Impregnated veil and compression molding process of reinforcing fiber pre-impregnated continuous and discontinuous thermoset and thermoplastic materials. Veils are incorporated within the process, filming or laminating stages of the pre-pregging, either hotmelt or solvent based processes, in a variety of chosen resins. The veils help to improve visual part quality, reduce fiber splitting, and provide an isolating material in applications where incompatible materials must exist.

The present invention provides a sheet-like material in which a plant-derived raw material of low environmental impact is used. The invention also provides a sheet-like material that ideally has a uniform and refined nap and a sheet-like material that is strong, has excellent shape stability, is lightweight and is very pliable. This sheet-like material is characterized in being made of nonwoven fabric that is made of polyester microfiber containing a 1,2-propanediol-derived component in an amount prescribed in the present application and a polyurethane elastomer resin containing structural monomers prescribed in the present application. This sheet-like material is also made of a base sheet, in which a nonwoven fabric that has microfibers as the main component is laminated and unified with a woven or knitted material, and an elastomer resin, and is characterized in that the woven or knitted material is configured from fibers containing polyester as the main component and that 1-500 ppm of a 1,2-propanediol-derived component are contained in the polyester.

The present invention provides a sheet-like material having soft texture, durability capable of withstanding practical use, and abrasion resistance. The sheet-like material of the present invention is a sheet-like material containing a nonwoven fabric composed of an ultrafine fiber having an average single fiber diameter 0.3 to 7 μm; and an elastic resin, wherein the elastic resin is a polyurethane resin (D) which contains: as essential constituent monomers, a copolymerized polycarbonate diol (A1) which contains a structural unit derived from C3-5 alkane diol (a1) and a structural unit derived from C8-12 alkane diol (a2), the molar ratio of the alkanediol (a2) with respect to the total number of moles of the alkanediol (a1) and the alkanediol (a2) being 50 to 95 mole %; a polycarbonate diol (A2) containing a structural unit derived from a C4-6 alkane diol (a3); an organic diisocyanate (B); and a chain extender (C), and the polyurethane resin (D) satisfies the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) The copolymerized polycarbonate diol (A1) has a heat quantity of fusion (ΔH) o 40 to 100 J/g, the heat quantity of fusion (ΔH) being determined according to a melting point measuring method provided in JIS K7121-1987; (2) The polycarbonate diol (A2) has a heat quantity of fusion (ΔH) of 0 J/g; (3) A difference (ΔTm) in a melting point (Tm) between a mixture (A12) of the copolymerized polycarbonate diol (A1) with the polycarbonate diol (A2) and the copolymerized polycarbonate diol (A1) is 1.5° C. or lower, the melting point (Tm) being determined by a melting point measuring method provided in JIS K7121-1987.

Low-density thermoplastic expandable microspheres are disclosed. Various low-density structures, in particular, sandwich panels, based on foam prepared from the low-density microspheres, are also disclosed. Process of preparing low-density polymeric microspheres, per se, and the corresponding low-density structures, based on the microsphere foam, are also disclosed.

The present invention provides an extrudable polymer composition comprising a base polymer and a bicomponent fiber comprising a low melt temperature component and a high melt temperature component. The base polymer may be a polymer such as acrylic, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, cellulose acetate, cellulose butyrate cellulose propionate, ethylene vinyl acetate, nylon, polybutylene terephthalate, polycyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate, polyether ether ketone, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyetherimide, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyamide-imide, polyarylate, polytetrafluoroethane, polysulfonic poly (p-phenyleneoxide), polyvinyl chloride and mixtures, blends and copolymers thereof.

A non-conductive rubber hose is provided exhibiting lower conductivity compared to conventional EPDM hose, and reduced stiffness compared to conventional non-conductive thermoplastic hose. The hose is useful for applications such as in hydraulics for boom trucks, and for coolant in plasma cutting tools.

The composite pultruded products either in “I” profile or “Plate” profile of higher cross sectional area where said products consisting essentially synthetic polyester felts as core impregnated with a resin system comprises of at least one resin, curing system comprising a curing agent and an accelerator, a filler, a thinner, pigment or any other additives; encapsulated between bi-directionally and/or uni-directionally oriented synthetic fabric selected from polyester, carbon, aramid, glass, basalt and mixtures thereof impregnated with said resin system are provided. In another composite pultruded products either in “I” profile or “Plate” profile of higher cross sectional area where said products consisting of plank of short fibers bagasse premixed with the said resin system as core is enclosed between the synthetic polyester felts impregnated with the resin system which is further enclosed between bi-directionally and/or uni-directionally oriented synthetic fabric selected from polyester, carbon, aramid, glass, basalt and mixtures thereof impregnated with the resin system. The system and method for the preparation of said composite pultruded products are also illustrated herein. These products lead to a significant reduction in weight and reduction in density with higher stiffness and bending strength. The present composite products are encapsulated by fabrics in the peripheral area bringing more integrity uniformity of synthetic polyester felt materials. This leads to a significant cost reduction without sacrificing much tensile strength.

A composition for producing a fiber-reinforced polyurethane composite product including: (I) a reactive mixture of: (a) at least one polyisocyanate; (b) at least one polyol, and (c) at least one tin (IV)-based catalyst; and (II) at least one fibrous material; and a fiber-reinforced polyurethane composite product produced from the above composition.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cable comprising at least one elongated electrically conducting element and at least one composite layer surrounding said elongated electrically conducting element, said composite layer being obtained from a roll of non-woven fibrous material impregnated with a geopolymer composition.

This invention relates to a process for making phenolic fatty acid compounds having a reduced phenolic ester content. The invention also relates to method for chemically bonding a phenolic resin with a non-phenolic polymer (e.g., a synthetic fabric). The method comprises contacting a phenolic fatty acid compound with a non-phenolic polymer to introduce a hydroxy phenyl functional group into the non-phenolic polymer; and reacting the hydroxy phenyl functional group contained in the non-phenolic polymer with a phenolic resin or a phenolic crosslinker composition capable of forming a phenolic resin, to chemically bond the phenolic resin with the non-phenolic polymer. The invention is particularly useful for making a synthetic fabric-reinforced article, such as synthetic fabric-reinforced rubber article, circuit board substrate, or fiberglass.