Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting thickness of an extrudate in an extrusion die system. A lip adjustment assembly includes an engagement member connected to a movable lip of an extrusion die and being movable in a first and second direction opposite the first direction; an actuator configured to move the engagement member in the first and second directions; a coupler connected to both the engagement member and the actuator and disposed between the engagement member and the actuator; and an insulator on the coupler and configured to impede conduction of heat from the engagement member to the actuator. When the engagement member is moved in the first direction, the movable lip is moved toward a second lip of the extrusion die, and when the engagement member is moved in the second direction, the movable lip is moved away from the second lip.

Abstract: Apparatus for use with an applicator, systems for dispensing fluids, methods of using a nozzle (52), and a nozzle (52). The nozzle (52) includes a communication device (60) having a memory (86). The memory (86) stores data relating to the operational history and configuration of the nozzle (52). In response to receiving a query signal (90) from an interrogation device (24), the communication device (60) transmits the data residing in the memory (86). The communication device (60) also receives and stores data in the query signal (90) to the memory (86) so that the operational history of the nozzle (52) is maintained in the memory (86) of the communication device (60). The transmitted data may be received by the interrogation device (24) and used to adjust a fluid dispensing operation, determine when the nozzle (52) has reached the end of its operational life, for process improvement, or for inventory tracking.

Abstract: An adhesive dispensing device (10) includes a melt module (12) including a housing (78) that defines a receiving space to receive adhesive and a heater (114) to heat the housing to melt the adhesive, and a control module (14) releasably connected to the melt module. The control module includes a controller (36) to automatically recognize a characteristic associated with the melt module and operate the melt module using instructions stored on the controller that correspond to the characteristic of the melt module. A method of operating the adhesive dispensing device is also disclosed.

Abstract: Multilayer tubes including an inner layer and a tie layer are described. The inner layer includes a fluorinated polymer, and has an inner surface defining an inner diameter of the multilayer tube and an outer surface separated from the inner surface by a thickness of the inner layer. The tie layer includes a functionalized styrene block copolymer and is disposed on the outer surface of the inner layer. When the multilayer tube further includes an outer layer, the multilayer tubes exhibit improved peel strength as compared to multilayer tubes including the inner layer and outer layer alone. Methods of manufacturing the multilayer tubes and articles comprising the multilayer tubes are also described.

Abstract: An adhesive dispenser having a pump and a slotted nozzle assembly is disclosed. The pump includes a pump body assembly having a nozzle body defining a recess that extends into the body, and a fluid channel with an inlet to receive adhesive and an outlet open to the recess. The pump includes a valve member movably disposed in the fluid channel and configured to selectively block the adhesive from flowing to the outlet. The slotted nozzle assembly includes a baffle plate having a slot that extends through the plate and a cover plate attached to the plate. The slotted nozzle assembly is received in the recess of the nozzle body, such that an input channel extending from the outlet of the body to the slot is defined between the baffle plate and the nozzle body, and an output channel extending from the slot to a dispensing outlet is defined between the baffle plate and the cover plate.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a liquid onto a substrate is disclosed. The dispenser includes a liquid supply and a dispenser module. The dispenser module includes a nozzle body having an inlet, an outlet, and a chamber for receiving the liquid. The dispenser module also includes a central valve body attached to the nozzle body that defines a piston chamber and a valve member having a piston portion disposed within the piston chamber of the central valve body and a needle portion extending form the piston portion into the chamber of the nozzle body. The dispenser further includes a heater block for heating the nozzle body. The heater block defines a liquid passage for transporting liquid from the liquid supply to the dispenser, a first surface of the heater block directly contacts the nozzle body, and the entirety of the central valve body is spaced from the heater block.

Abstract: Systems and methods of operating and cleaning coating systems are disclosed. A method of applying a material to a substrate includes dispensing the material onto a substrate using an applicator, the applicator being configured to receive the material therein and to discharge the material therefrom toward the substrate; measuring a parameter of the material being dispensed via the applicator; determining whether the parameter is within a predetermined range; when the parameter is not within the predetermined range, stopping the dispensing of the material onto the substrate and cleaning the applicator such that the parameter is within the predetermined range; and after cleaning the applicator, resuming dispensing the material.

Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing a fluid material onto a substrate includes a jet dispenser configured to receive the fluid material therein, the jet dispenser having a jet cartridge operably connected thereto, the jet cartridge being configured to receive the fluid material from the jet dispenser and having a nozzle through which the fluid material is discharged towards the substrate; a camera configured to acquire a digital image of the jet dispenser; and a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to: identify, on the digital image of the jet dispenser, an identified pattern of features present on the jet dispenser; compare the identified pattern with a stored pattern, the stored pattern being stored in the memory; calculate the similarity between the identified pattern and the stored pattern; and provide an identifier value associated with the stored pattern.

Abstract: A multi-layered hot melt adhesive transfer hose is provided. The transfer hose has a barrier layer that prevents or minimizes the ingress of oxygen and other gases into a conduit of the hose. The transfer hose has at least one structural layer overlaying an exterior surface of the barrier layer to help the hose withstand a high fluid pressure. The barrier layer prevents the hot melt adhesive being transported in the hose from discoloring and charring when the adhesive is heated from about 250° F. up to and including 450° F. for an extended period of time.

Abstract: A coating device includes at least one applicator configured to coat a glue onto two opposite sides of an electrode sheet; at least one roller assembly configured to guide the electrode sheet past the at least one applicator; and at least one support bar arranged under the at least one applicator.

