Abstract: A modular molding device for creating a mold for a blade segment of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, the modular molding device including: a flexible support plate forming the mold for the blade segment, at least one bending apparatus including at least a first end and a second end, the at least one bending apparatus attached to the support plate and configured to bend the support plate from a first support plate shape to at least one second support plate shape, and at least one connection means, which is configured to removably connect the flexible support plate of the modular molding device with at least one connection of a flexible support plate of another modular molding device is provided. Moreover, a molding system and a method for creating a mold for a blade segment of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine is also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology generally include systems and methods for the replication of a vulva. This disclosed method and system provides an option for the creation of an adult pleasure device by replication of the consumer's vulva for use by his, her, or their partner for sexual pleasure in the absence of his, her, or their partner. However, the potential applications of this invention are not limited to such use, and have many uses, such as for a keepsake, an intimate gift, or a fun experience.

Abstract: A cleaning system for use with a filter is described herein. The cleaning system includes a housing including a main enclosure defining an interior sized to receive the filter, a collection vessel coupled in communication with the housing, and a nozzle configured to direct a stream of air towards the filter to dislodge particles from the filter. A pneumatic suction device is coupled in communication with the collection vessel, wherein the pneumatic suction device is configured to draw the particles dislodged from the filter towards the collection vessel.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a pressure vessel and a steerable heat source disposed within the pressure vessel. The apparatus also includes one or more control systems coupled to the steerable heat source. The one or more control systems are configured to direct supplemental heat toward a targeted region within the pressure vessel using the steerable heat source.

Abstract: A forming apparatus includes a substrate holder that holds a substrate; a support table that supports the substrate holder; a mold holder that holds a mold; a driving unit that brings a photo-curable formable material applied to the substrate and the mold into contact with each other; an irradiation unit that irradiates the formable material with light while the formable material and the mold are maintained in contact with each other by the driving unit, the irradiation unit including a light-emitting-element array including light emitting elements arranged on the support table or the substrate holder; and an optical member that is positioned further in a direction from the support table to the mold holder than a position of the mold holder, the optical member guiding light from the light emitting elements toward the formable material on the substrate.

Abstract: A compression molding machine including a base part; a first mold chase fixed in a position spaced apart from the base part; a second mold chase disposed between the base part and the first mold chase, the second mold chase movable along a movement axis extending perpendicularly between the base part and the first mold chase; and a compression actuation arrangement for moving the second mold chase. The compression actuation arrangement including at least two independent actuating units, each having a first inverted wedge member, a second wedge member, and a drive mechanism. An inclined surface of the first inverted wedge member and an inclined surface of the second wedge member is slidably engaged to each other to convert a motion of the second wedge member along the transmission axis to a motion of the first inverted wedge member along the actuation axis for moving the second mold chase.

Abstract: An imprint method brings a mold into contact with an imprint material placed on a base layer on a substrate and cures the imprint material, thereby obtaining a cured product onto which a shape of the mold is transferred. The imprint method includes making position adjustment of the mold and the substrate in a state where the mold and the base layer of the substrate are in contact with the imprint material, measuring an in-plane distribution of a shearing force generated when the position adjustment is made, and determining an application condition of the base layer based on a result of the measurement.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a physically crosslinked, closed cell continuous multilayer foam structure comprising at least one foam polypropylene/polyethylene layer with a KEE cap layer. The multilayer foam structure can be obtained by coextruding a multilayer structure comprising at least one foam layer composition layer with at least one cap layer composition layer, irradiating the coextruded structure with ionizing radiation, and continuously foaming the irradiated structure.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polyurethane concrete sandwich component. The inventive method, keeping the transformation of the production flows of the present technology to the minimum, can rapidly form a seamless insulating layer system. The inventive method can prevent the condensation of water vapor between the seams of the insulating board, avoid water percolation and leakage of the walls after the building is finished, and avoid the corrosion of connecting elements and connecting steel bars due to moisture attacks. This invention also relates to a polyurethane concrete sandwich component, which is prepared from the method according to the present invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the manufacture of a particle foam component, said apparatus comprising a molding tool limiting a molding space, wherein, adjacent to the molding space, at least two capacitor plates are arranged which are connected to a radiation source for electromagnetic radiation, wherein the radiation source for electromagnetic radiation is designed for emitting electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the molding tool is formed of at least two molding halves, wherein at least one of the molding halves is made from an electrically conducting material and forms one of the capacitor plates.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus including an injection device, a mold, a gas supply device, and a temperature control device is provided. The mold has a mold cavity, wherein the injection device is adapted to inject a material into the mold cavity. The gas supply device is adapted to supply a gas to the mold cavity such that the pressure in the mold cavity is increased. The temperature control device is adapted to control the temperature in the mold cavity. In addition, an injection molding method is also provided.

