Provided is a stretched body having a high barrier property under high humidity, a PET bottle, and a method for producing a container. The stretched body of a composition containing a semi-aromatic polyamide resin and plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18, a content of the plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18 in the composition is from 3.0 to 55.0 mass % when a total content of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin and the plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18 is 100 mass %.

An in-line method to make a polymeric film with soft-feel haptic property includes the continuous, sequential steps of: (a) forming a polymer core layer of one or more polyesters; (b) optionally adding an adhesive layer and/or a skin layer over the polymer core layer to make a base layer; (c) stretching the base layer uniaxially in the machine direction; (d) coating the base layer with a liquid solution of a carbodiimide or polycarbodiimide crosslinker and a coating that includes aliphatic water-borne polyurethanes and one or more additives to enhance haptic properties, including urea-formaldehyde beads, aqueous wax dispersions and hollow sphere polymeric pigment dispersion; (e) heating the coated base layer to dry and crosslink the coating solution to form a coating layer on the base layer to create a coated film; (f) stretching the composite coated film in the transverse direction during or immediately following the drying and crosslinking step, and (g) optionally heat-treating the composite coated film to anneal the composite coated film.

An in-line method to make a polymeric film with soft-feel haptic property includes the continuous, sequential steps of: (a) forming a polymer core layer of one or more polyesters; (b) optionally adding an adhesive layer and/or a skin layer over the polymer core layer to make a base layer; (c) stretching the base layer uniaxially in the machine direction; (d) coating the base layer with a liquid solution of a carbodiimide or polycarbodiimide crosslinker and a coating that includes aliphatic water-borne polyurethanes and one or more additives to enhance haptic properties, including urea-formaldehyde beads, aqueous wax dispersions and hollow sphere polymeric pigment dispersion; (e) heating the coated base layer to dry and crosslink the coating solution to form a coating layer on the base layer to create a coated film; (f) stretching the composite coated film in the transverse direction during or immediately following the drying and crosslinking step, and (g) optionally heat-treating the composite coated film to anneal the composite coated film.

The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film with high heat shrinkage ratio in a main shrinkage direction and is also satisfactorily recyclable with used beverage PET bottles to produce a recycled PET resin. The heat-shrinkable polyester film comprises 95-100 mol % of dicarboxylic acid and 0-5 mol % of isophthalic acid in 100 mol % of whole dicarboxylic acid component, 85-98 mol % of ethylene terephthalate unit in 100 mol % of whole ester unit, and 2-15 mol % of diethylene glycol in 100 mol % of whole polyol component, wherein the film has the predetermined hot-water heat shrinkage ratio, as well as the melting peak temperature, the amount of exothermic heat in crystallizing, and the amount of endothermic heat in melting within the predetermined range which are determined through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in heating the film to be melted, quenching the film, and re-heating the film.

An inflation molding device includes a viscosity estimation unit that estimates a viscosity of a bubble discharged in a substantially cylindrical shape from a die, a temperature identification unit that identifies a temperature of the bubble, and a parameter estimation unit that estimates a viscosity parameter of the bubble based on the viscosity of the bubble estimated by the viscosity estimation unit and the temperature of the bubble identified by the temperature identification unit.

A method for producing a polyester film is provided. The method includes a resin alloy master batch preparation step and a film forming step. The resin alloy master batch preparation step includes melting and kneading a high temperature resistant resin material and a polyester resin material with a twin-screw granulator, and then forming a plurality of resin alloy master batches. In the resin alloy master batch preparation step, a twin-screw temperature of the twin-screw granulator is between 250° C. and 320° C., and a twin-screw rotation speed of the twin-screw granulator is between 300 rpm and 800 rpm. The film forming step includes melting and extruding the resin alloy master batches with to form a polyester film. The polyester film includes a heat resistant layer formed of the plurality of resin alloy master batches so that the heat resistant layer includes the high temperature resistant resin material and the polyester resin material.

A thermoformable biaxially oriented coextruded polyester film comprising a copolyester base layer B, a first polyester outer layer A1 and a second polyester outer layer A2, wherein said outer layers are disposed on opposite surfaces of said base layer, and wherein:

(i) said base layer B comprises a copolyester derived from terephthalic acid (TA) and a second aromatic dicarboxylic acid and one or more diol(s), wherein said second aromatic dicarboxylic acid is present in the copolyester in an amount of from about 5 to about 20 mol % of the acid fraction of the copolyester;

(ii) the polyester of each of said outer layers A1 and A2 is selected from polyethylene terephthalate (PET); and

(iii) the thickness of the base layer constitutes at least 90% of the total thickness of the coextruded multi-layer polyester film.

A monolayer multi-axial integral geogrid suitable for stabilizing aggregate includes a plurality of interconnected oriented strands and partially oriented junctions forming a repeating pattern of outer hexagons having an array of openings therein. Oriented ribs extending inwardly from each of said outer hexagons support and surround a smaller inner hexagon having oriented strands thus forming a plurality of trapezoidal openings and a single hexagonal opening. The oriented strands and partially oriented junctions of the outer hexagons form a plurality of linear strong axis strands that extend continuously throughout the entirety of the geogrid and form additional triangular openings. The geogrid thus includes three different repeating geometric shapes. The inner hexagons preferably also can move up and down, out of the plane of the geogrid. The multi-axial integral geogrid thus provides a geometry that can better engage with, confine and stabilize a greater variety and quality of aggregates.

A monolayer multi-axial integral geogrid suitable for stabilizing aggregate includes a plurality of interconnected oriented strands and partially oriented junctions forming a repeating pattern of outer hexagons having an array of openings therein. Oriented ribs extending inwardly from each of said outer hexagons support and surround a smaller inner hexagon having oriented strands thus forming a plurality of trapezoidal openings and a single hexagonal opening. The oriented strands and partially oriented junctions of the outer hexagons form a plurality of linear strong axis strands that extend continuously throughout the entirety of the geogrid and form additional triangular openings. The geogrid thus includes three different repeating geometric shapes. The inner hexagons preferably also can move up and down, out of the plane of the geogrid. The multi-axial integral geogrid thus provides a geometry that can better engage with, confine and stabilize a greater variety and quality of aggregates.

Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may comprise a core layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of low-density polyethylene, optionally linear, and at least about 80 wt. % of high-density polyethylene, as well as a second skin layer comprising either: (i) one or more low-density polyethylenes, any or all of them optionally being linear; or (ii) one or more polypropylene-based copolymers. The multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.