Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for treatment of articles by hot pressing and preferably by hot isostatic pressing. In particular, the present invention relates to such an arrangement capable of obtaining a rapid rate without the need of special purpose valves for the cooling. A furnace chamber is provided inside the pressure vessel of the arrangement and a heat insulated casing arranged to surround the furnace chamber. A bottom insulating portion is arranged beneath the furnace chamber. Further, a fan having a controllable number of revolutions for circulating the pressure medium within the furnace chamber is arranged in the pressure vessel, and preferable within the furnace chamber. At least one feeding passage is arranged to allow feeding of pressure medium from a region being colder than a region within the furnace chamber towards an inlet of the fan, wherein an amount of pressure medium being fed to the inlet of the fan can be controlled by adjusting operational parameters of the fan.

Abstract: In an apparatus for manufacturing a scaffold and a scaffold manufactured by the apparatus, a collector is disposed under a dispensing head that dispenses melted bio materials (polymer) for manufacturing the scaffold. The collector has a cylindrical tube shape. Both sides of the tube shape are fixed. Thus, the tube is securely fixed and bending of the tube is prevented. Also, accuracy and preciseness of the scaffold are improved.

Abstract: Provided is a combined cold isostatic press and general press capable of simultaneously performing cold isostatic pressing using pressure of fluid and general pressing using mechanically applied pressure. The combined cold isostatic press and general press includes a main frame having a center penetration region, a pressure vessel supported by the penetration region of the main frame, the pressure vessel performing cold isostatic pressing using fluid injected therein, a top lid installed to be vertically slidable from or to an upper end of the pressure vessel by the fluid filled in the pressure vessel so as to function as piston, the top lid being configured to open or close the upper end of the pressure vessel, a lower lid configured to open or close a lower end of the pressure vessel and a press unit located between the top lid and the main frame to perform pressing using pressure applied by the top lid as the top lid slides from the pressure vessel.

Abstract: The contained module (1) comprises inlets for an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and for an excipient. The inlets are in fluid communication with at least one mixing unit (41,46), and the outlet of the tablet press (6) is in fluid communication with the releasable outlet port for tablets. The material stream comprising the API and the excipient is mixed in the mixing units. During operation parameters of the contents of the material stream are measured with one or more analytical sensors upstream of the tablet press. The speed of the tablet press is controlled in response to the parameters measured upstream of the tablet press. The finished tablets are discharged at an outlet of the tablet press (6).

Abstract: An injection foam molding machine of the invention includes: a movable mold platen; a fixed mold platen; a mold fastening hydraulic cylinder that is provided at each of four corners of both mold platens; a tie bar that is driven by the hydraulic cylinder to fasten the molds; two sets of mold opening and closing actuators that drive the movable mold platen to move close to or away from the fixed mold platen; two sets of dedicated core back devices; and a control device that controls the two sets of mold opening and closing actuators and the two sets of dedicated core back devices, wherein the control device includes a dedicated core back program that simultaneously controls the two sets of mold opening and closing actuators and the two sets of dedicated core back devices during a foaming core back operation of moving the movable mold platen away from the fixed mold platen.

Abstract: This invention relates to a precision weighing system for transporting or moving portions of dough with a dividing slider (2) in a device for portioning and processing dough, wherein the system has a rotatably mounted, in particular pivotally mounted, first pivoting lever (11), and a rotatably mounted, in particular pivotally mounted, second pivoting lever (12), wherein the second pivoting lever (12) carries an actuating projection (18) for the reciprocating motion of the dividing slider (2), and the first pivoting lever (11) can be pivoted about the pivot bearing thereof by a drive, wherein an air bellows (4) is disposed between the first pivoting lever (11) and the second pivoting lever (12), the volume and/or shape of said air bellows being variable by compressed air admission, and which specifies the distance between the opposing lever arms of the two pivoting levers (11, 12).

Abstract: There is provided a method of making an optical polymer waveguide having an arbitrary refractive index profile, the method including: a) providing a first input optical beam having a first beam intensity profile and a second input optical beam having a second beam intensity profile; b) combining the first and second input optical beams to form an output optical beam having an output beam intensity profile; and c) forming the optical waveguide on a substrate by: exposing the optical materials of the waveguide to the output optical beam; and curing the optical materials using said output optical beam.

Abstract: A laminate nanomold includes a layer of perfluoropolyether defining a cavity that has a predetermined shape and a support layer coupled with the layer of perfluoropolyether. The laminate can also include a tie-layer coupling the layer of perfluoropolyether with the support layer. The tie-layer can also include a photocurable component and a thermal curable component. The cavity can have a broadest dimension of less than 500 nanometers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (01) having at least two tool parts (03, 53, 63) that are separable at a parting face, wherein the closed tool parts (03, 53, 63) form a mold cavity (02, 52), within which (02, 52) particulate plastic material can be foamed and/or expanded to produce foamed molded parts. According to the invention, in particular to reduce the energy consumption, the tool wall forming the mold cavity (02, 52) is formed at least in sections by a multilayer structure (06, 56, 65) having a thin inner layer that is mechanically supported by a support element.

