Abstract: Methods for marking a seat belt webbing with an infrared compound are described herein. The methods comprise ablating a surface of the seat belt webbing by directing one or more laser pulses toward the seat belt webbing; and coating the ablated surface of the seat belt webbing with the infrared compound, wherein the infrared compound increases absorptivity or reflectivity of the seat belt webbing to infrared radiation. Methods for optically monitoring operation of the seat belt webbing in a vehicle and distinguishing between proper positioning and improper positioning of the seat belt webbing are also disclosed.

Abstract: A thin glass sheet having a desired surface profile is produced by: (a) receiving information about an actual surface of a thin glass sheet to be processed; (b) receiving information describing the desired surface profile of the thin glass sheet; (c) determining a corrective curvature based on (1) the information describing the actual surface of the thin glass sheet, and (2) the information describing the desired surface profile of the thin glass sheet; (d) determining at least one parameter of at least one glass shaping process; and (e) applying the at least one glass shaping process to the thin glass sheet using the parameter (s). The corrective curvature may be determined using a Laplacian of surface data of the thin glass sheet and the desired surface profile.

Abstract: A ceramic member is produced by performing a laser treatment on a ceramic substrate as a pretreatment for a surface treatment such that grooves that can be substantially uniformly filled with a surface treatment material are formed in the surface of the ceramic substrate. Through laser irradiation of the surface, grooves with recessed surfaces formed to extend in at least one direction are provided. Flat surfaces are formed at areas between the grooves that are adjacent to each other. Pitches between the adjacent grooves are set to a range of 0.05 mm to 0.30 mm. One of the grooves has a width that progressively decreases as the depth increases and is opened on one side in the depth direction at a maximum width. The one of the grooves has an aspect ratio in a range of 0.5 to 1.3 and an opening ratio of equal to or greater than 70%.

Abstract: The x-ray windows herein can have low gas permeability, low outgassing, high strength, low visible and infrared light transmission, high x-ray flux, low atomic number materials, corrosion resistance, high reliability, and low-cost. The x-ray window can include a film 11 with a polymer layer 22 and a graphite layer 21. The film 11 can consist essentially of graphite and polymer. Most of the film 11 can be the graphite layer 21. The polymer layer 22 can be a small portion of the film 11.

Abstract: An operating method for a LIDAR system. An optical multipulse signal with multiple temporally separate peaks and temporally superimposed peak flanks of temporally directly succeeding peaks is generated on the transmitter side, and is emitted into a visual field as an optical transmission signal. A corresponding control unit, a LIDAR system, and a working device, in particular a vehicle, are also described.

Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device. The electrode assembly includes first electrode plates and a second electrode plate that are of opposite polarities. The second electrode plate and two first electrode plates are stacked and wound to form the electrode assembly. The second electrode plate is located between the two first electrode plates. Each of the first electrode plates includes a first composite current collector and a first active material layer. The first active material layer is disposed on a surface that is of the first composite current collector and that is oriented back from the second electrode plate. The first composite current collector is configured to dielectrically isolate the first active material layer from the second electrode plate and allow passage of ions transmitted between the first active material layer and the second electrode plate.

Abstract: A deposition mask includes a resin film defining a plurality of opening portions. Each opening portions extends through the resin film. The resin film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface is a surface faced to a vapor deposition source during vapor deposition. The resin film defines dents comprising laser marks on the first surface. A mask member for a deposition mask is also provided.

Abstract: The x-ray windows herein can have low gas permeability, low outgassing, high strength, low visible and infrared light transmission, high x-ray flux, low atomic number materials, corrosion resistance, high reliability, and low-cost. The x-ray window can include a film 11 with a polymer layer 22 and a graphite layer 21. The film 11 can consist essentially of graphite and polymer. Most of the film 11 can be the graphite layer 21. The polymer layer 22 can be a small portion of the film 11.

