Abstract: A vacuum carrier module includes a substrate having at least one hole and an edge region. There is at least one support on a top surface of the substrate. Further, a gel film is adhered to the edge region of the substrate. The at least one hole fluidly connects a reservoir located above the top surface of the substrate. A method of using a vacuum carrier module includes planarizing a gel film by passing an alignment material through a hole in a substrate to contact a first surface of the gel film, positioning at least one chip on a second surface of the gel film opposite the first surface. The method further includes encasing the at least one chip in a molding material and applying a vacuum to the first surface of the gel film.

Abstract: Evacuable, stable mold having a design obtained by thermal deformation at temperatures ?240° C. and corresponding to a fiber composite plastic component to be produced, consisting of an at least two-layered thermoplastic, vacuum-tight plastic film from a surface layer which is made of at least one thermoplastic polyamide or copolyimide, which has optionally functional groups, and a separating layer which form the inner side and is made of at least one thermoplastic fluorinated copolymer which has functional groups.

Abstract: An oven for cleaning molds, die nozzles and components for apparatuses for processing plastic materials in general, comprising a basket adapted to contain the molds to be cleaned, and a heating bell adapted to heat the molds contained in the basket, the bell can be moved away and upward with respect to the die-carrying basket in order to facilitate access to the die-carrying basket.

Abstract: A method and a system for heating of a casting mold, in particular for heating of casting molds for cosmetic products, is described. The system comprises at least an inductor for generating of at least one alternating magnetic field and at least one casting mold, wherein the casting mold consists substantially of a plastic material or an elastomer and is permeated with at least one additive, wherein the additive may be inductively heated.

Abstract: A former assembly for the manufacture of dip product, the assembly comprising: a thermally conductive outer layer in the shape of said product, said outer layer arranged to receive a film of elastomer; a mounting for mounting said former assembly to a former holder for engagement with a conveyor chain; a heating medium within said outer layer, said heating medium in communication with an energy source for heating said medium; wherein said heating medium arranged to apply heat through said outer layer so as to cure said resin.

Abstract: Provided is method for manufacturing a molded article that has a first portion, and a second portion that rises up from the first portion, the method comprising: placing a second material on a surface of a first material; the first material containing a reinforcing fiber (A) with a length exceeding 30 mm and a thermoplastic resin (B), the reinforcing fiber (A) being dispersed in the first material, and, the thermoplastic resin (B) being not substantially impregnated into the reinforcing fiber (A), and the second material containing a reinforcing fiber (a) with a length of 1 to 30 mm and a thermoplastic resin (b), the reinforcing fiber (a) being dispersed into the second material, and, the thermoplastic resin (b) being not substantially impregnated into the reinforcing fiber (a),and simultaneously forming the first portion and the second portion by one stroke of pressing, with a cohesive strength of the thermoplastic resin (B) and the thermoplastic resin (b) of 2 N/15 mm or larger, where the cohesive strength

Abstract: A compression molding assembly for molding a honeycomb core, including a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of walls, of a blocker door is provided. The compression molding assembly includes a ram plate comprising a plurality of openings defined therethrough and a plurality of core inserts coupled to the ram plate such that the plurality of core inserts are configured to form the honeycomb core of the blocker door. Each core insert is removably coupled with a respective opening of the plurality of openings such that each core insert is configured to form a respective cell of the plurality of cells.

Abstract: A foam wall panel contains: a prepolymer PU leather layer and a polyurethane (PU) foaming substrate. The prepolymer PU leather layer has a thickness of 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, and the PU foaming substrate has a density of 0.2 g/cm3 to 0.29 g/cm3. A foam mold is configured to melt and to adhere the prepolymer PU leather layer with a part of the PU foaming substrate so as to form a body, and a thickness of a cross section of the PU foaming substrate is within 0.5 cm to 2 cm. A holder has a cavity, a first radian, multiple orifices, and an air channel, wherein the air channel has successive arcuations arranged therein so as to exhaust air and to accommodate the part of the PU foaming substrate. A cover is rotatably connected with a first end of the holder, and the cover includes a second radian corresponding to the cavity.

Abstract: Method for producing a plastic component for the interior of a motor vehicle. According to said method, secondary carbon fibers are provided and those secondary carbon fibers are added to a polymer and a plastic component is formed from said polymer.

Abstract: A rotary mold type injection molding machine and a method for exchanging mold members of a rotary mold type injection molding machine are provided which enable relatively easy mold member exchange in a short time. The rotary mold type injection molding machine includes a fixed platen, a movable platen which is opened and closed in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed platen, and a rotary table to which mold members are mounted and which is rotatably provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen. A mold-member moving mechanism which horizontally moves the mold member upon mold member exchange is provided on the rotary table.

