Abstract: A method of fabricating a decorated molding article includes forming an all-in-one coating on a substrate and performing a curing step, thereby forming a composite layer structure with a protective effect, a color effect, and a bonding effect. The composite layer structure may form a molded film with better physical properties (e.g., higher hardness, better protection effect, and the like) after the blister molding process. Therefore, the molded film of the embodiments may be applied to a laser engraving process to form a variety of light-transmitting decorated molding articles.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for producing a cured 3D product comprising the following steps: (a) providing a form negative mould of the 3D product comprising of one or two formed plastic sheets as obtained by thermoforming corresponding with the shape of the 3D product; (b) adding a liquid curable composition to the mould such that the inner surface of the mould is covered by the curable composition; and (c) solidifying the curable composition wherein a solidified layer or body is formed having the shape of the 3D product; wherein the cured 3D product is a radiation cured 3D product; and wherein the step (c) a radiation curable composition is solidified by radiation through the plastic sheet of the mould to form a solidified layer having the shape of the 3D product.

Abstract: An injection molding resin gear includes: a tooth portion having teeth formed on an outer peripheral portion thereof; a shaft supporting portion formed around a center of rotation; and a web that connects the tooth portion and the shaft supporting portion, wherein the web includes a concave and convex portion having a concave portion formed on a first surface and a convex portion formed on a second surface formed at a position corresponding to the concave portion, and one of the concave portion or the convex portion of the concave and convex portion includes a gate point, and the concave and convex portions include a thinned portion at radial end portion in a radial cross section passing through the center of rotation of the concave and convex portion.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions useful for maintaining sealing force over time while under compression in compressive gaskets. Additionally, methods of preparing and using the sealing compositions and improving sealing performance using such compositions are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to liquid injection molding of a curable gasket composition to form mold-in-place gaskets. The curable gasket composition is prepared from at least an actinic radiation curable acrylic component and (meth)acrylate-functionalized silica.

Abstract: Processes for increasing the chemical resistance of a surface of a formed article are disclosed. The formed article is produced from a polymeric composition comprising a photoactive additive containing photoactive groups derived from a monofunctional benzophenone. The surface of the formed article is then exposed to ultraviolet light to cause crosslinking of the photoactive additive and produce a crosslinked surface. The crosslinking enhances the chemical resistance of the surface. Various means for controlling the depth of the crosslinking are also discussed.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming an injection molded article is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pumping system to deliver a silicone formulation to a mold, the silicone formulation having a viscosity of about 50,000 centipoise to about 2,000,000 centipoise. The mold has an exterior housing and an interior cavity therein, wherein the silicone formulation flows into the cavity of the mold. The apparatus further includes a source of radiation energy, wherein the radiation energy substantially cures the silicone formulation within the cavity of the mold to form the injection molded article. The present disclosure further includes a method of forming the injection molded article and a mold for an injection molded article.

Abstract: The electronic device, which allows inhibiting the breaking-away of the element from the frame member, even if the temperature change of the electronic device is repeated, and the process for manufacturing the electronic device, are achieved. An electronic device includes a photo-sensitive element formed in a wafer, a frame member installed on the wafer to surround a functional unit, and an encapsulating resin layer filling a circumference of the frame member.

Abstract: In an injection molded product of the invention, an unevenness forming portion having unevenness formed by thermal expansion of thermally expandable capsules is formed. The injection molded product includes a highly expanded portion that is formed at a surface side of the unevenness forming portion in a thickness direction of the injection molded product and in which the thermally expandable capsules are thermally expanded, and a main body portion that is a portion adjacent to the highly expanded portion in the thickness direction and in which the thermally expandable capsules are substantially not thermally expanded. The thickness of the highly expanded portion is a half or smaller than the thickness of the injection molded product in the unevenness forming portion, and a polymer material of the highly expanded portion and a polymer material of the main body portion are the same polymer material.

