Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, methods for molding and curing of composite articles are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a molding apparatus including an elastic layer disposed on a rigid support and a mold disposed on the elastic layer and the support. In one embodiment, the mold includes an inner surface, the inner surface further including a molding surface, and wherein a first surface of the elastic layer and the inner surface of the mold define a molding chamber. In one embodiment, a prepreg is further disposed within the molding chamber, wherein the prepreg is disposed on the first surface of the elastic layer. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a fluid via a fluid inlet against a second surface of the elastic layer, thereby expanding the elastic layer against the inner surface of the mold, and pushing the prepreg against the molding surface of the mold to form a molded composite article.

Abstract: A tray for presenting food to a pet or animal. The tray includes a top side, an underside and a peripheral side extending between the top side and the underside. The topside is moreover partly formed as a number of up-turned grooves and interconnected grooves. When a pet is retrieving food from the tray, the animal will not only he self-engaged and fed during retrieval of the food, but the tray will also ensure that the natural needs of the animal are meet with respect to the use of brain, olfactory sense and feeding. The animal will hereby be more relaxed and behave in a balanced manner.

Abstract: A fabrication process using an integrated form includes assembling at least two independent sections of composite laminate about a form, such that at least a portion of the sections overlap. A bonding agent is applied between the sections, at the overlap, and the form and laminate assembly are vacuum-bagged. The bag is sealed around a vent in the form, and about the laminate assembly. A vacuum is applied within the bag, to bond the sections, and the bagged assembly is autoclaved, to cure the bonded laminate sections. The vent allows equalization of autoclave pressures within and outside of the form, to prevent crushing or deformation of the form during cure. The form becomes an integral and permanent part of the final composite product.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a fibre composite component reinforcement section, which bounds a cavity, whereby a supporting core, with an elastic sleeve bounding an interior space, is temporarily positioned in the cavity. The steps include: laying down fibrous material on a base moulding tool to form a base element of the fibre composite component, draping fibrous material in a negative mould, arranging the supporting core on an inner surface of the fibrous material in the negative mould, positioning the negative mould fitted with the fibrous material and the supporting core, on the base element to form the reinforcement section, forming a vacuum chamber accommodating the negative mould and the base element by covering with a vacuum film, evacuating the vacuum chamber, and curing the fibrous material, whereby when using a dry fibrous material, a matrix material is injected into the fibrous material after the evacuation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a substantially shell-shaped component, from substantially carbon-fiber-reinforced synthetic material having at least one local reinforcing zone and at least one stiffening element, in particular a fuselage shell, a wing shell, a vertical stabilizer shell or horizontal stabilizer shell of an aircraft or the like. The process according to the invention comprises the following steps: arranging at least one doubler which has already been cured, on an at most partially cured shell skin to form the local reinforcing zone, applying at least one stiffening element which has already been cured, and placing at least one at most partially cured connecting angle bracket against the at least one stiffening element at least in the region of the at least one doubler, and curing the shell skin and the connecting angle bracket.

Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of a microprojection array are provided. In the methods, a formulation is introduced into cavities of a microprojection array mold by means that achieve a uniform amount of formulation retained in each cavity.

Abstract: A method for making a wind turbine member wherein a plurality Of components are arranged in a mold. The inner side of the mold determines a surface of the wind turbine member. The components are connected to one another. At least one of the components is a prefabricated structural element which has a fixed geometry with an outer surface. The prefabricated structural element has a positioning projection protruding out of the outer surface and the mold has, on its inner side, a positioning receptacle. The positioning projection is inserted positively into the positioning receptacle to determine the disposition of the prefabricated structural element in the mold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joining precured stringers to at least one structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft. A vacuum arrangement required for the joining is produced in two parts. In a first step, each precured stringer is covered in advance by a covering vacuum film. The stringers prepared in this manner are arranged on the structural component. Vacuum film strips are subsequently arranged in each case on adjacent stringers and over an intermediate space between the adjacent stringers. With the use of a vacuum sealing means, the vacuum film strips and the covering vacuum films 8 form a continuous vacuum arrangement. The stringers are subsequently joined under pressurization to the structural component with the use of this vacuum arrangement.

