Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for treating a printed model. The methods may include placing at least a portion of the printed model into a heat treatment medium. The methods may further include performing a heat treatment on the printed model based at least in part on the heat treatment medium. The heat treatment medium may provide a constraint force to prevent a deformation of the printed model during the heat treatment. And the methods may also include obtaining a printed object based at least in part on the heat treatment performed on the printed model.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a stiffened panel with reinforcements which each have a final thickness and a final height. The manufacturing device includes tools configured to each support a preform of fibers having a U-shaped or C-shaped cross section with a base and two wings. Each tool comprises, at at least one of its first and second lateral faces, a set-back portion which, when two tools are juxtaposed, delimits a recess configured to form a reinforcement during a consolidation or polymerization step. The tools are dimensioned such that each recess has a width, at the consolidation or polymerization temperature, that is substantially equal to the thickness of the reinforcements. This solution makes it possible to more effectively control the geometry of the stiffened panel by avoiding the formation of beads. A method for manufacturing a stiffened panel using the device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A system for removing kinks in a catheter and/or reforming a catheter of a medical device is provided. The system can include at least one clamp, a heat device, and a pair of rolling wheels. In at least one example, the at least one clamp can be operable to secure the catheter. In some examples, the heat device can be operable to provide heat to the catheter. In some examples, the pair of rolling wheels can be operable to receive the catheter of the medical device therebetween such that when the catheter is moved along a longitudinal axis between the pair of rolling wheels, the pair of rolling wheels reforms the catheter.

Abstract: A bone press includes a base; a compression plate located opposite to the base; a housing that extends between the base and the compression plate, the housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the bone press; a pressing zone within the housing and between the base and the compression plate along the longitudinal axis of the bone press; and an actuator to provide relative movement between the compression plate and the base to create compression in the pressing zone.

Abstract: A minute cutting apparatus for a superabsorbent polymer hydrogel using a pump is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides the minute cutting apparatus, including: a barrel body in which a transfer space through which the hydrogel is transferred is formed; a pumping unit installed in the barrel body to supply a pressing force to the transfer space, a rotation shaft rotatably installed in the transfer space of the barrel body; a driving motor configured to provide a rotational driving force to rotation shaft; a cutter member installed on the rotation shaft to pulverize the hydrogel transferred by the pressing force in the transfer space; and a perforated plate installed in the barrel body to discharge the hydrogel pulverized by the cutter member to an outside of the barrel body.

Abstract: A manufacturing method is provided. A preform is arranged over a surface of an inner mold line. The preform is folded over sides of the inner mold line. An end of the preform is pressed into a grip strip coupled to a side of the inner mold line. The grip strip is translated in a first direction to tension the preform into a shaped body.

Abstract: A manufacturing method is disclosed herein. The method includes arranging a preform with a plurality of clamping assemblies, the plurality of clamping assemblies disposed along ends of the preform; and forming the preform into a shaped body, the forming including incrementally tensioning the preform around a surface of an inner mold line using the plurality of clamping assemblies; and drawing the preform into a set of forming beads of the inner mold line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of sintering a dental zirconia restoration, the process comprising a first step of heat-treating a porous dental zirconia article with a heating rate of at least 3 K/sec until a temperature level of 75 to 90% of the final sintering temperature is achieved to obtain a partially sintered dental zirconia article, the porous dental zirconia article having a BET surface of 5 to 12 m2/g and being composed of a 4 mol % yttria stabilized zirconia material and having an alumina content of utmost 0.15 wt. %.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a molding device for a curved display panel, the molding device includes a mapping structure with a plurality of thimble pins and a jacking mechanism, one end of each of the thimble pins is configured to be attached to a display panel, the jacking mechanism includes a plurality of bottom plate and a plurality of driving members, each of the bottom plates is configured to be attached to another end of corresponding thimble pins, any one of the bottom plates is independently driven by one of the driving members, the plurality of bottom plates can separately drive the plurality of thimble pins to drive corresponding areas of the display panel to rise by different displacements and achieve a better molding effect.

Abstract: Clinical waste container (100) comprising a lower basket part (110) and an upper lid part (120), comprising a cylindrical part (121) having an upper lid opening (122); and a lid cap part (130), arranged to be fastened to said lid part so as to cover said lid opening, wherein the lid part and the lid cap part each comprise cooperating snap-lock means (123, 133), comprising several separated elongated protrusions (133a,133b), together defining a broken circle. The lid part comprises at a lower end (124) a bend (125) of at least 60°, with an inner radius (R1) of at the most 5 mm and an outer radius (R2) of at the most 5 mm, defining a local material thickness increase of at least 25%. The lid part and the lid cap part comprise at least 30% by volume wooden fibres. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a container.

Abstract: An integrally-formed three-dimensional (3D) bio-printing system capable of alternate feeding of multiple materials, comprising: an optical imaging unit and a light path conversion unit, wherein the optical imaging unit comprises an image processing unit and a projection unit, the image processing unit segmenting a 3D modeling graphic of a printed subject to form image information, the projection unit converting the image information into one or more optical images, and the light path conversion unit projects the imaged light paths into bio-ink that can be cured by light, so that the projected image can cure the bio-ink by means of the focus of light.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method including the steps of receiving a bath of powdered material having a surface level defining an object working area, solidifying a selective layer-part of the bath of powdered material on the surface level, extracting powdered material originating from the bath of powdered material, and controlling at least one of an extraction rate of an extraction device for extracting powdered material originating from the bath of powdered material, and a separation rate of a separation device configured to filter and/or sieve powdered material originating from the bath of powdered material.

