Abstract: An apparatus able to regulate a raw material concentration, in a mixed gas of carrier gas and raw material gas, accurately and stably to supply the mixed gas to a process chamber, with a flow rate controlled highly accurately, thereby detecting a vapor concentration of the raw material gas in the mixed gas easily and highly accurately and displaying the concentration in real time without using an expensive concentration meter, etc.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection system which includes a line which is connected with a pump. Furthermore, the injection system includes at least two branch lines which are connected with the line such that the fluid flowing in the line is split up onto the at least two branch lines. At least one branch line is connected with at least one injection means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for polymerizing olefins. One embodiment comprises polymerizing at least one monomer in a first loop reactor in the presence of a catalyst to produce a first polyolefin fraction. A portion of the first polyolefin fraction is transferred to a second loop reactor, connected in series with the first loop reactor. The process further comprises polymerizing in the second loop reactor at least one monomer in the presence of a catalyst to produce a second polyolefin fraction in addition to the first polyolefin fraction. The combination of the first and second polyolefin fractions can produce a polymer resin fluff having bimodal molecular weight distribution.

Abstract: Disclosed therein is a gas valve having automatically blocking means, which is mounted at an inlet side of a valve body having a ball valve so that the gas valve does not need additional blocking means for blocking a gas pipe at the time of a gas leak, and which returns a blocking member to its original position when the valve is opened after coping with the gas leak at the leaked portion, thereby making maintenance easy.

Abstract: A multi-phase flow meter includes a flow conduit leading from an inlet to an outlet and including a variable inlet restriction, a variable outlet restriction, a pressure sensor and a volumetric flow meter, located between the variable inlet restriction and the variable outlet restriction. The flow meter further includes a controller adapted to receive data from the pressure sensor and the volumetric flow meter, and to adjust the variable inlet restriction and the variable outlet restriction in accordance with at least one program. The program causes the controller to adjust one of the variable inlet restriction and the variable outlet restriction.

Abstract: Joint structure includes a joint plug assembly and a joint outlet assembly. The joint plug assembly includes a plug body, a sealing member, and a flexible member. The plug body defines a receiving channel including a first receiving hole and a second receiving hole communicating with the first receiving hole. A diameter of the second receiving hole is smaller than that of the first receiving hole. The plug body includes a spherical outer surface. The flexible member biases the sealing member to block the second receiving hole. The joint outlet assembly includes an outlet body and a pin. The outlet body defines a latching groove, and the latching groove forms a spherical inner surface. The pin is received in the latching groove and defines at least one groove along a longitudinal direction thereof.

Abstract: Non-return valve, in particular for medical purposes, consisting of a first hose connection housing and a second hose connection housing and a membrane disk which is made from flexible material, is arranged between the two hose connection housings, and can be raised up from an annular valve seat which results in an inlet space which is connected to an inlet passage. A medium-permeable formation which faces the membrane disk is arranged on the inlet side into the inlet space, which formation supports the membrane disk against overextension in the case of high return pressures.

Abstract: A valve system oriented for an irrigation system which is activated by a control unit is disclosed. The system comprises a solenoid switch and a manual switch, wherein an electrical wire extends from the valve to the control unit. The manual switch operates as a hand handling rotating lever; another use of manual switch is to serve as a means to force close the solenoid valve's outlet opening so as to provide a mechanism responsive to preventing automatic opening of solenoid valve controlled by control unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fluid transfer between a first vessel and a second vessel that are separated by a body of water. The systems and methods may include extending a deployed portion of a fluid conduit assembly between the first vessel and the second vessel. The fluid conduit assembly includes a fluid conduit and also may include a fluid conduit support; and, in the deployed portion, the fluid conduit may be suspended from and supported by the fluid conduit support. The systems and methods also may include the use of a conformation control assembly to automatically and/or dynamically adjust the length of the deployed portion to regulate a conformation of the deployed portion.

Abstract: A pressurizable gas reservoir can include a first end member and a second end member that is disposed in longitudinally-spaced relation to the first end member. A flexible reservoir member can extend between opposing first and second ends. The first end secured to the first end member and the second end secured to the second end member. The flexible reservoir member at least partially defines a reservoir chamber between the first and second end members that is capable of storing a quantity of pressurized gas for an extended duration of time. The first and second end members can be maintained in substantially-fixed axial position relative to one another. A suspension system including such a pressurized gas reservoir and a method of assembly are also included.