Abstract: A dual reactor solution process gives high density polyethylene compositions containing a first ethylene copolymer and a second ethylene copolymer and which have good processability, toughness, and environmental stress crack resistance combined with good organoleptic properties. The polyethylene compositions are suitable for compression molding or injection molding applications and are particularly useful in the manufacture of caps and closures for bottles.

Abstract: A can of a drive motor is provided for a pump assembly, wherein the can (22) is manufactured at least partly of plastic (52). At least in a part of the can (22) the plastic (52) is reinforced by individual fibers (32) distributed in the plastic (52). The fibers (32) in at least one layer (35) of the can (32) are aligned in a defined manner in the peripheral direction with respect to the longitudinal axis (Z) of the can (22). A method for manufacturing such a can is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed in this specification is seat back frame comprising a thermoplastic matrix of randomly dispersed carbon fibers forming the structure, with the structure reinforced by affixing a pad up of a thermoplastic matrix comprising oriented fibers to the structure. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the seat back which comprises injection or overmolding the thermoplastic matrix comprised of randomly dispersed fibers onto the pad up which is a compression molded oriented fibers in the thermoplastic matrix.

Abstract: Provided are an electron beam curable resin composition including polymethylpentene, and a crosslinking agent, in which the crosslinking agent has a saturated or unsaturated ring structure, at least one atom among atoms forming at least one ring is bonded to any allylic substituent of an allyl group, a methallyl group, an allyl group through a linking group, and a methallyl group through a linking group, and a molecular weight is 1,000 or less, a resin frame for reflectors using the resin composition, a reflector, and a molding method using the resin composition.

Abstract: A hollow molded article is formed by laser welding a container and a lid. The container and lid are each injection molded from a material containing a thermoplastic resin and have gate marks, formed during molding. The thermoplastic resin is oriented in the flow direction in a molten state and solidified. The entire gate mark of the container is located on its outer or bottom surface, but is present in a position other than an area at two-thirds or less of the distance from the center of gravity to the outer periphery of the bottom surface. The entire gate mark of the lid is located on its upper, side, or lower surface, but is present in a position other than areas at two-thirds or less of the distances from the centers of gravity of the upper and lower surfaces of the lid to the outer peripheries of the respective surfaces.

Abstract: The TPU of this invention contains unsaturation in its polymeric backbone. The unsaturation can be present in the soft segment or in the hard segment or in both the soft and hard segments of the TPU. The TPU can be molded like a thermoplastic, and can be subsequently crosslinked by exposure to electron beam irradiation into thermoset articles having excellent chemical resistance, dimensional stability, set properties, heat resistance, oxidative resistance, and creep resistance. In one embodiment, the TPUs of this invention are the reaction product (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, (3) a saturated glycol chain extender, and (4) a glycol chain extender containing carbon-carbon double bonds, such as the allyl moieties present in trimethylolpropane monoallyl ether.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a hollow fiber reinforced structural member, in particular for air vehicles, comprising the steps of providing a first circular braiding layer, positioning a flat strengthening body comprising at least one fabric layer having warp fibers and a woof fiber against a part of the surface of the first braiding layer, providing a second braiding layer around the first braiding layer and the strengthening body, positioning the combination of the first braiding layer, the strengthening body and the second braiding layer in a mold, impregnating the combination with resin, removing the combination as impregnated with a resin from the mold.

Abstract: A pin having a light guide for an injection mold includes an outer sleeve having a hollow portion, an inner sleeve fixed to the hollow portion of the outer sleeve, a bundle sleeve fixed to a hollow portion of the inner sleeve, a bundle fiber fixed to a hollow portion of the bundle sleeve. A leading end portion of the bundle sleeve has a substantially cone-shaped caulked portion. A portion of the hollow portion of the inner sleeve which is brought into contact with the cone-shaped caulked portion of the bundle sleeve has a tapered shape that coincides with the shape of the portion of the bundle sleeve. A shoulder portion is formed at a rear end portion of the hollow portion of the outer sleeve and a rear end of the inner sleeve is engage with the shoulder portion.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions exhibiting a UV resistance of ?E ranging from more than 0 to less than or equal to 10 units after exposure to ultraviolet light for 300 hours, per ASTM D-4459 protocol. The compositions can include at least 15 wt. % of a polyetherimide; at least 35 wt. % of a polycarbonate; a polyetherimide siloxane; and optionally, at least one UV stabilizer. The disclosure also relates to methods of shaping such compositions and articles produced from such compositions.

