Patents Issued in April 25, 2019
  • Publication number: 20190118412
    Abstract: A process for producing a carbon sheet molding compound (SMC). An SMC manufacturing line including at least one conveyor line for laying up SMC resins on a carrier film is provided. A chopped carbon fiber which is evenly distributed using dehumidified supply air and using a pressurized air venturi apparatus which is used to debundle and randomize the carbon fibers, onto the resin on the carrier film as the carrier film moves along the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ranjit Pachha, Jeffrey R. Robbins, Paul A. Trudeau
  • Publication number: 20190118413
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams. The multiple streams are exposed to a chamber pressure within a chamber that is below approximately 5 millibars. The streams are recombined into a single polymer stream and formed into bulked continuous carpet filament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas R. Clark
  • Publication number: 20190118414
    Abstract: A method for material handling and mold filling is provided which directs the flow of molten plastic material from an extruder and allocates the molten material to a plurality of nozzles through the use of independently operated, variable valves. The method therefore provides independent streams of molten plastic material having variable temperatures and flow rates or volumes to particular sections or regions of the mold. This independent temperature or flow of molten plastic material facilitates the complete, rapid and accurate filling of the molds, reducing turbulence and other temperature or flow-related imperfections in the finished components. A method of using a multiphase material handling system is also disclosed for expeditious sequential and simultaneous filling and pressing of the mold and extracting the completed component from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Signature Systems Group, LLC
    Inventor: Arnon Rosan
  • Publication number: 20190118415
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for molding systems that have a low thermal mass. One embodiment is a first tool that includes a first frame. The first frame includes a first set of plates of magnetically permeable material, and a material disposed between plates of the first set. The first tool also includes a first set of induction coils that are disposed within the first frame and that generate a first electromagnetic field, and a first susceptor that extends from the first set of plates. The first susceptor generates heat in response to the first electromagnetic field. The first tool further includes a mold that extends from the first susceptor and receives heat via conductive heat transfer from the first susceptor. Each plate of the first set is thinner than a skin depth at which the first electromagnetic field would generate an electrical induction current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, William C. Dykstra, Lee Charles Firth, Landon K. Henson, Tunde A. Olaniyan, John R. Hull
  • Publication number: 20190118416
    Abstract: An image displaying device includes a background layer and a display layer. The display layer includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is substantially smooth, and the outer surface includes a plurality of raised areas and recessed areas. The display layer has a first zone with a first thickness measured between the inner surface and a raised area and a second zone with a second thickness measured between the inner surface and a recessed area. The display layer also includes a coloring agent having a higher concentration in the first zone as compared to the second zone. The display layer has increased light transmissivity through the recessed areas and decreased light transmissivity through the raised areas such that a contrast of light transmissivity between the raised and recessed areas generates an image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: James E. Diepenbrock, Connie A. Sarkinen, Todd A. Waatti
  • Publication number: 20190118417
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for producing production grade prototype vehicle parts. The system uses large-scale printing to create a tooling, which is strong enough to subsequently be used in a compression molding machine to mold prototype vehicle parts that have similar mechanical properties to production grade vehicle parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hendrik MAINKA, Michael RADEMACHER, Thomas Wolfgang Clemens LADUCH
  • Publication number: 20190118418
    Abstract: A method for forming a tool for creating a formed component includes providing a forming tool having a core and cavity with respective core and cavity shutoff bands. Core and cavity finished parting planes are determined, wherein the engagement of the core and cavity finished parting planes defines a forming cavity. Rough portions of the core and cavity shutoff bands are removed to define respective rough parting planes. The respective rough parting planes are offset by approximately 130 microns from the respective core and cavity finished parting planes. The core and cavity are semi-finished to relieve stress within the core and cavity. The core and cavity shutoff bands are fine cut so that outer surfaces of the core and cavity shutoff bands are equal to the respective finished parting planes. The engagement between the core and cavity outer surfaces is substantially free of gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Norman Bazinski, Warwick J. Smith, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati
  • Publication number: 20190118419
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a molding apparatus for a turbine blade includes first and second mold compartments defining a mold cavity when in a closed position, at least one of the first and second mold compartments including a micro-structured surface facing an interior of the mold cavity. The micro-structured surface includes an array of V-shaped channels, and the V-shaped channels have a maximum height of 200 micrometers. A turbine blade including integral micro-structured riblets and method for making the turbine blade is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Robert M. Pricone, John C. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20190118420
