Abstract: A mold for forming a joint spacer device or a part thereof includes a rigid container body having a first perimeter profile delimiting a first molding surface configured to shape a first portion of the joint spacer or a part thereof; and a rigid cover provided with a second perimeter profile delimiting a second molding surface configured to shape a second portion of the joint spacer or a part thereof. The rigid container body and the rigid cover are removably engageable to each other, at the first and the second perimeter profile, so as to delimit a cavity corresponding to the external configuration of the joint spacer or the part thereof. The mold includes a weakening system on the rigid container body and on the rigid cover so that they are separable into parts to allow the extraction of a spacer device or a part thereof, molded therebetween.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying a force to an assembly comprising a layup mandrel and a composite part. The apparatus comprises a first gripper and a second gripper. The second gripper is spaced apart from the first gripper so as to define a space between the first and second grippers, the space configured to receive the assembly. An actuation system is positioned between the first and second grippers adjacent the space, the actuation system configured to separate the layup mandrel from the composite part by applying force.

Abstract: Provided is an imprint method that molds an uncured resin applied to a substrate by a pattern portion formed on a mold and cures the uncured resin so as to form the pattern of the resin cured on the substrate. The imprint method includes a step of releasing the pattern portion from the resin such that two opposed boundaries are brought closer to each other to progress peeling while maintaining a parallel state after curing of the resin based on the assumption that the boundary at which the pattern portion is peeled from the resin is linear.

Abstract: A method for pressing a sealing compound onto the inside of a lid for containers is described. An annular structure consisting of plasticized sealing compound is located on the lid base and is pressed flat by means of an annular press punch onto the lid base and onto the lid wall adjacent to the lid base. The annular press punch is pressed between an inner molded part arranged radially to the inside of the press punch, and an annular outer molded part arranged radially to the outside of the press punch and forming an annular gap to the lid base, and is pressed toward the lid base onto the annular structure. The plasticized sealing compound is pressed into the gap and radially to the outside through the gap onto the lid base and onto the lid wall adjacent to the lid base. A corresponding device is also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint system including a processing unit configured to perform an imprint process, the processing unit including a dispenser configured to supply a droplet of an imprint material onto a substrate, a library configured to manage a plurality of different maps each indicating at least one of a supply position and a supply amount for a droplet to be supplied on the substrate from the dispenser, and a control unit configured to select one map to be used in the imprint process from the plurality of maps managed in the library based on information about a change of a result of the imprint process caused by a temporal change of at least one of a mold and the dispenser.

Abstract: A method for producing molded foam parts for construction and civil engineering has the following steps: Inserting a packaging sleeve of the molded foam part to be produced into a molding tool, filling a flowable foaming material into the packaging sleeve within molding tool, filling the cavity defined by molding tool and packaging sleeve with foam, and removing the molded foam part produced, together with its packaging sleeve.

Abstract: An injection molding machine comprises a machine base, a first platen for supporting a first mold half, and a second platen for supporting a second mold half. At least one of the platens is translatable along a machine axis for moving the mold halves between a mold-open and a mold-closed position. The first and second mold halves define a first set of cavities for forming a first set of articles, and a second set of cavities for forming a second set of articles. The machine further comprises a manipulator comprising a first set of first receivers for receiving the first set of articles. The manipulator is moveable among a retracted position, a first advanced position, and a second advanced position. When in the retracted position, the manipulator is clear of the mold halves. When in the first advanced position, the first set of first receivers is aligned with the first set of cavities for receiving the first set of articles.

Abstract: When an injection member such as a screw injecting a molten material into a mold is attached to an injection molding machine, a buffer spacer is provided between the injection member and a power transmission member such as an injection shaft sleeve transmitting forward/backward moving power to the injection member. Then, the buffer spacer is fixed to the power transmission member by a bolt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ejection system for an injection molding apparatus comprising: a mold plate, housing a mold cavity consisting a molded material and a plurality of ejector pins arranged in such a way to extend sequentially through the mold cavity in order to push the perimeter of the molded material in a multi-stage sequence.

