Abstract: A fiber-reinforced polyimide resin molded article and a production process therefor. After a prepolymer of an addition reaction type polyimide resin and functional fibers are dispersed and kneaded together, the kneaded product is kept at a temperature not lower than the heat curing start temperature of the reaction type polyimide resin for a fixed amount of time or mixed with a thickener to increase its viscosity, and shaped at a temperature not lower than the heat curing start temperature of the reaction type polyimide resin to obtain a molded article having excellent sliding performance with a limit PV value of not less than 3,000 kPa·m/s and excellent shape stability during molding and containing the functional fibers dispersed in the polyimide resin.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a structural subassembly, in particular for a motor vehicle, including at least one first profile component of fiber-reinforced plastic and at least one connecting component for producing a node connection of the first profile component with a further profile component. The method includes the following steps: providing a mold with at least one mold half, which has a cavity that corresponds substantially to the first profile component to be produced and includes at least one integrally molded-on connecting component; introducing a one- or multi-piece textile reinforcing material, in particular a textile semifinished product, into the mold; introducing a flowable plastics material into the mould, in order to impregnate the textile reinforcing material; and curing and/or cooling the plastics material.

Abstract: Provided are a process and an apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape, the process and the apparatus being capable of preventing fiber cut from occurring at the start of production of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The provided process includes a resin impregnation step of opening a fiber bundle and impregnating the fiber bundle with molten thermoplastic resin and a through-nozzle passing step of passing the fiber bundle having undergone the resin impregnation step through a slit formed in a nozzle. The through-nozzle passing step includes setting, at the start of production, a gap dimension of the slit to a dimension larger than a normal dimension and changing the gap dimension of the slit to the normal dimension when a predetermined condition is satisfied, after the production start.

Abstract: A method for determining residual moisture on and/or within a lens forming surface of a mold half includes the steps of carrying out an infrared inspection of at least a central portion of the lens forming surface of the mold half with the aid of an infrared camera, collecting measurement values resulting from the infrared inspection, which represent a degree of residual moisture on and/or within the lens forming surface, comparing the collected measurement values with a predefined threshold value representing a maximum tolerable residual moisture on and/or within a lens forming surface of a reference mold half, and, upon detection of an exceedance of the predefined threshold value representing the maximum tolerable residual moisture, preventing the inspected mold half from being used further.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: Embodiments related to juicing systems including juicers for extracting juice from food matter contained within juicer cartridges are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the production of a corrugated cardboard product. The apparatus comprises a first one-sided machine and a second one-sided machine which are provided in each case with a press-down belt and with a first and a second grooving roller respectively. The first and the second grooving roller are designed for embossing a wave profile onto a first and a second paper web respectively. The press-down belts serve, together with the respective grooving rollers, for connecting the first and the second paper webs in each case to a non-corrugated web for the production of a first and a second single-flute corrugated cardboard web respectively. The first one-sided machine is equipped with a first oblique guide roller, the axis of rotation of which is inclined at a vertical inclination angle between side margins of the first paper web.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an article and to method for preparing said article, said article comprising (i) at least one layer A comprising fibers embedded in a composition comprising at least one vinyl ester resin; and (ii) a layer B comprising: from 40 to 100%, preferably from 75 to 100% by weight relative to the total weight of said layer B of at least one thermoplastic polyester; from 0 to 60% by weight relative to the total weight of said layer B of a polyolefin composition; said composition comprising at least one polyolefin, preferably said at least one polyolefin is polyethylene; and from 0 to 20% by weight relative to the total weight of said layer B of at least one additive selected from compatibilizing agent and/or impact modifier; wherein said layer B is selected from the group comprising a blow moulded layer, an injected moulded layer, an extruded-thermoformed layer, a sheet extruded layer, a pipe extruded layer, and an injection stretch-blow moulded layer, and wherein at least one layer A

Abstract: A RF weldable tubing is provided. The tubing has inner layer including a PVDF copolymer, or an ethylene alpha-olefin homopolymer, or an ethylene alpha-olefin polymer that may include a grafted polyethylene. The tubing may have an inter gas barrier layer sandwiched between the outer layer and an outermost layer including a TPU copolymer. The inter gas barrier layer may include an EVOH copolymer. A method of making such a tubing is also provided.