Abstract: A hollow, cylindrical water hammer arrestor includes an axial passage; two externally threaded extensions disposed at both ends respectively, each of the externally threaded extensions having a diameter less than that of the axial passage; a plurality of first rings disposed in the axial passage, each of the first rings having a plurality of teeth formed on an inner surface; and a plurality of second rings disposed in the axial passage, each of the second rings having a smooth inner surface. The first and second rings are alternately disposed from one end of the axial passage to the other end in the axial passage.

Abstract: An in situ method of repairing an underground conduit or pipe is disclosed. The method of repairing includes positioning a reinforcing fabric within the pipe being repaired, spaced apart from the inner surfaces of the pipe, and infiltrating the fabric with a bleed resistant cementitious composition.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a bellows, made of austenitic high-grade steel with high compressive strength and fatigue strength, forms a single-layer or multilayer sleeve into a bellows with hydraulic forming. The pressure resistance and fatigue strength are improved by the bellows being cleaned after the forming and by the bellows being exposed to a surrounding area containing carbon and/or nitrogen atoms at temperatures between 100° C. and 400° C., preferably 200° C. to 320° C. With this a hardening of the bellows takes place by means of the diffusing in of carbon and/or nitrogen atoms. A bellows made of austenitic high-grade steel with one or more layers created in this manner has the edge layer hardened by the incorporation of carbon and/or nitrogen atoms up to a hardening depth of at least 5% of the wall thickness.

Abstract: An article of manufacture including a through hole. The article of manufacture includes a body, wherein the body is a plastic molded body, and a tube molded into the body. The tube has a melting point higher than the plastic molded body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer structure including: a so-called outer layer (L1) consisting of a composition that primarily includes one or more semicrystalline copolyamides (H), the melting point of which is at least 220° C. and which contains at least 80 mol % of the following two units (s) and (a), wherein the (s) unit denotes one or more semiaromatic (s) units consisting of one of more sub-units from aromatic diacid (sr) and one or more sub-units from aliphatic diamine (sa) having 9 to 13 carbon atoms, and the (a) unit denotes one or more aliphatic units having 8 to 13 carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, the molar ratio (s)/(a) being 1 to 3; and a layer (L2) consisting of a composition primarily containing one or more tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymers, said TFE copolymer being necessarily functionalized when layer (L2) is in contact with layer (L1) or with an intermediate layer that primarily includes one or more polyamides.

Abstract: Fluid transfer systems are disclosed that can be configured to transfer precise amounts of fluid from a source container to a target container. The fluid transfer system can have multiple fluid transfer stations for transferring fluids into multiple target containers or for combining different types of fluids into a single target container to form a mixture. The fluid transfer system can include a pump and a destination sensor, such as a weight sensor. The fluid transfer system can be configured to flush remaining fluid out of a connector to reduce waste, using air or a flushing fluid.

Abstract: A method of conducting a fueling transaction at a fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser includes a flow meter operatively connected to internal fuel flow piping. The method comprises the step of providing a displacement sensor for generating information representative of an amount of fuel delivered through the flow meter. The displacement sensor comprises at least one transponder operatively connected to the flow meter. The method also comprises providing at least one interrogator electronics configured for remote electronic communication with the at least one transponder and authorizing the fueling transaction. Finally, the method comprises communicating with the at least one transponder using the at least one interrogator electronics during the fueling transaction. Fuel dispensers and flow meter assemblies comprising displacement sensors having transponders and/or capacitive sensing elements are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for supplying consumers (6) with a cleaning and/or disinfection fluid, preferably in a beverage filling plant, comprising a reservoir (2) for receiving a supply of cleaning and/or disinfection fluid, wherein at least two consumers (6) are connected to the reservoir (2) via a ring line (4).

