An endless-belt shaped heating element is produced by: dispersing annealed stainless-steel fibers in the heat-resistant resin or a precursor thereof; and, producing a molded article of the heat-resistant resin in which the annealed stainless-steel fibers are dispersed.

A flame resistant hose assembly is disclosed. The hose assembly comprises a tubular inner layer and a flame resistant layer. The tubular inner layer has an interior radial surface and an exterior radial surface and defines a longitudinal axis. The flame resistant layer is disposed about and covers the exterior radial surface of the tubular inner layer. The flame resistant layer is formed N from a flame resistant material comprising a polymeric binder and expandable graphite in an amount of from about 5 to about 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the flame resistant material. The flame resistant layer expands when heated to a temperature of about 220 C. or greater and maintains a post-expansion coverage of the exterior radial surface of the tubular inner layer of greater than about 95%.

A method for manufacturing at least one part of an engine component by means of a blank from an intumescent material, which contains at least one fibrous matrix of organic and/or inorganic fibers and an intumescent substance, is provided. The blank is created from the intumescent material with a three-dimensional structure that is already adjusted with respect to its contours to the contours of the part of the engine component to be manufactured and the blank comprising the three-dimensional structure is impregnated through a hardening resin, and is connected, prior to or after the impregnation, to at least one support material that is also already adjusted to the contours of the part to be manufactured and at least partially forms the engine component together with the blank connected thereto.

Provided is a polypropylene resin composition which is good in extrusion property, which is good in appearance and low in variation in thickness when formed into a film, which is well-balanced in dynamic characteristics, and which has high heat resistance. A polypropylene resin composition satisfying the following requirements (1) to (3): (1) a melt flow rate (MFR) measured under a load of 2.16 kg at 230 C. according to ASTM D1238 is 1 to 10 g/10 min; (2) a pentad isotactic fraction measured using .sup.13C-NMR is 0.930 or more; and (3) Mz is 600000 to 1400000, and Mw/Mn is 6.5 to 14.0.

A yarn comprising a plurality of bicomponent filaments having a first region comprising a first polymer composition and a second region comprising a second polymer composition, each of the first and second regions being distinct in the bicomponent filaments; each bicomponent filament comprising 5 to 60 weight percent of the first polymer composition and 95 to 40 weight percent of the second polymer composition; wherein the first polymer composition comprises aramid polymer containing 0.5 to 20 weight percent discrete homogeneously dispersed carbon particles and the second polymer composition comprises modacrylic polymer being free of discrete carbon particles; the yarn having a total content of 0.1 to 5 weight percent discrete carbon particles.

To provide a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin composition and a PAS resin molded article that are excellent in mechanical strengths such as impact resistance while maintaining excellent heat resistance of the PAS resin, and methods for producing the PAS resin composition and the PAS resin molded article. Specifically, provided are a method for producing a long fiber-reinforced PAS resin molded article, the method including obtaining a long fiber-reinforced PAS resin composition containing a PAS resin and a fiber reinforcing material having a fiber length of more than 5 mm, subsequently subjecting the resin composition and a PAS resin to dry blending, and subsequently subjecting the dry-blended substance to melting and subsequently to melt-molding; the long fiber-reinforced PAS resin composition; and a method for producing the long fiber-reinforced PAS resin composition.

The present invention relates to a sound absorbing and insulating material with improved heat resistance and moldability and a method for manufacturing the same, more particularly to a sound absorbing and insulating material having, as a surface layer, a heat-resistant material prepared by impregnating a binder into a nonwoven fabric formed of a heat-resistant fiber stacked on one side of a base layer formed of a conventional sound absorbing and insulating material, and a method for manufacturing the same. The sound absorbing and insulating material of the present invention is a conventional sound absorbing and insulating material has improved sound-absorbing property, flame retardancy, heat-insulating property and heat resistance as compared to the conventional sound absorbing and insulating material, is applicable to parts maintained at high temperatures of 200? C. or higher due to the surface layer and is moldable into a desired shape during the curing of the binder impregnated into the surface layer. Therefore, the sound absorbing and insulating material of the present invention can be widely used in industrial fields requiring sound absorbing and insulating materials, including electric appliances such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a lawn mower and the like, transportation such as an automobile, a ship, an airplane and the like, construction materials such as a wall material, a flooring material and the like, and so forth.

Injection molded parts with a small dimension that exhibit high heat resistance are described. Thermoplastic compositions that can be utilized to form the injection molded parts are described. The thermoplastic composition includes a polyarylene sulfide and a crosslinked impact modifier. The thermoplastic composition can also include siloxane polymers, thermoplastic elastomers, or other additives that can further improve the characteristics of the injection molded parts.

A flame-retardant epoxy resin composition includes on the basis of the total weight of the composition: 2565 wt % of epoxy resin, 1630 wt % of brominated epoxy resin, the brominated epoxy resin having a capping group selected from an epoxy group and a tribromophenol group, and 1025 wt % of organophosphorus flame retardant. The flame-retardant epoxy resin composition further relates to a method for preparing a composite material by vacuum infusion of the flame-retardant epoxy resin composition, and an article obtained by the method.

A composite resin composition is described for automobile interior products and an automobile interior product manufactured using the same. More particularly, the composite resin composition for automobile interior products includes optimized materials, thereby providing improved heat resistance and chemical resistance. Accordingly, the composite resin composition for automobile interior products can satisfy the balance between physical properties such as mechanical properties, fluidity, and light resistance and provide excellent product reliability and appearance.