Abstract: An angle adjustment mechanism for use in a circular saw including a shoe, a bracket mounted to the shoe, an operating member slidably mounted to the bracket and a cutting unit pivotally mounted between the shoe and the operating member. The angle adjustment mechanism includes a positioning member that has an abutting portion and is mounted to the cutting unit and a limiting member that is pivotally mounted to the bracket and has a stop member operable between a stopping position where the stop member protrudes from the guiding bracket and a releasing position where the stop member is located away from the positioning member. The abutting portion of the positioning member is abuttingly positioned at the stop member when the stop member is located at the stopping position, such that the cutting unit can be quickly positioned to the desired angle.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus according to the invention has a mixing unit that mixes fiber and resin powder in air; and a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet by laying and heating the mixture mixed by the mixing unit; the grindability index of the resin contained in the resin powder being 0.8 or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of MDF boards, fibre and particle boards, based on cellulose fibres, comprising the following steps: obtaining wood chips; transporting them to a vaporizer silo where they are heated; transporting the wood chips to a digester where they continue to be heated and are conveyed via a supply outlet screw towards a shredder/refiner; adding a paraffinic emulsion to the chips; transporting them towards the shredder/refiner; injecting resin; carrying to a dryer; transporting towards a fibre silo; carrying the fibres to a step of forming, pre-pressing, pressing, measuring, classification, cooling, standing, formatting and packaging of the boards produced, wherein nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) is added, together with microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), be it in the supply screw, or after the shredder/refiner, or after the dryer.

Abstract: A 3D printer 100 is described, which is configured to build up a three-dimensional component in layers by forming layers of particulate construction material lying one upon each other and by selectively solidifying a partial region of the respective construction material layer. The 3D printer 100 is configured to simultaneously build up one or more first three-dimensional components in a first construction space B1, which is arranged in the 3D printer, and one or more second three-dimensional components in a second construction space B2 which is arranged adjacent to the first construction space at a horizontal distance therefrom in the 3D printer.

Abstract: A Hatschek machine for the manufacture of fibre cement sheets is provided, comprising at least three rotatable sieve cylinders which are suitable for rotating in a bath, filled with fibre cement slurry, wherein liquid flows from the slurry through the sieve, and wherein a thin layer of fibre cement remains on the sieve, characterized by the presence of at least two baths, at least two sieve cylinders are rotatably mounted in one and the same bath, and each bath has a separate feed line to supply fibre cement slurry into the bath.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure include a forming step of extruding a kneaded material including a forming raw material by use of a horizontal forming machine include a forming die in which latticed slits are formed in a kneaded material discharge surface, to obtain a round pillar-shaped honeycomb formed body having latticed partition walls; and a firing step of firing the obtained honeycomb formed body to prepare the honeycomb structure. In the forming step, there is used the forming die in which there are formed the slits different in lattice shape between a central portion and a circumferential portion in the kneaded material discharge surface, and the forming die is disposed in an orientation in which an inclination of one row of the latticed slits formed in the central portion is within an angle of ±10° to a vertical direction, to extrude the kneaded material in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: An upright concrete wall panel form apparatus includes a back panel form to be secured to a base in an upright position, an adjustable support assembly to be secured to the base adjacent the back panel form, and a movable front panel form supported by the adjustable support assembly in an upright position. The movable front panel form is moveable via the adjustable support assembly between a concrete wall panel prep area position and a concrete wall panel forming position. The movable front panel form is aligned with the back panel form in the concrete wall panel forming position so as to define a gap therebetween to receive concrete for forming at least one concrete wall panel in an upright position.

Abstract: A method for controlling a wall saw system during creation of a separating cut in a workpiece is disclosed. The wall saw system includes a saw head, a pivotable saw arm, a first saw blade, and a larger second saw blade. The separating cut is performed in a plurality of main cuts, where the parameters of the main cuts (saw blade diameter of the saw blade used, main-cut angle) are defined before the start in a main-cut sequence. After the processing of the separating cut by the first saw blade is concluded, the controlled processing of the separating cut is interrupted by a control unit and the wall saw is moved into a parking position such that all actions of the saw-blade change (swinging out the saw arm, removing the first saw blade, installing the second saw blade, and swinging in the saw arm) can be performed.

