Abstract: Device for affixing a visual marking on a surface to be marked of a rigid support (1) that is ready for use, which includes an assembly that is essentially inelastic, exhibits a certain degree of flexibility, forms a flat and thin cohesive multilayer stack that includes a protective back (6), a marked support (7), a stencil (8), and an application obverse (9), limited by a peripheral edge (22) with an adhesion of its rear face (23) and of the front face of the stencil (21) that can—during the use of the device (1)—allow the removal of the application obverse (9) by peeling.

Abstract: A label applicator that includes an applicator housing having a flow chamber and a suction side. The suction side has one or more openings that allow air to pass therethrough. The label applicator also includes first and second air flow generators that are fluidly coupled with the flow chamber. The first and second air flow generators are configured to generate first and second air flows, respectively, through the flow chamber. The label applicator also includes a valve mechanism that is positioned in the flow chamber to direct the first and second air flows through the flow chamber of the applicator housing. The valve mechanism includes a diverter valve and an electric actuator. The actuator is configured to move the diverter valve within the flow chamber to different positions during a label application operation.

Abstract: In a method for producing a circuit board element, the following steps are provided: providing a substantially whole-area carrier having an adhesive surface; arranging and fixing a starting material of the circuit board element to be produced on the adhesive surface of the carrier; producing the circuit board element fixed on the carrier in a position fixed on the carrier; and removing the produced circuit board element from the carrier. Furthermore, a carrier for use in such a method is provided, wherein it is possible, in particular, to dispense with complex steps for separating or singulating circuit board elements and, with conservation of resources as a result of reusability of a carrier, it is possible to obtain cost savings in the production of circuit board elements.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body includes: a suction member for moving a suction section along a predetermined travel path; a cover member surrounding a predetermined range of the travel path; and a supply opening through which liquid absorbent particles fall. The supply opening is provided above the travel path in a space within the cover member. Of the space within the cover member, a space located in a downstream side of a position of the supply opening in a direction along the travel path is divided into a first zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section and a second zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section, the second zone being adjacent to a downstream side of the first zone.

Abstract: An elastic-applicator for applying an elastic element onto a layer of material includes a disc pair and a drive unit for driving the two discs of the disc pair, wherein the discs of the disc pair and the drive units are configured for operation with different speeds is to enable a reliable and uniform application of an elastic element onto a layer web in a most simple manner and at the same time is to be capable to apply elastic elements of different sizes or lengths and stretch coefficients especially easily and in particular without cumbersome retrofitting work. For this, at least one disc of the disc pair has a number of sheath-side circumferential suction openings.

Abstract: A method of applying a spacer to a glass sheet while forming an insulating glazing unit includes the step of integrating the application of the sealant to the spacer body with the automated manufacturing process. The sealant is applied to the spacer body on line so that the sealant-laden spacer body may be applied to the glass without manually handling the sealant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a labeler. The labeler comprises a dispenser and a transfer unit having at least one label conveyor belt for applying a label to a product, the label conveyor belt having an adhesive force so as to be able to take up labels with their non-adhesive upper surface on the surface of the label conveyor belt and convey them.

Abstract: A label applying apparatus and a related method are provided. The label applying apparatus may include a label applicator and a receptacle. The label applicator may include a displaceable piston with an applicator surface configured to receive a label. The receptacle may include walls that define an interior compartment. Further the receptacle may include a pivotable cover member that pivots about a hinge between a closed position that covers an upper opening of the receptacle and an open position in which articles of material may be inserted into the interior compartment. The distal end of an upper portion of the pivotable cover member may engage the articles such that the articles are retained in a position whereby the displaceable piston extends into the interior compartment and applies a label to a label application surface of the most proximate one of the articles to the applicator surface of the displaceable piston.

Abstract: A label dispensing system includes a feed assembly, a separation assembly, an application assembly, and a control assembly. The feed assembly provides a label initially attached to a substrate. The separation assembly is located in a downstream location relative to the feed assembly, and includes an angled surface over which the substrate passes configured to at least partially separate the label from the substrate. The application assembly is articulable between a plurality of positions, including a first position at which the application assembly engages the label after the label is at least partially separated from the substrate and a second position at which the label is affixed to a target. The control assembly causes vibration of at least a portion of the application assembly proximate to the first position proximate to a time when the application assembly contacts the label.

