Abstract: A system for curing polymer matrix composite parts out of autoclave in manufacturing and repairing processes including: (i) an inner vacuum bag (3) placed over the lay-up to be cured located over a working area (15, 18) with the edges of the inner vacuum bag (3) joined to the working area by first sealing elements (8); (ii) a Perforated bulkhead (4) located over the inner vacuum bag (3), (iii) an Outer vacuum bag (2) over a perforated bulkhead (4) and over the edges of the inner vacuum bag with the edges of the outer vacuum bag (2) joined to the working area (15, 18) by second sealing elements (1), (iv) a vacuum device (5, 7, 6) and (v) a heating source (9, 20).

Abstract: A pressing tool is provided for producing fiber composite components, including a first tool part and a second tool part moveable relative to the first tool part. In the closed state of the pressing tool, the two tool parts form a shaping cavity for accommodating a fiber semi-finished product to be shaped and each have a tool surface delimiting the cavity. In addition, at least one of the tool surfaces has at least two adjacent flat sections inclined toward each other which are connected to each other by way of a curved transition section. The curved transition section has at least one groove-shaped recess facing the cavity.

Abstract: Apparatus for transforming plastic parisons into plastic containers includes a transforming station having a blow mould within which plastic parisons can be expanded by application of a gaseous medium. The blow mould has a base part arranged releasably on a support. The transforming station has at least one first connector for supplying a flowable temperature control medium to the transforming station, and this supply of the temperature control medium can be disconnected via the connector. The fastening mechanism has a release element which is movable in a predetermined straight direction. By displacement of this release element into a first predetermined position fastening of the base part on the support is releasable and by a displacement of this release element into a second predetermined position the base part can be fastened on the support.

Abstract: A tire vulcanization mold 10 of an embodiment includes an annular side mold 14 having a side molding surface 18 for molding a side wall portion T2. In a side mold body 15 of the side mold 14, an annular recess 20 is provided in the side molding surface 18 and a side ring 22 is fitted into the annular recess. The side ring 22 is mounted in the annular recess 20 such that a vent gap 30 for discharging air is formed between the side ring and the annular recess, on an opening portion side of the annular recess 20, and such that the side ring 22 is centered with respect to the side mold body 15 by a close contact fitting portion 28 in which the side ring and the annular recess are fitted without a gap therebetween, on a bottom portion side of the annular recess 20.

Abstract: A bladder device is for moving a component of a web packaging machine that forms and encloses a food product in a food product package made of webs of packaging material. The bladder device has a bladder and a nipple stub coupled to the bladder and having a first end configured to receive a gas and a second end configured to dispense the gas into the bladder to thereby inflate the bladder and move the component of the web packaging machine. A collar coupled to the nipple stub such that the bladder is sandwiched between the collar and the second end of the nipple stub. The second end of the nipple stub has a depression and the collar has a boss that is oriented towards the depression such that tightening the collar on the nipple stub forces the bladder into the depression and thereby forms a fluid tight seal.

Abstract: In an example, a system for forming a dust-mitigating fabric includes a warp-strand-delivery unit including warp strands. The warp strands include insulative-warp strands and conductive-warp strands. The system includes a plurality of heddles that receive the warp strands, and a plurality of harnesses coupled to the heddles. The dust-mitigating fabric has an adapter for receiving one or more phases of an electrical signal. The warp strands include a group of insulative-warp strands and one or more groups of conductive-warp strands. Each group of conductive-warp strands corresponds to a respective phase of the electrical signal. The harnesses move the groups of warp strands to form a shed, and move, on a group-by-group basis, each group of conductive-warp strands to facilitate forming the adapter. The system further includes a picking device to move a weft strand through the shed to form a fabric.