Abstract: A sandwich structure architecture for high speed impact resistant structure includes sandwich skins which enclose a sandwich core formed by a plurality of spacing layers and a plurality of trigger layers, wherein these layers are stacked alternatively in the core. The walls of the trigger layers are thicker than the walls of the spacing layers and/or the walls of the trigger layers include at least one part inclined with respect to the walls of the spacing layers. The spacing and the trigger layers are made of the same type of material, preferably composite materials or metallic materials. The structure is capable of absorbing high-speed impacts, and at the same time can be used as load carrying structure in aircraft fuselages, wings, vertical or horizontal stabilizers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a honeycomb structure that is light in weight, that has high strength and rigidity, and that is also excellent in water resistance and moldability. The honeycomb structure of the present invention comprises a thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide (A) and a modified polyolefin (B), wherein: the polyamide (A) comprises a diamine unit that contains a xylylenediamine unit for 70 mol % or more and a dicarboxylic acid unit that contains an ?,?-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit with a carbon number of 4-20 for 50 mol % or more; the modified polyolefin (B) is a polyolefin having a reactive functional group that is selected from an epoxy group and the like; and the blending ratio of polyamide (A)/modified polyolefin (B) is in a range of 100/15-70 on a mass basis.

Abstract: A two-part adjustable-height insert may be installed in a bore of a sandwich panel, such that the adjustable-height insert may be configured to transfer a load to the sandwich panel. The adjustable-height insert may include a first insert part and a second insert part that may be selectively operatively positioned with respect to each other. The adjustable-height insert may be configured such that an interference fit between the first insert part and the second insert part may be engaged by moving a second flange of the second insert part towards a first flange of the first insert part, which may thereby reduce the overall height of the adjustable-height insert to a selected height. Presently disclosed adjustable-height inserts may be configured for flush installation in a sandwich panel. Methods of installing such adjustable-height inserts and adjusting the height of the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a headliner for a vehicle. The headliner includes a foam; a hot melt film positioned on a surface of the foam; a reinforcement sheet positioned on the hot melt film; and a heat shielding layer coated with a thermal barrier material on the reinforcement sheet. In particular, the heat shielding layer includes a carbon nanotube.

Abstract: Articles including a multi-layer coating and methods for applying coatings are described herein. The article may include a substrate on which the multi-layer coating is formed. In some embodiments, the coating includes multiple metallic layers.

Abstract: Multiple layer panels including a pair of substrates and an interlayer disposed therebetween are provided. In some cases, the multiple layer panels may utilize substrates having different thicknesses, and such configurations may help reduce glass thickness and overall panel weight. However, panels of the present invention may still exhibit sufficient strength, rigidity, and acoustic performance and can be suitable for use in a wide range of automotive, aeronautical, and/or architectural applications.

Abstract: Multiple layer panels including a pair of substrates and an interlayer disposed therebetween are provided. In some cases, the multiple layer panels may utilize substrates having different thicknesses, and such configurations may help reduce glass thickness and overall panel weight. However, panels of the present invention may still exhibit sufficient strength, rigidity, and acoustic performance and can be suitable for use in a wide range of automotive, aeronautical, and/or architectural applications.

Abstract: Use of olefin-based plastic films for obtaining labels in rolls for high speed roll-fed applications from about 8,000 to about 75,000 containers/hour, the films having a thickness comprised between 10 and 22 ?m, flexural rigidity (N·mm) in the range 0.5×10?2-4.5×10?2 save for a constant 1/[12×(1??2)] wherein ? is the Poisson modulus, the elongation at break in MD determined according to ASTM D 882 lower than 130%, dimensional stability measured according to the OPMA TC 4 standard at 130° C. for 5 minutes in the air in MD comprised between 0 and ?10% and in TD between ?4 and +4%.

