Abstract: A vacuum arc remelting system for forming an ingot from an electrode is provided that includes a crucible assembly configured to accommodate the electrode and the ingot, an electromagnetic energy source arranged about the crucible assembly, and a lift mechanism operable to move the electromagnetic energy source along a longitudinal axis of the crucible assembly. A magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic energy source is localized to an arc region during remelting, and in one form, the electromagnetic energy source is a coil assembly having a magnetic core and a plurality of coil pairs wrapped around the core, wherein the coil assembly is operable to generate a magnetic field from the coil based on electric current flowing in the plurality of coil pairs.

Abstract: Methods of producing high purity powders of submicron particles of metal oxides are presented. The methods comprise providing or forming an alloy of a first metal with a second metal, optionally heating the alloy, subjecting the alloy to a leaching agent to remove the second metal from the alloy and to oxidize the first metal, thus forming submicron oxide particles of the first metal. Collections of high purity, high surface area, submicron particles are presented as well.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein related to superalloy compositions and applications using the same. The superalloy compositions disclosed herein including at least one ternary intermelallic compound having a general chemical composition of AZ[BXCY]. Base element A is selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, and nickel; and element B and element C are independently selected from different members of a group consisting 40 elements of the periodic table. Base element A, element B, and clement C are each different elements. Z is about 2.1 to about 3.9. X and Y are about 0.1 to about 1.9. Additionally, the at least one ternary intermelallic compound of each of the superalloy compositions exhibits the face-centered cubic structure L12. The at least one ternary intermetallic compound of each of the ternary superalloy compositions may exhibit a theoretical formation enthalpy and a decomposition energy less than Co3[Al, W].

Abstract: Provided are: an Al—Mg—Si-based aluminum alloy material including an aluminum alloy including 0.10 to 1.50 mass % (hereinafter, “%”) Si and 0.10 to 2.00% of Mg, in which an oxide coating film mainly containing aluminum is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy material, a Mg—Si-based crystallized product having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 to 5.0 ?m is contained at 100 to 150,000 particles/mm2, a Mg—Si-based crystallized product having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 5.0 ?m and 10.0 ?m or less is contained at 5 particles/mm2 or less, and the oxide coating film includes Si at a maximum concentration of 0.1 to 40.0% and Mg at a maximum concentration of 0.1 to 20.0%; a method for producing the aluminum alloy material; and an aluminum alloy clad material, in which the aluminum alloy material is clad on at least one surface of an aluminum core material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnesium alloy material and a method for manufacturing the same. The magnesium alloy material comprises, with respect to the total of 100 wt % thereof: Sc of 0.01 to 0.3 wt %; Al of 0.05 to 15.0 wt %; and the balance being Mg and other unavoidable impurities, wherein the magnesium alloy comprises a secondary phase compound comprising Al and Sc in the alloy in which a Volta potential difference between the secondary phase compound and a magnesium base is less than 920 mV.

Abstract: Disclosed is a magnesium alloy that has high thermal conductivity and flame retardancy and facilitates plastic working, wherein magnesium is added with 0.5 to 5 wt % of zinc and 0.6 to 3.5 wt % of tin (Sn) as a high-melting-point oxide-film-forming element, with, as necessary, 1.5 wt % or less of at least one selected from among calcium (Ca), silicon (Si), manganese (Mn) and mischmetal, the total amount of alloy elements being 2.5 to 6.3 wt %. A method of manufacturing the same is also provided, including melting high-melting-point alloy elements in the form of a master alloy in a magnesium—zinc alloy melt, followed by casting, removing a chill from the cast material, diffusion annealing, and then molding through a tempering process such as rolling, extrusion or forging.