Abstract: A surface treatment method of an electronic device is provided. The surface treatment method includes processing a first pattern on a surface of a top mold and a second pattern on a surface of a bottom mold, coating a Ultra-Violet (UV) molding liquid on each of a front surface of a raw sheet material and the bottom mold facing a rear surface of the raw sheet material raw, positioning the raw sheet material between the top mold and the bottom mold, pressing the top mold and the bottom mold to each other, curing the UV molding liquid, and separating the raw sheet material from the top mold and the bottom mold and forming a print layer on the front surface and the rear surface of the raw sheet material.

Abstract: The high sag thick lens is for use in an illumination apparatus, such as a solid state light source. The lens is made of a first lens part having an optical active surface and a series of elongated baffles, the baffles having a top portion, the top portions defining a line that follows the curvature of the optical active surface to create a second lens part of uniform thickness. A second lens part is fused to the first lens part to create the lens. The second lens part has an optical active surface and a series of elongated baffles, the baffles having a thickness comparable to the thickness of the corresponding optical active surfaces. The first and the second baffles are intertwined along the entire length of their lateral surfaces.

Abstract: Method for forming a transparent timepiece component including top and bottom surfaces: a transparent polymerisable material is chosen; there is applied to a plate a flexible female mould including a capillary network and having a contact surface which is the negative of the bottom surface, bordered by an edge; a cavity is delimited by the sealed juxtaposition of the edge with a plate having a contact surface which is the negative of the top surface; the material is injected through the capillary network to fill the cavity; the material is polymerised to obtain a rigid component; the component is removed from the plates by the deformation of this flexible mould. Hardness is improved by the UV exposition of this component.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention is directed to a manufacturing process to mold and cast custom softening polymers into complex shaped devices, said process comprising the steps of: creating a 3D mold or shell; injecting the shell with a polymer or pre-polymer; cooling or curing the polymer in a short period of time; and forming a device.

Abstract: A method facilitates fabricating a cellular cushion. The method comprises injecting material into a mold in an injection molding process to form a cushion first layer that includes a plurality of hollow cells that extend outward from the base and are each coupled together in flow communication, coupling a second layer to the first layer, and coupling an injection stem in flow communication to the plurality of hollow cells to enable an operating pressure within the cells to be changed.

Abstract: An access device provides needleless access to patient fluid lines such as intravascular catheters. A septum assembly of the access device is formed from a frame integrally molded with a septum and provides access for a tubular portion, such as a male luer taper of a syringe, of a medical device. The frame of the septum assembly is bonded to the housing of the device, which minimizes axial and rotational movement between the septum and the housing, so that the access device properly operates through multiple uses.

Abstract: A conductive plastic article (31) is disclosed suited for a housing that offers improved shielding against electromagnetic interference or that offers improved electrostatic discharge properties. The plastic article is made by means of low pressure injection molding. The article (31) comprises at least 0.25 volume percent of electrically conductive additives (38). The article (31) comprises a cellular structure. The cellular structure is created by the use of a blowing or foaming agent. At least 0.25 weight percent of blowing or foaming agent is used in the production of the conductive plastic article (31).

Abstract: A method for producing a plastic trim part is described. The method has the following steps: laying a polymer film in an injection die, where the polymer film has an opaque or partially opaque imprint or color pigmentation which is decomposition-stable at a temperature of at least 250° C., back injecting the polymer film by a polymer carrier component and injecting a polymer cover part on the polymer film and the polymer carrier component.