Abstract: A stretch-modified elastomeric multilayer film comprising a core layer comprising a first ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer, wherein the first ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer comprises at least 50 mol. % ethylene, has a melt index (12) from 0.5 g/10 min to 5 g/10 min, and has a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc, and at least one outer layer independently comprising a second ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer and from 2.5 to 30 wt. % of an antiblock agent, wherein the second ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer comprises at least 50 mol. % ethylene, has a melt index (12) from 0.5 g/10 min to 25 g/10 min, and has a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc, wherein the density of the first ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer is equal to or greater than the density of the second ethylene-?-olefin block copolymer.

Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition and a prepreg and a laminated board prepared therefrom. The thermosetting resin composition contains the following components in parts by weight: 50-150 parts of a cyanate; 30-100 parts of an epoxy resin; 5-70 parts of styrene-maleic anhydride; 20-100 parts of a polyphenyl ether; 30-100 parts of a halogen-free flame retardant; 0.05-5 parts of a curing accelerator; and 50-200 parts of a filler. The prepreg and laminated board prepared from the thermosetting resin composition have comprehensive performances such as a low dielectric constant, a low dielectric loss, an excellent flame retardance, heat resistance and moisture resistance, etc., and are suitable for use in a halogen-free high-frequency multilayer circuit board.

Abstract: An apparatus including an overlay with a top side and a bottom side. The apparatus also can include an adhesive component with a top side and a bottom side. The top side of the adhesive component can be adhered to the bottom side of the overlay. The adhesive component can be configured to adhere the bottom side of the overlay to a screen of an electronic device in a single-use application of the overlay by adhering the bottom side of the adhesive component to the screen of the electronic device. The apparatus can be configured such that, when the overlay is removed from being adhered to the screen of the electronic device after the single-use application of the overlay, at least a portion of the adhesive component is detached from at least a portion of the overlay. Other embodiments are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a composite textile and its method, and the method comprises providing a fabric layer and a membrane layer, wherein the melting point of the fabric layer is higher than that of the membrane layer; attaching the fabric layer to the membrane layer to form a stacked structure; heating the stacked structure at a pre-heat temperature, and then heating and pressing the stacked structure at a hot-press temperature and under a hot-press pressure to form a combined structure, wherein the pre-heat temperature is lower than the hot-pressure temperature, and the hot-press pressure is between 0.1 kg/cm2 and 100 kg/cm2; and cooling the combined structure to obtain a composite textile. The method of the present invention does not use any organic solvent and the problem of residual organic solvents in the composite textile is avoided.

Abstract: A method and system for creating a continuous stream of elements of garments. With a multi-line fusing press: simultaneously and continuously, for each line of a plurality of lines, each line having a corresponding blower, a corresponding guide, and a corresponding feeder: passing a first substrate under the corresponding blower for the line and into the corresponding guide for the line; feeding, using the corresponding feeder for the line, a continuous fusible substrate into the corresponding guide for the line to position the fusible substrate above the first substrate; feeding, via the corresponding guide for the line and into the multi-line fusing press, a combination of the fusible substrate and the first substrate, the fusible substrate positioned above the first substrate; and the multi-line fusing press pressing the combination of the fusible substrate positioned above the continuous first substrate. The first substrate may be compacted by a multi-line compactor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithographic printing plate precursor includes the steps of providing a support as a web, coating an image recording layer on the front side of the support, and depositing a back layer on the back side of the support using a deposition technique which is capable of depositing the back layer according to a predefined image. The method enables stacking and recutting of lithographic printing plate precursors without the need for interleafs.