Abstract: A rotary mold type injection molding machine and a method for exchanging molds of a rotary mold type injection molding machine. The rotary mold type injection molding machine includes a fixed platen, a movable platen which is opened and closed in a horizontal direction with respect to the fixed platen, and a rotary table to which a plurality of molds is mounted and which is rotatably provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen. The rotary mold type injection molding machine further includes: a mold member which is configured of a plurality of molds and mold mounting plates to which the plurality of molds is mounted; and a mounting portion which is provided on the rotary table provided on one of the fixed platen and the movable platen and on which the mold mounting plate is mounted when the mold member is fixed.

Abstract: An injection molded product is disclosed and includes a shingle resembling a cedar shingle tile formed from an amorphous or semi-crystalline thermoplastic and having a wood grain direction. The injection molded product also includes streaks in the shingle that are substantially parallel to the wood grain direction and the streaks extend through an interior of the shingle and appear as contrasting streaks on an exterior of the shingle to form a variegated wood grain appearance. The injection molded product further includes an injection molded vestige in the shingle. The injection molded vestige is located adjacent to a perimeter of the shingle and the injection molded vestige comprises a location at which material entered an injection mold through a gate.

Abstract: A resin composition useful for making an inside door handle with a skin-core structure made by using co-injection, an inside door handle manufactured using the resin composition, and a method for manufacturing such a door handle are provided herein.

Abstract: A bearing holder is to be formed by injecting a melted resin, from a plurality of resin injection gates provided at a peripheral edge portion of a substantially annular cavity formed in a molding die, into the cavity. At least one column portion is provided with a resin reservoir capable of reserving therein the melted resin. A cross-sectional area of a communication portion of the resin reservoir configured to communicate with the column portion is equal to or smaller than ¼ of a cross-sectional area of the resin injection gate.

Abstract: A resin filling method that includes the steps of filling in a filling step the filling clearance with the molten resin pressurized by the pressurizing unit, through the first flow path and the second flow path, with the laminated core being held between the flow path plate in contact with the upper mold and the lower mold; moving the upper mold and the pressurizing unit up with respect to the flow path plate to create a space between the upper mold and the flow path plate; removing residual resin in a resin removing step remaining in the second flow path in the flow path plate, with the flow path plate being located on the laminated core; and moving in a core removing step the flow path plate up from the laminated core and then removing the laminated core from the lower mold.

Abstract: An apparatus for molding plastic elements includes a device for injection molding elements made of plastics and a device for unloading the molded plastic elements from the molding device. The molding device is associated with an extraction plate adapted to move, on command, at least one part of the molding device in order to allow the unloading of the plastic elements. The extraction plate is connected functionally, by way of posts to an actuation element and an abutment body and further actuation elements are provided which act between the abutment body and the actuation element and are adapted to move, substantially parallel to the direction of extension of the posts, the actuation element with respect to the abutment body. The abutment body is arranged between the extraction plate and the actuation element.

Abstract: A mold clamping device of an injection molding machine supports a motor fixing member configured to fix a mold opening/closing motor to a rear platen, on a base frame through a support member and slide plates. When viewed from a direction of a drive shaft of the mold opening/closing motor, the width of the support member is formed to progressively increase outwardly from the motor fixing member toward the base frame, and on a portion of the support member that is located on the base frame side, the slide plates are provided at at least both ends of the portion in a width direction of the support member.

Abstract: A post mold cooling system for cooling preforms is disclosed. The post mold cooling system includes a take-out device that is configured to remove preforms from a molding area and deliver them to a post mold cooling area, and a cooling station that is configured to cool the preforms. A first transfer device is configured to transfer the preforms between the take-out device and the cooling station, and a second transfer device is configured to transfer the preforms away from the cooling station.

Abstract: An injection molding machine uses a controller to effectively control its operation. The controller may determine and/or receive information regarding the machine's maximum load capacity, and may also determine a current operational load value of the machine. The controller may cause the machine to operate at any number of combinations of settings of operational parameters which result in the machine operating at or below the maximum load value by adjusting any number of machine parameters associated with the injection molding machine based on feedback sensors measuring real-time operating conditions of the machine.