Abstract: A device for compacting a contoured elongate composite layup includes flexible first and second fiber reinforced resin flexible sections flexible along their lengths. The first section is flexible within a first plane and the second section is flexible within the first plane as well as within a second plane. The second section includes flexible joints reinforced by a spine.

Abstract: An apparatus (400) for transferring decorative rigid bodies (18) each having at least one flat side (24) from a carrier strip (10) carrying the decorative rigid bodies (18) onto a substrate (60) is disclosed. The apparatus (400) comprises a holding fixture (32c), such as a holding fixture (32c), for accommodating a part of the carrier strip (10) with the decorative rigid bodies (18), a reel (34c) for receiving a part of the carrier strip (10) from which the decorative rigid bodies (18) have been transferred to the substrate (60) and a reciprocator (410), such as a hammer or a plunger, located at a position between the holding fixture (32c) and the reel (34c) as measured along the carrier strip (10), and adapted for individually bringing the decorative rigid bodies (18) into contact with the substrate (60).

Abstract: A system for flash-free over-molding of LED array substrates. In an aspect, a method is provided for molding encapsulations onto an LED array substrate. The method includes attaching a protective tape onto a substrate surface of the substrate so that openings in the protective tape align with LED devices of the substrate and applying molding material onto a molding surface of a molding tool and to portions of the substrate exposed through the openings in the protective tape. The method also includes pressing the molding surface and the substrate surface together at a selected pressure and a selected temperature so that encapsulations are formed on the portions of the substrate exposed through the openings in the protective tape, separating the molding surface from the substrate surface, and removing the protective tape so that molding material flash is removed from the substrate leaving a clean molded substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a camera module. The method for manufacturing a camera module includes: picking up an image sensor by the bonding head and mounting the image sensor on a PCB; compensating for a tilt deviation between the PCB and the image sensor by the gyro unit of the PCB support unit simultaneously when the image sensor is mounted on the PCB; applying heat by the heating unit of the bonding head to cure an adhesive applied between the image sensor and the PCB; and after the image sensor is mounted and the adhesive is cured, picking up a lens housing module by a lens housing module pickup unit and mounting the lens housing module on the PCB and attaching contact portions of the PCB to the lens housing module to complete the manufacture of a camera module.

Abstract: An apparatus for adhesively bonding a spectacle lens to connecting elements of a bridge and a lug of the spectacles is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame and a holding device for holding the lens. The holding device includes a cylindrical holding pin designed to centrally hold the lens such that a front side of the lens extends substantially perpendicularly to an axis of the cylindrical holding pin. At the frame, two straight supporting strips extend in parallel to each other at a plane perpendicular to the pin axis and are equally spaced apart from the pin axis. The two supporting strips are arranged such that the front side of the lens held by the holding pin faces the supporting strips and one of the connecting elements is adapted to be clamped between the front side of the lens and each of the supporting strips.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge comprising an adhesive tape roll around which is wound an adhesive tape, a peeling part, a separation material roll, and a support member. The adhesive tape comprises an adhesive layer and a separation material layer. The peeling part is configured to peel the separation material layer from the adhesive tape fed out from the adhesive tape roll and subsequently fed to one side in a predetermined direction. The separation material roll is configured to wind the separation material layer. The support member respectively rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll. A position of the peeling part in the predetermined direction is disposed further on the one side than at least a position of a take-up position of the separation material roll when the separation material roll is in a minimum outer diameter state.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge. The adhesive tape cartridge includes an adhesive tape roll around which an adhesive tape is wound about an axis line, a separation material roll configured to wind the separation material layer around an axis line, a connecting arm that freely rotatably supports the adhesive tape roll and freely rotatably supports the separation material roll, and a guide device configured to cause the adhesive tape to pass in a tape posture with a tape cross-section set to a substantially horizontal direction, substantially contact both tape width direction ends during the passing, and to guide the adhesive tape in the tape width direction, provided in a middle part of the connecting arm, between the adhesive tape roll and the separation material roll.