Abstract: A resin injection molding method uses a mold having a cavity and a hole-forming columnar body. The hole-forming columnar body is movable in an axial direction while extending through the cavity, and includes a first diameter portion having a first diameter, a second diameter portion having a diameter greater than the first diameter, and a tapered portion having a diameter gradually increasing from the first diameter portion toward the second diameter portion. The method includes moving the hole-forming columnar body in the axial direction such that at least one of the first diameter portion or the tapered portion is positioned in the cavity, injecting the molten resin to fill the cavity, maintaining an inside of the cavity under pressure, moving the hole-forming columnar body in the axial direction such that the second diameter portion is positioned in the cavity, and solidifying the injected filling molten resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are a three dimensional injection molding apparatus and an injection molding method which are capable of manufacturing an injection molded product having patterns, colors, and textures which are high quality by injection molding after completely removing a gas included in a melted resin, and transferring a surface layer for expressing the patterns, colors, and textures to the injection molded product.

Abstract: A method and device for producing an optimized neck contour on preforms below the neck which is optimal for subsequent stretch blow molding. The geometry has a significantly thinner wall thickness than the neck itself. The preform can only be produced in the injection molding tool, when axial channels are used on the point or the vanes produce the thin points on the preform during injection molding. The thin-walled geometry on the preform can be produced outside of the mold during post-cooling by embossing. The preform is then removed in a cooled receiving sleeve and is cooled in the body by intensive contact cooling while no cooling contact is made with the preform neck due to the initial position of the embossing element. Due to the reheating of the neck they can be mechanically deformed into a new geometry advantageous for blow molding and thus wall thickness can be influenced.

Abstract: A molding apparatus includes a plurality of axially extending extruders. Each of the extruders is fluidly connectable with a common mold whereby the mold may be concurrently filled from each of the extruders. Each of the extruders has a feed inlet, and the feed inlets are axially spaced from each other. Another molding apparatus includes a plurality of axially extending extruders, and a heated conduit in flow communication with the extruders. The heated conduit is connectable to a mold, whereby the mold may be concurrently fillable from each of the extruders.

Abstract: A production method of a worktop for use in home appliances, wherein the production method produces a single piece worktop by injecting plastic frame structures over melamine impregnated decorative paper covered plates and/or glass surface plates and/or fiberboard plates and/or epoxy surface plates and/or laminate covered plastic plates and/or high temperature-resistant plastic plates and/or melamine impregnated plastic plates and/or all types of backside plastic injection surfaced plates through conventional injection and/or microcellular foam injection and/or chemical foam injection in at least one lateral area with or without plastic fittings for connection of the worktop to the appliance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides protective coverings formed by releasably attaching a mold to a metal structure over a connection, such as an exothermic or brazed connection, and injecting a hardening material into one or more fill ports in the mold. The hardening material hardens to form the protective covering encasing the connection.

Abstract: Described herein is a liquid injector for a barrel extruder as well as methods and processes of manufacturing irradiation crosslinked polypropylene foam. In some embodiments, this includes a liquid injection barrel element that is incorporated in an extruder barrel that includes at least one injection port, a temperature sensor well, and cooling channels.

