Abstract: Adsorbent material for use in pressure swing adsorption (PSA) related processing can provide improved purification processing with reduced temperature differentials between adsorption and desorption processing of the bed of adsorbent material. Embodiments can be configured so that adsorbent material has occluded micropores or macropores. The occlusion of the micropores or macropores can be up to 42% of the micropores the adsorbent material in some embodiments. At least one metal acetate can be utilized for the occlusion of the micropores or macropores. Utilization of the adsorbent material having occluded micropores or macropores was surprisingly found to increase the yield for purification of a product gas in spite of the occlusion of the micropores or macropores.

Abstract: A laser processing machine for laser processing a workpiece by a processing laser beam includes a laser beam generator for generating the processing laser beam, a processing optical unit for directing the processing laser beam onto the workpiece, and a frequency-comb-based distance sensor. The distance sensor includes a laser source that is fed back in a frequency-shifted manner for generating a sensor laser beam with a frequency comb that spectrally shifts over time. The sensor laser beam is divided into a measurement beam and a reference beam along a measurement path and a reference path, respectively. The distance sensor further includes a detector, and an evaluation device configured to ascertain a distance value based on a frequency difference, resulting from a time-of-flight difference of the measurement beams and the reference beams superimposed on the detector, of two frequency combs originating from the measurement path and the reference path.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a curable dental two-pack composition comprising: (a) a first paste comprising (a-1) one or more crosslinker having at least four primary amino groups; and (b) a second paste comprising (b-1) one or more compounds polymerizable with a crosslinker of the first paste in a step-growth polymerization reaction; wherein (b-1) the compound polymerizable with the crosslinker compounds is a compound of the following formula (II): wherein A is a hydrocarbon group which may contain one or more hetero atoms selected from oxygen and sulfur atoms; R1 is as defined in claim 1; R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independent from each other and represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and the Y, which are independent from each other represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, an ester bond or a urethane bond.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatic liquid chromatography system (1) with at least one fluid handling unit(s) (2), which is (are) provided as exchangeable, modular component(s). The system (1) further comprises at least one extension carrier (3) with at least one, preferably frameless, component position (C, C?, D, D?, E) for receiving at least one fluid handling unit (2). The system also comprises a base plate (6) and/or a cover plate (4). The at least one extension carrier (3) has at least one mechanical connecting element (15) and the at least one mechanical connecting element (15) projects from one plane into an adjacent plane during intended use, wherein the planes are selected from: extension carrier (3), cover plate (4) and base plate (6).

Abstract: A method and system for composting shoes allows shoes to be degraded alongside the composting of compostable material during operation of a single composting vessel. The system includes one or more containers that separate the shoes from the compostable material during operation of the composting vessel. The shoes are subject to multiple runs of the composting vessel. During each run of the composting vessel a new batch of compostable material is composted alongside the shoes.

Abstract: A shoe that includes a medial side, a lateral side, a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region, includes an upper and a sole structure. The sole structure has a midsole and an outsole, and the midsole includes a first midsole portion disposed in the forefoot region and the midfoot region, and a second midsole portion disposed in the heel region and the midfoot region. The midsole defines a first void structure that is located only in the midfoot region and the heel region of the shoe, and the first void structure includes a plurality of medial voids that extend at least partially through the midsole from an outer side of the sole structure, and a plurality of lateral voids that extend at least partially through the midsole from the outer side of the sole structure. The medial voids and the lateral voids define channels through the midsole.

Abstract: A method of using a marriage mold includes providing an upper plate having a first wall and at least one second wall, and a lower plate having a marriage cavity and a top wall. At least two midsole components are provided, which are made of a first material, and each have a first region and a void structure. The at least two midsole components are positioned into the marriage cavity. The upper plate is secured to the lower plate such that the first wall and the top wall form a seal. The at least two midsole components are joined together to form a midsole having a second void structure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a midsole of an article of footwear includes arranging an insert into a mold cavity of a mold base. The insert including a region of solid volume that corresponds with an empty volume within the midsole. The method further includes supplying a midsole material to the mold cavity of the mold base to form the midsole around a negative mold so that the negative mold is embedded within the midsole material to form a midsole lattice structure within the midsole. The method further includes removing the negative mold with the midsole from the mold base. The method further includes removing the negative mold from the midsole.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a foam component includes printing a preform with a three-dimensional printer. The preform is formed from a pre-saturated mixture of a base material that is at least partially saturated with a foaming agent. The preform is foamed by heating the preform to be at or above a glass transition temperature of the base material, thereby causing the foaming agent to nucleate and expand to form the foam component. Foaming occurs at atmospheric pressure. The preform includes a preliminary lattice structure that corresponds with a final lattice structure of the foam component.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a shoe having a shoe upper and a sole part connected to the shoe upper, wherein the sole part includes a sole body having a bottom region and a side wall region, wherein the bottom region and the wall region form a receiving chamber which is open at the top, wherein the receiving chamber is filled with a bulk material, wherein the bulk material consists at least partially, of a thermoplastic elastomer and wherein the filled receiving chamber is sealed by a closure body. Further, the closure body is a knitted fabric that forms a lattice structure, wherein the lattice structure has a mesh width (w1, w2) of at least 0.5 mm. The disclosure further relates to a method for producing such a shoe.

