A component comprising a sheet-like reinforcing component having a first stiffness and a sheet-like attachment made of an attachment material having a second stiffness, wherein the first stiffness is higher than the second stiffness, wherein the planar reinforcing component has an upper and lower side and the attachment is connected at least to the upper or lower side of the planar reinforcing component in a first partial area of the planar reinforcing component.

The invention relates a process for the preparation of a bonded structure (4) comprising at least a first plastic part (1) having a first bonding surface (1a), said process comprising the step of a) treating at least part of a first bonding surface of said first plastic part with a flame of a propane-comprising gas, said propane-comprising gas being propane or a mixture comprising at least 50 wt. % of propane based on the weight of the propane-comprising gas with one or more gases selected from the group consisting of methane, ethane, butane, pentane, and hexane, wherein, during treatment with a flame of the propane-comprising gas, a flame is produced by burning a mixture of air and the propane-comprising gas, wherein the gas-to-air ratio is chosen such that the propane gas to oxygen volume ratio is equal to or less than 1:5.01, for example less than 1:5.00 and preferably at least 3.50 to obtain a first plastic part having a flame-treated first bonding surface.

A coating apparatus including a displacement unit configured to displace a first continuous structure and a second continuous structure, and a work to be coated, relative to each other, such that a film is brought into contact with the work to be coated by a plurality of first contact members and a plurality of second contact members.

A coating apparatus including: a first gripping unit configured to grip a leading end of a film; a first moving unit configured to be capable of moving the first gripping unit in a first direction in which the film is conveyed above a work to be coated and a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a displacement unit configured to displace the first gripping unit and the work to be coated relative to each other such that the film comes into contact with the work to be coated, wherein after the film and the work to be coated start to come into contact, before full contact is made, the first gripping unit moves in the second direction.

Systems and methods for forming 3D plastic parts that are cost effective in low volume, have excellent fit and finish, and use many components from 2D construction are disclosed. The systems and methods involve selecting a design and modelling the design. The design comprises 2D and 3D components of plastic parts. A 3D forming buck corresponding to the 3D component is manufactured. At least one of a 2D part and the 3D forming buck may be heated. The 2D part may be loaded onto the 3D forming buck for a predefined period of time. The 3D part formed after the loading may be separated from the 3D forming buck. The 3D part is the 2D part generally having taken the shape of the 3D forming buck. The 3D part may be cooled to obtain an end product.

An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition having excellent hardness and spiral flow characteristics in a well-balanced manner and a molded article that is formed of the resin composition.

A resin composition of the present invention contains 50 to 94 parts by mass of a crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer (A) satisfying specific requirements, 1 to 25 parts by mass of an ethylene-based polymer (B) having a density of 915 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate (190 C., 2.16 load) of 0.1 to 30 g/10 min and 5 to 25 parts by mass of the inorganic filler (C) (here, the total of the crystalline propylene/ethylene block copolymer (A), the ethylene-based polymer (B) and the inorganic filler (C) is set to 100 parts by mass).

An expanded bead has a foamed layer made of a polypropylene-based resin and a specific shape including one or more defective portions. The polypropylene-based resin constituting the foamed layer contains a polypropylene-based resin (A) having a melting point of 135 C. to 150 C. and a flexural modulus of less than 1000 MPa, and a polypropylene-based resin (B) having a melting point of 145 C. to 160 C. and a flexural modulus of 1000 MPa or more. The mass ratio between the resin (A) and the resin (B) in the polypropylene-based resin is represented by resin (A):resin (B)=65:35 to 35:65.