Abstract: A component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The component may comprise a structural substrate comprising a fiber panel with at least one hole and a resin-formed structure; and a cover coupled to the fiber panel or the resin-formed structure. The fiber panel may be formed into a compression-formed component; the resin-formed structure may comprise a molded feature formed in the hole of the fiber panel. The resin-formed structure may reinforce the structural substrate. The fiber panel and the resin-formed structure may provide a substantially continuous structure. The resin-formed structure may extend along a surface of the fiber panel to form the resin-formed structure to the fiber panel. The cover may be applied to the fiber panel during compression molding. The component may comprise a trim panel, instrument panel, door panel, or other interior trim part. A method of manufacturing a vehicle trim component is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprises a base steel sheet and a hot-dip galvanized layer, a ferrite phase is, by volume fraction, 40% or more and 97% or less in a range of ? thickness to ? thickness centered at a position of ¼ thickness from the surface of the base steel sheet, a hard structure is 3% or more in total, wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has the hot-dip galvanized layer in which Fe is 5.0% or less and Al is 1.0% or less, and columnar grains formed of a ? phase is 20% or more in an entire interface between the plated layer and the base steel sheet on the surface of the base steel sheet in which a ratio of a volume fraction of the hard structure in a surface layer range of 20 ?m depth in a steel sheet direction from an interface between the hot-dip galvanized layer and the base steel sheet is 0.10 times or more to 0.

Abstract: A transfer film has a temporary support, a first curable transparent resin layer, a second curable transparent resin layer which is disposed adjacent to the first curable transparent resin layer in this order. The refractive index of the second curable transparent resin layer is higher than the refractive index of the first curable transparent resin layer and equal to or greater than 1.6.

Abstract: To provide a laminate having a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer laminated with a good adhesive strength. A method for producing a laminate, comprising carrying out heat lamination of a fluororesin film containing the following fluororesin (A) and a thermoplastic resin film containing a thermoplastic resin (B) having a melting point higher by at least 5° C. than the melting point of the fluororesin (A), at a temperature of at least a melting point of the fluororesin (A) and lower than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin (B). The fluororesin (A) is a fluororesin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and having a melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 30 g/10 min at 372° C. under a load of 49N.

Abstract: A packaging film suitable for an outer packaging composed of an optionally release-capable, upstretched, at least monolaminar polyolefin film comprising a) a layer (a) based on a mixture of ?) 20-49% by weight of a polypropylene or of at least one propylene copolymer, or combination thereof, and of ?) 80-51% by weight of at least one polyethylene or ethylene copolymer, and optionally ?) customary auxiliaries, with a layer thickness of ?20 ?m, on at least one surface of the layer (a) a release coating (b) composed of cured polysiloxane, wherein the tensile strength of the polyolefin film in machine direction is at least 6.5 N/cm, measured according to DIN EN ISO 527-3, and outer packagings produced therefrom.

Abstract: A process for making an elastomeric laminated product including the steps of laminating an elastomeric film between a first spunbond nonwoven layer and a second spunbond nonwoven layer so as to form a laminated web, transporting the laminated web through intermeshing rollers so as to strain portions of the laminated web to form activated regions in the laminated web, and transporting the activated laminated web to a first portion of a rotating wheel, the first portion of the wheel having a cross direction width that is smaller than a cross direction width at a second portion of the wheel, so that the laminated web follows rotation of the wheel and is stretched in the cross direction at the second portion of the wheel before separating from the wheel at the first portion in a relaxed state.

Abstract: An application device that applies an adhesive-backed film to a base material having a bonding surface, along a first direction which is an extending direction of the base material, comprises: an application mechanism having an application unit that applies the film from a first end to a second end in the first direction on the base material by pressing the film; and a film gripping part that grips an end portion of the film on the second end side and can be driven in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and is a direction in which the bonding surface and the film are opposed to each other, wherein the application unit presses the film by moving in the first and second directions relative to the base material.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to form venting pathways in pressure sensitive adhesives for laminate stacks are disclosed. An example method includes forming a laminate stack including a gas permeable nonwoven layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer facing a surface of the gas permeable nonwoven layer, and processing the laminate stack such that a plurality of venting pathways are formed in the pressure sensitive adhesive layer to enable trapped gas to pass through the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: A method of making plastic flooring contains steps of: A. providing the substrate and delivering the substrate toward a rolling unit; B. delivering a printing layer, wherein the printing layer is blank and is delivered toward the rolling unit by way of a second delivery roller mechanism; C. rolling, wherein the rolling unit rolls the substrate and the printing layer, and the printing layer has three-dimensional embossing; D. digital printing, wherein color material being printed on three-dimensional embossing by using the digital print unit; E. coating an abrasion resistant layer, wherein a coating unit coats wear-resistant materials of the abrasion resistant layer on the printing layer; and F. shaping, wherein the plastic flooring material is shaped so as to dry and harden the abrasion resistant layer.

