Abstract: Rollers that transport a sheet while heating the sheet, and a separating unit that includes a separating plate and a supporting portion are included. The separating plate has a leading end portion that comes into contact with a second roller of the rollers. The supporting portion supports the separating plate. The separating plate is provided with a slit that absorbs bending due to a thermal expansion difference between the separating plate and the supporting portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for preparing a modified poly (m-phenylene isophthalamide) (PMIA) fiber by continuous polymerization-dry-wet spinning. The method includes the following steps: (1) preparing a mixed solution of m-phenylenediamine (MPD) and a copolymerized diamine monomer in N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) serving as a solvent using a cosolvent; (2) mixing isophthaloyl chloride (IPC) with the mixed solution of the MPD and the copolymerized diamine monomer in the DMAC, and conducting pre-polycondensation and polycondensation in sequence to obtain a modified PMIA resin solution; and (3) subjecting the modified PMIA resin solution to additive addition, filtration, defoaming, and dry-wet spinning to obtain the modified PMIA fiber.

Abstract: There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a sheet from a material containing fibers, including: an accumulation section that forms a web by accumulating the material containing fibers by an air flow; a web transport section including a transport belt that comes into contact with one surface of the web and holds the web; a humidification section provided to face the one surface of the transport belt and applying moisture from the other surface side of the web; and a suction section provided to face the humidification section with the transport belt interposed therebetween, in which the suction section has a plurality of suction ports for suctioning air, the humidification section has a discharge port for discharging humidified air, and among the plurality of suction ports, a first suction port and the discharge port are disposed to face each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a film comprising microfibrillated cellulose, which comprises: providing a suspension comprising 30-100 weight-% microfibrillated cellulose based on total dry weight: forming a wet web of said suspension by casting on a support being a non-porous support, paper or paperboard: wet-pressing said wet web to form a dewatered web, which comprises applying a press fabric into direct contact with said wet web and conducting said wet web, arranged between said press fabric and said non-porous support, through a pressing equipment: smoothening said dewatered web by applying at least one smoothing press to said dewatered web arranged on said non-porous support so as to form a smoothened web, wherein a pressure of 0.1-25 MPa is applied in each smoothing press, wherein said dewatered web has a dry content of 20-60% by weight when applying said smoothing press(es), and drying said smoothened web to form said film. The invention further relates to a film.

Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a mould including a first and a second part into a dosing position. The apparatus includes a reorientation conveyor portion comprising first and second opposed retainer members. At least one of the first and second retainer members includes a conveyor. The first and second retainer members are operable to form a separation therebetween and the reorientation conveyor portion is operable to receive the mould into the separation between the first and second retainer members with the first and second retainer members in a first orientation and then move the first and second retainer members into a second orientation while substantially maintaining the first part of the mould in the same position relative to the second part of the mould. The apparatus further includes a mould-separation portion. The reorientation conveyor portion is operable to at least partially eject the mould into the mould-separation portion when the first and second retainer members are in the second orientation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the pretreatment of fibrous material in a production process for producing three-dimensional products, to a pretreatment chamber for the pretreatment of fibrous material, and to a fiber molding plant having at least one pretreatment chamber. By pretreating relatively dry fiber material, the shaping step in a manufacturing process can be significantly improved and the choice of product geometries can be increased.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating green liquor in a green liquor treatment arrangement, wherein the method comprises—adding (101) a flocculation agent to green liquor to form flocculated green liquor, —supplying (102) the flocculated green liquor to a clarifying vessel for separating flocculated green liquor into flocculated matter and clear green liquor, —removing (103) flocculated matter through a sludge outlet, and—removing (104) clear green liquor from the clarifying vessel, wherein the method further comprises—measuring (201) a flocculation of the green liquor, wherein said measuring takes place after adding the flocculation agent but before supplying the flocculated green liquor to the clarifying vessel. The invention also relates to a green liquor treatment device.

Abstract: A machine or apparatus for producing structured tissue or towel using a press section.

Abstract: A biodegradable board having a high stiffness to weight ratio includes cocoa shell particles, cellulosic wood-based fibers, and no added binders. The cocoa shell particles may be sourced from a cocoa processing waste stream. The board has a grammage of at least about 2000 g/m2. The board may be assembled into a self-supporting point-of-sale display unit for displaying food products.

Abstract: A method of controlling a sheet manufacturing apparatus is applied to a sheet manufacturing apparatus including a defibrating portion, an accumulating portion that forms web, a second transporting portion that includes a transporting belt to transport the web, and a pressing portion that includes a pair of pressing rollers formed from a first roller and a second roller and forms a strip-shaped sheet by pressing the web. The method includes a first step of transporting the web with the transporting belt, a second step of peeling a tip end of the web off the transporting belt, a third step of bending the tip end of the web by rotating the first roller in a first direction, and a fourth step of folding the tip end of the web by rotating the first roller in a second direction and passing the web between the pair of pressing rollers.

Abstract: A display device manufacturing apparatus includes: a cooling unit disposed on a front surface of a display panel, a molding unit disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, and a heating unit disposed on the molding unit. The molding unit includes a first part facing and spaced apart from the rear surface of the display panel by a predetermined distance, and a second part bent from the first part toward the rear surface of the display panel to define an injection space together with the first part. An opening for communicating with the injection space is defined in the molding unit.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of cured rubber membrane, the process comprising (i) preparing a continuous stream of curable rubber composition; (ii) forming the continuous stream of curable rubber composition into a continuous green-rubber extrudate; (iii) curing the continuous green-rubber extrudate to form a continuous cured membrane; and (iv) fabricating the continuous cured membrane into rolls of cured membrane, where the curable rubber composition is characterized by at least one of a t90 at 190° C. of from about 1 to about 12 minutes and a T5 at 135° C. of from about 5 to about 20 minutes.

