Abstract: The present invention relates to method of manufacturing an aircraft interior panel comprising a core sandwiched between first and second skins, wherein both of the first and second skins are formed from natural fibres containing non-halogenated fire-retardant and set within an inorganic thermoset resin, thereby forming a fire-resistant sustainable aircraft interior panel. The method comprises impregnating the natural fibres with non-halogenated fire retardant and an inorganic thermoset resin, and laying up the resin-impregnated natural fibres to sandwich the core. This stack is then cured by raising the temperature of the stack sufficient to initiate curing but without reaching the boiling point of water in the stack, holding the stack at that first temperature before raising the temperature again to reach the boiling point of water in the stack, before cooling the stack.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite element. A stack of plies is assembled on a lay-up table, each ply comprising a plurality of reinforcement elements such as dry-fibres. A first part of the stack of plies is bound to form a partially bound stack of plies, a second part of the stack of plies remaining unbound. The partially bound stack of plies is press-formed in a mould cavity between a pair of mould tools to form a shaped pre-form, plies in the second part of the stack sliding against each other during the press-forming. A liquid matrix material is injected into the shaped pre-form in the mould cavity and subsequently cured.

Abstract: In one embodiment of this invention, a blow nozzle, which introduces blow air into a molded article in which a flange portion is supported by a blow cavity mold, includes a nozzle main body and an outer nozzle. The outer nozzle includes a first surface brought into press contact with the flange portion and a second surface disposed further outwards in a radial direction than the first surface and being brought into contact with the blow cavity mold. From when the nozzle main body is moved and the first surface is brought into contact with the flange portion to when the second surface is brought into contact with the blow cavity mold and the movement of the nozzle main body is stopped, the first surface of the outer nozzle is overdriven so that the flange portion is airtightly sealed by the first surface.

Abstract: To provide a tire shaping drum in which a tire member can be improved in quality by preventing backlash between two adjacent segments, and tire manufacturing productivity can be improved by decreasing a cause of facility stopping. The tire shaping drum (1) has a central axle (2), a drum part (3) which is capable of expansion and contraction, and a expanding/contracting means 4 for changing the drum part (3). In the drum part (3), first segments (20) having first end faces (22) at both ends in the circumferential direction, and second segments (21) having second end faces (24) at both ends in the circumferential direction, are alternately seriated. There is provided with a backlash prevention means for preventing backlash between the contacting first end faces (22) and second end faces (24) when the drum part (3) is in a diameter expanded state Ye.

Abstract: A baffle for sealing a vehicle structure, comprising a carrier with an interior body portion characterized by a plurality of spaced-apart members, providing voids, and an expandable material, that may also have openings, disposed on the carrier which, upon expansion, fills a vehicle cavity and covers the interior body portion and each of the voids.

Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating cutting instructions for cutting a protective cover for a personal device, and for validating protective cover materials prior to cutting the protective cover in order to prevent unauthorized and/or improper use of the protective cover materials. Systems and methods for cutting a protective cover for a personal device after validating protective cover materials and receiving cutting instructions based on a user-selected personal device for which a protective cover is desired.

Abstract: The plastic bag may include flexible thermoplastic sidewalls that have a pattern imparted onto them. The wrinkle pattern may be a plurality of linear ribs formed into the sidewall that may be arranged adjacent and parallel to one another. To impart the pattern to the sidewall, a thermoplastic web used to make the sidewall may be directed between a first cylindrical roller and a second cylindrical roller, each of which may have a plurality of spaced ridges extending about their peripheries. When the web is directed between the first and second rollers, the meshing of the ridges may form ribs into the web.

Abstract: A bag machine, and method of making bags, has a sealing station a perforating station, and a downstream seal and perforation inspection station, or a perforation detection station and/or a seal inspection station is disclosed. Control of the perforating and sealing stations is preferably closed loop. The seal and perforation inspection station preferably includes a perforation detector that triggers a vision system and/or a camera, and the film is illuminated. Preferably, the inspection station is enclosed in an opaque housing, or the ambient light is otherwise blocked. The seal and perforation inspection station preferably provides an image output a display visible to a user. The vision system preferably includes a perforation location module and/or determines the distance between the seal and perforation. A downstream processing station can be provided, and can have a detected fault input, connected to a fault detect output from the seal and perforation inspection station.