Abstract: A melting device includes a container capable of melting a material supplied in a free-flowing state and storing the material in a liquid state. The container includes a first storage section for storing the material in the free-flowing state, a second storage section for storing the material in the liquid state, and a dividing section provided between the first storage section and the second storage section and configured to hold back the material, when the material is in a non-molten or free-flowing state and to allow passage of the material from the first storage section into the second storage section, when the material is in a molten or liquid state.

Abstract: Ferrite compositions, particularly ferrite coated substrates and more particularly fibre plys coated with ferrites in fibre reinforced polymer composites (FRPC), and composites with a plurality of functionalised fibre layers, include a magnetic ferrite composition for coating a substrate, said composition comprising a resin, and dispersed therein ferrite particulates, wherein said ferrite particulates have an average longest dimension of less than 500 nm. The composition may be used to provide a ferrite composite structure comprising at least one fibre ply, with at least one layer of a magnetic ferrite composition disposed thereon, wherein said ply is substantially encapsulated in a binder matrix to form a fibre reinforced polymer composite.

Abstract: A conveyance device includes a plurality of holding mechanisms and one or more pressing mechanisms, the holding mechanisms each include a holder that holds a molding material and a holder movement mechanism that moves the holder, and the pressing mechanisms each include a pusher that comes into contact with and pushes the molding material and a pusher movement mechanism that moves the pusher.

Abstract: A rubber article mold capable of discharging air from a molding-surface side to a back-surface side during curing while suppressing the entry of rubber into an air vent hole and a method for producing such a rubber article mold are provided. The rubber article mold includes air discharge means for discharging air from a molding-surface side for molding a rubber article to a back-surface side. The air discharge means is formed as an annular hollow penetrating from a molding surface to a back surface of the rubber article mold. The annular hollow has an inflow area where the air on the molding-surface side flows in, a discharge area for discharging the air having flowed in from the inflow area to the back-surface side, and an intermediate area communicating with the inflow area and the discharge area and smaller or larger in diameter than the inflow area and the discharge area.

Abstract: A mold for molding an object having a section of increased thickness includes a mold cavity comprising a first zone and a second zone and a means for providing a different thermal conductivity at the first and second zone of the mold cavity.

Abstract: Provided are devices for applying actinic radiation to a curable resin. The devices include a housing having a front face, an actinic radiation source arranged within the housing such that actinic radiation emerges from the housing through the front face, and a proximity detector. The proximity detector is functionally connected to the actinic radiation source such that the actinic radiation source is shut off unless the proximity detector detects the presence of a surface within a safe distance from the front face. Optionally, the device includes a surface temperature sensor functionally connected to the actinic radiation source such that the actinic radiation source is shut off if the surface temperature sensor senses a surface temperature exceeding a maximum safe surface temperature.

Abstract: A contact lens comprises a hydrogel lens body and a non-expandable object embedded within the hydrogel lens body. The surface energy of the non-expandable object and the modulus of the hydrogel lens body are selected so as to reduce distortion during hydration of the hydrogel.

Abstract: A method for reinforcing an existing base structure with at least one reinforcing structure so as to form a support structure having the following steps: producing the at least one reinforcing structure, connecting the at least one reinforcing structure to the base structure such that the at least one reinforcing structure is connected to the base structure in a connection position and the base structure together with the at least one reinforcing structure forms the support structure. The at least one reinforcing structure is made of a composite material comprising fibers and a matrix by means of pultrusion and/or extrusion, and a pultrusion unit and/or an extrusion unit is moved in space such that the at least one reinforcing structure, is pultruded and/or extruded onto the base structure at the respective required connection position after the pultrusion and/or extrusion.

Abstract: A method and mould for producing millimetre and/or micrometre and/or nanometre-size structures on a substrate surface of a substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biomaterial and/or a biocomposite based on sunflower seed shells/husks. According to the invention, it is proposed that sunflower seed shells/husks are used instead of wood, bamboo or other wood-like fiber products as the original material for the biocomposite products and are used for the production of such products in order to improve the previous biomaterials, and in particular also to design said materials for improved cost efficiency and to improve their material properties.

