Abstract: A method of manufacture of a shaft including positioning a prefabricated wedge member onto a cylindrical mandrel, winding a fibre material onto the mandrel, the fibre material extending over at least a part of the wedge member, allowing a matrix material impregnated into the fibre material to cure, and machining away at least part of the fibre material in the region of the wedge member to expose fibres thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a product from a composite material is described, the method including winding a material onto a mandrel, monitoring the material, as it is wound onto the mandrel, to ascertain at least one dimension of the material being wound, and monitoring the mandrel as the material is wound thereon to ascertain the weight of the material being wound, and controlling the winding of the material onto the mandrel to take into account variations in the material being wound using the at least one dimension and the weight values derived during the monitoring. An apparatus suitable for use in the method is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch keypad comprising: an upper plate having a flat plate shape; a touch sensor formed on an upper side of the upper plate; a lower plate disposed to be spaced on a lower side of the upper plate; a connection member connecting the upper plate to the lower plate and supporting the upper plate so that the upper plate ascends and descends; a position sensor for detecting whether the upper plate ascends or descends; and a control unit for selecting a keypad mode or mouse mode according to a detected value of the position sensor.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a shaft including positioning a prefabricated wedge member onto a cylindrical mandrel, winding a fibre material onto the mandrel, the fibre material extending over at least a part of the wedge member, allowing a matrix material impregnated into the fibre material to cure, and machining away at least part of the fibre material in the region of the wedge member to expose fibres thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacture of a product from a composite material is described, the method including winding a material onto a mandrel, monitoring the material, as it is wound onto the mandrel, to ascertain at least one dimension of the material being wound, and monitoring the mandrel as the material is wound thereon to ascertain the weight of the material being wound, and controlling the winding of the material onto the mandrel to take into account variations in the material being wound using the at least one dimension and the weight values derived during the monitoring. An apparatus suitable for use in the method is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a touch keypad comprising: an upper plate having a flat plate shape; a touch sensor formed on an upper side of the upper plate; a lower plate disposed to be spaced on a lower side of the upper plate; a connection member connecting the upper plate to the lower plate and supporting the upper plate so that the upper plate ascends and descends; a position sensor for detecting whether the upper plate ascends or descends; and a control unit for selecting a keypad mode or mouse mode according to a detected value of the position sensor.