Abstract: Provided are a bodily fluid absorbent article improved to absorb bodily fluids quickly and a method for making a core for the bodily fluid absorbent article. A bodily fluid absorbent core for a bodily fluid absorbent article is formed with one or more elongated depressions. The core 40 includes one or more surface layers and one or more inner sections lying inside the one or more surface layers. The one or more surface layers are formed primarily of liquid-absorbent fibers and the one or more inner sections are formed of the liquid-absorbent fibers and superabsorbent polymer particles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dynamic bioactive bone graft material and a method of handling the material to prepare an implant. In one embodiment, a method of preparing a dynamic bioactive bone graft implant is provided. The method includes the step of providing a porous, fibrous composition of bioactive glass fibers, wherein the fibers are characterized by fiber diameters ranging from about 5 nanometers to about 100 micrometers, and wherein the porosity of the matrix ranges from about 100 nanometers to about 1 millimeter. The porous, fibrous composition is introduced into a mold tray, and a shaped implant is created using the mold tray. The composition may be wetted with a fluid such as saline or a naturally occurring body fluid like blood prior to creating the shaped implant. In another embodiment, the porous, fibrous composition is provided with the mold tray as a kit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, which has excellent fluidity and impregnation into a fiber base material and which produces a cured product having excellent heat resistance. A resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material contains, as essential components, a poly(glycidyloxyaryl) compound (A), a polymerizable monomer (B) which is an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof and has a molecular weight of 160 or less, an aromatic vinyl compound or a (meth)acrylate (C), and a radical polymerization initiator (D), wherein an equivalent ratio [glycidyloxy group/acid group] of a glycidyloxy group in the component (A) to an acid group in the component (B) is 1/1 to 1/0.48, and a molar ratio [(B)/(C)] of the component (B) to the component (C) is in the range of 1/0.55 to 1/2.

Abstract: An RTM molding device and an RTM molding method which enable resin impregnation of even large members and thick members without causing non-impregnated regions or fiber wrinkle, and yield a molded body having superior toughness and excellent precision. In the RTM molding device, a surface molding layer, which is disposed between a fiber-reinforced base material and a molding die, has a plurality of through-holes formed therein, and has sufficient rigidity that the thickness does not substantially change under the pressure inside the cavity when the inside of the cavity is placed under reduced pressure, and a resin diffusion portion, which is located on the side of the surface molding layer opposite the fiber-reinforced base material, and comprises a resin flow path formed so as to connect with the plurality of through-holes of the surface molding layer, are provided on at least one surface of the fiber-reinforced base material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a microtitre plate with wells having transparent bottoms, where the microtitre plate includes at least one physical deformation between at least two adjacent wells.

Abstract: Resin infused composite parts are fabricated using a caul sheet having perforations therein for optimizing the flow of resin through the parts. The method allows for a simplified tooling and consumable arrangement for complex parts while achieving a smooth, aerodynamic caul-side or bag-side finish. The component may be placed in direct contact with a tool, and the caul sheet may be placed in direct contact with the component thereby eliminating the necessity for consumables between these items.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for forming a three-dimensional image and, more particularly, for making three-dimensional digital image transfer thermoformed objects on, e.g., generic molds. The method includes manipulating digital images of a subject into a single image; printing the single image onto a media; and thermoforming the media with the single image using a generic mold. The system comprises a computer infrastructure operable to: receive images of a subject; display the images; stitch together the images to form a single image; adjust portions of the images or single image to compensate for deformation during thermoforming of the single image; register the single image with points on a mold; and print the single image.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a body formed of a refractory material and a method of forming a refractory body. The body formed of a refractory material comprises a plurality of slits formed into one of its surfaces. The slits relieve thermal stress in the body and prevent cracking that would otherwise occur. In one embodiment, the invention can be a body formed of a refractory material comprising: a first surface and an opposing second surface; and a pattern of stress relief slits formed into at least one of the first and second surfaces of the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorated injection molded article having an embossed pattern comprising a surface layer comprising an acryl resin film, a printing layer provided on an inside of the surface layer, an adhesive layer provided on an inside of the printing layer and an injected resin layer, wherein a concavo-convex pattern is provided on the surface of the surface layer at a front face part and a side face part of the injection molded article by emboss processing and further to a method for producing the same, and the present invention provides a decorated injection molded article having an embossed pattern, in which a concavo-convex pattern is easily formed on the surface and which is imparted with a steric design property having a higher grade feeling.

