Abstract: A producing method of a power storage device includes roll pressing a mixture laminated portion of a wide strip-shaped electrode plate, non-laminated-portion stretching of stretching a pair of mixture non-laminated portions of the wide strip-shaped electrode plate in a longitudinal direction, laminated-portion stretching of stretching a pair of mixture non-laminated-portion-side sections of the mixture laminated portion located on the mixture non-laminated portion side, cutting the wide strip-shaped electrode plate at a center of a width direction in the longitudinal direction to divide into two strip-shaped electrode plates, winding up the two strip-shaped electrode plates around winding cores with applying tensile force in the longitudinal direction in a roll-like shape to form electrode rolls, and storing each of the electrode rolls.

Abstract: A fiber placement device includes an accumulation portion that stores and discharges a reinforcing fiber bundle including: a movable roller guided by a guide mechanism able to be moved in a constant movable range; a cylinder; a piston arranged within the cylinder; a coupling member coupling the movable roller and the piston; and an adjustment portion adjusting a force applied to the piston within the cylinder by discharging fluid from a space with the cylinder sealed on a side opposite the coupling member with respect to the piston within the cylinder or supplying the fluid into the space, the fluid is discharged from the space within the cylinder to apply a force to the piston to move the piston, a force is also applied to the movable roller through the coupling member to move the movable roller and thus a tension is applied to the reinforcing fiber bundle.

Abstract: Provided is a method of molding, by using a mold, a component including a metal plate and a thermoplastic resin containing a thermoplastic resin arranged on a surface on one side of the metal plate, the mold including at least a movable mold and a fixed mold including a support portion. Specifically, the molding method includes: an arranging step of arranging a premolded metal plate within the mold; a fixing step of fixing the metal plate by pressing the metal plate against the movable mold with use of the support portion; and a molding step including forming a cavity between the fixed mold and the metal plate by closing the mold, bringing the thermoplastic resin into close contact with the metal plate, and forming an exposed portion by exposing the metal plate out of the softened thermoplastic resin with use of the support portion. With this, without leakage of the thermoplastic resin, a joint region to a metal surface of another component can be reliably secured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a ribbon comprising bamboo fibers. The method comprises positioning the fibers on a conveyor and conveying the fibers in a transport direction, interconnecting the fibers by covering the fibers with thread and/or particles of a sticky material with at least one web forming device which is positioned above and/or below the conveyor and which ejects thread and/or particles. The formed thread and/or particles attaches to the fibers and forms a web which interconnects the fibers in order to form the ribbon and/or stitching the fibres together with at least one stitching device which is configured to stitch the individual fibers together in order to form the ribbon.

Abstract: A printing method and a printing device are provided. The printing method includes: determining, according to layer printing data of an object to be printed, a trip starting point and/or a trip ending point in a scanning direction for each trip of multiple trips required for a print head to print a preset layer, where the trip starting point and/or a trip ending point of at least one trip matches a contour of the object to be printed in the trip (S101); and performing layer printing for the preset layer according to the trips (S102).

Abstract: A method for curing a composite including a thermoset resin, a reinforcement material and a thermoplastic additive, the thermoplastic additive having a melt onset temperature, the method including heating the composite to increase a resin temperature of the thermoset resin and, during the heating, controlling the resin temperature such that the resin temperature exceeds the melt onset temperature prior to the thermoset resin achieving a degree of cure of 98 percent.

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: 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: A system for fabricating an electrode film for a secondary battery includes a powder film fabrication unit configured to form mixture powder with active material powder, binder powder, and conductive material powder, and fabricating a powder film roll by fibrillating the mixture powder, a base material film fabrication unit configured to form a mixture solution with carbon-based powder, the binder powder, and organic solvent, and form a base material film roll by patterning the mixture solution on a base material film, and an electrode film fabrication unit configured to dispose the base material film roll between two powder film rolls, and form an electrode film roll by overlapping and bonding the powder film and the base material film.

Abstract: A method of making a carbonized preform for a carbon-carbon composite brake disk may comprise: stacking a plurality of textile fabric layers, each textile fabric layer in the plurality of textile fabric layers including oxidized polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers, each textile fabric layer in the plurality of textile fabric layers being more uniform than a typical fabric layer formed from cross-lapping; each fabric layer being thinner than a typical fabric layer from cross-lapping, needling the plurality of textile fabric layers to form a needled non-woven board; cutting a fibrous preform from the needled non-woven board; and carbonizing the fibrous preform. The resultant non-woven carbonized preform maintains a higher fiber volume and more consistent properties throughout than what would otherwise be achieved using a typical fabric layer from cross-lapping.

