Abstract: A system for assembling components of an internal combustion engine assembly includes a wireless tag attached to each of a plurality of components of the engine assembly, each wireless tag attached to a respective component of the plurality of components and configured to be read to acquire guidance information related to manufacture of the engine assembly. The guidance information provides at least one of weight information and matching information, the matching information indicating a matching component that is configured to be connected to the respective component. The system also includes a processing device configured to perform: acquiring the guidance information for the respective component by reading the wireless tag, and tracking the respective component and the plurality of components during manufacturing of the engine assembly to guide installation of the respective component and the plurality of components based on the guidance information.

Abstract: A production method of a composite material includes placing a fiber base material on a mold. The fiber base material includes a first fiber base material portion and a second fiber base material portion. The method further includes disposing a mold release member in part of a region where the first fiber base material portion and the second fiber base material portion are in contact with each other, and curing a resin with which the first fiber base material portion and the second fiber base material portion are impregnated, so as to mold the composite material.

Abstract: A composite article includes a first segment and a second segment spaced apart form the first segment. The composite article includes continuous fibers that extend from the first segment to the second segment. The composite article also includes discontinuous fiber distributed throughout the composite article.

Abstract: A method for the production of an FMV hybrid component includes braiding a dry hybrid fibre thread onto a core element, where a hybrid fibre braid is formed, and obtaining a fibre core composite. The method further includes reshaping the fibre core composite and impregnating and consolidating the hybrid fibre braid on the core element.

Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing composite parts has been developed which offers the ability to produce composite parts in an infusion resin process without the use of expensive preforms or tools. In addition, the methods of manufacturing composite parts described herein offer the ability to produce composite parts having complex structures without the need for complex tooling. The method of manufacturing and systems described herein typically include printing a part skeleton using an additive manufacturing process followed by infusing the part skeleton with resin and curing the resin infused part skeleton to form the composite part.

Abstract: Presented are manufacturing control systems for fabricating composite-material structures, methods for making/operating such systems, and resin transfer molding techniques for ameliorating race-tracking effects in fiber-reinforced polymer panels. A method for forming a composite-material construction includes confirming, via a system electronic control unit (ECU), that a fiber-based preform is placed in a mold cavity and that opposing mold segments of the molding apparatus are sealed together. A filler, such as a compressible bladder, a cluster of spring-biased pins, or a spray-chopped fiber bed, is introduced into a void between the fiber-based preform and a tool face of one mold segment to thereby eliminate an unwanted resin race track. The system ECU commands a resin pump to inject resin through a primary gate of the molding apparatus and into the mold cavity to thereby impregnate the fiber-based preform with the resin. One or more vents operate to evacuate air from the mold.

Abstract: A production method for a fiber-reinforced resin molded object is provided whereby a large apparatus is not used when molding, by heating and pressing, a fiber-reinforced resin base material that includes a matrix resin, a molded object with excellent precision and quality can be obtained, and for which work is simple.

Abstract: A method for making a three-dimensional composite part with a thermoplastic matrix and continuous reinforcement. A pre-impregnated fibrous perform is obtained by three-dimensional knitting. The preform is placed on the punch or in the matrix of a tooling, defining between them a sealed closed cavity. The tooling is closed so as to apply a first pressure to the preform. The cavity is brought to the melting temperature of the polymer impregnating the preform by maintaining the first pressure. The cavity comprising the preform is cooled to a temperature suitable for demolding by maintaining the second pressure. The mold is opened and the part is demolded.

Abstract: A thermoset composite and method for producing the same is provided. The method includes: providing at least one surface veil layer that includes a fibrous layer saturated with a water based binder, and one or more composite constituent layers; applying an amount of thermoset resin to the composite constituent layers; arranging the surface veil layer and the composite constituent layers in a stack; and producing the thermoset composite by pulling the composite constituent layers and the surface veil layer through a forming die.

Abstract: An extruder and an LFT extrusion member manufactured thereby, and the extruder uses a long fiber thermoplastic (LFT) as a raw material to produce LFT extrusion members such as LFT sheets, pipes and profiles by a continuous extrusion molding process. The structural improvement of the extruder screw, including the screw body having three different thread groove deep sections, in sequence, a feed section, a compression section and a metering section, so that the LFT extrusion member produced by the extruder has high strength, high stiffness, high dimensional stability, low warpage and resistance to creep.

