Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the continuous production of a polyethylene material having high strength and high modulus of elasticity by rolling an ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene film or film like material and then drawing the rolled material, wherein a thermoplastic resin film having incorporated therein at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a coloring agent, a weathering stabilizer, an antistatic agent, a hydrophilicity-imparting agent, an adhesion promoter and a dyeability-imparting agent is laminated to the film material in the rolling step and the resulting polyethylene material is further slit or split as required. This method makes it easy to color the polyethylene material having high strength and high modulus of elasticity and to impart weather resistance and other desirable properties thereto.

Abstract: A method is provided for top-coating a veneered substrate. Heat-activated urethane adhesive layers are placed on opposing sides of a veneered substrate, and Lexan films of equal thickness are placed adjacent the two layers of adhesive. A polyethylene sheet is placed adjacent each Lexan film to act as a release masking. A silicone pad is laid on the lower platen, and a 5 mil polycarbonate sheet is placed on top of the stack for contacting the top platen of the laminating press. The laminating press then applies heat and pressure for a predetermined period of time to produce a hard-coated veneered substrate, and the polyethylene sheets are discarded.

Abstract: A process of laminating gold foil includes the steps of pressing a gold piece to form an elongated thin gold foil having an even thickness from 0.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cylindrical compressible laminate using the floating knife or knife over roll spreading techniques to apply an inner compressible layer and outer or surface layer of a substantially incompressible material. The coating system includes a coating head to dispense an elastomeric material onto a rotating laminate and a knife blade that is parallel to the axis of rotation to distribute and spread a uniform coating of the elastomeric material. The knife blade can be raised incrementally on each rotation of the laminate so that an additional coating can be applied, until a layer of a desired thickness is obtained. In the preferred embodiment, the coatings are at least partially cured during each rotation.

Abstract: A panel display includes a common substrate on which a plurality of small display tiles are mounted in an array and electrically interconnected to replicate a large area panel. Each tile includes a plurality of contact pads which are aligned with corresponding contact pads on the substrate. Solder joints between corresponding contact pads mechanically align and secure the tiles on the substrate, and provide electrical connections therebetween. Selected substrate contact pads are electrically interconnected to provide electrical connections between adjacent tiles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the production of a plate with depressions or apertures which is coated on at least one side. Plates of this kind are employed, for example, as passage-containing plates in hydraulic blocks for ABS/ASR/VDC systems, the depressions or apertures serving as passages or holes and the coating being a seal. In this invention the depressions or apertures are formed in an uncoated plate and then the plate is coated. As a result, the life of the machining tools is extended, the machining tolerances become smaller and the rate of machining can be increased.

Abstract: A spray device is prepared has a plurarity of nozzles each of which has a capillary tube surrounded by a gas discharge pore at the end of the nozzle. A molten resin liquid is blown out to a reinforcing fiber from the capillary tube by heated air stream discharged through the gas discharge pore, so that a binder resin layer is formed on the reinforcing fiber. Following this, a resin-permeable supporting sheet and then a back-up sheet are applied to the binder resin layer side of the reinforcing fiber, and a releasing sheet is applied to the other side of the reinforcing fiber. The thus obtained superposed layers are pressed to adhere the reinforicing fiber, the supporting fiber and the back-up sheet to each other.

Abstract: We reduce core crush and ply wrinkling in composite honeycomb sandwich structure by preventing slipping of tiedown plies relative to the mandrel and to one another during autoclave curing. We produce superior panels with lighter weights, improved mechanical properties, and more predictable structural performance. The method involves applying a film adhesive to the tiedown plies in the margin of the part outside the net trim line. During heating of the autoclave and prior to the application of high pressure to the composite structure, the film adhesive cures to form a strong bond between the plys and to the mandrel. When pressure is applied, the tiedown plys are locked together and to the mandrel to prevent slippage between any layers in the panel.

Abstract: A clamp holds a wall panel against an adhesive bead on a wall frame support assembly as the adhesive bead cures. The clamp is actuated to secure the clamp to the support assembly adjacent the panel and hold the panel against the adhesive bead as the bead cures. In a preferred embodiment, the clamp includes a clamping portion having vacuum chambers and a reference surface. A vacuum is drawn on the vacuum chamber, thereby pulling the edges of abutting panels against the reference surface, drawing adjacent panel edge portions of the panels in the parallel relation. The clamping portion also includes a mechanical control which secure the clamping portion to the support assembly holding the panels against the adhesive in coplanar relation. In a method according to this invention polymer adhesive is applied to coplanar surfaces of support members. A clamp is placed adjacent a panel and actuated to hold the panel against the first surface of the clamp.

Abstract: A moisture-permeable acoustic lamina which is usable as a wall covering has a foraminous woven fabric layer adhered to a fabric backing by a discontinuous thermoplastic polymer layer. The woven fabric preferably has an embossed undulate outer surface to enhance the acoustic properties of the lamina and to impart an aesthetic textural appearance. The individual yarns of the woven fabric are preferably substantially uniformly coated with a polyvinyl chloride plastisol to impart stain and wear-resistance, inhibit the growth of molds, fungi, bacteria and the like, and to enhance the appearance of the exposed face of the lamina. The moisture-permeable lamina structure allows wall covering paste, used to adhere the lamina to a wall, to dry at an acceptable rate, yet does not allow paste to bleed through the foraminous woven fabric layer.

