and attached to the first layer and defining a first plurality of air channels that extend in a direction that is substantially perpendicular with a machine direction of the insulation product. A take up factor of the first continuous paper sheet to the first layer may be greater than 1:1.

A plurality of workpiece layers of material are disclosed. The plurality of workpiece layers of material include a dual-sided adhesive layer assembly having a first side surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface. The plurality of workpiece layers of material also include a first substrate layer non-removably-connected to the dual-sided adhesive layer assembly.

An intermittent composite strip, a preparation method therefor, a transfer strip, a preparation device and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method for the intermittent composite strip includes the following steps: acquiring the transfer strip, where the transfer strip includes a load strip and a first composite material strip, and the first composite strip is intermittently arranged on the load strip; acquiring a second composite material strip, where a bonding force between the second composite material strip and the first composite material strip is greater than that between the first composite material strip and the load strip under a same pressure; and performing pressure bonding on a side of the transfer strip including the first composite material strip with the second composite material strip to obtain the intermittent composite strip.

A method of manufacturing a component of an electric motor includes the steps of: applying a plurality of doses of adhesive to a first side of a metal sheet, wherein the adhesive is an acrylic adhesive that contains at least one of butadiene rubber toughener and polyurethane methacrylate; applying a plurality of doses of activator to a second side of the metal sheet opposite the first side; and cutting out a plurality of metal laminations from the metal sheet, each of which includes a dose of adhesive on the first side of the lamination and a dose of activator on the second side of the lamination, such that the plurality of metal laminations are stacked within a choke and each metal lamination is adhered to at least one adjacent metal lamination by the adhesive activated by the activator.

A method for manufacturing a loofah dish sponge includes cutting a first cover layer and a second cover layer from the dried-out fibrous loofah skeleton, positioning a slightly smaller sized inner layer in between the first and second cover layers with their respective external sides facing outward and away from the internal layer, deforming and sewing the peripheral edges of the first and second cover layers together, thereby forming an internal volume in between thereof allowing the inner layer placed inside to freely float in this space. The sponge is made without using any synthetic materials. It features superior durability, improved ergonomics, impedes mold growth after use and is fully compostable.

The present disclosure provides embodiments of a method a reinforced porcelain panel product for renovations or new constructions. In an embodiment, a method includes applying an adhesive to a top surface of a structural core board that includes a foam-core material. Further, the method continues with abuttingly contacting the structural core board to a bottom surface of a porcelain slab with the adhesive such that regions of the structural core board substantially extend beyond outer peripheries of the porcelain slab to define buffer regions, thereby to allow the buffer regions to be visible and to enhance protection from cracking when the reinforced porcelain panel product is handled. Additional features include the bottom surface of the structural core board having a second surface area larger than the first surface area of the porcelain slab and a fracture toughness greater than the porcelain slab.