Abstract: A film material insert molding method, includes an intermediate part forming step of forming a first intermediate part having an edge extending radially outward, the edge being disposed at and near an outer peripheral end of a final shape of a film material, a transparent resin layer forming step of forming a second intermediate part including a transparent resin layer, by injection molding, on a front surface of the first intermediate part, with the edge of the first intermediate part being fixed, and a substrate resin layer forming step of forming an insert-molded article including a substrate resin layer, by injection molding, on a back surface of the second intermediate part, the substrate resin layer covering a surface of a radially outer end of the edge.

Abstract: A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a candle having an embedded item can include providing a first set of items of a first value and a second set of items of a second value different from the first value, combining the two sets to create a third set, and distributing the items of the third set among a set of candles, one item per candle, where the presence, nature, or value of the item within the candle is obscured. The method can further include selling the candles for a first price, wherein, the presence of the embedded item, the nature of the embedded item, the value of the embedded item, or the value of the embedded item relative to the first price is not known to the purchaser. The embedded item can comprise an object redeemable for a prize.

Abstract: A system and method for forming 3D printed structures includes printing an outer shell portion and filling an interior of the outer shell portion to form an inner portion. The outer shell portion and inner portion may have differing material properties. The outer shell portion may be anchored to the base component.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an escalator handrail which has a composite material including a metallic steel wire and a thermoplastic resin, said metallic steel wire having a center elemental wire and a plurality of strands placed so as to surround the center elemental wire, including: a preheating step of heating the metallic steel wire; a composite-material forming step of integrating the metallic steel wire heated in the preheating step with the thermoplastic resin in a molten state to thereby form the composite material; and a cooling step of cooling the composite material formed in the composite-material forming step.

Abstract: An injection-molding machine (10) has a static mold (14), a mold shaft (15) inserted into an inner space (14a) of the static mold (14) and having a central axis (15a), a rotation mechanism (17) which rotates the mold shaft (15) around the central axis (15a), and a raw material injection mechanism (1) which injects as a raw material, a composite material containing resin and fiber into the inner space (14a) of the static mold (14). The raw material is injected from a tip section of the mold shaft (15) into the inner space (14a) of the static mold (14) along the mold shaft (15). A technique of properly controlling the fiber orientation in the injection molding of the composite material part is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to the film products and methods of their preparation that demonstrate a non-self-aggregating uniform heterogeneity. Desirably, the films disintegrate in water and may be formed by a controlled drying process, or other process that maintains the required uniformity of the film. The films contain a polymer component, which includes polyethylene oxide optionally blended with hydrophilic cellulosic polymers. Desirably, the films also contain a pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent with no more than a 10% variance of the active agent pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic active agent per unit area of the film.

Abstract: A method of producing thermoplastic resin composite material in which a main base material containing thermoplastic resin and a sheet-like shaped auxiliary base material are integrally molded and are made into composite material. The production method includes the steps of: heating the auxiliary base material (step S1); disposing the heated auxiliary base material in a mold (step S2); disposing the main base material in the mold via the auxiliary base material (step S3); closing the mold, and pressing together and integrally molding the auxiliary base material and the main base material (step S4); and taking out the integrally-molded thermoplastic resin composite material from the mold.

Abstract: A process and assembly for incorporating a molded automotive fluid dispensing and manifold distribution system into an injection molded panel, including the steps of providing a mold and forming in a first injection molded shot a thermoplastic panel of a first material, opening the mold and positioning against a surface of the panel a previously produced manifold distribution system including at least a main manifold section and at least one branching section communicating with a nozzle outlet and reclosing the mold and subsequently forming in a second injection molded shot a second softer thermoplastic material in order to bond the manifold system to the first show panel. Other steps include forming the manifold distribution system in a secondary cavity with the first shot panel, following which a pick-and-place robot aligns the panel and manifold prior to the shot of softer material.

Abstract: A disclosed insert molding method includes installing a first insert piece between a first mold and a second mold such that a smallest distance in a gap between the first insert piece and the first mold is smaller than a smallest distance in a gap between the first insert piece and the second mold, the first insert piece including a first through-hole of which width is larger than the smallest distance in the gap between the first insert piece and the first mold; and supplying a resin to a mold gap between the first insert piece and the first mold or the second mold, thereby to fill the mold gap with the resin, while the first insert piece and the first mold are kept to abut each other.

Abstract: A molding method of a connector portion including an electric wire with a core wire, a terminal metal fitting and a mold portion, the molding method of insert-molding the mold portion with a plurality of molding dies forming a cavity corresponding to the mold portion, includes an injection step of closing the molding dies so that the insulating coating is compressed and deformed and injecting and filling a mold resin as a synthetic resin material of the mold portion into the cavity; and a mold opening step of separating the molding die in a mold opening direction while the mold resin has fluidity so that leakage of the mold resin is prevented by an elastic return pressure of the insulating coating.