Abstract: This invention relates to a metallic honeycomb or folded core having improved compression strength. The core comprises metal foil coated with matrix resin wherein the resin comprises at least 20 weight percent of the total weight of resin plus foil.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a graphite composite material including a graphite film and a resin layer, wherein peeling-off of the resin layer from the graphite film is suppressed. The graphite composite material includes: a graphite film; and a resin layer formed on at least one surface of the graphite film, wherein the graphite film has through holes, wherein a number of the through is 100 to 1000 per cm2, and the through holes have a diameter of 0.10 mm or more but 1.00 mm or less, and wherein part of the resin layer is formed also in the through holes.

Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments is a composition comprising a first material; an adhesive material attached to the first material; a plurality of linker molecules bonded to the adhesive material; and a second material bonded to the linker molecules.

Abstract: A metal composite comprises: a first matrix comprising magnesium, a magnesium alloy, or a combination thereof; a second matrix comprising aluminum, an aluminum alloy, steel, a zinc alloy, a tin alloy, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; a corrosion reinforcement material; and a boundary layer disposed between the first matrix and the second matrix; wherein the boundary layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 200 ?m.

Abstract: This chassis (2) is made of a clad material in which a first layer (21) made of austenite stainless steel, a second layer (22) made of Cu or a Cu alloy, stacked on the first layer, and a third layer (23) made of austenite stainless steel, stacked on the side of the second layer opposite to the first layer are roll-bonded to each other, and the thickness of the second layer is at least 15% of the thickness of the clad material.

Abstract: A cover glass element can extend to the edges of an electronic device while maintaining the optical flatness and thickness needed for the cover glass. A first glass sheet with the desired thickness and flatness can be thermally bonded to a second glass sheet machined to include an opening to be received by the edges of the electronic device. The resulting three-dimensional cover element forms a uni-body frame that is significantly stiffer than a single sheet of glass, and the larger surface area of the edge provides for enhances pressure distribution, particularly after chemical strengthening, thus enhancing the durability of the electronic device. Further, the thermal bonding process uses lower temperatures than processes such as slumping or pressing, which could potentially affect the flatness and optical clarity of the original sheet glass.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fire resistant sustainable sandwich panels comprising a thermoplastic foam core in between outer skins made of natural fibres set within a natural thermoset biopolymer. The sandwich panels are provided with a fire resistant protective coating on an outer surface. This surface may be the surface facing the cabin when installed in an aircraft interior. Such fire resistant sustainable panels provide the required flame and heat resistance, have a high strength-to-weight ratio, low maintenance costs and are generally easily installed. Furthermore, the fire resistant sustainable sandwich panels allow easy recycling and are cheaper than conventional sandwich panels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a facestock of a label and a label, wherein the facestock is a machine direction oriented and comprises at least a core layer, a first surface layer and a second surface layer. The facestock has a tensile modulus ratio in the machine direction to the transversal direction between 2.0 and 3.8. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a facestock and a use of the facestock for self-adhesive labels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transparent laminate film that can relax stress applied by a squeegee during attachment of the film, and is protected from deterioration by salt-water corrosion, as well as has excellent solar-radiation shielding property, transparency, thermal insulation property, and scratch resistance. The transparent laminate film has a transparent polymer film; a transparent multilayer placed above the transparent polymer film, the transparent multilayer having one or more metal oxide layers and one or more metal layers laminated alternately; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed above and in contact with the transparent multilayer; a polyolefin layer placed above and in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; and a cured resin layer placed above the polyolefin layer.

Abstract: A method of making an inflatable panel that includes the steps of: superimposing a second layer of a material of low gas permeability upon a first layer of a material of low gas permeability; creating a plurality of first elongated seals by intermittently sealing together the first and second layers, thereby defining a plurality of first tubes between adjacent pairs of the first elongated seals. The method also includes sealing rear ends of the first tubes; inflating the first tubes from front ends thereof with a gas; and then sealing the front ends of the first tubes, such that the gas within each of said tubes is prevented from flowing between the first tubes.

