A flexible or spiraled hose manufactured from a plasticized thermoplastic PVC compound, which includes: (A) 100 phr of a PVC matrix in suspension having a K factor measured according to DIN EN ISO 1628-2 greater than or equal to 98′ (B) from 100 phr to 250 phr of a plasticizer agent; (C) from 0.5 phr to 5 phr of a stabilizer agent; (D) from 0.1 to 10 phr of a co-stabiliser agent, (E) from 0 to 10 phr of an additive. The plasticized thermoplastic PVC compound has a Shore A hardness measured according to UNI EN ISO 868 between 30 Sh A and 60 Sh A, preferably between 30 Sh A and 50 Sh A.

A process for manufacturing a tubular film such as an edible casing film or a packaging film. The process includes the steps of providing a preblended powder composition containing a polymer matrix, a plasticizer, and water; feeding the preblended powder composition to an extruder; heating the preblended powder composition to a temperature above 100 degrees Celsius for a sufficient time to fully hydrate the polymer matrix and to convert the powder composition to a flowable mass; and extruding the flowable mass through a tubular die of the extruder to form the tubular film. The tubular film comprises: about 40-75 wt % polymer matrix; about 10-35 wt % plasticizer; and about 10-35 wt % water. The polymer matrix component is fully hydrated under the temperature, pressure and shear conditions inside the extruder, and may have a component which is only fully hydrated at temperatures above about 100 degrees Celsius.

The present invention provides a hydrophobic thermoplastic starch and method for manufacturing the same, to be used as granules for making biodegradable composites. The hydrophobic thermoplastic Starch of the invention is in a granule type, has the melt flow index in the range of 0.2-6 g/10 min at 160° C. and has 60-80 wt % of starch and the water content less than 9%.

Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.

Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.

A non-conductive rubber hose is provided exhibiting lower conductivity compared to conventional EPDM hose, and reduced stiffness compared to conventional non-conductive thermoplastic hose. The hose is useful for applications such as in hydraulics for boom trucks, and for coolant in plasma cutting tools.

A material for a hot melt extrusion method contains at least a cellulose derivative and an additive. The cellulose derivative is cellulose acetate propionate and when a degree of substitution of an acetyl group is X and a degree of substitution of a propionyl group is Y, the cellulose derivative satisfies the following Expression (1) and Expression (2); and the additive contains a plasticizer and a compound A containing a partial structure having a NICS value in the range of −14 or more and −10 or less,

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}2.0\le X+Y\le 3.0& \mathrm{Expression}\left(1\right)\\ 0.5\le Y\le 2.6.& \mathrm{Expression}\left(2\right)\end{array}$

The invention relates to a method for producing a compound or a film containing thermoplastic starch, an alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid ROHCOOH, in which R is CH.sub.2 or CH.sub.3CH.sub.2, in an amount of from 0.1 to 5, preferably 0.1 to 3, particularly preferably 0.1 to 1 wt. % in relation to the thermoplastic starch, and a thermoplastic polymer, in which method the compound or the film is exposed during or after its extrusion to an additional heating step to 100-140° C. A thermoplastic starch usable for the production of the compound, a compound produced by the method, and a transparent film produced from such a compound are also described.

Provided are multilayer elastomer compositions such as multilayer films which possess the ability to self-repair upon puncturing. The multilayer elastomer compositions may be prepared from, for example, styrenic block copolymers and find use in the manufacture of thin walled articles, for example gloves, particularly medical or industrial gloves.

Example embodiments provide a resin layer, a light transmitting laminate, and a vehicle. The resin layer includes at least one laminating layer containing a polyvinyl acetal resin, a plasticizer, and a bonding strength modifier. The surface of the laminating layer includes a portion having a hydrophobicity of 3.5 to 10, as calculated by Equation 1:

Hydrophobicity=Non-polarity/polarity  (1) where the non-polarity represents the non-polar fraction of the surface free energy of the laminating layer and the polarity represents the polar fraction of the surface free energy of the laminating layer.

The resin layer has good shelf moisture resistance, undergoes less change in yellowness index, and has effectively controllable bonding strength due to its controlled hydrophobicity.