Abstract: An auxiliary conveyor, which is connected with a main conveyor including at least two conveying paths, the auxiliary conveyor including a conveying part configured to receive a load from one of the at least two conveying paths and convey the load through the other of the at least two conveying paths; and a driving part connected with the conveying part and configured to drive the conveying part to move from one of the at least two conveying paths to the other of the at least two conveying paths.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting tilt of a fixture and method thereof.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to plastic-metal junctions and methods of making the same via laser-assisted joining. The present invention provides a method of forming a junction between a metal form and a solid plastic. The method can include laser treating a surface of a metal form to generate a feature (e.g., a plurality of at least one of pores and grooves) in the surface of the metal, wherein the laser has an angle of incidence with the surface of the metal of other than 0 degrees. The method can include contacting the metal surface including the feature with a flowable resin composition. The method can include curing the flowable resin composition to form the solid plastic, to provide the junction between the metal form and the solid plastic.

Abstract: Provided are thermoplastic-nanoparticle compositions that exhibit enhanced powder and melt flow. The disclosed compositions, comprising nanoparticles being silylated, have particular application in additive manufacturing processes, such as selective laser sintering and other processes.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for calibrating a tool center point of tool for an industrial robot system. The method can include moving a first part of said tool and a cross beam sensor by said industrial robot; recording a first posture and a second posture of said industrial robot during the interruptions of a first beam and a second beam of a cross beam sensor; moving a second part of said tool and said cross beam sensor by said industrial robot; recording a third posture and a fourth posture of said industrial robot; calculating the tool orientation in consideration of said first posture, second posture, third posture and fourth posture of said industrial robot; and moving said tool and said cross beam sensor by said industrial robot so that said tool center point of said tool interrupts said crossing point of said cross beam sensor.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a touchscreen panel and the system, the industrial robot and the touchscreen panel using the same.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to plastic surfaces having surface structures and methods of making the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of forming surface structures on a plastic. The method can include contacting a flowable resin composition to a surface of a metal form including surface structures on the contacted surface thereof, the surface structures having at least one dimension approximately parallel to the metal surface of about 100 nm to about 1 mm, to provide a solid plastic including corresponding surface structures on a surface thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveying apparatus and a transmitting system.

Abstract: A method of making an article, the method comprising converting a first amorphous polymer to an at least partially crystalline polymeric powder composition and powder bed fusing the at least partially crystalline polymer powder composition to form a three-dimensional article comprising a second amorphous polymer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a device used for centering equipment having a center hole. The device includes a base; a central spindle partly coupled to the base; an upper supporting assembly partly coupled to the central spindle; and a centering device configured to act on the equipment having the center hole to perform centering operation. Using the centering device of the present disclosure to detect the deformation of equipment having a central hole, no fixtures are involved, thus saving the time for disassembling the equipment, and no need to select the fixtures to match the equipment, only to place the equipment in an appropriate way to complete the centering, thus improving the efficiency. In addition, no fixtures need preparing, which greatly reduces the costs.

Abstract: A system comprises one or more print heads (18,20,22) configured to selectively print droplets (34,36,38) of one or more polycarbonate precursor solutions comprising one or more polycarbonate precursor compounds onto one or more target locations on a substrate to form one or more reactive mixture droplets at each target location, and an environmental system configured to expose the reactive mixture droplets to reaction conditions that polymerize the one or more polycarbonate precursor compounds to form a polycarbonate. A method comprises printing droplets of one or more polycarbonate precursor solutions comprising one or more polycarbonate precursor compounds onto one or more target locations on a substrate to form a reactive mixture droplet at each target location, and exposing the reactive mixture droplets to reaction conditions to polymerize the one or more polycarbonate precursor compounds to form a polycarbonate.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a method for calibrating a touchscreen coordinate system of a touchscreen with an industrial robot coordinate system of an industrial robot for industrial robot commissioning and industrial robot system and control system using the same. In one form the systems and methods include attaching an end effector to the industrial robot; (a) moving the industrial robot in a compliant way until a stylus of the end effector touches a point on the touchscreen; (b) recording a position of the stylus of the end effector in the industrial robot coordinate system when it touches the point of the touchscreen; (c) recording a position of the touch point on the touchscreen in the touchscreen coordinate system; and calculating a relation between the industrial robot coordinate system and the touchscreen coordinate system based on the at least three positions of the end effector stylus and the at least three positions of the touch points.