Abstract: There is provided a coating film transfer tool with a reduced number of components and a high degree of design freedom, including a feed spool, a transfer head, a take-up spool, a transfer portion case that holds the feed spool, the transfer head and the take-up spool, a slip member that pivotally supports the feed spool and is loosely fitted in the transfer portion case, a feed-side gear securely fitted on the slip member in a position lying between the feed spool and the slip member, and a take-up-side gear that rotates together with the take-up spool. In the coating film transfer tool a rotation of the feed spool is transmitted to the take-up spool by the gears. The coating film transfer tool further includes a load adjusting means and a rotational speed adjusting means.

Abstract: End portions of a sheet-shaped rubber member are manually and firmly joined together. A pair of opening/closing members is arranged to sandwich and move along the end portions. An opening/closing mechanism opens/closes the pair of opening/closing members between an open position and a closed position where the end portions are joined together. A pair of guiding rollers is provided to one opening/closing member and guides each of the end portions to a joining position. A pressing roller is provided to the other opening/closing member and presses each of the end portions onto the guiding roller. A pair of joining rollers is provided to the pair of opening/closing members, respectively, and sandwiches each of the end portions guided by the pair of guiding rollers. The joining rollers roll on each of the opposing end portions and abut and join the end portions to each other.

Abstract: Method for connecting two intermediate products for forming a fiber composite product, wherein the two intermediate products respectively are composite fiber material with a layer of matrix material and reinforcing fibers extending therein by connecting areas that adjoin one another in an overlapping region of the interconnected intermediate products, with the method including applying an adhesive layer with an adhesive film with connecting particles onto the connecting areas of the intermediate products, arranging the second intermediate product on the first intermediate product or vice versa so the connecting areas at least partially overlap one another, and connecting the two intermediate products. A structural component is also disclosed with at least a first and a second fiber-reinforced intermediate product.

Abstract: A label sticking apparatus may include a release paper supply part in which a release paper held; a release paper collecting part in which the release paper is held; a release paper feed mechanism structured to feed the release paper from the release paper supply part to the release paper collecting part; a label peeling mechanism structured to bend the release paper and peel the adhesive label from the release paper; and a label pressing mechanism structured to press the adhesive label against the adhered medium. The label peeling mechanism may include a movable member which is movable between a bending position where the release paper is bent so that the adhesive label is peeled from the release paper and a bending relaxing position where a bending state of the release paper is relaxed so that the adhesive label is not peeled from the release paper.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an apparatus to manufacture joined laminated media and a method therefor. The joined laminated media that are manufactured from the membrane materials and that are joined by being pressed have no displacement, deformation of the membrane materials, or any defect in joining the boundary faces of the laminated materials, and are efficiently manufactured in a good yield. The apparatus can manufacture a joined laminated-media where the laminated media are placed in the housing space (S) that is formed by a pair of endless belts (15a, 15b) and the sealing member (24). The laminated media are then transported in a state where the laminated media are fixed by the pair of endless belts (15a, 15b) that are closely attached to the laminated media because the air is discharged from the housing space (S) through the discharge holes (17) and they are joined by being pressed in the hot-press section (11) and cold-press section (13).

Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing an optical display panel includes a velocity control step includes setting a bonding velocity and a carrier film feed velocity in such a manner that during a period from the start of the bonding of the sheet piece to the end of the bonding, the bonding velocity is higher than the carrier film feed velocity is fed and in such a manner that slack formed in the sheet piece is eliminated between the bonding position and the front end of the peeling unit; and performing control in such a manner that during a period from the start of the bonding to the end of the bonding, the distance (L) is longer than the distance (Ls), while the bonding velocity in the bonding step is higher than the velocity at which the carrier film is fed.

Abstract: A machine to tape articles, also having a complex shape, along edges of layers of material already temporarily joined together along a join line, comprising a taping unit suitable to apply a tape in correspondence to the join line, and at least a movement unit to determine the feed of the edges and comprising a first roll having a first axis of rotation and at least a second roll having a second axis of rotation substantially parallel to the first axis of rotation. The first roll and the second roll define, in use, a passage gap for the edges. The second roll is mounted on a support element configured to rotate around an axis of rotation substantially coinciding with the second axis of rotation.

Abstract: A device and method for applying elastic film sleeves to containers, where a plurality of stretching units for stretching the film sleeves and a plurality of removal units for removing the containers that have been provided with the film sleeves are mounted on a labeling carousel. Furthermore, a label dispenser is provided for equipping the stretching units with the film sleeves. Due to the fact that the removal units include gripping units that can be moved back and forth with respect to the labeling carousel between a gripping position for gripping the containers and an avoidance position for avoiding a collision with the label dispenser, the size and shape of the gripping units can be varied flexibly. Also, an evasion movement of the stretching units in the area of the label dispenser is dispensable.