Abstract: An exterior surface of an exterior component has a sea portion and an island portion, the sea portion includes a plurality of protrusions having a common axially symmetric shape, the island portion is higher than the plurality of protrusions, and glossiness of the island portion is higher than glossiness of the sea portion.

Abstract: A mold clamping device includes a base, a stationary platen, a movable platen, a mold clamping mechanism, a tie bar, and a half nut. This mold clamping device further includes a shaft supporting plate supporting a tip of the tie bar. This shaft supporting plate is fixed to the tip of the tie bar, and is mounted on the base so as to be freely movable.

Abstract: An injection molding system includes: an injection molding machine; a screen setting storage unit provided in the injection molding machine and storing a setting state of the injection molding machine; an operation limiting unit provided in the injection molding machine and limiting operation of the injection molding machine; and a management unit including a storage unit that stores a list of a correct combination of screen settings and limiting operation of the injection molding machine, a confirmation unit that compares information of the screen setting storage unit and information of the storage unit to confirm a propriety of a combination of the screen settings of the injection molding machine, and a limiting operation determination unit that determines a limiting operation upon receiving a result confirmed by the confirmation unit to issue an operation limiting command to the operation limiting unit.

Abstract: An injection molding system includes: determining a manufacturing condition including a first mold and a first injection molding machine; checking whether a first actual production result acquired using the combination of the first mold and the first injection molding machine exists by searching an actual production result storage unit; and generating a correction molding condition for performing injection molding using the combination of the first injection molding machine and first mold based on first molding-machine-unique information acquired in advance for the first injection molding machine, second molding-machine-unique information acquired in advance for a second injection molding machine with which a second actual production result is acquired in combination with the first mold, and the second actual production result acquired from the actual production result storage unit when the first actual production result does not exist, and inputs the generated correction molding condition to the second injec

Abstract: Provided is an injection molding system that uses an identification code, collectively manages the specifications and combinations of an injection molding machine and peripheral devices, and secures a suitable production state for a combination of a wide variety of specifications. An injection molding system include: an injection molding machine; a plurality of peripheral devices; an identification code attached to the injection molding machine and each of the plurality of peripheral devices, and having identification information of the injection molding machine and each of the plurality of peripheral devices; a code reader that reads the identification code; and a management unit including a storage unit that stores a correct combination of the identification code of the injection molding machine and the plurality of peripheral devices, and a confirmation determination unit for confirming whether the correct combination stored in the storage unit matches the identification code read by the code reader.

Abstract: A method of generating the analysis conditions of an injection molding machine by using at least one computer, the at least one computer executing the steps of: selecting one of injection molding machines, each being associated with a predetermined correction amount of injection molding; generating a second analysis condition for the selected injection molding machine on the basis of an acquired first analysis condition and the predetermined correction amount of the selected injection molding machine; and outputting the generated second analysis condition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymeric products, along with masterbatches and methods of making polymeric films, sheets, and extruded articles from the masterbatches, in which the films and polymeric products exhibit layer-like morphology and retain good barrier properties to a permeant of interest. The masterbatches include one or more structural and barrier polymers and a compatibilizer.

Abstract: A method for the production of a glassy metal polymer composite is disclosed. The method comprises adding a polymer and a metal to an extruder, wherein the extruder is heated to an extrusion temperature greater than the melting point of the polymer and the melting point of the metal; mixing the metal and the polymer in the extruder for a predefined residence time; and co-extruding the composite from the extruder.

