Abstract: A patterning method including the following steps is provided. A first template including at least one first main pattern, first dummy patterns, and second main patterns is provided. The first dummy patterns are located aside the first main pattern. A density of the first main pattern is less than a density of the second main patterns. A first imprint material is provided on a first substrate. The first imprint material is imprinted by using the first template to form a first imprint layer. The first substrate is etched by using the first imprint layer as a mask to form a second template. A second imprint material is provided on a material layer. The second imprint material is imprinted by using the second template to form a second imprint layer. The material layer is etched by using the second imprint layer as a mask to form a patterned material layer.

Abstract: Soft material design methods for developing protective panels against a hail with a diameter of more than 25 mm are provided, wherein the protective panel comprises a soft material layer. The methods comprise: selecting a material for the soft material layer, wherein the material has a Young's modulus Esm in a range of 1 MPa to 150 MPa, preferably 5 MPa to 100 MPa; and determining a minimum thickness Tsm of the soft material layer based on the size of a hail and the material properties of the soft material and other materials inside the protective panel. A protection system that includes these protective panels covers a whole vehicle or some fragile parts on the ground.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for installation of optical solar reflectors are disclosed. An example method includes coupling a first side of a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) substrate to a polyester film; coupling a first side of an optical solar reflector to a second side of the PSA substrate; applying an adhesive material to a surface of a vehicle; coupling a second side of the optical solar reflector to the adhesive material; and after curing of the adhesive material, separating the first side of the optical solar reflector from the second side of the PSA substrate, the second side of the optical solar reflector remaining coupled to the surface of the vehicle via the cured adhesive material.

Abstract: Foamed articles including a foamed thermoplastic elastomeric material for articles of footwear. In one aspect, a method for making a foamed article comprises placing an article comprising a foamable material and carbon dioxide in a vessel, maintaining the vessel at a first pressure and first temperature at which the carbon dioxide is a liquid and carbon dioxide is soluble in the foamable material, optionally exposing the infused article to a second temperature and second pressure, and subjecting the article to a third pressure and third temperature at which the infused carbon dioxide phase transitions to a gas, thereby expanding the foamable material into a foamed material and forming the foamed article.

Abstract: This invention relates to a conveyor belt comprising a composition comprising a) a (co)polyester A comprising hard segments comprising a polyester and having a melting temperature TmA of between 200° C. and 240° C. as measured according to ISO 11357-1/-3 (10° C./min), wherein the (co)polyester A is present in an amount of between 1 and 60 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition; and b) a copolyester B comprising hard segments comprising a polyester wherein the (co)polyester B has a melting temperature TmB of between 100° C. and 180° C., as measured according to ISO 11357-1/-3 (10° C./min), wherein the copolyester B is present in an amount of between 40 and 99 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the conveyor belt.

Abstract: Disclosed is a floor covering insulation for a motor vehicle with a multi-layer, preferably flocked, fibre insulation which, by a soft/smooth coupling layer to the wear surface, realises a sound insulation floor covering with improved acoustic and mechanical-physical properties, with a simultaneous reduction in weight if possible. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing the sound insulation.

Abstract: A supplementary device for enhancing the operability of an automatic drywall tape applicator including a supply tube capable of being enclosed within a material reservoir sleeve utilizing a plurality of actuators being positioned in a perpendicular relationship to the longitudinal axis of said automatic drywall tape applicator for supplying a continuous flow of drywall compound.

Abstract: A tooling apparatus for applying a tape material to a pre-formed insert is provided. The tooling apparatus comprises at least one guiding element coupled to an apparatus frame. An attachment shaft defines a rotational axis and extends through the guiding element. The attachment shaft includes an attachment element for securing the pre-formed insert thereto. An activation element is operatively engaged with the attachment shaft to rotate the pre-formed insert about the rotational axis at a predetermined rotation rate. A tape control assembly is spaced from the attachment shaft for axial translation along a tape control axis at a predetermined translation rate. Rotation of the pre-formed insert about the rotational axis and translation of the tape control element at the predetermined translation rate causes the material to be drawn under tension from the tape control assembly and applied to the pre-formed insert in a plurality of layers.

Abstract: A component bond out of an additively manufactured component out of metal or plastic material having an inner receiving space that is open on at least one side on a component opening, which is accessible from a component side and is configured fungiform in an axial cross section. The receiving space includes at least one widened molding section facing the component opening and at least one cylinder shaped support section facing away from the component opening, wherein a blind rivet nut or a blind rivet bolt are fastened in the receiving space by a compression bead of the blind rivet nut or of the blind rivet bolt extending into the molding section.

Abstract: Acoustic mediums are disclosed herein. The acoustic mediums can include a plurality of layers. The layers of the acoustic mediums can include fibrous acoustic materials that are entangled throughout the layer. In certain instances, the layers of the acoustic medium can include first portion of acoustic materials disposed along a first plane, and a second portion of acoustic materials disposed along a second plane. Methods of fabricating multi-layer acoustic mediums are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous wax emulsion or dispersion comprising, wax, water and an emulsifier wherein the emulsifier comprises purified kraft lignin and a water-soluble base. A process for preparing said aqueous wax dispersions and their use.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for fabricating glass laminates where there is a substantial offset between edges of glass plies of the laminates are described herein. The method includes placing an entirety of the periphery of a stack of the glass plies in a vacuum ring comprising a vacuum channel with a depth that circumferentially varies. The vacuum ring includes at least a first portion where the vacuum channel has a first depth and a second portion where the vacuum channel has a second depth that is at least two times greater than the first depth to accommodate edge offsets. Negative pressure can be applied to a space between the plies via the vacuum ring to deair the space. A suitable furnace can be used to bond the plies together and form a laminate having a desired shape.

