Abstract: A perforating apparatus and method includes a longitudinal cylinder axis about which a cylinder rotates. At least one shaped anvil bead is disposed on the cylinder. The cylinder including an anvil block and an anvil bead form a cavity. The cavity may be used to control the debris produced during the perforating process. A blade is disposed on a support to cooperate in contacting relationship with the anvil bead. A web is perforated as the web passes between the rotating cylinder and the support and the blade operatively engages with the anvil bead. The debris may be controlled by being drawn into the cavity prior to the point where the blade engages the anvil and, subsequently, being expelled after the point where the blade engages the anvil bead.

Abstract: A web may include a curvilinear line of weakness comprising a plurality of perforations. Each of the plurality of perforations may be separated by a bond area and each of the plurality of perforations may have a perforation length. Each bond area may have a non-perforation length. At least two of the perforations lengths may be substantially equal.

Abstract: A cordless aw is provided with regenerative braking means that increases the number of repeated cuttings the saw is able to perform (x) per full discharge cycle of the battery pack, as compared to the number of repeated cuttings achievable by the same saw not employing a regenerative braking means (y) per full discharge cycle of the battery pack, such that x/y is approximately at least one of the following: i) 1.1 when cutting a Pressure-Treated (PT) lumber workpiece having a cross-sectional size of approximately 89 mm×89 mm±2 mm, ii) 1.15 when cutting a Spruce Pine Fir (SPF) lumber workpiece having a cross-sectional size of approximately 38 mm×89 mm±2 mm, or iii) 1.25 when cutting Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) workpiece having a thickness of approximately 19 mm±1 mm and a width of approximately 76 mm±2 mm.

Abstract: A power tool attachment saw according to the invention is provide and includes a body plate, a connector section and a plurality of cutting walls. The body plate is a planar body and the connector section positioned on one side of the planar body and adapted for attachment to an oscillating power tool. The plurality of cutting walls are positioned orthogonal to and extend from exterior edges of the planar body to form a material receiving space. The plurality of cutting walls provide a uniform cutting edge about the material receiving space.

Abstract: A mortise and tenon joint tooling guide includes a base seat, two templates, an adjusting plate and a clamping structure. The base seat has a platform and an opening through the platform. Each of the templates can be arranged on the platform at intervals in a movable form. Each of the templates is formed with a guiding edge on one side. The guiding edges face each other and are used to guide the machining tool going through the opening to process a workpiece to form a mortise or tenon. The adjusting plate is configured on the base seat, capable of moving back and forth, and is used to abut against the workpiece, and to correct the distance between the template and the surface. The clamping structure is configured on the base seat, and is used to clamp the workpiece, so as to relatively position the platform and the workpiece.

Abstract: A circular saw includes (i) a circular saw blade that is pivotally connected to a rotary shaft and driven to rotate by way of the rotary shaft, (ii) a tool body that supports the rotary shaft and has a fixed guard covering an upper portion of the circular saw blade, (iii) a movable guard pivotally connected to the rotary shaft and closing in a normal state a cutting region of the circular saw blade, and (iv) an elastic connecting member, including a first point connected to the tool body and a second point connected to the movable guard. The movable guard, under the action of an external force, is capable of opening the cutting region. The elastic connecting member includes a rectilinearly stretching segment connected to the first point and a first torsional connecting segment connected to the second point. The rectilinearly stretching segment has a coil spring, and the first torsional connecting segment is a non-coil spring connecting member.

Abstract: A continuous press arrangement for manufacture of building panels, such as floor or wall panels, comprises an upper rotatable inlet drum connecting to an upper rotatable outlet drum via an upper continuous press belt and a lower rotatable inlet drum connecting to a lower rotatable outlet drum via a lower continuous press belt. The press belts are configured to form a product path therebetween for feeding a product in a feeding direction in response to rotation of said drums or displacement of the press belt(s). An upper and a lower press table each comprise a cushion configured to be displaced into sealing abutment with the press belt for facilitating a pressure zone. The inlet drums form respective angles phi between the respective press belts and the product path at a position being downstream the inlet drums and upstream the pressure cushion or press table, in the feeding direction.