Abstract: An injection molding machine uses a controller to effectively control its operation. The controller may determine and/or receive information regarding the machine's maximum load capacity, and may also determine a current operational load value of the machine. The controller also may determine a number of set points used to operate the machine. The controller may cause the machine to operate at these set points, thereby resulting in the machine operating at or below the maximum load value by adjusting any number of machine parameters associated with the injection molding machine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for manufacturing rotational spun materials. The rotational spun materials are medical appliances or other prostheses made of, constructed from, covered or coated with rotational spun materials, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

Abstract: A method for fabricating an embodiment of a medical device comprising the steps of: preparing a biodegradable polymeric structure; coating the biodegradable polymeric structure with a polymeric coat including a pharmacological or biological agent; cutting the structure into patterns configured to allow for crimping of the cut structure and expansion of the cut structure after crimping into a deployed configuration.

Abstract: A seal system includes a male body and a female body that are slidable in relation to one another in an axial direction and between which an interstice is arranged. Plastics in pasty state pass through the interstice to a chamber partially defined by at least one of the aforementioned bodies. An elastic strip is arranged in the interstice to prevent leakage of the plastics.

Abstract: A mixer structure for a film die for a polymer melt includes multiple web elements. The web elements include a first web element and a second web element. The first web element and the second web element include at least an end, which is connected to a base. A film die includes a first tool element, a second tool element, and a flow channel for the polymer melt extending between the first tool element and the second tool element. The mixer structure is arranged in the flow channel. The mixer structure is held in at least one of the tool elements by a holding element.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing a vacuum formed extruded polymer product employing a plurality of continuously advancing upper and lower mold portions each mounted upon their own track mounted carriage. The adjacent carriages secured to one another by at least one link pin and advanced about the track by at least one drive pin extending outwardly from each carriage for engagement with the flutes of a scroll drive. A lift member is mounted to each lower mold portion for engagement with a closure member wherein as the lift member advances against the closure member on-ramp the lower mold portion elevates until the lift member engages a constant elevation segment wherein the extruded sheet is disposed between the operable vacuum of the upper mold portion and the lower mold portion until the lift member descends the exit ramp of the closure member at the end of the vacuum forming process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoforming mold for EVA, comprising an upper aluminum mold and a lower aluminum mold, both of which are hinged and each provided with a handle, wherein, the upper aluminum mold is provided with a raised pattern, and the lower aluminum mold is provided with a sunken cavity, characterized in that an upper passage passing through the inside of the pattern is provided inside the upper aluminum mold, a lower passage passing through the bottom of the cavity is provided inside the lower aluminum mold, the upper passage has a first opening in the inner surface of the upper aluminum mold, the lower passage has a second opening corresponding to and communicated with the first opening in the inner surface of the lower aluminum mold, and both sides of the lower passage are provided with a vapor/water inlet and a vapor/water outlet respectively.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling. A liner sheet may be attached to the feedstock sheet prior to, during, or after forming and can be peelable therefrom.

Abstract: A film stretching plant is described, which comprises a furnace (3), which consists of several treatment zones (1, 1a) which each respectively comprise a ventilation unit (2). The film (4) is suppliable to the furnace (3) through a film inlet region (5) and is thermally treatable zone-wise in the treatment zones (1, 1a). The treatment fluid (6) supplied to the film stretching plant flows over the film (4) on its upper surface and its lower surface in the treatment zones (1, 1a). In the film stretching plant according to the invention, the treatment fluid (6) is circulatable in the respective treatment zone (1, a) by its associated respective ventilation unit (2) for the thermal treatment of the film (4), and a portion (6a) of the treatment fluid (6) is conveyed from the respective treatment zone (1) to the process-technically following treatment zone (1a).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and device of film stepless biaxial tension based on saddle-shaped surface transition.

Abstract: The present invention is a flexible mold with variable thickness which is a mold body with nano-imprinting micro-structure, and the mold body is gradually thickened from its periphery to the middle. When the flexible mold with variable thickness of the present invention is subjected to a force or displaced, a larger amount of compression may be produced to cause a larger contact pressure between the micro-structure at the bottom of the mold body and the imprinted object, and to control the amount of deformation of the mold body upon stripping by the thickness difference of the mold body for overcoming the previous defect caused by the excessive draft angle or sharp pressure release.

Abstract: An ultrasonic tooling system for texturing a workpiece includes a horn having an end portion forming an interface with the surface of the workpiece. The end portion of the horn has a texture formed thereon. As a result of a high frequency ultrasonic vibration, the surface of the workpiece takes on a mirror image of the texture of the end portion of the horn. Alternately, the texture may be formed on an anvil and wherein, as a result of a lower frequency ultrasonic vibration, the surface of the workpiece corresponding to the anvil takes on a mirror image of the texture of the upper surface of the anvil.

Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional object and a three-dimensional object manufacturing method that can facilitate handling compared to the conventional art even if the object is large. A three-dimensional object includes a frame and parts to be attached to the frame, where the parts each includes a tubular body interiorly formed with a cavity, and at least one part of the frame is arranged in the cavity.

