Abstract: Masking film stacks, kits composed of said film stacks, adhesive tapes, and covering tapes, and methods for producing said stacks and kits are provided. The masking film stacks comprise masking films having widths and lengths, wherein the masking films are foldable along folding lines, running along the lengths, to form double-ply-folded masking films such that two free longitudinal edges of the double-ply-folded masking films run adjacent to each another and the double-ply masking films are foldable to form stacks and the two longitudinal edges lie on the masking film stacks.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fused metal sight window that melts the metal of the frame around the window, instead of the traditional method of melting the window into the frame. Since most of the superior optical transparent materials (such as fused silica, sapphire, YAG, ALON, diamond, fused quartz and magnesium fluoride) have a melting point higher than most metals, it was not previously possible to create fused metal sight windows with these materials. By melting the frame onto the window, many new combinations of metals and optical materials may be used while retaining the strength of the sight window that results from fusing the metal and the window.

Abstract: A tape affixing apparatus includes a holding unit that holds a wafer and a ring frame, a peeling plate that peels off a dicing tape from a sheet by bending a tape set at an acute angle, an affixing roller configured to affix the dicing tape to the wafer and the ring frame by pressing the dicing tape peeled off from the sheet by the peeling plate against the wafer and the ring frame, an air nozzle that makes a distal end of the dicing tape peeled off from the sheet conform to an outside surface of the affixing roller, and an end detecting unit that detects the distal end of the dicing tape made to conform to the outside surface of the affixing roller.

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for positioning and bonding a nutplate to a substrate comprising at least one aperture, wherein the system includes a nutplate retention fixture formed from a threaded insert and an elastomeric tube engaged with the threaded insert; a heater assembly formed from a heating element, a temperature sensor operable to measure the temperature of the heating element, and a heater housing; a heater retention fixture operable to engage with the nutplate retention fixture and maintain the heater assembly in contact with the substrate; and a heater controller operable to control the output from the heating element. The heater retention fixture includes a spring-loaded nut clamp provided concentrically around the threaded insert and configured to secure the heater retention fixture to the nutplate retention fixture.

Abstract: A fiber placement device that includes a placement surface on which a reinforcing fiber tow is placed and stacked; a tow arranging mechanism which presses and places the reinforcing fiber tow against and on the placement surface; and a heating mechanism which is configured to heat the placement surface. In one placement cycle, the tow arranging mechanism presses a group of the reinforcing fiber tows against the placement surface heated in advance by the heating mechanism, moves by a predetermined length in a first axial direction to glue and fix the group of the reinforcing fiber tows onto the placement surface, and move the placement surface in a second axial direction which substantially intersects the first axial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an automobile sound absorbing member through molding. In the method, a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer are bonded to each other and molded at the same time, so that a working process and a process cycle are simplified, thereby improving production speed and reducing investment for equipment and facility. The method includes (a) preparing a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, (b) providing an adhesive member between the first fibrous layer and the second fibrous layer and placing an aggregate of the first fibrous layer, adhesive member, and the second fibrous layer in a molding machine, and (c) pressing an upper mold and a lower mold of the molding machine so that the first fibrous layer and the second fibrous layer are bonded and molded into a molded body.

Abstract: A carpet cutting apparatus comprises a bottom plate and a blade-mounting structure. The bottom plate has a rear flat portion, and a front pointed and slanted tip; and the blade-mounting structure comprises a rear base plate and a forward hood portion, the forward hood portion is configured to engage a blade within a blade holder by means of plurality of screws. The forward hood portion is configured to have a hole to engage a cable hook. A system of carpet cutting and removing comprises a winch connected to a first end of a cable, a carpet cutting apparatus, and a diverter. It provides easy cutting of carpet into carpet strips which can be pulled by means of clamps and winch action. During operation, the base plate capable of receiving a foot of an operator at foot area of the carpet cutting apparatus, to avoid lifting from rear portion.

Abstract: Discussed are an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly, an electrode manufactured therethrough, and a secondary battery. The apparatus includes an upper and lower roll to press upper and lower portions of the stack, respectively; an upper support part to support the upper roll; a mover to allow the upper support part to move; a lower support to support both sides of the lower roll; a pressure detector provided on the lower support to measure a pressure applied to the lower roll, thereby detecting a pressure applied to the stack; and a controller to adjust the pressure applied to the stack by reflecting a pressure detection value detected in the pressure detector, the pressure detector comprising a first pressure detector to detect pressure applied to one side of the lower roll; and a second pressure detector to detect pressure applied to the other side of the lower roll.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus sandwiches a sheet media in a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and bonded together at a portion of the two-ply sheet. The sheet processing apparatus includes a fixing device, a tray, and a roller. The fixing device applies heat and pressure to the two-ply sheet. The tray is disposed downstream from the fixing device in a conveyance direction of the two-ply sheet, to stack the two-ply sheet. The roller conveys the two-ply sheet vertically downward toward the tray after the two-ply sheet passes through the fixing device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressing apparatus capable of uniformly pressing an object to be pressed using a pressure adjustment portion having a fluid contained therein irrespective of the shape of the object and a pressing method using the same.

