Abstract: A system and process for injection molding polymer articles is described. The system and process are designed to reduce gate blush. In one embodiment, an injection molding device injects a molten polymer composition into a mold cavity adjacent to an interior curved surface on the mold. The flow of the polymer material is parallel to a line that is tangent to the curved surface.

Abstract: A method for calibrating two-dimensional responses measured on multiple instruments or on a single instrument under different operating conditions. The method calculates two separate banded diagonal transformation matrices using the responses of a common standard sample to simultaneously correct for the response channel shift and intensity variations in both dimensions or orders. The two transformational matrices are estimated from a set of simultaneous non-linear equations via the Gauss-Newton method. The effects of noise and transformation matrix bandwidth on the standardization performance were studied through computer simulation. From computer simulation and experimental data, it was found that the design of the standard sample is crucial for the parameter estimations and response standardization.

Abstract: A technique for transferring a multivariant calibration model from a reference analytical instrument to a target analytical instrument that may be a different instrument, or the same instrument at a later time. In a "direct" approach, a plurality of transfer samples are selected, and a plurality of measurements are made for each transfer sample using the reference instrument, producing a reference instrument response for each sample. These measurements are repeated for the target instrument, to produce a target instrument response for each transfer sample. One then generates transfer coefficients capable of performing a multivariate estimation of the reference instrument responses for the transfer samples from the target instrument responses for those samples. The transfer coefficients may then be used to convert a target instrument response for an unknown sample into the equivalent response for the reference instrument.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing an unknown sample to produce information corresponding to individual components of the sample. The information may then be used to identify and quantify the components. The method of the present invention contemplates subjecting the sample to a plurality of separation processes to produce a corresponding plurality of distinct spatial distributions of the sample. The separation processes could include two or more chromatographic processes in which the stationary phases have different separating characteristics. For each distribution, a set of properties (sample set) is determined at a plurality of positions along that distribution. In one embodiment, the set of properties comprises the absorbance of electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of wavelengths. The sample sets for each process are analyzed to determine one or more basic sets capable of representing all the sample sets for that process.