    Abstract: A composite forming method includes manufacturing either one of a composite structure body and a dry preform having a hollow region, and pulling a core out of the hollow region. In the manufacturing, a rubber-made core having a tubular structure is disposed at a portion that forms the hollow region of either one of the composite structure body and the dry preform. The core has a thickness varied in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction to be foldable inward at a thin portion. In the pulling, the core is folded inward with air being discharged from an inside of the core after either one of the composite structure body and the dry preform is manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Daisuke HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190118421
    Abstract: In some examples, a lamp assembly for a printing system includes a heating lamp to generate heat in an active region of the printing system, and a housing comprising an inner chamber containing the heating lamp, an airflow inlet to receive a cooling airflow for provision into the inner chamber of the housing to cool the heating lamp, and a plurality of exhaust holes through which heated exhaust air is to exit from the inner chamber of the housing, the plurality of exhaust holes formed in a wall of the housing. The lamp assembly further includes an attachment element to attach the lamp assembly to a carriage of the printing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Emilio Carlos Cano, Ignacio Alejandre, Esteve Comas
  • Publication number: 20190118422
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for a substrate having a microstructure. The manufacturing method for a substrate having a microstmcture comprises the steps of: forming a microstructure on the upper surface of an auxiliary substrate; coating a base solution on the microstructure; forming a base substrate covering the microstructure by heattreating the base solution; and removing the auxiliary substrate from the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Taewhan KIM, Dongchul CHOO, Jungyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20190118423
    Abstract: A molding apparatus (10) for forming a retaining device. The molding apparatus (10) comprises a molding strip (12) and a molding support (24). The molding strip (12) has an inside face (14), an outside face (16), and a plurality of through cavities (18) extending from the outside face (16) to the inside face (14), the molding strip (12) extending in a longitudinal direction (X) and presenting both a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X), and also a height direction (Z) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X) and to the transverse direction (Y). The inside face (14) is configured to press against a molding face (26) of the molding support (24), wherein the inside face (14) of the molding strip (12) and/or the molding face (26) of the molding support (24) includes an array of passages, the array of passages forming vents and connecting together the cavities (18) when the molding strip (12) is pressed against the molding support (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: APLIX
    Inventors: Damien BOSSER, Anthony MAHE
  • Publication number: 20190118424
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method which enables sleepers to be produced for the railway track superstructure, which have optimised performance characteristics, in a cost-effective and reliable manner. The method according to the invention provides the following production steps for this purpose: a) providing a mixture 10-60% mass of which consists of a granulate of a plastic, which is deformable by applying heat, and the remainder of which consists of a sand having a bulk density of 1.4-2.0 g/cm3; b) heating the mixture to a temperature of 150-200° C.; c) pouring the mixture into a press mould reproducing the sleeper; d) pressing the mixture in the mould at a pressing pressure measured in the mixture of 1-5 MPa over a pressing period of up to 60 minutes; and e) removing the sleeper from the mould.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Winfried Bösterling, Adrian Bednarczyk, Nicolas Schröder
  • Publication number: 20190118425
    Abstract: A composition containing a semicrystalline poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) having a glass transition temperature of 205 to 225° C. can be compression molded under conditions that include a molding temperature substantially below the glass transition temperature. In some cases, the crystallinity of the poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) increases substantially during molding, even though the molding temperature is below the glass transition temperature. Also described are articles formed by the molding method, articles in which the poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) has a crystallinity of at least 5 weight percent, and a method of increasing the crystallinity of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yousof Mustafa Ghazzawi, Zahir Bashir
  • Publication number: 20190118426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cellulose product having a flat or non-flat product shape by a pressure moulding apparatus comprising a forming mould. The forming mould has a forming surface defining said product shape, The method comprises the steps of: arranging a cellulose blank containing less than 45 weight percent water in said forming mould; heating said cellulose blank to a forming temperature in the range of 100° C. to 200° C.; and pressing said cellulose blank by means of said forming mould with a forming pressure acting on the cellulose blank across said forming surface, said forming pressure being in the range of 1 MPa to 100 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: PulPac AB
    Inventors: Ove LARSSON, Linus LARSSON
  • Publication number: 20190118427
