Abstract: A quality prediction device includes a probabilistic prediction model generation unit that generates a probabilistic prediction model on the basis of a plurality of training data in which a log relating to a molding operating condition or to a state of a molding machine and a quality value of a molding product corresponding to the log are associated with each other, and a quality prediction unit that calculates a quality index of the molding product from the log using the probabilistic prediction model.

Abstract: An operation screen of a magnet clamp is displayed on a controller of an injection molding machine. A mold clamping device of the injection molding machine is provided with the magnet clamp. The operation screen is for controlling the magnet clamp to perform clamping or unclamping of a mold.

Abstract: A process management system virtually segments an extruded resin sheet into individual areas associated with several resin sheets. The individual areas are further virtually segmented into segmented areas. Curvature related information related to a curvature after completion of a heat press processing is acquired for each segmented area for each individual area. In a coating condition per area setting process, coating conditions are set for each segmented area for each individual area in accordance with a curvature based on curvature related information of each segmented area for each individual area. In a coating implementing process, a coating is applied to each segmented area for each individual area based on the coating condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the feed of polymer melt, which has been discharged from an extruder, to a plastics processing machine formed from at least two subunits (1, 2), to which the polymer melt discharged from the extruder is fed via a distributor (13) which is positioned downstream of the extruder and which serves for splitting up the polymer melt into partial streams corresponding to the number of subunits. According to the invention, the partial streams are each fed to a subunit by means of a gearwheel pump (11, 12). The volume flows fed to the subunits (1, 2), which are of substantially identical design, can be respectively separately controlled in open-loop or closed-loop fashion through control of the drive rotational speed of the respective gearwheel pump (11, 12) in a manner dependent on operating parameters and/or the configuration of the respective subunit (1, 2).

Abstract: An inflation molding device includes a viscosity estimation unit that estimates a viscosity of a bubble discharged in a substantially cylindrical shape from a die, a temperature identification unit that identifies a temperature of the bubble, and a parameter estimation unit that estimates a viscosity parameter of the bubble based on the viscosity of the bubble estimated by the viscosity estimation unit and the temperature of the bubble identified by the temperature identification unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a resin container includes: injection-molding a first layer of a bottomed cylindrical preform from a first resin material as a first injection-molding; accommodating the first layer manufactured in the first injection-molding in a temperature adjustment mold, adjusting a temperature of the first layer, and forming an opening portion in a bottom portion of the first layer; injecting a second resin material from the opening portion to an inner peripheral side of the first layer to laminate a second layer on the inner peripheral side of the first layer, as a second injection-molding; and blow-molding a multilayer preform obtained in the second injection-molding-step in a state where the multilayer preform includes residual heat from the injection molding to manufacture the resin container.

Abstract: A resin container manufacturing method includes: forming a first pattern on a preform of a resin container; and forming a second pattern on the preform based on a position of the first pattern on the preform.

Abstract: A resin container manufacturing method includes: forming a first pattern at a first position in a preform to be formed to a resin container, the preform having: a body portion; and a neck portion; forming a second pattern at a second position in the preform based on the first position of the first pattern; and forming a third pattern at a third position in the resin container based on the first position of the first pattern. The forming the first pattern forms the first pattern at one of: the neck portion; or a portion of the body portion in a vicinity of the neck portion.

Abstract: A valve unit comprises an operating piston for closing and opening a connection between a process pressure input line and a process pressure output line, at least one control line and at least one control chamber for controlling the operating piston. The operating piston has a closing ring which in the closed state of the connection sealingly abuts a valve seat of the valve housing (or the valve housing has a closing ring which in the closed state of the connection sealingly abuts against a valve seat of the operating piston). The valve seat consists of a softer and more elastic material than a circumferential sealing edge abutting said valve seat. An annular sealing element is present which comprises the valve seat. The sealing element has the shape of a truncated cone with an outwardly widening base.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a measuring arrangement and a method for measuring a molten tube of an extrusion blow-molding process, including at least the following process steps: positioning or providing a THz measuring device including a THz sensor comprising an optical axis, extruding a molten tube by a blow-molding extruder along an extrusion axis, emitting a THz transmission beam from the THz sensor along its optical axis in such a manner that the front wall of the molten tube lies in a divergent beam area of the THz transmission beam behind the focus or in a convergent beam area before the focus, receiving a reflected beam reflected from the molten tube and evaluating a measuring signal in the reflected beam.

Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a curved member, the method containing preparing a polycarbonate resin laminate with a hard coat layer for heat bending that includes a permeation layer (B layer) and a hard coat layer (C layer) sequentially layered on at least one surface of a polycarbonate resin base material layer (A layer) having a thickness of from 0.1 mm to 20 mm, and satisfying the requirements (a) to (d), pre-heating the polycarbonate resin laminate at from a temperature higher than Tg by 5° C. to a temperature higher than Tg by 70° C., in which Tg (° C.) is a glass transition temperature of a polycarbonate resin of the prepared polycarbonate resin laminate, and curving the polycarbonate resin laminate obtained by the pre-heating by applying pressure to the polycarbonate resin laminate, and a polycarbonate resin laminate with a hard coat layer for heat bending.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus including a mold deformation mechanism configured to deform a mold by applying a pressure to the mold, a substrate deformation mechanism configured to deform the substrate by applying a pressure to the substrate, a measurement unit configured to measure a deformation amount of the mold and a deformation amount of the substrate during separating the mold from the cured imprint material on the substrate, and a control unit configured to control, during the separating, a pressure to be applied to the mold by the mold deformation mechanism and a pressure to be applied to the substrate by the substrate deformation mechanism based on the deformation amounts measured by the measurement unit such that a difference between the deformation amount of the mold and the deformation amount of the substrate falls within an allowable range.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing. The present disclosure includes methods for adding strengthening features to a roadway surface. In some examples, the strengthening features may include fibers, nanofibers and nanotubes as examples.

Abstract: A method of making a workpiece in an additive manufacturing process includes determining a preferred angular orientation of the grid array about a build axis extending perpendicular to a layer to be built for a first layer of a workpiece. The preferred angular orientation is selected to align an edge of one or more pixels with an edge of the layer of the workpiece being built. The method further includes orienting a patterned image of radiant energy to the preferred angular orientation by rotating a projector before solidifying a portion of a resin that forms the first layer of the workpiece.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes removing material from a sheet to create a plurality of individual layer segments formed, placing at least two first layer segments adjacent to each other at the same height to form a first layer having a hollow interior, the at least two first layer segments defining a first portion of an exterior of a part, and placing at least one second layer segment above the at least two first layer segments to form a second layer having a hollow interior, the at least one second layer segment defining a second portion of the exterior of the part. The method includes attaching the first layer to the second layer and removing material from the first layer and from the second layer to form the part having a continuous surface that extends along the first layer and the second layer.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a polymeric powder preferably a medical grade polymeric powder, for use in Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) for application fields including but not limited to medical, food, and pharmaceutical. The, preferably medical grade, polymer is biodegradable and can be used to manufacture objects such as medical implants and tissue scaffolds. The powder is biocompatible and biodegradable and can include a flow additive. The flow additive can consist of an osteoconductive flow aid suited for medical applications, a water-soluble salt flow aid that does dissolve during device degradation, or a combination of both. The water-soluble salt flow aid is used for applications where no leftover signs of implantation are observed within tissue after device degradation.

Abstract: A method for 3D printing a patient-specific bone implant having variable density, in various aspects, comprises: (1) providing a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising: (A) between about 20% and about 50% bioactive agent by weight; (B) between about 0.5% and about 10% chemical foaming agent by weight; and (C) balance structural polymer by weight; (2) receiving, by computing hardware, a scan of a bone, the scan comprising at least a 3D image of the bone and radiodensity data for the bone; and (3) causing, by the computing hardware, a 3D printer to form the patient-specific bone implant from the 3D image using the thermoplastic polymer by modifying a 3D printing temperature of the 3D printer during printing of the patient-specific bone implant such that each portion of the patient-specific bone implant is produced at a temperature that corresponds to a desired density defined by the radiodensity data for the bone.

