Abstract: A hand mechanism (2) comprises a plurality of finger units. Each of the plurality finger units is equipped with a first finger link unit (211) including a fingertip, a first joint unit (22) provided at an end portion on a finger base side of the first finger link unit (211), a second finger link unit (212) connected to the first finger link unit (211) via the first joint unit (22), and a second joint unit (23) provided at an end portion on a finger base side of the second finger link unit (212). A suction mechanism (600) is provided on at least one predetermined finger unit of the plurality of finger units (21). The suction mechanism (600) is provided on a dorsal surface (216) of the first finger link unit (211) in a predetermined finger, and suctions and retains a target object by generating negative pressure.

Abstract: A conveying device includes a first drive body, a second drive body and a lifting body for receiving a payload. The drive bodies can be activated independently of each other along a conveying axis or on a conveying plane. A first lifting link is pivotably articulated to the first drive body and a second lifting link is pivotably articulated to the second drive body. The lifting links are functionally connected to the lifting body so that a relative movement of the drive bodies can be converted into a movement of the lifting body along a lifting axis A first guide link is pivotably articulated to the first drive body, a second guide link is pivotably articulated to the second drive body, the guide links are connected to a first guide element, the lifting body has a second guide element, and the guide elements form a linear guide with a guide axis that coincides with the lifting axis.

Abstract: A cyclic switching electric suction cup is provided. The electric suction cup includes a suction member and an actuating member. The actuating member includes an air extraction motor, a power supply, a control panel and a locking sleeve. When an air chamber is in the non-vacuum mode, one end of the locking sleeve abuts against a first switch to activate the air extraction motor and perform air extraction. During the air extraction, the air in the locking sleeve is simultaneously extracted and the locking sleeve elastically shrinks and deforms. After the air extraction is completed and the air chamber is in the vacuum mode, the end of the locking sleeve abutting against the first switch is gradually distant from the first switch so that the air extraction motor stop extraction. The actuating member repeats this cycle when the air chamber is in the non-vacuum mode.

Abstract: A suction nozzle includes a nozzle tip portion formed in a tubular shape, an elastic tubular member that is detachably provided on an outer periphery of the nozzle tip portion, and that extends in an extending direction of the nozzle tip portion from an opening portion of the nozzle tip portion, the elastic tubular member being configured to elastically deform to an uneven shape of a pickup surface of the component when a tip surface thereof is pressed against the pickup surface, and at least one abutting member having an abutting surface configured to abut against the pickup surface when the tip surface is pressed against the pickup surface and the elastic tubular member is elastically deformed, the abutting surface being disposed between the tip surface and the opening portion in the extending direction of the nozzle tip portion or at the same position as the opening portion.

Abstract: An apparatus is described comprising a first gripping component having a first proximal region having a first rigid geometry configured to receive a handle of a tool and a first distal region having a first shape-adaptive finger and a second gripping component having a second proximal region having a second rigid geometry configured to receive the handle of the tool and a second distal region having a second shape-adaptive finger. The first distal region is separated by a clearance from the second distal region when the first rigid geometry and the second rigid geometry are grasping the handle of the tool and, in an absence of the handle of the tool, the first proximal region and the second proximal region enable a pinch grip between the first shape-adaptive finger of the first gripping component and the second shape-adaptive finger of the second gripping component.

Abstract: A length adjustable robotic limb comprises a first joint assembly, a second joint assembly, and a structural member extending between the first joint assembly and the second joint assembly, the structural member defining a longitudinal axis. An adjustable interface can be provided between the structural member and one of the first and second joint assemblies. The adjustable interface can facilitate adjustment of a length between the first and second joint assemblies. A rotational interface between the structural member and one of the first and second joint assemblies can facilitate relative rotation between the first joint assembly and the second joint assembly about the longitudinal axis in a degree of freedom corresponding to medial/lateral rotation of a portion of a human limb.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a robot sensing array for multidirectional sensing by a robot. The robot can include one or more robot body members. The sensing array can include a plurality of sensors radially supported on at least one of the one or more robot body members of the robot. The plurality of sensors can include a first sensor, a second sensor located on the at least one of the one or more robot body members at a first position adjacent to the first sensor, and a third sensor located on the at least one of the one or more robot body members at a second position adjacent to the first sensor. The first sensor of the plurality of sensors is disposed to have an overlapping field of view with the second sensor and the third sensor.