    Abstract: A method of producing thermoplastic resin composite material in which a main base material containing thermoplastic resin and a sheet-like shaped auxiliary base material are integrally molded and are made into composite material. The production method includes the steps of: heating the auxiliary base material (step S1); disposing the heated auxiliary base material in a mold (step S2); disposing the main base material in the mold via the auxiliary base material (step S3); closing the mold, and pressing together and integrally molding the auxiliary base material and the main base material (step S4); and taking out the integrally-molded thermoplastic resin composite material from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUBARU CORPORATION, SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TEIJIN LIMITED, Toray Industries, Inc, KYOWA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Satoshi Hirawaki, Yasunari Kuratani, Masashi Horikawa, Tomomi Ichida, Kazuaki Amaoka, Takashi Kusaka, Yoshinori Yamamori, Kosuke Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20190118428
    Abstract: A device for producing an edgefold on a component is suggested, wherein the component includes a support and a cover layer. The component may be an inner lining part of a motor vehicle, without limitation thereto. The device comprises an elastic body, which is set up to pull the cover layer over an edge of the support by deforming the elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Josef SCHEDLBAUER, Christian DUBLASKI, Matthias SCHWITZ, Ilja VAVILIN
  • Publication number: 20190118429
    Abstract: A process and assembly for producing a structural article, as well as an article produced according to any process and assembly. A mold has a base and a hinged lid, either or both of which include a cavity interior which defines a negative of the structural article to be produced. A structural insert placed within the mold, prior or subsequent to a plasticized and structural forming foam material also being placed within the mold. The foam cures and sets in encapsulating fashion around the insert so that, upon removal, the insert is coated within the formed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Neauvotec, LLC
    Inventor: Miguel A. Linares
  • Publication number: 20190118430
    Abstract: A method for filling a cavity with an expanding insulating foam component includes the following. First, providing a closed cavity comprising at least one elongated wall surface that extends along a first direction and includes first and second opposite sides, a top side and a bottom side. Next, forming a plurality of openings in the elongated wall surface arranged along the first direction and being alternating close to the first or the second opposite sides. Next, inserting a dispense tube through a first opening of the plurality of openings, and injecting a first portion of the expanding insulating foam into the closed cavity. The first opening is located close to the bottom side and close to the first side of the elongated wall surface. The injected foam expands along the bottom side and the first side and forms a first sloped top surface that has a positive slope angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas Lamm
  • Publication number: 20190118431
    Abstract: A member (10) for providing sealing, baffling, and/or reinforcement to a cavity member (30) comprising: (a) a carrier (12) with an insertion end (13) and a base end (11) having: (i) a base (16) at the base end (11) adapted for engaging with a wall (36) of the cavity member (30); (ii) a fastener (20) adapted for passing through an opening of the cavity member (32) and retaining the member (10) to the cavity member (30); (iii) a center portion (18) extending from the insertion end (13) to the base end (11); and (b) activatable material (26) disposed on the carrier (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Henry E. Richardson, Alexander Gabriel Mangiapane, Jeffery Shantz
  • Publication number: 20190118432
    Abstract: Methods and systems of introducing blowing agent in a polymeric foam process are described. The methods and systems may be used to discontinuously introduce blowing agent in polymeric foam processes (e.g., injection molding processes) that discontinuously plasticate polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Trexel, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Burnham, Brian S. Cockell, Samuel Edward Dix, Levi A. Kishbaugh
  • Publication number: 20190118433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a moulded part (50) by structural foam moulding, in which a polymer melt (18) is provided by melting a thermoplastic material, in which the polymer melt (18) is charged with a foaming agent (22) and in which the polymer melt (18) charged with the foaming agent (22) is injected under pressure into a cavity (26) of a mould (28), and so the polymer melt (18) fills the cavity (26) behind a melt front (34) running through the cavity (26), wherein the rate of injection at which the polymer melt (18) is injected into the cavity (26) of the mould (28) is set such that the internal pressure of the polymer melt (18) in the cavity (26), in a region (40) that follows a portion of the melt front (34) with a time delay of at most 0.15 seconds, is greater than the critical pressure of the foaming agent (22), at least at one point in time during the injection-moulding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich Grosser, Jan Helmig, Thorsten Schulz, Thomas Grimm, Lucia Winkler
  • Publication number: 20190118434
    Abstract: A process of making a part with improved mechanical performance and improved impact performance compared to a solid part with a same weight by a disclosed foaming process. The process including introducing a glass fiber filled polymeric material to a hopper (128) of an injection molding machine, melting the glass fiber filled polymeric material to form a melt in a plasticizing unit (100), and pressurizing the plasticizing unit (100) of the injection molding machine with a blowing agent. The process further including dissolving the blowing agent into the melt, injecting the melt into a mold cavity (408) of a mold up to 100% of volume, and reconfiguring the mold to increase a size of the mold cavity (408) after a predetermined time after a delivery of the melt. A part made by the process and the device for making the part are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Angel Stoyanov Yanev, Davy Wilhelmus Anna Brands, Josephus Gerardus Maria Van Gisbergen
