Abstract: A filler material is applied to a plurality of wood elements. The plurality of wood elements is bonded into a composite wood product, where the bonding includes delivering ultrasound energy to the plurality of wood elements. The ultrasound energy has a frequency within a frequency range of 10 kHz-20 MHz.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for molding composite articles are disclosed. The method generally involves the saturation of reinforcing fibers (e.g. glass fibers, carbon fibers, etc.) with a matrix (e.g. resin, epoxy, cyanate ester, vinyl ester, polyester, etc.) in/on a mold using a conventional resin transfer molding (“RTM”) process (e.g. “RTM-light”) or a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (“VARTM”) process (e.g. advanced VARTM or “A-VARTM”), and, once saturation is completed, the vibration of the matrix-infused fibers using controlled ultrasonic sound waves transmitted through the mold. By vibrating the matrix-infused fibers with the ultrasonic sound waves, the method and apparatus allow voids present between fibers to be closed and localized pockets of gases to be dislodged and degassed, and also allow the fibers to compact, thereby producing composite articles with reduced porosity and higher compaction.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer and a transducer holder for preventing the transmission of housing waves has a decoupling ring between a housing flange of a transducer housing and a holder flange of the transducer holder. Preferably, there is a gasket between the housing flange of the transducer housing and the decoupling ring in addition to a gasket between the decoupling ring and the holder flange of the transducer holder.

Abstract: A thermally conductive sheet has cut surfaces with low surface roughness and hence shows reduced thermal resistance at the interfaces, and high thermal conductivity in the thickness direction. Thus, the thermally conductive sheet can be interposed between any of various heat sources and a radiation member. The process for producing the thermally conductive sheet includes at least: an extrusion molding step in which a thermally conductive composition containing a polymer, an anisotropic thermally conductive filler, and a filler is extruded with an extruder to thereby mold an extrusion-molded product in which the anisotropic thermally conductive filler has been oriented along the extrusion direction; a curing step in which the extrusion-molded product is cured to obtain a cured object; and a slicing step in which the cured object is sliced into a given thickness with an ultrasonic cutter in the direction perpendicular to the extrusion direction.

Abstract: A preform station for forming a flexible semi-finished product and for transforming a flexible semi-finished product into a geometrically stable preform is provided. The preform station comprises a first pin array having a multitude of pins, on which the semi-finished product can be draped. Furthermore, the pins are movable along their longitudinal directions in order to form the flexible semi-finished product. Furthermore, the preform station comprises an activation device for activating a binder of the semi-finished product such that the semi-finished product can be transformed into the geometrically stable preform.

Abstract: A device for acting on a material web using ultrasonic includes an ultrasonic unit which has a converter a booster and a sonotrode, and a counter tool. The material web is guided through a gap between the sonotrode and the counter tool and acted upon by the sonotrode. The ultrasonic unit is adjustable relative to the counter tool by way of a movable carriage, and the booster is firmly connected to the carriage. A support supports at least one side surface of the sonotrode and guides the sonotrode in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light guide plate, such as a sign or guide display board, that guides light incoming from a side surface of a substrate thereof and guides the light outgoing from a major surface thereof. The method includes arranging fabrication dots in a matrix shape at a rectangular distal surface of a ultrasonic fabrication horn, forming, on a major surface of the light guide plate substrate, reflection dots corresponding to the fabrication dots on the distal surface upon pressing the distal surface of the ultrasonic fabrication horn to the major surface of the light guide plate substrate, and forming the reflection dots in a prescribed range on the major surface of the light guide plate substrate by repeating formation of the reflection dot upon correlative movement of the ultrasonic fabrication horn within the major surface with respect to the light guide plate substrate.