Abstract: An injection foam molding machine of the invention includes: a movable mold platen; a fixed mold platen; a mold fastening hydraulic cylinder that is provided at each of four corners of both mold platens; a tie bar that is driven by the hydraulic cylinder to fasten the molds; two sets of mold opening and closing actuators that drive the movable mold platen to move close to or away from the fixed mold platen; two sets of dedicated core back devices; and a control device that controls the two sets of mold opening and closing actuators and the two sets of dedicated core back devices, wherein the control device includes a dedicated core back program that simultaneously controls the two sets of mold opening and closing actuators and the two sets of dedicated core back devices during a foaming core back operation of moving the movable mold platen away from the fixed mold platen.

Abstract: The present invention provides a molding machine crosshead which uses one additional resin extruder and one base resin extruder that are connected to one annular flow channel of a crosshead unit at mutually different angular positions and which is configured to form a parison by adding an additional layer constituted by an additional resin from the additional resin extruder to a base layer constituted by a base resin supplied from the base resin extruder into the annular flow channel, the additional resin being a material different from the base resin, wherein the additional resin is formed in a linear shape along the longitudinal direction of the parison as part of the parison.

Abstract: A method and system for hydraulic blow molding a container from a preform 24. A molding medium is injected into the preform from a nozzle 12 during a first molding stage. In the first molding stage, the molding medium is injected so as to be specifically directed at a closed end of the preform 24. During the first molding stage, the preform is axially stretched in response to the force exerted on the preform by the molding medium. The molding medium is also injected into the preform during a second molding stage, where the molding medium is injected at a flow rate greater than a flow rate during the first molding stage. During the second molding stage, the preform is radially expanded into the shape of the container.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a handle-equipped container comprises: a transport section 150 provided with a transport line 151, the transport line 151 alternately transporting a first transport jig 152 holding a preform, and a second transport jig 153 holding a container handle 20, the transport section 150 transporting the preform 200 and the container handle 20 to a blow molding section 140 along the transport line 151; and a supply section 160 for lowering the container handle 20, held in an inverted state, and supplying the container handle 20 to the second transport jig 153. The second transport jig 153 supports at least a pair of opposite side surfaces of the container handle 20.

Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating a container. The apparatus includes an injection head establishing fluid communication between an injection liquid source and a preform cavity of a substantially tubular preform through a nozzle of the injection head. The longitudinal axis of said injection head being substantially vertically oriented and passing through the nozzle. The apparatus further includes a plurality of infrared-emitting elements projecting infrared radiation into an expansion zone which is disposed adjacent to the nozzle and about the longitudinal axis. The expansion zone is configured to accommodate the preform when it is positioned in fluid communication with the nozzle.

Abstract: A thermoplastic bag may include a sidewall that may have a plurality of first and second ribs formed therein. The first ribs may be longer in length but shorter in height than the second ribs. The second ribs may be arranged in discrete networks that appear superimposed over the first ribs. The second ribs may normally remain in a bent-over configuration. When a force is applied, the second ribs may expand the area of the sidewall so that the bag may easily accommodate large objects. To produce the bag, a thermoplastic web may be directed between opposing first and second rollers. One of the rollers may include ridges that may have first and second segments of differing heights that correspond to the differing heights of the first and second ribs. The formation of the first ribs may increase the width of the web.

Abstract: A thermoplastic bag may include a sidewall that may have a plurality of first and second ribs formed therein. The first ribs may be longer in length but shorter in height than the second ribs. The second ribs may be arranged in discrete networks that appear superimposed over the first ribs. The second ribs may normally remain in a bent-over configuration. When a force is applied, the second ribs may expand the area of the sidewall so that the bag may easily accommodate large objects. To produce the bag, a thermoplastic web may be directed between opposing first and second rollers. One of the rollers may include ridges that may have first and second segments of differing heights that correspond to the differing heights of the first and second ribs. The formation of the first ribs may increase the width of the web.

