Abstract: A shape memory polymer thermal interface material (SMP TIM) pad may be deformed to a deformed SMP TIM pad. The deformed SMP TIM pad may be mated to a first surface of a computing chip. A heat dissipating structure may be mated to the deformed SMP TIM pad opposite of the first surface of the computing chip. A loading force may be applied to the SMP TIM pad. The deformed SMP TIM pad may be heated to a reformation temperature. The heat dissipating structure may be fastened to the computing chip using one or more fasteners.

Abstract: A machine and method for making bags is described and includes a web traveling from an input section to a rotary drum, to an output section. The rotary drum includes at least one seal bar, having a single sealing zone, and a weakening zone disposed within the single sealing zone. The single sealing zone may be a heated perforator, includes a heating wire. The heating wire may be an NiCr wire stitched into the heater, and be disposed on a cap or on the seal bar. The weakening zone may create a line of weakness that is uniform or varies in intensity. The sealing zone may include temperature zones, cartridge heaters, cooling air, or heated air, or a source of ultrasonic, microwave or radiative energy.

Abstract: An assembling device is disclosed. The assembling device is used to assemble a plastic frame and a back plate together and includes: a pressing mechanism configured to press a region of the plastic frame; and a supporting device. The supporting device includes: a supporting platform configured to support the back plate and the plastic frame; and a supporting frame configured to support the pressing mechanism. The pressing mechanism is configured to contact the plastic frame at least one contact point, and a direction of a resultant force of forces applied at the at least one contact point by the pressing mechanism is at an acute angle with respect to a plane where a top surface of the plastic frame lies.

Abstract: An energy system for applying energy to a workpiece includes a first energy application device, mounted such that the first energy application device has a fixed position relative to the workpiece during energy application; a second energy application device, mounted such that the second energy application device has a moveable position relative to the workpiece to apply energy to the workpiece at a point moving progressively across the workpiece, wherein one of the first and second energy application devices is an anvil and the other of the first and second energy application devices is an ultrasonic bonder; and a controller for regulating the application of energy to the workpiece, wherein the controller is configured to adjust progressively across the workpiece one or more of bonder vibration amplitude versus position on the workpiece, bonder pressure versus position on the workpiece, and horn travel velocity versus position on the workpiece.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method for delivering a flowable material from a nozzle of a programmable computer numeric control (CNC) machine, the nozzle being configured to translate along a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes. In one embodiment, the method includes actuating an extruder to form a flowable material, delivering the flowable material to a pump, sensing a pressure of the flowable material, and adjusting at least one of a speed of the extruder and a speed of the pump based on at least one of the sensed pressure and a rate of translation of the nozzle along one or more of the first, second, and third axes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for forming a three dimensional (3D) part. The system may incorporate a beam delivery subsystem for generating optical signals, and a mask subsystem that receives the optical signals and generates optical images therefrom. A first one of the optical images activates a polymerization species of a photo-sensitive resin in accordance with illuminated areas thereof, to thus cause polymerization of select portions of the photo-sensitive resin to help form a layer of the 3D part. A second one of the optical images causes stimulated emission depletion of subportions of the polymerization species, simultaneously, over various areas of the layer, to enhance resolution of at least one subportion of the select portions of the photo-sensitive resin.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a radiant energy source is used to selectively cure a layer of resin to form a workpiece. The method includes: curing a first portion of the layer using a first application of radiant energy at a first energy level; and curing a second portion of the layer using a second application of radiant energy at a second energy level different from the first energy level.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a build device and an optical projection engine. The build device includes a curing tank, a photocurable material and a build platform, and the photocurable material and the build platform is disposed in the curing tank. The optical projection engine has a zoom lens for projecting image beams with at least a first pixel size and a second pixel size on the build platform to cure the photocurable material, and the first pixel size is different to the second pixel size.