Abstract: A system and method for forming a seal member onto a substrate from a material is disclosed. The system includes a mold comprising an ultraviolet transmissible material, the mold having a first portion and a second portion operatively coupled to the first portion, the first portion having a first cavity, a second cavity, and a channel extending from an outer surface of the mold to the second cavity. The first cavity has a first shape that is complementary to a first side of the substrate and the second cavity has a second shape that is complementary to the seal member. The system also includes an applicator in fluid communication with the channel, where the applicator is configured to provide the material to the second cavity through the channel, and an ultraviolet irradiation device configured to irradiate the mold with ultraviolet light to cure the material when the material is provided to the second cavity, such that the seal member is formed on the substrate.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive system includes an adhesive supply for receiving solid or semi-solid hot melt adhesive, and a heater associated with the adhesive supply for melting the solid or semi-solid hot melt adhesive into liquid hot melt adhesive. An adhesive tracking system monitors an output of the liquid hot melt adhesive, and includes a flow meter having a flow inlet and a flow outlet. The flow meter measures an amount of the adhesive flowing out of the flow outlet. A product detector may be used to sense a presence of a product to which the adhesive is applied. A controller then determines the total amount of the liquid adhesive dispensed and the average amount of liquid adhesive dispensed per product.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a first body having an upper and an inner surface; a first channel in the first body to receive a material; a second body having an upper and an inner surface; a second channel in the second body, in liquid communication with the first channel, and configured to receive the material from the first channel; a material outlet defined by the first and second bodies configured to discharge the material; a material inlet on the upper surface of the first body, in liquid communication with the first channel, and configured to receive the material into the nozzle assembly; and an upper lip extending from the first body toward the second body and partly defined by the upper surface of the first body. The upper lip includes a lip surface opposite the upper surface of the first body. The upper surface of the second body is configured to contact the lip surface of the upper lip.

Abstract: A multi-layered hot melt adhesive transfer hose is provided. The transfer hose has a barrier layer that prevents or minimizes the ingress of oxygen and other gases into a conduit of the hose. The transfer hose has at least one structural layer overlaying an exterior surface of the barrier layer to help the hose withstand a high fluid pressure. The barrier layer prevents the hot melt adhesive being transported in the hose from discoloring and charring when the adhesive is heated from about 250° F. up to and including 450° F. for an extended period of time.

Abstract: In one example, a melter has a housing, a heater, a vent, and a filter medium. The housing defines a receiving space that supports adhesive therein. The heater heats the receiving space of the housing to melt the adhesive. The melter defines an adhesive inlet therein that receives adhesive carried by a transport supply gas into the receiving space. The vent extends through a wall of the melter and permits the transport supply gas to escape from the melter. The filter medium is supported in the vent to capture particulates from the transport supply gas escaping the receiving space, and is positioned relative to the receiving space such that heat from the receiving space causes the particulates captured by the filter medium to melt and fall into the receiving space.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a nozzle assembly, a dispensing system, an electrode sheet strip, and an electrode. The nozzle assembly includes a lip member configured to have an annular body portion and a dam member at the center; and a cover plate configured to be connected to the lip member. The, dam component is recessed relative to a surface of the lip member connected to the cover plate, so that a reservoir is formed between the cover plate and the dam component. The reservoir is in fluid communication with a rectangular opening; and a recess is arranged on one of the two surfaces of the cover plate and the lip member facing each other. The recess is in fluid communication with the reservoir so that fluid can flow out of the reservoir through the recess in a strip shape.

Abstract: In examples, a method of bonding portions of fabric to one another includes dispensing a plurality of liquified adhesive spots onto a first fabric portion so that the plurality of liquified adhesive spots are spaced apart from one another and applying a second fabric portion to the adhesive spots to adhere the second fabric portion to the first fabric portion. In examples, the spacing defines a plurality of unbonded gaps between the adhesive spots. In examples, the adhesive spots are dispensed along a length so that the adhesive spots are spaced along a dispensed line requiring at least 30% less adhesive as compared to a solid line having the same length. In examples, a fabric article includes a first fabric portion having adhesive spots spaced apart from one another and a second fabric portion adhered to the first fabric portion by the adhesive spots.

Abstract: [PROBLEM] To improve distribution of adhesive and gas. [SOLUTION] A nozzle (1) includes a pattern shim (13) having a plurality of first slits (23) and a plurality of second slits (24), an adhesive shim (12) having a plurality of first holes (33), a gas shim (14), a head body (11) having an adhesive outlet (52) and an adhesive distribution groove (51) communicating with the adhesive outlet, and a face plate (15). Adhesive ejection ports are formed at openings of the plurality of first slits, and gas discharge ports are formed at openings of a plurality of second slits in such a manner that the gas discharge ports are located on both sides of each of the adhesive ejection ports. The plurality of first holes (33) communicate with the adhesive distribution groove (51).

Abstract: A pump follower for use in a container storing a material includes a body configured to be inserted into the container, the body having a material contacting surface configured to contact the material in the container and a peripheral surface substantially perpendicular to the material contacting surface. A groove is defined on the peripheral surface of the body and a sealing element is disposed in the groove and configured to slidably contact the container. The sealing element has a channel defined within, where the sealing element is configured to be compressed when the pump follower is inserted into the container, such that the channel decreases in size. A sealing element for use with a pump follower is also disclosed. The sealing element has a body has an outer surface, a first side, and a second side, and a channel defined within the sealing element body.