Described herein are methods and compositions for forming three-dimensional objects via material jetting processes, the methods including the repeated steps of selectively depositing a liquid thermoset material onto a surface from a nozzle of at least one jetting head in a first specified direction and exposing at least a portion of the liquid thermoset material to a source of actinic radiation in order to form a three-dimensional object from the cured thermoset material, wherein the jetting head is configured to eject droplets of the liquid thermoset material from the nozzle at prescribed elevated operating temperatures, and wherein the liquid thermoset material is chosen so as to possessing prescribed viscosity and rheological characteristics.

Problem: To provide a molded article for laser welding which has excellent visible light transmittance and laser transmittance and in which variation in laser transmittance is suppressed, and an agent for suppressing variation in laser transmittance of a molded article for laser welding.

Solution: A molded article for laser welding comprising a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of (A) a polybutylene terephthalate resin, (B) a polycarbonate resin in which the melt viscosity at 300° C. and a shear rate of 1000 sec.sup.−1 is 0.20 kPa.Math.s or greater, and 1 part by mass or greater and 10 parts by mass or less of (C) an epoxy-based compound, the molded article having a thickness at a welded part of 1.3 mm or greater, and an agent for suppressing variation in laser transmittance of a molded article for laser welding, the agent containing an epoxy-based compound.

A method for producing an object by melting a polymer powder in a powder sintering device. For example, a method for producing an object by melting a polymer powder in a powder sintering device under a laser beam, implementing a rheological analysis of the polymers, in order to determine the conditions for producing the object by melting polymer powders.

A method of layerwise fabrication of a three-dimensional object is disclosed. The method comprises, for each of at least a few of the layers: dispensing at least a first modeling formulation and a second modeling formulation to form a core region using both the first and the second modeling formulations, and at least one envelope region at least partially surrounding the core region using one of the first and the second modeling formulations but not the other one of the first and the second modeling formulations. The method can also comprise exposing the layer to curing energy. The first modeling formulation is characterized, when hardened, by heat deflection temperature (HDT) of at least 90° C., and the second modeling formulation is characterized, when hardened, by Izod impact resistance (IR) value of at least 45 J/m.

Provided is a polymer composition for manufacturing a large container that contains high-density polyethylene recycled from a secondary battery separator and has excellent mechanical properties. Specifically, a polymer composition having excellent processability may be prepared by recycling a secondary battery separator, and an eco-friendly large container having excellent mechanical properties such as a flexural modulus, an elongation, and an impact strength in a wide temperature range, and having an excellent environmental stress cracking resistance may be manufactured by molding the polymer composition.

The invention relates to a method in which a polyester melt containing one or more polyesters is produced, the polyester melt being foamed by a blowing agent and a foamed granulate is produced from the foamed polyester melt. The intrinsic viscosity (IV) of the polyester melt is reduced by the blowing agent about at least 0.05 dl/g, measured according to ASTM D4603, and the IV of the foamed granulate is then increased by means of a solid phase polycondensation (SSP).

An embodiment can provide a polyamide-imide film, which has particular punching properties, is colorless and transparent and has excellent mechanical properties and optical properties, and a method for preparing same. The polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer, which is formed by means of polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound and a dicarbonyl compound, and satisfies the condition of general formula (1) below. General formula (1) 4≤X/Y≤12 X: the maximum hole diameter (mm) comprising cracks when the film is punched at 10 mm/min using a 2.5 mm spherical tip by means of a UTM compression mode Y: the modulus (GPa) of the film.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a gasket member as described below. A plate-like base material is clamped between a first and a second split mold, and a gasket is fixed to a surface of the base material by injecting and filling a rubber-like elastic material into a cavity defined between the base material and the first split mold. An air vent is provided including an exhaust groove and an exhaust hole, the exhaust groove extending from the cavity toward an inner or outer peripheral side on a butting surface between the base material and the first split mold and partially opening in a circumferential direction of the cavity, the exhaust hole extending from the exhaust groove in a clamping direction of the first and second split molds. Air in the cavity is discharged through the air vent when the rubber-like elastic material is injected and filled into the cavity.

A method for producing a sheet molding compound including impregnating a resin composition into carbon fibers. The method is characterized in that the bulkiness H.sub.o of the carbon fibers before an impregnation step is 3 mm or more, the compression ratio R.sub.c (H.sub.c/H.sub.o) of the carbon fibers in the impregnation step is less than 1, the thickness of the sheet molding compound is 10 mm or less, and the content Wc of the carbon fibers is 40% by mass or more. The method for producing a sheet molding compound can produce a sheet molding compound having the excellent impregnation property into carbon fibers and thus can be preferably used for exteriors, structures, and the like of an automotive member, a railroad vehicle member, an aerospace vehicle member, a ship member, a housing equipment member, a sport member, a light vehicle member, a civil engineering and construction member, an OA equipment.

A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article contains inorganic fibers (A), organic fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article containing 5 to 45 parts by weight of the inorganic fibers (A), 1 to 45 parts by weight of the organic fibers (B), and 10 to 94 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin (C), based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the inorganic fibers (A), the organic fibers (B), and the thermoplastic resin (C), the inorganic fibers (A) in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article having a weight average fiber length (L.sub.wa) of 0.01 mm or more and 3 mm or less, the organic fibers (B) having a weight average fiber length (L.sub.wb) of more than 4 mm and 20 mm or less.