Abstract: A filament cutting device for a three-dimensional (3D) printer, the 3D printer including an extruder assembly that is configured to extrude filament onto a printing platform, the filament cutting device including: a first portion attached to the extruder assembly of the 3D printer and a second portion, where each of at least one of the first and second portions includes a respective cutting edge for cutting the filament.

Abstract: An example system for printing three-dimensional (3D) objects includes a computer processor and a computer memory including instructions that cause the computer processor to receive a 3D model of a 3D object to be printed. The computer memory also includes instructions that cause the computer processor to generate a perforated brim model of a perforated brim object to be printed based on the 3D model. The perforated brim model includes a perforation pattern. The computer memory also further includes instructions that cause the computer processor to cause a 3D printer to print the perforated brim object and the 3D object. The perforation pattern of the perforated brim object is to be coupled to the 3D object.

Abstract: A 3D printer includes a gantry configured to move in a plane substantially parallel to a build plane. The system includes a platen configured to support a part being built in a layer by layer process, wherein the platen is configured to move in a direction substantially normal to the build plane. The system includes a head carriage carried by the gantry wherein the head carriage includes a first support member carrying a first retaining mechanism and a second support member carrying a second retailing mechanism. The first and second retaining mechanisms are both configured to receive and retain the print head or the additional equipment wherein both the removable print head and the removable additional equipment have substantially a same interface with the head carriage.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite tube and a method for producing a composite tube for a vehicle body. The method includes the steps of: providing a metal tube; forming the tube into a prespecified shape; introducing a spray gun into the tube; and spraying on a fiber coating in at least one region of the inner side of the tube using the spray gun. The fiber coating is a matrix material with embedded fibers. The method further includes removing the spray gun from the tube, and hardening the fiber coating. The present disclosure also provides a motor vehicle having a vehicle body which includes a composite tube.

Abstract: A method and system for fabricating a composite structure is provided. At least a first layer of reinforcement material is placed on a surface of a tool. At least a first layer of veil material is then wrapped around the first layer of reinforcement material while the first layer of reinforcement material is positioned on the tool to produce a first reinforced ply.

Abstract: A manufacturing tool for forming composite structures includes at least one interchangeable mold template having a plurality of incorporated part shapes, and a backbone that connects to and supports the at least one interchangeable mold template during a process of laying up prepreg composite material to form a plurality of three-dimensional structures corresponding to the plurality of incorporated part shapes.

Abstract: An actuatable flow media for the control of a flow rate of a liquid through the flow media, the actuatable flow media comprising a base having at least one cavity formed therein, at least one aperture formed in the cavity defining a liquid flow path for the entry of liquid into or exit of liquid from the flow media; a flexible membrane arranged in spaced relation with the base and defining a liquid flow path through the flow media; and an elastically deformable element arranged in the cavity and extending between the base and the flexible membrane for actuation between at least a first configuration in which the element is substantially undeformed and the liquid flow path through the at least one aperture is open and a second configuration in which the element is substantially deformed and the liquid flow path through the at least one aperture is closed.

Abstract: A method for dispensing a material into a mold for forming contact lenses, comprises the steps of: (1) providing a contact lens mold, (2) providing a dispensing needle, wherein the dispensing needle is made from a material having a surface energy less than 32 dynes/cm, (3) arranging the contact lens mold underneath the dispensing needle, (4) dispersing a fluid composition into a mold for making a contact lens, wherein the fluid composition comprises a lens-forming material, and the lens-forming material containing a solvent and is crosslinkable and/or polymerizable by thermal curing or actinic radiation.

Abstract: Fabricating a high refractive index photonic device includes disposing a polymerizable composition on a first surface of a first substrate and contacting the polymerizable composition with a first surface of a second substrate, thereby spreading the polymerizable composition on the first surface of the first substrate. The polymerizable composition is cured to yield a polymeric structure having a first surface in contact with the first surface of the first substrate, a second surface opposite the first surface of the polymeric structure and in contact with the first surface of the second substrate, and a selected residual layer thickness between the first surface of the polymeric structure and the second surface of the polymeric structure in the range of 10 ?m to 1 cm. The polymeric structure is separated from the first substrate and the second substrate to yield a monolithic photonic device having a refractive index of at least 1.6.