Abstract: A process (10) of forming an internal mold (IM) and using the internal mold (IM) to press-mold an internal passage or an internal cavity within a ceramic body includes making or obtaining first and second flexible mold halves (102,104); molding a positive internal mold (IM) of a meltable or sublimable or otherwise heat-removeable material; pressing a volume of binder-coated ceramic powder with the positive internal mold (IM) inside the volume of powder to form a pressed body; heating the pressed body to remove the positive internal mold from the pressed body; and sintering the pressed body to form a monolithic ceramic body having an internal passage or an internal cavity.

Abstract: A jig tool set for constructing a full thread bolt, and a method of constructing a full thread bolt using the jig tool set. The jig tool set includes a drill bit, a connecting rod, an anchor bolt set, a full thread bolt, and a drill gun. The drill bit includes a drilling part to secure a hole by drilling a ceiling slab made of concrete at one end. The anchor bolt set is fixed to the hole formed in the ceiling slab through the drill bit and configured to form the full thread bolt in the ceiling slab. The connecting rod has a certain length so that, as the drill bit and the anchor bolt set are sequentially seated at one end thereof. A drill gun is formed at the other end of the connecting rod and configured to provide a rotational force and a hitting force.

Abstract: A plasticizing unit includes an injection cylinder having a dispensing opening, via which a plasticized material can be dispensed, and a plasticizing screw arranged to be rotationally and linearly movable in the injection cylinder and having an axis of rotation. A plasticizing zone is formed between the plasticizing screw and the injection cylinder in the radial direction relative to the axis of rotation of the plasticizing screw. The plasticizing screw has a dam element, and in the injection cylinder there is a first opening in the area of the plasticizing zone and/or the dam element and a second opening between the dam element and the dispensing opening.

Abstract: A method for processing polycondensates, wherein the material in the form of granules or recyclate is processed to form a melt, the method including the following steps: a) feeding the material into a vacuum lock where the material is held below atmospheric pressure; b) conveying the material from the vacuum lock into a first extruder having a filling region and a feed zone that are held below atmospheric pressure, wherein the material is at least partially melted in the first extruder; c) conveying the melted material from the first extruder into a second, twin-screw extruder with two screws that turn in the opposite direction. The second extruder has at least one degassing zone and a metering zone that follows in the conveying direction. The melted material is degassed in the degassing zone and the melted material is pressurized in the metering zone and is output out of the second extruder.

Abstract: A method for producing a composite material in the form of pellets from ground textile fibers and polymer in the form of resin grains comprises the steps of: a. densification of shreds of the textile fibers by compressing the material; b. mixing the densified shreds with the polymer; and c. mechanical treatment at a temperature between the temperatures T1 and T2 wherein T1 is the highest glass transition temperature between the polymer and that of the textile, whichever applies, and T2 is the lowest melting point chosen between that of the polymer and that of the textile, whichever applies. The heat treatment is implemented by extrusion and/or injection. A composite material, referred to as PLAXTIL® composite material, may be formed using this method.

Abstract: An underwater pelletizer including a die plate, a cutting chamber housing having a cutting chamber and a rotatably drivable cutter head, which is arranged in the cutting chamber for dividing melt strands output from the die plate into pellets. The cutting chamber is flushed through by process water which can be introduced through at least one inlet into the cutting chamber and, together with the cut pellets, can be discharged from the cutting chamber via an outlet. A plurality of flow channels and/or chambers are provided in the cutting chamber housing for generating different process water streams, which include at least one co-rotating flow path passing through at least one cutter head channel through the rotating cutter head, as well as at least one flow path which does not co-rotate and which leads from a fixed inlet into the cutting chamber.

Abstract: A system for physically dismantling a solar cell module includes two fragmenting apparatuses. The solar cell module includes a cell encapsulation laminate, and a back plate and a cover plate respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the cell encapsulation laminate. Each fragmenting apparatus includes a platform, a fragmenting unit disposed on and movable relative to the platform in three axial directions for fragmenting one of the cell encapsulation laminate and the back plate of the solar cell module, and a material-collecting and sorting device connected to the platform and the fragmenting unit for collecting and sorting recycled materials produced by the fragmenting unit.

Abstract: Systems (100) for assembling stiffened composite structures comprise a layup mandrel (102) and a network (104) of fluid lines (116) configured to be selectively and fluidically coupled to stringer bladders (118) positioned relative to the layup mandrel (102). Bladder vent plugs (300) are adjustable in length andare configured to close stringer bladders (118) except for fluid connection to the fluid lines (116).