  • Publication number: 20190118435
    Abstract: Novel polylactic acid biopolymer systems and methods of producing products with polylactic acid biopolymers are disclosed. Products produced according to the systems and methods disclosed herein have enhanced deflection temperature and improved mechanical performance when compared to conventional injection moulding processes. Systems and methods for compounding polylactic acid biopolymer and creating an object using a polylactic acid biopolymer by extrusion and injection moulding process are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kemal Kaya KAPLANCALI, Dominic Mount Tsun MAK
  • Publication number: 20190118436
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a stationary platen and a moving platen mounted on a machine base, and a rotary apparatus for rotatably supporting a center mold section. The rotary apparatus includes a carriage body including a carriage upper portion supported by first and second carriage rails, and a carriage lower portion extending downward from the carriage upper portion laterally intermediate the first and second carriage rails. The rotary apparatus further includes a rotary table mounted atop the carriage body for rotatably supporting the center mold section. The rotary table is mounted to the carriage body by a rotary table bearing having a combination of bearing elements to bear axial, rotational, and moment loads. The machine further includes a plurality of tie bars extending between the moving platen and the stationary platen. The tie bars are free from engagement by the rotary apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Niigon Machines Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert D. Schad, Carsten Link, Hemant Kumar
  • Publication number: 20190118437
    Abstract: A hybrid lower arm and a hybrid upper arm include an arm body made of a metal material, and an insert injection-molded integrally with the arm body so that the insert is inserted into an inside of the arm body. The arm body has a weight ratio of 50% or more and 90% or less with respect to the total weight of the hybrid lower arm or the hybrid upper arm, thus achieving the rigidity increase as well as the weight reduction in the lower arm and the upper arm of a suspension system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sung Keun LEE, Hyun Woo KIM, Tae Sung KWON, Byong Suk YU, Se Woong JEONG, Hyuk KWON, Ig Jin KWON, Young In YOON, Min Kook PARK, Soon Chan KWON, Dae Ju LEE
  • Publication number: 20190118438
    Abstract: A molded plastic article having a bonded plastic portion 6 bonding a first body and a second body together; a connecting plastic portion 8, formed by solidifying the molten plastic flowing out from the plastic channel, having one end connected to the bonding plastic portion 6; and a flow tab plastic portion 7 formed by solidifying the molten plastic, connected to the other end of the connecting plastic portion 8 connected to the other end portion of the 8. A portion of reduced diameter 7a is provided to the flow tab plastic portion 7 on the connecting plastic portion side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsukamoto, Susumu Mikami, Masahiro Aburakawa, Hiroshi Suda
  • Publication number: 20190118439
    Abstract: A method for producing injection-molded parts by a two-component injection-molding technique in which a first material component is injected into a mold cavity and is displaced into peripheral regions of the mold cavity by injecting a second material component. The first material component is injected into a partial region of the mold cavity at a first gating point and the second material component is injected into the mold cavity at a second gating point and, as a result, the first material component is acted upon by the second material component and displaced in the direction of the regions of the mold to be filled with the first material component. The first material component is thereby displaced into regions of the mold at the wall, and the second material component is introduced in those regions of the mold as a core material and completely into other regions of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Zahoransky Formenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Schnurr
  • Publication number: 20190118440
    Abstract: A resin shaping mold includes a hot runner, a cavity, a cold runner, and a valve pin. The cold runner is connected to the hot runner and the cavity. The cold runner has a lower temperature than the hot runner. The valve pin configured to move forward and backward from the hot runner toward the cold runner and close a channel of molten resin from the hot runner to the cavity at a predetermined position. The valve pin includes a runner lock portion configured to hold resin solidified at a position further on the cavity side with respect to the predetermined position in the cold runner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yuta Moriya, Tatsurou Fujii, Tomohiro Shima, Koki Kodaira, Hitoshi Nakashige
  • Publication number: 20190118441
    Abstract: An injection molding machine and screw therefor with which, when mixing reinforcing fibers in a molten resin and injection molding same, the reinforcing fibers can be uniformly dispersed in the molten resin. For a screw provided in an injection molding machine, a mixing section is provided on the downstream side of a compression section. Three helical flights (x, y, z) are provided in the mixing section and three grooves, which are helically disposed in the opposite or the same direction as the orientation of the flights, are formed. As a result of the grooves, it is possible to keep the fiber lengths of the reinforcing fibers long and even if the reinforcing fibers become tangled in the compression section, the fibers are defibrated in the mixing section, the shearing of long fibers in the molten resin is mitigated, the reinforcing fibers are dispersed uniformly and a good product is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYO MACHINERY & METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira INOUE, So SHIMOKUSUZONO