Abstract: An allograft optimization system utilizes an optical system to determine the outer perimeter of a tissue blank for allograft cutting therefrom. The optical system determines an optimal allograft array pattern that can be derived from the irregular tissue blank and may include a plurality of various allograft shapes and sizes. A computer operates an allograft optimization computer program that receives input regarding the outer perimeter of the tissue blank. A cutting implement, such as a laser, is configured to cut the allografts from the irregularly shaped tissue blank according the allograft array pattern. The cutting implement is automatically actuated by an actuator with respect to the tissue blank to cut the allografts therefrom. The cutting implement may be a laser or a galvo laser that is directed by one or more mirrors. The tissue may be birth tissue including placental tissue and amnion.

Abstract: Solution casting a nanostructure. Preparing a template by ablating nanoholes in a substrate using single-femtosecond laser machining. Replicating the nanoholes by applying a solution of a polymer and a solvent into the template. After the solvent has substantially dissipated, removing the replica from the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing an optically variable film includes a laser configured to emit a beam, a telescoping lens section having a first lens and a second lens spaced apart by a first distance and an interferometer configured to direct the beam toward a workpiece. The laser may be operated at a predetermined power level and the first and second lenses are sized and spaced relative to one another to direct the beam onto the workpiece at about 200-230 dots per inch. The workpiece may include a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer configured to be ablated by the beam, forming a microstructure in the surface of the layer. The microstructure may be randomized and used to present non-chroma visual effects.

Abstract: Method for producing an external horological element (100) which is a heterogeneous component, according to which a primary cavity (10) is produced in a structure (1), only the periphery of this said primary cavity (10) is re-machined or laser machined, which primary cavity (10) is filled with a second material that is different in appearance from the first material in order to produce a primary insert (2), where the bottom of this said primary cavity (10) is left rough before being filled with said second material, and, in the thickness of this primary insert (2), a secondary cavity (20) is produced, which is filled with a third material that is different in appearance from the first material and/or from the second material in order to produce a secondary insert (3).

Abstract: A method for preparing a sample of organic material for laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) may include obtaining granular organic material, forming a portion of the granular organic material into a sample pellet, and searing the organic material. The searing may include searing only an exposed end surface of the sample pellet on which LIBS analysis is to be performed. The method may include pressing the seared sample pellet to consolidate the material comprising the seared end surface.

Abstract: A cutting method for a display panel, wherein the cutting method includes: cutting a display motherboard to be cut into a plurality of separate display panels by using a first laser beam, wherein the display panels each include a plurality of leads disposed between conductive connectors and a cutting edge of the display panel formed after cutting by the first laser beam; and severing at least some leads of the display panel by using a second laser beam at a position on the display panel between the conductive connectors and the cutting edge of the display panel, the at least some leads being short-circuited leads.

Abstract: Separation lines are formed in a glass plate having first and second main surfaces by irradiating with laser light. The separation lines are configured of a product line corresponding to an outline of a glass article to be separated; and a release line. The product line includes a first in-plane void array configured of in-plane voids arranged on the first main surface; and internal void arrays for product line, each having an in-plane void. The release line includes internal void arrays for release line. A maximum length of the internal void array for product line L1max is equal to a maximum length of the internal void array for release line L2max, and a minimum length of the internal void array for product line L1min is greater than a minimum length of the internal void array for release line L2min; or the length L1max is greater than the length L2max.

Abstract: A method for managing the temperature of three-dimensional object during additive manufacturing includes depositing material on a partial fabrication of the three-dimensional object, determining thermal properties of the three-dimensional object after depositing the material, and controlling cooling of the object according to said thermal properties. In some examples, the determining of the thermal properties includes determining a temperature variation across the object and controlling position-dependent cooling of the object in a feedback arrangement. Resulting uniform temperature of the object under fabrication can improve dimensional accuracy and material properties of the object.

Abstract: A cover panel for a cabin of a vehicle and provided with a weakening for the opening of an underlying airbag. The weakening consists of a sequence of not-through incisions which are separated from each other, are arranged along a weakening line, are obtained from an internal surface of the cover panel, and terminate at a non-zero distance from an external surface of the cover panel. In some sections of the weakening line there are first incisions each having a first width while in other sections of the weakening line there are second incisions each having a second width greater than the first width. The weakening line has a plurality of portions that connect to one another in at least one connection area, wherein the corresponding portions of the weakening line consist of the second incisions only while, next to the connection area, the corresponding portions of the weakening line consist of the first incisions only.