Abstract: A mandrel is disclosed which is suitable for use in surface metallization process (eiectrodeposition) by electrolysis. The mandrel has at least one inner coating which is metallized on an outer surface of the mandrel by electrolysis method such that it almost entirely covers the outer surface thereof, allowing electrical conductivity to be created on the surface and at least one outer coating which is obtained by almost entirely an electrolytic and/or electroless metallization on the inner coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating a mold surface (12) limiting a mold cavity of a mold or being an outer surface of a mold core for producing a mold, the device comprising: a treating carriage (22) having at least one treating drum (32A, 32B) and/or at least one liquid application and/or release means; a guiding arrangement (24, 52) connected to the treating carriage (22) and serving to displace the treating carriage (22) on the mold surface (12); and a control unit (80) connected to the treating carriage (22) and the guiding arrangement (24, 52).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heating treatment apparatus including a container that includes a first chamber and a second chamber which are connected to each other via a sectionalizing valve and an air supply port and an air exhaust port through which a heated gas flows and a manufacturing method of a heating treatment object.

Abstract: A plate assembly for increasing the efficiency and safety of a rotational molding machine. The plate assembly includes a mold plate that is coupled to a mold and mold frame, and an arm plate that is coupled to a distal end of rotating arm portion of the rotational molding machine. The mold plate includes means for being rotated relative to the arm plate that the mold plate may be selectively engaged to the arm plate. The mold plate and by extension the mold are locked into position via a plurality of coupling means disposed on the arm plate. Once secured, the rotational molding process is carried out by the rotational molding machine rotating the mold and plate assembly around at least one axis of rotation as the mold is indexed or rotated through each of the plurality of fabrication steps.

Abstract: A compression mold includes a first mold and a second mold. The first mold includes a side surface member and a bottom surface member. The side surface member includes a step height on a bottom surface member side of the side surface member. The step height includes a first surface of the side surface member, a second surface that extends from the first surface toward the bottom surface member, and a third surface that extends downward from the second surface. The bottom surface member includes an upper surface where a resin material can be arranged and a slide surface that extends downward from the upper surface and is slidable with respect to the third surface of the side surface member. The third surface of the side surface member is not exposed while the resin material is supplied.

Abstract: The present invention enables a reference surface member to reliably contact a side surface of a recess of a molding die, and is directed to a conveyance apparatus that conveys an object to be molded to a molding die in which a recess is formed on a side of a mold surface on which the object to be molded is placed, the conveyance apparatus including: a position reference mechanism having a reference surface serving as a positioning reference of the object to be molded placed on the molding die; and an object-to-be-molded moving mechanism that moves the object to be molded placed on the molding die toward the reference surface.

Abstract: A filter device for plasticized molding material includes a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. The filter housing has at least two housing elements movable relative to each other. A drive is provided, via which the housing elements are movable between an open position and a closed position. The filter element is at least partially released in the open position of the housing elements and can preferably be taken out of the filter housing.

Abstract: A filter device for plasticized molding material includes a filter body and an adjusting body movable relative to the filter body between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a first flow path for the plasticized molding material is defined by channels in the filter body and in the adjusting body, and the first flow path is formed such that the plasticized molding material is filtered. In the second position, a second flow path for the plasticized molding material is defined by channels in the filter body and in the adjusting body, and the second flow path is formed such that the channels and/or a filter element are at least partially flushed and/or backflushed.

Abstract: An injection mold comprising a first mold half and a second mold half which during operation are displaceable with respect to each other in a first direction between an open position and a closed position in which the first mold half and the second mold half interact with each other. The first mold half comprises a cavity plate with a front face with a recess in which at least one cavity block comprising at least one first cavity half is arranged forming in a closed position of the injection mold with a corresponding second cavity half arranged at the second mold half a cavity suitable to receive plasticized plastic material to form a part therefrom. At least one cable interconnects the at least one cavity block in a mounted position with a connection box.

Abstract: A mold clamping device includes two mold platens; a plurality of ball screw mechanisms connecting the mold platens to each other; and a plurality of servo motors configured to drive the respective ball screw mechanisms. Each of ball screws respectively configuring the plurality of ball screw mechanisms is provided with a cover which covers at least a part of the corresponding ball screw between the two mold platens.