Abstract: A lipophilic laminate, including: a substrate made of a resin; and a lipophilic resin layer on the substrate made of a resin, wherein the lipophilic resin layer includes micro convex portions or micro concave portions in a surface thereof, and wherein an oleic acid contact angle of the surface of the lipophilic resin layer is 10° or less.

Abstract: An electrochromic device including: a first substantially transparent substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; a second substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; an electrochromic medium contained within a chamber positioned between the first and second substrates which includes: at least one solvent; at least one anodic material; and at least one cathodic material, wherein both of the anodic and cathodic materials are electroactive and at least one of the anodic and cathodic materials is electrochromic; wherein at least one of a seal member, the first substrate, the second substrate, and the chamber includes a plug associated with a fill port; and wherein the plug is at least partially cured with at least one photoinitiator and at least one photosensitizer upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 350 nm to about 420 nm.

Abstract: A case for an electronic device includes an injection preform having a recess on at least one portion of a surface thereof, a deposition layer deposited on a surface of the injection preform, and a paint layer formed on the deposition layer. The deposition layer may directly contact a surface of the injection preform. A method of manufacturing a case includes injection-molding an injection preform having a recess on a surface thereof, forming a deposition layer directly contacting a surface of the injection preform, and forming a paint layer on the deposition layer.

Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-resin bonded body that expresses excellent bonding strength and does not show a reduction in the strength after a durability test, thus being able to keep the excellent bonding strength over a long period of time. The aluminum-resin bonded body includes: an aluminum substrate formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy; an oxygen-containing film containing oxygen, which is formed on a surface of the aluminum substrate; and a molded resin formed of a thermoplastic resin, which is bonded onto the oxygen-containing film. The thermoplastic resin is a thermoplastic resin containing an element having an unshared electron pair in a repeat unit and/or at an end.

Abstract: A hydrophilic laminate, including: a substrate made of a resin; and a hydrophilic resin layer on the substrate made of a resin, wherein the hydrophilic resin layer comprises micro convex portions or micro concave portions in a surface thereof, and wherein a pure water contact angle of the surface of the hydrophilic resin layer is less than 40°.

Abstract: Thermoplastic resin composition providing improved molding efficiency due to high flowability and a high crystallization temperature, while ensuring desired physical properties (e.g., strength) in a molded product. Also, molded product of the composition. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises a plurality of thermoplastic resins having a melt viscosity different from each other and containing a unit which comprises an arylene group and an ether group and/or a carbonyl group. The thermoplastic resin composition may comprise a first thermoplastic resin having a melt viscosity of 150 to 1500 Pa·s at a temperature of 400° C. and a shear rate of 1216 s?1 and a second thermoplastic resin, wherein the melt viscosity ratio of the first thermoplastic resin relative to the second thermoplastic resin, at a temperature of 400° C. and a shear rate of 1216 s?1, is 1.5:1 to 10:1.

Abstract: Processes for increasing the chemical resistance of a surface of a formed article are disclosed. The formed article is produced from a polymeric composition comprising a photoactive additive containing photoactive groups derived from a monofunctional benzophenone. The surface of the formed article is then exposed to ultraviolet light to cause crosslinking of the photoactive additive and produce a crosslinked surface. The crosslinking enhances the chemical resistance of the surface. Various means for controlling the depth of the crosslinking are also discussed.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a melting chamber (6) in communication with a molding cavity made up by two half-molds (1, 2) in a close position, an inlet duct (3) through which plastic material is fed into said melting chamber (6), an ultrasound vibration element (4) activated by an ultrasound generator (5) and provided with an end portion inserted in the melting chamber (6) through an access opening thereof, and motion means for generating a relative displacement between the ultrasound vibration element (4) and the melting chamber (6). The ultrasound vibration element (4) is supported by adjustment means so as to adjust the position of a longitudinal axis (E) thereof in two cross directions (X, Y) perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to an axial direction (Z) parallel to a longitudinal axis of the melting chamber (6).