Abstract: A system for fabricating a part (12) comprises a build chamber (14), a powder feed system (18) for feeding a polymeric powder (22) to the build chamber, a heating system (40) for melting and fusing the polymeric powder to form a fused polymeric part in the build chamber, and a vacuum system (50) to apply a specified vacuum pressure to the build chamber, wherein the vacuum pressure is at or below a threshold pressure so that a porosity of the fused polymeric part is at or below a specified threshold porosity.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for calibrating a tool centre point of tool for an industrial robot system. The method can include moving a first part of said tool and a cross beam sensor by said industrial robot; recording a first posture and a second posture of said industrial robot during the interruptions of a first beam and a second beam of a cross beam sensor; moving a second part of said tool and said cross beam sensor by said industrial robot; recording a third posture and a fourth posture of said industrial robot; calculating the tool orientation in consideration of said first posture, second posture, third posture and fourth posture of said industrial robot; and moving said tool and said cross beam sensor by said industrial robot so that said tool centre point of said tool interrupts said crossing point of said cross beam sensor.

Abstract: A PTC material composition for making a PTC circuit protection device comprises a PTC polymer unit and a conductive filler containing a plurality of titanium carbide particles. The titanium carbide particles have a residual oxygen content greater than 0.3 wt % based on the weight of the titanium carbide particles.

Abstract: An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, and a protecting mechanism assembled into the receiving space. The insulative housing has a front surface at a rear side of the receiving space. The optical module has a light receiving element located behind the front surface and forwardly exposed to the receiving space. The protecting mechanism has a door lying in a vertical plane in front of the front surface to shield the light receiving element along an insertion direction when the plug is not inserted into the receiving space, and moving downwardly out of the receiving space to unveil said light receiving element in said insertion direction when the plug is inserted into the receiving space.

Abstract: A method for making a positive temperature coefficient device includes: (a) forming a crosslinkable preform of a positive temperature coefficient polymer composition containing a polymer system and a conductive filler; (b) attaching a pair of electrodes to the preform; (c) soldering a pair of conductive leads to the electrodes using a lead-free solder paste having a melting point greater than 210° C.; and (d) crosslinking the crosslinkable preform after step (c).

Abstract: A PTC circuit protection device includes a PTC polymer material and two electrodes attached to the PTC polymer material. The PTC polymer material includes a polymer matrix and a particulate conductive filler dispersed in the polymer matrix. The polymermatrix is made from a polymer composition that contains a primary polymer unit and a reinforcing polyolefin. The primary polymer unit contains a base polyolefin and optionally a grafted polyolefin. The reinforcing polyolefin has a weight average molecular weight greater than that of the base polyolefin. The primary polymer unit and the reinforcing polyolefin are co-melted together and then solidified to form the polymer matrix. The base polyolefin has a melt flow rate ranging from 10 g/10 min to 100 g/10 min, and the reinforcing polyolefin has a melt flow rate ranging from 0.01 g/10 min to 1 g/10 min.

Abstract: A PTC material composition for making a PTC circuit protection device comprises a PTC polymer unit and a conductive filler containing a plurality of titanium carbide particles. The titanium carbide particles have a residual oxygen content greater than 0.3 wt % based on the weight of the titanium carbide particles.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided. A gate dielectric and a gate are provided respectively on and over a semiconductor substrate. A junction is formed adjacent the gate dielectric and a shaped spacer is formed around the gate. A spacer is formed under the shaped spacer and a liner is formed under the spacer. A first dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate, the shaped spacer, the spacer, the liner, and the gate. A second dielectric layer is formed over the first dielectric layer. A local interconnect opening is formed in the second dielectric layer down to the first dielectric layer. The local interconnect opening in the first dielectric layer is opened to expose the junction in the semiconductor substrate and the first gate. The local interconnect openings in the first and second dielectric layers are filled with a conductive material.