  • Publication number: 20190118442
    Abstract: A method for forming a conformal fluid circulating passage in a mold includes providing a mold including a molding surface with an open passage thereon, the depth of the passage substantially conforming to the contour of the molding surface, the passage defining a plurality of open fluid channels including a first channel, a second channel downstream of the first channel and a third channel downstream of the second channel; and wherein each fluid channel defines a centerline that extends from the bottom of the open passage to the molding surface and a channel longitudinal centerline, and the method includes maintaining a common distance between the longitudinal centerlines and the molding surface and between the centerlines of adjacent channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Alan J. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20190118443
    Abstract: A state determination device includes: a primary determination learning model that has learned an outline of a state of a manufacturing device based on a state variable acquired from a manufacturing operation of a product of the manufacturing device; and a secondary determination learning model that has learned a state of the manufacturing device based on a state variable acquired from a predetermined operation pattern set in advance and maintenance information. Then, a primary determination is made on the outline of the state of the manufacturing device using the primary determination learning model based on the state variable acquired from the manufacturing operation of the product, and further, a secondary determination is made on the state of the manufacturing device using the secondary determination learning model based on the state variable acquired from the predetermined operation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyasu ASAOKA, Atsushi HORIUCHI, Kenjirou SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20190118444
    Abstract: A control device of an injection molding machine, for controlling operations of multiple elements operating during the period of mold closing or mold opening, includes: an operation starting condition setting unit for, concerning at least part of the elements, setting an operation starting condition of one of the elements that operates in conjunction with another one thereof by an operator operating an operation unit; a group setting unit for classifying the elements based on the operation starting conditions so that elements operating in conjunction with each other belong to the same group; an operation sequence setting unit for setting order of the operations of the elements belonging to the same group based on the operation starting conditions; and a drive command generator for generating drive commands for driving the injection molding machine so as to cause the elements belonging to the same group to operate in the set order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi TANAKA, Junpei MARUYAMA, Tatsuhiro UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190118445
    Abstract: A display unit of an injection molding machine that displays an order of operations of elements operating during clamp close or open of the injection molding machine, the display unit including a condition setting unit that sets a start condition of the operation; a group setting unit that sets the elements operating in conjunction with each other to be associated with the same group, based on the set start conditions; an order setting unit that sets the order of the operations of the elements associated with the same group, based on the set start conditions; and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display a field showing the group, and to display symbols indicating the operations of the elements associated with the groups in the fields, to show a before and after relationship in accordance with the set order of the operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Junpei MARUYAMA, Kazuyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190118446
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of mold material to a mold cavity, the apparatus comprising: an injection molding machine and a manifold; an actuator interconnected to a valve pin having a tip end; a valve system in fluid communication with the actuator to drive the actuator at one or more rates of travel, the valve system having a start position, one or more intermediate drive rate positions and a high drive rate position, the start position holding the valve pin in a gate closed position; a controller that instructs the valve system to move from the start position to the one or more intermediate drive rate positions and to remain in the one or more intermediate drive rate positions for one or more corresponding predetermined amounts of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Vito Galati, Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, J. Andres Lopez
  • Publication number: 20190118447
    Abstract: A method for moving a movable mold mounting plate of a molding machine, wherein the movable mold mounting plate is movable relative to a stationary mold mounting plate and the mold mounting plates are kinematically connected to each other and wherein a drive mechanism for moving the movable mold mounting plate is provided, wherein molding tool parts arranged on the mold mounting plates are brought into abutment to each other in a closed state and wherein a temporally changeable tilting movement of the mold mounting plates relative to each other occurs by the movement of the movable mold mounting plate, wherein the movable mold mounting plate is moved by the drive mechanism and/or the stationary mold mounting plate is moved by an injection device in such a way that when reaching a predeterminable distance of the mold mounting plates relative to each other a parameter representing the tilting movement of the mold mounting plates relative to each other is less than or equal to a presettable value, preferably equ