Abstract: There is provided an austenitic stainless steel material having a consistent high-strength across the overall length of the steel material, which has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent: C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 3 to 8%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Ni: 10 to 20%, Cr: 15 to 30%, N: 0.20 to 0.70%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, the austenitic stainless steel material having a grain size number of 6.0 or greater, the grain size number conforming to ASTM E 112 tensile strength of the austenitic stainless steel material is 800 MPa or more, and the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the tensile strength is 50 MPa or smaller. The number of alloy carbo-nitrides having a circle equivalent diameter of larger than 1000 nm in the steel is 10/mm2 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high hardness amorphous composite, a method of preparing the high hardness amorphous composite and application thereof. The high hardness amorphous composite includes a basic alloy component, a hard additive and a bonding additive. The basic alloy component includes 45-60 mole % Zr, 5-10 mole % Hf, 5-15 mole % Al, 8-22 mole % Ni and 6-14 mole % Cu, the hard additive is ZrC or WC nanometer powder with addition amount at 12-26 wt % of the basic alloy component, particle diameter of the WC nanometer powder is 10-100 nm, and the bonding additive is any one or two selected from groups of Re, W or Mo with addition amount at 4-8 wt % of the basic alloy component. The high hardness Zr-based amorphous composite with good workability and formability is provided by improving composition of alloy based on Zr—Al—Ni—Cu, adding new component and adjusting component content.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a molten aluminum-plated steel wire in which a steel wire (2) is immersed in a molten aluminum plating bath (1), the resulting molten aluminum-plated steel wire (3) is subsequently pulled up from the molten aluminum plating bath (1) and a stabilizing member (11) is brought into contact with the bath surface (10) of the molten aluminum plating bath (1) and the molten aluminum-plated steel wire (3) at the boundary of the molten aluminum-plated steel wire (3) and the bath surface (10) of the molten aluminum plating bath (1), a nozzle (12) for blowing an inert gas is arranged in a position facing the stabilizing member (11) with the molten aluminum-plated steel wire (3) therebetween, and an inert gas having a temperature of 600-1000° C. is blown from the tip (12a) of the nozzle (12) toward the boundary at a pressure of 0.1-20 kPa.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet includes a surface part in which a Si concentration in the steel sheet changes continuously from a high Si concentration to a low Si concentration in a thickness direction of the steel sheet from a surface of the steel sheet, as defined by a symmetry plane located at the center of the steel sheet in the thickness direction, a boundary part in which the Si concentration changes discontinuously, and an inner part in which the Si concentration does not change substantially in the thickness direction of the steel sheet, the inner part including the center of the steel sheet in the thickness direction, wherein the electrical steel sheet has a stress distribution such that an in-plane tensile stress is generated in the surface part and an in-plane compressive stress is generated in the inner part.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to trim components having textured surfaces that support physical vapor deposition (PVD) deposited thin film coatings, and/or methods of making the same. A plastic substrate has a surface to be coated that is textured so that PVD-deposited layers formed thereon are generally conformal thereto and provide a desired matte or glossy aesthetic for the trim component. An adhesion promoting base layer and an overcoat sandwich a metal-inclusive layer, and each of these layers may be PVD-deposited on the textured plastic substrate surface. The adhesion promoting base layer and the overcoat are optional. Layers of metal, transition element, and/or other materials may be used to provide the desired coloration in certain example embodiments. The trim components may be used for interior and/or exterior vehicle or other applications, e.g., in connection with functional and/or decorative elements.

Abstract: A metal sheet has shapes in a width direction that are taken at different positions in a longitudinal direction of the metal sheet and differ from one another. Each shape includes undulations repeating in the width direction. Each undulation includes a valley at each of two ends of the undulation. Each undulation has a length, which is a length of a straight line in the width direction that connects one of the valleys of the undulation to the other valley. A percentage of a height of each undulation relative to the length of the undulation is a unit steepness. The metal sheet has a unit length in the longitudinal direction of 500 mm. A maximum value of the unit steepnesses of the metal sheet per the unit length is a first steepness. The first steepness is less than or equal to 0.5%.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for surface treatment of a ceramic material in powder form, wherein said method comprising the step of providing a powder formed of a plurality of particles of the ceramic material to be treated, and wherein said ceramic powder particles are subjected to an ion implantation process by directing towards an external surface of said particles a beam of singly or multiply charged ions produced by a charge of singly or multiply charged ions, for example of the electron cyclotron resonance ECR type, wherein said particles have a generally polyhedral shape. The invention also concerns a material in powder form, formed of a plurality of particles having a ceramic external layer and a ceramic core, wherein said particles have a generally polyhedral shape.

Abstract: A vacuum coating apparatus includes a working chamber configured to accommodate a substrate therein. A heater, a first temperature sensor and at least one second temperature sensor is provided in the working chamber. The first temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the heater. The second temperature sensor is configured to measure an ambient temperature within the working chamber.