Abstract: A peeling apparatus includes an ingot holding unit holding an ingot in a hanging state where a portion of the ingot to be peeled off as the wafer is directed downwardly, a water container containing water therein, an ultrasonic unit immersed in the water in the water container, a moving unit moving the ingot holding unit vertically into a position where the ingot holding unit faces the ultrasonic unit and at least the portion of the ingot to be peeled off as the wafer is immersed in the water in the water container, and a nozzle ejecting water to the portion of the ingot to be peeled off as the wafer thereby to promote the peeling of the wafer from the ingot.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method may involve: Providing a first and a second material, the second material capable of reacting with the first material to form a reaction product; forming at least the first material into a first layer; subjecting at least a portion of the first layer to energy in the presence of the second material, the energy being sufficient to initiate a reaction between at least the first and second materials to form a portion of the article, the portion of the article comprising the reaction product; forming a second layer of at least the first material on the first layer; and subjecting at least a portion of the second layer to energy in the presence of the second material, the energy being sufficient to initiate a reaction between the first and second materials to form an additional portion of the article.

Abstract: A printing apparatus including a manifold shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped having three pairs of parallel faces and including (i) a body thereof defining a plurality of fluidic channels, (ii) a bottom portion thereof defining a slot configured to accommodate insertion of a printing element; and (iii) at least one face defining a plurality of fluidic connections in fluidic communication with the fluidic channels. A method for manufacturing a printing apparatus includes the steps of a) manufacturing a manifold by manufacturing a parallelepiped and defining a slot therein configured to hold a printing element; b) machining features into the manifold for mechanical mounting, electronic connection, and fluid connection; and (c) assembling the manifold with the printing element and a gasket to form the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printer includes: a machine mainframe, formed with a carrying plane; a three-dimensional printing module, installed on the machine mainframe, and used for forming a three-dimensional object on the carrying plane according to a three-dimensional model data; and a color spraying nozzle module, installed on the machine mainframe and used for coloring a surface of the three-dimensional object according to the three-dimensional model data, wherein the color spraying nozzle module includes at least one color spraying nozzle and at least one screen member, the color spraying nozzle is formed with at least one nozzle hole, the screen member is formed with at least one screen hole, the screen hole is arranged corresponding to the nozzle hole, and the area of the screen hole is smaller than the area of the nozzle hole thereby enabling the color spraying nozzle module to more efficiently color the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: A system and method for supplying ink can include an ink supply device with a first end and a second end located along an axis on opposite sides of the ink supply device. In an example, the first end is frustum shaped, and the second end is frustum shaped. In an example, a first ink connector can be attached to the first end. In an example, a second ink connector can be attached to the second end. In an example, a pump can be connected to the second ink connector to move ink accumulating in the second end through the second ink connector into the ink supply system.

Abstract: A roller arrangement for printing apparatus comprises a first roller. The first roller comprises a plurality of cells. Each of the plurality of cells receives an amount of a coating material. The roller arrangement further comprises an extractor to remove at least a portion of the coating material from a selected set of the plurality of the cells.

Abstract: A transfer-printing ink is ejected onto a transfer paper base on an ink-jet recording device when transfer paper is prepared, and is transferred from the transfer paper to cloth when the transfer paper with the cloth laid over it is heated. The ink contains a pigment, an anionic fixing resin, and a volatile amine as a neutralizer for neutralizing the fixing resin. The average particle diameter of the pigment is 30 nm to 150 nm. The pigment-to-fixing resin mass ratio is 1:1 to 1:5. The added amount of the volatile amine is 0.8 to 1.5 times the neutralization equivalent.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including a print element substrate including an ejection opening for ejecting a liquid, a wiring member including wiring electrically connected to the print element substrate, a connection electrically connecting the print element substrate to the wiring member, a support member supporting the wiring member, a sealing material sealing the connection, and a cover member provided on the support member. In the liquid ejecting head, the wiring member is a strip-shaped member, and a portion of the wiring member provided on a surface of the support member that supports the wiring member is covered by the sealing material and the cover member.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus, satisfying elements (1) through (4) below, (1) the inkjet printing apparatus including an ink discharging unit configured to discharge an ink, (2) the ink discharging unit including an inkjet head having a nozzle diameter of 17 ?m or greater but 19 ?m or less, (3) the inkjet head including a nozzle plate and an ink repellent layer disposed on a surface of the nozzle plate, and (4) the inkjet printing apparatus using, as the ink, an aqueous dye ink including a water-soluble dye and having a viscosity of 5 mPa·s or greater but 12 mPa·s or less at 25° C.

