Systems and methods to form a metallized polymer substrate including the steps of forming a bond layer on a surface of a polymer substrate, the bond layer comprising a hybrid structure of a polymer film layer and a metal component; bonding the polymer film layer to the surface of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer substrate; and depositing, by low-temperature metal spray deposition, a plurality of metal particles onto the bond layer.

A fixing belt including a base layer, an elastic layer and a surface layer, wherein the elastic layer has a total thickness of 200 to 3,000 ?m, has a thermal conductivity of 0.4 W/(m.Math.K) or more in a total thickness direction thereof, and contains fillers in a content of 40 to 60 vol % with respect to the total volume of the elastic layer. The fillers in a region A of the elastic layer have a practical sphericity SA of 0.75 or more, and a content ratio of the fillers in the region A is 60 vol % or less with respect to the region A. The fillers in a region B have a practical sphericity SB of less than 0.75, and a content ratio of the fillers in the region B is 40 vol % or more with respect to the region B.

An injection resin composition for a home appliance having high flowability, high tensile strength, and excellent chemical resistance and a refrigerator using the same. A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a cabinet frame defining an external appearance of the refrigerator; a liner separating an inside of the refrigerator from an insulation material while the insulation material is provided between the cabinet frame and the liner, wherein the liner includes a high impact polystyrene (HIPS) injection material or an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) ALLOY injection material.

It is described a multilayer film for packaging, optionally for vacuum packaging, the multilayer film having a first external surface destined to contact a product hosted in the package and a second external surface opposite to the first external surface, wherein the multilayer film comprises a thermoplastic mono or multilayer base layer (B), a thermoplastic heat-scalable layer (A) adhered to the base layer (B), and microparticles incorporated in the heat-scalable layer (A) and in the mono or multilayer base layer (B); the microparticles are positioned and configured to confer to the first external surface of the multilayer film a Mean Roughness Depth (Rz) of at least 4.5 m, measured according to ISO4287. A package and a process of packaging using the above multilayer film are also disclosed.

Disclosed is a biaxially oriented polyester film that is superior in transparency and easy to perform secondary processing such as coating and vapor deposition, and satisfies performance after the secondary processing. The biaxially oriented polyester film consists of a polyester resin composition including particles, and at least one surface of the film satisfies all of the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) the number of micro protrusions having a height of less than 3 nm per an area of 410.sup.12 m.sup.2 of 250 or more and 600 or less; (2) the number of micro protrusions having a height of 3 nm or more per an area of 410.sup.12 m.sup.2 of 300 or more and 600 or less; and (3) an arithmetic average height Sa of 0.010 m or more and 0.025 m or less.

A foaming adhesive sheet comprising a substrate and an adhesive layer placed on at least one surface side of the substrate; wherein the adhesive layer includes a curable adhesive, and a forming agent; the adhesive layer is placed on an outermost surface; a pressure-sensitive adhesive force of the adhesive layer is 0 N/25 mm or more and 0.1 N/25 mm or less; a static friction coefficient of a surface of the adhesive layer opposite to the substrate is 0.30 or less; and a pencil hardness of a surface of the adhesive layer opposite to the substrate is F or more.

A flexible pipe for conveying oil and gas field fluids, the pipe comprising a pipe body comprising first and second pipe layers. The first pipe layer is an innermost pipe layer, and the second pipe layer is an outermost pipe layer. At least one of the first and second pipe layers is a composite layer formed of a reinforcement embedded in a thermoplastic matrix material. A heat distortion temperature of the composite layer is greater than 200 F. as tested in accordance with ASTM D648 or ISO 75 using an outer fibre stress of 0.455 MPa. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a flexible pipe.