Abstract: A composite material for the realization of a component or a structural part, in particular for installation on-board a vehicle, adapted to integrate electrical devices and connections, includes a non-conductive polymeric matrix; a dispersed phase including at least one promoter of carbonization adapted to form carbonaceous conductive structures; and a reinforcing-fibre filler adapted to direct the distribution and orientation of the dispersed phase in the polymeric matrix.

Abstract: A method for producing a composite material including a fiber reinforced resin and a lightweight core adjacent thereto, is capable of preventing inflow of a resin into holes on the surface of the lightweight core without increasing the weight of the composite material and also capable of producing a composite material with a high molding accuracy and at a high production rate. In order to produce a composite material including a lightweight core and a fiber reinforced resin that is adjacent to at least a part of a surface of the lightweight core, the method includes arranging, inside a molding tool, a fiber base material adjacently to a foundry core which includes a part which has a part having a shape substantially the same as a shape of a part of the lightweight core which is adjacent to the fiber reinforced resin, which is performed first.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for the isolation of extracellular vesicles from human fluid, and more particularly, to an apparatus comprising a channel formed on a microchip and a porous polymer monolith filter connected to the channel. The apparatus can be used to the diagnosis of disease including cancer from vesicular nucleic acid in a non-invasive manner. Capable of isolating and purifying a large quantity of vesicles from a small amount of a body fluid sample within a short time, the apparatus is expected to be advantageously and widely applied in the medical research and clinical diagnosis of disease including cancer.

Abstract: Item comprising thermoplastic polyurethane, which has, respectively, direct-contact adhesive bonding not only to rubber but also to engineering plastic.

Abstract: A radiation-proof laminate for electronic devices has: a substrate layer consisting of an electrically conductive material, and a first radiation barrier layer formed on the substrate layer, wherein the first radiation barrier layer comprises 50 wt % to 70 wt % of rubber-based heat-bonding adhesive compound in the form of powder or liquid, 5 wt % to 20 wt % of aluminum powder, 5 wt % to 20 wt % of copper powder, and 5 wt % to 20 wt % of silver powder; wherein the aluminum, copper, and silver powder are mediated by the rubber-based heat-bonding adhesive compound to disperse and form a mesh-like distribution. The radiation-proof laminate can absorb electromagnetic radiation from the electronic device and redirect RF radiation while maintaining the RF signal strength not to be substantially affected or attenuated by the radiation-proof laminate, to maintain the network connection performance of the electronic device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medicament container, comprising a cavity at least partially defined by a container wall comprising a soft, flexible inner layer consisting of a soft material and a rigid outer layer consisting of a rigid material, wherein the layers are arranged as a one-piece part by two component injection molding.

Abstract: An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.

Abstract: An antioxidant combined with UHMWPE prior to subjecting the UHMWPE to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the antioxidant is tocopherol. After the antioxidant is combined with the UHMWPE, the resulting blend may be formed into slabs, bar stock, and/or incorporated into a substrate, such as a metal, for example. The resulting product may then be subjected to crosslinking irradiation. In one exemplary embodiment, the UHMWPE blend is preheated prior to subjecting the same to crosslinking irradiation. Once irradiated, the UHMWPE blended product may be machined, packaged, and sterilized in accordance with conventional techniques.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of which the molding efficiency can be improved by a high flowability and a high crystallization temperature while ensuring desired physical properties (e.g., strength) in a molded product, and a molded product of the composition are provided. The thermoplastic resin composition comprises a plurality of thermoplastic resins having a melt viscosity different from each other and containing a unit which comprises an arylene group and an ether group and/or a carbonyl group; when the thermoplastic resin composition at least comprises a first thermoplastic resin having a melt viscosity of 150 to 1500 Pa·s at a temperature of 400° C. and a shear rate of 1216 s?1, and a second thermoplastic resin, and the melt viscosity ratio of the first thermoplastic resin relative to the second thermoplastic resin at a temperature of 400° C. and a shear rate of 1216 s?1 [the former/the latter] is 1.5/1 to 10/1.