Abstract: A knife including a housing and a blade carrier, in which a blade can be fastened and which is movable in the housing between a safety position in which the blade carrier is arranged in a rear position such that the blade does not project beyond protective components formed by the housing and at least one cutting position in which the blade projects beyond the protective components. A spring mechanism is arranged between the housing and the blade carrier and loads the blade carrier into the safety position. The blade carrier includes first locking element releasably engageable with second locking element on the housing to lock the blade carrier in at least one safety position and/or in at least one cutting position.

Abstract: Proposed is a razor cartridge configured to be coupled to a razor handle including a first coupling portion having first and second surfaces. The razor cartridge may include at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge and a blade housing accommodating the at least one shaving blade in a longitudinal direction. The razor cartridge may also include a connector fixed to one side of the blade housing, which includes a second coupling portion configured to be coupled to the first coupling portion, and having a third surface configured to face the first surface. when the first and second coupling portions are coupled to each other, the connector may be configured to be pivotable about a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal direction with respect to the razor handle, and the pivot axis may be disposed between an upper surface of the blade housing and the third surface.

Abstract: A razor handle configured to be coupled to a razor cartridge is proposed. The razor handle may include a holder and two first coupling portions of which at least a part is disposed in the holder, and which include a latching portion including a first surface extended in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the razor handle is coupled to the razor cartridge, and a second surface extended while being inclined inwardly forward from an end of the extended first surface. The razor handle may also include a detaching member configured to adjust a distance between the two first coupling portions, which has a first position in which the distance between the two first coupling portions is a first distance and a second position in which the distance between the two first coupling portions is a second distance shorter than the first distance.

Abstract: A blade for sawing a panel, including a first blade portion configured to saw the panel along a first direction, wherein the panel includes a plurality of panel level packages (PLPs) arranged in the first direction and a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and a second blade portion arranged on an upper surface of the first blade portion, and configured to saw the panel along the second direction, wherein a width of the second blade portion is greater than a width of the first blade portion.

Abstract: A dried fish flake machine may be used with one hand, in which a shaving blade can be easily replaced, cleaned, and the like, and which can shave an edible shaving object such as dried bonito into a strip shape, a powder form, or the like. A dried fish flake machine includes a tubular case that is able to store an edible shaving object S having a rod shape; a shaving blade portion that is provided at a distal end of the tubular case, abuts a distal end of the edible shaving object, and is able to shave the edible shaving object; a rotary drive mechanism that is provided inside the tubular case and is able to relatively rotate the edible shaving object stored in the tubular case with respect to the shaving blade portion. The shaving blade portion is provided at the distal end of the tubular case in an attachable/detachable manner.

Abstract: A sheet processing machine with a transfer mechanism for moving sheets along a handling direction of the sheet processing machine and with a waste evacuation device (36) for releasing the sheets. The transfer mechanism comprises a sheet handling element (28) for moving a sheet, the sheet handling element (28) comprising at least one sliding element (54). The sheet handling element (28) is adapted to release the sheet when passing the waste evacuation device (36). The waste evacuation device comprises at least one alignment element (38) adapted to interact with the at least one sliding element (54) for minimizing deformation of the sheet handling element (28) when passing the waste evacuation device (36).

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for inspecting and punching a diffusion layer for water electrolysis are provided. The apparatus includes a first inspector that inspects a thickness of a diffusion layer for water electrolysis, a second inspector that inspects porosity of the diffusion layer for water electrolysis, and a cutting machine that inspects pore uniformity of the diffusion layer for water electrolysis and cuts the diffusion layer for water electrolysis based on the result of inspecting at least one of the thickness, the porosity, the pore uniformity, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A paperboard converting process is disclosed, which involves feeding a continuous roll of paperboard into a die-cutting station, die-cutting the continuous roll of paperboard into a continuous web of die-cut blanks, and re-winding the continuous web of die-cut blanks into a continuous roll of die-cut blanks downstream from the die-cutting station.

Abstract: Described herein is a modular system for creating a cutting die to be used with a metal cylinder, including a set of cutting die modules each having an extension direction along an arc of a circle, a perimeter, and a connection surface in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction, which is configured to be placed on the metal cylinder, as well as a die surface opposite the connection surface and including at least one die or feeding element. The connection surface includes a module magnet extending over at least one portion from the connection surface, and each cutting die module includes shape coupling means with another module.