Abstract: A method of producing a patterned apertured web is provided. The method comprises providing a web having a central longitudinal axis. The web comprises a plurality of overbonds extending substantially parallel to the central longitudinal axis. The method comprises conveying the web in a machine direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the central longitudinal axis of the web. The method comprises stretching the web in a cross-machine direction to cause at least some of the overbonds to at least partially rupture and at least partially form patterned apertures in the web. At least some of the patterned apertures have Absolute Feret Angles, according to the Aperture Test herein, of at least about 20 degrees. At least some of the patterned apertures have an Aspect Ratio, according to the Aperture Test herein, in the range of about 2:1 to about 6:1.

Abstract: The plastic welding device comprises first and second tools arranged respectively at a first support and a second support. The first tool is further movable by a first drive with respect to the first support in a first direction linearly between a first position and a second position. The movement along the first direction is defined by a first imaginary spherical coordinate system, the origin of which is arranged in the first position of the first tool. The z-axis as a first z-axis extends in the direction of the second support. For a first inclination angle between the first z-axis which is positive in the direction of the second support and the first direction it applies 0??1??/2, whereby a first component in the first tool can be brought into engagement with a second component in the second tool.

Abstract: A first body of fastener material is joined to a first web of panel material while a second body of fastener material is joined to a second web of panel material. The first and second bodies of fastener material are interposed between the first and second webs of panel material and aligned with each other after the first and second webs of panel material are superposed with each other. A third body of fastener material is joined to a web of side gusset material to be interposed between the first and second bodies of fastener material after the first and second webs of panel material are superposed with each other, the first and second bodies of fastener material being aligned with the third body of fastener material.

Abstract: A transferring assembly for transferring onto an object a RFID identification device consisting of a microchip connected to an antenna made of electrically conductive material, wherein a film of adhesive material is applied to a supporting element, the microchip is applied on the film of adhesive material in a zone of the supporting element, the antenna is formed by applying the wire made of electrically conductive material to the film of adhesive material and electrically connecting the antenna to the microchip, and the zone is pressed against a surface of the object, with the RFID identification device facing the surface, the adhesive material, and/or the supporting element, being chosen so that the adhesive material has an adhesiveness on the surface of the object that is significantly greater than the adhesiveness of the film on the supporting element.

Abstract: An ultrasonic processing method and an ultrasonic processing device may include a controlling/regulating module, preferably a digital controlling/regulating module, which is integrated into a signal processing of the ultrasonic generator so that a plurality of generator data with respect to the ultrasonic generator are processible in the ultrasonic generator. At this, a power actual value Pist is compared with a power reference value Psoll of the ultrasonic generator via a gap regulator in the controlling/regulating module to specify a position reference value POSsoll of the sonotrode relative to the roll for adjustment of the power reference value Psoll of the ultrasonic generator, and/or a power actual value Pist is compared with a power reference value Psoll of the ultrasonic generator via an amplitude regulator in the controlling/regulating module to specify an amplitude reference value Asoll to the ultrasonic generator for adjustment of the power reference value Psoll.

Abstract: A three dimensional printing apparatus is provided. The three-dimensional printing apparatus includes a tank, a rotatable platform, a light source module and a controller. The rotatable platform is elevatably disposed above the tank, and the light module is disposed under the tank. When the controller controls the rotatable platform elevating to a height along an axis direction, the controller controls the rotatable platform rotating a plurality of rotating angles in sequence around the axis direction and controls the light source module irradiating liquid-formation material, so as to sequentially solidify a plurality of object sections of a single layer object.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object formation apparatus includes a head unit and a curing unit. The head unit is configured to discharge liquid of a plurality of colors including a first color and a second color and form dots having a plurality of sizes, which include a first dot having a first size and a second dot having a second size with the discharged liquid. The curing unit is configured to cure the dots. The three-dimensional object formation apparatus is configured to form a three-dimensional object by laminating formation layers each of which has a predetermined thickness and is formed using the cured dots. The formation layers include the first dot and the second dot.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a 3D printing apparatus and a 3D printing method which form a 3D object by forming and stacking a plurality of forming layers. The 3D printing apparatus includes a body, a printing module, a curing module, a sensing module and a controlling module. The body has a stage. The printing module sprays liquid forming material on the stage. The curing module cures the liquid forming material on the stage to form a forming layer. The sensing module is configured corresponding to the stage and detects a surface profile of the forming layer according to a condition parameter to generate a profile signal. The controlling module is electrically connected to the printing module, sensing module and curing module. The controlling module receives the profile signal and drives the printing module and the curing module according to the profile signal to remedy the surface profile of the forming layer.

