Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a super conducting electromagnet comprising a 3D printer extruder of the type having an extruder, a liquefier and a nozzle.

Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.

Abstract: A preform for making bag-in-bottle containers via processes does not require process protection for the interlock connecting the inner and outer wall layers.

Abstract: A compression mold for use in a compression molding tool, is manufactured by an additive manufacturing method, particularly electron beam melting, selective laser melting, or selective laser sintering. A method for manufacturing a compression mold for use in a compression molding tool includes forming a compression mold body of the compression mold with an additive manufacturing (AM) method.

Abstract: A core for the moulding of a turbine engine blade, this blade including a vane extending along a spanwise direction and ending in a top, this core including a first core element to delimit a first internal cavity and a second core element of which at least one portion delimits a second internal cavity. The second cavity is situated between the first cavity and the top of the blade along the spanwise direction, and the portion of the second core element delimiting the second cavity includes a through hole, which emerges in line with an end face of the first core element to constitute a de-dusting conduit of the first cavity, this conduit traversing the second cavity from end to end while emerging in the top of the blade.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technique for improving the ionic conductivity by introducing an electric field concept to a process for preparing an ion exchange membrane and deflecting an ion channel within an ion exchange membrane in one direction, and specifically to a device for fabricating an ion exchange membrane and a method therefor in a roll-to-roll manner and a casting manner with a deflected ion channel which can improve the ionic conductivity of the ion exchange membrane by reducing a travelling distance of the ions in the deflected ion channels.

Abstract: A method of producing a partition wall comprises (a) forming a film using a photosensitive composition, (b) exposing the thus formed film, (c) developing the thus exposed film with an aqueous alkaline solution, and (d) applying wind to the thus developed film. The partition wall compartmentalizes a housing space which is formed between first and second electrode layer stacks and which contains a polar liquid and a non-polar liquid that are immiscible with each other.

Abstract: In a manufacturing method for a component, a clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a first portion of a semifinished product containing reinforcing fibers via opposing first clamping surfaces of a first clamping tool. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to a surface of a second portion of the semifinished product via mutually opposing first clamping surfaces of a second clamping tool, spaced a first distance from the first clamping tool. A shaping device deforms a third portion of the semifinished product lying between the first and the second portions to form a first subportion and an opposite second subportion. The first distance is reduced to a second distance. A clamping force is applied perpendicular to the surfaces of the first and second subportions via a second clamping surface of the first clamping tool and an opposite second clamping surface of the second clamping tool.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an insulating bar made from a thermoplastic plastics material whereof the base body has a corrugated structure comprises shaping the insulating bar as a blank having a substantially planar structure of the base body without raised portions and recesses but with the connection strips, cooling the blank to a temperature corresponding to the maximum long-term service temperature of the plastics material or lower, heating the base body to a forming temperature which, for crystalline plastics materials, is approximately 30° C. below the crystallite melting point of the plastics material or higher, and for amorphous plastics materials, is approximately 30° C. above the softening point or higher, forming the base body by a tool to produce the alternating raised portions and recesses, while retaining the geometry of the connection strips, and cooling the insulating bar to a temperature corresponding to the maximum long-term service temperature or lower.

Abstract: A tooling device for making a plastic film component. The tooling device includes a molding tool having a molding part, a receptacle, an opening and closing device, and at least one covering device having a covering surface and guide arrangement. The molding part and the receptacle are movable relative to each other between a closed and an open position. Relative movement between the molding part and the receptacle to the closed position is transmitted to the covering device to move it from an exposed position, in which the covering surface is spaced from an inner surface of the molding part, to a covered position, in which the covering surface covers a covered section of molding part's inner surface.

Abstract: A process is disclosed to recycle and/or formulate expandable plastic materials using a system (1) comprising: an extruder unit (10), a mixer-heat exchanger unit (20), said process comprising the steps of: melting in the extruder unit (10), cooling in the mixer-heat exchanger unit (20), and controlling the melt pressure by means of a melt pump unit (50), followed by granulation, extrusion, or injection molding, wherein a first expansion agent (81) is not degassed during a melt processing in the system (1) such that it is substantially contained in the granulated expandable plastic material (130) or used to form either the extruded, formed and expanded plastic material (140) or the molded expanded plastic article (150). The present invention also relates to a granulated expandable plastic material (130), an extruded, formed and expanded plastic material (140), and a molded expanded plastic article (150) obtainable by said process.