Abstract: To provide a production process that can easily produce a cylindrical printing plate precursor having excellent thickness precision. A process for producing a cylindrical printing plate precursor, comprising in this order (i) a preparation step of preparing a sheet-shaped resin, (ii) a disposition step of disposing on the outer periphery of a cylindrical support a cylindrical resin formed into a cylindrical shape by joining opposite end parts of the sheet-shaped resin, and (iii) a shrinkage step of shrinking the cylindrical resin so as to be in intimate contact with the cylindrical support.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transparent composite material including preparing a film coated with a transparent resin, unidirectionally aligning glass fiber filaments and manufacturing a glass fiber plate by embedding the unidirectionally aligned glass fiber filaments in the transparent resin, wherein the transparent resin includes Si—O—Si bond and one of methyl, ethyl and phenyl.

Abstract: A method for sticking a formed product of an adhesive composition to an adherend composed of a metal, which includes: (a) holding the formed product to the adherend with a magnetic force, (b) heating the resultant formed article at 110° C. to 200° C. to decrease the magnetic force and to generate adhesion, thereby sticking the formed product to the adherend by the adhesion, wherein the adhesive composition comprises a mixture of a hot-melt adhesive and a ferromagnetic material, the adhesive composition exhibiting a surface magnetic force of not less than 20 mT to be operable to be held to the adherend having a surface magnetic force of less than 5 mT after a heating at 50° C. for 40 minutes, and the adhesive composition having a shear force of not less than 20 N after a hot bonding at 150° C. for 10 minutes.

Abstract: A method for forming an optical fiber array. A substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface is provided. The substrate is provided with a plurality of apertures extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface. In addition, a plurality of fibers are provided. The fibers have fiber ends with a diameter smaller than the smallest diameter of the apertures. A first fiber is inserted in a first corresponding aperture, from the first surface side of the substrate, such that the fiber end is positioned in close proximity of the second surface. The inserted first fiber is bent in a predetermined direction such that the fiber abuts a side wall of the first aperture at a predetermined position. After the first fiber is bent, a second fiber is inserted in a second corresponding aperture, from the first surface side of the substrate, such that the fiber end is positioned in close proximity of the second surface.

Abstract: A system for laminating an optical film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a panel transfer unit to transfer a panel, a first laminating unit to laminate an optical film full-cut into a predetermined length on a first surface of the panel along a first direction parallel to a transfer direction of the panel, and a second laminating unit to laminate an optical film full-cut into a predetermined length on a second surface of the panel along a second direction equal or opposite to the first direction, the second laminating unit rotating the optical film supplied in a full-cut state along the second direction in a horizontal direction and laminating the optical film.

Abstract: A system for laminating an optical film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a panel transfer unit to transfer a panel, a first laminating unit installed on a transfer line of the panel to laminate an optical film on a first surface of the panel along a first direction parallel to a transfer direction of the panel, and a second laminating unit installed on the transfer line of the panel to laminate an optical film on a second surface of the panel, wherein the second laminating unit includes a laminating drum to laminate an optical film after adsorbing and rotating the optical film in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: A system for laminating an optical film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a panel transfer unit to transfer a panel, a first laminating unit installed on a transfer line of the panel to laminate an optical film on a first surface of the panel along a first direction parallel to a transfer direction of the panel, and a second laminating unit installed on the transfer line of the panel to laminate an optical film on a second surface of the panel along a direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A system for laminating an optical film according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a panel transfer unit to transfer a panel, a first laminating unit installed on a transfer line of the panel to laminate an optical film on a first surface of the panel along a first direction parallel to a transfer direction of the panel, and a second laminating unit installed on the transfer line of the panel to laminate an optical film full-cut into a predetermined length on a second surface of the panel along a direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A film for a display window using a roll to roll method and a method of manufacturing the same includes forming a bonding layer or a release layer on a fabric film using a roll to roll method, and forming a decorative layer having a pattern or a color on the bonding layer or the release layer using the roll to roll method. When the film is manufactured by the roll to roll process, it is possible to improve productivity and reduce a unit price.