Abstract: Apparatuses described herein relate to coniditioning an edge of a substrate using a water jet. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a nozzle connected on a receiving end with a connecting tube to receive a water jet that is a stream of water accelerated at a high velocity to generate a high pressure for cutting a substrate, where the water jet exits through the nozzle. The appartus further includes a deflector coupled to the nozzle, where the deflector splits the water jet into a cutting stream of water for cutting the substrate and an angled stream of water for conditioning an edge of the substrate.

Abstract: A sawmill for tree logs includes a rocking carriage to pick up fresh logs and feed them into the path of a saw blade, as well further provisions relating to improvements to infeed systems for the fresh logs, as well as to, outflow systems for transfer of sawn-off product to a production line conveyor or the like for further processing to downline processes after the first saw cuts on the fresh logs.

Abstract: A carpentry tool that includes a main body including a first side and a second side. The first side and the second side each have a first end and a second end. The carpentry tool further includes an adjustable mechanism configured to adjust a cutting angle on a workpiece for a cutting device and a lead guide segment connected to the end of at least one of the first side and the second side.

Abstract: Bevel saws and methods of adjusting a fence of a bevel saw are disclosed herein. The bevel saws include a workpiece support that defines a workpiece support surface. The bevel saws also include a user-actuated assembly and an assembly attachment structure that operatively attaches the user-actuated assembly to the workpiece support. The assembly attachment structure includes a blade bevel angle adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a blade bevel angle of the bevel saw blade. The bevel saws also include a fence that defines a fence surface that extends away from the workpiece support surface. The fence includes a first fence region and a second fence region. The first fence region and the second fence region define a blade-receiving gap therebetween, and the fence further includes a gap adjustment mechanism configured to automatically adjust the blade-receiving gap based, at least in part, on the blade bevel angle.

Abstract: To improve the reliability of fire resistance with regard to wood materials containing a fireproofing treatment agent such as a semi-incombustible wood material while also improving both the ease of procuring raw materials and mass productivity, a panel board includes front/back veneers constituting the front and back thereof and a core veneer layer between the front/back veneers. The veneer fiber direction of the front/back veneers is substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the panel board. The core veneer layer is a layer obtained by stacking a plurality of sheets of core veneer in the thickness direction. The veneer fiber directions of all of the sheets of the core veneer are substantially orthogonal to the lengthwise direction of panel board. The front/back veneers has a thickness of 1.5-4.0 mm, and the thickness of the core veneer layer 31 is equal to or greater than the total thickness of the front/back veneer 21.

Abstract: An automatic fastener driving tool with an automatic side-loading magazine can be automatically loaded with fasteners via a high-capacity automatic loading station. The tool and the magazine are moved proximal to the loading station. The magazine door is automatically opened, and the loading station pushes fasteners into the magazine. The magazine door is automatically closed, and the tool and the magazine are moved back to their original position.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fire retardant wood, a preparation method thereof, and a use of metal halide. The preparation method of fire retardant wood includes: impregnating a wood with a salt solution. By injecting low-cost metal halide into the interior of wood, the present disclosure obtains wood with natural color and texture and high flame retardant ability, which is very suitable for use in decorative environment and is expected to be applied in many fields such as furniture, architecture, shipbuilding and ancient wood preservation.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing colored wood, the method including: a step of impregnating a block of wood with an organic acid aqueous solution containing an organic acid; and a step of performing steam treatment at high temperature and high pressure on the block of wood in a wet state of being impregnated with the organic acid aqueous solution while keeping the block of wood in the wet state. In the steam treatment, the temperature is 110° C. or more and 160° C. or less and the pressure is a saturated steam pressure at the temperature.

Abstract: An automated wall frame assembly system for use in assembling a wall frame includes an advancer assembly including a conveyor system configured to transport first frame members along an assembly axis to an output of the conveyor system. A frame unit is disposed generally at the output of the conveyor system and is configured to receive the first frame members from the conveyor system and attach a second frame member to the first frame members. A gantry assembly is disposed above the advancer assembly. The gantry assembly includes a gantry frame and at least one gantry tool movably attached to the gantry frame. The gantry tool is operable to deliver the second frame member to the advancer assembly from a location above the advancer assembly for being attached to the first frame members.

Abstract: A method for producing a component from hardenable material, wherein, in a first method step, at least one layer of the material is printed in a 3D printing process, in a second method step, multiple similar reinforcing elements are introduced into the layer(s) and the two method steps are cyclically repeated until the component is completed, characterized in that, with the exception of the two bottommost and the topmost layers, each reinforcing element extends over at least three layers, and the reinforcing elements are arranged in strands which extend through all the layers and have, in each layer, at least three reinforcing elements, the lateral distance (A) of these reinforcing elements from each other within a strand being a maximum of five times the largest lateral extent (D) of a reinforcing element.