Abstract: Priority order is updated so that an ejection port that is selected as an ejection port subjected to ejection failure determination in a pixel row in which a previous ejection operation is to be performed has the lowest priority order, which is used for selecting an ejection port subjected to ejection failure determination, in a pixel row in which a subsequent ejection operation is to be performed.

Abstract: Printing an image, using a printing system having a malfunctioning or inoperative nozzle corresponding to a column of affected positions in a half-toned digital image, includes modifying the half-toned digital image, using a pre-print digital processor of the printing system to compute a modified version of the half-toned digital image, such that droplet sizes are increased only in the two neighboring columns and according to a value of a compensation function, and printing the modified half-toned digital image on the target surface. Values of the threshold-based compensation function are based on a luminance-debt function defined by an iterative row-by-consecutive-row computation procedure, where for each iteration step the luminance-debt function is re-calculated according to data representing the ink values of affected positions and data representing the instant value of the compensation function.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a piezoelectric element driven with a drive signal; a switch circuit which is provided on a circuit substrate; a pressure chamber which is filled with liquid and changes pressure inside in accordance with the drive by the piezoelectric element; and a reserve chamber which reserves the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element is provided in a sealed space defined by a plurality of members including the circuit substrate. The reserve chamber includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel. A first end of the first flow channel communicates with a first end of the second flow channel. A second end of the first flow channel communicates with a second end of the second flow channel. The circuit substrate and switch circuit are provided between the first flow channel and the second flow channel.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a piezoelectric element that has a first electrode, a piezoelectric body, and a second electrode, a first switch that is capable of switching whether to supply a drive signal for driving the piezoelectric element to the first electrode, and a second switch that is arranged electrically in parallel with the piezoelectric element and is capable of switching whether to electrically connect the first electrode and the second electrode to each other.

Abstract: An energy recovery circuit in a print head includes at least one waveform rail, an array of piezoelectric actuators selectively electrically connectable to the waveform rail, the piezoelectric actuators creating a capacitive load, at least one pseudo jet capacitive load, selectively coupled to the waveform rail, depending upon how many piezoelectric actuators are connected to the waveform rail, and a first inductor coupled to the waveform rail, wherein the first inductor forms a resonant circuit with a waveform rail capacitance and returns energy to a power supply.

Abstract: A printing device includes a print head that prints on a print medium image data of a print target and a decorative image and a processor that controls the print head to print image data of the decorative image on the print medium while the printing device that is held by a user moves on the print medium in a first movement, wherein the processor causes the print head to print the image data of the print target in a range that is indicated by the printed decorative image while the held printing device moves on the print medium in a second movement after the image data of the decorative image is printed.

Abstract: A print head assembly for printing an ink on a substrate having a printing pin member having a tip; a wetting system having an ink reservoir, the wetting system being configured to transfer ink from the ink reservoir to the tip of the printing pin member; and a charging system operably coupled to the printing pin member, the charging system configured to apply a high voltage charge to the printing pin member resulting in the ink on the tip of the printing pin member to be deposited upon the substrate.

Abstract: In a large format printer, a print head which includes a plurality of drive elements is provided with a head drive circuit which applies a voltage which is based on a first drive signal, a second drive signal, and a reference voltage signal which are input from a control circuit via a cable to the drive element. In a first flat cable and a second flat cable which configure the cable and which are in an overlapping state, a first wire which propagates a first drive signal is adjacent to a third wire which propagates a reference voltage signal, a second wire which propagates a second drive signal is adjacent to a third wire, and, in an overlapping direction, the first wire faces the third wire and the second wire faces the third wire.

Abstract: A print element substrate and a liquid ejection head capable of suppressing degradation of a print quality caused by a white stripe/black stripe etc., is actualized without using a high degree of microfabrication technology. As a result of asymmetric deformation by swelling in a direction of relative movement to a print medium, print elements having different liquid droplet ejection directions are made to coexist and arrayed for that purpose.

