Abstract: Device for lateral flow charging of an extruder in which material is fed to at least one conveyor screw disposed in an extruder housing. The material contains gaseous concomitant materials, wherein a degassing housing for receiving an air flow is disposed on the extruder housing, which air flow acts in the extruder housing and which is directed contrary to the conveying direction of the conveyor screw.

Abstract: A device (4) for the manufacture of an annular extrudate comprises a jacket (2), a crosshead (1) arranged inside of the jacket. The jacket contains a melt passage, whereby the crosshead is arranged in the melt passage, such that the melt passage extends et least at the outlet of the device as an annular melt passage around the crosshead (1). An annular passage (5) is formed between the crosshead and the jacket. The annular passage contains a static mixer (3), whereby the crosshead is at least partially supported by the static mixer in the jacket. The static mixer comprises a plurality of inserts, whereby at least a portion of the inserts is connected to the crosshead and/or the jacket.

Abstract: A primary blow mold for biaxially stretch blow molding a primary container in a double-blow molding process includes a mold cavity with a cylindrical upper molding portion and a bottom molding portion. The bottom molding portion has a sidewall; a concave transition wall where the transverse cross section of the mold cavity is the largest; and a bottom wall transvers to a central axis. In embodiments, the sidewall is not cylindrical and is an extension of the cylindrical upper molding portion, that forms a molding surface centered on the central axis; and the transverse cross section of the sidewall, measured in a plan perpendicular to the central axis, is the largest at the transition with the concave transition wall. The bottom molding portion defines an offset distance. In embodiments, an offset distance is at least 2 mm, and a slope angle of the sidewall is not less than 3°.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hollow body, typically a tank, from a plastic material. The method includes molding a preform into shells in a molding tool; joining an insert to an inner surface of a shell of said shells, the insert defining a sub volume within the hollow body to be made; joining together the shells to form the hollow body by closing the molding tool and applying a main pressure to a main volume enclosed by the shells. It is proposed to apply a sub pressure to the sub volume while applying the main pressure to the main volume, such that a pressure difference between the main volume and the sub volume is bigger than 0.20 bar (P1??P2?>0.20 bar) and smaller than 3.00 bar (P1??P2?<3.00 bar).

Abstract: An installation (26) for thermally conditioning thermoplastic preforms (14) that are intended to be formed, the installation (26) including:—a thermal-conditioning zone (40) divided vertically into a heating first part (42) which is intended to house a body (16) of the preform (14) and a cooling second part (44) which is intended to house a neck (20) of the preform (14);—a device (62) for cooling a portion of the preform (14) by producing a stream of gas passing through the thermal-conditioning zone (40); characterized in that the cooling device (62) produces a blade (63) of gas blown with laminar flow through an axial outlet slit (72).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing first and second trim parts of a vehicle, the first trim part having a first thickness and the second trim part having a second thickness different from the first thickness. The method includes introducing the first trim part and the second trim part between a front and a back tool of the forming mold, the front tool having a front fixed part and a front movable insert movable with respect to the front fixed part along a main direction, the back tool having a back fixed part and a back movable insert movable with respect to the back fixed part along the main direction; and adjusting settings of the forming mold to different values for the first and second trim parts.

Abstract: Method for forming a sealing element from extruded thermoplastic rods includes the steps of machining one or more extruded thermoplastic rods, each having a first and a second end, in a desired shape; bending the one or more machined thermoplastic rods into a circular structure at ambient temperature while keeping the stress in the one or more thermoplastic rods below the yield point; joining the first and second end faces of the thermoplastic rods to form the sealing element. A method for replacing and repairing a sealing element of a swivel is also described.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing functional leather which is comprised of a thermoplastic film and a leather substrate, and the method contains steps of: A. rolling a heat resistant layer and a low temperature layer on the thermoplastic film by using two rollers, wherein the low temperature layer has a plurality of connecting components, and between the low temperature layer and the leather substrate is defined a channel; B. providing a mold with a cavity defined therein, wherein the mold has a plurality of three-dimensional patterns and has plural air orifices, the thermoplastic film is placed on the plurality of three-dimensional patterns, and an air insolation element is covered on the mold and the leather substrate to defined a conduit; C. vacuuming the cavity and the plural air orifices by using a vacuum unit, wherein a heating unit melts the low temperature layer.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for inserting a contact having an insert portion, a textured portion and a head portion, into a surface of a molded shell made of plastic or other similar material. An opening is provided in a portion of the molded shell that is smaller in size than the contact and the contact is aligned into the opening. Energy, such as heat energy, ultrasonic energy, and/or infrared energy may be applied to the contact at one or more predetermined energy levels sufficient to cause the substrate to at least begin melting, and a force may be applied to the heated contact to push the heated contact into the substrate such that the plastic material forms a seal around the textured portion.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method for assembling an RFID device is disclosed. In the embodiment, the method involves placing an adhesive on an antenna structure of an RFID device, the antenna structure including a substrate, an antenna formed on the substrate, the antenna having a first end and a second end that are separated, placing an integrated circuit (IC) device on the adhesive such that the first end of the antenna is electrically coupled to the second end of the antenna via the IC device, and applying a trigger to at least one of the first end and the second end of the antenna to cause the antenna to become heated, which causes the adhesive to cure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming and transferring an unbonded fibrous structure to a carrier, the method comprising the steps of: receiving fibrous material on a shell travelling at a first speed through a receiving zone to form a fibrous patch; transferring the shell from the receiving zone to an application zone; applying the fibrous patch to the carrier travelling at a second speed through the application zone; and controlling the speed of the shell by a motor, the motor comprising a stator and at least one mover; wherein the shell is driven by at least one mover, wherein the mover maintains the shell at the first speed in the receiving zone and the second speed in the application zone, and wherein the mover is mounted on a stationary track.