Abstract: A laser engraving apparatus (100) is calibrated using a number of predetermined calibration images (12). The calibration images (12) are engraved on a predefined substrate surface (14, 15) of a substrate (16) by varying only a single laser parameter. Based on measured colour values of the engraved calibration images, a relationship between said colour values and a predefined laser parameter value, for example, a predefined laser power, is established. This relationship is then used to generate a map for mapping a grayscale value of an input image to a grayscale value of an output image, which is then engraved on the substrate (16) while varying the same laser parameter that was varied during the calibration.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus and a stack processing apparatus are provided. The laser processing apparatus includes a laser oscillator and an optical system for forming a linear beam and an x-y-? or x-? stage. With use of the x-y-? or x-? stage, the object to be processed can be moved and rotated in the horizontal direction. With this operation, a desired region of the object to be processed can be efficiently irradiated with laser light, and the area occupied by a chamber provided with the x-y-? or x-? stage can be made small.

Abstract: A cutting processing machine (1) includes an NC device (200). The NC device (200) includes a tool radius compensation amount calculator (201), a processing trace calculator (202), and a driving controller (203). In a case where a processing condition (CP) includes cutting tool change information set with a change of a tool trace (TP) during cutting processing and set such that, in a case where the tool trace (TP) is changed, a control center point (CL) is fixed relative to a surface to be processed of a final processed product, the tool radius compensation amount calculator (201) recognizes a plurality of tool traces (TP) included in the cutting tool change information and generates tool radius compensation information (TC) that includes the plurality of tool traces (TP), positions formed with a surface to be processed (MPL), the control center point (CL), and tool radius compensation values (MVL). The processing trace calculator (202) generates a tool radius compensation control signal (TS).

Abstract: A method of forming an inorganic nano-material by thermally treating metal-infused organic polymers to remove the organics to leave an inorganic nano-material where the metal-infused organic polymer precursor may be formed by a polymer synthesis reaction of organic monomers with a metal-containing precursor and by combining a metal containing precursor with at least one organic monomer to obtain a mixture and initiating a polymerization reaction of the mixture to form a metal-infused organic polymer precursor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 3D printer wherein a printing material is placed and hardened on a transparent film and a 3D printing method using the same. The 3D printer of the present invention is composed of the film supplying part to provide a transparent film; the material supplying part to provide a printing material on the transparent film; the photo-hardening part to solidify the printing material provided onto the transparent film as a designed form; and the film collecting part to collect the transparent film and the remaining printing material after the printing material has been hardened by the photo-hardening part.

Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to identify an intended surface property level for a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) object, determine an amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation onto the surface to obtain the intended surface property level, and output the determined amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation, in which a radiation source is to flash apply the determined amount of radiation onto the surface of the 3D object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing molded articles consisting of at least one molded article layer, said method comprising the steps of a) putting a layer support in place for accommodating at least one molded article layer; b) applying a molded article layer to a printing plate using a shaping tool; c) positioning the printing plate and the layer support or a previously produced molded article layer relative to one another; d) curing the molded article layer such that said layer becomes a previously molded article layer, and transferring the molded article layer; e) if necessary, putting the printing plate in place for accommodating additional molded article layers and repeating steps b) to d). The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the disclosed method as well as to the use of molded articles obtained thereby.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ultrafast laser inscribed structures for signal concentration in focal plan arrays, focal plan arrays, imaging and/or sensing apparatuses comprising said focal plan arrays, as well as methods of making and/or using ultrafast laser inscribed structures for signal concentration in focal plan arrays, focal plan arrays, imaging and/or sensing apparatuses comprising said focal plan arrays. Such ultrafast laser inscribed structures are particularly adapted to condense broad band radiation, thus allowing increased sensing efficiencies to be obtained from imaging and/or sensing apparatuses. Such ultrafast laser inscribed structures can be efficiently produced by the processes provided herein.

