Abstract: An injection molding machine, and a method of controlling the injection molding machine, can prevent a molding defect. The injection molding machine can mold a product for each execution of a molding cycle through an injecting process of injecting a material into clamped molds, a dwell process of controlling dwell pressure of the material in the molds, and a cooling process of cooling the material in the molds, the injection molding machine including a mold opening amount sensor and a controlling unit, the mold opening amount sensor being configured to detect a mold opening amount of the molds, the controlling unit being configured to control clamping force of the molds and the dwell pressure based on the mold opening amount during the molding cycle.

Abstract: A method for determining positions of a real moulding material front during a process to be carried out with a moulding machine, wherein a simulation progression (SV) of a variable characteristic of the process is calculated, positions of a simulated moulding material front are determined from the simulation, the real process is carried out, and at least one measurement progression (MV) of the at least one characteristic variable is measured directly or indirectly, a transformation is chosen, which has at least one parameter (?V, kp, Vunknown), the transformation is applied to the at least one simulation progression (SV), with the result that a transformed simulation progression (tSV) is formed, and a parameter value is determined for the parameter (?V, kp, Vunknown) such that a deviation between the measurement progression (MV) and the transformed simulation progression (tSV) is minimized according to a predetermined error measure or according to an operator input.

Abstract: A driving apparatus of the present disclosure includes an electric motor including a stator and a rotor, a case accommodating the electric motor and mounted on a vehicle so as to partially overlap a side member as viewed from a vehicle width direction, a drive shaft connected to a wheel, a plurality of radial ribs respectively projecting in the vehicle width direction and extending radially, and a connecting rib projecting in the vehicle width direction and joining with center side ends of the plurality of radial ribs. At least part of the plurality of radial ribs reach a first region of the case that overlaps the side member and does not overlap with the wheel as viewed from the vehicle width direction. The driving apparatus improves strength of the case that accommodates the electric motor and is mounted on the vehicle.

Abstract: A method is a described for constructing a hearing aid shell that comprises a combination of hard and soft materials. In one embodiment, 3D printing is combined with conventional mold/casting methods so that a first shell portion made of a hard material and a mold for a second shell portion are 3D printed. The mold is then filled with a soft material which is allowed to set to form the second shell portion, and the first and second shell portions are adhesively attached.

Abstract: A method enabling the selection, modification and/or creation of polymer materials which can provide improved response to the application of local shear and/or extensional deformation inside the polymer melt in manufacturing technologies including injection molding, injection stretch blow molding, direct injection, extrusion blow molding, sheet extrusion, thermoforming, etc., is provided. A method for manufacturing a polymer article includes injecting or extruding molten polypropylene, polyethylene or polyester based polymer for converting it into semi-final shape while applying shear and/or extensional deformation on the polymer melt. Applying shear and/or extensional deformation on the polymer melt includes selectively modifying the flow path of the molten semi-crystallizable polymer as a function of local pressure profile over at least part of the flow path.

Abstract: A method of the selection, modification of existing, and/or creation of polyester based polymer materials, which provide improved response to the application of local shear and/or extensional deformation inside the polyester based polymer melt in injection stretch blow molding, is disclosed. A method for manufacturing a polymer article is also provided including injecting a molten polyester based polymer in a preform mold for converting it in a preform while applying shear and/or extensional deformation on the polyester based polymer melt. Applying shear and/or extensional deformation on the polyester based polymer melt includes modifying the flow path of the molten polymer as a function of local pressure profile over at least part of the flow path. The local pressure profile is determined as a function of optimized response of the polyester based polymer melt to the applied local shear and/or extensional deformation over at least said part of the flow path.

Abstract: A method of performing an injection cycle having a duration comprising: beginning the injection cycle with the valve pins associated with two or more nozzles in a gate closed position, selecting a first one of the two or more nozzles and controllably driving its associated valve pin from the gate closed position to a selected first axial upstream position, upon downstream flow of the injection fluid through a cavity the preselected distance, controllably driving the valve pin associated with the other of the two or more nozzles to a selected second axial position upstream, holding or controllably driving the valve pin associated with the first one of the two or more nozzles in or to one or more reduced flow axial upstream positions that are partially closed.

