Abstract: A method for making a cover for a component of a vehicle passenger compartment comprising the steps of molding the cover for the component from a polymeric material, and forming an integrally-formed aesthetic feature in an uninterrupted portion of the cover which simulates a seam between regions of the cover.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for generating foam shapes that float in air having a container, a gas source, an aeration nozzle for aerating a gas from the gas source, an outlet, and a separator for separating extruded foam into individualized foam shapes.

Abstract: A process for forming flexible noise attenuating cutting line for use in rotary vegetation trimmers formed of at least two monofilament polymer strands bonded together in a twisted disposition or a single strand twisted about its central axis in which the strand or strands are extruded in a molten disposition through a single die that is rotated during the extruding step either to twist the two strands together about a central longitudinal axis or a single strand about its own longitudinal axis such that upon cooling, stretching and heating, a flexible noise attenuating line is created in a continuous online process.

Abstract: A laminated rotor core (36) wherein permanent magnets (47) are inserted in respective magnet insertion holes (46) is disposed between and pressed by an upper die (37) and a lower die (29). The upper die (37) has resin reservoir pots (50) provided above the laminated rotor core (36) and at positions corresponding to the respective magnet insertion holes (46). Raw resin material put in the resin reservoir pots (50) is heated by the upper die (37). Subsequently, the resin material in a liquefied state is ejected from the resin reservoir pots (50) by plungers (52) that are inserted and moves vertically in the resin reservoir pots (50) and is directly filled in the magnet insertion holes (46). Consequently, the respective magnet insertion holes (46) are filled with the resin material more evenly and highly reliable products can be supplied at low cost.

Abstract: A slit yarn wherein both side parts of the slit yarn are folded one or more times, and the folded width is substantially uniform along the direction of length of the yarn. In this slit yarn, when the width is measured at 20 or more points at intervals of 0.5 m, and the fluctuation coefficient X shown in the following Equation (1) is calculated on the basis of the average value W(avg) and the standard deviation W(?), this X is (for example) approximately 4% or less. Furthermore, in the slit yarn of the present invention, the abovementioned folded parts are ordinarily shape-set.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for generating foam shapes that float in air having a container, a gas source, an aeration nozzle for aerating a gas from the gas source, an outlet, and a separator for separating extruded foam into individualized foam shapes.

Abstract: A method of obtaining fiber textures of carbon from a cellulose precursor includes the steps of: spinning cellulose filaments (12) from a viscose solution or a cellulose solution; subjecting the cellulose filaments to washing in water (21); impregnating the washed and non-dried cellulose filaments with an aqueous emulsion (41) of at least one organosilicon additive; drying the impregnated cellulose filaments; and obtaining a fiber texture made up of impregnated and dried cellulose filaments prior to carbonization.

Abstract: Contact lens curing systems and methods are described. A contact lens curing system includes an oven that has a plurality of curing zones a mold advancement system for moving the contact lens mold assemblies between the plurality of zones and a controlled atmosphere within the curing zones that provides a substantially chemically inert environment in which contact lens precursor materials can be polymerized in contact lens mold assemblies located in the curing zones. Methods of producing contact lenses include curing contact lens precursor materials in contact lens mold assemblies in the lens curing system.

Abstract: An arrangement and method are provided for supplying material to production equipment for ceramic products. The arrangement comprises a first unit that can be at least partially surrounded by a second unit to which it is secured via its outer surface. The second unit can be designed so that it can be fed forward and divided by the production equipment. The first and second units can be arranged to facilitate silhouetting in at least the first unit and to facilitate the creation of at least one securing part between the first and second units. The securing part can comprise one of a combination of the material of the second unit with a joining material and a combination of the material of the first unit with the joining material.

Abstract: A die for extrusion-molding in accordance with the present invention comprises: a molding groove part, a material supplying part, and an outer frame for fixing a die main body comprising the molding groove part and the material supplying part to the front end of an extrusion-molding apparatus, wherein the die main body has a form in which the plate-shaped molding groove part smaller than the material supplying part is provided at almost the middle of the plate-shaped material supplying part such that it protrudes from the material supplying part, the outer frame comprises: a die holding part which is provided such that it covers the material supplying part around the molding groove part; and a peripheral part which is provided near the die holding part, and supposing that the thickness of the molding groove part is X, the thickness of the material supplying part is Y, and the thickness of the die holding part of the outer frame is Z, these X, Y and Z are allowed to satisfy the inequalities (1) about 3?X?ab

Abstract: A process for simultaneously activating two or more portions of a web in different directions. The process involves feeding a web into an apparatus that includes a pair of intermeshing activation rolls having three dimensional surface features configured to simultaneously activate different portions a web in different directions. The three dimensional surface features are arranged in discrete regions on the rolls such that at least two of the regions provide different directions of activation. The rolls include one or more buffer regions positioned between the discrete regions on the roll that provide different directions of activation.