Abstract: A method of forming a high strength copper alloy. The method comprises heating a copper material including from about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % manganese by weight of the copper material to a temperature above 400° C., allowing the copper material to cool to a temperature from about 325° C. to about 350° C. to form a cooled copper material, and extruding the cooled copper material with equal channel angular extrusion to form a cooled copper manganese alloy.

Abstract: There is provided a thin film manufacturing method which allows both a reduction in the carbon impurity concentration and a high film forming speed, as well as allows separate formation of stable crystal structures. There is provided a method for manufacturing an oxide crystal thin film. The method includes carrying raw material fine particles to a film forming chamber by means of a carrier gas, the raw material fine particles being formed from a raw material solution including water and at least one of a gallium compound and an indium compound, and forming an oxide crystal thin film on a sample on which films are to be formed, the sample being placed in the film forming chamber. At least one of the gallium compound and the indium compound is bromide or iodide.

Abstract: A layer forming method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a source gas dosing/pressurizing step of dosing a source gas into a chamber having a substrate loaded therein in a state in which the outlet of the chamber is closed, thereby increasing the pressure in the chamber and adsorbing the source gas onto the substrate; a first main purging step of purging the chamber, after the source gas dosing/pressurizing step; a reactive gas dosing step of dosing a reactive gas into the chamber, after the first main purging step; and a second main purging step of purging the chamber, after the reactive gas dosing step.

Abstract: This invention provides a cleaning method that uses a cleaning gas composition for a semiconductor manufacturing device, including a monofluorohalogen compound represented by XF (in which X is Cl, Br or I) as the main component, and provides a method for cleaning the unwanted film deposited on the interior of the processing room or processing vessel without damaging the interior of the processing room or processing vessel using such monofluorohalogen compound. It is a method comprising in a process of removing a Si-containing deposit attached to an interior of a processing room or processing vessel after performance of a processing operation in the interior of the processing room or processing vessel used for manufacturing a semiconductor device: supplying monofluorohalogen gas represented by XF (wherein X is Cl, Br or I) into the processing room or processing vessel to remove the Si-containing deposit, wherein a temperature in the processing room or processing vessel is 400° C.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating a thin film on a flexible substrate is described. The apparatus includes a coating drum having an outer surface for guiding the flexible substrate through a first vacuum processing region and at least one second vacuum processing region, a gas separation unit for separating the first vacuum processing region and at least one second vacuum processing region and adapted to form a slit through which the flexible substrate can pass between the outer surface of the coating drum and the gas separation unit, wherein the gas separation unit is adapted to control fluid communication between the first processing region and the second processing region by adjusting the position of the gas separation unit.

Abstract: An atomic layer deposition (ALD) method can include pulsing a first reactant vapor into a reactor assembly. The first reactant vapor is supplied to a first reactant gas line. An inactive gas is supplied to a first inactive gas line at a first flow rate. The first reactant vapor and the inactive gas are fed to the reactor assembly by way of a first feed line. The reactor assembly is purged by supplying the inactive gas to the first inactive gas line at a second flow rate higher than the first flow rate. A first portion of the inactive gas can be fed back along a diffusion barrier portion of the first reactant gas line to provide an inert gas valve (IGV) upstream of the first inactive gas line. A second portion of the inactive gas can be fed to the reactor assembly by way of the first feed line.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system for the electrostatic control of a metal wetting layer during deposition and a method of electrostatically controlling a metal wetting layer during deposition using a deposition system. In one example, control of the metal wetting layer is provided by changing or applying an electrostatic field acting on a deposited material or acting on a substrate on which a material is deposited. In another example, control is of the thickness of the metal wetting layer. In another example, control is of the presence or absence of the metal wetting layer. The metal wetting layer can be a liquid metal or liquid metal alloy, for example the metal wetting layer could be Boron, Aluminium, Indium, Gallium or Thallium. In another example, control is of the thickness, or presence, of a Gallium wetting layer during GaN film growth.