Abstract: A mold device where a pressurized fluid is injected into a clearance between a resin injected into a cavity and a cavity wall surface, the mold device including: a shaft body provided on at least one of a first mold and a second mold, the first mold and the second mold forming a molding space, the shaft body ejecting a molded article molded from the resin injected into the molding space; a ring-shaped elastic member for supporting and sealing the shaft body, an opening of a groove formed in the ring-shaped elastic member along a circumferential direction of the ring-shaped elastic member being oriented toward the molding space, a load being applied on the ring-shaped elastic member to improve adhesion to the shaft body; and an injection portion provided on at least one of the first mold and the second mold for injecting the pressurized fluid into the molding space.

Abstract: A specific mold status Ac is caused in advance in which the interval of an inner portion Xi in the parting plane direction of a parting gap C between a fixed mold 2c and a movable mold 2m during the injection filling is larger than the interval of an outer edge portion Xo and the interval of the outer edge portion Xo is equal to or lower than a predetermined size Ls including 0. A molding injection pressure Pi is set as an injection pressure at which a non-defective product can be molded and a molding mold clamping force Pc is set as a mold clamping force by which a non-defective product can be molded. During the production, a mold 2 is clamped by a molding mold clamping force Pc and the clamped mold 2 is filled with the injected resin R by a molding injection pressure Pi. After a predetermined cooling time Tc has passed, a molded piece G is removed.

Abstract: A method is a described for constructing a hearing aid shell that comprises a combination of hard and soft materials. In one embodiment, 3D printing is combined with conventional mold/casting methods so that a first shell portion made of a hard material and a mold for a second shell portion are 3D printed. The mold is then filled with a soft material which is allowed to set to form the second shell portion, and the first and second shell portions are adhesively attached.

Abstract: Injection unit for injection molding of plastic material including: an injection nozzle; a closure pin; and a guide and cooling assembly, interposed between the back driving plate and the hot distribution plate, in turn comprising: a guide and seal element for guiding the axial motion of the closure pin; a cooling ring; and pressure means configured to press the cooling ring directly and against the back driving plate; wherein the guide and seal element is slidably coupled, at an upper end, with a central hole of the cooling ring, and is fixed integrally, at the other end, to the hot distribution plate; and the cooling ring is able to slide laterally with respect to the back driving plate to recover the differences in thermal expansion between the hot distribution plate and the back driving plate and to transmit heat from the guide and seal element towards the back driving plate.

Abstract: A mould-closing unit for an injection moulding machine for processing plastics has a mould support which is movable relative to a stationary mould support (10). A mould-moving device is provided to move the movable mould support into and out of closure of an injection mould. At least one force transmission element is connected to the movable mould support and at its end remote from the movable mould support has a section (14a) which is assigned to the stationary mould support (10) and can be actuated for operative engagement. The stationary mould support (10) is assigned a locking device (15), which can be moved into interlocking operative connection with the actuatable section (14a) to apply a closing force during closure of the injection mould. According to the method, these elements are used to create a method for locking a force transmission element to a mould support of the injection moulding machine.

Abstract: A method enabling the selection, modification and/or creation of polymer materials which can provide improved response to the application of local shear and/or extensional deformation inside the polymer melt in manufacturing technologies including injection molding, injection stretch blow molding, direct injection, extrusion blow molding, sheet extrusion, thermoforming, etc., is provided. A method for manufacturing a polymer article includes injecting or extruding molten polypropylene, polyethylene or polyester based polymer for converting it into semi-final shape while applying shear and/or extensional deformation on the polymer melt. Applying shear and/or extensional deformation on the polymer melt includes selectively modifying the flow path of the molten semi-crystallizable polymer as a function of local pressure profile over at least part of the flow path.

Abstract: A mounting part (11) for affixing a composite fiber part of a motor vehicle to at least one adjoining component of a motor vehicle is made from a fiber composite material. The mounting part (11) has a three-dimensionally shape that defines ribs and/or webs and/or protrusions and/or depressions.

Abstract: A lid for a liquid material storage container solves problems of uplift and breakage of the lid, and ensures high efficiency in attachment and detachment operations. The lid includes an upper plate portion covering a flange and a large-diameter opening of a storage cylinder; a plug portion extending downward from a central region of the upper plate portion and plugging the large-diameter opening of the storage cylinder; a pair of first lateral portions coming into contact with lateral surfaces of a pair of short sides of the flange when the lid is closed; a pair of claw portions extending from the pair of first lateral portions toward the plug portion and coming into contact with lower surfaces of the pair of short sides of the flange when the lid is closed; and a push-up operating portion formed in at least one of the pair of first lateral portions.

Abstract: A cyanoacrylate composition with thermoplastic polyurethane, formulated as a non-flowable soft solid or semi solid mass, for example in stick form, is reported.