Abstract: A method for preparing an optical element which colors in a non-uniform linear pattern is provided.

Abstract: A bead wire payoff system is provided having a first coil mount configured to receive a first coil of bead wire and a second coil mount configured to receive a second coil of bead wire. The first and second coil mounts are configured to continuously pay-off a bead wire, first from the first coil of bead wire, and then from the second coil of bead wire upon exhaustion of the first coil of bead wire.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for baling recyclable materials and managing the baling of recyclable materials. The apparatus for baling includes a finger baler for continuous compressing and baling recyclable materials, a scale, label printer, and a processor. Certain embodiments further comprise at least one digital camera, RFID dispenser, and internet connection that allows the processor to transmit collected data to a remote database for further analysis. The disclosed method for baling recyclable materials comprising the steps of continuously adding and compressing materials; forming a completed bale; weighing the bale automatically using a digital scale operably connected to the processor; recording the bale weight automatically; and printing a label. Additionally, the method may comprise inputting information and/or automatically recording data, and/or automatically transmitting the data associated with a bale to a remote database.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a system and method for baling recyclable materials and managing the baling of recyclable materials. The apparatus for baling includes a baler for compressing and baling recyclable materials, a scale, label printer, and a processor. Certain embodiments further comprise at least one digital camera, RFID dispenser, and an internet connection that allows the processor to transmit collected data to a remote database for further analysis. The disclosed method for baling recyclable materials comprising the steps of baling materials; weighing the bale automatically using a digital scale operably connected to the processor; recording the weight of the bale automatically; and printing a label which displays the recorded weight of the bale. Additionally, the method may comprise inputting information and/or automatically recording data, and/or automatically transmitting the data associated with a bale to a remote database.

Abstract: An apparatus successively makes plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a protrusion, without specially supplying a web of bottom gusset material. A first web of panel material is folded along a first folded line at a position adjacent to a side edge of the first web, while a second web of panel material is folded along a second folded line at a position adjacent to a corresponding side edge of the second web. A first folded portion is formed in the first web. There exists a distance between the side edge and the first folded line, which is larger than twice a distance between the corresponding side edge and the second folded line by a predetermined distance, after being folded. The end surface is formed by the first folded portion, the protrusion being formed by the predetermined distance.

Abstract: A forming station for forming pairs of three side seal pouches including a shaped outer top surface and an inner forming slot. The inner forming slot has an upper portion extending from an upper entry edge, and a transition portion. The inner forming slot may further include a lower portion.

Abstract: The novel tissue products of the present invention are generally produced by calendering a tissue basesheet using at least one patterned roll. In one embodiment the patterned roll replaces the flat steel roll commonly used in calendering. The elements on the patterned roll provide a means of providing a nip having variable loading such that Z-direction variability in the web is reduced, yielding a smoother web, but without subjecting the web to excessive compression forces and preventing excessive caliper loss. Thus, webs converted according to the present invention tend to retain a greater percentage of their caliper and bulk when converted compared to webs converted using conventional calendering means.

Abstract: A lined pipe or fitting includes an outer layer containing high density polyethylene, and an inner layer containing a blend of poly(phenylene ether), polystyrene, and, optionally, a hydrogenated block copolymer. Relative to corresponding pipes and fittings made from high density polyethylene alone, the lined pipes and fittings exhibit improved resistance to chlorine and chlorine derivatives.

Abstract: A method for coating a surface of a moving part of a vehicle may include a coating preparation process of disposing a screen having a plurality of meshes to be distanced from a surface of the moving part of the vehicle to be coated depending on a predetermined spaced distance; and a coating layer deposition process of forming a coating layer having a pattern having a shape in which a plurality of embossings corresponding to the mesh shape is repeated on the surface of the moving part of the vehicle by a vacuum deposition scheme and forming the coating layer so that the adjacent emboss is connected to each other.