Abstract: A device for producing plastics parts having at least one rod-shaped metal insert, and comprising first and second mould half elements. At least one of the mould half elements is movable along a closure direction (Z). The mould half elements together can form a closed cavity for moulding a plastics part, the insert projecting at least in portions into the cavity in order to be overmoulded with plastics material, and being substantially arranged between the two mould half elements in a dividing plane which comprises a longitudinal direction (X) and a width direction (Y). At least one of the mould half elements has at least one fixing means wherein the insert can be fixed in the width direction. A positioning means can be arranged at a proximal end of the insert, allowing the insert to be moved along the longitudinal direction (X) into an injection position.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may relate generally to manufactured elements having composite reinforcement, and more specifically to elements comprising a composite precisely positioned within the element for support. Embodiments of such elements typically may be formed using injection molding. Embodiments may further comprise an integral thermoplastic positioning system for positioning the composite, and encapsulating thermoplastic forming the exterior geometry of the element.

Abstract: An air freshener has a rigidifying core defining a central axis, and an outer portion or sleeve contacting the core that is formed from one or more fragrance loaded polymers. Together, the core and outer portion are shaped to surround a first axis perpendicular to the central axis. The air freshener is made by injection molding a first shot of at least one polymer material to form the core, and injection molding a second shot of at least one polymer material incorporating one or more fragrance materials over or onto or into at least a portion of the core. The second shot of polymer material may be stretched about the portion of the core during injection molding, and may flow into a first hole formed in the core at or near the core distal end, and fills a second hole formed in the core at or near the core proximal end.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a rigid receptacle (10), in particular a bottle, more particularly a bottle for a cosmetic product, said receptacle having a two-layered structure comprising a first layer, referred to as the receptacle body (20), which defines a neck (22) of said receptacle (10), and a second layer, referred to as the receptacle envelope (30), which surrounds said body (20). The method according to the invention comprises a step of shaping a preform inside a component forming said envelope (30), in order to form said body (20). The invention also relates to a rigid receptacle (10) obtained according to said method, and to a device for implementing said method.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus is used for making parts having a hollow portion that is disposed under an angle relative to an axis. The molded parts are ejected when a movable stripper plate is displaced relative to the mold core used to cool the angled portion of the molded part. The stripper plate includes cooling channels and a cooling outlet. The cooling outlet is coupled to a cooling inlet of a movable cooling slider element. Leakage of a cooling fluid is prevented by using a sealing device and sealing elements between the cooling slider and a cooling manifold retaining the mold cores when the stripper plate is used during the ejection of the molded parts from the mold cores.

Abstract: Provided is a melt-molding material which is produced using an EVOH resin and has improved feeding property. A pellet mixture comprising a first EVOH resin pellets (pellet 1) each having approximately circular or elliptical cross-section and having an ethylene unit content of 20 to 34 mol %, and a second EVOH resin pellets (pellet 2) each having ethylene unit content of 35 to 60 mol %, wherein the difference of ethylene unit content between the pellet 1 and the pellet 2 is from 10 to 30 mol %.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of at least one flexible plastic container, according to which method each container (10) comprises two separate walls (12, 13) facing one another joined at their circumference by a sealed peripheral edge (14), said separate walls defining a storage space of the container (10).

Abstract: A method of blow molding a glossy article having at least one layer of thermoplastic material. The method comprises the steps of feeding a parison of said thermoplastic material into a mold having an inner surface with at least a portion of SPI finish standard selected from the group consisting of A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2 and B-3 mold and a first temperature of greater than 55° C.; blowing the parison against the inner surface of the mold to form the article; and subsequently lowering the temperature of the mold to a second temperature of between 10° C. to 55° C. before release of the molded article. The cycle time of the mold (tct) is less than 250 seconds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for transforming plastics material preforms into plastics material containers having a plurality of blow moulding stations which are arranged on a carrier and in each case comprise a blow mould for expanding plastics material preforms into plastics material containers inside this blow mould by means of a pressurised pneumatic medium which is supplied to the respective blow moulding station via a pressure supply device and which is at least partially extracted again from the respective blow moulding station after the expansion operation via a pressure extraction device.