Abstract: An article comprising: a carrier (12), activatable material (14) disposed on the carrier, one or more carrier extensions (16) extending from the carrier; wherein the article is adapted to provide sealing, baffling, or reinforcement within a structure's cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods relating to the application of composite radius filler materials. An example material feed system includes a material container configured to contain a composite material and a material feed actuator. The material feed system also includes a nozzle coupled to the material container and a workpiece sensor configured to provide information about a workpiece. The material feed system also includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from the workpiece sensor, workpiece information. The workpiece information is indicative of at least one surface of the workpiece. The controller is also configured to, based on the workpiece information, cause the material feed actuator to apply a force to the composite material contained in the material container so as to extrude at least a portion of the composite material out of the nozzle and onto a surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: An apparatus for recycling a waste automobile floor mat according to the present invention includes: a plurality of conveyer belts which is sequentially disposed and transfers compressed, cut, crushed scraps; a first cutter which cuts each of the compressed, transferred scraps at predetermined intervals; a crusher which crushes the cut, transferred scraps; a pair of first hoppers into and from which the crushed, transferred scraps and polypropylene are introduced and discharged, respectively; a pair of first screw conveyers which transfer the scraps and the polypropylene; a second hopper into and from which the scraps and the polypropylenes are introduced and discharged; a second screw conveyer which transfers the scraps and the polypropylene; a melter which melts the scraps and the polypropylene; a third screw conveyer which forms an extrudate by extruding the mixed, molten scraps and polypropylene; and a second cutter which cuts the extrudate at predetermined intervals.

Abstract: A feeder for an extruder includes a feed flow passage extending in an axial direction from a feeder inlet to a feeder outlet, and an axially extending rotatable screw provided in the feed flow passage. Rotation of the screw draws a feedstock in a direction of flow to the feeder outlet. The feeder inlet has an inlet passage that overlies the screw. The inlet passage has a width in a plane transverse to the axial direction, and the width decreases in the direction of flow.

Abstract: A liquid blow molding method of molding a synthetic resin preform having a mouth portion into a liquid container of a predetermined shape, the method including: an air-liquid replacement step of exhausting the air inside the preform to the outside while a liquid is supplied into the preform from the mouth portion through a blow nozzle; an air-liquid separation step of separating the air from the liquid inside the preform by rotating the preform about an axial center of the mouth portion; and a blow molding step of molding the preform into a container of a predetermined shape by supplying a pressurized liquid into the preform from the mouth portion through the blow nozzle, after the air-liquid separation step.

Abstract: A device for blow molding containers, which is provided with a supporting frame for at least one station for blow molding preforms in order to obtain containers, the blow molding station including two lateral bodies and a bottom which are adapted to provide by blow molding at least one container, at least one of the two lateral bodies being movable on command by way of means for cyclic opening and closing, with respect to the supporting frame, about an articulation axis that is substantially parallel to the axis of the at least one container, means being provided for kinematic connection between the at least one movable lateral body and the bottom and being adapted to produce cyclically the movement of the bottom along a movement direction substantially parallel to the; the cyclic opening and closing means include an actuation body which is supported by a first link rod which can be moved with respect to the supporting frame about a pivoting axis which is substantially parallel to the articulation axis (101),

Abstract: Provided is a method for heating plastic preforms, wherein the plastic parison are transported along a predetermined transport path and are heated during this transport, wherein at least one first heating section with at least one first heating element as well as at least one second heating section with at least one second heating element is arranged along the transport path, by a first temperature measuring device an actual temperature of the plastic preforms is measured in or before a start region of the transport path, and as a function of this actual temperature of the plastic preforms the at least one first heating element is controlled in such a way that the plastic preforms reach a predetermined target temperature after heating by this at least one first heating element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a dimensionally stable three-dimensional shape into a sheet-like substrate (3) of thermoplastic material comprising the steps of: a.) providing a mould including a first die (1) with a first template surface (11) for contacting an upper surface (31) of the substrate (3) and a second die (2) with a second template surface (21) for contacting a lower surface (32) of the substrate (3) opposite the upper surface (31) of the substrate (3); each template surface (11, 21) having an inverse of a desired shape to be transformed to the upper and lower surfaces (31, 32) of the substrate (3); and at least one of the first die (1) and the second die (2) being transparent to electromagnetic waves of a predetermined wavelength; b.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a coating material (10) for coating a surface, particularly a narrow side of a plate-shaped workpiece (W), which preferably consists, at least in part, of wood, wood materials, wood substitute materials, plastic or the like, said method comprising the following steps: supplying a coating material (10), wherein the coating material (10) has a recess (10a) extending in a longitudinal direction of the coating material (10), and; applying the coating material (10) to at least one surface (W1) of a workpiece (W) to be coated, wherein the workpiece (W) has, on the at least one surface (W1) to be coated, a profile (P), which is complementary at least in part to the recess (10a).