Abstract: An integrated system for synthesis of a film-forming precursor, consumption of the precursor and formation of a thin film on a substrate is provided. The integrated system includes a raw material source, a precursor synthesis chamber in communication with the raw material source, a thin film processing chamber in communication with the precursor synthesis chamber for supplying the precursor from the precursor synthesis chamber to the thin film processing chamber in a controlled manner for consumption of the precursor to form the thin film on the substrate, a monitoring system for monitoring of the thin film formation in the thin film processing chamber and/or the precursor synthesis in the precursor synthesis chamber, and a controller for controlling a rate of the precursor synthesis, precursor consumption and/or thin film formation. The rate of precursor synthesis is synchronized with the rate of precursor consumption for formation of the thin film.

Abstract: A method includes forming a film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a first layer by supplying a precursor to the substrate; and (b) forming a second layer by supplying a reactant to the substrate and modifying the first layer. The (a) includes: (a-1) supplying the precursor to the substrate from a first supply part while supplying an inert gas at a first flow rate, and supplying an inert gas at a second flow rate from a second supply part; and (a-2) supplying the precursor to the substrate while supplying the inert gas at a third flow rate from the first supply part, or supplying the precursor from the first supply pan while stopping the supply of the inert gas, and supplying the inert gas at a fourth flow rate from the second supply part.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method may include engaging a first edge region on a first surface of a substrate with a first support roller; engaging a second edge region on the first surface of the substrate with a second support roller; transporting the substrate over the first and the second support rollers; repeating the following sequence of steps to form a thin film on the substrate: (a) exposing the substrate to a first precursor; (b) supplying a reactive species to the substrate after exposing the substrate to the first precursor; and depositing a vapor on the thin film to form a coating on the thin film.

Abstract: The invention refers to a process for metallization of an article having a plastic surface avoiding the metallization of the rack which fixes the article within the plating bath.

Abstract: A method of producing compressive stressed, medium phosphorus nickel deposits from an electroless nickel plating solution is disclosed herein. It was previously believed that a compressively stressed nickel deposit could only be produced with nickel deposits having a high phosphorus nickel content. The inventors have surprisingly discovered that, through selection and concentration of the additives of an electroless nickel plating solution, a medium phosphorus nickel deposit may be produced exhibiting compressive stress.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chemical conversion coated metal sheet for non-condensed thermoplastic resin bonding, the chemical conversion coated metal sheet including a metal substrate and a chemical conversion coating film disposed on at least one surface of the metal substrate, in which the chemical conversion coating film is obtained by coating the metal substrate with a coating liquid that contains an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, colloidal silica, and a silane coupling agent. The ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer has an acrylic acid content of 10 mass % or more and a melt flow rate of 80 g/10 min or less.

Abstract: A metal sheet has a longitudinal direction and a width direction. The metal sheet has shapes in the width direction that are taken at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the metal sheet and differ from one another. Each of the shapes is an undulated shape including protrusions and depressions repeating in the width direction of the metal sheet. A length in the width direction of a surface of the metal sheet is a surface distance. A minimum value of surface distances at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the metal sheet is a minimum surface distance. A ratio of a difference between a surface distance and the minimum surface distance to the minimum surface distance is an elongation difference ratio in the width direction. A maximum value of elongation difference ratios is less than or equal to 2×10?5.

Abstract: A method for etching a metal surface includes a step of contacting a metal surface with a protic compound for a first time period to produce a first modified surface. The first modified surface is contacted with a protic ligand-forming compound that reacts with the first modified surface to form a volatile metal-containing compound including a metal atom and the protic ligand-forming compound. The volatile metal-containing compound is removed from the vicinity of the metal surface.

Abstract: An aqueous composition for reducing corrosive removal of material in pickling of metallic surfaces comprising bare and/or galvanized steel. The composition includes a mixture of a compound of the formula R1O—(CH2)x—C?C—(CH2)y—OR2 in which R1 and R2 are both H, and a compound of the formula R1O—(CH2)x—C?C—(CH2)y—OR2 in which R1 and R2 are each, independently of one another, an HO—(CH2)w— group with w?2. X and y are each, independently of one another, from 1 to 4 in each of the two compounds of the formula R1O—(CH2)x—C?C—(CH2)y—OR2. A process for pickling a metallic surface with reduced corrosive removal of material is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator and comprises an electrolytic cell and a water-blocking device. The electrolytic cell is used for electrolyzing electrolyzed water to generate a gas with hydrogen. The electrolytic cell has an outlet for outputting the gas with hydrogen. The water-blocking device is set on the outlet for preventing the electrolyzed water from flowing out when the electrolytic cell is tilted by a tilt angle. The gas pathway of the invention will be closed by the water-blocking device when the gas generator is toppled, thereby preventing the electrolyte-rich electrolyzed water from flowing out.

