A laminated foam sheet having a polyethylene resin foam layer and an antistatic polyethylene layer laminated on one or both sides thereof is produced by coextruding melts for respective layers, wherein the melt for the antistatic layer contains a polyethylene resin, an ionomer resin antistatic agent and a specific amount of volatile plasticizer blend containing an alcohol and a saturated hydrocarbon or a dialkyl ether. The antistatic layer of the obtained laminated foam sheet has specific morphology.

A process for producing a flexible foam includes introducing a masterbatch material into an extruder, the masterbatch material consisting essentially of one or more thermoplastic polymers that are recycled, recyclable, biodegradable, and/or compostable, mixing an inert gas with the masterbatch material, extruding the masterbatch material through the extruder to form a polymer melt, passing the polymer melt through a die to form an extrudate, and allowing the extrudate to expand into a foam.

The present invention aims to provide a foam that is less likely to deflate even after prolonged or repeated load application, has low density, and has good appearance quality, and a method for producing the foam. Provided is a foam including cells dispersed in an elastomer resin, the foam having a thickness of 300 μm or greater, the foam having a surface layer that is a portion from a surface to a depth of 100 μm and a center portion that is a portion other than the surface layer, the cells in the surface layer having an average circularity of 0.980 or greater, the cells in the center portion having an average circularity of 0.990 or greater, the cells having an average diameter of 70 μm or greater.

The present invention aims to provide a foam that is less likely to deflate even after prolonged or repeated load application, has low density, and has good appearance quality, and a method for producing the foam. Provided is a foam including cells dispersed in an elastomer resin, the cells having an average diameter of 40 to 60 μm and an average circularity of 0.990 or greater.

The present disclosure is directed to a physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structure comprising at least one foam polypropylene/polyethylene layer with a TPU cap layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam composition layer with at least one cap composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.

Described herein are physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structures that includes a foam layer comprising polypropylene, polyethylene, or a combination of polypropylene and polyethylene and a polyamide cap layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam composition layer and at least one cap composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.

A weather seal includes an elongated micro-cellular foam bulb, and an elongated micro-cellular foam fin element attached to an extending along the length of the foam bulb. The fin elements includes a spine having opposed planar surfaces and at least one microcellular foam barb extending outwardly and at a downward angle from each surface and along the length of the spine. As an alternative to barbs, another option is to use a higher durometer foamed thermoplastic elastomer in a hollow circle shape that would push into a retention pocket. A t-slot version that has a foamed bulb and a polypropylene base is another option.

A foam comprising starch and urea is described. A composition of the foam, by weight percent, includes a starch weight percent representative of the starch included in the foam and a urea weight percent representative of the urea included in the foam. The starch weight percent is greater than the urea weight percent.

A resin sheet is provided that provide both light-weight properties and mechanical strength using a thermoplastic resin with high deflection temperature under load. The resin sheet is formed from a thermoplastic resin, including: a core layer being a foam resin layer; and skin layers located outward of the core layer as determined along the thickness direction, the core and skin layers forming a continuity. The core layer includes a region A1 and regions A2 each located between the region A1 and the associated skin layer. The regions A2 has a lower average porosity than the region A1, said average porosity being lower than 50%. The thermoplastic resin has a deflection temperature under load not lower than 90° C. The resin sheet has a thickness of 1 to 40 mm. Each skin layer has a thickness of 5 to 50% of the thickness of the resin sheet.

A mold for extrusion molding includes an extrusion port and a plastic channel. The extrusion port is configured to extrude a plastic composition containing at least one kind of plastic. The plastic channel is configured to cause the supplied plastic composition to flow to the extrusion port. The plastic channel includes a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel. The second channel is connected to the first channel and has a channel cross-sectional area gradually decreasing downstream in a flowing direction of the plastic composition. The third channel is connected to the second channel and configured to cause the plastic composition to flow to the extrusion port. The third channel has a channel cross-sectional area gradually decreasing downstream in the flowing direction of the plastic composition.