Abstract: A method for blow molding a container having a fiber-based shell (20) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a fiber-based shell (20) introducing a preform (30) into the fiber-based shell (20) in order to produce a semi-finished product (60) gripping the semi-finished product (60) by means of a gripper (40) transferring the semi-finished product (60) into a blow molding tool (50) and blowing the container. The gripper (40) presses an inner wall (21) of the fiber-based shell (20) onto an outer surface (31) of the preform (30).

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin having an array of reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction, the device making it possible, with a comparatively simple configuration, to connect earlier and later reinforcing fibers to each other when switching the reinforcing fibers, is provided. The device having an array of reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction according to the present invention comprises: an impregnation unit that impregnates reinforcing fibers with a resin; and a switching device that, when the reinforcing fibers to be impregnated are changed to new fibers, connects the newly fed reinforcing fibers to the previously fed reinforcing fibers. When switching the reinforcing fibers, the device connects the new reinforcing fiber to the preceding reinforcing fiber by forming a bonded body in which the preceding reinforcing fibers and the new reinforcing fibers are bonded by fusing a melted second resin in a form of a thin film.

Abstract: A method for making a faux wood material with a multilayer pattern effect and a mixed plastic material for use in the method involve: performing a compounding process on a thermoplastic elastomer material, a hard-segment-structure material and a foaming agent to form the mixed plastic material; performing through an extruder a first foaming process on the mixed plastic material to form a preliminary sheet having a density equal to 10% to 20% of the density of the mixed plastic material and a thickness of 1-4 mm; stacking preliminary sheets up; and performing through a hot-pressing mold a second foaming process on the stacked preliminary sheets to form the faux wood material having a density equal to 40%-50% of the density of the mixed plastic material. Accordingly, through the two foaming processes, a multilayer pattern effect can be presented on the faux wood material due to its density difference.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing fluff-free absorbent cores for absorbent sanitary articles, wherein loose unbound fibers and superabsorbent granular material dispersed in the loose unbound fibers are deposited on a movable surface and subsequently the fibers are mixed and bound together in such a way as to form an absorbent structure of bound fibers in which superabsorbent granular material is mixed and incorporated.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a wing panel. Methods include aligning a strongback over a wing panel, vacuum attaching a wing panel surface and pogos extending beneath the strongback, and adjusting the length of pogos to enforce a contour to the wing panel. Systems include a strongback to extend over a wing panel, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Other systems include a track, work stations along the track, a strongback to extend over the wing panel and move along the track, adjustable-length pogos extending beneath the strongback, and vacuum couplers to attach to a wing panel surface. Apparatus includes a shuttle having adapters that mate the shuttle with a track, adjustable-length carriers with vacuum couplers to couple with a wing panel surface, and indexing units that interact with indexing features in a manufacturing excess of the wing panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an image display device includes applying a first photo-curable resin composition to a protective panel to form a first photo-curable resin composition layer. The first photo-curable resin composition layer is irradiated with curing light to form a first cured resin layer. A second photo-curable resin composition is applied to the first cured resin layer to form a second photo-curable resin composition layer. The second photo-curable resin composition layer has a reduced or eliminated height difference, compared with the first photo-curable resin composition layer. The protective panel and an image display member are laminated via the second photo-curable resin composition layer. The second photo-curable resin composition layer is irradiated with curing light.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for stretching, transferring, and bonding elastic parts under tension to an advancing carrier substrate during the assembly of absorbent articles. A continuous carrier substrate may be advanced in a machine direction at a first speed, and a discrete elastic part may be cut from a continuous elastic substrate having a direction of stretch in a cross direction. The speed of the discrete elastic part is changed from a second speed to the first speed, and the central region of the discrete elastic part is stretched in the cross direction. The discrete elastic part is bonded with the continuous carrier substrate such that the stretched central region extends in the cross direction between the first and second longitudinal edges of the continuous carrier substrate. The discrete elastic part may also be bonded with the carrier substrate with adhesive and/or mechanical bonds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, preferably for bonding together metal sheets, comprising: a. 1 part by mole of at least one linear epoxy resin with an average epoxy equivalent weight of 600 to 5,000 g/mole and an epoxy functionality of 2, b. 0.4 to 0.8 parts by mole of at least one non-linear epoxy resin having an average epoxy equivalent weight of 180 to 350 g/mole and an average epoxy functionality of at least 3, c. 0.8 to 1.3 parts by mole of at least one basic hardener comprising at least two free amine-bonded hydrogen atoms, and d. 0.9 to 1.2 parts by mole of at least one crosslinker comprising at least two blocked isocyanate groups.