Provided are a papermaking device having an excellent strength in which the unevenness in strength between its parts is suppressed, and a method for producing the papermaking device.

Also provided is a papermaking device for use in papermaking machine, the papermaking device comprising at least one resin layer comprising a polyurethane resin, wherein the polyurethane resin comprises as a component a polyether polycarbonate diol comprising one or more unit(s) A expressed by the following formula (1).

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Provided are a papermaking device having an excellent strength in which the unevenness in strength between its parts is suppressed, and a method for producing the papermaking device.

Also provided is a papermaking device for use in papermaking machine comprising at least one resin layer comprising polyurethane resin, wherein the polyurethane resin is obtainable by reacting a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group with a curing agent having an active hydrogen group, wherein the urethane prepolymer is obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate compound comprising 2,4-tolylene-diisocyanate and/or 2,6-tolylene-diisocyanate with a polyol compound comprising one or more polyether polycarbonate diol(s).

A polyurethane composition includes first and second components, wherein the first component contains between 30% and 99% by weight of a polyol mixture including 100 parts by weight of at least one hydrophobic polyol, 10 to 75 parts by weight of at least one hydrophilic polyol, 0 to 25 parts by weight of at least one diol having two hydroxyl groups linked via a C2 to C9 carbon chain; and also at least one compound having at least one thiol group; and the second component includes at least one polyisocyanate, wherein one of the two components additionally includes at least one metal catalyst for the reaction of hydroxyl groups and isocyanate groups that is able to form thio complexes and the molar ratio of all the thiol groups in the at least one compound to all metal atoms in the at least one metal catalyst is between 1:1 and 250:1.

Provided is an aqueous polyurethane resin composition which is excellent in finished appearance as well as excellent in impact resistance, such as chipping resistance, and adhesion.

The aqueous polyurethane resin composition includes a polyurethane resin obtained from at least (a) at least two types of organic diisocyanate compounds and/or polyisocyanate compounds which are different from each other, (b) a polyol compound; (c) an acidic group-containing compounds comprising at least two types of compounds which are a compound containing a carboxyl group as the acid group (a carboxyl group-containing compound) and a compound containing a sulfo group as the acid group (a sulfo group-containing compound); and (d) a chain extender of a polyamine compound, a diamine compound, a polyol compound and/or an alkanolamine compound with a molecular weight of not more than 400, in which the aqueous polyurethane resin composition has a viscosity of not less than 500 Pa.Math.s and not more than 50,000 Pa.Math.s when the polyurethane resin is contained in an amount of 65% by weight.

A polyurethane resin composition includes a reaction product of an aliphatic polyisocyanate derivative having an average number of isocyanate groups of 2 or more; a long-chain active hydrogen compound including a hydrocarbon group having 12 or more and 30 or less carbon atoms and an active hydrogen group in combination; a cationic active hydrogen compound including an active hydrogen group and a cationic group in combination; and an acid compound capable of a salt with the cationic group. The concentration of the hydrocarbon group is 30% or more and 85% or less.

A method for producing a polyurethane polymer comprises the steps of: (a) providing a polyol composition, the polyol composition comprising (i) a polyol, (ii) a polyethylenimine compound; and (iii) a bisulfite compound, (b) providing an isocyanate compound; (c) providing a catalyst; (d) combining and reacting the polyol composition, the isocyanate compound, and the catalyst to produce a polyurethane polymer.

The invention concerns a composition for use as drier in auto-oxidizable coatings or as accelerator in unsaturated polyester resins, comprising a manganese-bearing polymer having a manganese dicarboxylate repeating unit and at least one nitrogen-containing donor ligand. Such compositions offer excellent drying performances. They ensure a strongly reduced leachability of manganese compared to that of known manganese-bearing driers.

The disclosed technology provides thermoplastic polyurethane compositions having antimicrobial properties while still maintaining good physical properties and good non-fouling properties, methods of making the same, and articles, including medical devices, made from such compositions. The disclosed technology includes a process of making an antimicrobial polymer composition, where the process includes mixing an antimicrobial additive into a base polymer and further includes mixing in a non-fouling additive, where the antimicrobial additive is chemically held in the composition and the antimicrobial and non-fouling additives do not negatively impact each other's effectiveness.

A disclosed multimode optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding surrounding the core. The core has an outer radius r.sub.1 in between 20 μm and 30 μm. The cladding includes a first outer cladding region having an outer radius r.sub.4a and a second outer cladding region having an outer radius r.sub.4b less than or equal to 45 μm. The second outer cladding region comprises silica-based glass doped with titania. The optical fiber further includes a primary coating with an outer radius r.sub.5 less than or equal to 80 μm, and a thickness (r.sub.5−r.sub.4) less than or equal to 30 μm. The optical fiber further includes a secondary coating with an outer radius r.sub.6 less than or equal to 100 μm. The secondary coating has a thickness (r.sub.6−r.sub.5) less than or equal to 30 μm, and a normalized puncture load greater than 3.6×10.sup.−3 g/micron.sup.2.

A method for preparing a thermoplastic polyurethane film having a large thickness and excellent durability, and a thermoplastic polyurethane film prepared thereby are provided.