Abstract: A method of reducing residual stress in a composite assembly may include assembling a first composite part to a second composite part to form a detail assembly. The first and second composite part may each have a flange and a web connected by a bend radius. The webs may be arranged back-to-back. The detail assembly may be cured on a compensated cure tool compensated for cure shrinkage spring-in predicted to occur in the first and second composite part. The method may include allowing the first and second composite part to spring in from cure shrinkage, and assembling the detail assembly to an uncured third composite. The method may also include co-bonding the detail assembly to the third composite part on an assembly cure tool to form a composite assembly having reduced cure shrinkage residual stress in the bend radii of the first and second composite part.

Abstract: A shaped article successfully decorated as desired and a manufacturing method for the shaped article are provided. The shaped article is manufactured by multilayer lamination technique, in which a colored layer, a first transparent layer, and a light reflective layer are formed in this order from an outer-layer side toward an inner side of the shaped article.

Abstract: A filamentary structure extruded from a nozzle during 3D printing comprises a continuous filament including filler particles dispersed therein. At least some fraction of the filler particles in the continuous filament comprise high aspect ratio particles having a predetermined orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis of the continuous filament. The high aspect ratio particles may be at least partially aligned along the longitudinal axis of the continuous filament. In some embodiments, the high aspect ratio particles may be highly aligned along the longitudinal axis. Also or alternatively, at least some fraction of the high aspect ratio particles may have a helical orientation comprising a circumferential component and a longitudinal component, where the circumferential component is imparted by rotation of a deposition nozzle and the longitudinal component is imparted by translation of the deposition nozzle.

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: In an aspect, infilling includes one or more the following characteristics: (i) adjacent rows and columns, which may be overlapping or non-overlapping; (ii) no sharp angle turns, i.e., no turns of ninety degree or less; and (iii) intersecting between infill patterns occurs from layer to layer (i.e., at offset z-axis positions). An infilling technique may also or instead include rotating the infill pattern about ninety degrees in some alternating fashion from layer to layer.

Abstract: A device and method manufacture an object for a user by fused deposition. A screw conveyor conveys a plurality of solid thermoplastic pellets from a hopper to a barrel. A heating element, coupled to the barrel, melts the solid thermoplastic pellets within the barrel, thereby producing a thermoplastic liquid. The thermoplastic liquid is extruded through a nozzle that caps one end of the barrel, the extruded thermoplastic liquid thereafter solidifying into the object. A computerized control system controls both a flow rate of the thermoplastic liquid, by adjusting rotation of a motor coupled to the screw conveyor, and a position of the nozzle above the build surface according to a three-dimensional shape of the object. The device and method are particularly suited for mass production of customized shoes and other objects, whereby thermoplastic material can be easily combined with customized colorants and blowing agents.

Abstract: A three-dimensional forming apparatus includes: a stage; a material supply unit that supplies the stage with a sintered material including metal powder and a binder; a head unit that includes an energy radiation unit supplying energy capable of sintering the sintered material to the sintered material supplied by the material supply unit; a head base that holds a plurality of the head units; and a driving unit that is capable of three-dimensionally moving the head base relative to the stage.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad includes successively depositing a plurality of layers with a 3D printer, each layer of the plurality of polishing layers deposited by ejecting a pad material precursor from a nozzle and solidifying the pad material precursor to form a solidified pad material.