Abstract: Device and method for needle penetrating and filling a chamber with a predetermined substance, and hermetically resealing a resulting needle hole in the device by applying radiation thereto. The needle penetrable and resealable portion defines a predetermined wall thickness in an axial direction thereof, and may include a thermoplastic that substantially prevents the formation of particles released into the chamber from the needle penetrable and resealable portion during penetration by and withdrawal of the needle. Such thermoplastic may include a predetermined amount of pigment that allows the thermoplastic to substantially absorb laser radiation at a predetermined wavelength, substantially prevent the passage of radiation through the predetermined wall thickness thereof, and hermetically seal a needle aperture formed in the needle penetration region thereof in a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A method of delivering proppant to a well site has the steps of transporting a load of proppant in a vessel to a desired location, moving the load of proppant from the vessel into a container so as to create a proppant-loaded container, unloading the proppant-loaded container into a pneumatic bulk trailer, and transporting the unloaded proppant in the pneumatic bulk trailer to well site. The container is placed onto a bed of a truck and moved in proximity to the vessel. The proppant-loaded container is placed onto a tilting mechanism and then tilted so that the proppant is discharged through a flow gate of a container into a hopper. The proppant in the hopper can then be conveyed to the pneumatic bulk trailer.

Abstract: A proppant discharge system has a container with an outlet formed at a bottom thereof and a gate slidably affixed at the outlet so as to be movable between a first position covering the outlet to second position opening the outlet, and a support structure having an actuator thereon. The container is removably positioned on the top surface of the support structure. The actuator is engageable with gate so as to move the gate from the first position to the second position. A conveyor underlies the container so as to receive proppant as discharged from the container through the outlet. The container is a ten foot ISO container.

Abstract: A method for filling a container with a food product includes: delivering a food product into a hopper; tamping, by means of a first tamping block, said food product whilst it is in the hopper; locating a container, having an upwardly facing opening, beneath the hopper; and opening the hopper such that the tamped food product falls from the hopper into the container.

Abstract: A cartridge syringe has a housing with an opening for inserting a cartridge having an cylinder filled with a medication and closed at its ends by a piercing membrane and a stopper having a blind hole. A ram is provided for pressing the stopper for injecting the medication in the cylinder after piercing the membrane. The ram has an actuating element and can be attached in the blind hole for aspiration. The ram has an outer sleeve with a core. The outer sleeve is displaceably guided in a rotatable manner and the core in a rotationally fixed manner. A front end of the outer sleeve is provided with at least one fixing hook which is spring-loaded inwardly. A cam is engageable with the fixing hook such that, upon rotation of the outer sleeve, the fixing hook is movable either to the fixing position or the unlocked position.

Abstract: A refuelling stand that is lightweight and easily portable which includes a funnel; a support for the funnel, which is optionally collapsible, and a conduit which is removably attached to the end of the funnel. The conduit can he made of flexible material which may be rolled up for storage alongside the support or may be formed of inflexible tubing. The refuelling stand may also include at least one stabilizing dement. The refuelling stand is designed to be a free-standing apparatus which is not intended to be permanently or semi-permanently affixed. In addition, the refuelling stand can be entirely disassembled in the form of a kit which further includes instructions for use. The refuelling funnel stand is designed to be suitable for delivering fuel from a hand-held fuel can into the fuel tanks of for example, watercraft, lawnmowers, snowblowers and the like.

Abstract: An airborne tree trimming apparatus for installation on a helicopter or the like is described. The apparatus is designed to prevent arcing from power lines and includes a saw assembly having a housing that is at least partially non-conductive; an internal combustion engine operatively connected to the saw assembly; a boom extension having a lower end connected to the engine, and an upper end attachable to the helicopter, at least a part of the boom extension being non-conductive; and a safety cable extending through the boom extension, at least a part of the cable being non-conductive.

Abstract: A solder composite is provided. The solder composite may include: a metal-based solder matrix, a capsule dispersed in the solder matrix, and a self-healing material that is encapsulated in the capsule. The self-healing material may be configured to react with the solder matrix when in contact with the solder matrix such that at least one of an electrically conductive intermetallic compound and an electrically conductive alloy is formed.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a Ni—Mn—Ga magnetic shape memory (MSM) alloy including twin boundaries type 2, which are deviated approximately +/?2-4 degrees from (101) or equivalent crystallographic plane by rotation about [?101] or equivalent crystallographic direction. This technology relates also to an actuator, sensor and harvester including MSM element of this technology.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a strip in a soft magnetic alloy capable of being cut out mechanically, the chemical composition of which comprises by weight: 18%?Co?55% 0%?V+W?3% 0%?Cr?3% 0%?Si?3% 0%?Nb?0.5% 0%?B?0.05% 0%?C?0.1% 0%?Zr+Ta?0.5% 0%?Ni?5% 0%?Mn?2% The remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the elaboration, according to which a strip obtained by hot rolling is cold-rolled in order to obtain a cold-rolled strip with a thickness of less than 0.6 mm. After cold rolling, a continuous annealing treatment is carried out by passing into a continuous oven, at a temperature comprised between the order/disorder transition temperature of the alloy and the onset temperature of ferritic/austenitic transformation of the alloy, followed by rapid cooling down to a temperature below 200° C. Strip obtained.