Abstract: Hydrodynamic focusing of two fluid steams provides a novel micro printing technology for printed electronics and other high performance applications.

Abstract: A computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, where the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method. The method includes identifying a first data file that includes first dimensions that may be used by a three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of a first object, identifying a second data file that includes second dimensions that may be used by a three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of a second object, determining a proportionality factor between the first dimensions and the second dimensions, multiplying the dimensions in the second data file by the proportionality factor, and causing the three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of the second object using the scaled dimensions.

Abstract: A method and a computer program product for performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a data file including parameters for causing a three-dimensional printer to print a three-dimensional model of an object, identifying a total time or total cost threshold for printing the three-dimensional model of the object on the three-dimensional printer, obtaining a unit time or unit cost for one or more resources required for printing, modifying one or more of the parameters of the data file so that the three-dimensional model of the object can be printed without exceeding the time or cost threshold, and causing the three-dimensional printer to print the three-dimensional model of the object using the modified parameters.

Abstract: The process of creating a 3D printer ready model of patient specific anatomy is automated. Instead of manual manipulation of the 3D mesh from imaging to create the 3D printer ready model, an automated manipulation is provided. The segmentation may be automated as well. In one approach, a transform between a predetermined mesh of anatomy and patient specific 3D mesh is calculated. The predetermined mesh has a corresponding 3D printer ready model. By applying the transform to the 3D printer ready model, the 3D printer ready model is altered to become specific to the patient. In addition, target manipulation that alters semantic parts of the anatomical structure may be included in 3D printing.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for repairing a broken object. A processor retrieves information describing the size and shape of a broken object. A processor retrieves information describing the size and shape of an intact object, wherein the intact object includes a part missing from the broken object. A processor generates a first three-dimensional model of the broken object based, at least in part, on the information describing the size and shape of the broken object. A processor generates a second three-dimensional model of the intact object based, at least in part, on the information describing the size and shape of the intact object. A processor generates a third three-dimensional model based, at least in part, on a difference between the first and second three-dimensional model. A processor sends one or more instructions to a three-dimensional printer to create an object based, at least in part, on the third three-dimensional model.

Abstract: A three dimensional printing (3D) apparatus and a three dimensional (3D) printing method are used for forming and stacking a plurality of modeling layers into a 3D object. The 3D printing apparatus includes a body having a modeling platform, a transmission module disposed on the body, a printing module, a curing module and a laser module. The printing module, the curing module and the laser module are disposed at and controlled by the transmission module to move relative to the body, respectively. A liquid modeling material is jetted from the printing module to the modeling platform and cured by the curing module to form the modeling layers. The laser module moves along a normal direction of the modeling platform according to a condition parameter and provides a laser beam along at least one plane parallel to the modeling platform to cut and trim at least one modeling layer.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional object formation apparatus including: a head unit which discharges a plurality of types of liquid including first liquid, second liquid, and third liquid, and forms dots with the discharged liquid; a curing unit which cures the dots; and a control unit which controls the head unit, in which the control unit controls the head unit so that the three-dimensional object which includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer and in which the first layer and the second layer are provided between the third layer and the outer surface of the three-dimensional object so as to separate the third layer and the outer surface of the three-dimensional object, and the second layer is provided between the first layer and the third layer so as to separate the first layer and the third layer, is formed.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional object formation apparatus including: a head unit which discharges a plurality of types of liquid including first liquid including chromatic color material components and second liquid having a smaller number of color material components than that of the first liquid and forms dots with the discharged liquid; a curing unit which cures the dots; and a formation control unit which controls the head unit so that a three-dimensional object is formed with the cured dots, in which the formation control unit controls the head unit so that the three-dimensional object which includes a first layer liquid and a second layer and in which the second layer includes an outer surface of the three-dimensional object and is provided so as to separate the first layer and the outer surface of the three-dimensional object, is formed.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a first data file that includes first dimensions that may be used by a three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of a first object, identifying a second data file that includes second dimensions that may be used by a three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of a second object, determining a proportionality factor between the first dimensions and the second dimensions, multiplying the dimensions in the second data file by the proportionality factor, and causing the three-dimensional printer to form a physical three-dimensional model of the second object using the scaled dimensions.