Abstract: Method, system, and apparatus for a Production Network used in Additive Manufacturing and, more particularly, a Single Print Unit and a Print Array using the same Print Unit Modules to enable a scalable Production Network with no downtime thanks to interchangeable modules and centralized control.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes a first 3D printer head configured to form a spiral structure around a hub and a second 3D printer head configured to form a boom extending between the second 3D printer head and the hub. The apparatus further includes one or more actuators coupled to the first 3D printer head and the second 3D printer head to control a distance between the first 3D printer head and the second 3D printer head.

Abstract: An extruder for additive manufacturing extends about, and along, a longitudinal axis and has an extrusion nozzle having a polygonal cross-section and a mounting member provided with: a ring configured to be mounted to a bearing coaxial to the extruder and allowing the rotation of the mounting member about the longitudinal axis; a hollow body arranged within the ring and configured to house, in part, an extrusion screw; and a plurality of spokes for connecting the hollow body to the ring so as to define compartments between the spokes-adjacent the hollow body and the ring.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 3D printer using a screw extruder, including a housing including a driving motor, a dispenser in which raw materials are stored and including a nozzle through which raw materials are sprayed, a screw extruder including a screw forming unit arranged inside the dispenser, having a rod shape, and including a spiral screw formed on an outer circumferential surface, and an extension portion extending from the screw forming unit to outside of the dispenser, and an accommodating portion provided in the housing and to which the dispenser is coupled, wherein the dispenser is detachably coupled to the accommodating portion of the housing.

Abstract: A nozzle for producing material extrusion in a three-dimensional printer includes a shank including an internal flow passage, where the shank is constructed of a first material having a first thermal conductivity. The nozzle also includes a shank barrel mechanically coupled to the shank. The shank barrel is constructed of a second material having a second thermal conductivity. The first thermal conductivity of the first material is different from the second thermal conductivity of the second material to create a first heat break between the shank and the shank barrel, where the first heat break reduces heat transfer between the shank and the shank barrel.

Abstract: A plasticized material supply device includes: a nozzle configured to discharge a plasticized material toward a stage; a first flow path through which a first plasticized material flows; a second flow path through which a second plasticized material flows; a third flow path through which the plasticized material flows; a flow rate adjusting mechanism provided at a junction of the first flow path, the second flow path, and the third flow path, and configured to adjust a discharge amount of the plasticized material from the nozzle; and a control unit configured to control the flow rate adjusting mechanism. The flow rate adjusting mechanism includes a butterfly valve formed by processing a part of a drive shaft disposed along a direction intersecting a direction in which the third flow path extends, and a drive motor configured to rotate the butterfly valve by rotating the drive shaft.

Abstract: A portable and ruggedized 3D printing system that is suitable for deployment in extreme environments for combat situations or disaster relief or in remote locations. The 3D printing system includes an enclosure that is openable, water resistant, and made of materials that are impact resistant. A 3D printer within the enclosure includes active and passive suspension systems that provide shock absorption. The 3D printing system further includes one or more internal and/or external sensors that monitor, in real time, various aspects of the printer, its environment, and/or the object being printed. Data from the one or more sensors is used to adjust internal print operating parameters via sensor fusion machine learning algorithms on an onboard processor.

Abstract: A 3D printing system may include a tank in which a bottom of the tank is formed by a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane may be stretched within a frame, which together with the flexible membrane may form a membrane assembly that is secured to the tank sidewall by one or more hinged clamps. Each of the hinged clamps may comprise an arm and an angled member. The distal end of the arm may comprise a hooked attachment member that is complementary in shape to a lip of the frame of the membrane assembly. The proximal end of the arm may be attached to the angled member by a hinge. The angled member may be attached to the tank sidewall by another hinge. The angled member and the arm may be positioned to clamp the membrane assembly to the tank sidewall, or release the membrane assembly from the tank sidewall.

Abstract: The curing device for a 3D printer product may comprise a chamber having an accommodation space for accommodating 3D printer products (hereinafter referred to as 3D printer product), and configured to perform a curing process on the 3D printer product accommodated in the accommodation space under each of a first condition corresponding to a non-vacuum air atmosphere and a second condition corresponding to a vacuum state; a vacuum pump connected to the chamber to form a vacuum in the chamber; an air injection member connected to the chamber to remove a vacuum by injecting air into the chamber; a plurality of light source modules which are members installed inside the chamber to irradiate light for the curing process to the 3D printer product.

Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device including a rigid optically transparent plate, a release film, an adhesive layer, a light source, and a reflection assembly is provided. The rigid optically transparent plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the release film is disposed on a side of the rigid optically transparent plate adjacent to the first surface, and the adhesive layer is arranged between the rigid optically transparent plate and the release film. The light source is disposed on a side of the rigid optically transparent plate adjacent to the second surface, and the reflection assembly includes at least one mirror and is arranged at a position capable of forming a light path from the light source to the rigid optically transparent plate.

Abstract: A system for producing a graft device for a patient may comprise: an imaging device configured to produce image data of a tubular conduit; and a processing unit configured to receive the image data from the imaging device. The processing unit may comprise an algorithm configured to process the image data, and produce a construction signal based on the image data. A material delivery device may be configured to receive the construction signal from the processor, and deliver material to produce a 3D covering based on the construction signal. The graft device may comprise the 3D covering positioned about the tubular conduit. Graft devices and methods of producing graft devices may also be provided.

Abstract: A method for 3D printing a patient-specific bone implant having variable density, in various aspects, comprises: (1) providing a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising: (A) between about 20% and about 50% bioactive agent by weight; (B) between about 0.5% and about 10% chemical foaming agent by weight; and (C) balance structural polymer by weight; (2) receiving, by computing hardware, a scan of a bone, the scan comprising at least a 3D image of the bone and radiodensity data for the bone; and (3) causing, by the computing hardware, a 3D printer to form the patient-specific bone implant from the 3D image using the thermoplastic polymer by modifying a 3D printing temperature of the 3D printer during printing of the patient-specific bone implant such that each portion of the patient-specific bone implant is produced at a temperature that corresponds to a desired density defined by the radiodensity data for the bone.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing method includes a step of measuring a temperature of an object of processing or a shaping material and outputting temperature data, a step of correcting basic commands based on a basic processing program and the temperature data, and determining post-correction commands including a material supply command, a heat source supply unit command, a drive command, and a gas supply command, a step of supplying the shaping material to a processing position of a shaped article based on the material supply command, a step of supplying a heat source to melt the shaping material supplied to the processing position based on the heat source supply unit command, a step of changing the relative position between the processing position and the shaped article based on the drive command, and a step of supplying, to the processing position, a shielding gas based on the gas supply command.

Abstract: In the context of additive manufacturing processes wherein objects are built by layered accumulations of discrete instantaneous deposits of feedstock material at specific locations according to a three-dimensional digital data model, methods and systems are provided for selecting an advantageous alignment between an array of fillable voxel spaces and a model layer slice. In accordance with some embodiments, variable alignment achieves an overall reduction in the amount of excess material formed by discrete depositions of material and extending beyond the contours of the object.

Abstract: In the context of additive manufacturing processes wherein objects are built by layered accumulations of discrete instantaneous deposits of feedstock material at specific locations according to a three-dimensional digital data model, methods are provided for improving at least one build quality attribute by adjusting a size of one or more voxel spaces for receiving discrete deposits. According to various embodiments, the quality attribute pertains to reducing excess material used in the build process or to thermal behavior of deposited materials. According to various embodiments, the size of a voxel space may be adjusting by scaling and by subdividing into a cluster of smaller spaces that warrant smaller deposits.

Abstract: Systems and processes for additive manufacturing are set forth for constructing an object by making successive discrete deposits of unitary masses of a feedstock materials at specific locations as determined by a digital data model for the object. In accordance with some embodiments, the deposits are non-continuous and performed in a sequence such that consecutively ordered deposit actions occur at deposit locations that are not physically adjacent, enabling control of thermal behaviors as a build progresses. In accordance with some embodiments, the sequencing of discrete depositing actions may be agilely rearranged to change temperatures and temperature gradients exhibited by deposited materials.