Abstract: The invention provides a carburized part which has excellent medium-cycle fatigue strength in particular subjected to surface-hardening treatment by carburization. The invention provides a carburized part including a carburized layer formed by performing carburizing treatment to a steel, the steel including, in terms of % by mass: 0.15% to 0.25% of C, 0.15% or less of Si, 0.4% to 1.1% of Mn, 0.8% to 1.4% of Cr, 0.25% to 0.55% of Mo, 0.015% or less of P, and 0.035% or less of S, with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the steel satisfying the following relation; 0.10?[Mo]/(10[Si]+[Mn]+[Cr])?0.40, in which [M] represents a content of element M in terms of % by mass.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a seamless quenched and tempered steel pipe having a wall thickness (WT) higher than or equal to 35 mm and lower than or equal to 80 mm. Embodiments of the steel pipe can comprise C, Mn, Cr, Ni, Mo, Al, Ca, N, Nb, Ti, Zr, and Ta. Further, for some embodiments of the steel pipe wherein, defining a first parameter P1=50×C+Cr+10×Mo+70×V, the chemical composition can satisfy a first condition P1?8.0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a seamless quenched and tempered steel pipe which can have a wall thickness WT higher than or equal to 6 mm and lower than or equal to 35 mm. Some embodiments of the steel pipe can have a chemical composition comprising C, Mn, Si, Cr, Ni, Mo, Al, N, Ca, Nb, Ti, V, Zr, and Ta based on the composition weight, the remaining being iron and impurities. In some embodiments, wherein (V+Nb) content is lower than 0.07 wt %; defining a first parameter P1=(60×C)+Cr+[5×e(35×Mo/WT)]+50×(V+Nb), the chemical composition satisfies a first condition P1?14.5.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a high-strength structural steel and to a high-strength structural steel product. The method comprises a providing step for providing a steel slab, a heating step (1) for heating said steel slab to 950 to 1300 C, a temperature equalizing step (2) for equalizing the temperature of the steel slab, a hot rolling step including a hot rolling stage of type I (5) for hot rolling the steel slab in the no-recrystallization temperature range below the recrystallization stop temperature (RST) but above the ferrite formation temperature A3, a quenching step (6) for quenching said hot-rolled steel at cooling rate of at least 20 C/s to a quenching-stop temperature (QT) between Ms and Mf temperatures, a partitioning treatment step (7, 9) for partitioning said hot-rolled steel in order to transfer carbon from martensite to austenite, and a cooling step (8) for cooling said hot-rolled steel to room temperature.

Abstract: A hot rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.060% to 0.120%; Si: 0.10% to 0.70%; Mn: 1.00% to 1.80%; P: 0.10% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.01% to 0.10%; N: 0.010% or less; Nb: 0.010% to 0.100%, wherein Nb is contained so that content of solute Nb is 5% or more relative to the total Nb content; the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The hot rolled steel sheet has a microstructure containing ferrite of not more than 15 ?m in average crystal grain diameter by a volume fraction of not less than 75%, the balance being low-temperature-induced phases. The hot rolled steel sheet can be suitably utilized for manufacturing a cold rolled steel sheet or hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more, excellent in material homogeneity and capable of giving excellent cold rolling property.