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Friedrich Johann KILIAN, Friedrich PERNKOPF, Stephan EPPICH
  • Publication number: 20190118448
    Abstract: Three-dimensional printing pens and related systems and methods are provided. A three-dimensional printing pen may include a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge having a hollow cartridge body sized and shaped to include a colored thixotropic paste, a color of each thixotropic paste being different from a color of another thixotropic paste, and a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle fluidly communicatively coupled to a corresponding cartridge. The three-dimensional printing may further include a motor unit operably coupled to the plurality of cartridges, the motor unit operable to expel the colored thixotropic paste from each cartridge through the corresponding nozzle, a mixing tip fluidly communicatively coupled to the plurality of nozzles, the mixing tip sized and shaped to dispense therethrough one or more of the colored thixotropic pastes in a form of an output thixotropic paste, and a projection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Riham M. Selim, Mark Fauver, Ahmed Gaafar
  • Publication number: 20190118449
    Abstract: A multi-lane die is provided. The multi-lane slot die comprises an upper body member, a lower body member, an upper shim, a separator shim, and a lower shim. The upper shim is positioned between the upper body member and the separator shim. The upper shim, the upper body member, and the separator shim define a first at least one dispensing channel that extends to a first at least one dispense opening of the multi-lane die. The lower shim is positioned between the separator shim and the lower body member. The lower shim, the separator shim, and the lower body member define a second at least one dispensing channel that extends to a second at least one dispense opening of the multi-lane die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Greenlund, David J. Kuenne, Matthew S. Frisinger, Charlotte K. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20190118450
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament which, in various embodiments, comprises: (A) grinding recycled PET bottles into a group of flakes; (B) washing the flakes; (C) identifying and removing impurities, including impure flakes, from the group of flakes; (D) passing the group of flakes through an expanded surface area extruder while maintaining a pressure within the expanded surface area extruder below about 25 millibars; (E) passing the resulting polymer melt through at least one filter having a micron rating of less than about 50 microns; and (F) forming the recycled polymer into bulked continuous carpet filament that consists essentially of recycled PET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas R. Clark
  • Publication number: 20190118451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a calibration device (1) for calibrating a blown film (6), said device comprising; —a tubular region (55) with at least one inner wall (92), through which region the blown film (6) can be passed; —a liquid reservoir which provides a liquid and which is situated above the tubular region (55); an inlet region, in which the liquid can be introduced into the space between the outer wall of the blown film (6) and the inner wall (92) of the tubular region (55); and —a scraper device (117), situated below the tubular region (55), by means of which scraper device at least part of the liquid can be removed from the outer surface. The distance of the liquid-removing regions of the scraper device (117) from the main axis of the blown film (6) can be altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jens Goldenstein, Henning Steuter
  • Publication number: 20190118452
    Abstract: A liquid blow molding method molds a bottomed tubular-shaped preform into a liquid containing container. The method includes a nozzle engaging step of engaging a blow nozzle with a mouth of the preform; a molding step of molding the preform into a container of a predetermined shape by supplying a pressurized liquid from a pump into the preform; a suck-back step of sucking back a predetermined volume of liquid out of the container into a supply path; a nozzle closing step of closing the blow nozzle by a sealing body; and a discharge step of discharging a liquid in the supply path by a predetermined volume from a discharge port by operating, after the nozzle closing step, a pump in a positive direction with the discharge port connected to the supply path opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato SUZUKI, Mitsuru SHIOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190118453
    Abstract: An apparatus for hot drape forming a part includes a plurality of pyrometers, a bladder covering a formable material, and a pyrometer control medium positioned between the plurality of pyrometers and the formable material. The plurality of pyrometers are configured to measure a temperature of the pyrometer control medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: David J. Sundquist, Trevor L. Howard, Sarah Vaselaney, Robert A. Rapp, Joshua K. Hillam
  • Publication number: 20190118454
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for producing folded edges in a film in-process, and compositions of such film are provided. A method of folding edges includes: separating a first idler roll and a second idler roll by a first distance; positioning a plurality of folding guides between the first idler roll and the second idler roll; separating adjacent sections of film having a majority layer comprising a Ziegler Natta catalyzed linear low density polyethylene copolymer resin having molecules that inherently lack long chain branching, wherein a majority of said molecules are oriented in a substantially longitudinal direction due to an induced strain, and inducing two folds with each folding guide, thereby causing an edge of each section of film to turn under 180° and cling to a bottom surface of the section of film; and moving the adjacent sections of film from the folding guides to the second idler roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Paragon Films, Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Eugene Pirtle, Khurrum Shamsi