Abstract: The printing machine comprises an impression cylinder (10) having a support surface (10a) supporting a web substrate (S), a pressure roller (12) pressing the web substrate (S) against the impression cylinder (10), one or more printing units (14) for printing ink on said web substrate (S) supported on the impression cylinder (10), and a liquid applying unit (18) for applying liquid insoluble with the ink being printed on the support surface (10a) of the impression cylinder (10) upstream of said pressure roller (12), said liquid forming a liquid layer (L) on at least one specific area of the support surface (10a) of the impression cylinder (10), so that the liquid layer (L) provides an ink-repellent coating on areas of the support surface (10a) not covered by the web substrate (S) and optionally an increased bonding of the web substrate (S) to the support surface (10a).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heating device includes preparing a substrate having a curved surface; and forming a heating body on the substrate, the heating body generating heat with a supply of electric current. The forming of the heating body includes pressing a screen toward the substrate with an aid of a pressing member while rotating the substrate and moving the screen, and transferring application liquid that is to form the heating body to the substrate through the screen. In the forming of the heating body, the pressing member is in contact with the screen at a position on an upstream side with respect to a transfer position in a direction of movement of the screen.

Abstract: A method and a device for printing and drying a plastic film web, especially a polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), or polyethylene (PE) film web, employ several offset printing mechanisms for printing the film web with different ink applications and at least one flame drying station. The device also includes a drawing roller, which is arranged between a last printing mechanism and the at least one flame drying station, contacts the unprinted surface of the film web, and applies tension to the film web.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a manufacturing process of packing labels with Heat Transfer technology, wherein alphanumeric codes are sequentially applied over, between and/or under the layers of specific inks and varnishes which protect said area of eventual friction and wear to which they are subject during transportation, handling and productive tests.

Abstract: A sheet-fed printing press includes a printing cylinder and a high-precision sensor system for monitoring a sheet run in the area of the printing cylinder. At least one gage, which is mounted on the printing cylinder, can be detected by the sensor system. It is particularly advantageous if the sensor system is configured to be self-calibrating. A method for calibrating a sensor system and a method for aligning a sensor system are also provided.

Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a recording head, a recording-position information obtaining unit configured to obtain recording position information of a plurality of recording elements a plurality of times at an interval of an arbitrary period, a recording-position chronological change information calculating unit configured to calculate chronological change information of the recording position for each recording element, a medium type specifying unit configured to specify a type of a medium using the chronological change information of the recording position for each recording element, and a parameter setting unit configured to automatically set at least either one of a recording parameter and an abnormality detection parameter in correspondence with the specified type of medium.

Abstract: A apparatus and method for printing an image on a non-cylindrical circularly symmetrical surface of an object using a printhead with inkjet nozzles with tips in a nozzle plane by rotating the object about the longitudinal axis of the surface while a print engine controller drives the printhead in space and controls the operation of the nozzle tips within a predetermined print gap along the surface to print the image.

Abstract: Droplet ejection amounts are adjusted during a process of generating raster data, and this process is realized by a control circuit. The sum total of droplet ejection amounts exceeds 100% as for three nozzles while the sum total of droplet ejection amount is below 100% as for one nozzle, which is repeated at some nozzle numbers. The sum total of droplet ejection amounts is 100% in a normal portion. As such, in the case where this sum total is taken as a reference amount, the sum total of droplet ejection amounts for each raster in a region where overlap printing is performed is sequentially changed to be equal to or greater than the reference amount in the normal region where the overlap printing is not performed, and to be equal to or smaller than the above reference amount.

Abstract: A method of generating print data includes: generating dot map data in which pieces of ink droplet discharging data for creating dots forming a printed image are arranged, for respective nozzles, at positions corresponding to positions of the dots; performing first correction in which positions of the pieces of ink droplet discharging data in the dot map data are corrected in a scanning direction based on position shift information that indicates an amount of shift of actual dot positions from intended dot positions formed in accordance with the dot map data, and corrected dot map data is generated; and performing second correction in which the positions of the pieces of ink droplet discharging data in the corrected dot map data are corrected in the scanning direction based on the corrected dot map data and information about a combination of nozzles used for forming the printed image.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a printed matter producing device including a unique information acquiring portion, an identifier determining portion, a bar-coding portion, and a control portion. The unique information acquiring portion is configured to acquire unique information uniquely retained by the printed matter producing device. The identifier determining portion is configured to read a template so as to determine whether a predetermined collection identifier exists or not in the read template. The bar-coding portion is configured to generate and expand print data to a printing buffer in the case that the collection identifier is present, the print data having the unique information acquired and assigned to contents of the bar-code object included in the template. The control portion is configured to, by using the print data expanded to the printing buffer, to produce the printed matter having a bar-code print portion corresponding to the bar-code object.

