Abstract: A method for producing a composite board includes compressing and heating a composite mat between opposing hot-platens, the composite mat including plastic, cellulose, and water, applying, with the opposing hot-platens, pressure within a target pressure range to the composite mat for a first amount of time, the pressure and the first amount of time to a temperature above a boiling temperature of water at a standard atmospheric pressure without changing from a liquid state to a gaseous state, and after superheating the water, releasing the pressure of the opposing hot-platens on the composite mat, releasing the pressure causing the superheated water to change from the liquid state to the gaseous state.

Abstract: Proposed is an industrial smart extruder and extrusion method, the industrial, intelligent extruder acting as a conveying device that uniformly squeeze solid to viscous masses out of a forming orifice under high pressure and temperature according to the operating principle of the Archimedean screw. Material is processed by hot extrusion or cold extrusion or warm extrusion or friction extrusion or micro extrusion by the extruder, and the material extruded by the extruder at least includes food products or metals or polymers or ceramics or concrete, or modelling clay. The industrial, intelligent extruder includes a smart device with a ML- or AI-based core engine controlling and/or steering and/or optimizing the operation of the extruder automatically.

Abstract: Plate-like glass 2 having a print layer bonded to base material 5 by adhesive layer 4 can be separated in a layer form from article 1 by irradiating print layer 3 with laser light 6, carbonizing an organic component on an entire surface of the print layer through irradiation, and separating the print layer in a layer form.

Abstract: An arrangement with a first clamping unit including a first fixed platen and a first movable platen movable relative thereto, a first clamping force mechanism to apply a clamping force to the first movable platen, and a control or regulating unit for controlling or regulating the first clamping force mechanism. Arranged next to and/or above the first clamping unit is a second clamping unit including a second fixed platen or the first fixed platen and a second movable platen movable relative thereto and which are suitable for carrying at least one mold, and a second clamping force mechanism to apply a clamping force to the second movable platen. The control or regulating unit can actuate the first clamping force mechanism and the second clamping force mechanism to apply a clamping force synchronously when all platens present jointly carry a mold.

Abstract: A system and method for steam curing and carbonation curing precast concrete, including: a steam curing tank forming a steam curing space; a carbonation curing tank disposed within the steam curing space and forming a carbonation curing space; a mold disposed within the carbonation curing space and forming a concrete shaping space by a plurality of segments; and a demolding device configured to separate the plurality of segments from one another to open the concrete shaping space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for rolling dough, comprising a conveyor, in particular an endless conveyor belt, for conveying a dough sheet in a direction of conveyance, a roller, for rolling the dough sheet with at least a directional component perpendicular to the direction of conveyance, wherein the device is configured for varying the distance between the upper surface of the conveyor and the roller during rolling.

Abstract: An ejection element attached to a forming mould for forming three-dimensional cellulose products from an air-formed cellulose blank structure. The ejection element is arranged for ejecting the cellulose products and/or residual parts of the cellulose blank structure from the forming mould after forming of the cellulose products in the forming mould. The ejection element is arranged as a resilient protruding body extending in a pressing direction of the forming mould relative to a surrounding surface of the forming mould in a non-compressed state. The ejection element is configured for separating the formed cellulose products and/or the residual parts of the cellulose blank structure from the forming mould upon expansion of the ejection element from a compressed state to the non-compressed state after the forming of the cellulose products in the forming mould.

Abstract: In some variations, OCC is screened, cleaned, deinked, and mechanically refined to generate cellulose nanofibrils. The OCC may be subjected to further chemical, physical, or thermal processing, prior to mechanical refining. For example, the OCC may be subjected to hot-water extraction, or fractionation with an acid catalyst, a solvent for lignin, and water. In certain embodiments to produce cellulose nanocrystals, OCC is exposed to AVAP® digestor conditions. The resulting pulp is optionally bleached and is mechanically refined to generate cellulose nanocrystals. In certain embodiments to produce cellulose nanofibrils, OCC is exposed to GreenBox+® digestor conditions. The resulting pulp is mechanically refined to generate cellulose nanofibrils. The site of a system to convert OCC to nanocellulose may be co-located with an existing OCC processing site. The nanocellulose line may be a bolt-on retrofit system to existing infrastructure.

Abstract: A molding device incudes a resin sheet forming device, a roller unit, a mold, and a static eliminator. The resin sheet forming device is configured to extrude a resin sheet in a molten state; the roller unit includes first and second rollers; the first and second rollers are configured to rotate in opposite directions while sandwiching the resin sheet so as to feed the resin sheet below the first and second rollers; the mold has a shaping surface to shape the resin sheet; and the static eliminator is configured to eliminate static from the resin sheet at a point after the resin sheet pass through the roller unit but before a bottom edge of the resin sheet reaches a lower end of a molding area of the mold.

Abstract: In remotely rendering chemical signatures, a remote request received from a user comprises a requesting user identifier, a substrate specification, and a chemical signature. The chemical signature includes identifiers for one or more chemicals comprising a selected set of chemicals, and for each identified chemical at least a quantity of the selected set of chemicals. The received remote request is directed to a chemical printer that prints chemicals on the substrate based at least on the chemical signature. The printed substrate may be tagged with a predetermined digital tag format based at least on the requesting user identifier.

Abstract: A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a humidifying unit, a first processing unit, a second processing unit, a first supply passage, a second supply passage, and a returning passage. The humidifying unit generates humidified air. The first processing unit processes a material that contains fibers. The second processing unit processes the material that was processed at the first processing unit. Humidified air is supplied from the humidifying unit to the first processing unit through the first supply passage. Humidified air is supplied from the first processing unit to the second processing unit, together with the material, through the second supply passage. The returning passage includes an upstream-side end portion and a downstream-side end portion. Humidified air is returned from the second supply passage or the second processing unit to the humidifying unit through the returning passage.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing chemical signatures are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving an original chemical signature, and an originating user identifier, the original chemical signature comprised of identifiers for one or more chemicals comprising a selected set of chemicals, and for each identified chemical at least a quantity of the selected set of chemicals. Responsive to the receiving of the original chemical signature, the actions further include generating an original hash based on at least a part of the original chemical signature and the originating user identifier. The actions further include storing on a distributed ledger the generated hash. Via at least one rule from a rules engine, the actions further include calculating an original attribution value associated with the originating user identifier.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for adjusting a suction roll. The method includes: recording images and/or videos of the exterior of the roll and transmitting the recording to a computing unit; determining the actual values of the position of the sealing strips and/or edge deckles and/or other, non-visible components by the computing unit through image analysis of the image and/or video recording of the exterior of the roll and/or by acquiring values from an embedded sensor system; and displaying the determined actual values by superimposing the position of the non-visible components on a display with the image and/or video recording.

Abstract: A coupling device includes a pipe including at least pipes through which a molten resin passes, in which the coupling device couples an output device that outputs the molten resin to be recycled and an injection molding machine that performs injection molding of the molten resin with each other by connecting an upstream end part of the pipe to the output device and connecting a downstream end part of the pipe to the injection molding machine, and the coupling device includes, on a downstream side of the pipe, a removal dissolution unit that removes or dissolves a solid foreign matter mixed in the molten resin.

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.