Abstract: An enclosure part for an information handling system is disclosed that may include materials formed together into a rectangular shape. The enclosure part may have a void on a core side and a flatness equal to or less than 0.5 mm. The materials may include a sheet of carbon fiber, a piece of non-woven carbon fiber, and a piece of non-woven glass fiber. A method for manufacturing an enclosure part using through-plane temperature control may include inserting into a mold a sheet of carbon fiber and a piece of non-woven carbon fiber, heat pressing the sheet of carbon fiber with the piece of non-woven carbon fiber, and cooling a first portion of the mold including the sheet of carbon fiber and the piece of non-woven carbon fiber more quickly than a second portion of the mold including the sheet of carbon fiber, and removing the enclosure part from the mold.

Abstract: A method of recovering a vehicle panel using a shape memory polymer, may include: applying an impact load to a panel of a shape memory polymer material at a temperature equal to or lower than a glass transition temperature; removing the impact load from the panel; providing a high-temperature environment at the glass transition temperature or greater than the glass transition temperature to the panel; and cooling the panel to room temperature.

Abstract: A tire sealant composition is provided for sealing punctures in pneumatic tires, particularly in the extreme outer shoulder edge and sidewall, comprising a liquid carrier comprising one or more components selected from water, a glycol and glycerine; latex in an amount between about 0.5 to about 6.0% by weight of the composition; a polysaccharide suspending agent and a particulate material with a particle size of less than 300 ?m; wherein the viscosity of the sealant composition is less than 1000 cP. The composition allows for passage through the tire valve without the need for removal of the valve core.

Abstract: A process for making a wheel assembly for a lightweight vehicle includes the steps of: (a) providing a wheel which includes a rim having a recessed outer surface, (b) disposing a foam tire core on the wheel such that an inner annular surface of the foam tire core is in abutment with the recessed outer surface of the rim, (c) applying an adhesive agent on at least one of an inner surface of a rubber casing and an outer annular surface of the foam tire core, and (d) wrapping the rubber casing on the foam tire core such that the inner surface of the rubber casing is brought into press engagement with the outer annular surface of the foam tire core.

Abstract: A tire cure mold has a tire molding face, a mounting groove provided to the tire molding face and a stencil plate mounted into the mounting groove. The stencil plate has a front face that faces a cavity, a back face that faces a bottom face of the mounting groove, and a through hole extending from the front face to the back face. A recessed portion for forming a protruding identification mark on the outer surface of the tire is provided to the front face. A first protruding portion corresponding to the recessed portion is provided to the back face. A second protruding portion that protrudes toward the bottom face of the mounting groove is provided to an outer edge portion of the stencil plate at least at a periphery of the through hole.

Abstract: An assembly defining a portion of an arcuate outer surface of a tire building drum, the assembly including first and second interlacing deck segments coupled to a central support member to be moved in a radially reciprocating manner, each of the interlacing deck segments including a plurality of center sections coupled together, a plurality of first grooves between the center sections, a plurality of first finger portions extending from the center sections away from the central support member, a plurality of second finger portions extending from the center sections in an opposite direction over the central support member, and a plurality of second grooves formed adjacent each of the second finger portions, wherein the second finger portions are arranged in parallel over the central support member, and the first grooves in each of the interlacing deck segments align with the second grooves of the other of the interlacing deck segments.

Abstract: A process for building tyres employing a forming drum having circumferentially consecutive sectors that are radially movable between a contracted condition and an expanded condition in which the sectors are radially moved away from a geometric axis in order to define a radially external abutment surface. Each sector has circumferentially opposite coupling portions each having circumferential projections alternated with circumferential cavities. The projections of each sector are slidably engaged in the respective cavities of circumferentially adjacent sectors. From at least one of the projections, at least one support wing is extended having a first side and a second side that are respectively opposite. The first side coincides with a portion of the abutment surface and the second side at least partially overlaps one of the projections belonging to an adjacent sector.