Abstract: A method of making a reinforced friction material in one embodiment includes, molding a friction material composition having a predetermined pattern imparted into the molded structure. Reinforcement material is then deposited in one or more patterned areas followed by curing to produce a reinforced friction article.

Abstract: A method that can be used in the formation of replica imprint templates. The method can include providing a substrate with a substrate mesa defining an active region having a first area and a template with a template mesa defining a patterning region having a second area, where first area is larger than the second area. The template can then be positioned relative to the substrate such that patterning region of the template mesa overlaps the active region of the substrate mesa. The method can be used in forming a replica template. The formed replica template can be used to form a patterned layer on e.g. a semiconductor wafer in fabricating an electronic device. A system can be configured to carry out the methods.

Abstract: A device (1) for producing a moulding of surface properties comprises a housing (3) having a pressure plunger (4) mounted on or in the housing (3), which can be moved and can be pressed on a surface (2), which pressure plunger has a blank carrier (5) comprising a pressure surface (6) which can be pressed on the surface (2), on which pressure surface a moulding blank (7) comprising a moulding layer (9) made of a curable material can be secured in a detachable manner. The device further comprises a curing device (12) arranged on or in housing (3), with which the curable material of the moulding blank (7) can be cured while being pressed on the surface (2).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rubber product includes printing a printing layer with a pattern or a color on a plate member; processing a rubber material in mixing, heating and pressing manners; molding the rubber material and the plate member together by heating and pressing to transfer the printing layer from the plate member onto the rubber material, so as to form the rubber product; demolding the rubber product; and detaching the plate member from the rubber product when demolding the rubber product. The pattern or the color is printed to at least one three-dimensional surface of the rubber product by transferring the printing layer from the plate member onto the rubber material.

Abstract: Molded rubber objects may be molded and de-molded by defining both a desired final form for the molded rubber object and a tab extending from the final form of the molded rubber object using a cavity in a mold. Rubber pellets may be dispensed in predetermined amounts at desired location(s) within the cavity to provide the rubber needed to form the molded rubber object. Heat and pressure may be applied to the mold to cause the rubber pellets to fill the cavity defining both the desired final form of the molded rubber object and the tab. After the heat and pressure has been applied, a gripping device may grasp the tab and move the tab in a direction and with sufficient force to peel the rubber object from the mold cavity. If desired, the tab may be removed from the molded rubber object.

Abstract: A method of forming a surface covering includes supplying a surface covering raw material. The surface covering raw material includes a substrate and a foamable layer formed on the substrate. A foaming inhibiting composition is applied in a predetermined pattern to the foamable layer formed on the substrate. The foaming inhibiting composition is a non-aqueous composition.

Abstract: A making method of combination of metal and plastic includes placing a metal plate into a die, applying a determined pressure on the metal plate, heating the die by a heating device to a determined temperature to soften and deform the metal plate, introducing a high pressure gas to blow and press the metal plate that is softened into a die cavity to form a metallic member formed by aid of a high temperature gas, removing the metallic member, and combining the metallic member with a plastic member.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a lens for a lighting and/or signaling device of a motor vehicle including a first layer of material (4), arranged on a first face (8) of which is a second layer of material (6) with additional thickness, said second layer extending partially over the first layer so as to have one end edge (16) overhanging an exposed portion (14) of the first layer of material. The exposed portion (14) of the first layer of material (4), which is not covered by the second layer of material, includes on said first face (8) a notch (18) which extends along said end edge (16) of the second layer of material (6).

Abstract: The present invention provides an RFID device and manufacturing method. The RFID device comprises a first housing, an antenna module, and a second housing. The antenna module arranged on the first housing comprises a base substrate, and an antenna layer, sticking on an outer surface of the base substrate. The second housing is formed to couple to the first housing by an injection molding process so that the antenna module is arranged between the first and second housings.