Abstract: Martensitic mixed phase stainless steel, which has in well balance between excellent strength and formability and excellent fatigue properties, and is inexpensive, and suitable for spring members, has: a chemical composition comprising C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: at most 2.0%, Mn: 0.1-6.0%, Cr: 10.0-28.0%, N: at most 0.17%, the remainder of Fe and impurities, and a metallurgical structure which includes a ferrite phase and a martensitic phase, and also a retained austenite phase of 5 volume % or less if necessary, and which satisfies a relationship of CM/CF?5.0 where an average value CF of C content existing in the ferrite phase, and an average value CM of C content existing in the martensite.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat treatment jig. A metal wire as a heat treatment target is to be wound around the jig. The jig comprises a cylindrical tubular body whose outer wall surface has a helical groove formed along a circumferential direction to wind the metal wire. A depth of the groove is larger than a length at which the metal wire will isolate from the groove when the metal wire wound along the groove at room temperature is thermally expanded by being heated to a predetermined heat treatment temperature.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire capable of reducing rolling resistance and discharging static electricity generated during running, wherein each of a tread rubber, a breaker rubber, and a sidewall, respectively, has a volume specific resistivity of 1×108 ?·cm or more, the pneumatic tire further including a conduction rubber embedded in the tread part so as to be at least partially exposed to a surface of the tread part, a coating rubber disposed on the upper part of the breaker part, a bead part rubber, and side part electroconductive rubber electrically connecting the conduction rubber to the beat part rubber, wherein each of the conduction rubber, the bead part rubber, the coating rubber and the side part electroconductive rubber has a volume specific resistivity of less than 108 ?·cm.

Abstract: Tyre which is provided with a carcass reinforcement which is surmounted radially at the outer side by an upper reinforcement, this upper reinforcement being formed by a stack of a plurality of reinforcement sheets, these reinforcements forming with the circumferential direction angles which are not equal to zero, this tyre comprising a tread (10) which is intended to move into contact with the ground during travel, this tread (10) comprising a plurality of cutouts which delimit relief elements in order to form a tread pattern and being such that it comprises a central portion (20) having a width between 40 and 60% of the total width of the tread and the edge portions (21) at one side and the other of this central portion, the central portion (20) being provided with a plurality of generally transversely orientated incisions (40) which are capable of closing when they move into contact, this tread being characterised in that each edge portion (21) comprises a plurality of generally transversely orientated groo

Abstract: A tread for a tire, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with a road surface and comprising at least one groove of width W and of depth P delimited by two walls facing one another, these walls being joined together by a groove bottom, at least one groove comprising at least one flexible device for at least partially closing this groove as it passes through the contact patch, each flexible device comprising at least one blade of a suitable thickness that allows it to flex under the effect of a circulation of liquid, this blade being borne by a wall delimiting the groove, each blade of thickness E being bounded by a bottom wall facing the bottom of the groove, an end wall facing the other wall of the groove and a contact wall intended to come into contact with the road surface and lateral walls spaced apart by a distance equal to the thickness E of the blade, this tread being such that the bottom wall of the blade comprises a first part referred to as connection part and a second part

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic tire includes a tread portion provided with at least three circumferential main grooves, and a plurality of lateral grooves extending between adjacent main grooves or between one main groove and a tread edge, to form at least one block row comprising a plurality of blocks. The block row comprises a plurality of pitch elements each of which consists of circumferentially adjacent one lateral groove and one block. The tread portion has a land ratio in a range of from 70% to 80%. The block row comprises a number of pitch elements in a range of from 40 to 50, and each lateral groove has a groove width in a range of from 5% to 15% in relation to a circumferential length of the block in each pitch element.

Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire including a land portion provided with a sipe, which is capable of simultaneously providing snow performance, dry performance, and wet performance all at high level in a single land portion. The pneumatic tire includes a land portion 2 on a tread portion. The land portion 2 is provided with a sipe 5 having amplitude in a tire circumferential direction and extending in a tire width direction. In a depth direction extending from a land portion surface S toward an inner side in a tire radial direction, sipe 5 includes: a land portion's surface-side part 5a1 bent toward tire circumferential direction from land portion surface S; and a land portion's bottom-side part 5a2 bent in a direction different from a direction of land portion's surface-side part 5a1 or bent toward tire circumferential direction by a displacement different from a displacement of land portion's surface-side part 5a1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drawn PET fiber that can provide a cap ply cord and the like showing more improved modulus and good dimensional stability, a PET tire cord, and a tire including the same. The drawn PET fiber may be a fiber including 90 mol % or more of PET, of which the crystallinity is 53% or more, the amorphous orientation factor (AOF) is 0.15 or less, and the birefringence index is 0.14 to 0.16, after heat-treating the same at 230° C. for 1 minute under the initial load of 20g/1000d.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic radial tire for a passenger vehicle, having: a cross sectional width SW and an outer diameter OD controlled under an appropriate SW-OD relationship; and an optimized configuration of a crown portion thereof.