Abstract: A substrate has an elastomeric film having surfaces and a nonwoven web having fibers, wherein a plurality of fibers is partially embedded in one surface of the film. In addition, a substrate has an elastomeric film and a nonwoven web having fibers, wherein a plurality of fibers is partially embedded in one surface of the film, and wherein the substrate is essentially free of adhesives and film-based microfibers. A method for making a film/nonwoven composite includes providing an elastomeric film traveling in a machine direction; providing a nonwoven web traveling in the machine direction in face-to-face contact with the film, wherein the nonwoven web includes fibers; and impinging the elastomeric film with hydro jets such that at least some of the fibers become embedded in the film.

Abstract: Provided is a self-adsorbing foam sheet and a self-adsorbing laminated foam sheet which form almost no formaldehyde, have proper self adsorption strengths, and are excellent in smoothness; the self-adsorbing foam sheet being produced by the process comprising shaping foam that is obtained by foaming a resin composition for a self-adsorbing foam sheet, the resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer resin which includes an N-methylol group and whose glass transition temperature is ?10° C. or less, and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a carbodiimide crosslinking agent, into a sheet, and after said shaping, carrying out crosslinking reaction on the (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer resin; the self-adsorbing laminated foam sheet comprising an adsorbing layer consisting of the self-adsorbing foam sheet, and a supporting layer consisting of a base material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a washable multi-component magnetic floor mat with a hidden base component. The floor mat contains a textile component and a base component. The textile component and the base component are attached to one another by magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction is provided by incorporation of magnetic particles in both the textile and base components. The textile component is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways. The present invention eliminates the need to wash the base component of the floor mat which results in environmental, cost and labor conservation. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is also described herein.

Abstract: Provided are building panels comprising at least one magnet receptive element, methods for making such panels, and kits and methods for attaching objects to a panel without nails or screws.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for coating a zirconium alloy cladding of a fuel element for a nuclear water reactor. The composition includes a master alloy including one or more alloying elements selected from chromium, silicon and aluminum, a chemical activator and an inert filler. The alloying element(s) is deposited or are co-deposited on the cladding using a pack cementation process. When the coated zirconium alloy cladding is exposed to and contacted with water in a nuclear reactor, a protective oxide layer can form on the coated surface of the cladding.

Abstract: To provide a method of producing a laminated steel plate through which no conduction occurs between steel plates and productivity does not decrease. A method of producing a laminated steel plate by laminating a plurality of steel plates (1), including a coating process (P2) in which an adhesive (8) is applied to a surface (1a) of the steel plate (1) and a laminating process (P3) in which the steel plate (1) to which the adhesive (8) is applied and another steel plate (1) are laminated while shifting positions around an axis (C1), and the steel plate (1) and a laminate (12) are adhered using the adhesive (8).

Abstract: Coated articles and methods for applying coatings are described. The article may include a base material and a coating comprising silver formed thereon. In some embodiments, the coating comprises a silver-based alloy, such as a silver-tungsten alloy. The coating may, in some instances, include at least two layers. For example, the coating may include a first layer comprising a silver-based alloy and a second layer comprising a precious metal. The coating can exhibit desirable properties and characteristics such as durability (e.g., wear), hardness, corrosion resistance, and high conductivity, which may be beneficial, for example, in electrical and/or electronic applications. In some cases, the coating may be applied using an electrodeposition process.

Abstract: It is provided that the polyester-based film which has excellent aroma retaining property and corrosion resistance, and can be adhered to a metal plate at a low temperature. A polyester-based film for laminating a metal plate formed from a composition containing a polyester-based resin mainly consisting of ethylene terephthalate, wherein the polyester-based resin has a total content of ethylene terephthalate units and diethylene terephthalate units of not less than 95% by mol and not more than 98% by mol, in 100% by mol of the total constituent units of the polyester, and the content of indeterminate inorganic fine particles is 0.5 to 2.0% by mass, in 100% by mass of the composition.