Abstract: Various embodiments related to three dimensional printers, and reinforced filaments, and their methods of use are described. In one embodiment, a void free reinforced filament is fed into an conduit nozzle. The reinforced filament includes a core, which may be continuous or semi-continuous, and a matrix material surrounding the core. The reinforced filament is heated to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material and less than a melting temperature of the core prior to drag the filament from the conduit nozzle.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for modeling a three-dimensional object configured to model a three-dimensional object by a fused deposition modeling, including a plurality of material resin supply units configured to supply filaments to be used as a modeling material, respectively, a mixed resin ejection unit configured to eject a mixed resin, which is obtained by mixing the filaments to be supplied from the supply units, and a control unit configured to control amounts of the filaments to be supplied from each of the supply units to the ejection unit. The supply units are configured to supply the filaments of different colors to the ejection unit, respectively, and the control unit is configured to control the amounts of the filaments to be supplied from each of the supply units to the ejection unit, thereby adjusting a color of the mixed resin that is to be ejected by the ejection unit.

Abstract: Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.

Abstract: This invention describes novel design and construction methoc for inflatable, pressure intensifier equipment that can be used for processing composites structures. The equipment can be used as a manufacturing and processing platform wherever low pressure and high temperature inputs are required in an enclosed volume.

Abstract: A method for producing a tubular structural component and device for production thereof are disclosed. A tubular moulding tool has an inner mould surface shaped corresponding to an outer surface of the structural component. A support surface of an expandable support, formed corresponding to the moulding tool shape such that in an unexpanded state the support fills the moulding tool while the support surface and the mould surface run parallel leaving an expansion spacing of the support surface to the mould surface, is covered with a tubular non-crimp fibre fabric, such that fibres of a fibre layer of the non-crimp fibre fabric run diagonally around the support. After the support has been arranged in the moulding tool, the non-crimp fibre fabric is pressed against the mould surface by expanding the support with radial expansion of the non-crimp fibre fabric. The non-crimp fibre fabric is infiltrated by a curable matrix.

Abstract: A composite includes a substrate having an oxide layer, a nano film formed on the oxide layer, a plastic member, the nano film has a three-dimensional network structure, the plastic member covers the nano film and penetrates into the three-dimensional network structure, the plastic member bonds with the substrate through the nano film and the oxide layer.

Abstract: An injection molding method includes a supply step of simultaneously supplying molten resins to a cavity portion from two gate portions and an associating step of associating the molten resins supplied from the two gate portions in a central part of the cavity portion. The supply step supplies the molten resins to the cavity portion from the two gate portions which substantially face each other around the cavity portion. The associating step includes at least one of a first step in the supply step of simultaneously starting the supply of the molten resins to the cavity portion from the two gate portions, and a second step in the supply step of simultaneously starting the injection of the molten resins into the cavity portion from the two gate portions at the same injection rate.

Abstract: Methods for making ophthalmic lenses are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to plastic injection molded ophthalmic lens molds that are machined or lens buttons located on the injection molds that are machined. The machine process can include setting a lens axis of the ophthalmic lens and machining a ballast that is aligned to a major axis of a toric zone.