Abstract: A vehicle interior component includes a foam layer having a contact surface. The vehicle interior component also includes a cover layer having a contact surface and a show surface. The show surface is configured to face an interior of a vehicle, the contact surface of the cover layer is positioned on an opposite side of the cover layer from the show surface, and the contact surface of the cover layer is in direct contact with the contact surface of the foam layer. In addition, multiple recesses are formed within at least one of the contact surface of the foam layer and the contact surface of the cover layer, each recess establishes a gap between the contact surface of the foam layer and the contact surface of the cover layer at the recess, and the recesses are configured to accommodate gas emitted by the foam layer and/or the cover layer.

Abstract: Provided is an impact-transfer method of producing multiple porous anode particulates for a lithium battery, the method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material, multiple composite particles comprising primary anode active material particles dispersed in or bonded by a sacrificial material, optional milling balls to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus; (b) operating the energy impacting apparatus for peeling off graphene sheets from the particles of graphitic material and transferring the peeled graphene sheets to surfaces of composite particles to produce particulates of graphene-encapsulated composite particles; (c) recovering the particulates from the impacting chamber; and (d) partially or completely removing the sacrificial particles from the particulates of graphene-encapsulated composite particles to obtain the multiple porous anode particulates.

Abstract: A three dimensional printing system includes a laser system, a beam splitter, a pinhole, a sensor, and a controller. The laser system emits a light beam of varying diameter carrying at least 100 watts of optical power along an optical path. The laser has an imaging plane along the optical path which can be coincident or close to a focal plane at which the beam has a minimum diameter. The beam splitter is positioned along the optical path to receive the beam and to transmit most of the optical power and to reflect remaining optical power. The pinhole is positioned along the optical path at the imaging plane to receive the reflected beam having a minimal diameter. The controller is configured to analyze a signal from the sensor to determine intensity and distribution parameters for the light beam.

Abstract: In the intermediate process state estimation method, two generators are used, and as well as inputting a common input noise to the respective generators, a label corresponding to a certain step is input to one generator and a label corresponding to a step different from the certain step is input to the other generator. Then, one of generation data and training data generated by the respective generators is randomly input to a discriminator, and the generators and the discriminator learn in an adversarial manner from the discrimination result in the discriminator. Then, an input noise corresponding to a desired final state and a label corresponding to a step where it is desired that an intermediate process state be estimated are input to the learned generator to estimate the intermediate process state based on the generation data generated by the generator.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed board includes steps of; providing a starting board comprising a base member having a plate-like shape, having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and having an insulation property, a first metal layer disposed on the upper surface, and a second metal layer disposed on the lower surface; and laser machining a through-hole penetrating the starting board in a thickness direction of the starting board by irradiating a laser beam irradiation area of the starting board with a laser beam from a side of the starting board on which side the first metal layer is disposed. The method further includes a step of etching the second metal layer so as to remove a portion of the second metal layer located in the laser beam irradiation area, prior to the step of laser machining.

Abstract: A method of producing side-emitting components includes providing a plurality of semiconductor chips on an auxiliary carrier, wherein the semiconductor chips on the auxiliary carrier are spaced apart from each other and each have a side surface provided with a transparent protective layer; covering the semiconductor chips with a radiation-reflecting molding compound so that in a plan view of the auxiliary carrier, the semiconductor chips are completely covered by the molding compound; and singulating the molding compound and the semiconductor chips into a plurality of components so that the components each include a semiconductor chip, wherein the components are singulated at the associated transparent protective layer, as a result of which the components each have a radiation exit surface exposed by the molding compound and formed by a surface of the remaining or exposed transparent protective layer.