Abstract: A mold closing unit for an injection molding machine for processing plastics and other compounds that can be plasticized, including at least one machine bed, at least one stationary platen, and at least one platen that can be moved relative to the stationary platen by a drive mechanism, where the movable platen can be moved on a slide having guide shoes along at least one guide attached to the machine bed, and the drive mechanism has at least one gear rack drive driven by at least one drive motor, whereby, because at least two gear racks are fixedly connected to the machine bed and because the drive motor is fixedly connected to the slide and, in the event of a movement of the movable platen, the occurrence of tilting torques are reduced and safe operation of the mold closing unit is ensured.

Abstract: An injection device of light metal injection molding machine and an injection control method thereof are provided, in which a melt in a supply unit is supplied into an injection unit through a communication passage, a plunger of the injection unit is retracted to measure the melt, the communication passage is closed, and the plunger is advanced to inject the melt into a mold device through an injection nozzle of the injection unit. After the injection and before the measurement, the plunger is advanced under a pressure at which the melt does not come out from the injection nozzle to make the melt in the injection unit flow back into the supply unit through the opened communication passage.

Abstract: One general aspect includes a method of manufacturing a handle, the method including: providing a core element; providing a mold; strategically positioning the core element within the mold such that a formable material can be injected into the mold (when in a molten state) to operatively encapsulate the core element and such that the core element remains stationary while being operatively encapsulated by the formable material; and injecting the formable material (when in the molten state) into the mold to operatively encapsulate the core element and be formed, by the mold, into a handle configured to be joined to a window support pillar of a vehicle interior.

Abstract: Earphone apparatus includes dry electrophysiological electrodes and, optionally, other physiological and/or environmental sensors to measure signals such as ECG from the head of a subject. Methods of use of such apparatus to provide fitness, health, or other measured or derived, estimated, or predicted metrics are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a mold conveying guide device for use in replacement of a mold by conveying the mold into and out of a mold fixing position in an injection molding machine. A connecting arm is attached to the mold and projects in a direction in which the mold is conveyed into the mold fixing position. A guide roller is rotatably supported at a tip end portion of the connecting arm. The guide roller is configured to rotate while being in contact with a mold attaching surface of at least one of a fixed platen and a movable platen, and configured to guide the mold such that the mold can come close to or move away from the at least one of the fixed platen and the movable platen.

Abstract: A compound applicable to various uses can be provided in the present application. In one embodiment, the compound can be included in a cross-linkable composition to serve as a crosslinking rate regulator. In another embodiment, the compound can be applied to a cross-linkable composition such that a membrane formed by the cross-linkable composition has excellent interfacial adhesion with another membrane, and also prevent the occurrence of leakage of the membrane formed by the cross-linkable composition.

Abstract: A perforation ball sealer for temporarily plugging a perforation in an oil or gas well comprises a polymer foam core and a shell surrounding the core formed from a solid or essentially solid second polymer. Both the core and the shell are made from slowly water-soluble polymers.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus comprising a valve comprised of: an actuator having a rotor interconnected to a distal end of an elongated shaft adapted to drivably transmit rotational motion of the rotor to rotational motion of the shaft, the shaft being interconnected at a proximal end to a converter adapted to transmit rotational motion of the shaft directly to driven linear motion of a valve pin, the shaft having a length or configuration selected such that the actuator is mountable on the apparatus in a position or disposition that is isolated or insulated from significant or substantial exposure to or transmission of heat from a heated manifold.

Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor, a motor control apparatus that drives the motor and includes a first communication port and a second communication port, an upper-level control apparatus connected to the first communication port via a first communication path, an interface connected to the second communication port via a second communication path, and one or more detectors that detect information for controlling the motor and are connected to or including the interface. The motor control apparatus includes processing circuitry that obtains the information detected by the detector and exchanged between the upper-level control apparatus and the interface, and controls the motor based on the obtained information.

Abstract: A composition and a method are provided for graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) comprising multi-layer graphene are used to reinforce PET, thereby improving the properties of PET for various new applications. Master-batches comprising polyethylene terephthalate with dispersed graphene nanoplatelets are obtained by way of compounding. The master-batches are used to form PET-GNP nanocomposites at weight fractions ranging between 0.5% and 15%. In some embodiments, PET and GNPs are melt compounded by way of twin-screw extrusion. In some embodiments, ultrasound is coupled with a twin-screw extruder so as to assist with melt compounding. In some embodiments, the PET-GNP nanocomposites are prepared by way of high-speed injection molding. The PET-GNP nanocomposites are compared by way of their mechanical, thermal, and rheological properties so as to contrast different compounding processes.

