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.

Abstract: A link mechanism 11 according to an embodiment includes a base member 25, an outer rail holder 24a provided on one end side of the base member 25 and including guide rollers 41 and 42 moving along a rail 14, an inner rail holder 24b provided on the other end side of the base member 25 and including guide rollers 41 and 42 moving along another rail 13 provided on an inner side of the rail 14, link plates 22 and 23 each having one end rotatably coupled to the outer rail holder 24a and the other end rotatably coupled to another link mechanism 11, and a clip 21 provided on the one end side of the base member 25 where the outer rail holder 24a is provided and configured to grip the film. The outer rail holder 24a includes a roller cover 50 configured to cover at least one of the guide rollers 41 and 42 moving along the rail 14.

Abstract: A method for predicting warping behavior in a product involves: 1) acquiring experimental warping data from a specimen under predetermined molding conditions, 2) generating simulated warping data using a digital twin, 3) calculating strain/stress components of both experimental and simulated data, 4) performing regression analysis to establish conversion relationships between experimental and simulated strains in transverse/parallel directions, and 5) generating calibrated simulation predictions using the derived relationships.

Abstract: Textile fibers of different lengths are fractionated in a liquid medium at a predetermined consistency into at least two fractions on the grounds of the fiber length, the two fractions being a first accept and a second accept. The second accept, which has longer fibers than the first accept, is led to a refining step in the liquid medium, and the refined fibers are fractionated in the liquid medium into at least two fractions on the grounds of the fiber length.

Abstract: Example approaches are disclosed for manufacturing composite or fiber reinforcement preforms. Liquid, fibrous, binding and potentially other materials are mixed into a composite mixture slurry in a slurry container. A porous tool having a specific porous outer surface portion approximating a specific exterior surface portion of a spatial shape of a final product is immersed in the slurry container. A suction pressure is applied to draw a portion of the fibrous material intermixed with a corresponding portion of the binding material in the slurry onto the specific outer surface portion. The porous tool attached with the wet preform is removed from the slurry container. The wet preform is partially dried into a partially dried preform attached to the porous tool. The partially dried preform is dried, solidified and/or consolidated and/or injected with a resin and cured into a solid composite preform of the spatial shape of the final product.

Abstract: A capillary dewatering apparatus, including a framework with a plurality of apertures, and a flexible member disposed around an exterior surface of the framework, in which an inner surface of the flexible member is in contact with at least a portion of the exterior surface of the framework and in which the flexible member and the framework are not bonded. Also disclosed is a capillary dewatering process using the corresponding apparatus.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing short fibers includes relaxing entanglement of crimped cellulose acetate fibers in a tow band by applying a tension in a predetermined transfer direction to the tow band transferred in the transfer direction, the tow band containing the crimped cellulose acetate fibers and being impregnated with moisture, and forming short fibers by cutting the tow band in which the entanglement is relaxed.

Abstract: A shrinkage detection device for a polymer injection molding apparatus detects a shrinkage experienced by an injection molded element for assessing a quality of the molded element. Shrinkage, along with temperature and pressure of the melt within the mold during cooling, indicates a sufficiency of the resulting molded element for intended purposes. Sufficiency includes parameters such as flexibility, shear strength and longevity, and is accurately performed can replace conventional sample testing of molded articles that are expensive and time consuming.

Abstract: Disclosed is an imaging apparatus comprising: a segmented scintillator structure; and a photocathode structure optically coupled to the segmented scintillator structure, for conversion of high-energy particles with an arbitrary spatial distribution to a corresponding distribution of photoelectrons, emitted with a spread in energy ranging from 100 meV to 1 meV. Also disclosed is an imaging apparatus comprising: a segmented scintillator structure, and a photocathode structure optically coupled to the segmented scintillator structure, for conversion of high-energy particles with an arbitrary spatial distribution to a corresponding distribution of photoelectrons, emitted with an angular spread ranging from 10 degrees to 0.1 degrees. Also disclosed is a pressureless filling of capillary tubes and nano-molds using electroosmosis effect.

Abstract: A paper oil-resistant agent composition containing a hydrocarbon group-containing polymer having a repeating unit formed from a monomer having a hydrocarbon group having 7 to 40 carbon atoms and an NH group-containing group in an amount of 80% by weight or more based on the polymer. Also disclosed is an oil-resistant paper to which the hydrocarbon group-containing polymer in the paper oil-resistant agent composition adheres, a method for producing paper which includes treating paper with the paper oil-resistant composition, and a method for producing molded pulp which includes filling a mold with the paper oil-resistant agent composition and a pulp slurry, and molding the pulp.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hammer drill attachment for contacting external walls of formwork for imparting external vibration to concrete poured into the formwork, the attachment comprising: an input shaft configured to receive motion from an output of a hammer drill; an output shaft configured to contact the external walls of the formwork for imparting the external vibration, the output shaft being arranged transversely relative to the input shaft to output pulsed percussions in a transverse direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the output shaft, a connecting portion for connecting the output shaft with the input shaft to transmit motion from the input shaft to the output shaft when the input shaft is receiving motion from the output of the hammer drill. In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for smoothing concrete contained within external walls of formwork.