Abstract: A state determination device includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data related to a predetermined physical quantity as data indicating a state related to an injection molding machine, a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount indicating a feature of a state of the injection molding machine based on the data related to the physical quantity, a statistical data calculation unit configured to calculate a statistic as statistical data according to a statistical condition including at least a statistical function for calculating a predetermined statistic from a predetermined feature amount based on a calculated feature amount, and a state determination unit configured to determine a state of the injection molding machine based on fluctuation of a plurality of pieces of consecutive statistical data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of forming technologies for rubber sealing ring blanks, and more particularly to an automatic forming method and device for a rubber sealing ring blank. A cutting blade is fixedly connected to the surface of a blank forming assembly; an equipment body II is fixedly connected to a sliding table die set; a supporting rod II is fixedly connected to the surface of the equipment body II; a blank box is fixedly connected to the inner side surface of the supporting rod II; and a blank spool is fixedly connected to the tail end of a long blank strip. The method and device disclosed by the present invention have the advantages that the automation degree is high, and the long blank strip conveyed from the blank spool passes through guide wheels and a guide groove and is automatically pressed into a ring through the combined action of the blank forming assembly and the cutting blade.

Abstract: A pelletizer with a rotatably drivable cutter head for dividing material strands output from a die plate into pellets, the cutter head being drivingly connected to a drive motor via a drive shaft, and with a feed device for axial adjustment of the cutter head relative to the die plate in the direction of the cutter head axis of rotation. A spindle element of a spindle drive stage of the feed device is configured as a spindle sleeve which is axially firmly seated on the rotating drive shaft between the drive motor and the cutter head. The drive shaft is connected to the cutter head in an axially-fixed and rotationally-fixed manner and transmits the axial movement of the spindle sleeve to the cutter head.

Abstract: Provided is a method of making a sterilized flat plastic bag including the steps of: forming a roll of a tubular polymeric film in a blown film extrusion process, providing the roll of tubular polymeric film to a bag making process, and forming a sterilized flat plastic bag, wherein the tubular film is not slit in the longitudinal direction during any step of the method, and therefore avoids the necessity of a separate sterilizing step. Also provided is a sterilized flat plastic bag made according to the foregoing method of making and a method of using such a sterilized flat plastic bag to collect and retain a product sample and eliminate product contamination. The sterilized plastic bag made according to the above method provides improved tear strength and resistance to rupture when containing product.

Abstract: A nozzle includes a tubular, temperature-controlled outer casing, centered on an axis. For a more compact and efficient design, the nozzle also includes an inner member coaxially arranged inside the outer casing and mounted rotatably about the axis relative to the outer casing, such that a downstream portion of the inner member extends outside the outer casing and engages with a drive motor to rotate about the axis, and such that a channel having an annular cross section and centered on the axis is defined between the outer casing and the inner member. The channel has an upstream end and a downstream end between which the material flows into the channel when it is pushed through the nozzle such that, when the material is pushed through the nozzle, the material moves through the channel from the upstream end to the downstream end whereby the material axially exits the channel.

Abstract: An extrusion device (100) for forming as a thin strip a product based on a rubber mixture includes: a rotating roller (112) with a groove (112R) in the form of a continuous helix made on the outer surface (112a) of the roller, the groove including several striations (112Ra) arranged one beside the other in the direction of movement of the mixture, and the striations being spaced apart from one another so as to create a thread of predetermined pitch; and a vault bearing, on its inner surface oriented towards the roller, projecting threads so as to delimit with the surface of the roller a chamber for plasticizing the mixture The roller and the vault are assembled such that thread crests created by the helix and the crests of projecting threads on the vault are substantially in contact with one another.

Abstract: Systems and methods for altering the typical rotary Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) machine manufacturing process to implement a staged or phased vacuum application to the BFS molds.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a usable container that includes supplying, by a first screw conveyor, a first thermoplastic plastic material for the outer container to an extruder, supplying, by at least one second screw conveyor, at least one second thermoplastic plastic material for the inner bag to the extruder, cutting at least two, preferably diametrically opposed, holes in the outer container at a lower edge region of a shoulder section, inserting pins vertically through the holes, between the inner bag and the outer container to loosen the inner bag from the inner wall of the outer container, exerting an increased pressure from an exterior through the holes onto the inner bag, or producing a reduced pressure in the inner bag to detach the inner bag from an inner wall of the outer container.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, includes a transport device, which has a rotatable transport carrier on which a plurality of forming stations is arranged. The forming stations each have application devices for applying fluid medium to the plastic preforms. The forming stations each have stretching devices for stretching the plastic preforms in the longitudinal direction thereof. The stretching devices each have at least one stretching rod which can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the plastic preforms. The apparatus has a clean room, within which the plastic preforms are expanded into the plastic containers, and a sealing device in order to seal the clean room from a non-sterile environment. The sealing device has at least one circumferential channel which can be filled with a liquid, characterized in that the clean room is closed with a cover device, and this cover device is fastened at least to at least one stretching device by fastening devices.

