Abstract: Systems and methods for additively manufacturing or repairing a component from a base material. The system may include an inoculation source to direct inoculation materials and a laser metal deposition (LMD) system to direct laser energy during laser processing of additive materials deposited in a melt pool on the base material. The LMD system includes a laser energy source configured to direct laser energy towards the base material and inoculation materials to form the melt pool thereon and to process the deposited additive materials and inoculation materials to form layers on the base material upon solidification.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a display device and a method for manufacturing a display device includes a stage; a first guide unit positioned on one side of the stage in a first direction and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a first peeling unit disposed on the first guide unit, wherein the first peeling unit includes a first moving part configured to move along the first guide unit, a first rotating part coupled to the other side of the first moving part in the first direction and configured to rotate about an axis extending in the first direction, and a first gripping part coupled to the other side of the first rotating part in the first direction and disposed to overlap the stage.

Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes a first holder, a second holder, an attracting pressure generator and a lift pin. The first holder is configured to hold a first substrate. The second holder, disposed at a position facing the first holder, has an attraction surface configured to attract a second substrate to be bonded to the first substrate. The attracting pressure generator is configured to generate an attracting pressure in the attraction surface. The lift pin is configured to space the second substrate on the attraction surface apart from the second holder. The second holder is provided with a space including an opening through which the lift pin passes, and the space is controlled to have a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A foil transfer apparatus that transfers foil of a foil film to a sheet, including: a heating member and a pressurizing member that nip the foil film and the sheet; a movable frame supporting one of the heating member and the pressurizing member and movable between a first position at which the one of the heating member and the pressurizing member is located at a contact position so as to contact the foil film in a mounted state in which the foil film is mounted on a housing body and a second position at which the one of the heating member and the pressurizing member is located at a spaced position so as to be spaced from the foil film in the mounted state; a cam that moves the movable frame between the first position and the second position; and a sensor that detects a position of the movable frame.

Abstract: A sheet separation device separates a non-bonding portion of a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at a bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The sheet separation device includes a winding roller and a gripper. The winding roller rotates and winds the two-ply sheet to separate the two-ply sheet. The gripper is disposed in the winding roller and configured to grip a gripped portion of the two-ply sheet at one end of the two-ply sheet without abutting a tip of the gripped portion at the one end of the two-ply sheet on a member.

Abstract: Methods for preparing multi-layer optical laminates include placing an optical film that is free form an adhesive layer between first and second glass substrates that are free of an adhesive layer, placing this laminate under vacuum, and then heating the laminate under pressure to a temperature above the softening temperature of the optical film. The glass substrates are free of an adhesive layer but may include a silane surface treatment. The resulting multi-layer laminate is optically clear and does not show scattering of reflected light by the optical film.

Abstract: A temperature control apparatus includes: a first pressure bonding unit which includes a first flow passage and a first pressure bonding surface which is to be brought into contact with an object; a temperature control fluid supply device which supplies a temperature control fluid in form of gas to the first flow passage in such a manner that the temperature control fluid is condensed on an inner wall surface of the first pressure bonding unit that partitions the first flow passage to adjust the first pressure bonding surface to a first heating temperature; and a pressure adjustment device which lowers an internal pressure of the first flow passage to promote vaporization of the temperature control fluid in form of liquid in the first flow passage in such a manner that the first pressure bonding surface is adjusted to a temperature lower than the first heating temperature.

Abstract: A technique for handling an integrated circuit/tape assembly having a plurality of integrated circuits supported by underlying dicing tape involves placing the integrated circuit/tape assembly on a bottom file frame carrier (FFC) frame having structure (e.g., an inner rim or flexible pegs), placing a top FFC frame having a central opening over the integrated circuit/tape assembly, and mating the top and bottom FFC frames such that the dicing tape is pulled over the structure thereby laterally stretching the dicing tape, which breaks wafer saw bows holding the integrated circuits together. The lateral stretching of the dicing tape increases distance between adjacent integrated circuits in at least two mutually orthogonal lateral directions, thereby inhibiting the adjacent integrated circuits from colliding during shipment or storage for subsequent processing. The resulting assembly can be thinner than conventional FFC configurations, which results in more efficient shipment and storage.

Abstract: A system for producing a multicore optical fiber includes a source of electromagnetic radiation in a spectral range that is suitable for inducing photopolymerization of a transparent polymer. An arrangement of one or more optical components is configured to concurrently focus the radiation that is emitted by the source on a plurality of elongated regions of the transparent polymer so as to photopolymerize the transparent polymer solely in the elongated regions to increase the index of refraction of the elongated regions such that in the optical fiber that is formed of the transparent polymer after the elongated regions are photopolymerized, each of the elongated regions functions as a core of the optical fiber and regions of the transparent polymer that surround the elongated regions function as a cladding of each of the cores.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a low-viscosity thermosetting starch adhesive for particleboards, and a preparation method therefore, belonging to the technical field of adhesive preparation. The adhesive of the present invention selects N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide or acetoxyethyl methacrylate as the crosslinking monomer, which has a low degree of crosslinking in the process of adhesive preparation to avoid the problem of increasing viscosity, but can cross-link quickly during the hot pressing process, forming a network structure, and improving the water resistance of the adhesive; and furthermore, itaconic acid is added to promote the self-crosslinking reaction of the crosslinking monomer in the hot-pressing process, thus further improving the water resistance.