Abstract: Methods of encapsulating an environmentally sensitive device. The methods involve temporarily laminating a flexible substrate to a rigid support using a reversible adhesive for processing, reversing the reversible adhesive, and removing the device from the rigid support.

Abstract: An automotive assembly comprises a sheet molding composite (SMC) element comprising an SMC sheet body shaped into a generally smooth functional section and at least one generally planar bonding section. The bonding section comprises a textured surface impressed as a result of molding the SMC sheet body in a compression molding tool having a corresponding textured pattern. The textured surface has a predetermined surface roughness for increasing the effective surface area of the bonding section relative to a non-textured surface. The predetermined surface roughness is in a range from 0.25 Ra (?m) to 8.5 Ra (?m). A second element has a secondary bonding surface adjoining the bonding section of the SMC element. An adhesive joins the secondary bonding surface to the bonding section without requiring any pre-treatment of the bonding section.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for manufacturing a multi-layer composite (13) by laminating a sheet-like element (6) onto a backing (2) in a laminating unit (1), having steps, in this order, of conveying the element (6) in a longitudinal direction, detecting a position of the element (6), correcting the position of the element (6) on the basis of the detected position and on the basis of a reference position (15), and bonding said element (6) onto the backing (2). The detection step comprises the phases of measuring the lateral position, an angle of pivoting, and a longitudinal position of the element (6), and the correction step includes phases of lateral movement (T), pivoting (P), and longitudinal movement (L) of the element (6), apparatus elements perform the steps.

Abstract: Methods for template-stripping a single metallic nano-tip structure from a template containing a plurality of ready-to-be-template-stripped inverted metallic nano-tip structures include attaching the metallic nano-tip structure to a wire handle or a cantilever. A metallic nano-tip assembly includes a single metallic nano-tip structure attached to a handle or mounted on a cantilever structure. The metallic nano-tip assembly may be conductive.

Abstract: A print head assembly (119) for printing a print medium (PM) onto a workpiece (W) through a printing screen (105) which includes a screen element having a pattern of printing apertures therein, the assembly comprising: first and second carriages (141) which are in use movably supported on respective ones of first and second guides (117); and first and second print head units (143, 145) which are mounted in adjacent, parallel relation to and between the carriages, wherein the print head units each comprise first and second print head actuators which are mounted on respective ones of the carriages, and a support member (151) which extends between the print head actuators, such as to be movable vertically thereby, and in use supports a printing element.

Abstract: Screen printing device for applying an ink, having at least: a) a conveyor belt, b) a rotating hollow cylindrical screen stencil arranged above the conveyor belt with a circumferential screen and a rotating ink removal cylinder arranged adjacent the screen stencil, wherein: c) inside the screen stencil an ink supply device, a first doctor blade adjacent the conveyor belt, a second doctor blade adjacent the ink removal cylinder, and a third doctor blade, which is arranged upstream of the first doctor blade in the running direction of the conveyor belt and/or the rotational direction of the screen stencil are provided.

Abstract: A flexographic printing system comprising a print module including a plate cylinder on which is mounted a flexographic printing plate, an impression cylinder, an ink pan containing an ink, and an anilox roller for transferring the ink to the flexographic printing plate. A fountain roller mounted to the ink pan is at least partially immersed in the ink in the ink pan and transfers the ink to the anilox roller. A doctor blade mounted to the ink pan and is on a side of the anilox roller proximate to the impression cylinder removes excess amounts of the ink from the patterned surface of the first anilox roller before the ink is transferred to the flexographic printing plate.

Abstract: In one example implementation, a replaceable printing component includes a fluid supply chamber, and a printhead on the fluid supply chamber. The printhead includes a memory storing a factory identification code that comprises a combination of digitized analog performance parameters. The printhead also includes electronic test components from which the analog performance parameters have been measured.