Abstract: A composition and a method are provided for graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) comprising multi-layer graphene are used to reinforce PET, thereby improving the properties of PET for various new applications. Master-batches comprising polyethylene terephthalate with dispersed graphene nanoplatelets are obtained by way of compounding. The master-batches are used to form PET-GNP nanocomposites at weight fractions ranging between 0.5% and 15%. In some embodiments, PET and GNPs are melt compounded by way of twin-screw extrusion. In some embodiments, ultrasound is coupled with a twin-screw extruder so as to assist with melt compounding. In some embodiments, the PET-GNP nanocomposites are prepared by way of high-speed injection molding. The PET-GNP nanocomposites are compared by way of their mechanical, thermal, and rheological properties so as to contrast different compounding processes.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions comprising microparticles wherein the microparticles comprise at least one adenosine 2a receptor antagonist (A2ARA), at least one pharmaceutically acceptable polymer and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable negatively charged agent wherein the microparticles optionally have a highly negative zeta potential of less than about ?40 mV. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of the microparticles of the invention and methods of using the compositions of the invention to enhance an immune response in a patient in need thereof and as anti-cancer immunotherapy.

Abstract: A method for making a synthetic resin injection molded body that is gate-cut by die opening after injection molding by means of a pinpoint gate 9. A cavity 10 is filled with a molten resin, from a first sprue 6 that is provided coaxially with the injection direction of the molten resin, through a runner 7 that is provided in the perpendicular direction to the first sprue 6, via a pinpoint gate 9 that is formed on a tip part of a second sprue 8 that is provided horizontally to the injection direction of the molten resin, from a gate port 9a of the pinpoint gate 9 formed on a cavity plane that is in parallel with the die opening direction; after cooling, gate cutting is performed by means of die opening; and a molded body is taken out in an ejection step.

Abstract: A specific mold status Ac is caused in advance in which the interval of an inner portion Xi in the parting plane direction of a parting gap C between a fixed mold 2c and a movable mold 2m during the injection filling is larger than the interval of an outer edge portion Xo and the interval of the outer edge portion Xo is equal to or lower than a predetermined size Ls including 0. A molding injection pressure Pi is set as an injection pressure at which a non-defective product can be molded and a molding mold clamping force Pc is set as a mold clamping force by which a non-defective product can be molded. During the production, a mold 2 is clamped by a molding mold clamping force Pc and the clamped mold 2 is filled with the injected resin R by a molding injection pressure Pi. After a predetermined cooling time Tc has passed, a molded piece G is removed.

Abstract: A simulation apparatus includes an 1D analysis unit which performs a low-dimensional fluid-flow analysis of material in an arithmetic object field of a kneading device, based on setting information including physical property of the material, and configuration data and an operation condition of the kneading device for kneading the material, an area selection unit which receives selection of an object area as an object of a high-dimensional fluid-flow analysis in the arithmetic object field, and a 3D analysis unit which extracts physical quantities of the material relating to the object area, based on a result of the low-dimensional fluid-flow analysis, and performs a high-dimensional fluid-flow analysis of the material in the object area, based on the extracted physical quantities and the setting information.

Abstract: A method includes placing a package structure into a mold chase, with top surfaces of device dies in the package structure contacting a release film in the mold chase. A molding compound is injected into an inner space of the mold chase through an injection port, with the injection port on a side of the mold chase. During the injection of the molding compound, a venting step is performed through a first venting port and a second venting port of the mold chase. The first venting port has a first flow rate, and the second port has a second flow rate different from the first flow rate.

Abstract: A power supply device for a molding machine with an intermediate circuit, which can be connected with at least one drive of the molding machine and is suitable for supplying the at least one drive with electrical energy; a supply module connected to the intermediate circuit; an energy storage device connected to the intermediate circuit; and a closed loop control device for closed loop controlling an energy content of the energy storage device. The energy storage device can be closed loop controlled by means of the closed loop control device so that the energy content of the energy storage device does not go outside a range, in which a power input and/or a power output of the energy storage device is essentially constant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device for a vehicle, for wiping a window (4), comprising a wiper blade (2) that has an elongate upper part (10) and an elongate lower part (12) which are at least partly flexible. Also provided is a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12), the connecting elements (18) being spaced apart along a longitudinal direction (8) of the wiper blade (2) and being attached to the upper part (10) and/or the lower part (12) by a rotary joint (20), and the connecting elements (18) being designed to allow a motion of the upper part (10) and the lower part relative to each other with a motion component along the longitudinal direction (8) of the wiper blade (2). Each connecting element (18) extends along a longitudinal axis (24) of the connecting element (18) and along a transverse axis (25) running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (24), which runs from the upper part (10) to the lower part (12).