Abstract: A thermoforming machine is provided having a frame, a first platen, a second platen, a platen load shaft, and a load shaft latch. The first platen supports a first mold. The second platen supports a complementary second mold and is carried by the frame for movement toward and away from the first platen to engage and disengage with the first mold. The platen load shaft has a lock ledge with an engagement surface transverse to the load shaft. The load shaft is supported by the frame and extends between the first platen and the second platen. The load shaft latch has an engagement surface transverse to a central axis of the load shaft and is movable to engage and disengage the lock ledge transverse engagement surface. A method is also provided.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for forming a joggle and a longitudinal ridge in a multi-ply composite charge are disclosed. Charges may be formed in a forming press that comprises a joggled die, with a longitudinal ridge and a joggle that crosses the longitudinal ridge, and a conforming die, with a series of longitudinally-spaced die fingers. The die fingers include pairs of die members configured to move laterally between a closed position and an open position, with each die member configured to tilt longitudinally.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing substantially seamless, circumferentially closed flexible embossing or printing tapes (2), wherein a free-flow material is fed into an annular mold space (14) defining the profile of the tape (2), said mold (1) comprising an external sidewall (6), delimiting the external radial extent of an annular space (14), and a core (12), delimiting the internal radial extent of the annular space (14). A device for carrying out such a method is also disclosed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a cell assembly for use in a high-pressure cubic press may include at least one can assembly containing a diamond volume. The at least one can assembly may include an end surface in proximity to the diamond volume. The cell assembly may include at least one heating element including a major surface generally opposing and positioned adjacent to the end surface of the at least one can assembly. The at least one heating element may be positioned and configured to heat the diamond volume. The cell assembly may include at least one pressure transmitting medium extending about the at least one can assembly, and a gasket medium that defines a receiving space configured to receive the at least one can assembly, the one or more heating elements, and the at least one pressure transmitting medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a block machine (1) with a machine bed (2, 3) at which at least one lifting device (4, 5) for a supporting member (6, 7) is arranged. The supporting member (6, 7) is movably supported on the machine bed (2, 3) via a linear guide which has at least one longitudinal guiding member (8a, 8b, 9a, 9b) and a guiding means (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) interacting therewith. To the supporting member (6, 7) there is attached a first longitudinal guiding member (8a, 8b) that is movably supported via at least one bed guiding means (10, 11, 12, 13) that is arranged at the machine bed (2, 3). At the machine bed (2, 3) a second longitudinal guiding member (9a, 9b) is arranged on which the supporting member (6, 7) is movably supported by a supporting member guiding means (14, 15) arranged thereon.

Abstract: Provided are a bending apparatus and a bending method. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bending apparatus including a guide portion configured to guide a movement and a bending of a flexible substrate so that the flexible substrate is bent and moved, a first fastening portion configured to fix one side of the flexible substrate that is bent along the guide portion, a second fastening portion configured to fix an other side of the flexible substrate, and a driving portion configured to move at least one of the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a press platen (1) or endless belt for embossing materials, in particular wooden materials or plastics materials. In order to considerably reduce the production costs and the use of material, it is proposed according to the invention that use is made of a sandwich body which consists of a carrier body (10) and an embossing body (11), wherein said bodies are connected together in a firm and planar manner via a magnetically active and/or metallic adhesive agent (12). As a result of the selection of the adhesive agent, for example in the form of a magnetic film or magnetic materials, a hard or soft solder or a soldering paste, it is thus possible to break the connection in a reversible manner at any time and thus to exchange the embossing body (11).

Abstract: A lamination molding apparatus 10 includes a powder layer forming apparatus 20, a recoating head 30, a servo motor 16, a laser irradiating device 40, a numerical control apparatus 52, a laser control apparatus 54 and a computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system 56. The blade 31 moves in the horizontal axis direction so as to form the powder layer on a predetermined molding region. The laser control apparatus 54 controls the laser irradiating device 40 and calculates an irradiation range of a laser beam for every powder layer. The numerical control apparatus 52 obtains data of the irradiation range from the laser irradiating device 40 and outputs a move command such that the blade 31 moves at a feed speed faster than a pre-set feed speed adapted for recoating, in the molding region outside of the irradiation range.

Abstract: A molded casing suitable for a handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device includes a body and the molded casing, and at least one part of the body is covered with the molded casing. The molded casing is in a uniform thickness and has a continuous mosaic surface. The mosaic surface is composed of a plurality of non-coplanar polygons, wherein an intersection line is formed between any two adjacent polygons. An end of any one of the intersection lines is connected to an end of another intersection line or an edge of the mosaic surface.

Abstract: A geopolymer brick fabrication system comprising a mixer (100) having a tank (101) which comprises a closeable bottom outlet (102) and an inner surface coated with saturated polyester resin that is resistant against corrosive geopolymeric material for receiving the geopolymer raw material to be mixed by shaft (103) driven by a spindle motor (104) a molding section (200) to receive the mixed geopolymer raw material through a slanted conveyer (105) upon opening of the closeable outlet (102) for shaping the mixture under pressure inside a mold (201) to obtain a geopolymer brick and a curing section (300) having a moving platform (301) across a curing chamber (302) to simultaneously cure and transport the brick thereon.

Abstract: A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided. The pocket can be a molded pocket including individual molded strings, combined strings, shooting strings and support rails extending around a perimeter of the pocket. Certain pocket elements can include transition parts to smoothly transition components having different cross sections. The pocket can include a pre-formed ball channel and hole units having broadsides for connection to a head or other component. The pocket can be attached to a pocket frame, and optionally constructed from a mesh or other synthetic material that is tensioned with the pocket frame. A mold and related molding method are also provided.