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.

Abstract: The invention provides a bonding agent particularly suited for bonding metal to castable polyurethane, polyesters and or polyamides.

Abstract: Described herein is a system and/or method for manufacturing an electrode assembly for batteries. The system for manufacturing the electrode assembly may comprise a folding device configured to fold a laminated body, such that a plurality of electrodes may be disposed on a separator, into the electrode assembly, and a bonding device may be configured to temporarily bond electrode tabs of electrodes stacked on each other during the folding of the laminated body by the folding device.

Abstract: A compound equipment of a latex-free tufted carpet is provided. The compound equipment includes an unwinding device, a compound roller, and a shaping device. The unwinding device is configured to unwind a rolled blank blanket, a hot-melt fiber mesh, and secondary cloth. The compound roller is configured to stack and compound the unwound blank carpet, the unwound hot-melt fiber mesh and the unwound secondary cloth in sequence to obtain a preformed tufted carpet. The shaping device is configured for the setting of the preformed tufted carpet at a preset temperature to obtain a finished tufted carpet. Combined with the hot-melt fiber mesh, the secondary cloth and the blank carpet are consolidated by means of thermally induced bonding, and latex is not needed for consolidation.

Abstract: A method of assembling components includes the steps of providing a stamp, providing a component disposed on an adhesive surface, pressing the stamp against the component to adhere the component to the stamp, pulling the stamp away from the adhesive surface, and removing the component from the adhesive surface with the stamp. The adhesive surface can deform in a direction of the stamp and can enable progressive delamination of the adhesive surface from a bottom of the component from an edge or corner of the component toward a center of the component, thereby reducing the instantaneous adhesive force between the component and at least a portion of the adhesive surface. The method can enable the transfer and assembly of many millions of small and fragile components per hour with excellent precision from a tape to a target substrate.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mechanically processing physical media elements, e.g., automatically scratching scratch-off lottery tickets, may include receiving a batch of tickets at an input chute of a scratching system. Tickets may be serially fed through the scratching system that includes a series of roller scratching mechanisms. Pressure rollers may be individually adjustable to set a pressure of the scratching mechanisms. One or more scanners may obtain information from the tickets before and/or after scratching. A pair of parallel plates may be used to form a feed path to guide tickets through the system. A vacuum manifold may isolate some elements of the system from debris, and remove the debris from the system via negative pressure. One or more presence sensor may detect presence of a current ticket to control operation of feed motors. Various functions or elements of the system may be distributed over a plurality of removable modules.

Abstract: This invention discloses a synthetic gypsum and gypsum boards produced therefrom. Limestone (Calcium Carbonate), slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), water, and sulfuric acid are mixed, and alpha hemihydrate gypsum is optionally added as crystal seed to produce synthetic gypsum. The synthetic gypsum is then used to make gypsum boards. The gypsum board produced according to this invention contains at least 10% alpha hemihydrate gypsum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for a foam sheet for shoes containing Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder and recycled Polyurethane (PU) scrap powder, the foam sheet manufactured by the method thereof, and the foam sheet produced an eco-friendly polyurethane foam composition by water foam, where the method includes firstly the recycled PU scrap powder is mixed with polyol, and then the processing speed in a process is controlled through a side-feeder to react while adding the TPU powder and recycled PU scrap powder secondarily, thereby preventing a rise in viscosity of the raw material, so that even if a larger amount of recycled materials is used than before, it is possible to form foam sheets for shoes, such as shoe insoles or foam packages for shoe uppers, with the same level of product quality as conventional products.

Abstract: An apparatus for executing a method of manufacturing multi-piece open-back isolation garments (10) includes machinery for creating discrete torso web pieces (12) from a continuous torso web, combining the discrete torso pieces with a continuous shoulder web (14), and cutting the combined torso and shoulder web structure to form the isolation garments. The isolation garments may be used as protection from potentially hazardous or unclean materials in a variety of different environments.

Abstract: A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a susceptor. The present disclosure may provide a method of manufacturing a susceptor in which a cap-type bushing structure or tube structure is applied to a bonding structure of a base substrate and an insulating plate, so that the bonding structure can withstand or prevent the increase in pressure inside a gas flow path during a curing process, thereby preventing clogging of a gas hole in a high-power susceptor or the like for a high aspect ratio contact (HARC) processes, and minimizing the occurrence of arcing by reducing contamination around the gas hole. In addition, the present disclosure may also provide a susceptor manufactured by the method.

Abstract: A cosmetic product molding apparatus 100 includes a plurality of molds 1, each mold 1 having a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a cylindrical recessed portion, the cylindrical recessed portion being configured to be filled with a cosmetic composition L for a rod-shaped cosmetic product, an outer cylinder 2 surrounding side surfaces of the plurality of molds, a plurality of Peltier elements 3 configured to heat or cool the plurality of molds 1, and a controller 5 configured to control each Peltier element of the plurality of Peltier elements 3 to adjust a temperature of each mold of the plurality of molds. The outer cylinder 2 is provided so as to prevent the plurality of molds 1 from affecting respective temperatures of fillings of one another.

Abstract: The present disclosure is relates to a TPU ball structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The TPU ball structure includes a ball bladder layer, a yarn layer and a surface layer. The ball bladder layer is made of TPU material. The yarn layer is made of TPU material, and the yarn layer is disposed to cover the ball bladder layer. The surface layer is made of TPU material, and the surface layer is disposed to cover the yarn layer. The above layers of the TPU ball structure are made of TPU material to satisfy a requirement for environmental protection, and are recyclable. There is no need to use adhesive to adhere the above layers of the TPU ball structure. Therefore, the peeling strength between the layers of the TPU ball structure can be increased so that the whole peeling strength of the TPU ball structure can be increased.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles including elastic laminates and to methods and apparatuses for making absorbent articles having elastic laminates in front and/or back waist regions with frangible pathways.

Abstract: Methods of making a carbon-carbon composite structure with internal microchannels include (i) assembling a dry carbon fiber composite preform with a sacrificial template woven or placed within to form a primary assembly; (ii) placing the primary assembly under a sealed enclosure; (iii) applying a vacuum to the sealed enclosure to evacuate air from the dry carbon fiber composite preform; (iv) infusing a polymer resin into the dry carbon fiber composite preform to generate a resin infused preform; (v) heating the resin infused preform under vacuum to cure the polymer resin in the resin infused preform to form a cured composite; (vi) demolding the cured composite; and (vii) heating the cured composite to an elevated temperature of at least 800° C. under a flow of an inert gas to decompose the sacrificial template to form the internal microchannels and carbonize the cured composite to form the carbon-carbon composite structure.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a metallized assembly for a microcircuit card exhibiting a metallized effect, the assembly forming an internal layer of the card. The method comprises providing a support layer formed of a plastic material sensitive to heat exhibiting a first shrinkage ratio, the support layer having, on a surface, at least the dimensions of a microcircuit card, providing a metallized film held on a first non-adhesive bearing liner, the first non-adhesive bearing liner exhibiting a shrinkage ratio less than that of the support layer, transferring the metallized film onto the support layer by applying heat and pressure, and removing the first non-adhesive bearing liner. Also provided are a method for fabricating a microcircuit card and a microcircuit card obtained by this method.