Abstract: A hollow plastic body comprises a material composite consisting of a stamp-formed panel or sheet-like first layer of a first thermoplastic synthetic material, an optionally stamp-formed panel or sheet-like second layer of a second synthetic material, and an open-cell or mixed-cell foam layer of a third synthetic material disposed between the first and the second layer. The foam layer may be compressed at least in some sections in accordance with the stamped form of the first layer and/or the second layer. The foam layer may be in mechanical contact with the first or/and second layer substantially only in the compressed sections. Advantageous manufacturing methods for hollow plastic bodies are further disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and to a manufacturing device for manufacturing a sandwich component. A semifinished product arrangement is soaked with a flowable matrix material, for example a resin, in particular by an infusion method. By using the method of the invention, inherent tensile stresses introduced by the respective method and remaining in the sandwich component to be manufactured are reduced, and moreover the risk of crack formation in the course of the process, afterwards and during operation of the sandwich component is minimized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for shaping, compacting, and supporting a composite material (C) contained between two flexible membranes (G, F) and capable of being stretched over a porous mold (A) are described. The apparatus enables the use of inexpensive mold despite the high pressures used. A counter-mold (M) having the same characteristics as the mold can be used in certain instances. The equipment enables the use of a plurality of molds and counter-molds during one manufacturing cycle.

Abstract: A manufacturing process for a bicycle hub includes steps of preparing dry carbon fiber fabric, covering around inner tube, placing in upper and lower molds, injecting adhesive into the upper and lower molds, and forming by heating and pressurizing. Because the manufacturing process uses tubular dry carbon fiber fabric to form a hub shell, the manufacturing process is simple and the produced hub has few defects. Thus, the production rate and product stability are enhanced.

Abstract: A film in-mold injection mold device, including: a first mold that has an injection port configured to inject a molding material; and a second mold that is configured to face the first mold and has a sucking mechanism configured to suck a film to be supplied at a time of molding, wherein the second mold has a movable protruding part configured to touch, when the film is sucked, the film before the film touches an outer periphery edge part of a concave part which is formed on the second mold depending on a shape of an article to be molded, so as to temporarily ensure a space between the outer periphery edge part and the film.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fibre reinforced composite is provided. Fibre material is connected together by a thread, wherein the thread has material which at least partly degrades before the manufacturing of the fibre reinforced composite is finished.

Abstract: A vehicle interior trim element has at least one substrate layer covered with a skin having an outer surface containing a plurality of asperities, regularly distributed on the outer surface. The outer surface of the skin defines an outer surface of the trim element that is visible within the vehicle interior. The trim element may be processed by applying a heat source on part of the outer surface forming a decorative area, the application of the heat source being arranged to at least reduce the height of the asperities in the decorative areas such that the decorative area has a different appearance from the rest of the outer surface.

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: A new cladding panel for use on recreational vehicles is produced by either a hand-laid or vacuum infusion process. In the hand-laid method, the cladding is formed by first introducing and curing a layer of gel coat onto a mold surface. Layers of fiber reinforced resin material are subsequently laid onto the gel coating and molded to form the cladding panel. In the vacuum infusion process, the gel coating is first laid onto a mold surface of a vacuum infusion mold, and then dry ply materials are laid onto the gel coating. The mold is closed and a resin component is infused into the dry laminate material under vacuum pressure and cured. The cladding panels produced by these methods produced are seamless and have limited waste associated with post-production trimming processes. Cladding panels produced using the vacuum infusion process have a more consistent composition and achieve improved part-to-part consistency.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a composite is provided. A bottom release layer is disposed within a cavity of a volumetrically restraining body structure for supporting a cast material. An air bag is disposed between the bottom release layer and one or more surfaces of the volumetrically restraining body structure within the cavity. An air compressor connected to the air bag pressurizes the air bag. The pressurized air bag compresses the cast material against the bottom release layer. The resin inlets disposed on the cast material infuse resin into the cast material. A vacuum outlet insertably connected in the cavity of the volumetrically restraining body structure, in communication with the cast material, draws a vacuum through the cast material and draws the resin into the cast material. The compression of the cast material reduces excessive resin rich areas in the composite created from the resin infused cast material.