Abstract: An object is to provide a pneumatic tire having a colored layer that is excellent in preventing contamination of the colored layer as compared to a conventional pneumatic tire having the colored layer formed thereon. According to the present invention, the pneumatic tire having the colored layer formed through the intermediary of a non-contaminating rubber layer on an outer side of a side rubber of a tire side portion in a tire width direction, wherein the non-contaminating rubber layer contains layer compounds 21.

Abstract: A tire includes an external sidewall, having improved airtightness. The external sidewall includes at least one rubber composition comprising at least one or more diene elastomers at a total content of 1 to 99 phr, one or more thermoplastic elastomers having a polyisobutylene block at a total content of 1 to 99 phr, optionally a reinforcing filler at a content of 0 to 120 phr, and a crosslinking system.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to tires having multiple carcasses that wrap around multiple bead cores on a single side of the tire, and, more specifically, to a tire that has a bead core locking insert that eliminates a pullout step for one of the carcass plies or bands during fabrication, This step includes wrapping one of the plies or bands completely around said multiple bead cores that are found on a single side of the tire. In certain embodiments, the tire is an aviation tire that has bands of multiple plies that are wrapped about multiple bead cores found on each side of the tire. The bead core locking insert is found below the multiple bead cores found on each side of the tire and is adjacent to the bands that wrap around the inside and outside head cores, thereby locking these beads and associated bands together.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method for laminating a tubular film (1) preferably manufactured by means of blown film (co-) extrusion with a material capable of absorbing resin or liquids, wherein the tubular film (1) is laminated over its entire perimeter with several layers (10, 11, 12, 13; 20, 21, 22; 30, 31) overlapping or positioned directly opposite one another on their front sides containing material capable of absorbing resin or liquids, so that essentially there are no areas left along the perimeter of the tubular film (1) not covered by the laminated layers (10, 11, 12, 13; 20, 21, 22; 30, 31). The invention also refers to a tubular film laminated in such a way and to various applications.

Abstract: A technique of producing a high-quality and high-functionality glass chopped strand mat applicable to recent automotive molded ceiling materials which have excellent design and reduced weights. A method for producing a glass chopped strand mat (M) by forming glass chopped strands (S) into a sheet, includes a first conveying step of continuously conveying the glass chopped strands (S) in a distributed form while spraying resin powder (A) serving as a binder onto the glass chopped strands (S), and a second conveying step of continuously conveying the glass chopped strands (S) with the adhering resin powder (A) while performing a heating treatment on the glass chopped strands (S) at a temperature higher than the melting point of the resin powder (A). A conveying speed in the second conveying step is higher than a conveying speed in the first conveying step, and the difference therebetween is 3 to 8 m/min.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing prepreg including: inspecting, with an optical device, in a resin sheet made of a release paper and a resin film which is formed by coating the release paper with a resin to be impregnated into a carbon fiber bundle, the surface of the resin film, detecting a defect in the surface of the resin film which would be the cause of a defect in the prepreg to be produced, and judging the type of the detected defect; or inspecting, with an optical device, the surface of the prepreg after the release paper is separated from the prepreg sheet which is formed by impregnating a resin forming the resin film into the carbon fiber bundle, detecting defects in the surface of the prepreg, and judging the type of the detected defect.

Abstract: A label system including a heat shrinkable foam layer and a heat shrinkable overlaminate layer is described. The label can be applied to a container prior to and/or during heat shrinking. The shrinkage characteristics of the foam layer and the overlaminate layer are matched to one another. Also described are various methods of labeling and/or packaging using the noted label systems.

Abstract: A method of attaching a composite member to a structure. The method including forming a laminate of fabric impregnated with resin; applying heat at a first temperature to the impregnated laminate; applying vacuum at a first pressure to the impregnated laminate to degas the resin and form a degassed, impregnated laminate; positioning the degassed, impregnated laminate on a structure; and curing the degassed, impregnated laminate on the substrate by applying heat at a second temperature and by applying vacuum at a second pressure.