Abstract: A machining apparatus includes an apparatus body and a setting jig. The setting jig has a frame body including openings to expose molding regions, which are to be molded by the apparatus body, of the sheet material, and a restraining portion to restrain a periphery of the molding regions. The apparatus body includes a support member that supports the setting jig at a position where the molding regions are disposed between an upper die and a lower die, and a first urging member to urge the support member toward the upper die so as to separate the molded body from the lower die, with the upper die disengaged from the lower die.

Abstract: A mold for injection molding, the mold comprising a first member, a second member configured to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part by combining the second member with the first member, and wherein the improvement to the mold includes a third member configured to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded product by combining the third member with the first member.

Abstract: A jig assembly and method of use are provided for positioning and re-rounding pipes for welding. The jig assembly comprises a first jaw assembly and a second jaw assembly which position and move a coupling onto one pipe then the second pipe for subsequent welding.

Abstract: Flooring material has an anti-slip, noise reducing pad directly self-adhered to a bottom surface. The pad is formed by applying a foamable PVC material is directly on the bottom surface of the flooring and heating the PVC material to foam the PVC material. The PVC material may then be cooled to form the pad with a definite formed shape having a resilient outer surface layer and a spongy foamy inner structure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-stage compound eye lens includes the steps of manufacturing a micropillar array using a photoetching method, then sputtering ZnO on the surface of the micropillar array, jet printing an ultraviolet curing adhesive onto gaps in the micropillar array using a micro jet printing machine, and controlling the morphology of microlens using the number of droplet dropping instances to obtain a microlens array; further respectively dissolving hexamethyl tetramine and zinc nitrate in deionized water, then pouring the hexamethyl tetramine solution into the zinc nitrate solution to obtain a mixed solution, placing the microlens array into the mixed solution, and placing is in a water bath kettle for a water bath, and finally, removing the microlens array from the mixed solution, rinsing it with deionized water, and drying same to obtain the multi-stage compound eye lens.

Abstract: An absorbent article can have a topsheet layer, a liquid impermeable layer, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet layer and the liquid impermeable layer. The absorbent article can further include an exudate management layer in fluid communication with the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned on a body facing surface of the topsheet layer. In various embodiments, the exudate management layer can be positioned between the topsheet layer and the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a first component which defines an opening for direct passage of body exudates into the absorbent core. The exudate management layer has a second component which at least partially overlaps the first component of the exudate management layer and further extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article in a direction towards the posterior region of the absorbent article.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a method for producing an absorbent article comprising a fiber assembly layer of a cellulose acetate fiber, which can sufficiently apply a drug to the cellulose acetate fiber. [Solution] The present invention provides a method for producing an absorbent article, wherein the absorbent article comprises: a fiber assembly layer including a cellulose acetate fiber, and a member including a water absorbent fiber and directly disposed on the fiber assembly layer, the method comprises: a first step of opening a cellulose acetate tow and collecting a cellulose acetate fiber to form a fiber assembly layer; a second step of spreading a drug aqueous solution on the fiber assembly layer; and a third step of mounting the member on the surface where the drug aqueous solution has been spread of the fiber assembly layer, and the drug aqueous solution contains an antibacterial agent and/or a deodorizer, and a surfactant.

Abstract: The system may include a sheet of tape comprised of one-piece with a second side including an adhesive surface; a backing surface removably adhered to the second side of the sheet of tape; a first edge of the sheet of tape being a straight edge; the second edge being a length from a heel area to a toe area of a blade of a hockey stick; the second edge including a concave portion shaped similar to a curve of a top of the blade; the third edge being a length from the heel area to the toe area of the blade; the third edge including a concave portion shaped similar to the curve of the top of the blade; and the fourth edge including two convex portions shaped similar to a toe of the blade.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing through-fluid bonded continuous fiber nonwoven webs are provided. The method may include providing a through-fluid bonding oven. The through-fluid bonding oven may have a first porous member and a second moving member. An intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web may be conveyed into the through-fluid bonding oven intermediate the first and second moving porous members. A first surface of the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web may be in face-to-face contact with the first porous member. A second surface of the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web may be in face-to-face contact with the second porous member. A heated fluid may be flowed through the first and second porous members and the intermediate continuous fiber nonwoven web to create a continuous fiber nonwoven web.

Abstract: Foamed articles including a foamed thermoplastic elastomeric material, methods of making the foamed articles, and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear, apparel, and athletic equipment incorporating such foamed articles are provided. 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.