Abstract: Provided herein are various embodiments of molds, mold insert members, and methods, for mitigating malformation of interlocking retaining wall blocks, and retaining wall blocks produced thereby. In an embodiment, an insert member for a retaining wall block mold includes a convexly-arched front wall portion and a convexly-arched rear wall portion, for forming respective concavely-arched top side and bottom side portions of respective concrete retaining wall blocks. The concavely-arched portions resist malformation such as bulge and/or slump that may tend to occur between molding and curing of the concrete retaining wall blocks due to pressure within the block. The concavely-arched portions additionally provide respective concavities into which such malformations—should they occur despite being resisted by the concavely-arched portions—may be channeled, thereby to keep malformations within the intended envelope of the retaining wall block.

Abstract: A drum drive system includes a controller configured to control a prime mover, a variable displacement pump, and a variable displacement motor of the vehicle to provide a target drum speed for a drum of the vehicle. To provide the target drum speed, the controller having programmed instructions to (i) initially operate the variable displacement motor at a maximum motor displacement and operate the variable displacement pump at a pump displacement that provides the target drum speed without needing to actively manipulate a prime mover speed of the prime mover, (ii) increase the pump displacement and decrease a motor displacement without needing to actively manipulate the prime mover speed while still providing the target drum speed, and (iii) increase the prime mover speed if necessary to maintain the target drum speed in response to the pump displacement reaching a maximum pump displacement and the motor displacement reaching a minimum motor displacement.

Abstract: A cutting tool holding device includes a base and a holder. The base includes a base body and an inserted bore. The base body includes a central connecting surface and two positioning surfaces. A lateral edge of each of the positioning surfaces is connected to the central connecting surface, and the two lateral edges are defined as a first lateral edge pair. The holder includes a disposing head and a shaft. The disposing head includes a head body and a tool bore. The head body includes a disposing surface and two bearing surfaces. Two lateral edges of the two bearing surfaces are defined as a second lateral edge pair. Two extending lines of the two lateral edges of at least one of the first lateral edge pair and the second lateral edge pair are close to each other.

Abstract: A wire saw apparatus comprises: a first pulley system from which a wire is withdrawn toward a structure to be cut; a second pulley system into which the wire is introduced from the structure; a first dust collection pipe unit provided to surround the wire between an end part at which surrounding of the structure by the wire ends and a part at which the wire is introduced into the first pulley system; and a second dust collection pipe unit provided to surround the wire between a start part at which surrounding of the structure by the wire starts and a part at which the wire is withdrawn from the second pulley system.

Abstract: The present application relates to a mold for substrate surface functionalization. In the mold, a rubber strip is provided between an upper mold plate and a lower mold plate in a clamping manner, and a fastening structure enables the upper mold plate and the lower mold plate to clamp in opposite directions, such that the rubber strip, the upper mold plate and the lower mold plate form a mold cavity together under the action of a clamping force; and a positioning structure is used for fixing a substrate in the mold cavity, such that a pouring space is formed between at least one side surface of the substrate and the upper mold plate and/or the lower mold plate, the pouring space being used for pouring a modified material for surface functionalization of the substrate. The present invention further relates to a method for substrate surface functionalization.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mould system for moulding a blade shell of a wind turbine blade comprising a first mould for manufacturing a first blade shell part of the wind turbine blade; a second mould for manufacturing a second blade shell part of the wind turbine blade; a turning device configured to reposition the first mould between an open mould position and a closed mould position comprising a turning mechanism and a first primary beam connecting the turning mechanism and the first mould; a first scaffold arranged between the first mould and the second mould in the open mould position and comprising a first primary scaffold part and a first secondary scaffold part spaced apart by a first primary scaffold opening, the first primary scaffold allowing the first primary beam to move therethrough during repositioning of the first mould; a first primary movable platform attached to the first mould and being configured to move between an extended platform position and a stored platform position and covering the first prima