Abstract: A sole structure includes a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region along a longitudinal direction of the article of footwear. The sole structure includes a midsole, which has a plurality of cavities defined by outer edges, and each of the cavities of the plurality of cavities extends between a lateral side of the footwear and a medial side of the footwear. Each cavity of the plurality of cavities is defined by a first rounded end, a second rounded end opposite of the first rounded end, a front side edge, and a rear side edge. The front side edge and the rear side edge connect the first rounded end with the second rounded end and the plurality of cavities is configured to programmably collapse or deform the sole structure when a force is applied downward.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for controlling the firing of neurons within a neuron layer of a spiking neural network. The method includes, by a handshake controller associated with the neuron layer, receiving a request for firing the neurons and, in response, generating a tick signal. The method further comprising, by the respective neurons, updating a neuron state when receiving a neuron input; and upon receiving the tick signal, by the respective neurons, firing the respective neurons that fulfil a firing condition based on the neuron state.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a midsole of an article of footwear includes generating a positive model of a midsole. The positive model includes a region of empty volume that defines an aperture or channel. The method further includes creating a negative model based on the positive model, and printing, layer by layer, a negative mold to form a physical representation of the negative model. The negative mold includes a region of solid volume that corresponds with the region of empty volume in the positive model. The method further includes supplying a midsole material to the negative mold to form the midsole. The midsole includes a midsole aperture or channel formed therein by the region of solid volume in the negative mold.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear defining a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region includes providing a sole structure and an upper. The method further includes coupling the sole structure to the upper at least in part by winding a first continuous thread around the sole structure and the upper in a first direction in the midfoot region and the forefoot region, winding the first continuous thread around the sole structure and the upper in a second direction in the heel region, and receiving the first continuous thread within a channel of a plurality of channels that are defined by a sole surface of the sole structure. Winding the first continuous thread around the sole structure and the upper is, at least in part, configured to couple the sole structure to the upper. The first direction is different than the second direction.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure that defines a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The sole structure comprises densified wood and includes an upper midsole cushioning member, a lower midsole cushioning member, an outsole coupled with a bottom surface of the lower midsole cushioning member, and a plate positioned between the upper midsole cushioning member and the lower midsole cushioning member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a sole (1) of a shoe.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an upper for an article of footwear includes providing a frame and a support component, and defining a plurality of anchor points on the frame. The method further includes winding a first continuous thread around the plurality of anchor points defined on the frame and around the support component so that the first continuous thread extends from the frame to the support component, and securing the first continuous thread.

Abstract: A method of making a midsole includes selecting a plurality of yarns. At least two yarns of the plurality of yarns have different properties relative to one another. The method further includes bundling the plurality of yarns to form a bundled yarn structure and intertwining the bundled yarn structure to form a twisted yarn structure. Further, the method includes depositing the twisted yarn structure into a first mold within an autoclave and applying a supercritical fluid to the twisted yarn structure. The method further includes supercritical fluid infiltrating and saturating the twisted yarn structure, depressurizing the autoclave to cause a foaming process therein to convert the twisted yarn structure into an anisotropic foam blank, and depositing the anisotropic foam blank within a second mold that is configured as a midsole for an article of footwear.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure. The sole structure has a longitudinal extension in a longitudinal direction and a vertical extension in a vertical direction. The sole structure defines a plurality of recesses arranged at least in a rearfoot region thereof and extend at least partially into the sole structure in a transverse direction and along a straight line that extends in the longitudinal direction. Without external forces on the sole structure, each recess of the plurality of recesses is larger in a first direction than in a second direction. The sole structure is configured to provide predetermined dampening and spring deflection characteristics such that, when an external force is applied to the sole structure, the plurality of recesses collapse in a predetermined manner and, when the external force is removed, the plurality of recesses expand back to their original shape.