Abstract: A hybrid metal composite (HMC) structure comprises tiers comprising fiber composite material structures, and additional tiers longitudinally adjacent one or more of the tiers and comprising perforated metallic structures and additional fiber composite material structures laterally adjacent the perforated metallic structures. Methods of forming an HMC structure, and related rocket motors and multi-stage rocket motor assemblies are also disclosed.

Abstract: A foam wall panel contains: a polyurethane (PU) layer and a polyurethane (PU) foaming substrate. The PU 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 PU 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: A plastic board has a metal net supporting the bottom surface of the plastic board. The plastic board encases the metal net by vacuum forming to make a composite structure. The plastic board thickness can be less than 1.0 mm. The metal net is disposed below the plastic board, the top surface of the plastic board is for placing items.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an article includes a transparent layer, wherein the transparent layer has a light transmission of greater than or equal to 3%; and a second layer comprising a composition, wherein the composition comprises an infrared transmissive additive, an infrared reflective additive, or a combination comprising one or both of the foregoing and a thermoplastic polymer, and wherein the composition has a light transmission of less than 30%; wherein the transparent layer has a first transparent layer surface and wherein the second layer is located on at least a portion of the first transparent layer surface and at least a portion of the first transparent layer surface is free of the second layer.

Abstract: A flexible display device includes: a display panel to generate an image; and a window member on the display panel, the window member including: a base film; and a polymer layer including a first part and a plurality of second parts having lower hardness than that of the first part.

Abstract: A heat-insulating transparent PVC sheet is formed from a PVC substrate having a thickness of 0.02-2.0 mm and contains heat-insulation pastes evenly distributed over the PVC substrate, since the heat-insulation paste contains an essential component of wolfram cesium powder (WCs) with a chemical formula of CsXNYWO3-ZClC and having a particle size of 0.005-2 ?m, the heat-insulating transparent PVC sheet has an excellent weatherability, and particularly before and after tested in 300-hour service life in line with ASTM G-154 specification, has a physical property of weatherability decay rate (%) small than 4%.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus and method of fabricating a display device are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the laminating apparatus includes a first jig, which is configured to fix a window having curved surfaces, and a second jig, which includes a pressure pad facing the first jig. The pressure pad includes a top surface, which is convex toward the first jig, and depressed portions, which are inwardly depressed from side surfaces, respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for pasting a warm edge spacer, comprising: a first and a second conveying mechanism; a rotating mechanism for driving the second conveying mechanism to rotate; a conveying tunnel set in both the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism; a pressing unit set at the front of the second conveying mechanism; a cutting unit set at the side of the pressing unit; a positioning unit set at the lower side of the pressing unit in correspondence to the exit of the warm edge spacer, and an auxiliary pressing unit set at the upper side of the pressing unit; a pasting unit set at the other side of the warm edge spacer which is opposite to glass. The apparatus for pasting a warm edge spacer can implement automatic pasting operation of warm edge spacer.

Abstract: To assist correction of three-dimensional modeled objects to be created using 3D printers. The present invention provides a 3D-object data processor 1 including a storage unit 20 for storing 3D-object data 22 representing a three-dimensional modeled object to be created using a 3D printer, a display unit 50, means 12 for generating, based on the 3D-object data, slice data 23 representing shapes of profiles resulting from slicing the modeled object at a predetermined distance into layers; means 13 for examining, based on the generated slice data, whether the shapes are normal or abnormal, and storing, as disconnection layer data 24, slice data representing the shape(s) in which an abnormality has been detected; and means 60 for generating data of an image in which the modeled object is represented as a three-dimensional image and the disconnection layer represented based on the disconnection layer data is distinguishable and displaying the image on the display unit.

