Described herein is a method for joining a first metal pipe with a second metal pipe, the pipes being joined together in an overlapping area by use of a two-component polyurethane adhesive that encapsulates the overlapping area, where the method includes the steps of:

(1) applying the two-component polyurethane adhesive onto an inner surface of a fixture;
(2) inserting one end of the first metal pipe into one end of the second metal pipe so as to form a pipe assembly having the overlapping area between the two ends, and putting the overlapping area of the pipe assembly into the fixture; (3) closing the fixture such that the overlapping area of the pipe assembly is fixed in the fixture, and such that the adhesive therein encapsulates the overlapping area of the pipe assembly; (4) curing the two-component polyurethane adhesive; and (5) optionally, removing the fixture from the pipe assembly.

The present invention provides a metal-plastic composite material having excellent adhesive strength and formability and a method for manufacturing the same, and specifically, the present invention provides a metal-plastic composite material and a method for manufacturing the same comprising: a metal layer; and a plastic layer on at least one surface of the metal layer, wherein a thin film layer formed of a silane coupling agent is provided between the metal layer and the plastic layer, and the metal layer and the plastic layer are bonded by covalent bonding with the silane coupling agent.

The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m.sup.2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 μm.

Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel and a cushion plate disposed under the display panel. The cushion plate may include a porous member and a reinforcing plate. A step in a side area of the display apparatus may be removed, thereby improving impact absorption ability and rigidity.

This invention provides a roll-bonded laminate that is excellent in press workability and/or a roll-bonded laminate with improved performance and ease of handling at the time of production. More specifically, this invention relates to a roll-bonded laminate composed of a stainless steel layer and an aluminum alloy layer with the peel strength of 60 N/20 mm or higher, a roll-bonded laminate composed of a stainless steel layer and a pure aluminum layer with the peel strength of 160 N/20 mm or higher, and a roll-bonded laminate composed of a pure titanium or titanium alloy layer and an aluminum alloy layer with the peel strength of 40 N/20 mm or higher.

Disclosed herein is a pouch-shaped battery case configured to receive an electrode assembly having a separator interposed between positive and negative electrodes, together with an electrolytic solution, the pouch-shaped battery case including an outer coating layer defining an outer surface of the battery case and configured to protect the electrode assembly from an outside of the battery case, the outer coating layer made of a polymer resin, a metal barrier layer located between the outer coating layer and an inner surface of the battery case, the metal barrier layer having high moisture-blocking efficiency and high thermal conductivity, and an inner sealant layer located between the metal barrier layer and an inner surface of the battery case, the inner sealant layer made of a polymer resin that has high thermal fusibility, the metal barrier layer includes a first metal that has high formability and a second metal that has high rigidity.

The present disclosure relates to a thin glass layer-laminated printed steel sheet having a clearly visible pattern printed on a printed steel sheet and has excellent flame retardancy, and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a thin glass layer-laminated printed steel sheet comprising: a printed steel sheet comprising a metal sheet and a printed layer on which a design or pattern having a resolution of 300 dpi or higher is printed, the printed layer being formed on a surface of the metal sheet; a transparent ultraviolet-curable adhesive layer comprising a flame retardant material and having a thickness of 10 to 100 μm, the adhesive layer being formed on the printed steel sheet; and thin glass layer attached by the adhesive layer, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Disclosed is a high corrosion-resistance strip steel, comprising a carbon steel base layer and a corrosion-resistance cladding layer roll-bonded with the carbon steel base layer, the corrosion-resistance cladding layer being austenitic stainless steel or pure titanium, the thickness of the corrosion-resistance cladding layer being 0.5% to 5% of the total thickness of the strip steel. In addition, further disclosed is a manufacturing method for the described high corrosion-resistance strip steel, comprising the steps of: (1) obtaining a base layer material and a cladding layer material; (2) assembling billets (3) pre-heating: pre-heating the billets at a temperature of 1150° C. to 1250° C., so that elements of the corrosion-resistance cladding layer and elements of the carbon steel base layer diffuse at the interface to form a stable transition layer, and then slowly cooling to room temperature; (4) secondary heating and rolling; and (5) water-cooling and then winding. The high corrosion-resistance strip steel finally provides, by means of rational component design, thickness design, and process design, the obtained steel plate or steel strip with a high corrosion-resistance surface and good interlayer bonding performance, and the steel plate or steel strip has good mechanical properties and processability.

An electrical steel strip or sheet with a thermosetting water-based hot-melt adhesive varnish layer provided on at least one of its flat sides, a method for producing such an electrical steel strip or sheet, and a laminated core made therefrom are disclosed. In order to produce a particularly storable and aging-stable thermosetting hot-melt adhesive varnish layer on the electrical steel strip or sheet in the B state, it is proposed for the stoichiometric ratio of the epoxy groups of the epoxy resin or epoxy resins relative to the hydrogen atoms of the at least two amino groups of the hardener that is latent at room temperature to lie in the range from 1.33:1 to 5:1.

The present invention provides an apparatus for producing a laminated steel core, which is capable of punching out steel core sheets having a predetermined shape from a thin steel strip while stably supporting the thin steel strip. The present invention also provides a method for producing a laminated steel core. A support 23a provided in a lower die 21 supports a thin steel strip 22 from its bottom and extends across the width of the thin steel strip and in the feed direction of the thin steel strip.