Abstract: A modular system for blow molding a container. The system may include a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion and second portion may each include a shell, a mold removably coupled to the shell, and a top plate. The third portion may include a base and a base mold. The molds may be 3D printed. The molds together may define a blow mold cavity. The modular system may be used at lab scale, pilot scale, or full production scale. The molds may be durable and smooth enough for full production scale. Some embodiments are directed to methods for making a modular system for blow molding a container.

Abstract: Provided are methods for automatically positioning ramps in a station for the heating of preforms. The method includes acquiring an image of a preform traveling along a slot delimited by a pair of ramps, where at least one of the ramps is transversely mobile to vary the width of the slot (56) and where a motorized device transversely moves the at least one mobile ramp and is controlled automatically by an electronic control unit. The method further includes automatically determining the diameter below the neck of the preform by computer processing the image and automatically adjusting the width of the slot by moving the at least one mobile ramp according to the determined diameter below the neck.

Abstract: Provided is a method for verifying holding members in a heating station equipped with a device for transporting the preforms. The device includes a plurality of movable supports circulating in a closed circuit and members for individually holding the preforms by their neck, where each of the holding members is borne by a movable support. The method includes setting the movable supports in movement to bring them successively into an acquisition zone, acquiring an image of each individual holding member in the acquisition zone, and automatically verifying the presence of a holding member on each of the images taken.

Abstract: A link mechanism 11 includes a pair of rail holders 24. The rail holders 24 include guide rollers 51a, 51b, 52a, and 52b configured to move along rails 13 and 14 while rotating, roller shafts 54 and 55 penetrating the guide rollers 51a, 51b, 52a, and 52b, bearings 56a, 56b, 57a, and 57b interposed between the guide rollers 51a, 51b, 52a, and 52b and the roller shafts 54 and 55 and rotatably supporting the guide rollers 51a, 51b, 52a, and 52b, and lower cover members 71 and upper cover members 72 provided on both end sides of the guide rollers 51a, 51b, 52a, and 52b in an axial direction and covering the bearings 56a, 56b, 57a, and 57b.

Abstract: An apparatus for pressing a multi-layered skateboard deck having a variation in thickness is provided. The apparatus includes a mold assembly, a first liner, and a second liner. The mold assembly includes a first mold having a first surface and a second mold having a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are configured to collectively define a mold cavity configured to receive the multi-layered skateboard deck. The first liner is disposed adjacent to the first surface and the second liner is disposed adjacent to the second surface. The mold assembly is configured to apply a load when the multi-layered skateboard deck is disposed in the mold cavity. At least one of the first liner or the second liner is configured to deform in response to the applied load such that the multi-layered skateboard deck is compressed with a substantially uniform pressure.

Abstract: A tubular structure fabricated by additive manufacturing from non-biological building material formulations, and featuring an elongated core, a shell encapsulating the core and an intermediate shell between the core and the shell. Each of the core, the shell and the intermediate shell is made of a different material or a different combination of materials. Both the core and the intermediate shell are sacrificial. Additive manufacturing of the tubular structure is usable for fabricating an object featuring properties of a blood vessel.

Abstract: A consumable assembly for a 3D printer includes a spool carrying wound filament. A 3D printer includes a print head configured to receive filament material and a spool cabinet configured to have a filament spool positioned therein to provide a controlled environment for filament on the filament spool. A dock of the 3D printer is located outside of a chamber of the spool cabinet and is configured to receive a filament key fob, including a spool chip, of the filament spool to maintain the spool chip outside of the controlled environment of the chamber.

Abstract: Apparatus for, and associated method of, making a three-dimensional object from a light polymerizable resin by inkjet additive manufacturing are described. The methods and apparatus employ dual precursor resins, including but not limited to dual cure resins having a first component photopolymerizable and a second component polymerizable by a mechanism different from the first component.

