An agricultural stake to support plants includes a fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) elongated member comprising a top end and a bottom end, and a textured exterior surface. The agricultural stake includes an elongated member comprising a thin walled tube having a top end and a bottom end, and the elongated member comprises fiberglass reinforced plastic and exhibits no flex memory. The elongated member has an exterior surface texture configured to provide purchase to a line attached to the elongated member, where the exterior surface texture is formed by an abrasive.

Described herein is a melt flowable polyamide composition for shaped articles, which may include thin wall connectors such as electrical connectors.

A composition including: (A) from 29 to 74% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline aliphatic polyamide, the semi-crystalline aliphatic polyamide obtained from the polycondensation: of at least one C.sub.6 to C.sub.18 amino acid; or at least one C.sub.6 to C.sub.18 lactam; or at least one C.sub.4 to C.sub.36 diamine Ca with at least one C.sub.4 to C.sub.3 diacid Cb; (B) from 25 to 70% by weight of glass fibers mainly of silica dioxide (SiO2), aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and magnesium oxide (MgO); the glass fibers (B) having from 62 to 66% by weight of SiO2; (C) from 1 to 20% by weight of at least one impact modifier; and (D) from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive, excluding copper chromite, zinc sulfide, titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate and a polyolefin-based colored masterbatch; the sum of the various constituents (A) to (D) being 100% by weight.

A vehicle trim component and a production process for the component. The trim component includes: a thermocompressed support panel provided with an opening and a peripheral edge surrounding the opening; an airbag guiding part having a channel arranged in the opening of the support panel, a flap at least partially closing a first end of the channel, and a collar arranged around the channel in the extension of the flap; and a reinforcing frame suited to fix the position of the guiding part relative to the support panel. The peripheral edge of the support panel is attached against the collar, and the reinforcing frame is a part brought in and force fit around the channel and fixed to the peripheral edge of the support panel.

Disclosed is a method of fabricating a mattress support platform comprising providing a core material; positioning a first fiber-based substrate on a first side of the core material and positioning a second fiber-based substrate on a second side of the core material; spraying an application material to the first and second fiber-based substrates; and molding the application material to form a vehicular mattress support platform. Also disclosed is a mattress support platform comprising a first fiber-based substrate positioned on a first side of a core material and a second fiber-based substrate positioned on a second side of the core material; and a spray applied application material on the first and second fiber-based substrates, the spray applied application material molded to form a vehicular mattress support platform.

A graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition is provided for forming graphene-PET containers. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate composition includes a continuous matrix comprising polyethylene terephthalate and a dispersed reinforcement phase comprising graphene nanoplatelets. The graphene nanoplatelets range in diameter between 5 μm and 10 μm with surface areas ranging from about 15 m.sup.2/g to about 150 m.sup.2/g. In some embodiments, the graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate comprises a concentration of graphene nanoplatelets being substantially 3% weight fraction of the graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate. The graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate is configured to be injection molded into a graphene-PET preform suitable for forming a container. The graphene-PET preform is configured to be reheated above its glass transition temperature and blown into a mold so as to shape the graphene-PET preform into the container.

A method for manufacturing a composite member, in which a composite member having a high joining strength can be manufactured in an inexpensive and efficient way; and the composite member. A metal member and a resin-containing member are joined together by heating the metal member while pressing the resin-containing member against a metal porous film formed on a surface of the metal member. The porous film is formed by impacting the surface of the metal member with metal powder by the cold spray process.

An articulated boom having two limbs, wherein at least one of the limbs includes a first section, a second section and an electrically insulating connecting piece which connects the first section to the second section and which is rigidly connected to the first section and to the second section. The connecting piece includes glass fibers which are cast with a plastic matrix.

The invention relates to a sound protection panel for cladding a wall of an automotive vehicle, the panel includes a mass-spring system. The panel has a lower spring layer based on a resiliently compressible material, an upper mass layer based on resiliently compressible foam flakes, the flakes being bound together by a two-component fibre-based bonding agent comprising a core. The core is fusible at a high temperature or infusible, and a sheath fusible at a lower temperature, the flakes being fused with the sheath to form an upper agglomerated layer.

Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part, the method comprising: reducing a bulk factor of chips of chopped fiber while forming the chips into a pre-consolidated charge; shaping portions of the pre-consolidated charge into shaped volumetric charges that fit within a die; and compression molding the shaped volumetric charges within the die.