Abstract: There are provided a conductive base; a plurality of head main bodies which are held by the base and each have a switching element and a pressure generating element for discharging a liquid in a pressure generating chamber; a plurality of covers which are separated from the base, at least one of the pressure generating element and the switching element being sandwiched between the base and each of the covers; and a plurality of conduction portions which each conduct the base and the cover to each other at a plurality of locations.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device used in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from a nozzle includes a flow-path-forming substrate in which an individual liquid chamber that communicates with the nozzle and a liquid supply chamber that communicates with the individual liquid chamber are formed, a vibration plate formed at a position corresponding to the individual liquid chamber and the liquid supply chamber of the flow-path-forming substrate, a plurality of liquid supply ports formed in the liquid supply chamber, and a piezoelectric element including a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode, the piezoelectric element being formed at a position on the vibration plate corresponding to the individual liquid chamber, where the liquid supply ports are provided so as to penetrate the vibration plate, and where the vibration plate contains zirconium oxide.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a channel substrate, a common-liquid-chamber substrate, an adhesive, and a sealant. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid. The channel substrate includes a plurality of individual liquid chambers communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common-liquid-chamber substrate includes a common liquid chamber to supply the liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The adhesive bonds two of the nozzle plate, the channel substrate, and the common-liquid-chamber substrate. The adhesive faces a channel through which the liquid flows. The sealant surrounds the adhesive at an opposite side of the channel relative to the adhesive.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes: channel rows each including individual channels; piezoelectric elements each constituted by an individual electrode, a common electrode, and a piezoelectric layer; and individual wires respectively extending from the individual electrodes to an outside connecting region, connectable to an external circuit board, and each having a contact connectable to an individual terminal of the external circuit board. A portion of each of the channel rows has an intra-row void between adjacent two of the individual channels. Each of the individual wires extends to a portion of the outside connecting region which corresponds to one of the individual channels. A first common wire extending from the common electrode and connectable to a common terminal of the external circuit board is provided at a portion of the outside connecting region which corresponds to the intra-row void.

Abstract: A liquid jetting head includes: a nozzle plate having a nozzle surface in which nozzles are open; a channel member having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the nozzle plate being joined to the first surface, the channel member being formed with channels communicating with the nozzles respectively and a cavity being different from the channels, the channels including pressure chambers respectively; drive elements provided on the second surface of the channel member to correspond to the pressure chambers respectively, the drive elements having terminals led out to the second surface of the channel member; and a wiring member having wirings, the wirings being joined to the terminals respectively on the second surface of the channel member.

Abstract: There is provided a waste liquid tank including: a casing including an inner wall surface and a communication port; an absorber; a rib protruding from the inner wall surface, extending along the inner wall surface in an extending direction from a position distant from the communication port to a position close to the communication port, and being in contact with the absorber to form a gap between the absorber and the inner wall surface; and an atmosphere communication hole provided in a part, of the inner wall surface, facing the gap. An end of the rib on a side opposite to the communication port in the extending direction is closer to the communication port than the atmosphere communication hole.

Abstract: A first successive printing job executed for printing a plurality of images in series on a first medium placed alongside a second medium is interrupted after the completion of one printing job for a first image included in the first successive printing job, and before the start of another printing job for printing another image following the first image; a second successive printing job executed for printing a plurality of images in series on the second medium in parallel with the first successive printing job is interrupted after the completion of a printing job included in the second successive printing job and being under execution at a time point at which the first successive printing job has been interrupted; and the maintenance for the printing head is executed in a state in which both the first successive printing job and the second successive printing job is interrupted.

Abstract: A print module may include a printhead die. The printhead die may include a chamber layer having ink chambers and micro-channels formed in the chamber layer. The print module may further include a die carrier including manifold passages through which ink flows to and from the printhead die and dual pressure regulators to flow fluid through the micro-channels of the printhead die.