Abstract: An automated path compensation system for a material dispensing unit is provided. The automated path compensation system includes a material dispensing tip. The automated path compensation system also includes a movement control module coupled to the material dispensing tip. The movement control module is configured to identify at least one of an external feature and an internal feature of an intended geometry of an object. The movement control module is also configured to determine a path compensation for the material dispensing tip based on the identification and one or more parameters associated with the material dispensing tip. The movement control module is further configured to control a movement of the material dispensing tip based on the determination.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a printing layer trimming method and an electronic device using the same. The printing layer trimming method is suitable for the electronic device and includes steps as follows. An original layer is converted into a first printing layer. At least one data region of the first printing layer is identified to identify at least one blank region of the first printing layer. Then, the blank region of the first printing layer is trimmed off The trimmed first printing layer is further converted into a print head signal data and provided to a printing device to print a corresponding three-dimensional structure. The disclosure also provides another printing layer trimming method and an electronic device using the same for trimming a second printing layer generated according to a print head signal data and providing the second printing layer to a printing device to print a corresponding three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for controlling fabrication of a 3D printed article by monitoring a temperature of an active growth region during a 3D printing of polymer material. A polymer material may be doped with one or more fluorescent molecules, which may be excited during a 3D printing of the polymer material. An intensity of light emitted from the fluorescent molecules may be determined to create a fluorescence intensity map, which may be converted into a temperature map in order to monitor a temperature of the active growth region, and generate one or more instructions based on the monitored temperature. One or more characteristics of the active growth region may then be modulated based on the instructions provided. Modulating characteristics of the active growth region based on the monitored temperature may allow better process control, which may be used to enhance a speed and resolution of 3D printing systems.

Abstract: An image data generator includes a first coloring processor that colors each of portions of a first surface area and each of portions of a second surface area with a first color and a second color, respectively, a second coloring processor that colors some of portions of a first boundary area with the first color and color the other portions with the second color, or colors one or more of the portions of the first boundary area with a mixed color that is a mixture of the first and second colors, and a third coloring processor that colors some of portions of a second boundary area with the second color and color the other portions with the first color, or colors one or more of the portions of the second boundary area with the mixed color that is a mixture of the first and second colors.

Abstract: A method of forming a polymer concrete CNG tank by forming an inflatable liner member composed of high density polymer impermeable to CNG; providing column forms as part of the liner member, the column forms having open tops and open bottoms and extending completely through the liner member; providing an outer form; positioning the liner member within the outer form with the column forms vertically oriented, the liner member being positioned to provide a gap between the liner member and the outer form; inflating the liner member; pouring polymer concrete about the liner member and through the column forms; and allowing the polymer concrete to cure. Reinforcement members may be positioned around the liner member and within the column forms prior to the step of pouring the polymer concrete.

Abstract: In a molding method using a VaRTM process in which a workpiece is impregnated with resin in a vacuum, the flow channel resistance or the thickness of which is not constant, an air-permeable sheet only permeable to gas and not permeable to resin (liquid) is arranged at the bottom surface of the workpiece to cover the total length of the workpiece in a direction in which the flow channel resistance or the thickness of the workpiece varies, to impregnate the resin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a pre-impregnated fibrous material produced as a plurality of unidirectional parallel tapes, said method including the following steps: i) impregnation of the fibrous material while it is in the form of several parallel rovings, said impregnation step including: ia) immersion in a bath containing an aqueous dispersion of thermoplastic polymer, said immersion being followed by ib) drying, then ii) shaping by calendering, using at least one heated calender, into the form of a plurality of unidirectional parallel tapes using said calender including a plurality of calendering grooves according to the number of said tapes and with a pressure and/or separation between the rolls of said calender regulated by a control system.

Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a panel for a ball, in particular for a soccer ball, as well as panels manufactured by these methods and balls with such panels. A method comprises the following steps: providing a carrier material having an outer side and an inner side within a mold having at least one first and at least one second mold part. Three-dimensionally molding an outer layer of the panel on the outer side of the carrier material within the mold. Three-dimensionally molding an inner layer of the panel on the inner side of the carrier material using at least the first mold part.

Abstract: A tire sealant dispensing device includes a tire repairing container for receiving a sealant, a casing attached to a mouth of the tire repairing container and having an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit, a pipe is disposed in the container and includes one end coupled to the casing and includes a bore for directing the pressurized air to flow through the bore of the pipe and to flow into a base portion of the container without flowing through the sealant, for allowing the tire sealant to be effectively supplied out through the outlet conduit of the casing and to seal and inflate the inflatable objects.