Abstract: The method includes a three-dimensional structure forming step of stacking the ink layers to form a three-dimensional structure including the three-dimensional object and a support member that supports the three-dimensional object, and a separating step of separating the support member from the three-dimensional object subsequent to the three-dimensional structure forming step. Subsequent to the separating step, the support member is combined with the three-dimensional object to protect the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: A forming apparatus configured to form a three-dimensional object includes a head configured to extrude build materials and a controller configured to control extrusion of the materials by the head. The three-dimensional object includes a colored region that is colored using a coloring material among the materials. The head includes a head for coloring that is an extrusion head configured to extrude the coloring material in multi-step variable amounts of droplets. The controller is configured to control the amount of droplets of the coloring material extruded by the head for coloring.

Abstract: Devices and methods are described that provide printing of three-dimensional objects using reactive materials such as materials that result in a polyurethane formulation. Three-dimensional printing in accordance with the present disclosure can be performed using an inkjet printer or other systems that deposit or dispense material. A formulation made up of two or more reactive materials and, optionally, one or more UV-curable materials is also provided. The materials can be jetted based on a desired configuration to achieve a maximum reaction between materials, and can be based on desired jetting or molar ratios. By heating or applying energy on the jetted materials, their reaction and related solidifying can be accelerated. Corrective printing is also provided for, and can be used at desired intervals to eliminate printing errors relative to the object as modeled. Systems and methods used in conjunction with all of the same are provided.

Abstract: A shaping device that shapes a 3D object includes: an inkjet head, which is a discharging head and discharges a material of shaping; a main scanning driver; a layering direction driver; and a controller, where the controller causes the inkjet head to carry out a plurality of main scanning operations with respect to each position within a plane orthogonal to a layering direction, and when an amount of the material of shaping discharged from the inkjet head per unit area in one main scanning operation with respect to a region to which the material of shaping is to be discharged is defined as a unit area discharging amount, the unit area discharging amount in some main scanning operations is less than the unit area discharging amount in the other main scanning operations of the plurality of main scanning operations carried out with respect to each position.

Abstract: A process and printer systems for printing a three-dimensional object are disclosed. The processes may include providing a non-crosslinked peroxydicarbonate-branched polypropylene filament, flake, pellet, or powder adapted for one of a fused deposition modeling (Arburg Plastic Freeforming) printer or a fused filament fabrication printer; and printing the non-crosslinked peroxydicarbonate-branched polypropylene with fused deposition modeling (Arburg Plastic Freeforming) printer or a fused filament fabrication printer to form a three-dimensional article. The printer systems may include one or more print heads for printing a polymer provided in filament, powder, flake, or pellet form to form a three-dimensional article; and one or more feed systems for providing a non-crosslinked peroxydicarbonate-branched polypropylene to a respective print head.

Abstract: A method of 3D printing an article is described, the method comprising the steps of projecting images onto a liquid resin from a plurality of cooperating image sources; aligning the images from the first and second sources at least in a single 2D plane in the liquid resin; moving a plate relative to the 2D plane, wherein the moving is substantially continuous; and allowing the liquid resin to cure upon expose to the image in the 2D plane, thereby forming the printed article. The curing of the resin under the influence of the light emitted from the plurality of image sources can allow for a fast printing process.

Abstract: A method of direct-write manufacturing (3D printing) includes a simple to manufacture printhead configured to create sheathed flow. The method is operable at room temperature and suitable for use with sensitive materials.

Abstract: A three dimensional manufactured product is manufactured A speed of filing an uncured light curing resin in a space for a next layer is enhanced, to improve a manufacturing speed. One surface of a container housing a light curing resin is configured by a gas-permeable sheet that faces the light curing resin, and transmits irradiation light of a light irradiating apparatus, and a light transmitting plate disposed at an outer side of the container from the gas permeable member. A pressurizing chamber controllable in pressure by a pressure controlling apparatus is defined between the gas-permeable sheet and the light transmitting plate. At moving a manufacturing stage, an inside of the pressurizing chamber is de-pressurized to cause the gas-permeable sheet to perform concave surface deformation, and at a time of performing light irradiation, gas in the pressurizing chamber is caused to permeate into the light curing resin by pressurizing.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for additive manufacturing of at least one three-dimensional object (2) by successive selective solidification of individual construction material layers (3) of a particulate construction material (4) that can be solidified by means of an energy beam (6) generated by a beam generation device (5), comprising at least one beam generation device (5) for the generation of an energy beam (6) and at least one coating device (9) for forming a construction material layer to be solidified in a construction plane (3), characterized by at least one fluidization device (10) provided for at least sectional fluidization of the construction material (4) that can be applied as a construction material layer to be selectively solidified and/or the construction material (4) applied as a construction material layer to be selectively solidified.