Abstract: The liquid cartridge for an industrial inkjet printer for printing goods has a film bag, a connector stub connected thereto, and a lower cap. The connector stub has an opening which is closed by the lower cap which has a lower rubber layer, a plastic layer formed by the connector stub, and a lower holder. The lower holder has a lower window which is situated above the opening. The lower holder is fastened to an outer side of the connector stub. The lower rubber layer and, underneath it, the plastic layer are situated below the lower window, and they are in contact with one another and with the lower holder.

Abstract: A liquid cartridge is configured to be inserted into an attachment portion of a printing device in an insertion direction and attached thereto in an upright posture. The liquid cartridge includes: a housing; a sealing member; a circuit board; and a support member. The housing includes: a liquid chamber; and a liquid passage. The sealing member is disposed in the liquid passage. The circuit board is positioned rearward in the insertion direction relative to the sealing member in the upright posture. The circuit board includes: a contact; and a memory. The contact of the cartridge is electrically connectable to a contact of the device. The memory is electrically connected to the contact of the cartridge. The support member supports the circuit board. The circuit board supported by the support member is resiliently movable upward and downward relative to the housing in the upright posture.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms a first image containing a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium; and a liquid absorbing member that includes a porous body which is configured to be brought into contact with the first image so as to absorb at least a portion of the first liquid from the first image, in which the porous body is a porous sheet in which a first layer which is configured to be brought into contact with the first image, a second layer including a second fiber and a third layer including a third fiber are laminated in this order.

Abstract: A method identifies at least one malfunctioning nozzle in a digital printing press, the digital printing press including a plurality of nozzles. The method includes printing a design on a substrate, acquiring at least one image of the printed design and identifying at least one artifact in the acquired image. The method further includes identifying the malfunctioning nozzle and classifying the at least one malfunctioning nozzle according to the at least one of the acquired image of the printed design, at least a portion of a nozzle pattern and at least a portion of a uniformity pattern.

Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a thermal head including heating elements arranged in a first direction; a shaft extending in a second direction; a first engaging part; a head holder; an insertion part; a shaft holder holding the shaft; a second engaging part engageable with the first engaging part so that the shaft does not come off from the shaft holder; a guide configured to guide the shaft holder movably between engaging and non-engaging positions; a fixing member; and a fixing member-holder. The fixing member fixes the shaft holder to the head holder in a case that the shaft holder is located at the engaging position. The fixing member-holder holds the fixing member so that the fixing member does not come off from the shaft holder in a case that the shaft holder is located at the non-engaging position.

Abstract: A printer includes a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements to print on a paper that is conveyed thereto, a controller configured to control a speed of the paper that is conveyed and an amount of power supplied to the heating elements, and a processor configured to determine from image data of an image that is to be printed on the paper using the thermal head whether or not a character and a figure other than the character are to be simultaneously printed and instruct the controller based on the determination. The processor instructs the controller to set the speed of the paper to a first speed which is slower than a second speed, which is the speed for printing the character without the figure, upon determining that the character and the figure are to be simultaneously printed.

Abstract: In a color printing environment, functions for printing color management are dissociated. An abstraction layer is also provided to facilitate setting and evaluation of all factors relating to color print and prediction.

Abstract: A drone printer configured to print an image on a destination surface includes a flying management module (FMM) and a printing system (PS). The FMM comprises a positioning system configured to detect position of the drone printer in 3-Dimensional (3D) space, and generate a rendering flight plan (RFP) in the 3D space, said RFP being representative of routing path that the drone printer is to follow during printing of the image on the destination surface; and a stabilizer system configured to stabilize the drone printer in the 3D space during any or a combination of flying, aerial manoeuvring, and homing. The PS can include at least one colorant tank; and at least one printing device configured to draw colorant from the at least one colorant tank, and apply the colorant on the destination surface so as to print the image along at least a part of the RFP.

Abstract: A can inspection device includes a rotation device rotating cans, an imaging device taking images of rotating cans, and an image processor processing taken images. The imaging device includes a first camera taking an image of an entire can and a second camera taking an image of an opening-side end portion of the can. The image processor includes an image inspection means for inspecting whether printing is performed properly as compared with a master image by using the image taken by the first camera, a density measurement means for measuring densities in designated positions for respective colors by using the image taken by the first camera, and a printing misalignment value measurement means for measuring misalignment values with respect to set positions of printing misalignment inspection marks printed on the opening-side end portion of the can for respective colors by using the image taken by the second camera.