Abstract: The velocity and force of a target is controlled to have a predetermined relationship, independently of changes in the velocity at which the target is driven using a velocity command value and in an external force from the target. A controller controls a control target, driven to generate a predetermined viscous force as a reaction force, by periodically outputting a command value to the control target using a target value calculated from a command pattern for driving the control target and a feedback value from the control target relative to the target value. A correction operation unit obtains a control physical quantity different from the command value, calculates a correction command value based on a relationship between an error of the obtained control physical quantity from its target value and an error of the feedback value from the target value, and outputs the correction command value to the control target.

Abstract: A mold clamping apparatus of the type including a mold opening/closing actuator and a mold clamping cylinder, wherein rails for guiding a movable platen are disposed on a base, and the mold clamping cylinder has a left leg and a right leg each disposed between one pair of left and right rails of the rails. The rails provided for guiding the movable platen is used also as a side guide for the mold clamping cylinder. This arrangement can obviate the need for a separate guide member.

Abstract: A controller of an injection molding machine controls mold clamping of a fixed mold and a movable mold. The controller includes a servomotor drive control unit for limiting increase in driving current during driving of a mold clamping servomotor, and a moving state acquisition unit that acquires a detection signal of an encoder. The controller further includes an abnormality determination processing unit for determining that a clamping force sensor is abnormal when recognizing stoppage of movement of the movable mold during mold clamping, based on the acquired detection signal of the encoder.

Abstract: The method for producing a member for applying a cosmetic product comprising: an application portion (3); a longitudinal core (5), housed in the application portion (3); the method comprising the following successive steps: a first step for injecting the application portion (3) into a cavity (29) of a mold (27); a second step for injecting the longitudinal core (5) into the cavity (29) of the mold (27). In the first step, a pin (31) is arranged in the cavity (29) and in the second step, the pin (31) is moved relative to the cavity (29), and the longitudinal core (5) is injected into a space (47) freed up by the pin (31).

Abstract: A multi-layered tool for forming a working having an active thermal layer disposed between two layers of the tool which is independently controllable to add or subtract thermal energy to or from the tool.

Abstract: A injection molding method involves measuring, using at least one external sensor, a change in a parameter of a mold side of a mold cavity, approximating a condition within the mold cavity based on the change in the parameter, such as pressure within the mold cavity or flow front position, and comparing the approximated condition to a trigger point. If the approximated condition equals or exceeds the trigger point, activating a virtual cavity sensor having an optimal pre-defined pressure-time curve, and upon activation, the virtual cavity sensor tracks an approximated condition calculated from the change in parameter measurements measured by the at least one external sensor over time. In an embodiment, results of the approximated parameter tracking can be used in conjunction with an optimal pre-defined pressure-time curve.

Abstract: A tube or metal extrusion press has a stationary press frame formed by a main housing, a counter housing, a billet support carrying a billet holder, and a ram cross-member movable in the press frame between the housings. A piston-cylinder unit has a cylinder on the main housing, a piston in the cylinder, and a ram stem extending between a front end of the piston and the ram cross-member. An equalizing reservoir supplies hydraulic fluid to the piston, and a transfer passage extends between the reservoir and the cylinder rearward of the piston. A fill valve has a displacement sleeve on a rod and carries a ring piston and a fill valve body movable centrally of the cylinder in the transfer passage between an open position in which the passage has a large annular flow cross-section and a closed position in which the valve body blocks the passage.

Abstract: A toggle lever clamping unit for an injection molding machine includes fixed and movable platens, a support plate, a toggle lever mechanism operatively connected with both the support plate and the movable platen, a cross clamp operatively connected with the toggle lever mechanism and movable along a machine longitudinal axis, and an electric drive for moving the cross clamp. In addition, a hydraulic drive is operatively connected with the cross clamp and includes a fluid-operated piston cylinder system, with the lengths of the cylinder and the piston rod being coordinated with one another such that the hydraulic drive follows a travel path of the cross clamp as the movable platen travels between an open position of the clamping unit, in which the toggle lever mechanism is swung in, and a closed position in which the toggle lever mechanism assumes a predeterminable extended position and a clamping force is built up.

