Provided is a resin composition having excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties. A resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin (A); graphite (B); and two or more kinds of carbon black (C), the two or more kinds of carbon black (C) including a first carbon black (C-1) having a BET specific surface area of 600 m.sup.2/g or more and a second carbon black (C-2) having a BET specific surface area of less than 600 m.sup.2/g.

Provided is a resin composition with which a resin molded article having excellent heat dissipation can be obtained. A resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin; graphite; and a fibrous body, when the resin composition in a molten state is filled in a mold from a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of a resulting resin molded article 1 and molded to obtain a resin molded article 1 of 100 mm in length?100 mm in width?2 mm in thickness, in a cross-section obtained by cutting the resin molded article 1 along a direction X parallel to a filling direction and a thickness direction Z, among regions 1A to 1E obtained by dividing the cross-section into five equal parts in the thickness direction Z, an average orientation angle (A) with respect to a plane direction of the graphite in at least one of the regions 1A and 1E on outermost layer sides being 15? or less, and an average orientation angle (B) with respect to the plane direction of the graphite in the central region 1C being 35? or more.

A molded liner member for a fluid pump is disclosed. The liner member includes a generally annular ring, having an inner surface, an outer surface which is substantially concentric with the inner surface, and first and second end surfaces. The annular ring is molded from fiber reinforced polymer, and a majority of the fiber reinforcements in the polymer are oriented substantially parallel to an axis passing through the center of the annular ring. A method for making the liner member is also disclosed.

The invention concerns a composite article, such as a mold part or an extrusion die, made of a composition comprising at least one polyarylether ketone and at least one thermally conductive filler, wherein the composite article has a thermal conductivity of at least 0.5 W/mK. The invention also concerns a composition and uses thereof.

A resin formed body obtained from a resin composition that contains a polypropylene resin and a cellulose fiber, the polypropylene resin partially containing an acid modified polypropylene resin, wherein the resin formed body has a diffraction peak derived from a polypropylene -crystal (040) plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 1.920.1 nm.sup.1, a diffraction peak derived from a polypropylene -crystal (300) plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 1.830.1 nm.sup.1, and a diffraction peak derived from a cellulose I.sub. type crystal (004) plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 3.860.1 nm.sup.1, observed in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement, and wherein an orientation degree of the cellulose fiber in the resin formed body is larger than 0.1 and less than 0.8.

Methods for fabricating fiber-composite truss structures comprise a) individually molding multiple unit cells of a given size, and subsequently fusing them together in a repeating pattern, b) cross members are consolidated with longerons while maintaining continuity of fiber in the longerons, and c) compression-molded truss components are unioned to continuous fiber beams by means of mechanically interlocking joints.

The disclosure relates to embodiments of an apparatus for producing polymer composite panels. The polymer composite panels include at least two layers of a polymeric matrix having discontinuous fibers embedded therein. The apparatus has a frame, a deposition bed, and a deposition head configured to move relative to the frame and over the deposition bed. The deposition head includes at least one extruder and a nozzle array. The extruder is configured to force the polymeric matrix and discontinuous fibers through the nozzle array and onto the deposition bed. The deposition head is configured to deposit an entire layer of a polymer composite panel on the deposition bed in a single pass so that the discontinuous fibers are oriented in the direction of the single pass. The disclosure also relates to embodiments of a method of forming a polymer composite panel and to embodiments of a polymer composite panel.

Methods and an apparatus are presented. A bulk molding compound is consolidated by sending the bulk molding compound through a die breaker and an extrusion die of a consolidation system.

A thrust reverser cascade of an aircraft engine comprises a frame and a vane overmolded onto the frame. The frame and the vane each comprise reinforcement fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. A method is disclosed for manufacturing the thrust reverser cascade or another part comprising an aerodynamic surface configured to interact with a flow of fluid. The method comprises providing a first portion of the part and overmolding a second portion of the part onto the first portion where the second portion includes the aerodynamic surface.

An injection-molding machine (10) has a static mold (14), a mold shaft (15) inserted into an inner space (14a) of the static mold (14) and having a central axis (15a), a rotation mechanism (17) which rotates the mold shaft (15) around the central axis (15a), and a raw material injection mechanism (1) which injects as a raw material, a composite material containing resin and fiber into the inner space (14a) of the static mold (14). The raw material is injected from a tip section of the mold shaft (15) into the inner space (14a) of the static mold (14) along the mold shaft (15). A technique of properly controlling the fiber orientation in the injection molding of the composite material part is provided.