Abstract: The invention relates to an oxygen-consuming electrode for use in chlor-alkali electrolysis which, as required, can either evolve hydrogen or can also consume oxygen, on the basis of a silver-based catalyst and an additional electrocatalyst based on ruthenium and/or iridium. The invention further relates to an electrolysis device consisting thereof. When said electrode is used in the chlor-alkali electrolysis, a correspondingly equipped chlor-alkali electrolysis system can be used for example for network stabilization of power supply networks.

Abstract: An electro catalytic CO2 reduction method including forming a gas diffusion cathode including a porous layer and gas diffusion layer. The method includes electrocatalyzing the gas diffusion cathode by electrochemically depositing a CO2 reduction catalyst using a pulse current or pulse reverse current passed between the gas diffusion cathode and a counter electrode in a bath containing ions of the catalyst to balance nucleation/growth of the catalyst particles resulting in a more uniform deposition of catalyst particles of predominantly less than 20 nm. The electro catalyzed gas diffusion cathode is utilized in an electrochemical reactor along with an anode and voltage source connected to the cathode and anode to convert CO2 to another chemical (e.g., formic acid).

Abstract: Provided are a photocatalyst electrode, an artificial photosynthesis module, and an artificial photosynthesis device that have low electrical resistance, even in a case where the area is increased, in a case where a transparent conductive layer is used. The photocatalyst electrode is a photocatalyst electrode that has a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, a photocatalyst layer, and a linear metal electrical conductor, and splits water with light to produce a gas. The substrate, the transparent conductive layer, and the photocatalyst layer are laminated in this order, and the linear metal electrical conductor is in contact with the transparent conductive layer. The artificial photosynthesis module has the oxygen evolution electrode that splits the water with the light to produce oxygen, and a hydrogen evolution electrode that splits the water with the light to produce hydrogen.

Abstract: A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a high damping magnetic alloy with very low impurity and small uniform grain size. The method also includes applying a pulsed current with a certain range of duty cycle and pulse length to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the high damping magnetic alloy is formed on the wafer.

Abstract: The presently disclosed apparatus and method offer the capability to electroplate pure metals or alloys onto substrates, having no current collectors or being connected to the power supply by a low conductivity seed layer. Thus, the disclosed system enables pure metal or alloy deposition on various substrates, including flexible electronic circuits, wafers for IC processing, and discrete electronic devices in surface finishing applications.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-lubricating, electrolytically deposited phosphate coating on metal workpieces, comprising stabilized solid lubricants incorporated into the phosphate coating and to a method for the production thereof.

Abstract: A method of anodizing an article of aluminum or aluminum alloy for forming a porous anodic oxide coating comprises an immersion step of immersing the article to be anodized in an electrolyte in a tank, wherein the electrolyte comprises an aqueous solution of 5-50 g/l sulphuric acid and 2-50 g/l phosphoric acid, and arranging the article as an anode with respect to one or more counter electrodes as arranged cathodes in the electrolyte, and an anodizing step of applying a positive anode voltage Va to the article, while the temperature of the electrolyte is in the range of 33-60° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing treatment solution free from a nickel salt. The sealing treatment solution is capable of ensuring a sealing performance comparative to that in the method using a sealing treatment solution containing a nickel salt, and ensuring that the resulting sealing-treated anodic oxide film has excellent contamination resistance. The present invention provides a sealing treatment solution for anodic oxide film of aluminum alloy, the sealing treatment solution comprising a metal salt, a pH buffer, and a surfactant, the metal salt being at least one member selected from alkali metal salts and alkaline-earth metal salts.

Abstract: To reduce fluctuation of the liquid level of plating solution caused by the operation of a paddle. A plating apparatus for plating a substrate is provided. The plating apparatus includes: a plating bath configured to store plating solution; a paddle that is arranged in the plating bath and configured to stir the plating solution; and a liquid level fluctuation reducing member that is arranged in the plating bath, has a flow path through which the plating solution passes, and is configured to increase a flow rate of the plating solution passing through the flow path to attenuate energy of waves formed by the plating solution.