Abstract: A process for producing laminated materials in which one or more polymer films are laminated to a metal strip by a combination of heat and pressure. Generally, polymer films are applied to both sides of the metal strip in a lamination nip which exerts a force of at least 15 kN/m. The nip rolls may also be at different temperatures, either by one nip roll being of conducting material such as steel and the other nip roll being of insulating material, or by actively cooling one of the rolls. This enables films having different softening temperatures to be laminated without risk of micro-blistering or of pick-up on the rolls.

Abstract: The invention describes a device and a process for producing extrusion-coated laminates. The extrusion device contains an extruder nozzle with nozzle lip, a cooling roller and a contact roller, wherein the cooling roller and the contact roller form a roller gap and the extruder nozzle is directed towards the roller gap. A melt of thermoplastic plastics, which enters the roller gap while forming a coating film and is joined to a substrate film in the roller gap, emerges from the nozzle lip. A device for improving the adhesion of the coating film to the substrate is thus disposed in the region between the extruder nozzle and the roller gap at a slight distance from the film. The device is a corona treatment station which has a discharge electrode at high voltage and an electrically earthed counter-electrode on only one side of the coating film.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an interior coated weeping hose comprised of warp yarn and filler yarn and having an interior coating, the warp yarn comprising a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn having a larger diameter than the first warp yarn, the first warp yarn comprising the bulk of the warp yarn in the hose, the second warp yarn being disposed axially about the circumference of the hose, comprising the steps of weaving the first warp yarn, the second warp yarn, and the filler yarn together to form a woven hose, applying a coating to the inside wall of the woven hose, pulling said woven hose over a mandrel to remove the coating on the interior surface of the second warp yarn while the remainder of the interior surface remains coated.

Abstract: An apparatus for the processing and segmenting of a cover-forming laminate web or sheeting structure which is adapted to interconnect a plurality of containers, such as the base members of blister packages each of which is designed to contain a hydrophilic contact lens in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically disclosed is an apparatus for the imprinting, perforating, slitting and cutting the laminated web structure such that the severed laminate segments constitute printed covering label for an array of such containers, and whereby the laminated web or sheeting segment may be severed along weakening or perforation lines so as to provide a separable packaging arrangement for individual of the containers which are subsequently adhered thereto.

Abstract: A method of installing an impervious barrier onto a roof is described. A reinforcement textile is initially applied to a roof substrate. Thereafter, an elastomer composition is sprayed onto the reinforcement textile. The deposited elastomer composition lifts the reinforcement textile from the roof substrate and embeds it into the elastomer composition, leaving no visible sign of the reinforcement textile. The processing steps are the opposite of those of the prior art. The processing is possible in view of the characteristics of the disclosed reinforcement textile, the elastomer composition, and the conditions under which the elastomer composition is applied to the reinforcement textile.

Abstract: Method to produce a nonwoven needled fabric in which the needled fabric includes 15-30% of low melt nylon 6 and nylon 12 fusible fibers to aid in holding the nonwoven fabric together when passed through an oven to melt the fusible fibers and then allow them to cool and bind the fabric together.

Abstract: Vibration-damping layers are stored as a continuous elongated strap in cod condition for supply to subsequently fabricated structural products. Such strap is formed from high modulus layer constrainment segments encapsulated within a viscoelastic material contributing to establishment of the vibration-damping property and flexure of the strap between the segments thereof to accommodate coiling during storage. The strap is uncoiled from its storage condition during a supply phase to a preselected surface of the fabricated structural product.

Abstract: A resin transfer molding process for making composite pipe. The method includes disposing a preform on a mandrel and jacketing a heat-shrinkable sleeve over the preform such that an annular gap is maintained between the sleeve and the preform to form a buffer chamber in the annular gap. A thermosetting resin is then filled into the buffer chamber. The resin is then leveled and settled in the resin in the buffer chamber to form a resin pool. The heat-shrinkable sleeve is thermally shrunk by heating the sleeve. The heating occurs in a heating zone having an upper portion and a lower portion. A first fastening ring is fastened on the sleeve adjacent to the upper portion of the heating zone, and a second fastening ring is fastened on the sleeve adjacent to the lower portion of the heating zone. The heating zone moves upwardly along the sleeve to thermally shrink the sleeve. The resin is heated and cured and the sleeve is removed to form a composite pipe.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of repartitioning nutrients in ruminants. Serum concentrations of serum insulin, serum urea nitrogen, serum glucose, and serum growth hormone in ruminants were varied by feeding specific protein supplements and an otherwise negative energy diet. Improvement in body condition and body weight was concomitant with reduced milk production and calf weight.

Abstract: A paper-plastic laminate sheeting whose paper ply incorporates heat-activatable material that renders the sheeting useable for producing baggage tags and other products when heat-activated are then bar-coded or otherwise identified. In a system for producing the laminate sheeting, the paper ply is cold-laminated by a water-based adhesive to an oriented synthetic plastic film ply of high strength, whereby neither the heat-activatable material in the paper ply nor the orientation of the film ply is disturbed thereby.