Abstract: The present invention is a method for rehabilitating, repairing, and replacing manholes and connected sewer lines. In some embodiments, a compressed liner is inserted through the manhole access hole or the connected sewer lines. Prior to insertion, the liner may be cut and/or folded to be compressed to a size that can fit through the manhole opening or the sewer lines. Once inserted in the manhole or sewer lines, the liner should be expanded, and if necessary, bonded together with a resin along the separation line. Next, a bonding material may be injected between the liner and a surface of the manhole or sewer line to seal any cracks or fissures in the brick or concrete wall and to seal the liner against the existing manhole or sewer line to improve structural integrity and longevity. A new corbel may then be installed and bonded to the liner.

Abstract: A polymer three-dimensional (3D) printing methodology is disclosed for freeform fabrication of polymeric structures under ambient conditions without the use of printed support structures. The build material can be dissolved in a suitable solvent for 3D printing. The polymer solution can be printed in (e.g., continuously printed using a moving dispensing nozzle) a yield-stress support bath to form an intermediate article. The intermediate article may be liquid or only partially coagulated after being printed into the yield-stress support bath. The yield-stress support bath may be at least partially disposed within a container, and the container may be immersed in a post-treatment coagulation solution to remove some or all of the solvent, causing the build material to fully solidify to form a finished article from the intermediate article.

Abstract: A method of using solid profile rods instead of the usual filament coils for additive manufacturing methods such as 3D printing for industrial applications such as aircraft manufacturing, and to enable a more rapid production of fiber-composite components. The additive manufacturing device, or the 3D printer which generates the component layer by layer, respectively, comprises a material magazine in which a plurality of profile rods are stored. The profile rods are pre-tailored and are adapted to the component layer by layer. The profile rods, when printing, are successively retrieved from the material magazine and, by way of an infeed installation, guided to the nozzle of the additive manufacturing installation and subsequently applied to the printing bed so as to form the component layer by layer.

Abstract: A consumable assembly for supplying filament to a 3D printer having two or more receptacles having different geometric configurations, the 3D printer builds parts by material extrusion. The consumable assembly includes a container configured to retain a supply of a first filament, and a first filament guide tube having a length, the first filament guide tube having an inlet end attached to the first container and an outlet end, The consumable assembly includes a key having a geometric configuration allowing the key to be plugged into only one receptacle of the two or more receptacles of the 3D printer, the key comprising a conduit having an entrance and an exit, a coupling portion, and an engagement portion, wherein the entrance to the conduit is coupled to the outlet end of the first filament guide tube to thereby form a closed filament path from the first container to the 3D printer.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printing system includes a resin vessel, a support tray, a motorized carriage, a light engine, and a controller. The resin vessel has a lower side with a transparent sheet which provides a lower bound for photocurable resin contained within the vessel. The support tray has a lower face for supporting an object being fabricated. The motorized carriage is for supporting and vertically positioning the support tray. The light engine is for projecting radiation up through the transparent sheet to a build plane. The controller operates the motorized carriage and the light engine to fabricate the object. The object includes a vertical arrangement of dental arches suspended from the lower face and a plurality couplings that connect pairs of the dental arches.

Abstract: A method for continuously forming a three-dimensional body from a mixture, wherein the mixture can comprise solid particles and a radiation curable material. The method allows the continuous production of a three-dimensional body having at least one first region and at least one second region, wherein the at least one first region and the at least one second region can be different from each other based upon one or more criteria, such as density, content of solid particles, or average particle size.

Abstract: The invention relates to an additive manufacturing process (3D printing) using particles having a meltable polymer. The meltable polymer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer which has a melting range (DSC, Differential Scanning calorimetry; second heating at heating rate 5 K/min) of 160 to 270° C. and a Shore D hardness according to DIN ISO 7619-1 of 50 or more and which, at a temperature T, has a melt volume rate (melt volume rate (MVR)) according to ISO 1133 of 5 to 15 cm/10 min and a change of the MVR, when this temperature T increases by 20° C., of greater than or equal to 90 cm3/10 min. The invention also relates to an item which can be obtained by means of the method.

