The inventions describes a roller for guiding a film web and for subjecting the film web to an at least partially radially inwardly directed force, wherein openings are provided in the surface for applying the inwardly directed force, wherein the openings can be subjected at least partially to a negative pressure from a negative pressure source.

For this purpose, at least one device for increasing the radially inwardly directed force and/or the roller are/is configured such that the film web is movable relative to the roller surface without damage being brought about on the film web.

Described herein are post-coating, in-mold coating and transfer coating methods for producing a coating on a substrate by using a liquid coating composition including at least one binder and at least one naturally occurring pigment. Also described herein is a coating produced by the methods. The coatings produced in this way not only have a high-level optical appearance and good tactile qualities but also outstanding mechanical resistance, flexibility and weathering stability. The methods can therefore be used to particularly good effect in those sectors imposing equal demands on optical quality, mechanical stability and flexibility of coating layers being present on the substrate. With particular preference, the methods are appropriate for application in the footwear industry, in particular in the coating of shoe parts, such as soles, composed of flexible foam substrates or in the production of shoe uppers based on leather or synthetic materials.

A method for producing a decorative floor covering comprises digitally printing an adhesive on a printing substrate thus generating an adhesive layer forming an at least one-dimensionally patterned decorative motif. The adhesive is a radiation-curable composition, preferably essentially free from non-reactive solvents and/or from photoinitiator. The printing substrate includes one of a core structure and a wear layer. After the printing of the adhesive, the adhesive layer on the printing substrate is contacted with the other one of the core structure and the wear layer. The core structure and the wear layer are then attached to each other by electron-beam curing the adhesive layer between them.

A polymeric glazing of a vehicle includes a polycarbonate glazing substrate having interior and exterior vehicle sides, a hardcoat layer applied directly to the interior vehicle side, and a co-extruded film, having polycarbonate and polymethylmethacrylate portions, in direct contact with the exterior vehicle side such that the polymeric glazing lacks a hardcoat layer outside the exterior vehicle side and the polymethylmethacrylate portion forms an outer-most layer of the polymer glazing.

An economical method of manufacturing a plastic glazing panel having an encapsulation for aesthetic purposes and to enhance the sealing of the glazing panel to the vehicle is presented. This method includes the steps of forming a plastic panel having an A-side and B-side; printing an opaque border from an ink with the border being in contact with the B-side of the panel and substantially encircling the perimeter of the panel; curing the ink of the opaque border; applying a weatherable layer on the printed border and the plastic panel; curing the weatherable layer; depositing an abrasion resistant layer on the weatherable layer; placing the plastic panel into a mold having a soft gasket; injecting an elastomeric material to form an encapsulation that substantially encircles the perimeter of the plastic panel and encompasses the A-side; B-side and edge of the plastic panel; and removing the plastic panel from the mold.

A method is disclosed for producing a component formed by two layers (30, 40) of different, transparent or semi-transparent materials, wherein the component is molded in a mold (10) by over-molding two layers. One layer (40) is constituted by a polymer having structural characteristics and being resistant to impact, fracture or chipping, for example PC, and the other layer (30) is constituted by a polymer characterized by high scratch resistance, such as PMMA.

A decorative sheet includes a design layer, a primer layer and a surface protective layer formed by cross-linking and curing an ionizing radiation curable resin composition in this order on a base material. A surface of the surface protective layer is smooth. A ten point average roughness RzJIS on a rear face of the decorative sheet and a thickness T of the base material satisfies the following equation (I); and an arithmetic average roughness Ra on the rear face and a thickness T of the base material satisfies the following equation (II):

T0.30RzJIS(I)

T0.20RaT0.005(II)

Or an arithmetic average roughness Ra on a rear face of the decorative sheet is 1.0 to 10.0 m. A decorated resin molded article is produced by integrating the decorative sheet with an outer surface of a resin molded article at the same time as injection molding.

Described herein are resilient floor coverings produced by using digitally printed UV-cured inks and exhibiting high adhesion properties between an ink layer and a wear layer. Also described herein are methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

A wear-heat-resistant anti-bacterial anti-fouling steel wire framed pipe and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The steel wire framed pipe includes: an anti-bacterial anti-fouling inner layer, an enhancement layer and a wear-heat-resistant outer layer from inside to outside in turn, wherein: the anti-bacterial anti-fouling inner layer is made from antifouling and antibacterial composite modified polyethylene; the wear-heat-resistant outer layer is made from wear-resistant cross-linked modified PE-RT; the enhancement layer includes an interlayer and two steel wire gauze layers respectively coating on an inner surface and an outer surface of the interlayer, and the interlayer is respectively bonded with the anti-bacterial anti-fouling inner layer and the wear-heat-resistant outer layer via hot-melt adhesive. The steel wire framed pipe provided by the present invention has high structural strength, wear-resistance, heat-resistance, and anti-bacterial and anti-fouling properties.

A thigh-extension for a vehicle seat includes a metallic thigh-extension plate, an extension track defined by a low-friction resin overmolded onto the thigh-extension plate and a thigh-extension slider having an integral groove slidably engaged with the extension track to define a plurality of thigh-extension positions.