Abstract: Helically reinforced, flexible tubing or hose is formed from continuously extruded thermoplastic material helically circumferentially wound at a wrapping station around an array of bearing-supported rods that are concurrently but individually turned and are canted relative to an imaginary center axis. The tubing or hose being formed has a continuous reinforcing rib helically wound therearound and continuously integrally connected thereto. The positions of the rods are progressively altered during formation of at least a contiguous portion of the length of tubing or hose, causing the resulting tubing or hose portion to exhibit a progressive continuous change in diametrical size. The resulting tubing or hose may be transversely severed at intervals along its length, and may be flattened to form cuffs near where severed.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power transmission belt includes: molding and vulcanizing an endless tension member layer in which a cord extending in a belt length direction is embedded; molding and vulcanizing a rubber member for a compressed rubber layer; and bonding together the tension member layer that has been vulcanized and the rubber member, that has been vulcanized, for the compressed rubber layer.

Abstract: Two auxiliary support members are operatively engaged with a building drum, in axially approached relationship with respective halves of the drum itself, each auxiliary member having a circumferential rest surface extending in the continuation of an outer circumferential surface of the building drum itself. Applied around the outer circumferential surface of the building drum is at least one carcass ply having axially opposite end flaps each lying on the circumferential rest surface of the respective auxiliary support member. A pair of auxiliary shaping members engaged with the building drum in place of the auxiliary support members, each act against a circumferential abutment edge carried by the building drum, to enable the carcass ply to be shaped into a toroidal configuration concurrently with mutual approaching of the halves of the building drum.

Abstract: A mold for molding a tire tread comprises a plurality of mold segments. Each of the plurality of mold segments includes an integer number of tread pitch repetitions. The plurality of mold segments are structured to be coupled to each other end-to-end so as to form the mold such that the mold includes an integer number of tread pitches. The mold also includes at least one mold end segment positioned on at least one end of the mold and has a mold end segment length shorter than a length of each of the plurality of mold segments.

Abstract: A device for compacting pulp flocks into slabs or preferably prism-shaped bale in a press with a device for feeding the pulp to the press with a least one buffer chute. The press unit is provided in the form of a mechanical toggle press and at least one pre-compaction unit. This can replace the commonly-used hydraulic system and greatly reduces the amount of maintenance required. In addition, it can shorten the cycle time and thus increase production.

Abstract: A device for compacting stacked sheets of chemical, mechanical, or recycled fibre pulp, or pulp slabs from a preceding slab press into preferably prism-shaped bales in a press, with a device for feeding the pulp to the press. It is primarily characterized in that a press unit is provided in the form of a mechanical toggle press. This can replace the commonly-use hydraulic system and greatly reduces the amount of maintenance required.

Abstract: A method of forming a printable blank sheet includes providing a web of material, cutting objects into the web, and cutting a printable blank sheet that contains the objects out of the web. Edges of the objects are angled with respect to edges of the web. A printable blank sheet formed by a process that includes providing a web of material, cutting objects into the web, and cutting a printable blank sheet that contains the objects out of the web. Edges of the objects are angled with respect to edges of the web.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bag in which an opening formed in a first web is covered by a second web and the webs are joined forming a continuous seal around a perimeter enclosing the opening and forming an enclosed compartment between the first web and the second web that is accessible through the opening.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus and method for creating folded multi-dimensional shapes from pliable substrates. An apparatus having a handle connected to one or more plungers that are configured to move along a longitudinal axis is used to form folds in a flat substrate by pressing dies attached to the plungers into a die area to shape the flat substrate. The handle is depressed multiple times to achieve the desired number of folds in the substrate. The apparatus may include one or more plunger adjustment mechanisms to switch use of the one or more plungers to create different sets of folds in the substrate with each depression.

Abstract: Equipment for the production of cardboard tubes, comprising a tube-forming machine (1) provided with means for forming cardboard tubes with strips of cardboard (3) helically wound on a forming spindle (10), comprising a feeding unit (2) for feeding said cardboard strips, and comprising guide means (4) for guiding the cardboard strips (3) along a predetermined path (30, 31, 32) between the feeding unit (2) and the tube-forming machine (1), wherein in a final section (32) of said path the strips of cardboard (3) enter into the tube-forming machine (1). The guide means (4) are arranged and acting, along the said path, such that in said final section (32) of said path the cardboard strips (3) enter from the above or from the bottom into the tube-forming machine (1), so that said final section (32) is a descending or an ascending section of said path.