Abstract: Systems and methods of mitigating the effects of crosstalk in an inkjet head. An inkjet head has ink channels that jet droplets of a liquid material using piezoelectric actuators. Drive waveforms provided to the piezoelectric actuators include jetting pulses that cause activation of the piezoelectric actuators to jet the droplets from the ink channels. When crosstalk exists between the ink channels of the inkjet head due to the piezoelectric actuators, the amplitude of the jetting pulses are modified to mitigate the crosstalk between the ink channels.

Abstract: A motor drive circuit which drives a motor, includes a driving unit that supplies a drive current to the motor on the basis of a control signal, an amplification unit that amplifies a potential difference between a first node of a wire, through which at least a portion of the drive current flows, and a second node of the wire, and a controller that generates the control signal on the basis of comparison between the potential difference amplified by the amplification unit and a threshold voltage.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus uses a drive signal including a micro-vibration waveform which causes the piezoelectric element to micro-vibrate such that an ink is not discharged from the nozzle in a case of being applied to the piezoelectric element as the drive signal and a drive waveform which deforms piezoelectric element such that the ink is discharged from the nozzle in a case of being applied to the piezoelectric element as the drive signal. The presentation unit selectably presents the indirect information from which the ink discharge status can be estimated such as the types of ink and the usage status of the ink or the like. The control unit changes the strength of the micro-vibration caused by the micro-vibration waveform based on the indirect information selected on the presentation unit.

Abstract: A liquid injection device includes a driving signal generation circuit generating a driving signal, and a driving signal supply circuit supplying a portion of, or an entirety of, the driving signal to the actuator. The driving signal generation circuit generates at least one driving pulse included in a dedicated large dot driving signal before a small dot driving signal and a medium dot driving signal. The driving signal supply circuit includes a small dot supplier supplying the small dot driving signal to the actuator; a medium dot supplier supplying the medium dot driving signal, and not supplying the small dot driving signal, to the actuator; and a large dot supplier supplying the small dot driving signal, the medium dot driving signal and the dedicated large dot driving signal to the actuator.

Abstract: Systems and method of maintaining a uniform temperature distribution in an inkjet head. The inkjet head includes a plurality of ink channels that jet droplets of a liquid material onto a medium using piezoelectric actuators. A temperature controller includes a non-jetting pulse generator that provides non-jetting pulses to one or more of the piezoelectric actuators to generate heat. The non-jetting pulses cause the the piezoelectric actuators to actuate without jetting a droplet from its corresponding ink channel.

Abstract: A head driving device drives a liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection head includes a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of pressure generating devices provided respectively corresponding to the nozzles. The head driving device includes a driving-waveform correcting unit configured to correct driving waveform data that defines ejection characteristics of liquid to be ejected from the nozzle based on interference patterns expressing variations in the ejection characteristics caused by an interference occurring in the nozzle.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a plurality of liquid delivery channels, and a deformation unit. The plurality of nozzles discharges liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The plurality of liquid delivery channels is communicated with the plurality of individual liquid chambers. Each of the plurality of liquid delivery channels includes a channel portion at a partition wall between adjacent individual liquid chambers of the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The deformation unit deforms at least a portion of the channel portion.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a medium transport mechanism that transports a recording medium in a transport direction, a print head that ejects a liquid onto the recording medium, a printing section that performs printing by ejecting a liquid from the print head onto the recording medium based on print data, and a controller that controls a suspension and a resumption of a printing operation at a dividing position that has been designated in the print data.