Abstract: Provided is a 3D printer. The 3D printer includes a material casing accommodating a modeling material for modeling a 3D model, a light source unit supplying light onto the modeling material to cure the modeling material, a stage on which the modeling material cured by the light source unit is seated, the stage being disposed movable into the material casing, a stage driving unit connected to the stage to provide a driving force for moving the stage, and a control unit controlling operations of the light source unit and the stage driving unit. The light source unit is provided as an LED assembly for surface-illustrating light onto the modeling material.

Abstract: A stereolithography machine including a vector scanning optical unit comprising a first and a second micro-opto-electromechanical systems (MOEMS) arranged in series one after the other with respect to a travelling path of a predefined radiation is disclosed. Each MOEMS system includes a mirror with a supporting structure through articulation means configured so as to define for said mirror a rotation axis (X1, X2). An actuator is suited to move said mirror around said rotation axis (X1, X2) in a quasi-static manner at an angular speed so that a corresponding marking speed of a laser beam on a reference surface is comprised between about 0.5 m/s and about 3 m/s when said laser source is emitting said predetermined radiation during said vector scanning. The rotation axis (X1) of the mirror of the first MOEMS system is incident to the rotation axis (X2) of the mirror of the second MOEMS system.

Abstract: A method includes an object segment forming step of forming a plurality of object segments and a joining step of joining the plurality of object segments to each other via joint surfaces. The object segment forming step includes forming a first object segment having an upper surface serving as a first joint surface and a second object segment having an upper surface serving as a second joint surface or forming the first object segment having a lower surface serving as the first joint surface and the second object segment having a lower surface serving as the second joint surface.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device that discharges an ultraviolet curing ink from an ink jet head toward a working surface and curing the ink to shape a three-dimensional object on the working surface; the three-dimensional shaping device includes a control unit that executes a shaping control related to shaping of the three-dimensional object; and an input unit, connected to the control unit, for setting a shaping mode prepared in advance according to a shaping condition of the three-dimensional object; wherein the control unit executes the shaping control based on shaping data of the three-dimensional object including a color profile related to a hue of the three-dimensional object; the color profile is associated with the shaping mode; and when the shaping mode is set through the input unit, the control unit executes the shaping control based on the color profile associated with the set shaping mode.

Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional object, a three-dimensional object manufacturing method, and a 3D data generation program that can facilitate handling compared to the conventional art even if the object is large. A three-dimensional object includes: a shell portion internally formed with a cavity; and a filling material that is filled in the cavity, and the filling material has a smaller specific gravity than the shell portion. The shell portion is configured by a plurality of parts, and the shell portion is formed with a filling material introducing port for introducing the filling material into the cavity when filling the filling material into the cavity, and a gas discharging port for discharging gas in the cavity to outside the cavity when filling the filling material into the cavity.

Abstract: A system is configured to form a three dimensional (3D) object having multiple zones within the three dimensional object. The zones differ from each other according to system operational parameters. The system is operable to perform a method including: (1) receiving a solid model file, (2) generating a shell of the 3D object based on the file, (3) dividing the shell into zones, (4) defining or selecting parameters for forming the zones, (5) forming layer data defining layers of the 3D object, and creating a tool path from the layer data including merging layer data for the zones.

Abstract: A method of determining a type of support structure for a three-dimensional (3D) object formed by additive manufacturing includes receiving solid model of the 3D object; performing a geometric analysis of the solid model to identify a region of the 3D object requiring a support structure; performing stress and warping analyses of the solid model at the region so identified, including one or more heuristic algorithms applied to the solid model, and excluding finite element analysis of a corresponding finite element model of the 3D object; selecting a type of support structure to place at the region so identified, the type of support structure being selected based on the stress and warping analyses so performed; and generating a shell of the 3D object based on the solid model, and including the support structure at the region so identified and of the type so selected.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional body. This method includes placing around an in-process three-dimensional body a support configured to hold up the in-process three-dimensional body and producing the three-dimensional body while holding up the in-process three-dimensional body with the support. This method is characterized in that the support is made from a support material including multiple materials with different melting points, and that the support is placed in such a manner that a first material, the material with the lowest melting point, flows with the others remaining solid.

Abstract: Apparatus configured to enable the staking of an interfacing part to a base is provided. The apparatus includes a retainer configured to convey a stake and the interfacing part to the base. The apparatus is further configured to provide a heat and/or vibration to effect the simultaneous attachment of the stake to the base and the interfacing part to the base.