Abstract: Device for puncturing a membrane of a human or animal body so as to introduce a liquid formulation thereinto, provided with a patch (10) made of a polymeric material, includes a base surface (12) having a distal side and a proximal side, and a plurality of projections (11), each projection projecting from the distal side of the base surface to end in a tip (13) arranged for puncturing the membrane. Each projection (11) has a cavity (14) and a shell (111) enveloping the cavity at the distal side. The cavity is open towards the proximal side of the base surface. The shells (111) have substantially constant thicknesses. The projections (11) include fluid channels (150) emanating from the cavities (14), running through the shells to end at orifices (15) provided in the shells, offset from the tips (13), the fluid channels being oriented obliquely relative to the proximal-distal axis (16, 160). A method provides for manufacturing the patch.

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with electronic device structures such as housing structures and structures associated with electrical components. The electronic device structures may be attached to each other using ultraviolet and visible light curable adhesive. A layer of adhesive may be interposed between electronic device structures. A light source may generate ultraviolet light. The structures may include an ultraviolet-light-transparent structure through which the ultraviolet light passes to illuminate and cure the adhesive. The ultraviolet-light-transparent structure may form one of multiple shots of injection molded plastic in a device structure, may be formed using a plastic that is opaque at visible wavelengths, or may have a coating such as a metal coating to help reflect ultraviolet radiation onto the adhesive. Perforations in the coating may be used to pass ultraviolet radiation to the adhesive.

Abstract: A method for producing an injection-molded product includes steps of placing, in an injection mold, a heat-shrinkable resin sheet having region A and region B which have different surface temperatures when irradiated with infrared rays; integrating the resin sheet with an injection molding resin by injecting the injection molding resin into the mold; and, before the resin sheet is placed in the injection mold or before the integration step after the placing of the resin sheet in the injection mold, irradiating the resin sheet with infrared rays so that the surface temperatures of region A and region B are different from each other and the surface temperature of at least region A is equal to or higher than an orientation release stress inflection point temperature T of the resin sheet, thereby forming a difference in thickness between regions A and B.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a molded article composed of a polymeric composition and processes for producing the same. The polymeric composition includes from about 60 wt % to about 99 wt % of a matrix of a propylene-based polymer. The propylene-based polymer has a refractive index (n1). The polymeric composition also includes from about 40 wt % to about 1 wt % of elongated elastomer particles dispersed in the propylene-based polymer. The elongated elastomer particles have a refractive index (n2). The propylene-based polymer and the elongated elastomer particles exhibit a refractive index mismatch whereby |n1?n2|>0.002. The molded article has a haze value less than about 20% and optionally a viscosity ratio (VR) greater than 0.28.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing liquid, light-activatable silicone materials of low viscosity by way of injection-molding technology, and an injection-molding machine operating in accordance with the method, in which the cross-linking of the silicone material is activated by the effect of ultraviolet and/or visible radiation.

Abstract: A resin transfer molding (RTM) molding device is designed to mold a fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) molded body by injecting a resin composition into a mold and by impregnating the molded body therewith. The resin composition is a chain curing polymer (CCP). A CCP accommodating layer is disposed adjacent to an outer side of the molded body. The layer contains the CCP. The layer is provided with a Vf limit value, the value defined by the curing characteristics of the CCP and the characteristics of dissipation of heat from the CCP to the exterior. An element for separating the molded body is disposed between the body and the layer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions exhibiting a UV resistance of ?E ranging from more than 0 to less than or equal to 10 units after exposure to ultraviolet light for 300 hours, per ASTM D-4459 protocol. The compositions can include at least 15 wt. % of a polyetherimide; at least 35 wt. % of a polycarbonate; a polyetherimide siloxane; and optionally, at least one UV stabilizer. The disclosure also relates to methods of shaping such compositions and articles produced from such compositions.