Abstract: A tool for the production of particle foam parts through the welding of foam particles by means of electromagnetic waves comprises two mould halves which bound a mould cavity. At least one of the two mould halves is made of a material which is transparent to electromagnetic waves and has a boundary wall which bounds the mould cavity and one or more supports serving to support the boundary wall on a capacitor plate on the side facing away from the mould cavity and forming one or more hollow spaces. A tool system for the production of particle foam parts has the tool and at least one trimming body, which is designed for introduction into the hollow space or at least one of the hollow spaces. A method for the production of a particle foam part with the tool or tool system is also specified.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for fabricating microparticles by using a degassed gas-permeable micro-mold and discontinuous dewetting. The method for fabricating microparticles according to the present invention comprises the steps of: depressurizing and degassing a porous micro-mold including a plurality of micro-wells concavely recessed in a predetermined shape and size from one surface thereof (S100); loading a microparticle precursor solution on which the micro-wells are formed, and covering the microparticle precursor solution with a cover substrate (S200); moving the to cover substrate to the side (S300); and curing the microparticle precursor solution filled in the micro-wells, thereby synthesizing microparticles (S400).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a boat hull comprising: forming a foam mold of a predetermined shape and size from one or more pieces of foam; cutting at least one C-channel into said foam running in a longitudinal or a lateral direction within the foam; and coating said foam with at least one layer of reinforcing fiber and resin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a boat hull comprising: forming a foam mold of a predetermined shape and size from one or more pieces of foam; cutting at least one C-channel into said foam running in a longitudinal or a lateral direction within the foam; and coating said foam with at least one layer of reinforcing fiber and resin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a boat hull comprising: forming a foam mold of a predetermined shape and size from one or more pieces of foam; cutting at least one C-channel into said foam running in a longitudinal or a lateral direction within the foam; and coating said foam with at least one layer of reinforcing fiber and resin.

Abstract: Method and system for forming of microcellular bubbles within a thermoplastic member employ an energy beam to form the microcellular bubbles within a selected portion of the thermoplastic member. A method includes infusing the thermoplastic member with a gas to form a gas-infused thermoplastic member and transmitting an energy beam onto the selected portion of the gas-infused thermoplastic member to induce subsurface heating of the selected portion of the gas-infused thermoplastic member to form microcellular bubbles within the selected portion of the gas-infused thermoplastic member.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a handle, a connector, and a head by injection molding at least a part of the handle having a distal end and a proximal end comprising a hollow portion opposite the distal end. At least a part of the connector having an outer lateral surface and a recess therein by injection molding with the recess forming a cavity within the connector. A spring-loaded ball-snap element is provided that with a ball and a spring configured to apply a radial force onto the ball. The spring-loaded ball-snap element is inserted into the cavity of the connector and the spring-loaded ball-snap element is fixed therein. At least a part of the head is injection molded. The connector is inserted into the hollow portion of the handle and the connector and fixed. The ball is extended slightly beyond the connector's outer lateral surface surrounding the ball.

Abstract: A method of producing a structure for a component for a vehicle interior may comprise providing a mold with an insert in a cavity, providing resin into the cavity, providing water into the cavity to push a projectile element through the insert into resin in the cavity, pushing the projectile element through the insert and resin across the cavity. The structure may comprise the insert and molded resin. The insert may comprise a metal insert (pipe, tube, etc.). The projectile element may comprise a multi-stage projectile element with a base stage separable from a front stage during forming of the structure. The structure may comprise a second section and a first section with a larger inner diameter than the second section. The insert may be provided in the first section. The base stage may remain in the formed resin structure between the first and second section.

Abstract: Provided is an after-cure type laminated film having a low reflectance. A laminated film comprising: a transparent support substrate, an uncured hard coat layer formed on at least one surface of the transparent support substrate, and an uncured optical interference layer formed on the uncured hard coat layer, wherein the uncured hard coat layer comprises an active energy ray-curable composition for forming a hard coat layer, the uncured optical interference layer comprises an active energy ray-curable composition for forming an optical interference layer, the transparent support substrate has a thickness of 50 ?m or more and 600 ?m or less, a stretch ratio of the laminated film at 160° C. is 50% or more, and the laminated film heat-treated at a temperature of 90° C. for 30 minutes has a minimum value RAH of a reflectance taken between wavelengths of 380 nm and 780 nm of 2% or less and measured from a side of the uncured optical interference layer.