Abstract: A print device is configured to perform printing by an ink jet scheme including: an ink jet head including a nozzle, an ink chamber that stores ink droplets at an upstream of the nozzle, and a piezoelectric element; and a drive signal output section that outputs a drive signal for causing the piezoelectric element to be displaced. The drive signal includes a discharge driving signal for causing the piezoelectric element displaced so that ink droplets are discharged from the nozzle, and a post-discharge controlling signal for causing the piezoelectric element displaced after the ink droplets are discharged from the nozzle, the drive signal output section outputs the discharge driving signal by which a voltage changes linearly from a first voltage to a second voltage which are predeterminedly set, at a timing when the ink droplets are to be discharged from the nozzle, and outputs a substantial sine wave.

Abstract: With an ink jet head having for each color two parallel columns of nozzles arranged shifted by one-half the pitch, odd-numbered rasters and even-numbered rasters are printed by the two nozzle columns. The registration between the odd- and even-numbered rasters is secured during the printing to produce a high quality image. The ink ejection timing between the two raster groups is shifted by a predetermined interval to form adjustment patterns; the adjustment patterns are checked and, according to the check result, an adjustment value for the ink ejection timing between the two ink nozzle columns is entered, and the entered adjustment value is stored to be reflected on the actual printing operation. To facilitate the adjustment pattern check, the adjustment patterns have a dot distribution with a blue noise characteristic at a resolution at which the printing apparatus can print.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus has a configuration in which a drive pulse is selectable from a first ejection drive pulse adjusted to a first ejection timing with respect to an LAT signal, a second ejection drive pulse adjusted to a second ejection timing which is earlier than the first ejection timing with respect to the LAT signal, and a third ejection drive pulse adjusted to a third ejection timing which is later than the first ejection timing with respect to the LAT signal, and is selected according to a moving speed of a recording head in acceleration/deceleration sections of the recording head.

Abstract: Various configurations of print head die are described. In an example, a first print head die has first print structures disposed along a major dimension thereof perpendicular to the media path, the first print structures including a leading print structure with respect to the media path. A second print head die independent of the first print head die has second print structures disposed along a major dimension thereof perpendicular to the media path, the second print head die being staggered with respect to the first print head die along the media path, the second print structures including a leading print structure with respect to the media path. An extent between respective leading print structures of the first and second print head dies is between a minimum value and a maximum value computed from a function of expected variation in position of the media and maximum allowable dot placement error for the first and second print structures.

Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a device substrate having a first surface, a sealing plate having a second surface superimposed on the first surface via an adhesive film and crossing the first surface, and wires set along the surfaces of the first surface, the adhesive film, and the second surface. The wiring substrate includes, between the wires adjacent to each other, a recessed section forming a recess with respect to a first bonding surface of the adhesive which is in contact with the first wire and a second bonding surface of the adhesive which is in contact with the second wire.

Abstract: Ink-jet print head for an ink-jet printer including at least a substrate and a photopolymer barrier applied onto the substrate. The photopolymer barrier includes an adhesive first layer and a second layer made of a photopolymerizable material and applied above said first layer. The adhesive first layer is made of a cationically polymerizable material partially polymerized that, when contacted by a water-based ink containing acidic species, is able to further polymerize, thus improving the photopolymer barrier adhesion on the surface of the substrate with time.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus which can reduce the distance between an ejection port and a medium as much as possible and can apply liquid to a desired position, even in the case where a member protruding more toward a liquid ejection direction than an ejection port is provided. A liquid ejection apparatus applies liquid to a medium by using a liquid ejection head including an ejection port ejecting the liquid and a member protruding more toward a liquid ejection direction than an ejection port face where the ejection port is formed, wherein a first distance between the ejection port and the medium is smaller than a sum of a second distance from the ejection port face to a tip of the member in the ejection direction and a third distance from the tip to the medium.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes: a replaceable ink cassette adapted for use in the printer, the ink cassette having an ink reservoir containing a respective ink; and an ink distribution assembly in fluid communication with the ink cassette. The ink distribution assembly includes: an ink distribution assembly having an ink distribution molding, which includes a plurality of first ducts extending substantially along its length; a plurality of printhead chips in fluid communication with the ink distribution assembly; and a laminated stack for receiving ink from the ink distribution molding. An uppermost inlet layer of the laminated stack has a plurality of ink inlet holes in fluid communication with the first ducts via a plurality of second ducts defined in the ink distribution molding, wherein the second ducts are not parallel with the first ducts.