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: It comprises a support (3), an ultrasonic transducer (1), a sonotrode (2), a nozzle (4), at an end part of said sonotrode, and a melting chamber (5) in communication with a deposition outlet (4a) through a discharging channel (6a) wherein: an internal channel (6) extends through the sonotrode (2) allowing a loose passage of plastic material in solid state; said internal channel (6) extends along a section with a progressive reduction of its clearance area through a truncated conical section providing said discharging channel (6a) and containing said melting chamber (5); several longitudinal profiles or ribs (10), located as a cone generator and angularly offset are protruding from the interior wall of the conical section of the melting chamber (5), having a multifaceted end (11) facing and opposed to an entrance to said melting chamber (5).

Abstract: A mold for nanoimprint lithography assisted by a determined wavelength is disclosed. According to some aspects, a layer made from a first material including, on a first face, a layer made from a second rigid material in which n structured zones with micrometric or nanometric patterns (n?1) are made, and, on the face opposite said first face, a layer made from a third rigid material in which n recesses are formed, opposite the n structured zones. The n recesses are filled with a fourth material to form n portions. The transmittance at the determined wavelength of the layer of third material is lower than the transmittance of any one of the n portions; and the transmittance of the layers of first, second, and third materials at the determined wavelength ?det is such that the transmission of a light with determined wavelength ?det through said layers is lower than the transmission of the light through any one of the n portions and the layers of first and second materials.

Abstract: A process, product, and product by process related to sonic welding, for quickly, compressing, shaping, and decarboxylating cannabinoids; preferably from Cannabis ; for oral ingestion without using any liquids or solvents; such process breaks down the Cannabis plant's cellulosic structure; increasing oil extraction; while compaction decreases transportation and storage costs, making the end product desirable as an additional ingredient in other edibles.

Abstract: A lens molding apparatus (100) of the present invention includes: a mold (1) having a transfer surface (1a) for transferring a predetermined lens shape to a resin material; a mold (2) having a transfer surface (2a) for transferring a predetermined lens shape to the resin material; a support device (3) for moving the mold (1); a heating device (4) curing the resin material so as to form a lens, the resin material having been supplied between the transfer surface (1a) and the transfer surface (2a); and an ultrasonic vibrator (5) applying vibration from a side surface of the mold (1 or 2) so as to form a gap at least at a part between the transfer surface (1a or 2a) and the lens.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a device for measuring characteristics of polymeric fluids (semi-dilute and concentrated polymer solutions and melts) in extremely strong elongational flows. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a device for measuring characteristics of polymeric fluids (semi-dilute and concentrated polymer solutions and melts) in extremely strong elongational flows in spinning jets and/or electrified jets. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for determining the elastic modulus and the relaxation time of a polymeric fluid. Also, the present invention enables one to determine and/or measure the primary parameters needed to describe a viscoelastic material.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for selectively micro pattern replication using ultrasonic waves, the apparatus including: (1) a to-be-processed substrate scheduled to be replicated with a first pattern in a first area which is a part of a predetermined area; (2) a mold provided with a second pattern at least in an area corresponding to the predetermined area, on which the to-be-processed substrate is fixed; (3) a masking layer provided to be contacted with the to-be-processed substrate on a side opposite to a side facing the mold and including a masking area in an area corresponding to the first area; and (4) a tool horn for transferring ultrasonic vibration to the masking layer. If the tool horn transfers the ultrasonic vibration to the masking layer, the to-be-processed substrate is pressed to the mold.