Abstract: A buttress assembly is configured to temporarily adhere to a wet surgical stapler end effector. The buttress assembly includes a buttress body and a humidity tolerant adhesive material. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is applied to at least one side of the buttress body. The humidity tolerant adhesive material is configured to hold the buttress body to an underside of an anvil or a deck of a staple cartridge for at least five minutes in an environment of 100% relative humidity at approximately 37° C.

Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly of regions (10a, 10b) of composite parts (2a, 2b) with thermoplastic matrix, including a plurality of riveting points along regions (10a, 10) of the parts that overlap through the superposition of two faces (12a, 12b) of these regions (10a, 10b) which are positioned facing one another, each region (10a, 10b) having another, opposite, face (11a, 11b) which remains visible with the part (2a, 2b). The riveting is performed using assembly ties (6) made of thermoplastic resin-based composite material compatible with the material of the parts (2a, 2b). These ties (6), which are made up at least in part of a stitch of backstitch produced using a filament of a material selected from a fiber coated with aramid resin, a carbon fiber and a glass fiber, are embedded in said regions (10a, 10b) and passing right through the same with an orientation comprised between 30° and 90° with respect to their faces (11a, 11b; 12a, 12b).

Abstract: An apparatus for applying individual tapes in layers onto a substrate includes a plurality of reels, applicators, and a guide member. A first reel holds a first tape and a second reel holds a second tape. A first applicator includes a first pressure surface that receives the first tape from the first reel and presses the first tape in a direction toward the substrate to apply the first tape to the substrate. The second applicator includes a second pressure surface that receives the second tape from the second reel. The second pressure surface is aligned to dispense the second tape over a section of the first tape applied to the substrate and to press the second tape toward the substrate to apply the second tape over the first tape. The guide member is disposed between the reels and the applicators and aligns the first and second tapes during application.

Abstract: A method for repairing a damaged area of a stealth composite structure having a stealth function using a scarf patch includes the steps of diagnosing the damaged area; deriving a repair area including the diagnosed damaged area; processing the scarf patch according to the derived repair area; machining a patch hole according to the derived repair area to remove the damaged area; and coupling the scarf patch to the patch hole so that an inner wall of the patch hole and a side surface of the scarf patch face.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising a silane-modified epoxy resin, a dicyclopentadiene novolac epoxy resin and a curing agent. The composition shows good oily steel bonding, even in the absence of CTBN rubber or rubber adducts as toughening agents, with good Tg values of the cured resin and good Tg retention after hot wet aging.

Abstract: A composite transmission shaft includes a shaft portion, and a flanged end fitting. The flanged end fitting comprises a flared sleeve comprising a tubular portion and a flared portion, and a reinforcement portion fixed to the flared portion of the sleeve. The flanged end fitting and shaft portion have been resin transfer moulded together to form the transmission shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed are light-curing printer display devices, 3-dimensional (3D) printers, control methods and devices, and electronic devices. In some embodiments, the light-curing printer display device include a screen, a light source assembly, a shielding plate, and a controller. In other embodiments, the light source assembly is arranged on a back side of the screen and the light source assembly includes multiple Light Emitting Diode (LED) light sources independent of each other. The shielding plate is arranged between the screen and the light source assembly and is provided with multiple light holes with the same number as that of the multiple LED light sources. The multiple light holes correspond to the multiple LED light sources one by one. The controller is electrically connected with the multiple LED light sources and is configured to control at least one LED light source to emit light.

Abstract: Certain configurations of multilayer assemblies are described. In certain embodiments, the multilayer assembly can include a core layer, a skin layer and one or more depressions in a surface of the multilayer assembly. In other configurations, the multilayer assembly can include a core layer, a skin layer, one or more depressions in a surface of the multilayer assembly and one or more additional layers.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a wafer carrying-out unit, a wafer table that supports a wafer carried out, a frame carrying-out unit, a frame table that supports an annular frame carried out, a tape sticking unit that sticks a tape to the frame, a tape-attached frame conveying unit, a tape pressure bonding unit that executes pressure bonding of the tape of a tape-attached frame to a back surface of the wafer, a frame unit carrying-out unit, and a beveled part removing unit that cuts and removes, in a ring manner, a beveled part formed in an outer circumferential surplus region from the wafer of a frame unit.

Abstract: Methods of making labels devoid of liner plies. A method of making a label for securement to a substrate comprises providing a face ply having a top side and a bottom side. The method includes disposing a hotmelt adhesive on the bottom side in a pattern. The method comprises formulating a liner coating configured to be activated by a fluid. The method includes disposing the liner coating on the bottom side outwardly adjacent the hotmelt adhesive. The bottom side is configured to be secured to a substrate via the hotmelt adhesive upon activation of the liner coating by the fluid.