Abstract: The invention is related to an ultrasonic welding device (5) comprising: an adapter frame (6); an ultrasonic horn (7) driven by a adapter frame mounted converter (8). A pick member (9) comprises grippers (11-14). Passive clamping means are provided with a press pad (10). Control means and activation means (15) are provided for controlled activation of the pick member (9) and the ultrasonic horn (7). The invention is further related to a method of operating said device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for laminating an electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed therebetween laminated in this order by thermal bonding, the device including an inlet, through which a web having the cathode/separator/anode laminate structure is fed, a heater to heat the web and thereby induce thermal bonding between the cathode, the separator and the anode, an outlet through which the thermally bonded web is discharged, and a transporter to transport the web through the inlet, the heater and the outlet, wherein the transporter imparts a transport driving force to the web in a state that the transporter contacts at least one of the top and the bottom of the web and the heater directly heats a region of the transporter contacting the web and thereby transfers thermal bonding energy to the web.

Abstract: There is disclosed a series of article-handling machines, comprising: a common first rotating element rotatable about an axis; characterized in that each article-handling machine comprises a carousel for conveying a plurality of articles along a path and a first connecting element which is angularly integral with carousel and is releasably connected to first rotating element.

Abstract: Provided is a method of setting a carrier tape, the carrier tape including a carrier tape body configured to contain a plurality of electronic components, and a cover tape configured to cover the carrier tape body, the method including: starting rotation of a pair of rollers capable of nipping the cover tape of the carrier tape; and inserting a leading end portion of the cover tape to between the pair of rollers during the rotation so that the cover tape is pulled in by the pair of rollers.

Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus is presented. The manufacturing apparatus comprises a tool support movable along multiple axes; a tool mounted on the tool support for performing a manufacturing operation on a workpiece; and an ancillary device releasably mounted on the tool support and used in conjunction with the tool, the ancillary device moveable along at least a first axis independent of the movement of the tool.

Abstract: A labeling apparatus for applying wrap labels includes a first conveyor section and a second conveyor section aligned with the first conveyor section thereby defining a conveying surface along which a package is conveyed in a conveying direction. The first conveyor section is spaced from the second conveyor section in the conveying direction thereby defining a gap between the first conveyor section and the second conveyor section. A label conveyor is located at least partially below the conveying surface having a vertical orientation to deliver a wrap label upwardly through the gap between the first and second conveyor sections. A wiper assembly is located above and spaced vertically from the conveyor surface to define a space between the wiper assembly and the conveying surface.

Abstract: A cartridge for accommodating a transfer strip carrying an array of decorative bodies each having at least one flat surface comprises an uptake reel carrying a first portion of the transfer strip without decorative bodies; a supply reel carrying a second portion of the transfer strip with the array of decorative bodies; and at least one guide reel for guiding the transfer strip from the supply reel to the uptake reel along a strip pathway, wherein the guide reel is positioned between the uptake reel and the supply reel along the strip pathway, wherein the uptake reel and the supply reel are parallel and non-coplanar.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a textile product includes the steps of providing an intermediate product formed by a backing having a front surface and a back surface, and yarns applied into the backing, the yarns extending from the front surface of the backing material, feeding the intermediate product along a body having a heated surface, the back surface being pressed against the heated surface, to at least partly melt the yarns present in the intermediate product to form the textile product, wherein the part of the back surface that is pressed against the heated surface has a relative speed with respect to the heated surface, and a device enabling applications of this method and to a floor covering incorporating such a textile product connected to a dimensionally stable carrier sheet using thermo reversible covalent interactions.

Abstract: A method for injecting a liquid crystal material into a film substrate includes: a contacting step of forming a gap between a liquid crystal inlet of the film substrate and a bottom of a liquid crystal vessel which stores the liquid crystal material by making the film substrate contact a contact part provided for the liquid crystal vessel; and an injecting step of injecting the liquid crystal material into the liquid crystal inlet with the film substrate contacting the contact part.