Abstract: A method for the continuous production of cookies having a high content of large inclusions, such as chocolate chips, nuts, and fruit pieces includes extruding a cookie dough containing the inclusions through a die orifice to obtain an extrudate dough rope, and cutting the extrudate dough rope with an ultrasonic cutting blade. The ultrasonic cutting severs the extrudate dough rope into dough pieces which fall onto a moving conveyer into a substantially uniform or regular array for uniform baking. The ultrasonic cutter is controlled to provide a roughened top surface on a dough piece to provide a home baked appearance upon baking, while cutting through the inclusions without substantial displacement of the inclusions which would cause pock marks on the surface of the dough piece, and without substantial dough piece weight variation.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for thermally treating webs having thermoplastic respectively meltable compounds, thereby creating cylindrical or elliptic consolidation regions which may optionally have an aperture by employing a thermal energy source, such as ultrasonic energy, as well as to webs with elliptic consolidation regions. In a particular, the apparatus and methods create consolidation regions by using an anvil with a flexible elongated member, such as a wire, a chain or a tubular anvil with circumferential ribs.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a melting chamber (6) in communication with a moulding cavity made up by two half-moulds (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 method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic device for molding micro plastic parts, which combines: a) a mold cavity configured in a mold having an inlet for supplying plastic material to a chamber with an access opening and the chamber facing the cavity at a distal end in relation to its access opening; b) a cantilevered ultrasonic vibration element associated with an ultrasound generator, with an end portion or tip inserted tightly into the chamber through the access opening in an axially centered manner; c) a movement device for generating a relative movement between the end portion and the parts of the mold so that the end portion engages with the supplied plastic material and exerts a pressure of pre-determined magnitude thereon upon activation of the ultrasonic vibration element.

Abstract: A device for acting on a material web using ultrasonic includes an ultrasonic unit which has a converter a booster and a sonotrode, and a counter tool. The material web is guided through a gap between the sonotrode and the counter tool and acted upon by the sonotrode. The ultrasonic unit is adjustable relative to the counter tool by way of a movable carriage, and the booster is firmly connected to the carriage. A support supports at least one side surface of the sonotrode and guides the sonotrode in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Abstract: Injection molding, parts onto a carrier web (34) located between mold halves (18,20). Flow of polymer melt into the mold is assisted by application of ultrasonic energy to the mold cavity. After the molding operation, mold halves are separated, and the carrier web is advanced, or indexed, to a next position for another molding sequence. Molding apparatus comprises a moving mold face (20), that can move toward and away from a first mold member (18) (which can be stationary) in which the mold cavity is located, a means (24,25,26,30,32) for moving and/or indexing carrier web between the first mold member and the moving mold face, means (16) to inject polymer melt into the mold cavity, and an ultrasonic system (42) providing ultrasonic energy to the mold cavity. The carrier web can transport molded parts to subsequent process steps, such as coating, drying, inspection, curing, assembly or packaging.

Abstract: An optical molding apparatus molds a three-dimensional model by stacking cured layers. Each cured layer is formed by emitting light according to cross-sectional-shape data of the three-dimensional model onto a surface of photo-curable resin. The optical molding apparatus includes a container that contains the photo-curable resin, a movable stage that is movable in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the photo-curable resin, an optical system that emits the light onto the surface of the photo-curable resin contained in the container so as to form each cured layer on the movable stage, and a discharging mechanism that performs a discharging operation for discharging new photo-curable resin onto a surface of each cured layer formed on the movable stage before stacking a subsequent cured layer.

Abstract: A compacting device of the invention includes: a die (11) having a through hole (10) extending in a vertical direction; and a container support (12) inserted into the through hole (10) vertically from below, disposed to be vertically movable in the through hole (10), and supporting a container (3) from below while being in contact with a portion of a lower surface of the container (3). The container support (12) and the through hole (10) define a housing space (S) for the container (3). The compacting device further includes: a lower punch (20a) for applying ultrasonic vibration to powder contained in the container (3); and an upper punch (20b). The container support (12) has a movement path (15) for the lower punch (20a), formed along the entire vertical length of the container support (12).

Abstract: Device and apparatus for selective deposition of molten plastic material and method of manufacture by selective deposition. The device and the apparatus include a melting chamber communicated with a portion of a sonotrode of an ultrasonic transducer, a passage for feeding plastic material, and at least one outlet opening for supplying molten plastic material dropwise or continuously. A feeding of plastic material to the melting chamber is provided. The method includes feeding plastic material to the melting chamber configured in a device for selective deposition installed in a head of a piece of industrial manufacturing equipment, which is moved according to a strategy of its path defined by numerical control on a deposition area, and pouring plastic material melted by ultrasound through the outlet opening.