Abstract: An advanced manufacturing operational apparatus, system, and method. In some embodiments, a three-dimensional printer, comprising an outer enclosure; and a print chamber within the outer enclosure, further comprising: a spool mount fixed proximally to a bottom of the print chamber and a rear of the print chamber, a compact toolhead coupled to a linear rail, and further comprising an extruder motor, a filament applicator, and a linear motor, wherein the linear motor is mounted towards the rear of the print chamber and may be selectively positioned above the spool mount, a linear drive system abutting the outer enclosure along at least one axis, a frame structure comprising a rigid base plate coupled to a vertical pulley system, a controller, and a non-transitory storage medium capable of storing machine-readable instructions executable to cause the controller to: utilize the filament applicator to dispense a build material.

Abstract: A disclosed example embodiment of a gauge wheel tire includes a first polyurethane sidewall portion, a second polyurethane sidewall portion, a polyurethane ground-engaging portion, and a polyurethane axial support portion. The first polyurethane sidewall portion is spaced apart from the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and the polyurethane ground-engaging portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall portion to the second polyurethane sidewall portion and is adapted to contact a ground surface as the gauge wheel tire rotates about an axis of rotation. The polyurethane axial support portion extends from the first polyurethane sidewall portion to the second polyurethane sidewall portion, and is spaced apart from the polyurethane ground-engaging portion to form a gap that allows radial movement of the polyurethane ground-engaging portion relative to the polyurethane axial support portion.

Abstract: In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fiber molding screen is described. The fiber molding screen includes a first region and a second region. The fiber molding screen includes a first set of pores formed within the first region. Each pore of the first set of pores has a first pore trajectory angle between a longitudinal axis of the pore and the first region surface. The fiber molding screen also includes a second set of pores formed within the second region. Each pore of the second set of pores has a second pore trajectory angle between a longitudinal axis of the pore and the second region surface. The second pore trajectory angle is different than the first pore trajectory angle.

Abstract: Paper making machine comprising a forming zone in which a layer of fibrous material is formed, a zone for forced removal of water from the fibrous material layer downstream of the forming zone, a drying zone downstream of the forced removal of the water, and a paper collection zone downstream of the drying zone, and means for transporting the layer of fibrous material through said zones of the machine along a path that follows a predetermined transport direction (MD). The forced water removal zone comprises, in turn, two consecutive zones (Z1, Z2) along said transport direction (MD), in which a capillary roller (44) and a pressure element (4S) with a respective counter-roller (4C) are respectively arranged, acting consecutively on the layer of fibrous material upstream of the drying zone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of textiles. More specifically, it pertains to a process for producing and using fibrillated biodegradable microfibers. The process involves sourcing and preliminary processing plant materials encompassing cellulose-rich fibers followed by mechanical compression method or a solar powered electric presser to expel surplus moisture. Then, an aqueous immersion technique is employed for thermal processing to obtain thermal processed plant materials. The thermal processed plant materials then undergo a rinsing step and a mechanical disintegration step to reduce the thermal processed plant materials into micro-sized entities while maintaining the integrity of the fibers. Furthermore, matrix forming substances, stabilizer, sealant and preservative to said micro-sized entities subsequently undergoing a blending process to obtain a first mixture.

Abstract: A fiber diameter measuring device, an inorganic fiber sheet producing device, a method for measuring a fiber diameter, and a method for producing an inorganic fiber sheet, capable of guaranteeing continuous safeness of the fiber diameter of an inorganic fiber in an inorganic fiber sheet is provided. A method further capable of measuring the fiber diameter of the inorganic fiber in the inorganic fiber sheet, not only after the production of the inorganic fiber sheet but also during the production of the inorganic fiber sheet is provided. The fiber diameter measuring device includes a sampling section capable of sampling a predetermined amount of the inorganic fiber in an entire area of the inorganic fiber sheet; and a measuring section configured to measure a fiber diameter of the sampled inorganic fiber.

Abstract: SLA-based additive manufacturing using radiation-curable foams enables the production by 3D printing of lightweight parts having desirable physical and functional attributes. A representative method of manufacturing such items includes processing a radiation-curable resin in liquid form to produce a stable, non-aqueous radiation-curable foam, on-demand deposition of the foam at a build layer of a build surface within a 3D printer, and then curing the non-aqueous radiation-curable foam to produce a layer of a 3D build item. Processing the resin typically includes agitation, mixing, shaking, gas injection, ultrasonic stimulation, or combinations thereof. 3D articles of manufacture made by the above-described manufacturing process are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention contemplates a method of forming a member comprising injection molding a first layer into a first tool cavity, overmolding a second layer into a second tool cavity selected from the group consisting of an expandable layer, a sealing layer, an acoustic layer, and adhesive layer, a reinforcement layer, a fastening layer, a second carrier layer, and any combination thereof, overmolding a third layer into the second tool cavity selected from the group consisting of an expandable layer, a sealing layer, an acoustic layer, an adhesive layer, a reinforcement layer, a fastening layer, a second carrier layer, and any combination thereof. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer may be molded in one injection molding tool and the second and third layer may be segregated from one another prior to any overmolding steps.