Abstract: An agitator for an apparatus for the manufacture of three-dimensional objects. The agitator comprises at least one blade coupled to a shaft, and extending outwardly from the shaft. Cavities are defined between the at least one blade and the shaft, such that movement of the agitator within a powder repository keeps the powder in a fluidised state and prevents the powder from agglomerating.

Abstract: The invention describes a laser printing system (100) for illuminating an object moving relative to a laser module of the laser printing system (100) in a working plane (180), the laser module comprising at least two laser arrays of semiconductor lasers and at least one optical element, wherein the optical element is adapted to image laser light emitted by the laser arrays, such that laser light of semiconductor lasers of one laser array is imaged to one pixel in the working plane of the laser printing system, and wherein the laser printing system is a 3D printing system for additive manufacturing and wherein two, three, four or a multitude of laser modules (201, 202) are provided, which are arranged in columns (c1, c2) perpendicular to a direction of movement (250) of the object in the working plane (180), and wherein the columns are staggered with respect to each other such that a first laser module (201) of a first column of laser modules (c1) is adapted to illuminate a first area (y1) of the object and a

Abstract: The invention relates to an additive manufacturing process (3D printing) using particles having a meltable polymer. The meltable polymer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer which has a flowing temperature (intersection of E? and E? in the DMA) of ?80° C. to <180° C. and a Shore A hardness according to DIN ISO 7619-1 of ?50 Shore A and <85 Shore A and which, at a temperature T, has a melt volume rate (melt volume rate (MVR)) according to ISO 1133 of ?5 to <15 cm3/10 min. The invention also relates to an item which can be obtained by means of the method.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing (AM) system manufactures composite structures having different materials in an integrated manner during a single processing process. For example, a first composite image is created on a substrate and then that image is stabilized by heat, pressure of chemical fusion not to the point of complete solid formation but enough to give the first composite image enough stability so that it is not disturbed by subsequent processing. A second image is then created on parts of the substrate not covered by the first composite image, a second powder is applied, and excess second powder that is not part of the second image is removed. The substrate may be cut into sheets that are stacked in register for consolidation and subsequent matrix removal resulting in a multi-polymer 3D object.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprises an additive manufacturing apparatus forming a molded object by curing slurry which becomes a base material of the molded object and a removing apparatus removing slurry attached to the molded object, in which the removing apparatus comprises a container having an axis of rotation and a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of small holes, the container permitting the molded object to be fixed therein, and a drive unit driving the container to rotate around the axis of rotation.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a cylindrical rotating body, a rotation drive unit causing the rotating body to rotate around an axis of rotation, a supply unit provided above the rotating body and supplying slurry containing ultraviolet light curable resin to a top surface of the rotating body during rotation of the rotating body, a flattening unit provided above the rotating body, located downstream of the supply unit and flattening the slurry supplied to the top surface of the rotating body at an end portion thereof during rotation of the rotating body, a relative drive unit relatively moving the rotating body with respect to the supply unit and the flattening unit, and an irradiation unit provided above the rotating body, located downstream of the flattening unit in the rotating direction of the rotating body and performing spot-irradiation with ultraviolet light at an irradiation position during rotation of the rotating body.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system may include a fluid ejector. The fluid ejector may be movable across a build material distributor at a maximum speed of less than or equal to 40 inches per second. The fluid ejector may include a nozzle having a non-circular bore.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system opens the valves in an extruder needed to form a swath and operates an actuator to move the extruder through a transition region with those valves open to establish an amount of extrusion material between a faceplate of the extruder and a portion of an object being formed that is adequate for formation of a swath. The length of the transition region is determined with reference to a viscosity of the material being extruded and a speed at which the extruder is moved to form the swath. The transition region can be perpendicular to a path of the extruder to form the swath or aligned with the path of the extruder to form the swath.