Abstract: A method for forming an undergarment comprises cutting a web to form a pre-form comprising transverse edges and two longitudinal edges, each longitudinal edge having two waist sections and a crotch section located intermediate the waist sections, a sealing area located adjacent and inboard of each waist section, and transferring the pre-form to a processing wheel. The method further comprises gripping the pre-form adjacent each waist section with grippers in four gripping areas, each gripping area located near a respective sealing area, jointly rotating the grippers that hold the gripping areas in the region of one of the transverse edges around at least one hinging axis to place the transverse edge generally parallel and opposite to the second transverse edge, superimposing the sealing areas in a contacting relationship, joining the superimposed sealing areas, thus forming the undergarment, and releasing the undergarment from the grippers.

Abstract: Described herein is a method and apparatus for the formation of optical fibre structures. A fibre laying head (200) houses a source of optical fibre material (204) to which an adhesive coating is applied prior to laying the adhesive-coated optical fibre material onto a substrate (214). The fibre laying head (200) also houses a radiation source (212) that generates a radiation beam (216) to cure the adhesive in the adhesive-coated optical fibre material to form a bond between the adhesive-coated optical fibre material and the substrate.

Abstract: A sealant-attached template includes a template, a sealing substrate, and a sealing resin. The template has a major surface and a pattern including at least one of a depression and a protrusion provided on the major surface. The sealing substrate is provided opposite to the pattern of the template. The sealing resin is provided between the major surface and the sealing substrate.

Abstract: A labeling device comprising a guide frame, rotatably supporting a label roll formed by winding around a core a label holding band, which releasably holds a plurality of labels in series, and a peeling member which peels the printed label from the band by bending the band at an acute angle towards a slanting lower part in relation to the direction of movement of the band. The labeling device comprises a guide unit that is pivotally provided for nipping and holding a leading edge of the label holding band in front of the peeling member and is rotatable around the peeling member with the leading edge of the band so that the leading edge of the band is automatically brought to a feeding roller arranged on the slanting lower part of the peeling member in relation to the direction of the movement of the label holding band.

Abstract: A device for forming and transferring a sleeve-like label to a container to be labeled, comprising a feeder designed to feed a portion of heat-shrink film to at least one forming spindle and means for wrapping the portion of heat-shrink film around the lateral surface of the forming spindle, feeder means being provided which are adapted to move, along an approach path that has at least one component perpendicular to the axis of the forming spindle, the container to be labeled to a labeling position arranged below the forming spindle and pick-up means adapted to pick up the container with the sleeve-like label fitted around the respective lateral surface along a path for removal from the labeling position which has at least one component perpendicular to the axis of the forming spindle.

Abstract: There is provided a manufacturing method for a composite body of a continuous sheet associated with an absorbent article, the composite body being manufactured by attaching a single-cut sheet to the continuous sheet at a predetermined attachment pitch.

Abstract: A method of joining substrate portions includes positioning the substrate portions such that the substrate portions overlap at an overlap area. The substrate portions each have a melting temperature and an outer surface. A fluid is heated to a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the substrate portions. A jet of the heated fluid is directed from a fluid orifice onto the substrate portions at the overlap area. The heated fluid penetrates at least one of the outer surfaces of the substrate portions. The substrate portions are at least partially melted using the heated fluid. The substrate portions are compressed using a pressure applying surface adjacent the fluid orifice to join the substrate portions together at the overlap area.

Abstract: An adhesive tape is disclosed. The adhesive tape includes a first release layer, an adhesive layer, and a second release layer, wherein the second release layer has a positioning portion, and a total area of the second release layer is greater than a total area of the first release layer. Further, an adhesion device and an adhesion method are disclosed. The adhesion device includes a base having a receiving slot and a positioning unit. The adhesive tape is received in the receiving slot of the base, such that the positioning portion of the adhesive tape and the positioning unit of the base are used for positioning each other. After the first release layer is removed to expose the adhesive layer, a supporting component is adhered to the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A consolidation device has a dispensing assembly configured to dispense a composite precursor material onto a surface of a mould, and a first nozzle assembly configured to direct a fluid stream onto the free surface of the dispensed composite precursor material. The use of a fluid flow to consolidate the dispensed composite precursor material onto the surface of the mould makes the device simpler, more cost effective and causes less damage to the surface of the composite article.