Abstract: A nanocomposite material comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as a base polymer and a nanoparticle that increases the strength of the base polymer.

Abstract: The material for proppant and method for producing the same relate to the chemistry of high-molecular weight compounds, and more particularly, to polymer materials with high requirements for physical and mechanical properties, for instance, for the production of proppants, i.e., propping granules, used in the oil and gas production by a method of hydraulic fracturing of formation. The technical result achieved by implementation of the present invention is an increase in thermal strength of the proppant material providing for a compressive strength of at least 150 MPa at a temperature of not less than 100° C. The method consists in the following. A mixture of oligocyclopentadienes is obtained by heating dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) to a temperature of 150-220° C. and holding at this temperature for 15-360 minutes. The oligomerization of dicyclopentadiene occurs. The mixture of oligomers is cooled down to 20-50° C.

Abstract: Fiber reinforced composition comprising (a) a polypropylene random copolymer comprising ethylene and/or C4 to C8 a-olefin (PP-RACO), (b) glass fibers (GF), and (c) a polar modified polypropylene as adhesion promoter (AP), wherein (i) the polypropylene random copolymer comprising ethylene and/or C4 to C8 a-olefin (PP-RACO) heaving a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 of at least 2.5 g/10 min, (ii) the glass fibers (GF) are cut glass fibers and (iii) the polymer contained in the reinforced composition forms a continuous phase being the matrix of the fiber reinforced composition.

Abstract: A gear is provided that is capable of suppressing a decrease in strength at a weld line. The gear (40) is provided with a cylindrical boss (41) that is formed at a center portion, a rim (42) that is formed on an outer side in a radial direction of the boss concentrically with the boss and has a tooth portion (42a) at an outer circumferential portion thereof, and a web (43) that links the boss and the rim. In the web, a plurality of gate marks (43a) are formed. Furthermore, in the web, there are provided a plurality of first radial direction ribs (43b) that extend from the boss to the outer side in the radial direction along a weld line (40a) that appears between adjacent ones of the gate marks.

Abstract: Disclosed is an article that includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a re-workable adhesive composition, the first substrate being bonded to the second substrate through the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition is derived from a moisture curable polyurethane hot melt adhesive composition that includes a polyurethane prepolymer that includes the reaction product of a first crystalline polyester polyol having a number average molecular weight of from at least 5500 grams per mole (g/mol) to about 20,000 g/mol and a melting point of at least 40° C., and a polyisocyanate. The re-workable adhesive composition is cleanly removable from at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate after conditioning the article at a temperature of from at least 60° C. to no greater than 100° C. for a period of about 30 minutes.

Abstract: An electrostatic capacitance-type input device includes a first member made of a non-conductive resin, a second member formed together with the first member and made of a conductive resin, a determination unit configured to determine the presence or absence of an input operation of an operator for the second member, based on a change in electrostatic capacitance of the second member, a circuit substrate in which the determination unit is mounted, the circuit substrate being fixed to an inner side portion of a cover member, and a conductive elastic member configured to lie between the second member and the circuit substrate and maintain an electrical connection between the second member and the circuit substrate using an elastic force.

Abstract: A composition and a method are provided for graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) comprising multi-layer graphene are used to reinforce PET, thereby improving the properties of PET for various new applications. Master-batches comprising polyethylene terephthalate with dispersed graphene nanoplatelets are obtained by way of compounding. The master-batches are used to form PET-GNP nanocomposites at weight fractions ranging between 0.5% and 15%. In some embodiments, PET and GNPs are melt compounded by way of twin-screw extrusion. In some embodiments, ultrasound is coupled with a twin-screw extruder so as to assist with melt compounding. In some embodiments, the PET-GNP nanocomposites are prepared by way of high-speed injection molding. The PET-GNP nanocomposites are compared by way of their mechanical, thermal, and rheological properties so as to contrast different compounding processes.

Abstract: Tooling for creating a component made of composite, including at least one rigid element able to move between a rest position in which it is not in contact with the preform and an active position in which it is in contact with the preform, at least one elastic return configured to push the rigid element into the active position and hold it therein, and at least one hot-melt element configured to hold the rigid element in the rest position against the action of the elastic return as long as the temperature of the resin is below a threshold temperature above which the resin is softened. The disclosure also relates to a method for creating a component made of composite implementing the tooling and to a component made of composite thus obtained.