Abstract: A low-cost, multi-function adhesive tape platform with a form factor that unobtrusively integrates one or more transducers and one or more wireless communication devices in an adhesive product system. In an aspect, the adhesive product system integrates transducer and wireless communication components within a flexible adhesive structure in a way that not only provides a cost-effective platform for interconnecting, optimizing, and protecting the constituent components but also maintains the flexibility needed to function as an adhesive product that can be deployed seamlessly and unobtrusively into various applications and workflows, including sensing, notification, security, and object tracking applications, and asset management workflows such as manufacturing, storage, shipping, delivery, and other logistics associated with moving products and other physical objects.

Abstract: A method for preparing a sample of organic material for laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) may include obtaining granular organic material, forming a portion of the granular organic material into a sample pellet, and searing the organic material. The searing may include searing only an exposed end surface of the sample pellet on which LIBS analysis is to be performed. The method may include pressing the seared sample pellet to consolidate the material comprising the seared end surface.

Abstract: A label with a microchannel for venting a package.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for enabling magnetic belts to follow laser-cutting dynamically to achieve flexible designs and facilitating processing.

Abstract: An adhesion promoter coating composition includes an oligomeric alkylalkoxysiloxane and a compound comprising an electrophile moiety and an alkoxysilyl moiety. The electrophile moiety may contain a sulfide functional group, for example. A dust suppression coating composition includes an acrylic polymer comprising a quaternary ammonium moiety; and an oligomeric alkylalkoxysiloxane. The coating composition may be applied to roofing granules, and/or asphaltic compositions, among other things.

Abstract: A fabrication method includes laminating a fabrication material to form an object, and applying a release material on a surface of the object to form a release layer on the surface of the object. A surface free energy of the release material is equal to or smaller than 25 mN/m.

Abstract: The present invention regards a metallic component of a distillation and/or fermentation apparatus, characterized by being covered with at least one layer of nanostructured copper, said layer of nanostructured copper possibly comprising also nano-particles of TiO2. Furthermore, the present invention regards methods for covering said metallic component with at least one layer of nanostructured copper which may also comprise nanoparticles of TiO2. Finally, the present invention regards the use of said components in distillation and/or fermentation processes, in particular for the alcoholic distillation of spirit beverages.

Abstract: A flexographic printing precursor includes a support and a photopolymerisable layer including a monomer, an initiator and having a thickness between 0.5 mm and 7.0 mm, characterized in that the photopolymerisable layer contains magnetic or magnetisable particles. A method of developing the flexographic printing precursor to obtain a printing element with a relief image using a magnetic field is provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed board includes steps of; providing a starting board comprising a base member having a plate-like shape, having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and having an insulation property, a first metal layer disposed on the upper surface, and a second metal layer disposed on the lower surface; and laser machining a through-hole penetrating the starting board in a thickness direction of the starting board by irradiating a laser beam irradiation area of the starting board with a laser beam from a side of the starting board on which side the first metal layer is disposed. The method further includes a step of etching the second metal layer so as to remove a portion of the second metal layer located in the laser beam irradiation area, prior to the step of laser machining.

Abstract: The present invention involves laser machining polymer substrates to form a stent with laser parameters that minimize damage to the substrate in a surface region adjacent to the machined edge surface. The wavelength and pulse width are selected for this unique application and they can be controlled to minimize the surface modifications (such as voids, cracks which are induced by the laser-material interaction) which contribute to the variation in mechanical properties with distance from the edge surface, bulk mechanical properties, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method for non-destructive testing a cutting insert to determine coating thickness id disclosed. The method includes the steps of using a source of electromagnetic energy to ablate a surface of the cutting insert to non-destructively form a geometric feature and expose the substrate and each layer of the coating; and measuring the thickness of each layer of the coating. In one example, the geometric feature is a groove with a generally trapezoidal shape. In other examples, the groove can have a U-shape, V-shape, and the like. The thickness of each layer of the coating is determined using focus variation, contrast detection, confocal microscopy, an interferometric microscopy, an imaging interferometric microscopy, or similar technique.