Abstract: A device for shaping a semi-finished fiber product for manufacturing a C-shaped or I-shaped former, and including clamping mechanisms and a forming tool. Each clamping mechanism has a first and a second clamping element and together they hold a semi-finished fiber product along two longitudinal and opposite edges. The clamping elements and forming tool move in a coupled manner between starting and end positions. During this movement, the longitudinal edges of the semi-finished fiber product are transformed into a curved shape, wherein a length of one of the longitudinal edges of the semi-finished fiber product does not change and a length of the other longitudinal edge becomes greater. During the movement, the forming tool is transformed into a curved shape and guided relative to the clamping elements against the semi-finished fiber product such that the semi-finished fiber product is deep drawn over the forming tool.

Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which molds an imprint material using a mold to form a pattern on a substrate, the apparatus including a nozzle including a discharge outlet which discharges the imprint material onto the substrate, a holding unit configured to hold the mold, a supply unit configured to supply a gas which accelerates filling of a pattern of the mold with the imprint material to a portion between the holding unit and the imprint material on the substrate, and a gas unit provided with the nozzle, wherein the gas unit performs gas supply or exhaust with respect to a second space around a first space between the nozzle and a portion of the substrate which faces the nozzle and is conveyed under the nozzle in order to suppress the gas from flowing into the first space.

Abstract: A method for making an air permeable waterproof textile with an uneven pattern is disclosed. The density of the arrangement of the threading holes is high or low by controlling the transportation speed of the fabric foundation. The density of the threading holes is high while the transportation speed is high, and the density of the threading holes is low while the transportation speed is low. A vent-typed backing fabric is formed with a plurality of tiny through holes distributed densely and without removing chips. Partial or total burr portions are rolled over by the upper roller and the lower roller with the predetermined pattern so as to shield corresponding threading holes with different extent. The threading holes without shielding have total air permeability. The partially shielded threading holes have partial air permeability with different percentages. The areas of the textile without the threading holes have water proof characteristics.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for welding a thermoplastic structure. The apparatus comprises a base, a cover, and a channel. The base is formed of a material that is magnetically opaque to a frequency in a range of 30 KHz to 350 KHz. The cover is formed of the material. The channel extends between the base and the cover.

Abstract: A method for welding together a first and a second multiple layered thermoplastic layer composite material component, includes removing material of the first and second components along a first and a second longitudinal edge, respectively, by a laser beam to form a first and a second step structure, respectively, having a plurality of steps. Each step is formed by one other or several others of the layers of the first and the second component, respectively, and has a surface section parallel to the direction of extension of the layers and a front section transverse to the direction of extension of the layers. The first and the second components are disposed in the abutting position, and then the first and second components are welded together by welding together the abutting surface sections of the steps of the first and second step structures.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing a stiffened composite panel may include a stiffener tooling assembly, a caul plate, and a rotatable strongback. The stiffener tooling assembly may include stiffener tooling configured to support a plurality of composite stiffeners. The caul plate may have a layup surface for laying up a composite skin. The strongback may be releasably coupled to the caul plate. The system may include a plurality of hinges each having a fixed hinge portion and a movable hinge portion. The movable hinge portion may be coupled to the strongback for rotation thereof between an open position and a closed position for engagement of the caul plate with the stiffener tooling assembly.

Abstract: A stiffening element including at least a first stiffening profile and at least a second stiffening profile. The first stiffening profile includes a profile member. At least one structural flange is connected to the profile member. A through-passage extends through the profile member. At least one support flange is connected to the profile member. The second stiffening profile includes a bottom portion and at least one support side portion connected to the bottom portion. A method for manufacturing a stiffening element. A method for manufacturing a reinforced structure, where the reinforced structure includes at least one structural element and at least one stiffening element.

Abstract: A unidirectional reinforcement and a method of producing a unidirectional reinforcement that may be used in applications where high quality and strength is required. The unidirectional reinforcement includes transversely arranged discrete Z-direction resin flow facilitating means running back and forth between the longitudinal edges of the sheets, and traveling between the groups of rovings and between the top and bottom surfaces of the unitary web.

Abstract: Embodiments disclose a trim part comprising an airbag system for the interior of a motor vehicle. The trim part comprises a carrier, on which an airbag module is disposed. A joint is formed at least in sections between the carrier and the airbag module. A primary connecting element, which includes an adhesive, is disposed within the joint so that the primary connecting element is non-detachably connected both to the carrier and the airbag module. The trim part further comprises at least one secondary connecting element for temporarily fixing the airbag module to the carrier before the non-detachable connection between the carrier and the airbag module is created by the primary connecting element. Embodiments further disclose a method for the production of the trim part.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for additive manufacturing systems and methods to form reinforced additive manufactured objects. A method for forming a reinforced additive manufactured object includes forming a first structural layer with a first void that extends partially through the first structural layer, forming a second structural layer with a second void that extends fully through the second structural layer to a border between the first structural layer and the second structural layer, where the first void and the second void align to form a cross-load void across the border between the first and second structural layers, and filling the cross-load void with a reinforcing material to form a cross-load member.