Abstract: A method and coating used to prepare a photochromically-enabled bifocal ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens, for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert is exchanged for a bifocal mold having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermoset coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.

Abstract: A method for forming an array of three dimensional electrode elements for micro-batteries, including forming a plurality of first parallel channels in a substrate, filling the plurality of first channels with a sacrificial filler material, forming at least one plurality of second parallel channels, each of the pluralities of channels being oriented in a different direction, and removing the sacrificial filler material to leave a grid array of electrode elements. The method may further include a preliminary step of depositing a sacrificial coating onto the surface of the substrate and a final step of removing the sacrificial coating and any debris resulting from the channel forming steps deposited thereon.

Abstract: An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyaryletherketone polymers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage devices, giving significantly improved performance when compared to previously reported cross-linked and linear polymers. The cross-linking of the polyaryletherketone polymers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles.

Abstract: Rigid substrates having molded fastener projections, and methods of making the same are disclosed. A substrate has a beam stiffness, measured as a product of an overall moment of inertia of a nominal transverse cross-section and an effective modulus of elasticity of a material from which the substrate is made, that is greater than about 200 lb-in2 (0.574 N-m2). In situ lamination of hook, bands or islands on surfaces of a rigid substrate held in a planar orientation or presenting a planar surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process or a device for the production of a three-dimensional object by layer-wise solidification of a material which is solidifiable under the application of electromagnetic irradiation by means of mask illumination, wherein the mask is produced using an image forming unit having a prescribed resolution, which is formed from a constant number of image forming elements (pixels) being discrete and being arranged in a spatially mutually fixed manner. For the improvement of the resolution along the outer and inner contours of the sectional areas of the object to be generated layer-wise in the sub-pixel range, a multiple illumination per layer is performed, which consists of a series of multiple images that are mutually shifted in the sub-pixel range in the image/construction plane, wherein a separate mask/bitmap is produced for each shifted image.

Abstract: The invention relates to molding systems and related methods. In one aspect of the invention, a molding apparatus includes a first cylindrical roll that is rotatably coupled to a frame and an adjacent pressure device, the frame is configured so that a substrate can pass through a nip formed between the first cylindrical roll and the pressure device while a portion of the substrate extends laterally beyond at least the frame and the first cylindrical roll.

Abstract: A gas injecting device for an injection molding machine is equipped at one side of a cylinder of the injection molding machine, and includes a pin inserted into a gas injection hole of the gas injecting device. The pin has flat sections formed around an outer lower portion of the pin to define gaps between the flat sections and an inner surface of the gas injection hole, such that a gas is injected uniformly through the gaps, thereby allowing the gas and a resin to be easily mixed while preventing the resin from flowing backwards through the gas injecting device. An amount of gas injected to a barrel of the injection molding machine is accurately controlled according to a pressure difference between a gas line and the barrel, and time data, allowing an article to be injection molded according to a kind of resin or characteristics of the article.

Abstract: A process for the production of a glass run channel is provided wherein the glass run channel has a S-shaped core of a polymeric material, onto which glass and/or frame sealing components are co-extruded. Preferably, a slip agent coating is applied shortly after the sealing components are added so that a completely polymeric glass run channel is produced in a single operation. The polymeric glass run channel is lighter, less expensive and more easily recycled than the prior art glass run channels.

Abstract: UHMWPE panels of large width may be ram extruded from a slit die in a stable process, by restraining a panel which exits the die below the crystalline melt temperature against movement away from the die by a back pressure device, so as to exert a back pressure between the back pressure device and the die, the back pressure device preferably constructed of a plurality of differentially adjustable elements so as to be able to compensate for changes in processing characteristics over time. Vertically restraining UHMWPE panels as they further cool also greatly improves product characteristics.