Abstract: A method for producing a pultruded article includes: a step in which an activation sheet having a sliding surface capable of sliding with the inner surface of a mold is arranged on the surface of an intermediate molded article comprising reinforcing fibers that are impregnated with a thermosetting resin and the intermediate molded article and the activation sheet are introduced into a mold together; and a step in which a pultruded article generated by heating and hardening the intermediate molded article in the mold is pultruded together with the activation sheet from the mold.

Abstract: A method includes positioning a first polymer sheet on a substantially first flat surface of a tool, positioning a second polymer sheet on the first polymer sheet, and moving a second substantially flat surface of the tool into contact with the second polymer sheet. The method also includes maintaining a gap between the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet at a predetermined area and heating one of the two substantially flat surfaces of the tool to heat one of the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet. The method further includes joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet together at locations outside of the predetermined area to define a peripheral bond of the chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coating a pipeline field joint comprising the steps of (a) applying a layer of a coating material composition comprising (i) a propylene polymer and (ii) a substantially linear ethylene copolymer, a linear ethylene copolymer, or mixtures thereof, to the uncoated region of the field joint, preferably the coating is applied by injection molding.

Abstract: A process for producing molded products having portions formed with two separate materials is provided. The process involves forming a first component over a structural core in a first step, and forming a second component that is secured to the first component and the core in a second step. The second component can be formed directly over the first component or can be secured thereto after formation. The first and second components can additionally be formed with indicia thereon, or with recesses within which inserts containing the desired indicia can be positioned. Additionally, the first component can be formed with a ridge disposed on a projection formed on the first component that effectively seals off a portion of the first component when the second component is formed around the core and the first component to ensure the portion of the first component surrounded by the ridge remains visible after formation of the second component.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for obtaining a golf ball having excellent impact durability. The present invention provides a method for producing a golf ball, comprising a first step of kneading (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinkable compound having two or more polymerizable unsaturated bonds in a molecule thereof, and (d) a crosslinking initiator to prepare a core rubber composition; a second step of producing the spherical core from the core rubber composition at a molding temperature in a range from 100° C. to 150° C.; and a third step of molding the at least one cover layer covering the spherical core on the spherical core.

Abstract: The injection moulding of articles formed by plastic materials having different characteristics, for example of different colours, is carried out in a single injection cycle in which the first and the second plastic materials are injected into a first and into a second zone of a mould cavity by first and second injectors controlled according to specific modes so as to define a shape and/or a position of a weld line.

Abstract: A method of coating a field joint, pipe sections for forming a coated field joint, and a coated field joint formed thereby. First and second angular cut backs are provided in the parent coating of each pipe section. The first angular cut back is at an angle of about 30°±5° relative to the longitudinal axis of the field joint, and the second angular cut back is positioned further from the field joint than the first angular cut back. The first and second angular cut backs result in the parent coating having a stepped profile, a step in the stepped profile between the first and second angular cut backs, the is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the field joint and is free of indentations. The field joint coating is injection moulded to have an upstand that is less than or equal to about 5 mm.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for loading a powder substance (10) into recesses (200) provided at a stent (S) surface, the method comprises: applying compression (100) to the powder substance (10) to thereby form tablets insertable into said recesses (200), inserting the tablets into the recesses (200) of the stent (S).

Abstract: An injection mold for encapsulating a substrate comprises a lower mold component and an upper mold component adapted to form an encapsulation mold at an edge of the substrate when the upper mold component engages the lower mold component. The lower mold component comprises a substrate support and wherein the upper mold component comprises a recess. The injection mold includes a tiltable insert sized and shaped to slide within the recess to form a seal for the encapsulation mold, the insert having a substrate-contacting surface defining an area of the substrate contacted by the insert. The injection mold includes a plurality of pressure-exerting actuators connected to the tiltable insert and each being configured to independently apply pressure on the substrate via the insert, wherein the plurality of pressure-exerting actuators are adapted to equilibrate a total predetermined pressure exerted by the insert substantially evenly across the area of the substrate-contacting surface.

Abstract: A method of forming a bi-injected closure, comprising the steps of: forming a cap with a top plate and a depending sidewall, in a first injection moulding phase using a first mould part, the cap formed so as to include one or more external sealing areas; changing the first mould part for a second mould part, the second mould part sealing against the or each sealing area on the cap; and forming an outer ring around the cap sidewall whilst the second mould part is sealed against the sealing area/s in a second moulding phase.