Abstract: A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, which includes providing a part material that compositionally has one or more semi-crystalline polymers and one or more secondary materials that are configured to retard crystallization of the one or more semi-crystalline polymers, where the one or more secondary materials are substantially miscible with the one or more semi-crystalline polymers. The method also includes melting the part material in the additive manufacturing system, forming at least a portion of a layer of the three-dimensional part from the melted part material in a build environment, and maintaining the build environment at an annealing temperature that is between a glass transition temperature of the part material and a cold crystallization temperature of the part material.

Abstract: A layered object including a plurality of layers, the layered object includes a first part, and a second part. The first part includes a first face having a shape of protrusions and depressions. The first part constitutes a part of the layers. The second part is in contact with the first face. The second part includes a second face that fits with the protrusions and depressions and includes a third face opposite the second face. The second part includes another part of the layers. The third face includes a portion that has a higher degree of flatness than a degree of flatness of the protrusions and depressions.

Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing for producing three-dimensional objects with one or more colors through light exposure utilizes a light source to dynamically change the color of a photosensitive fabrication material during an additive manufacturing process using an additive manufacturing unit to create a physical object from a digital 3D model. Various colors may be specified for various portions of the digital 3D model, resulting in corresponding colorings on the physical object.

Abstract: A method of operating a three-dimensional object printer has been developed. The method receives image data corresponding to at least one three-dimensional object. The method generates image data corresponding to at least one member that extends from the at least one three-dimensional object corresponding to the received image data. The method operates an ejector head of the three-dimensional object printer with a controller referencing the received image data and the generated image data to eject drops of a build material onto a platen to form the at least one three-dimensional object and the at least one member extending from the at least one three-dimensional object.

Abstract: A 3D printer includes: an object-forming unit for forming an object by laminating an object material at an object-forming point based on a design data; an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the object formed by the object-forming unit; and a shape measurement unit for measuring a cross section of the object based on the image captured by the image capturing unit while the object is under formation by the object-forming unit.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaped article manufacturing apparatus is an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped article by laminating layers formed by discharging and curing inks including a curable resin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composite having improved tensile properties and a method of preparing the same. Particularly, the resin composite comprises a matrix resin and a reinforcement resin which are made of thermoplastic resin compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite reinforcement member, comprising: an impregnation step of impregnating a resin into reinforcement fibers withdrawn from a plurality of creels; a non-uniform distribution step of passing the resin-impregnated reinforcement fibers through a guide to adjust spaces among the reinforcement fibers in such a manner that the reinforcement fibers are distributed at different densities per area according to regions of the cross section of the composite reinforcement member; a forming step of directing the reinforcement fibers into a mold from the guide; and a curing step of curing the resin impregnated into the reinforcement fibers emerging from the mold.

Abstract: A mold for a tire comprises first and second shells that are intended to mold lateral sidewalk of the tire, a plurality of sectors that are distributed in the circumferential direction and are intended to mold a tread of said tire, a first and a second support plate that each comprise a bearing face with which the associated shell is mounted axially in contact, and a plurality of first and second heating means for heating at least the first and the second shell, respectively.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tire vulcanization method in which there is no air remained between a vulcanization mold and an unvulcanized tire in tire vulcanization, the unvulcanized tire easily fits the vulcanization mold and an occurrence of bareness is prevented. The present invention relates to a tire vulcanization process comprising an application process of applying a coating agent comprising powder on a surface of an unvulcanized tire and a vulcanization process of vulcanizing the unvulcanized tire obtained in the application process, a tire production method comprising the vulcanization method, and a tire produced by the tire production method.

Abstract: A process for building tyres for vehicle wheels are disclosed, wherein said building process comprises the following steps carried out in a carcass structure building line: a) associating a pair of support rings with a forming drum in a work station for associating support rings; b) building at least one structural component of the tyre being processed on the forming drum provided with said pair of support rings in at least one work station of the carcass structure building line; c) removing the pair of support rings from the forming drum in a work station for removing support rings; d) transferring the pair of support rings dissociated from the forming drum in a temporary storage for support rings; e) building at least one further structural component of the tyre being processed on the forming drum without the pair of support rings in a work station of the carcass structure building line.