Abstract: Use of a poly(vinyl alcohol) sheet having either i) a thickness of at least 200 ?m as a substrate having a reduced tendency to shrink back compared with the same poly(vinyl alcohol) sheet having a lesser thickness in a thermoforming process or ii) having a thickness of no more than 200 ?m as a substrate in a vacuum forming process, to produce a pocket in a mould, wherein the mould comprises at least one protrusion or depression on at least one surface and further wherein any protrusion does not extend to or above the upper surface of the mould is provided. Also provided is process of producing a rigid pocket by a thermo-forming process or a non-rigid pocket by a vacuum-forming process.

Abstract: A method of producing fiber-reinforced plastic uses a molding die which includes a resin filling port at one end; a resin suction port at the other end; a laminate body of a plurality of laminated fiber-reinforced base materials and housed in the inner space of the molding die; a resin diffusion medium extending from the resin filling port and provided on opposite surfaces of the laminate body to supply resin onto opposite surfaces of the laminate body from the resin filling port; and a resin suction medium extending from the resin suction port and provided along a side surface of the laminate body on the suction port side to contact the side surface or to have a gap from the side surface, in a state that gas or resin can be suctioned from the laminate body so that the gas or resin can be moved from the laminate body toward the resin suction port.

Abstract: A holding tool 2 for use in producing of laminated glass includes a frame 3, a bag member 4 and a supporting member 6b for suspending the bag member 4 from the frame 3. The bag member 4 is made of a film with flexibility and airtightness, is provided with a sealable opening and has evacuating ports 7a and 7b in the vicinity of an periphery of a flat shape thereof having the periphery sealed. The frame 3 has a first frame member 3w and a second frame member 3y opposing each other and disposed outside the periphery of the bag member 4, and the bag member 4 is suspended by the supporting member 6b movably against the frame 3 on a holding face formed at least by the first frame member 3w and the second frame member 3y inside an area formed by connecting ends of these frame members.

Abstract: A sheet-shaped gas adsorbent according to the present invention is composed of at least a thermoplastic resin and copper ion-exchanged ZSM-5 type zeolite (12), and typically represented by, for example, a single layer sheet-shaped gas adsorbent (10), which is configured of dispersing the copper ion-exchanged ZSM-5 type zeolite (12) in the thermoplastic resin sheet (11). Also, the insulating body according to the present invention comprises a sheet-shaped gas adsorbent having the aforementioned configuration, and typically represented by, for example, a configuration, in which a core member and a sheet-shaped gas adsorbent are covered with a sheath member.

Abstract: The method is capable of resin-molding one side face of a work in a molding die set, in which the work is sucked and held on at least one of clamping faces and resin-molded in a cavity concave section. The method comprises the steps of: sucking and holding a release film which covers at least one of the clamping faces of the molding die set; setting the work in the molding die set; sucking the other side face of the work through a work sucking hole of the release film, which is formed before or after holding the release film, so as to hold the work on the clamping face; closing the molding die set so as to clamp the work; and pressurizing and heating the resin, which has been accommodated in the cavity concave section, with resin.

Abstract: A vacuum forming method for a leather product, comprising the following steps: making a mold; heating a raw material of the leather product to a predetermined temperature and placing the raw material on a surface to form a pattern on the raw material, the pattern formed on the raw material corresponding to a pattern of the mold surface, wherein the raw material is disposed under a vacuum forming condition; and cooling the raw material of the leather product for making the leather product; wherein the predetermined temperature is between 150° C. to 200° C.; the vacuum forming condition is between 350 mmHg-700 mmHg for a vacuum degree. The present invention provides an easy manufacturing technique, which uses an easy-to-produce mold to form the leather product in one process, thereby providing the leather product with high emulation and high production efficiency.

Abstract: A vehicle body includes a main body and a low body coupled to a lower portion of the main body, wherein the main body includes a main inner skin made of fiber reinforced plastic, a main core frame coupled to the main inner skin, a main reinforcing frame coupled to the main core frame, and a main outer skin coupled to the main reinforcing frame and made of fiber reinforced plastic, wherein the main inner skin, the main core frame, the main reinforcing frame, and the main outer skin of the main body are formed integrally by molding, and wherein a front surface, a back surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, and an upper surface of each of the main inner skin, the main core frame, the main reinforcing frame, and the main outer skin are formed integrally by molding.