Abstract: A method of making a pad of labels and labels for use on store shelves in a retail environment. The pad of labels include labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.

Abstract: A composite for use in a flexible pipe body, said composite comprising: a first polymer layer, a second polymer layer that is bonded to the first polymer layer, and filler particles that extend from the first polymer layer into the second polymer layer, whereby the particles are partially embedded in both the first and second polymer layers.

Abstract: A material composite for the production of a stiffening member for lightweight construction by means of thermoforming includes a cellulose-based core made of a wavy paper web or having a honeycomb structure and a kraftliner, which is mechanically connected to the wavy paper web or the honeycomb structure and which in turn comprises a planar paper web. An adhesive layer is disposed between the planar paper web of the kraftliner and the core, which mechanically connects the planar paper web to the core. Furthermore, a stiffening member for lightweight construction is produced on the basis of the material composite and a production method suitable for this purpose.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cardboard-based unit, structural elements comprising said unit and land-vehicles comprising said units and structural elements.

Abstract: There is provided an article a binder resin layer comprising an aliphatic polyurethane polymer comprising a plurality of soft segments, and a plurality of hard segments, where the soft segments comprise poly(alkoxy) polyol, and where the poly(alkoxy) polyol is essentially free of crosslinker; and a plurality of microspheres partially embedded and adhered to a first major surface of the binder resin layer, wherein the specific chemical identities and relative amounts of the segments and moieties of the aliphatic polyurethane polymer are sufficient to impart a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or less in the article and a storage modulus in the article that changes less than 15 MPa from 25° C. to 175° C.

Abstract: A resilient pad assembly has multiple pad bodies connected with each other to form a two-layer pad structure including a first layer and a second layer. Each pad body has a first side, a second side, and multiple damping bodies protruding from the first side and arranged in a matrix form. Each damping body has a hollow post, a recess, and multiple vents. The hollow post protrudes from the first side of the pad body and has a surrounding surface and a free end provided with a contact surface. The recess is defined in the second side of the pad body. The vents are defined through the surrounding surface of the post and communicate with the recess.

Abstract: A stacked plate for window includes a laminated plate that includes a first transparent plate, a second transparent plate that faces the first transparent plate, and an intermediate film that bonds the first transparent plate to the second transparent plate; a conductive layer, at least a part of which is provided between the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate; and an insulating sheet that retains the conductive layer, the insulating sheet being bonded to the intermediate film between the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate.

Abstract: A material composite (1) has at least one metal layer (5) that is connected to a fiber-reinforced plastics matrix (10), and has an intermediate layer (12). To provide a material composite that is as stress-free as possible, the intermediate layer (12) engages into indentations (16) in the metal layer (5).

Abstract: A base fabric for a disposable textile product, including: a laminated sheet including a first fibrous sheet, a second fibrous sheet, and a fiber material interposed between the first fibrous sheet and the second fibrous sheet. The first and second fibrous sheets have air permeability, and the fiber material has liquid diffusibility. The first fibrous sheet, the second fibrous sheet, and the fiber material are laminated together with an elastic member. The laminated sheet forms a composite layer in which a fiber layer having the air permeability and a fiber layer having the liquid diffusibility are laminated. The laminated sheet has a shirring portion in which an uneven surface is formed by the composite layer. Elasticity is imparted to the laminated sheet.

Abstract: A vehicular interior part includes a porous fiber base member made of an inorganic fiber sheet, thermoplastic resin, and a foaming agent, a skin attached on one surface of the porous fiber base member and constitutes a design surface, and a mold portion included in a part of the porous fiber base member and the skin that are attached to each other, the mold portion having a recess portion on a skin surface side and a projection portion on a side opposite from the skin surface side, the recess portion having an opening on the design surface and having a depth equal to or greater than an opening width of the recess portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated film that can be easily used by general users and can prevent entry of foreign substances and air bubbles between the attached surfaces even when the film is manually attached in a typical room environment in which foreign substances such as dust are floating; and a film attachment method using such a laminated film. The laminated film includes in the following order: a surface protective film; a foreign-substance-removing adhesive layer; a foreign-substance-removing film; a substrate-attaching adhesive layer; and a functional film, the substrate-attaching adhesive layer exhibiting a higher bond strength with the functional film than with the foreign-substance-removing film.

Abstract: An asphaltic sheet comprising an asphaltic component including an asphalt binder and expandable graphite.