A manufacturing process for composite film for thermoformed products, including the steps of manufacturing a first plastic substrate film in the amorphous state, by extrusion, causing said first plastic substrate film to undergo a decoration/metal-finish process, causing said first plastic substrate film, to undergo a lamination step, characterized in that before said lamination step, on said first amorphous substrate film a layer of molten plastic material is laid, corning out of an extrusion head, and in that said first plastic film coupled with the layer of molten plastic material, immediately downstream of said extrusion head pass between an entry cylinder and a master cylinder of a lamination unit furthermore comprising at least an exit cylinder, the thickness of said first substrate film being in the range of 150-800μ and the thickness of said molten layer being in the range of 150-1200μ after lamination, said entry cylinder, master cylinder and exit cylinder being heat adjusted on temperatures in the range 20-55° C., with growing temperatures from the entry cylinder, to the master cylinder to the exit cylinder.

Composite cards formed include a security layer comprising a hologram or diffraction grating formed at, or in, the center, or core layer, of the card. The hologram may be formed by embossing a designated area of the core layer with a diffraction pattern and depositing a thin layer of metal on the embossed layer. Additional layers may be selectively and symmetrically attached to the top and bottom surfaces of the core layer. A laser may be used to remove selected portions of the metal formed on the embossed layer, at selected stages of forming the card, to impart a selected pattern or information to the holographic region. The cards may be ‘lasered’ when the cards being processed are attached to, and part of, a large sheet of material, whereby the “lasering” of all the cards on the sheet can be done at the same time and relatively inexpensively.

A digitally receptive coating method includes the steps of applying a digitally receptive coating to a first side of a film, metalizing the first side of the film and bonding the metallized first side of the film to a substrate to produce a laminate having a digitally receptive coating.

A digitally receptive coating method includes the steps of applying a digitally receptive coating to a first side of a film, metalizing the first side of the film and bonding the metalized first side of the film to a substrate to produce a laminate having a digitally receptive coating.

Disclosed herein are laminates that include a layer containing a metal-coated fabric. The laminate may also include a layer or layers of an organic polymeric matrix composite. In accordance with certain embodiments, the matrix composite includes a thermosetting or thermoplastic resin matrix with parallel-oriented reinforcing fibers embedded therein, interposed between the metal-coated fabric layers.

Microwavable food containers (10) made at least in part from biodegradable and/or compostable materials and processes for producing these containers are described.

Provided is a polymer-based pulsating heat pipe that has high flexibility and is applicable to a flexible electronic device. In addition, by surrounding a channel by a multilayer film including a first blocking layer and coating a bonding part with a second blocking layer in order to prevent air from penetrating through the bonding part between upper and lower films, an inner portion of the channel may be maintained in a vacuum state and heat performance of the polymer-based pulsating heat pipe may be maintained. In addition, although the polymer-based pulsating heat pipe according to the present invention has high flexibility, it is lightweight and has heat performance superior to that of copper, thereby effectively cooling the flexible electronic device.

A digitally receptive coating method includes the steps of applying a digitally receptive coating to a first side of a film, metalizing the first side of the film and bonding the metalized first side of the film to a substrate to produce a laminate having a digitally receptive coating.

A radiant barrier sheathing product formed by directly bonding an unbacked, metallized polyethylene (PET) sheet or film, or similar sheet or film, directly to a wood or cellulosic structural panel. A very thin layer of aluminum (or similar metal) is deposited via vapor deposition manufacturing processes onto one or more sides of a polyethylene sheet to form a metallized PET sheet. The elimination of the backing substrate eliminates the cost and conversion expense of producing a combined overlay product.

A digitally receptive coating method includes the steps of applying a digitally receptive coating to a first side of a film, metalizing the first side of the film and bonding the metallized first side of the film to a substrate to produce a laminate having a digitally receptive coating.