Abstract: A method for making an absorbent article comprising an absorbent core comprising one or more channels, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a first endless moving surface comprising a plurality of molds, each mold comprising a non-porous insert therein, typically said insert having the inverse shape of said channel(s), wherein the molds are in fluid communication with an under-pressure source except for said insert; ii. feeding a first nonwoven web to said first endless moving surface and over one or more said molds; iii. depositing an absorbent material, comprising cellulose fibers and/or superabsorbent polymer particles, over at least a portion of said nonwoven web; iv. removing said absorbent material from areas of the nonwoven web corresponding to said insert; v. applying a second nonwoven web directly or indirectly over the absorbent material, or folding said first nonwoven web, such to sandwich said absorbent material between upper and lower layers of said nonwoven web(s); vi.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a load structure may include forming a panel having a first side and a second side, clearing a fill passage through the panel, providing a tool having a first tool portion, a second tool portion, and a cavity disposed between the first and second tool portions, connecting a fill busing to the tool, the fill bushing includes a flange, disposing the panel within the cavity, disposing the fill bushing within the fill passage, connecting an injection gun to the fill bushing, and injecting a material through the fill busing and the fill passage such that one of the first side or the second side of the panel is at least partially covered with the material, the fill bushing is arranged within the fill passage to block the coating from contacting the other one of the first side or the second side.

Abstract: A method for applying rubberized electronic tags to a tyre being processed. A continuous band is extended lengthwise along a longitudinal direction. The rubberized electronic tags are adhered to the front surface of the band and arranged sequentially along that direction. A rubberized electronic tag is peeled from the continuous band and applied to the tyre. The peeling includes imposing a longitudinal sliding motion and a sliding path on the band.

Abstract: A method of removing a sacrificial substructure from a support structure is disclosed. The method includes receiving the support structure, where the support structure has the sacrificial substructure connected thereto, the sacrificial substructure having functioning electrical devices removed therefrom. The method also includes applying a barrier to the sacrificial substructure, puncturing the sacrificial substructure with a puncture plate to secure the sacrificial substructure to the puncture plate, and detaching the sacrificial substructure from the support structure by moving the puncture plate with respect to the support structure.

Abstract: A method and device for connecting sheet metal parts in order to form lamination stacks. In order to reproducibly manufacture geometrically accurate lamination stacks, it is proposed for the first and/or second coating to be provided with a separating layer, which contains a reaction accelerator for the adhesive of the first coating and contains a release agent in order to thus facilitate the division of the sheet metal parts into lamination stacks.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a load structure may include forming a panel having a first side and a second side, clearing a fill passage through the panel, providing a tool having a first portion, a second portion, and a cavity disposed between the first and second portions, disposing a film onto a surface of the first portion of the tool, disposing the panel within the cavity such that the second side of the panel engages the second portion of the tool, and the first side of the panel is spaced apart from the surface of the first portion of the tool defining a void, and injecting a coating through the fill passage such that the coating fills the void and the film adheres to the first side of the panel.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. The method includes subdividing a laminate into zones, laying up tows of fiber reinforced material for the laminate over a layup mandrel via multiple laminations such that each lamination head applies tows in a different zone, and splicing the zones together to form the laminate during the laying up of the tows while moving the layup mandrel in a process direction during fabrication of the composite parts.

Abstract: A packaging system for film including: a controller; and a seal jaw controlled by the controller, wherein the seal jaw includes: a first sealing bar; a second sealing bar; a servo motor controlling movement of at least one of the first and the second sealing bars between an open position and a closed position, where the sealing bars are in contact; and a pneumatic cylinder, connected with at least one of the first and second sealing bars, and controlling a pressure between the sealing bars when in the closed position. A method of creating a seal in packaging film, the method including: moving, via a servo motor, a first sealing bar and a second sealing bar from an open position to a closed position; and upon reaching the closed position, clamping, via a pneumatic cylinder, the sealing bars to create a seal in the packaging film.

Abstract: A process of producing printed variably imaged labels cut to individual label sheets in a pre-defined sequence of variable information synchronized with the planogram of a retail store for labeling, output from a factory assembly line for unique product labeling or labeling of shipments from a fulfillment or distribution warehouse that all have unique data and follow a planogram or planned sequence. The labels are cut into single sheets using a cutter/stacker and either use a crack and peel liner or a stripped matrix around the label to facilitate easy removal and application. The cutter/stacker processes converted label stock that is either preprinted and die cut and/or variably imaged.

Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter. The catheter may include a catheter shaft and a balloon. The balloon may comprise a cone portion, a waist portion, and a body portion. A fiber braid may be disposed along the balloon. An inner surface of the waist portion may be thermally bonded to an outer surface of the catheter shaft and an inner surface of the fiber braid may be adhesively bonded to an outer surface of the waist portion.