Abstract: In the context of additive manufacturing processes wherein objects are built by layered accumulations of discrete instantaneous deposits of feedstock material at specific locations according to a first three-dimensional digital data model, processes and systems are provided for first forming an oversized blank part that roughly conforms to the first model and is subsequently machined to final dimensions specified by the first model. Various embodiments provide for generating a second model representing the expected shape of the blank part, as formed by a discrete deposition process, and facilitating calculation of specific toolpaths by which material removal tools may render the final shape.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a Production Network used in Additive Manufacturing and, more particularly, a Single Print Unit and a Print Array of additive manufacturing Print Units using the same Electronics Modules to enable a scalable Production Network with no downtime thanks to interchangeable modules and centralized control.

Abstract: A sculpted object formed from a cured product of a photocurable resin composition includes a sculpted surface, and a support removal trace recessed with respect to the sculpted surface. The support removal trace has a higher surface roughness than a surface roughness of the sculpted surface.

Abstract: A molded body includes: a first portion including a first material that contains a first thermoplastic resin and a dielectric filler that generates heat upon application of a high-frequency electric field; and a second portion including a second material different from the first material of the first portion.

Abstract: A method of anchoring a lightweight building element having a first building layer and an interlining layer distally of the first building layer, and possibly a second building layer distally of the interlining layer. For anchoring, the distal end of a connector element is inserted into a mounting hole in the lightweight building element, and also a sleeve including a thermoplastic material is inserted into the mounting hole, the sleeve enclosing the connector element. Then, a distally facing liquefaction face of the sleeve is caused to be in contact with a proximally facing support face of the connector element. Energy impinges to liquefy at least a flow portion of the thermoplastic material of the sleeve, and the liquefaction face is pressed against the support face to cause at least a fraction of the flow portion to flow radially outward. After the flow portion has re-solidified, it anchors the connector element in the receiving object.

Abstract: A joining method is provided during which a first thermoplastic component joint section and a second thermoplastic component joint section are arranged between first tooling and second tooling. The second thermoplastic component joint section is abutted against the first thermoplastic component joint section at a joint area. The first thermoplastic component joint section is joined to the second thermoplastic component joint section to provide a unitized thermoplastic structure. The joining includes: pressing the first thermoplastic component joint section against the second thermoplastic component joint section at the joint area between the first tooling and the second tooling using a pressure device; and heating the first thermoplastic component joint section and the second thermoplastic component joint section at the joint area using a first heater configured with the first tooling. The unitized thermoplastic structure is cooled at the joint area using a first cooler configured with the first tooling.

Abstract: An insulated cooler comprises a body and a lid at least partially connected to the body, where each is comprised of soft thermoplastic material. The body includes a base comprising rigid plastic connected to the body via a first thermoplastic sealing strip heat welded to the bottom edges of the body, and sewn to top edges of the base. The lid includes a top comprising rigid plastic connected to top edges of the lid via a second thermoplastic sealing strip heat welded to the top edges of the lid, and sewn to bottom edges of the top. The cooler also includes a waterproof liner disposed along inner surfaces of the body and the lid, insulation disposed between the liner and the body and lid, and a zipper closing the lid to the body. A method of manufacturing an insulated cooler is also disclosed. This is helpful for transporting cooler conveniently and increasing the capabilities of the cooler.

Abstract: A method for connecting a film (102) to a substrate (101) includes providing (402) a film (102) and a substrate (101), bringing (403) the film (102) and the substrate (101) together, applying (404) at least one clamping force in at least one clamping region (201), in which the clamping force acts to establish a contact of the film (102) with the substrate (101), and heating (405) the film (102) and/or substrate (101) in at least a respective connecting region (103) in which the film (102) and the substrate (101) are connected together. The clamping force is maintained during the heating process, yet the film (102) and the substrate (101) can be moved relative to one another in the clamping region (201).

Abstract: A joining method and assembly for an aircraft. To improve the characteristics or permit hitherto impossible connections between thermoplastic and thermoset components, a multi-material joining method is disclosed in which a thermoplastic connecting region is formed on the thermoplastic component. The connecting region is connected to the thermoset component by interdiffusion. For this purpose, the uncured second component is brought into contact with the connecting region and heat is supplied. An interdiffusion layer is formed which fixedly connects the second component and the connecting region to one another and thus joins the first component to the second component.

