The object of the invention is the use of an aqueous dispersion of a vinylacetate-ethylene-copolymer and of at least one polyethylene imine as a binder in a carpet coating composition for the production of carpets.

The present invention pertains to a dispersion of polyester particles in an aqueous dispersion medium, wherein the particles have a number average particle size below 1000 nm, and wherein the polyester particles are composed of a polyester material that has a HLB (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) value between 7.6 and 10.5.

A method of making a floor covering including a tufted textile substrate and a reinforcement backing system. A layer of reinforcement fibers is positioned on the ends of yarn stitches. Applicators are operationally connected such that adhesive is forced into the reinforcement fiber layer towards a primary backing substrate, and adhesive is also substantially simultaneously directed to form a pool of adhesive between the applicators, and a portion of the pool of adhesive is also substantially simultaneously applied as a layer of adhesive on the reinforcement fiber layer.

An apparatus for coating carpet webs in a coating apparatus with varying adhesives includes a controller, one or more sensors for detecting a volume of a puddle of the adhesive pooled in front of an application roller, and an electronic valve in fluid communication with each of a plurality of mixers. The electronic valve directs flow of the adhesive from any of the mixers to the coating apparatus. To switch from one of the adhesives to new adhesive as a next carpet web passes through the coating apparatus, the controller calculates a remaining length of the carpet web that can be coated with the adhesive in the puddle of adhesive based on the volume of the puddle, so that the puddle of the adhesive coats the carpet web, and then proximate a seam to the next carpet web, the new adhesive begins to coat the next carpet web.

The invention provides for a method of manufacturing artificial turf (1000), The method comprising the steps of: —creating (100) a polymer mixture (100, 400, 500) comprising at least one polymer and a nucleat ing agent for crystallizing the at least one polymer; —extruding (102) the polymer mixture into a monofilament (606); —quenching (104) the monofilament; —reheating (106) the monofilament; —stretching (108) the reheated monofilament to form the monofilament into an artificial turf fiber (1004), wherein during the stretching the nucleating agent boosts the creation of crystalline portions of the at least one polymer within the monofilament; —incorporating (110) the artificial turf fiber into an artificial turf backing, thereby mechanically fixing the monofilaments of the arranged artificial turf fibers in the artificial turf backing.

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Viscous liquid rubber compositions are applied to articles by brushing, rolling, pouring, or dipping to repair leaks or to modify the appearance and/or physical properties of the article, such as water-permeability, thermal insulation, shock resistance, vibration resistance, electrical insulation, and the like.

A method of manufacturing artificial turf includes the steps of: creating a polymer mixture including at least one polymer and a nucleating agent for crystallizing the at least one polymer, extruding the polymer mixture into a monofilament; quenching the monofilament; reheating the monofilament; stretching the reheated monofilament to form the monofilament into an artificial turf fiber, wherein during the stretching the nucleating agent boosts the creation of crystalline portions of the polymer within the monofilament; incorporating the artificial turf fiber into an artificial turf backing, thereby mechanically fixing the monofilaments of the arranged artificial turf fibers in the artificial turf backing.

A carpet tile comprises a primary backing layer comprising a flexible substrate with fiber tufts extending through and from one surface of the substrate to define, in use, the upper wear surface of the tile. A pre-coat adhesive layer formed from an aqueous copolymer dispersion is provided on the opposite surface of the primary backing substrate to secure the fiber tufts to the substrate and a secondary adhesive layer formed from an aqueous copolymer dispersion is provided on the pre-coat adhesive layer. A fiberglass scrim is secured to the secondary adhesive layer and an outer backing or cap layer covers the fiberglass scrim.

Viscous liquid rubber compositions are applied to articles by brushing, rolling, pouring, or dipping to repair leaks or to modify the appearance and/or physical properties of the article, such as water-permeability, thermal insulation, shock resistance, vibration resistance, electrical insulation, and the like.

A method to manufacture a (recyclable) polyester textile product is disclosed which includes providing a first polyester sheet, stitching polyester yarns through the first sheet to form a pile on a first surface of the first sheet, the pile extending from this first surface, and to form loops of the yarns at an opposing second surface of the first sheet, applying a first quantity of a dispersion including an aqueous dispersion medium and polyester particles dispersed in the medium, to the second surface of the first sheet, thereafter removing the aqueous dispersion medium from the said quantity of the aqueous dispersion, heating the polyester particles to above a temperature at which the polyester of these particles softens, and subsequently cooling the polyester of the particles to below a temperature at which this polyester solidifies to therewith interconnect the loops and the first sheet with the solidified polyester.