Abstract: A turbofan engine has a fan having a circumferential array of fan blades. A fan case encircles the fan. There is at least one compressor section, a combustor, and at least one turbine section. The fan case comprises a composite structural member and a metallic member encircled by the composite structural member. The metallic member is mounted to the composite structural member to permit differential thermal expansion proximate the blades.

Abstract: Provided is an adhesive injection device for injecting an adhesive between the substrates of laminates which each comprise at least two substrates that face each other. The adhesive injection device is provided with: a cassette which holds multiple laminates aligned along the direction of lamination of the substrates; and an adhesive injector which injects adhesive into each inter-substrate space, as the laminates are being held in the cassette, so that the actions of injecting the adhesive into each inter-substrate space overlap chronologically. Holding multiple laminates in the cassette makes it possible to treat the multiple laminates as a unit. By injecting adhesive into each inter-substrate space, as the laminates are being held, so that the actions of injecting the adhesive into each inter-substrate space overlap chronologically, the injection of adhesive into multiple laminates is simplified, and the time required for injection can be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tilt correcting apparatus including: a bracket part forming an appearance frame; an operating part disposed under the bracket part; a housing part vertically moved by the operating part and having a plurality of through holes mounted on a top surface thereof; and a plurality of elastic support part mounted in an inner space of the housing part and protruded through the through holes. The tilt correcting apparatus according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention can correct the tilt of the PCB and the image sensors through a translation and rotation movement according to 6 degree of freedom, thereby bonding the PCB cells and the image sensors at a uniform interval by using the adhesive.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for ultrasonic processing improved so as to prevent a fibrous web from being disfigured due to the ultrasonic processing. In an apparatus to ultrasonically process a fibrous web running in a machine direction MD, a first mechanical element defined by one of an ultrasonic horn and an anvil and a second mechanical element defined by the other of the ultrasonic horn and the anvil are moved forward or backward in a direction crossing the machine direction MD so as to pass transversely across the fibrous web.

Abstract: Portable apparatus for curing a part includes a wheeled frame having sliding part supports that move the part from a loading position to a curing position. A part clamping assembly is slidably mounted on the frame to apply clamping pressure to the part when the part is in the curing position in order to compact the part during a cure cycle. The clamping assembly includes a set of electrically heated shoes that heat the part to a cure temperature. A fan is provided to accelerate cool down the part after curing is complete. The heating and cooling operations are automatically performed by a programmed controller.

Abstract: A labelling assembly with a transfer module that has a rotationally driveable hub at least of one essentially vertical pallet shaft, to which transfer module it is possible to allocate functionally an at least essentially vertical glue roll, at least one label magazine and a gripper cylinder that can be driven rotationally around an at least essentially vertical axis, and where at least the pallet shaft and/or the magazine and/or the gripper cylinder and/or the glue roll is a removable replacement fitting or are removable replacement fittings connected detachably to a respective support for a replacement due to retooling. Further, a connection of at least one replacement fitting with its respective support is formed in such a manner that the replacement fitting can be removed and attached by means of an essentially, to the greatest possible extent, horizontal and lateral relative movement of the replacement fitting.

Abstract: To reliably avoid inclusion of air bubbles into adhesive when bonding a member to another member with an adhesive held between them. A first member 10 and a second member 12 are disposed at a relative position with a first surface 10a and a second surface 12a opposed to and spaced apart from each other and with a plurality of first adhesive members 14 and single second adhesive member 18 extending in directions orthogonal to each other. The second member 12 is caused to approach to the first member 10, and the second adhesive member 18 is initially brought into contact with the plurality of first adhesive members 14 between the second member 12 and the first member 10. A local pressing force P is applied to the rear surface 12b of the second member 12 to spread the single second adhesive member 18 and the plurality of the first adhesive members 14.

Abstract: A system and method of making an open-ended, reinforced, layered belt having a profile layer, a top layer material, and tensile cords fully encapsulated there between. The method includes engaging portion of the profile layer on a rotatable cylindrical mandrel with an engaging roller, disengaging with a take-off roller, and applying and fusing the cords to the profile layer at a desired cord spacing there between. The cord may be fused by melting the profile layer surface with a heated plow and/or with heated cord. The cord is then covered with the top layer material in a lamination step involving heating to melt at least a portion of the top layer and pressing it to fuse it to the reinforced profile layer. Lamination may be done downstream or directly on the mandrel.