Abstract: It comprises a support (3), an ultrasonic transducer (1), a sonotrode (2), a nozzle (4), at an end part of said sonotrode, and a melting chamber (5) in communication with a deposition outlet (4a) trough a discharging channel (6a) wherein: an internal channel (6) extends through the sonotrode (2) allowing a loose passage of plastic material in solid state; said internal channel (6) extends along a section with a progressive reduction of its clearance area through a truncated conical section providing said discharging channel (6a) and containing said melting chamber (5); several longitudinal profiles or ribs (10), located as a cone generator and angularly offset are protruding from the interior wall of the conical section of the melting chamber (5), having a multifaceted end (11) facing and opposed to an entrance to said melting chamber (5).

Abstract: An apparatus for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers includes a plurality of blow-moulding stations that each have at least one receptacle space, within which the plastic preforms can be expanded into the plastic containers. The apparatus also includes a conveying device that conveys the containers along at least one specified travel path, wherein the apparatus has a plurality of heating devices that are arranged along the travel path of each container, upstream of the blow-moulding stations, wherein at least one heating device is allocated to at least one blow-moulding station.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for using acoustic radiation forces to order particles suspended in a host liquid are described. The particles may range in size from nanometers to millimeters, and may have any shape. The suspension is placed in an acoustic resonator cavity, and acoustical energy is supplied thereto using acoustic transducers. The resulting pattern may be fixed by using a solidifiable host liquid, forming thereby a solid material. Patterns may be quickly generated; typical times ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes. In a one-dimensional arrangement, parallel layers of particles are formed. With two and three dimensional transducer arrangements, more complex particle configurations are possible since different standing-wave patterns may be generated in the resonator.

Abstract: A molding apparatus for packaging a semiconductor device includes an upper mold having a first cavity, a lower mold having a second cavity corresponding to the first cavity, and a selective flow facilitation unit. The first and second cavities are configured to receive a printed circuit board (PCB). The selective flow facilitation unit is configured to increase a flow of a molding resin in a selective area of the PCB. The flow of the molding resin in the selective area of the PCB is faster than the flow of the molding resin in a non-selective area of the PCB.

Abstract: A method for creating apertures with melted edges in a web shaped material including feeding a web-shaped material through a nip between a rotational ultrasonic horn and a rotational anvil roller, so as to create melted regions in the web-shaped material, while the web is residing on the anvil roller having a rotational speed. The method further includes controlling the rotational speed of the ultrasonic horn to a speed other than that of the anvil roller, such that a speed difference is created between the horn and the anvil roller. The speed difference is selected such that a stress created in the web acts to rupture the centers of the melted regions in the web-shaped material, whereby the apertures with melted edges are created.

Abstract: A method and a device to be used in the process of manufacturing plates, such as fiberboards or the like boards, where the raw material in form of bio-mass particles, such as wood fibers or the like, applied with a thermosetting binder is spread onto a forming belt to form a mat, and where said mat by means of a hot press is compressed into the desired thickness of the finished plate and the thermosetting binder is hardened. According to the inventing a system and corresponding method for manufacturing biomass-based products is provided that has enhanced efficiency due to the application of ultra sound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for shaping a pharmaceutically active substance in the form of powders, granules, multiparticulate medicaments, in particular pellets and microcapsules, for the production of a tablet or a multiparticulate medicament by means of ultrasound, with an ultrasound generator, a sonotrode and a mould, into which the pharmaceutically active substance can be poured.

Abstract: A loose mixture formed of one or more solid inert materials and a hardenable resin dissolved in an organic solvent, in particular the remainder of the initial mix used for the manufacture of conglomerate stone sheets, is rendered inert by means of dielectric heating at a frequency of less than 300 MHz. A plant for implements a method where a loose mixture is formed of one or more solid inert materials and a hardenable resin dissolved in an organic solvent, in particular the remainder of the initial mix used for the manufacture of conglomerate stone sheets, is rendered inert by means of dielectric heating at a frequency of less than 300 MHz.