Abstract: A method of injecting a liquid between a first panel and a second panel positioned flat against each other includes providing a tool defining an internal passageway having an inlet and an outlet. The first panel and the second panel are separated with the tool, to form a pocket between the first panel and the second panel, such that the outlet of the passageway is positioned in fluid communication with the pocket. A liquid source is connected to the inlet of the passageway to supply a liquid to the passageway. The liquid is injected into the pocket formed between the first panel and the second panel through the outlet of the passageway of the tool. The pocket is compressed or flattened to wet-out the liquid. The pocket may be compressed with the separating and injecting tool, or with a different device, such as a compressor or clamp.

Abstract: A toggle lever clamping unit for an injection moulding machine includes fixed and movable platens, a support plate, a toggle lever mechanism operatively connected with both the support plate and the movable platen, a cross clamp operatively connected with the toggle lever mechanism and movable along a machine longitudinal axis, and an electric drive for moving the cross clamp. In addition, a hydraulic drive is operatively connected with the cross clamp and includes a fluid-operated piston cylinder system, with the lengths of the cylinder and the piston rod being coordinated with one another such that the hydraulic drive follows a travel path of the cross clamp as the movable platen travels between an open position of the clamping unit, in which the toggle lever mechanism is swung in, and a closed position in which the toggle lever mechanism assumes a predeterminable extended position and a clamping force is built up.

Abstract: A molding structure comprising a first mold body, a second mold body suited for combining with the first mold body, a molding core, a first heating element, and a second heating element is provided. A mold cavity is formed between the first mold body and the second mold body when the first mold body and the second mold body are joined together. The molding core is disposed in the mold cavity, wherein the molding core comprises a body, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The first heating member is disposed through the body to heat the molding core. The second heating element is movably disposed on the outer surface of the molding core to preheat the molding core.

Abstract: In a method for operating an injection moulding machine in the absence of a backflow barrier, plastic melt is injected by a plasticising device into a cavity in a screw antechamber of a plasticising screw adapted to rotate about a longitudinal axis and to move translationally by a drive unit during an injection phase and a holding- pressure phase. A rotational drive of the drive unit is controlled such that a speed of the plasticising screw causes overlay of a backflow of the plastic melt from the screw antechamber back into screw threads of the plasticising screw by an opposing delivery flow as a result of a rotation of the plasticising screw due to a translational injection movement of the plasticising screw. A differential flow is established from the backflow and the opposing delivery flow and influenced at least during the injection phase by influencing the speed of the plasticising screw.

Abstract: In a method for controlling or regulating a closing mechanism of a moulding machine, a first trajectory for the controlled or regulated movement of the movable platen is calculated using a first algorithm based on operator inputs relating to the desired movement of the movable platen, and the movable platen is moved in a controlled or regulated manner at least once according to the first trajectory. At least one dynamic or kinematic variable of the closing mechanism is measured during at least one of the movements of the movable platen according to the first trajectory, and an estimate of at least one parameter value is generated based on the measurement. A second trajectory for the controlled or regulated movement of the movable platen is calculated based on the estimate, and the movable platen is moved in a controlled or regulated manner according to the second trajectory.

Abstract: A spacer product (e.g., a fabric) has long and thin stems welded to, interconnecting and extending from, two spaced flexible carrier sheets, such as of thin film. A precursor sheet product may be made by orienting thin, hollow, drawn staple fibers between bristles of a brush, and then fusing a film to the fiber ends by direct welding. The fibers are then withdrawn from the brush as stems with distal ends that are secured to another carrier sheet to form the spacer product.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus used for filling and decorating of foods, comprising in some embodiments a one-piece, funnel-shaped bag with a soft side wall, having an open first end at the “top” through which food material and coloring agents can be inserted into the bag and a closed second end at the “bottom” end of the funnel, with an integral, malleable, conical shaped, discharge orifice. The orifice may have serrations or ridges extending inwardly from the internal wall of the orifice, running longitudinally or parallel to the cone axis. The orifice may be initially closed or manufactured with a small opening. The orifice may be made of a material capable of being cut to yield an exit opening. The inwardly extending serrations that remain after a cut may insure that the material is “treated” as it is expelled from the bag through the orifice to yield a ribbon candy design.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for making reinforced ply is described. The apparatus includes a cross-head die assembly for use with an extruder, the cross-head die assembly having: an inlet section having an inlet for receiving flow from the extruder; an upper support block removably connected to a first side of the interior section; and a lower block removably connected to a second side of the interior section. A first flow passage is located between the upper support block and the interior section and is in fluid communication with the inlet. A second flow passage is located between the interior section and the lower support block and is in fluid communication with the inlet. The cross-head die assembly further includes a removably mounted die located at an outlet end of the assembly. The first and second flow passage is in fluid communication with an inlet of the die; each flow passage has a raised center rib and an area that decreases from the inlet to the outlet.