Abstract: A bead member for a tire, including: a bead wire; a first bead filler that is in contact with the bead wire directly or via another layer and is arranged in a region including at least a region at an outer side of the bead wire in a tire radial direction; and a second bead filler that is in contact with the first bead filler directly or via another layer and is arranged in a region including at least a region at an outer side of the first bead filler in the tire radial direction, the first bead filler including a resin A, the second bead filler including a resin B, and the resin A having a melting point higher than that of the resin B.

Abstract: A securement device for a press tool including an angular exterior body having a side wall. A multitude of ratcheting bodies are located around a top edge of the exterior body. The ratchets include a ratchet bar. The ratchet bar has a plurality of ratchet grooves that allow the ratchet bars to be slide inward toward the interior of the exterior body and to be locked into place. An interior body is located within the exterior body such that it can be moved about and provide extra support for the ratchets.

Abstract: A material dispenser having a dispensing member configured to dispense a line of the material along a path in a downstream direction, and a cutting member having a cutting edge extending generally downstream with respect to the path. The cutting member having a convex shape across the path, such that the cutting edge engages and sequentially initiates cuts through the line of material when the line of material is pulled against the cutting member, thereby minimize cutting forces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing a cushion means for packaging purposes, comprising a dispensing means which provides the cushion means, and a withdrawal region from which a user can take the dispensed cushion means. At least one sensor means is present, which detects an engaging of the dispensed cushion means by the user and/or the presence or absence of at least one region of a hand of the user in the withdrawal region or in a detection region adjacent to the withdrawal region. The providing device dispenses a cushion means depending on the detected engaging of the dispensed cushion means by the user and/or depending on the presence and/or absence of a hand of the user in the withdrawal region or in the detection region.

Abstract: [Problem] A multi-layered seamless belt which has no joint part, which has less conditional unevenness and reduced thickness, and which has excellent strength and durability, heat resistance, non-adhesiveness, abrasion resistance and grip performance, and a method of producing the multi-layered seamless belt are provided. [Solution] A multi-layered seamless belt, comprising a seamless belt substrate containing heat-resistant woven fabric and a surface layer containing a fluorine resin, a polyimide resin, silicone rubber or a fluororubber, and a method of producing the multi-layered seamless belt.

Abstract: Provided are a cleaning method and cleaning device for cleaning with micro/nano-bubbles, with which a simple method of spraying a treatment solution containing micro/nano-bubbles onto a substrate to be processed makes it possible to efficiently and reliably peel off residual resist or remove contaminants from the substrate, while reducing an environmental load. This cleaning method is characterized in that, with respect to a substrate to be treated to which a resist film has adhered onto the substrate or a substrate to be treated to which the surface thereof has been contaminated with a metal or metal compounds, the resist film is peeled off or the metals or metal compounds are removed by spraying onto the substrate to be treated a treatment solution containing gaseous micro/nano-bubbles and having a temperature maintained at 30° C. to 90° C.

Abstract: In a multilayer colored woven fabric of the present invention, at least one of a warp yarn and a weft yarn that form a woven fabric body is dyed with a dye, and a first pigment coating film colored with a first pigment is provided on at least one surface of the woven fabric body. The method of manufacturing the woven fabric may include a dyeing step of dyeing at least one of a warp forming yarn and a weft forming yarn, a weaving step of forming a woven fabric body by using the warp forming yarn and the weft forming yarn after the dyeing step, a first pigment applying step of applying a first coating material containing a first pigment to at least one surface of the woven fabric body, and a first heat-drying step of heat-drying the first coating material to form a first pigment coating film.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electro-active polymer layer structure including an elastomer layer and at least one electrode layer that is arranged on a first surface of the dielectric elastomer layer, the method including: applying a layer of conductive material on the first surface of the elastomer layer. The layer of conductive material consists of agglomerated graphene based nanoplatelets, having a flattened shape between two main surfaces parallel to the graphene molecular lattice plane. The method further includes: obtaining a texture of the nanoplatelets in the applied layer by orienting the nanoplatelets on the first surface of the elastomer layer with the main surfaces of the nanoplatelets being parallel with the first surface of the elastomer layer, such that the graphene molecular lattice plane of the nanoplatelets is parallel to the first surface of the elastomer layer.