Abstract: A method and part forming apparatus configured for forming an aircraft stringer. The part forming apparatus may comprise a forming tool, a rigid plate, and a hollow bladder. The forming tool may comprise a material trough, a bladder extension trough laterally aligned with and open to the material trough, and a recessed pocket extending from either side of the bladder extension trough and adjacent to the material trough. The method comprises placing composite material into the material trough, placing the bladder onto the composite material and through the bladder extension trough, placing the rigid plate into the recessed pocket and over the bladder, and then placing skin laminate over the bladder and the composite material. Once each of these components is in place, the forming tool may be vacuum bagged and the composite material and skin laminate may be co-cured to form the stringer.

Abstract: A method for producing a foamed article including a supporting element, a foam layer, and an upholstery cover applied on said foam layer, comprising the steps of forming said upholstery cover by stitching together a plurality of lengths of upholstery cover, positioning the sewn upholstery cover on a convex positioning surface of a positioning member withholding the sewn upholstery cover on said positioning member by means of a first suction system, setting said positioning member with the sewn upholstery cover withheld thereon by suction in a bottom die of a foaming die, deactivating said first suction system and withholding the upholstery cover on a concave positioning surface of said bottom die by means of a second suction system, extracting said positioning member from said bottom die leaving said upholstery cover positioned and withheld by suction on said concave positioning surface, positioning a rigid supporting element on a plunger of said foaming die and closing the plunger on said bottom die so as to

Abstract: A polylactic acid based resin sheet includes a layer formed of a composition (D) containing polylactic acid (A), an ionic surface active agent (B), and a nonionic surface active agent (C), wherein the polylactic acid (A) has a content of 50 mass % or more and 99.5 mass % or less in the entire 100 mass % of the composition (D), and the mass ratio between the ionic surface active agent (B) and the nonionic surface active agent (C) satisfies 2?(B)/(C)?20.

Abstract: A device for detecting an air leak in a tool comprises a vacuum bag and a leak detection film disposed along an inside face of the vacuum bag. The leak detection film may include oxygen sensitive material configured to change physical appearance at a location of an air leak in the tool. A breather layer may be interposed between the tool and the leak detection film for facilitating air flow therebetween.

Abstract: A use of a core block for an impregnation process as well as a composite structure comprising such a core block is described. The core block has a first surface and a second surface, and a number of first grooves is formed in the first surface of the core. Furthermore, a number of second grooves is formed in the second surface of the core. The first grooves have a first height (h1) and a bottom, and the first grooves and the second grooves are part of a resin distribution network formed in the core block. The distance (t) between the bottom of the first grooves and the second surface of the core block is of such a size that the core block is flexible along the first grooves. Additionally, the sum of the first height and the second height is larger than the thickness of the core block, and at least one of the first grooves in the first surface of the core block crosses at least one of the second grooves in the second surface of the core block.

Abstract: A method for making an electrochemical cell includes, for example, providing a cathode powder; and pressing the cathode powder at a pressure of more than 500 bar and less than 10000 bar, resulting in a pressed cathode body with a pressed porosity of more than 5 vol % and less than 60 vol %.

Abstract: A mold for a production device for production of fiber-reinforced components by means of an injection process is provided. The mold has a mold surface to form a surface of the fiber-reinforced component, the mold surface having a first partial area and a second partial area and in which the mold has an injection area for injection of matrix material into fibrous material situated on the mold surface through the second partial area of the mold surface and evacuation area for evacuation of a mold volume bounded by the mold through the first partial area of the mold surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is an infusion method for the manufacture of a fibre-reinforced composite component with a flow promoter 18, wherein the flow velocity of the matrix material in a component 22 to be infiltrated is modified by means of the flow promoter 18; also disclosed is a flow promoter 18, which has an integral body section 20 for the modification of the flow velocity.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method for making composite structures by dispersing a high tenacity fiber such as aramid in a polymeric matrix to form a premix, combining the premix with a natural fiber such as wood flour and extruding the resulting mixture through a fiber alignment plate and die such that the fibers are substantially aligned in the flow direction of the extrudate.