Abstract: In a fixing member 110 formed with an insertion hole 113 for inserting an elevation rod 111, a communication hole 114 communicating with the insertion hole 113 is formed to open at a side surface of the fixing member 110. A key member 112 is inserted into the communication hole 114 and engaged with a key groove 118 provided at the distal end of the elevation rod 111. By so doing, the elevation rod 111 and the fixing member 110 are coupled together.

Abstract: Mold filling machine for producing and filling containers made from preforms, comprising a mold filling station with a mold for receiving a preform, wherein the mold has an opening, such that an opening region of the preform in the mold is accessible, the mold filling station having a treatment unit with at least two treatment subunits, which are arranged movably in the treatment unit in such a way that the treatment subunits can be positioned alternately over the opening and the treatment unit has a sealing element, which can be positioned over the opening of the mold in such a way as to form a gastight space, which includes the interior space of the preform and/or container and the treatment subunits.

Abstract: The device includes a mold block having at least one thermoforming chamber (28) having an inside surface (29), an axial opening (28A) through which a decorative wrap-around label (38) can be inserted into the chamber, and a moving end-wall (40) opposite from the opening. The end-wall is suitable for moving in an end segment (28A) of the chamber (28) between a positioning high level and at least one thermoforming low level, and the device has at least one tongue-and-groove set comprising a fin (42) on the end-wall (40) that is engaged in a notch (44) in the inside surface of the end segment (28B).

Abstract: A thermoforming device includes: a base configured to hold a substrate; a hot plate including a heating surface facing vertically downward; a sheet transport portion that supplies a sheet onto the heating surface of the hot plate; and a substrate supply portion configured to attach the substrate to the base and detach the substrate from the base, and to dispose the substrate at a substrate supply position positioned in a lower area of the sheet which is opposite to a side of the sheet in which the heating surface is provided. In the thermoforming device, heating of the sheet using the hot plate and attachment and detachment of the substrate with respect to the base are performable at the same time, and the sheet heated and softened by the hot plate is attached to the substrate at the substrate supply position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for filament winding. The method includes bonding a veil material to the unidirectional fabric to veil-stabilize the unidirectional fabric. The method also includes slitting the veil-stabilized unidirectional fabric to separate a veil-stabilized fabric portion. The method also includes directing the veil-stabilized fabric portion to an application head. The method also includes winding the veil-stabilized fabric portion on a winding mandrel.

Abstract: Methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for pipes and Architectural shells and/or Panels (AP) of desired shapes, sizes, and curvatures that can be manufactured onsite or offsite. The disclosed pipes, Architectural shells and Panels, which use resin-impregnated fabrics in combination with spacer sheets, are easy to manufacture, inexpensive, fast to produce, and can easily be repaired, reinforced and refurbished.

Abstract: A shaping system includes: a printing device that prints an image using predetermined ink on a thermal expansion sheet having a thermal expansion layer on one side; and an expansion device that performs: a drying process of heating the thermal expansion sheet to an extent that allows the thermal expansion layer to maintain a non-expansion state, to dry the image printed by the printing device using the predetermined ink; and an expansion process of, after the drying process, heating the thermal expansion sheet to an extent that allows the thermal expansion layer to expand, to expand the thermal expansion layer.