Abstract: An insulating structure for an appliance includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein an insulating cavity is defined therebetween. A plurality of hollow nano-spheres are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each of the hollow nano-spheres includes a diameter in the range of from approximately 50 nanometers to approximately 1000 nanometers and has a wall that defines the internal space, and wherein the wall of each hollow nano-sphere has a thickness that is in a range of from approximately 0.5 nanometers to approximately 100 nanometers. A fill material is disposed in the insulating cavity and wherein the fill material is disposed in the space defined between the plurality of hollow nano-spheres, and wherein the fill material includes at least one of powdered silica, granulated silica, other silica material, aerogel and insulating gas.

Abstract: A back panel of a motor vehicle seat element includes at least a first foam layer with at least two areas of different stiffness.

Abstract: A sheetlike composite material including at least one layer A of a nonwoven thermoplastic fiber web or a thermoplastic film, and at least two unidirectional oriented-fiber layers B and B?, the layers B and B? having a bidirectional fiber orientation. The layers are not only needled but also stitched to one another.

Abstract: Elasticated materials and articles comprising elasticated materials are disclosed. In an embodiment, an elasticated material may comprise a first layer, second layer, an elastomeric strand disposed between the first and second layers, and a plurality of bonds bonding the first and second layers together. The strand may have straight and arcuate portions. The bonds may comprise a first and a second bond and may be disposed on opposite sides of the strand and separated a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the strand. The first and second bonds may be disposed along a strand straight portion. The plurality of bonds may further comprise a third and fourth bond which are longitudinally adjacent and disposed on opposite sides of the strand and spaced apart a distance greater than the un-tensioned diameter of the strand. The third and fourth bonds may be disposed along a strand arcuate portion.

Abstract: A method for forming a composite article includes adding an upper skin at least partially over a failsafe torque tube. The failsafe torque tube includes an inner tube and an outer tube. The method also includes adding a lower skin at least partially under the failsafe torque tube. The upper skin, the lower skin, and the outer tube are made of a composite material. The method also includes co-curing the upper skin, the lower skin, and the outer tube together to produce the composite article.

Abstract: A laminated glass according to the present invention includes an outer glass sheet, an inner glass sheet that is arranged opposite to the outer glass sheet and has a smaller thickness than that of the outer glass sheet, and an interlayer sandwiched between the outer glass sheet and the inner glass sheet. A transmittance with respect to light having a wavelength of 850 to 950 nm is 30 to 80%. The outer glass sheet has a thickness of 1.8 to 2.3 mm. The inner glass sheet has a thickness of 0.6 to 2.0 mm. The interlayer includes a plurality of layers including at least a core layer. The core layer has a Young's modulus of 1 to 20 MPa at a frequency of 100 Hz and a temperature of 20° C., the Young's modulus being lower than the Young's modulus of the other layer.

Abstract: A composite glass pane with at least one through-hole, includes a first pane, a second pane, and at least one polymer intermediate layer between the first and second pane, wherein the through-hole is formed by a hole in the first pane, a hole in the polymer intermediate layer, and a hole in the second pane, wherein the hole in the first pane is a chamfered hole having a chamfer in each case on both sides of the first pane, and the hole in the second pane is a chamfered hole having a chamfer in each case on both sides of the second pane.

Abstract: Thin glass substrates are provided. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for the production thereof and provides a thin glass substrate of improved optical quality. The method includes, after the melting and before a hot forming process, adjusting the viscosity of the glass that is to be formed or has at least partially been formed is in a defined manner for the thin glass substrate to be obtained. The apparatus includes a device for melting, a device for hot forming, and also a device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate, and the device for defined adjustment of the viscosity of the glass to be formed into a thin glass substrate is arranged upstream of the device for hot forming.