Abstract: A processing unit, for example a printing unit, for the rotational processing of a web-shaped or sheet-shaped substrate, includes a machine frame, at least a first processing cylinder movably mounted in the machine frame, a second processing cylinder stationarily mounted in the machine frame, and a pair of support members associated with each respective processing cylinder. Each support member of the second processing cylinder has an annular segment, a linear guide, a guide body fixed to the machine frame and a manipulator. Each annular segment contacts a respective support member of the first processing cylinder, and each annular segment is linearly displaceable along the linear guide by a respective manipulator. The processing unit permits a gap dimension between the processing cylinders of the processing unit to be adjustable in a simple, exact manner with precise repeatability. A label printing machine having the processing unit is also provided.

Abstract: A processing unit for rotational processing includes at least two processing cylinders and a machine frame. A first processing cylinder is movably mounted in the machine frame, a second processing cylinder is stationarily mounted in the machine frame and a pair of support members is provided for each respective processing cylinder. A respective support member of the second processing cylinder has a solid joint, a manipulator and an annular segment attached to the solid joint and contacting one support member of the first processing cylinder. A solid joint is linearly displaceable by the manipulator and an annular segment is linearly displaceable therewith. A gap dimension between the processing cylinders can therefore be adjusted in a simple, accurate manner with precise repeatability. A label printing machine having the processing unit is also provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for screen printing facilitate the application of colors, patterns, and other indicia onto a curved printing substrate, such as a concave glass surface of an appliance. The apparatus includes a print head assembly that is typically supported by a frame and is movable relative to the frame and the printing substrate. The print head assembly includes biasing elements with movable end portions that support a wiper and apply varying levels of pressure to the wiper as it is moved along the curved surface or surfaces of the substrate during a printing process. The print head assembly and associated screen printing equipment may be automated or computer controlled so as to independently vary the pressure of the biasing elements and, thus, the pressure of different areas of the wiper along the substrate, to accommodate simple or complex curves in the substrate surface.

Abstract: A sheet gripping mechanism includes a first sheet guide including a guide surface facing a sheet conveyance path along which a sheet is to be conveyed and a second sheet guide which faces the first sheet guide across the sheet conveyance path. The second sheet guide includes a protuberance extending toward the first sheet guide, to locations beyond the guide surface formed by the first sheet guide. When a sheet is located between the first sheet guide and the protuberance of the second sheet guide, the protuberance extends at least a portion of the sheet toward the first sheet guide to bring a part of a surface of the sheet into contact with the first sheet guide.

Abstract: A variable lithographic cleaning apparatus, system and method works on the principle that dust and ink residue may be transferred from a lower surface energy reimageable conformable blanket surface to a higher surface energy surface low durometer cleaning member, such as the tacky roller, and then to an even higher surface energy cleaning member, such as the hard roller, which is hard and robust to scratching. The hard roller can then been scrubbed clean by an ink flushing device having a third cleaning member, such as a melamine sponge, wetted with a cleaning solution with the hard roller dried upon each rotation.

Abstract: A substrate is held and rotated by a spin chuck. A processing liquid is discharged from a discharger to the substrate rotated by the spin chuck. The discharger has a plurality of discharge ports arranged in one direction and can selectively discharge the processing liquid from the plurality of respective discharge ports. With a row of the plurality of discharge ports of the discharger crossing and facing a peripheral portion of the substrate rotated by the spin chuck, the processing liquid is supplied to a position further outward than an inner edge of the peripheral portion. The processing liquid is not supplied to a position further inward than the inner edge of the peripheral portion of the substrate.

Abstract: An inkjet print head including a plurality of single jet elements. Each of the single jet elements includes an aperture configured to eject ink during a jetting event, and a channel for receiving ink, the channeling including a recirculation portion configured to receive ink during a non-jetting event. The print head also includes a first manifold structured to supply ink to the channel, and a second manifold structured to receive ink from the recirculation portion of the channel. The ink flows from the inlet portion to the second outlet portion during non-jetting through the second outlet portion.