Abstract: A method of producing a three-dimensional structure contains the steps of: arranging a substrate close to a tip of a needle-shaped fluid-ejection body having a fine diameter supplied with a solution, ejecting a fluid droplet having an ultra-fine diameter toward a surface of the substrate by applying a voltage having a prescribed waveform to the needle-shaped fluid-ejection body, making the droplet fly and land on the substrate, and solidifying the droplet after the fluid droplet is landed on the substrate; further a three-dimensional structure has a fine diameter comprises droplets having an ultra-fine particle diameter, wherein the structure is grown by solidifying the droplets and stacking the solidified droplets.

Abstract: To separate resin molded parts that are used for a push button switch member with less light leakage from the side faces and less trouble in key operation, easily, a resin molded body comprises one or more resin molded parts for a push button switch member, a frame surrounding the outside of the resin molded parts, one or more gates connecting a plurality of the resin molded parts each other or the resin molded part to the frame and one or more runners crossing the longitudinal direction of the gates, wherein the gates are connected at the back faces of the resin molded parts not to be coated with light shielding paint, and wherein the runners are connected to the gates on the same surfaces as the resin molded parts are connected to and are connecting the opposing sides of the frame.

Abstract: To separate resin molded parts that are used for a push button switch member with less light leakage from the side faces and less trouble in key operation, easily, a resin molded body comprises one or more resin molded parts for a push button switch member, a frame surrounding the outside of the resin molded parts, one or more gates connecting a plurality of the resin molded parts each other or the resin molded part to the frame and one or more runners crossing the longitudinal direction of the gates, wherein the gates are connected at the back faces of the resin molded parts not to be coated with light shielding paint, and wherein the runners are connected to the gates on the same surfaces as the resin molded parts are connected to and are connecting the opposing sides of the frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is nanoimprint technology that enables the transfer of fine patterns to the surfaces of various molding materials, including general-purpose engineering plastic, in a short manufacturing process time. Embodiments of the present invention include a nanoimprint method for transferring fine patterns of a mold surface to a molding material by pressing the mold against the molding material while applying ultrasonic vibrations that propagate in the direction of application of a load, where the application of the ultrasonic vibrations and the load is started without heating said molding material to glass-transition temperature and, during at least the application of ultrasonic vibrations, said mold is fixed to the application mechanism of said ultrasonic vibrations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for equalizing the orientation of fillers and/or distribution of fillers in a molding compound comprising filled plastic material of an injection molded part. A method of this type is required in particular during injection molding. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the injection mold and the molding compound are supplied with sound during injection molding in the injection mold. The sound has a frequency in the range of the spectrum of the first ten natural frequencies of the filler-matrix system. By supplying with this sound, the fillers, for example fibers, are distributed within the injection molding compound in a more isotropic manner with respect to their orientation and distribution so that significantly better mechanical and optical properties of the injection molded part are produced.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for moulding plastic containers (10), including a transport device (2) which transports the plastic preforms, including a heating device (4) for heating areas of the plastic preforms (10) and including a stretching device (6) mechanically acting upon the plastic preforms, which stretching device stretches the plastic preforms (10) along the longitudinal direction (L) thereof. According to the invention the heating device (4) and the stretching device (6) are arranged in such a way that the plastic preforms may be heated before and after the stretching of the plastic preforms (10).

Abstract: A cutting mechanism (40) in a preferred form of an ultrasonically vibrating titanium knife (42) is moved in a cutting path parallel to but without physical contact with the die face (18) of an extrusion die (16) with its faces (46, 48) at a minor acute angle relative to the die face (18). The die face (18) is at an acute angle to the conveyance direction of a conveyance mechanism (12) defining a preferred form of a takeaway device. The cutting mechanism (40) is moved in a return path from the completion of the cutting path in the extrudate direction away from the die face (18), away from the conveyance mechanism (12), and then towards the die face (18) to the initiation of the cutting path. The cutting mechanism (40) is spaced from and does not physically contact the conveyance mechanism (12) at all times in the cutting path so that the individual piece is cut from the extrudate in mid-air.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic device for molding micro plastic parts, which combines: a) a mold cavity configured in a mold having an inlet for supplying plastic material to a chamber with an access opening and the chamber facing the cavity at a distal end in relation to its access opening; b) a cantilevered ultrasonic vibration element associated with an ultrasound generator, with an end portion or tip inserted tightly into the chamber through the access opening in an axially centered manner; c) a movement device for generating a relative movement between the end portion and the parts of the mold so that the end portion engages with the supplied plastic material and exerts a pressure of pre-determined magnitude thereon upon activation of the ultrasonic vibration element.