Abstract: A tool for driving a threaded fastener includes a driver head, a motor, and an injector. The driver head includes a spindle rotatable about an axis. A distal end of the spindle defines a plurality of drive surfaces configured to engage mating drive surfaces on the fastener to rotate the fastener about the axis. The driver head defines a fluid passage having an outlet proximate to the distal end of the spindle. The motor is drivingly coupled to the spindle to rotate the spindle about the axis. The injector is coupled to an inlet of the fluid passage and configured to feed a liquid insulator through the fluid passage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing marbled moldings, where a first molding compound and at least one further molding compound are injected from an injection unit of a screw injection molding machine into an injection mold, where the injection unit includes a barrel, a screw having a screw tip and a nozzle where the screw is rotatable and is disposed in the barrel so as to be movable between a forward position and a backward position, with a smaller distance between the screw tip and the nozzle in the forward position than in the backward position, and where the first molding compound includes a first polymer compound and a first colorant, and the at least one further molding compound includes a further polymer compound and optionally at least one further colorant. Further disclosed herein is an apparatus for production of marbled moldings, and a process for producing the apparatus.

Abstract: A mold assembly including a spacer positioned or disposed between a back-up plate and a cavity block, the mold assembly, and a method of coupling the back-up plate and the cavity block of the mold assembly using a fastener including the spacer substantially as described above, in order to provide spring-loaded self-adjusting alignment between mating mold inserts.

Abstract: The invention relates to an injection molding tool having a nozzle plate which comprises a first through-hole in an axial direction, in which first through-hole an injection molding nozzle is arranged extending in the axial direction. The injection molding tool further includes a cavity plate which comprises at least one cavity half into which a second through-hole, which is arranged in the cavity plate and coaxially with respect to the first through-hole, opens. A nozzle bushing, which encloses the injection molding nozzle at least in certain regions in the assembled state, is arranged in the second through-hole. The nozzle bushing is operatively connected to the cavity plate and/or nozzle plate by way of an operative connection means, wherein the nozzle bushing and the operative connection means are operatively connected to one another at least in the axial direction.

Abstract: An injection molding machine includes: a controller; components that are attachable to and detachable from the injection molding machine; and a storage medium that stores history information for each of the components, in which, in a case where the controller detects a change in attachment/detachment of a first component, the controller adds information indicating that the first component has been replaced to the history information, outputs an indication of initialization of the history information of the first component, or initializes the history information of the first component.

Abstract: Control method, control system, computer-implemented method for determining a predicted weight value of a product produced by an injection molding device and a computer-implemented method for training a machine learning (ML) via an ML method, wherein the trained ML model is configured to determine the predicted weight value of the product produced via the injection molding device, where the method comprises recording and/or determining first production parameters of the injection molding device during production of a first product, recording and/or determining predecessor production parameters of the injection molding device during production of at least one predecessor product and each predecessor weight value of the at least one predecessor product, recording and/or determining a first weight value for the first product, and training the ML model, via a supervised learning method, with the first product parameters, further product parameters, at least one predecessor weight value, and the first weight value

Abstract: A control device of an injection molding machine including an injection member that presses a molding material and an injection drive source that moves the injection member, includes: an injection control unit that controls, in a holding pressure process of controlling a pressure acting on the molding material from the injection member, the injection drive source based on a set value of the pressure and on an actual value of the pressure, in which the injection control unit uses a value subtracted over time from the set value of the pressure so that the actual value of the pressure gradually decreases with respect to the set value of the pressure, or uses a value added over time to the actual value of the pressure so that the actual value of the pressure gradually decreases with respect to the set value of the pressure.

Abstract: In a method for producing a coiled tubing (RW) from a thermoplastic material, in a first shaping step a tubular extrudate (EX) is extruded via an annular nozzle gap (16) in an extruder (12) before, in a second shaping step directly following the first shaping step, the extrudate which is drawn down from the nozzle gap and is still plastically deformable is calibrated in a shaping device (18) in order to obtain a geometrically defined profile cross section (PQ) and is shaped into the coiled tubing, whereupon the coiled tubing having the geometrically determined profile cross section solidifies. This method allows for continuous production of the coiled tubing with a new, high quality in respect of dimensional and shape tolerances on the profile cross section of the coiled tubing. The invention also relates to a device (10) for producing such a coiled tubing.

Abstract: Described herein are thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions that include a thermoplastic matrix comprising a cyclic olefin copolymer and an oil and particles dispersed in the thermoplastic matrix and comprising an at least partially cross-linked rubber. The thermoplastic vulcanizate composition has a tan ? profile comprising a peak occurring between about ?20° C. and about 90° C. and having a peak value between about 0.1 and about 2.0.