Abstract: The glass sheet composite of the present invention includes at least two sheets, a liquid layer held between two adjacent sheets of the at least two sheets, and a seal material disposed between the two sheets so as to seal up the liquid layer, in which at least one of the two sheets is a glass sheet, the glass sheet composite including a light-shielding part disposed so as to overlay a boundary between the liquid layer and the seal material when the glass sheet composite is viewed in a plan view. Because of this, the boundary can be concealed, and this not only results in an improvement in designability and a wider choice of materials for the liquid layer and the seal material.

Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the occurrence of a poor appearance due to white cloudiness in laminated glass can be suppressed even though the interlayer film is provided with a layer containing silver. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first layer containing silver and a second layer containing a polyvinyl acetal resin, the second layer is arranged on a first surface side of the first layer, the second layer contains a compound having a group in which a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom is bonded to a nitrogen atom, and the compound having a group in which a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, or a hydrogen atom is bonded to a nitrogen atom is a compound having a piperidine structure or is a hindered amine light stabilizer.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to glass products having a UV protective coating. The coating is a porous, nano-structured coating having pores sized within the range of UV radiation. The porous structure may scatter UV light, protecting laminated interlayers and interior space protected by the glass products. The UV protective coating may be used in glass laminates having UV-sensitive interlayers, including switchable films where UV exposure may be limited.

Abstract: An interlayer structure having a cellulose ester layer for use in bilayer laminates is described herein. The cellulose ester layer provides rigidity and support to multilayer interlayers comprising an array of different layers. Due to the diverse properties of the cellulose ester layers, the present interlayers can be useful in producing structural laminates having high stiffness and which possess good optical clarity for a variety of applications, including outdoor structural applications and HMI devices.

Abstract: An exterior building component with a distinct surface topography and a method for manufacturing the same. A substrate, a barrier film, and an adhesive are provided together with a finishing sacrificial coating. The adhesive has pressure sensitive characteristics in a temperature range including a temperature below barrier film embossment temperature. The temperature of a surface of the substrate and the barrier film is adjusted to the barrier film embossment temperature. The adhesive is disposed onto at least one of the surface of the substrate and the barrier film. The barrier film is then disposed onto the surface of the substrate and embossed such that the surface topography of the substrate is replicated in a substantially identical fashion using a roller at low pressure and short pressure application time. The barrier film is then, if needed, finished with a weather-resistant coating compatible with commercially available architectural exterior paints and lacquers for refinishing as required.

Abstract: Provided are adhesive articles and related methods that use a foam layer including an acrylic polymer or silicone polymer and having a pair of opposing major surfaces. An adhesive surface is disposed on each of the opposing major surfaces and a plurality of channels extend across at least one adhesive surface. The adhesive surface defining the channels contains a pressure-sensitive adhesive having a rheology enabling the plurality of channels to essentially disappear over time when the adhesive article is compressed. Advantageously, the provided articles and methods enable high immediate bond and handling strength, a high degree of wet out, weatherability, and superior aesthetics when used with transparent or translucent substrates.

Abstract: A composite cloth structure includes a bottom cloth layer, an inner layer applied on a side of the bottom cloth layer, a plurality of hard particles stuck on the inner layer, and a wrapping layer applied on an outer face of the inner layer. The hard particles are partially exposed outward from the inner layer. The wrapping layer covers the inner layer and the hard particles fully and completely. Thus, the hard particles are encompassed entirely by the inner layer and the wrapping layer, and will not be detached or fall off due to an external force.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially oriented, single- or multi-layer porous film, containing a ?-nucleating agent and comprising at least one porous layer, which contains at least one propylene polymer and particles, said particles having a melting point of more than 200° C. On the outer surface of the porous layer, said porous film has a coating of inorganic, preferably ceramic particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is an antimicrobial sheet formed with a base comprising a synthetic resin, the antimicrobial sheet comprising: a fine metal particle mixed to the base; and an auxiliary additive mixed to the base and the metal particle to uniformly distribute the metal particle in the formed sheet. Thus, according to the disclosure, the metal particles having the antimicrobial function is uniformly distributed throughout the entire area as integrally coupled to the base of the construction material, is excellent in durability because the particles having the antimicrobial function are positioned close to the surface of the base as integrally coupled to the base, and removes germs being in contact with the surface.