Abstract: A wrap-around heat shrinkable protective jacket is used on conduits such as cables, pipes or tubes carrying liquids, gas or electricity to name a few. The protective jacket is applicable to junction blocks, junction tees and wire harnesses and to protect or repair damaged areas of such configurations. A lay-flat design is used to easily install around existing cables, pipes or tubes. A shrinkable material is used to secure and protect these cables, pipes or tubes. Other materials can be added to the jacket interior for additional protection.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for generating 3D printing data. The method may be applied to small glasses. The method may include: recognizing an object to be scanned; scanning the object to be scanned to obtain a scanning result. The device may then generate 3D printing data according to the scanning result; and send the 3D printing data to an operating device corresponding to the operation item according to a selected operation item.

Abstract: [Object] With the present invention, it is possible to, for example, more appropriately flatten a layer of ink during formation of a three-dimensional object. [Means of Realizing the Object] A forming apparatus for forming a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing include an inkjet head, flattening means, a platform, a main scanning driver, and a deposition direction driver to change a head-to-platform distance being a distance between the inkjet head and the platform. In an operation of forming a layer of ink, the forming apparatus causes a plurality of times of the first direction scanning intended to cause the inkjet head to move in one direction with respect to an identical position of the three-dimensional object in the middle of formation, and increases the head-to-platform distance during a main scanning operation to be performed later than the head-to-platform distance during the main scanning operation to be performed earlier in an operation of forming a layer of ink.

Abstract: A shaping device includes a shaping time calculating section configured to calculate a time duration required for shaping according to design data; a maintenance managing section configured to store information of a period until when an upcoming maintenance is to be performed; a message output determining section configured to compare a shaping time of a shaping target and the period until the upcoming maintenance when an instruction to start shaping is inputted, and to determine to output a message related to a maintenance when the shaping time is greater than the period until the upcoming maintenance; and a message output section configured to output the message related to the maintenance.

Abstract: A hybrid rocket solid fuel grain having a cylindrical shape and defining a center port is additive manufactured from a compound of thermoplastic fuel and passivated nanocomposite aluminum additive. The fuel grain comprises a stack of fused layers, each layer formed as a plurality of fused abutting concentric circular beaded structures arrayed to define a center port. During operation, an oxidizer is introduced along the center port, with combustion occurring along the exposed port wall. Each circular beaded structure defines geometry that increases the surface area available for combustion. As each layer ablates the next abutting layer, exhibiting a similar geometry, is revealed, undergoes a gas phase change, and ablates. This process repeats and persists until oxidizer flow is terminated or the fuel grain material is exhausted. To safely achieve this construction, a fused deposition additive manufacturing apparatus, modified to shield the nanocomposite material from the atmosphere, is used.

Abstract: The shaping speed of a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object by a three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus is increased. There is provided a three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus for shaping a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object by irradiating a powder with an electron beam. The three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus includes a shaping box in which the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object is shaped. The three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus includes a heating unit for preheating that is arranged outside the shaping box. The heating unit for preheating is arranged on a side surface side of the shaping box. Furthermore, the heating units for preheating are arranged to surround the shaping box from side surfaces.

Abstract: Exposure device (1) for an apparatus (2) for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (3) by progressive layer-by-layer selective exposure and, associated therewith, solidification of structural material layers composed of a solidifiable structural material (6) by means of an energy beam (5). The exposure device (1) comprises an energy beam generating device (4), a beam deflection device (7), and a beam path (9) formed by at least one optically conductive element or comprising at least one such element, and also a position detection device (13).

Abstract: A three dimensional (3D) printer enables the continuous manufacture of 3D articles of manufacture. The 3D printer includes a 3D print engine for generating articles of manufacture through a layer by layer solidification of a print medium, a transport mechanism, a receiving station, and a controller. The controller is configured to (a) operate the 3D print engine to generate a continuous build platform, (b) concurrently with (a), operate the print engine to generate a plurality of 3D articles of manufacture that are attached to the continuous build platform; and operate the transport mechanism to engage the continuous build platform to transport the continuous build platform along a path that extends between the 3D print engine and the receiving station.