Abstract: A method of can be used to generating a fluid droplet pattern for an imprint lithography process. A fluid dispense head can include a set of fluid dispense ports, wherein the fluid dispense ports are in a fixed arrangement. The method can include rotating the set of the fluid dispense ports to a rotation angle to change a fluid droplet pitch in a first direction; moving a substrate and the set of the fluid dispense ports relative to each other in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and dispensing fluid droplets onto the substrate while moving the substrate and the set of the fluid dispense ports relative to each other. The method can be used in the formation of an electronic component within or over a semiconductor substrate. The apparatus can be configured to carry out the methods as described herein.

Abstract: A laser system includes a buffer material at an entry surface of a substrate in which laser-induced channels are formed. The laser beam propagates through the buffer material and impinges the substrate with a central axis of the laser beam at an oblique angle of incidence. The buffer material has a refractive index that may be closer to that of the substrate than is the refractive index of the atmosphere, such as air, in which the laser system operates. The buffer material facilitates forming laser-induced channels at relative large angles with respect to the substrate surface by attenuating energy loss or other effects on the laser beam that are normally caused by the mismatch in refractive index between the environment and the substrate in the absence of the buffer material.

Abstract: A 3D printer device utilizing at least one Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) image head having at least one beam focused in a focal plane of the device for building on a surface of the device a 3D model of a target object from a digital image. The inventive 3D printer is more compact in size due to the use of QCL image heads, which provides focused wavelengths of QCLs matching the absorption properties in plastics for more efficient absorption of the radiant energy. Each QCL channel power in the inventive 3D printer can be doubled by combining two lasers with a polarization beam splitter. The QCL image head is provided with Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) for compensating for imaging speed. The invention includes a method for scaling up the building speed of 3D printing regardless of detail level. The invention discloses an affordable 3D printer using QCL technology while maintaining high standards of resolution, use of quality materials, and rapid building speeds.

Abstract: Methods, tools and systems for patterning of substrates using charged particle beams without photomasks, without a resist layer, using multiple different processes (different chemistry processes and/or different ones of material deposition, removal and/or modification) in the same vacuum space, wherein said processes are performed independently (without cross-interference) and simultaneously. As a result, the number of process steps can be reduced and some lithography steps can be eliminated, reducing manufacturing cycle time and increasing yield by lowering the probability of defect introduction. Also, because such processes are resist-less, layer-to-layer registration and other column control processes can be performed by imaging previous-layer features local to (or in contact with) features to be written in a next layer as designated by the design layout database.

Abstract: An internal feature can be laser machined in strengthened glass sheets or panels by first laser machining a first scribe in a first surface proximate to the internal feature to be laser machined. The internal feature can be then laser machined by positioning a beam waist of a laser beam proximate to an opposite second surface by focusing the laser beam through the strengthened glass panel from the first surface. The internal feature is laser machined by repositioning the beam waist from the second surface to the first surface while removing material from a kerf surrounding the internal feature. When the laser beam waist is finally positioned proximate to the first surface material, the internal shape formed by the laser machining is easily and cleanly removed from the surrounding glass.

Abstract: The present invention involves laser machining polymer substrates to form a stent with laser parameters that minimize damage to the substrate in a surface region adjacent to the machined edge surface. The wavelength and pulse width are selected for this unique application and they can be controlled to minimize the surface modifications (such as voids, cracks which are induced by the laser-material interaction) which contribute to the variation in mechanical properties with distance from the edge surface, bulk mechanical properties, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A laser processing machine includes: a laser oscillator which emits laser light; a scanning unit which scans a processing target surface of a work by deflecting the laser light emitted from the laser oscillator; and a focusing unit which is disposed between the laser oscillator and the scanning unit and which focuses the laser light emitted from the laser oscillator. The focusing unit is set so as to focus the laser light at a second position that is more distant from a first position where the laser light is incident vertically than a third position that is farthest from the first position in the processing target surface of the work.

Abstract: A method of laser processing a material to form a separated part. The method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a laser beam focal line, viewed along the beam propagation direction, directed into the material, the laser beam focal line generating an induced absorption within the material, the induced absorption producing a hole or fault line along the laser beam focal line within the material, and directing a defocused carbon dioxide (CO2) laser from a distal edge of the material over the plurality of holes to a proximal edge of the material.