Abstract: Recyclable, all-polyethylene laminate film structures suitable for use in a flexible packaging are disclosed. The structures comprise a film layer consisting essentially of an ethylene-based polymer and a barrier adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the film layer, wherein the structure has an oxygen transmission rate not greater than 100 O2/m2/day, measured according to ASTM Method D3985. Recyclable, all-polyethylene laminate film structures suitable for use in a flexible packaging are disclosed comprising (A) a sealant film layer consisting essentially of an ethylene-based polymer, (B) an intermediate film layer consisting essentially of an ethylene-based polymer, (C) a structural film layer consisting essentially of an ethylene-based polymer, and (D) a barrier adhesive layer, wherein the recyclable, all-polyethylene laminate film structure has an oxygen transmission rate not greater than 100 O2/m2/day, measured according to ASTM Method D3985.

Abstract: A new protective polymeric sheet is described wherein said polymeric sheet includes perforations and attached spacers that allow air and water circulation when the sheet is in use. The sheet protects underlying structures from damage while ensuring moisture migration between the protective polymeric sheet and the underlying structure. The protective polymeric sheet comprises a plurality of perforations extending through the sheet and a plurality of spacers, each spacer extending from a lower surface of the sheet adjacent to one side of each perforation. The spacers are created during perforation of the polymeric sheet. The protective polymeric sheet is useful in a number of applications, including without limitation: to protect pipelines; to replace geotextiles in heap leach processes; to line sandboxes and paving stones; to cover greenhouse floors; to make industrial or residential gutter caps; and as a filter.

Abstract: Disclosed is an antimicrobial melamine sheet with a base sheet impregnated with a base solution including a melamine resin, the antimicrobial melamine sheet including: a fine metal particle mixed to the base solution to be impregnated in the base sheet; and an auxiliary additive mixed with the base solution and the metal particle to uniformly distribute the metal particle in the formed base sheet. Thus, according to the disclosure, the metal particles having the antimicrobial function is uniformly distributed throughout the entire area as integrally coupled to the base solution including the melamine resin, and is excellent in durability and removes germs being in contact with the surface because the particles having the antimicrobial function are positioned close to the surface of the base as integrally coupled to the base solution.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing (S) a subassembly (3) for a tire (4) comprising the following substeps: providing an assembly comprising a supporting structure (14) comprising supporting filamentary elements linking a first structure (10) of filamentary elements and a second structure (12) of filamentary elements, aligning (S1) the first structure (10) and the second structure (12), securely fixing (S4) the first structure (10) onto the second structure (12) using a securing element (18), and cutting (S5) the assembly (1) along the securing element (18) so as to separate said securing element (18) from the rest of the assembly (1) and to obtain at least one subassembly (3) without securing element (18).

Abstract: A blade includes an edge to be pressed against an end portion of a carrier film to fold the end portion upwards from a sheet. A clamp mechanism peels the carrier film off from the sheet by moving while clamping the upwardly folded end portion of the carrier film.

Abstract: A facility 300 for separation of layers in a multilayer system 310. The facility 300 comprises one or more baths 320a, 320b for accepting the multilayer system 310 and a dispenser 330 for providing a separation fluid 340. The separation fluid 340 comprises a nanoscale dispersion for washing the multilayer system in the baths 320a, 320b and is described in more details below. The facility 300 also includes a filtration device 350 for filtering separated undissolved components of the multilayer system 310.

Abstract: A printer unit (100) for a 3D-printing apparatus. The printer unit comprises a printer head (105) comprising a nozzle (110) arranged to deposit printing material from the printer unit, a pressure sensor (120) configured to sense a pressure exerted on the printer head from the printing material, and a control unit (130) coupled to the pressure sensor. The control unit is configured to control the speed of the printer head based on a transfer function from the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor to a desired speed of the printer head, in order to maintain a constant deposition of the amount of printing material per length unit of deposited printing material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy absorbing three dimensional (3D) structure. The structure may have an outer shell formed from a shell material. The outer shell may have a void forming a core volume. A transformative feedstock is contained in the void. The transformative feedstock is encapsulated within the outer shell, within the void, and provides enhanced energy absorbing properties to the 3D structure.