Abstract: A directed energy deposition additive manufacturing system may include an apparatus for applying a compressive load to a component being built in the system with an overhanging geometry. The apparatus has a compression head that applies the compressive load. The apparatus may apply the compressive load at a compression angle that may be complementary to an inclination angle of the component. The apparatus may operate in multiple degrees of freedom.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for producing a component includes a deposition assembly having a deposition head through which melted feedstock material is deposited, and a compression rig comprising a compression head supporting an inside roller, an outside roller opposing the inside roller, and a top roller, the inside roller applying a compressive load onto an interior side surface of the component, the outside roller applying a compressive load onto an exterior side surface of the component, and the top roller applying a compressive load onto a top surface of the component.

Abstract: A consumable assembly for a 3D printer includes a spool carrying wound filament. The spool is configured to be installed into a spool cabinet to maintain the filament in a controlled environment. A filament key fob that carries a spool chip programmed with identification data for the consumable assembly is tethered to the spool. The filament key fob is configured to be received in a dock of the 3D printer outside of a controlled environment of a chamber of the spool cabinet while remaining tethered to the spool installed in the chamber of the spool cabinet.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for producing a medical catheter or lead and a method thereof. The system including a heating cartridge defining an interior volume and at least one filament port. The system also including a heating element thermally coupled to the heating cartridge to heat the interior volume, a filament handling system to feed at least one filament through the at least one filament port, and a substrate handling system. The substrate handling system including a clamp to secure a portion of a substrate to be moved relative to the heating cartridge to apply a jacket to the substrate. In one or more embodiments, a subassembly is positioned on the substrate and has an electrode ring. The jacket printed to cover at least a portion of the subassembly and spaced apart from the electrode ring.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a 3D item by depositing 3D printable material, wherein the 3D printable material comprises core material and 3D printable shell material. The core material is one or more of (i) reflective, (ii) transmissive, (iii) absorbing, and (iv) luminescent for light having a wavelength in the visible wavelength range. The 3D printable shell material is transmissive for the wavelength in the visible wavelength range. A printed core-shell layer has a layer width (W) and a layer height and a first aspect ratio AR1, wherein AR1=W/H and wherein AR1>1. A cross-sectional plane of the core-shell layer comprises the layer width (W) and the layer height, and the core (330) provides a core cross-section having a first dimension (A1), which is the longest dimension of the core cross-section, and a second dimension (A2) perpendicular to the first dimension (A1), providing a second aspect ratio AR2, wherein AR2=A1/A2, wherein 2=<AR2=<10,000; and wherein AR2/AR1>=1.

Abstract: A dual filament feeder assembly (110) for an additive manufacturing system (400) comprises a drive wheel (206) and a drive shaft (134) connected to the drive wheel. The dual filament feeder assembly (110) comprises a first feeder wheel (210) and a second feeder wheel (250) rotatably arranged around the drive shaft at a first side and a second side of the drive wheel (206). The dual filament feeder assembly further comprises a coupling member (270) arranged to selectively couple the drive wheel with the first feeder wheel (210) or the second feeder wheel (250). A shifting member (280) is arranged to move the coupling member between a first position and a second position. The coupling member drivably couples the drive wheel (206) with the first feeder wheel in the first position and couples the drive wheel with the second feeder wheel in the second position.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for manufacturing a custom orthotic sandal. The described techniques may include generating a footbed model for a subject's foot based at least in part on a foot model. The foot model may be obtained by scanning the foot of the subject. One or more transforms may be applied to the footbed model. The one or more transforms may include expanding the footbed model along one or more bisection lines. The modified footbed model may extruded in at least one dimension to obtain a midsole model. A sandal midsole may be manufactured out of a material according to the midsole model. The sandal midsole may be used in the custom orthotic sandal.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing system for forming a component including a compression rig including a compression head supporting a top compression device applying a compressive load onto a top surface of the component, a pair of temperature sensors positioned on opposite sides of the top compression device and detecting a temperature of the top surface of the component, and a pair of distance sensors positioned on opposite sides of the top compression device and detecting a distance to the top surface of the component, and a controller configured to adjust a position of the compression rig and a load applied by the top compression device based on at least one of the detected temperatures and distances.