Abstract: A droplet ejecting apparatus includes a droplet ejecting unit provided with ejecting ports capable of ejecting a solution onto a medium as droplets; a cap portion which performs capping in which a region to which the ejecting ports are open is set to a closed space; a gas supply portion capable of supplying a humidified gas to the closed space; and a liquid supply portion capable of supplying a liquid for humidifying the closed space.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that has a plurality of nozzles that eject liquid drops, and performs a recording process on a recording medium; and an abnormal ejection detecting unit that detects whether abnormal ejection in the nozzles exists, in which when the abnormal ejection detecting unit detects that nozzles with abnormal ejection exist, if a time required for a maintenance operation in order to solve the abnormal ejection of the nozzles is equal to or shorter than a threshold value, the recording process is interrupted and the maintenance operation is performed, and if the time required for the maintenance operation is longer than the threshold value, the maintenance operation is reserved and the recording process is continued.

Abstract: An inkjet head cleaning device for an inkjet head having a nozzle surface on which nozzles for ejecting ink are arranged, includes a wiping member traveling unit allowing a wiping member of elongated shape having absorbency to travel along a conveying path in a longitudinal direction, a cleaning liquid supply unit supplying a cleaning liquid to the wiping member, a pressing unit pressing and bringing the wiping member supplied with the cleaning liquid to and into contact with the nozzle surface, and a sliding unit relatively sliding the wiping member and the nozzle surface, in which the nozzle surface is cleaned by putting a state of a mixed liquid of the ink and the cleaning liquid at a contacting portion between the wiping member and the nozzle surface into a state satisfying a predetermined relationship represented by a relationship between a surface tension and viscosity of the mixed liquid.

Abstract: An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head in which a nozzle for discharging an ink droplet toward a print medium is formed, a light emitting section that emits light for detecting the flying ink droplet that was discharged from the nozzle, and a light receiving section that receives the light emitted by the light emitting section are provided; detects the ink droplet in a case where an amount of the light received by the light receiving section among the light emitted by the light emitting section is equal to or less than a predetermined amount; and determines that a nozzle is defective (S167) in a case where the ink droplet discharged from the nozzle based on print data in the printing by the ink jet head is not detected at a scheduled timing of passing through a detection region (YES in S163 and YES in S164).

Abstract: An ink cartridge includes: an ink storage container configured to store ink; a socket portion provided at one end of the ink storage container and configured to be fitted to and detached from a joint portion of a printing machine; an ink supply port provided in the socket portion; an inside plug configured to seal an ink passage to the ink supply port by using a biasing force coming from a direction of the ink storage container; and an inside plug lock portion configured to lock the inside plug at a position where the inside plug is pressed by an insertion shaft, and maintain a locked state of the inside plug independently of a retreating of the insertion shaft to a retreat position after a locking of the inside plug.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus is provided with a cavity which is configured to be filled with an ink, an ink supply path configured to supply the ink to the cavity, a nozzle linked with the cavity and configured to discharge the ink which is filled into the cavity, and a detecting section configured to detect the state of the ink supply path which is supplied based on the amount of the ink which is filled into a plurality of the nozzles.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid flow path connecting a liquid containing unit that contains a liquid to a liquid ejecting unit that ejects the liquid. The liquid flow path includes a supply flow path which connects the liquid containing unit to the liquid ejecting unit and a return flow path which connects the liquid ejecting unit to the liquid containing unit. When the liquid is not ejected by the liquid ejecting unit, the liquid contained in the liquid containing unit is circulated between the liquid containing unit and the liquid flow path by allowing the liquid to flow in order of the supply flow path, the liquid ejecting unit, and the return flow path. When the liquid is ejected, the liquid contained in the liquid containing unit is supplied to the common liquid chamber via both of the supply flow path and the return flow path.