Abstract: Geometrically complex intravaginal rings, systems and methods of making the same are provided herein. Disclosed herein are geometrically complex intravaginal rings with tunable and enhanced drug release, which in some embodiments can be fabricated by 3D printing technologies. The disclosed IVRs include a ring structure comprising a plurality of unit cells or macroscopic and/or microscopic architecture, which can be tuned to control the loading capacity of an active compound within the IVR, the diffusion of an active compound from the IVR, the surface area of the IVR, and/or the mechanical properties of the IVR. The disclosed geometrically complex IVRs can provide superior control over drug loading and drug release compared to conventional IVRs fabricated by injection molding or hot-melt extrusion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of forming technologies for rubber sealing ring blanks, and more particularly to an automatic forming method and device for a rubber sealing ring blank. A cutting blade is fixedly connected to the surface of a blank forming assembly; an equipment body II is fixedly connected to a sliding table die set; a supporting rod II is fixedly connected to the surface of the equipment body II; a blank box is fixedly connected to the inner side surface of the supporting rod II; and a blank spool is fixedly connected to the tail end of a long blank strip. The method and device disclosed by the present invention have the advantages that the automation degree is high, and the long blank strip conveyed from the blank spool passes through guide wheels and a guide groove and is automatically pressed into a ring through the combined action of the blank forming assembly and the cutting blade.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing prills includes a hollow body rotatable about a first axis, the body having a wall rotationally symmetrical around the first axis forming an interior space, the wall including nozzles for generating jets of liquid in a radially outward direction with respect to the first axis when rotating the hollow body; a second body disposed in the hollow body forming a gap between the hollow body and the second body; a liquid inlet for supplying a flow of liquid to the gap; a rotary drive unit for driving the hollow body around the first axis; a reciprocating drive-unit for reciprocally moving the hollow body and/or second body with respect to the other body along the first axis of rotation for applying reciprocal pressure on the jets; and a coupling for enabling relative rotations between the one of the hollow body and second body and the reciprocating drive-unit.

Abstract: A method for preparing an antibacterial and fresh-keeping fruit-packaging material through three-dimensional (3D) printing includes the following steps: dissolving gum arabic and pullulan separately in deionized water to obtain a gum arabic solution and a pullulan solution; subjecting a probiotic to cultivation, centrifugation, and resuspension to obtain a bacterial suspension; mixing the bacterial suspension, the gum arabic solution, and the pullulan solution to obtain a core layer solution; mixing polyvinyl chloride, a modifier, and a plasticizer to obtain a shell layer solution; injecting the shell layer solution and the core layer solution into two syringes, respectively; conducting coaxial 3D printing to finally obtain a coaxial 3D printing product with a core-shell structure; and conducting uniaxial 3D printing with the shell layer solution alone to form an outer layer on the coaxial 3D printing product to obtain the antibacterial and fresh-keeping fruit-packaging material with inner and outer layers.

Abstract: A thermoplastic tube bending method suppresses springback after the processing by a highly safe and short bending step. The thermoplastic tube bending method includes a step S1 of preheating the thermoplastic tube, a step S2 of bending the preheated thermoplastic tube by using a forming mold, and a step S3 of forming the bent thermoplastic tube by temperature control of an electric heater provided to the forming mold.

Abstract: A molding system capable of reducing molding defects including first and second parison forming devices; first and second molds configured to be opened and closed; and a control unit. The first parison forming device comprises a first extruder, a first accumulator, and a first injection head, the first parison forming device is configured to form a first parison by injecting a first molten resin from the first injection head after the first molten resin extruded from the first extruder is accumulated in the first accumulator, the second parison forming device comprises a second extruder, a second accumulator, and a second injection head, the second parison forming device is configured to form a second parison by injecting a second molten resin from the second injection head after the second molten resin extruded from the second extruder is accumulated in the second accumulator.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus are provided for removing powder in an additive manufacturing system. In one implementation for removing non-patterned powder from a substrate having a patterned powder portion, and a non-patterned powder, at least one laser having beam parameters is applied to the non-patterned powder for a period of time sufficient to remove the non-patterned powder from the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for producing complex components using a reinforced thermoplastic material. The complex components can include contoured or curved outer surfaces, and in some cases define a cavity. In certain examples, one or more thermoplastic materials are arranged to form a wheel component, such as that adapted to define a rim of the bicycle. Thermal bonding can be used to join multiple reinforced thermoplastic materials to one another in order to form a cavity of the wheel component or other complex shape. In certain examples, a portion of a tooling assembly can be pressurized to maintain a shape of the cavity during thermal bonding and cooling. This can remove the need for a sacrificial bladder or other structure that would maintain the shape of the cavity, allowing for a seamless final component, optionally absent indicia of bladder exit or other seams.