Abstract: A gluing device for automatically gluing and folding a gluable item. The gluing device includes a support structure upon which a gluing apparatus and a support plate assembly are mounted. The support plate is configured for supporting and aligning a gluable item for gluing and assembly by the gluing apparatus. The gluing apparatus includes a first clamp configured for selectively and securely holding a first portion of the gluable item on the support plate, a glue dispensing nozzle fluidly coupled to a glue supply, and a folding apparatus configured for folding the first portion of the gluable item onto a second portion of the gluable item after glue has been applied. A method for automatically gluing and folding a gluable item is also disclosed.

Abstract: A structural insert according to the present invention can be utilized in a Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) structure such as an armor structure having one or more material layers with each material layer having at least one structural insert arranged along a common surface. Utilizing a polygonal or HoneyComb Core, a reinforcement material containing a fraction of high volume hollow microspheres with interior voids can be utilized and placed within the inserts cellular structure to decrease the weight of the armor system. Subsequent to metal infiltration, the metal encapsulates the micro-spheres within the cells of the cellular structure, forming pockets of micro-spheres therein. These encapsulated hollow microspheres comprise a ceramic or glass wall around an interior void having a wall thickness that reinforces the void wall surface. The encapsulating metal further bonds to the walls of the cellular structure increasing the crush strength of the cell wall.

Abstract: A process for forming a composite sandwich panel assembly is provided that includes positioning a top sheet and a bottom sheet on opposing sides of an open pore matrix core. The top sheet, bottom sheet, and core are exposed to a heat source with the application of a clamping pressure to the top and the bottom sheet. The heat source is then removed and the clamping pressure maintained for a period of time. The clamping pressure is removed when the top sheet, bottom sheet, and core have cooled and fused together. An assembly formed by such a process is also provided.

Abstract: A towel for athletes includes, in accordance with one aspect of the invention, a textile web having a front side section configured as two layers forming a pocket including an opening oriented towards an outer surface of the textile web. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the towel includes a textile web and a strip attached to one side of the textile web, wherein the section of the strip attached to the textile web has a first magnet, and the free section of the strip has a second magnet, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are releaseably connected to one other in a configuration configuring the strip as a loop.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite gypsum board comprising a hoard core and a concentrated layer of substantial thickness (e.g., at least about 0.02 inches). The concentrated layer includes a higher weight percentage of an enhancing additive than the board core. The board core has a thickness greater than the thickness of the concentrated layer and forms the bulk of the board volume. The concentrated layer has a higher density (e.g., at least about 1.1 times greater) than the density of the board core. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a composite gypsum board.

Abstract: There is shown a stack including a substrate material temporarily fixed on a support via a temporary fixing material, wherein the temporary fixing material includes a temporary fixing material layer (I) in contact with the support-facing surface of the substrate material, and a temporary fixing material layer (II) formed on the support-facing surface of the layer (I), wherein the temporary fixing material layer (I) is formed of a temporary fixing composition containing a polymer (A) and a release agent (B) which contains a functional group capable of reacting with the polymer (A) to form a chemical bond.

Abstract: Die transport apparatus and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a die transport apparatus may include: a plurality of regularly arranged adhesive areas, wherein individual adhesive areas have a die contact surface; and a relief area recessed from the die contact surfaces. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: The invention provides unique releasable adhesive devices that are high-load bearing and highly stable while allowing adjustment of the weight-bearing angle in a wide range, thereby greatly expanding the scope of applications for technology. Adhesive systems and devices of the invention can be designed to fit applications ranging from household weight-bearing shelves and holders, components for transportation, athletic equipment, labels and advertising posts, automobile interior trims, permanent or reversible fasteners, as well as instruments and devices for industrial, commercial, medical or military applications.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite gypsum board comprising a board core and a concentrated layer of substantial thickness (e.g., at least about 0.02 inches). The concentrated layer includes a higher weight percentage of an enhancing additive than the board core. The board core has a thickness greater than the thickness of the concentrated layer and forms the bulk of the board volume. The concentrated layer has a higher density (e.g., at least about 1.1 times greater) than the density of the board core. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a composite gypsum board.