Abstract: Molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the said tire is rolling. The molding element having a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread. Indeed, the molding element has two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade, these cutting means having a plurality of pins.

Abstract: A molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the tire is rolling. The molding element comprising a molding surface intended to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade of a height intended to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread, this blade extending in a first direction of extension Y. The molding element has two cutting means positioned on either side of the blade at a certain distance from this blade. The molding element has a third cutting means of height extending in a second direction of extension X, this second direction of extension X making an angle ? with the first direction Y which is between 75° and 105°. The height of the third cutting means is greater than the height of the blade.

Abstract: A tire mold equipped with features for protecting the tread mold segments from damage is described. One or more impact absorbers are positioned between tread mold segments and operate to preclude contact between the shoulders of the tread mold segments when such are biased back into their original position as a tire is removed from the tire mold. By precluding such contact, the tread mold segments are protected from damage that can affect the appearance of the cured tire.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing shoe soles and molds for manufacturing shoe soles include an injection molding process (S100) by which two-color EVA pellet material (P) is fed into a midsole injection mold (100) and an outsole injection mold (200), which allow the formation of flash (F) protruding from the edges of the midsole and the outsole, so that a midsole (10) and an outsole (20) with different colors are formed; a fitting process (S200) by which the aforementioned injection-molded midsole (10) is coupled with the aforementioned outsole (20); a foam-forming process (S300) by which the aforementioned coupling of the midsole (10) and the outsole (20) and their respective flash (F) are placed in the press mold (300), producing a shoe sole (30); and a trimming process (S400) by which flash (F) on the foam-formed shoe sole (30) is removed.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating liquid product from a package containing the liquid product, including a rotary press including a rotatable drum and an eccentrically placed roller at a lower part within the rotatable drum. The apparatus has a capturing space between the rotary drum and the roller, being defined by a narrowing distance between a roller outer surface and a rotary drum inner surface in a rotation direction of the rotary press for receiving, capturing and pressing the package containing liquid product. The apparatus further has a releasing space between the rotary drum and the roller, being defined by a widening space between the roller outer surface and the rotary drum inner surface in the rotation direction of the rotary press for releasing the pressed package. The roller and the rotatable drum are cooperatively positioned to form a liquid barrier at a contact line between the outer surface of the roller and the inner surface of the rotatable drum.

Abstract: A mold of a brake pad friction material, including a mold member fitted into a mold frame into which a powder material of the brake pad friction material is put, in which the mold member is configured such that a pressing surface in a surface of the mold member, which forms a region abutting the powder material put into a mold frame, has a concave shape that is formed by being gradually recessed from both end portion sides to a center portion side of the pressing surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for making a tray comprising modifying a blank having a flat edge wherein a rolled edge blank is made by folding a major panel and a minor panel and affixing to the inside of the blank and assembling the tray by running the rolled edge blank on tray forming equipment.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper container having a foamable layer is provided. A sheet material has opposing first and second faces and a paper layer. An insulating layer is at least partially coated on the first face to form a paper container substrate, and the insulating layer at least includes a foamable layer including a waterborne acrylic resin part, foam powder and a waterborne additive part. The foam powder is evenly distributed in an insulating substrate form by the waterborne acrylic resin part and the waterborne additive part. The paper container substrate is manufactured into the paper container including a body portion and a bottom board. The insulating layer is located on an outer circumferential face of the body portion.

Abstract: An insert is assembled to a base interior part at either an edge or a corner of the part that is later wrapped with a cut and sewn jacket cover. The assembly comprises a substrate, an insert and a cover. The substrate has a base edge and the insert has a contour defining edge attached to the substrate with the contour defining edge aligned with the base edge. The cover is wrapped over the insert and the substrate to provide a wrapped edge that covers over the contour defining edge. A method of manufacturing a covered interior part of a vehicle comprises securing an insert having a contour defining edge to the interior panel and wrapping the insert and the interior panel with a cover.