Abstract: A method for producing a composite molded part from fiber-reinforced plastics material includes providing a prepreg semi-finished product including fibers that are pre-impregnated with a matrix material and encasing the semi-finished product with a flexible sheet material to form an inner arrangement. The flexible sheet material includes a gas-permeable membrane and an inner planar gas-conducting element. The inner arrangement is encased with a first gas-tight casing and positioned on a molding surface of a mold. The inner arrangement and molding surface is encased with a second gas-tight casing. A first negative pressure is applied to the inner planar gas-conducting element and the inside of the first gas-tight casing, and the entire arrangement is heated for a first time at a first temperature. A second negative pressure is applied to an inside of the second gas-tight casing and the entire arrangement is heated for a second time at a second temperature.

Abstract: A seat support and a method for obtaining same includes a support body made from polymeric materials derived from castor oil, a padding positioned on said body, and a coating that covers the padding. The padding includes at least one layer of foam made at least in part from a component derived from renewable sources and/or of natural origin like palm oil, castor oil, soybean oil, colza oil, or in general a vegetable oil, and it can include a layer and/or insert made from gel obtained by adding in dispersion with a polyolic and or isocyanic component, possible particles of cork and possible compatibilizing agents to maintain the continuity of the polymeric characteristics with the coating and promote sticking. The coating includes a polymer formed from castor oil. The seat support according to the present invention is therefore environmentally-friendly, biodegradable, easy to recycle and/or dispose of.

Abstract: An industrial-scale high throughput wafer bonding apparatus includes a wafer bonder chamber extending along a main axis and comprising a plurality of chamber zones, a plurality of heater/isolator plates, a guide rod system extending along the main axis, a pair of parallel track rods extending along the main axis, and first pressure means. The chamber zones are separated from each other and thermally isolated from each other by the heater/isolator plates. The heater/isolator plates are oriented perpendicular to the main axis, are movably supported and guided by the guide rod system and are configured to move along the direction of the main axis. Each of the chamber zones is dimensioned to accommodate an aligned wafer pair and the wafer pairs are configured to be supported by the parallel track rods. The first pressure means is configured to apply a first force perpendicular to a first end heater/isolator plate.

Abstract: A device for generating a hollow plastic profile, in particular a plastic tube, having an air guidance system for interior cooling of the tube, wherein said device allows for a more simple design, improved process properties, and better tube quality. The device according to the invention comprises an extrusion die (100) having a melt channel (114) encompassing the extrusion axis, an extruder that feeds plastic melt to the extrusion die (100), and a suction device for suctioning air through the interior of the profile opposite the direction of extrusion, wherein the extruder feeds the extrusion die (100) centrally and the suction device comprises a central suction tube (140) disposed within the melt channel and partial flow suction channels (144) connected to the central suction tube (140); in the suctioning direction and leading out of the interior of the extrusion die (100).

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a fan casing of a turbomachine made of composite material, in which a mold includes a cylindrical body of lengthways axis and side flanges, and in which a counter-mold includes a cylindrical body and side counter-flanges. The counter-flanges are configured to be attached securely to the flanges, the body of the mold and the body of the counter-mold are concentric, the preform is configured to be positioned between the body of the mold and the body of the counter-mold, and the material of the body of the mold has an appreciably higher expansion coefficient than that of the body of the counter-mold.

Abstract: Disclosed is an infusion method for the manufacture of a fibre-reinforced composite component with semi-finished textile products in an open moulding tool, in which at least one local gas reception space is designed for the reception of volatile substances, such as resin gases and residual air contained in the matrix material and/or in the system, which gas reception space is blocked off from the matrix material by a local semi-permeable membrane; also disclosed is a system for the execution of such a method.

Abstract: A method of deforming an outer wall of polymer pipe is provided. The method includes: forming dual-wall pipe having a smooth wall and a corrugated wall; extruding an outer wall of pipe onto the corrugated wall of the dual-wall pipe; penetrating the outer wall of pipe with a vacuum punch; and drawing a vacuum between the corrugated wall and the outer wall via the vacuum punch; wherein the vacuum drawn between the corrugated wall and the outer wall causes the outer wall to deform in a direction towards the corrugated wall. An apparatus for forming an outer wall of pipe and a mold configured to form a coupling preform in a segment of continuously-extruded and molded polymer pipe are also provided.