Abstract: A composite material forming device forms a composite material including a resin and reinforced fibers having electrical conductivity. The composite material forming device includes: a conduction jig having electrical conductivity, the conduction jig being to be placed on a surface of the composite material so as to make a bridge between both end portions of the reinforced fibers in a fiber direction; and an electric current generating unit that generates an electric current in the conduction jig. The conduction jig placed on the surface of the composite material and the reinforced fibers form a closed loop through which the electric current flows so that the closed loop intersects the surface of the composite material.

Abstract: A control surface for an aircraft comprise a first skin, a second skin bonded to the first skin, and a stiffening structure located between the first skin and the second skin. The stiffening structure may be formed by forming a plurality of fiber-mandrel sections, stacking the plurality of fiber-mandrel sections to form a fiber-mandrel assembly, and depositing an outer fiber ply around a perimeter of the fiber-mandrel assembly. The control surface may be formed by forming a part layup over a first mold surface, contacting the part layup with a second mold surface, and curing the part layup. Forming the part layup over a first mold surface may include locating a first fiber ply over the first mold surface, locating a plurality stiffening structure assemblies over the first fiber ply, and locating a second fiber ply over the plurality stiffening structure assemblies.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and method for manufacturing a metal-composite hybrid part. The apparatus for manufacturing a metal-composite hybrid part includes: a feeder roller feeding a composite tape to a metal base material; a heat supply device applying heat to the metal base material and the composite tape; a first pressure roller pressing and bonding the metal base material and the composite tape, bonded to each other by heat applied through the heat supply device, to each other; a cooling roller cooling the metal base material and the composite tape bonded to each other by the first pressure roller; and a second pressure roller applying heat and pressure to the metal base material and the composite tape, cooled by the cooling roller.

Abstract: The present disclosed subject matter relates to a method for producing a composite component, in particular for a gliding board, roller board or skateboard. The method comprises introducing a bottom mat made of reinforcing fibers, above this a flat core made of plastic, and above this a top mat made of reinforcing fibers into an opened mold, closing the mold, introducing an uncured plastics matrix into the closed mold, allowing the plastics matrix to cure in the closed mold, opening the mold, and demolding the composite component. The core is provided on its lower and upper sides with a plurality of spacer nubs, which keep the bottom and top mats in the closed mold at a distance from the lower and upper sides.

Abstract: A mixing device for mixing a puncture repair liquid and compressed air includes a mixing chamber, a first inlet for supplying the compressed air to the mixing chamber, a second inlet for supplying the puncture repair liquid to the mixing chamber, and an outlet for discharging a mixture of the puncture repair liquid and the compressed air from the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber includes a deposition section for depositing agglomerates contained in the puncture repair liquid. The deposition section is provided between the second inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: A mixing device for mixing a puncture repair liquid and compressed air includes a mixing chamber, a first inlet for supplying the compressed air in a first flow direction to the mixing chamber, a second inlet for supplying the puncture repair liquid to the mixing chamber, and an outlet for discharging a mixture of the puncture repair liquid and the compressed air from the mixing chamber. The outlet discharges the mixture in a second flow direction at a position displaced from a virtual line extending from the first inlet in the first flow direction.

Abstract: This production method for an optical laminate is a production method for an optical laminate having a plastic film, an adhesion layer, an optical function layer and an antifouling layer laminated in order and includes an adhesion layer formation step of forming an adhesion layer, an optical function layer formation step of forming an optical function layer, a surface treatment step of treating a surface of the optical function layer so that a change rate of surface roughness represented by the prescribed formula (1) is 5% to 35% or a change rate of an average length of elements represented by the prescribed formula (2) is 7% to 70%, and an antifouling layer formation step of forming an antifouling layer on the optical function layer having a treated surface.

Abstract: A system and method of making an open-ended layered thermoplastic food conveyor belt having a profile layer, a top layer, and tensile cords fully encapsulated there between. The method includes engaging a portion of a top thermoplastic layer on a rotatable cylindrical mandrel laying a plurality of tension cords on top of this layer in the machine direction and applying or extruding a second layer of thermoplastic matrix.