Abstract: A plating apparatus includes a plating tank and a plating unit that performs electrolytic plating on an object. The plating unit includes a workpiece passage region including a partition wall that allows passage of the plating solution but does not allow passage of the object, the workpiece passage region passing the object from above toward below, an injection unit that injects the plating solution from below toward above, a mixing unit that mixes the plating solution injected by the injection unit and the object to be plated passing through the workpiece passage region, an anode outside the workpiece passage region, a cathode inside the workpiece passage region including a hollow region through which a mixed fluid of the plating solution and the object to be plated passes from below toward above, and a guidance unit that guides the mixed fluid to the workpiece passage region.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a library or an array of two or more nucleic acids encoding portions of genes selected from a set of 27 genes which are useful for predicting lung cancer survival, and a method for predicting a subject's overall survival (OS) from a lung cancer using two or more genes selected from the set of 27 genes.

Abstract: A method of characterizing candidate agents including steps of (a) providing a library of candidate agents attached to nucleic acid tags; (b) contacting the library with a solid support to attach the candidate agents to the solid support, whereby an array of candidate agents is formed; (c) contacting the array with a screening agent, wherein one or more candidate agents in the array react with the screening agent; (d) detecting the array to determine that at least one candidate agent in the array reacts with the screening agent; (e) sequencing the nucleic acid tag to determine the tag sequences attached to candidate agents in the array; and (f) identifying the at least one candidate agent in the array that reacts with the screening agent based on the tag sequence that is attached to the at least one candidate agent.

Abstract: Described are fibrous materials comprising a plurality of fibers having a longitudinal alignment gradient and/or a longitudinal composition gradient. Also described are methods of preparing the fibrous materials thereof and methods of treating organ or tissue damage with the fibrous materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a filament for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system made from or containing a propylene ethylene copolymer having: ethylene derived units content ranging from about 3.0 wt % to about 12.0 wt %, based upon the weight of the propylene ethylene copolymer; MFR L (Melt Flow Rate according to ISO 1133, condition L, at 230° C. and 2.16 kg load) from about 4 to about 20 g/10 min; and xylene solubles measured at 25° C. from about 3 wt % to about 30 wt %, based upon the weight of the propylene ethylene copolymer. The disclosure further provides an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system made from or containing the filament as well as 3D printed articles prepared from the system.

Abstract: A color-changing monofilament includes an electrically conductive core and a coating disposed around and along the electrically conductive core. The coating includes a layer of polymeric material having a color-changing pigment.

Abstract: A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light.

Abstract: A double-sided knitted fabric includes a surface layer and an inner layer, which are connected in a looping manner. The inner layer has a concavo-convex structure, and at least one of the longitudinal and lateral directions of each convex portion unit is composed of 3 to 10 loops. The skin-contact surface of the double-sided knitted fabric has excellent dry performance, has good comfort for wearing, and is especially suitable for production of T-shirts, POLO shirts and the like.

Abstract: Certain embodiments according to the invention provide seamless insulation articles suitable for a wide variety of uses (e.g., garments, footwear, home textile articles, etc.). In accordance with certain embodiments, the seamless insulation article includes a knit base comprising a first yarn and a second yarn incorporated into a continuous web defined by the first yarn and the second yarn in a predetermined pattern to form a plurality of three-dimensional surfaces. The plurality of three-dimensional surfaces define at least two discrete regions having different contrasting insulative capacities arranged in the predetermined pattern, in which the at least two discrete regions comprise a first discrete region and a second discrete region. The first discrete region comprises a first insulative capacity, the second discrete region comprises a second insulative capacity, and the second insulative capacity is greater than the first insulative capacity.

Abstract: A forming belt for use in making a nonwoven substrate. The forming belt includes a first surface defining a plane of the first surface and an axis parallel to a longitudinal direction corresponding to a machine direction when in use. A plurality of discrete belt patterns can be ordered in sequential relationship with respect to the longitudinal direction. At least a majority of the plurality of discrete belt patterns can include a discrete belt pattern overall area, a first forming zone having a first pattern of three-dimensional raised elements extending outwardly from the plane of the first surface and a second forming zone having a second pattern of three-dimensional raised elements extending outwardly from the plane of the first surface. The first forming zone can have a first air permeability value and the second forming zone can have a second air permeability value. The first air permeability value can be different from the second air permeability value.