  • Publication number: 20190118455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a sequentially stretched biaxially oriented film, comprising the following steps: a) Melting a composition comprising at least 50 wt % with respect to the total amount of the composition of a copolyamide comprising: i. At least 75 wt % monomeric units derived from caprolactam, and further monomeric units derived from diamines X and/or diacids Y and/or aminoacids Z in a summed amount of between 0.2 to 25 wt %; or ii. At least 75 wt % monomeric units derived from hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid, and further monomeric units derived from diamines X and/or diacids Y and/or aminoacids Z in a summed amount of between 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Roman STEPANYAN, Hao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190118456
    Abstract: Methods for preparing oriented polymer tubes, such as biodegradable polymer tubes suitable for in vivo use, are provided herein. The disclosed methods provide alternatives to the typical extrusion/expansion methods by which oriented polymeric tubes for such uses are commonly produced. Advantageously, the disclosed methods can provide more homogeneous molecular orientation of crystallizable polymers within the tube walls, which can endow such polymeric tubes with enhanced strength (e.g., resistance to compression) and toughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: James M. Lindsey, John Richard Campanelli, Elizabeth A. Foley, Bruce L. Anneaux, Justin A. Marro
  • Publication number: 20190118457
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes a rolled web mold installation part for installing a rolled web mold around which the mold is wound, a transfer roller for winding the mold fed out from the rolled web mold, a winding roll for winding up the mold, a winding roll installation part for installing the winding roll therein, and a mold installation assisting part for guiding the mold fed out from the rolled web mold up to the winding roll while suppressing an occurrence of wrinkles in the mold fed out from the rolled web mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsunori KOKUBO, Takato BABA, Toshiaki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20190118458
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes a transfer roller which supports a mold and transfers a fine transfer pattern formed on the mold to a resin coated on a substrate installed in a substrate installation part with movement of the transfer roller and a transfer roller guide part for guiding the transfer roller when the mold is pressed against the resin coated on the substrate installed in the substrate installation part by the movement of the transfer roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsunori KOKUBO, Takato BABA, Toshiaki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20190118459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for rehabilitating lines, in particular sewers, shafts or the like, a curing device being activated or having been activated for curing the curable and/or curing ply, and an advancement of the curing device in the lining sleeve and in particular the power output of the curing device being controlled in an open-loop or closed-loop manner in dependence on the temperature sensed by the temperature measuring device on the outer side of the curable ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Herbert WIND, Christian NOLL, Stefan REICHEL
  • Publication number: 20190118460
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for curing a lining sleeve comprising a curing device with a radiation source, a lining sleeve with a curable ply and an outer film arranged around the curable ply, a measuring device, which is arranged between the curable ply and the outer film and/or on or at a distance outwardly from the outer side of the curable ply, the measuring device being designed and set up to sense a measured value representative of the curing of the curable ply, and also an open-loop or closed-loop control device, which is designed and set up to control the advancement of the curing device in the lining sleeve and/or the power output of the radiation source of the curing device in an open-loop or closed-loop manner in dependence on the measured values sensed by the measuring device on the outer side of the curable ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Herbert WIND, Christian NOLL, Stefan REICHEL
  • Publication number: 20190118461
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container sleeving device, system and method for arranging sleeves on a plurality of containers, wherein the sleeves are made of tubular foil material made to pass over the circumferential outer surface of a spreading element, the container sleeving device comprising:—a spreading element configured to spread open the tubular foil material passing from a proximal spreading element portion (31) towards a distal spreading element portion (34);—a cutting unit (25) for cutting the spread-open tubular foil material to form a sleeve;—a sleeve discharge unit (28) configured to accelerate the sleeve to move over the outer surface of the distal spreading element portion so as to discharge the sleeve towards a container; wherein the distal spreading element portion and/or the proximal spreading element portion has one or more pressure regulating openings configured to regulate the pressure close to the outer surface of the distal spreading element portion and/or of the proximal spread
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Marinus Antonius Leonarda Van Heck, Frederik Gerardus Heeman, Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink