A crane mat having first and second side beams or boards; a core structure made of pine or other softwoods, eucalyptus, solid plastic or elastomeric members, or hollow thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic or elastomeric members that optionally include a filler or internal reinforcing structure; external components including an upper and/or lower layers of one or more elongated members to protect the core structure, and a plurality of joining members that attach the outer side members to the core structure. Another crane mat can be made of just the solid plastic or elastomeric members, or hollow thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic or elastomeric members that each include a plurality of spaced lateral apertures passing therethrough; and joining members that include a rod that passes through the aligned lateral apertures to hold the members together in the mat. These crane mats may also include lifting elements of the types described herein.

A bendable panel comprising a substrate layer, wherein the panel is provided with a mechanism enabling the panel to bend. The mechanism enabling the panel to bend is at least one groove or cut, and the depth of the groove or cut is no longer than the panel thickness. The substrate layer is prepared by the following materials with the following mass ratio: 100 parts of PVC resin or PVC powder, 30-55 parts of a styrene based elastomer, 150-300 parts of stone powder, sawdust or rock, 1-10 parts of an additive, and 1-4 parts of an elastomer coupling agent. The panel may be bent during the installation, and several panels can be seamlessly installed.

A brake pad having a surface coating operable to enhance the bedding-in process during normal operation. The surface coating may be formulated using one or more materials found in a friction lining of the brake pad. The surface coating may be formulated using only non-metal materials.

A multi-layer membrane with fire-resistant properties having improved thermal stability and shelf-life is provided. The multi-layer membrane 10 has at least a water resistant polymeric layer 12 bonded to a fire resistant component 13. The fire resistant component 13 has a first fire retardant coating 16 bonded to a carrier layer 14. The fire resistant component may further include a second fire retardant coating 28 bonded to a surface of the carrier layer opposite to the first fire retardant coating. The first and second fire retardant coatings comprise a filler 24, 30 mixed with a carrier 26, 32. The membrane may include a back bonding layer 36 bonded to the bottommost layer thereof to adhesively secure to a structural support structure such as a roof. A release liner 42 may be releasably secured to the back bonding layer. Additional layers may be included to provide for further support and/or additional functional properties to the membrane.

The present invention provides a method for printing and coating a flexible substrate web so as to attain a specified coefficient of friction on both sides of the substrate web which employs the use of controlled set-off of coated and/or printed material from the front side to the back side side of the web. Furthermore the method provides a substrate web produced therefrom and the method is useful for packaging substrate webs and, in particular, foil substrate webs.

A multi-layer biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) film having at least one BOPET film layer and at least one coating layer comprising a polyester polymer and particles that are partially or fully embedded in the coating layer is described herein. The particles have an average particle size of about 4 to 8 microns, the coating layer has a gloss of 25 GU or less measured by a 60 degree glossmeter, and the paint adhesion crosshatch test value of the BOPET film as per ASTM D3359-09 is 10% or less.

A floor and wall covering plank includes sequentially, from bottom to top, a waterproof substrate, an adhesive layer, a veneer layer, a paint protective layer, a UV protective layer. The plank may further include optionally one or more of a padding layer and veneer layer below the waterproof substrate. The edges of the planks are routed to form a click locking system, squared or angled edges, or a tongue and groove configuration for assembling different planks together to form a floor or a wall covering. The waterproof substrate includes, in weight percentage, about 20-50% polymer material such as vinyl containing thermoplastics resin, about 20-50% calcium carbonate filler, and about 3-20% of the wood flour. A method is provided to make the floor and wall covering plank. The method includes extruding the waterproof core substrate.

A colorable tablecloth configured for covering a table and allowing individuals, especially children to utilize markers and crayons on a top surface of the tablecloth. The colorable tablecloth has a first fabric layer, a printed design, a second finishing layer and a laminate backing.

The invention provides a biaxially stretched multilayer polyamide resin film having 8 or more layers in total and using a same resin composition for 80% based on the ratio of the number of the layers. The film is stretched 2.5 to 5.0 times in the longitudinal direction of the film and has an in-plane orientation coefficient (ΔP) of 0.057 to 0.07 and a strain of 0.1 to 2.0% after boiling treatment.

A wet friction material includes a base including a matrix of fibers and filler particles embedded in the matrix of fibers; a binder embedded in an interior of the base; and a quaternary ammonium salt containing coating on an outer surface of the base. The quaternary ammonium salt containing coating can include a quaternary ammonium salt and a solution binder