Abstract: Apparatus and process are described for forming projections on a substrate for use as hook-type fasteners in touch fastening systems, wherein vibration energy may be used to soften a substrate which may be positioned between a mold and a source of vibration. The mold may include a plurality of cavities into which the softened substrate may be forced to form the projections. The substrate may comprise a film, sheet, web, composite, laminate, etc. and be useful as an attachment strip for temporary or permanent fastening. The source of vibration may be an ultrasonic horn. The process to form such projections may be operated in a continuous, semi-continuous or intermittent manner.

Abstract: A process for producing a plastic lens comprises, using a mold constituted with a pair of mold members facing each other and a plastic gasket which fixes the mold members to form a cavity and has an inlet for injecting a composition of a material monomer into the cavity, injecting the composition of a material monomer into the cavity through the inlet of the plastic gasket, sealing the inlet of the plastic gasket and, thereafter, conducting polymerization, wherein the inlet of the plastic gasket is sealed by the ultrasonic welding. No striae is formed in the produced lens, and the operations of the production can be performed efficiently at a high speed.

Abstract: An apparatus for the forming of a lay-up of fibre composite material, in particular in the aerospace sector is provided. In this case, the apparatus has at least one forming tool, which has a surface contour corresponding to a desired geometry of the lay-up after the forming, and a tool carrier, to which the at least one forming tool is releasably fastened. From a further viewpoint, the invention makes available an apparatus with a modular structure, it then being possible for any desired forming tools to be combined with the tool carrier according to requirements. This leads in particular to less laborious handling, since it obviates the need for handling of the comparatively large tool carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal conditioning furnace (10) including a first infrared (IR1) heating element (32), an ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer (76) and a second infrared (IR2) heating element (34) for successively carrying out a decontamination for sterilizing at least the outer surface (28) of the body (14) of the perform (12), and to an equipment (56) including such a furnace (10) for producing sterile vessels (68) by a blowing or stretching-blowing technique from decontaminated performs (12) of a thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A noise absorber carpet comprised of a fabric layer portion and a resinous backing layer portion, wherein the fabric layer portion and the resinous backing layer portion are heat bonded with a press into the noise absorber carpet. The press includes perforation pins and a cooling medium. The resinous backing layer portion is provided with noise absorbing perforations formed by contact with the perforation pins of the press and cooled by the cooling medium. The perforations are cooled by the cooling medium with the press simultaneously with the bonding of the resinous backing layer portion with the fabric layer portion and the cooling of the press by the cooling medium, thereby providing for instant curing and fixation of the shape of the perforations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing high performance polymer composites via ultrasonic treatment after initial mixing. These high performance polymer composites made from a combination of polymer and nanofibers and/or nanotubes. The ultrasonic treating method of the disclosed allows a more highly dispersed polymer composite mixture which provides increased thermal, mechanical and electrical properties.

Abstract: Described are methods for processing material, material processing systems, and processable materials. Preferred embodiments relate to a method of and apparatus for producing formable products such as polymer products and thermoplastic materials.

Abstract: In the field of shaping fabrics there is a need for a method and apparatus for the shaping of fabrics which utilises ultrasonic techniques while improving the versatility of being able to change the profile to be cut/embossed. A method of shaping fabric comprises creating a former having a surface relief which defines the desired profile and/or surface pattern, placing the fabric to be shaped onto the former to overlie said surface relief and remain in a fixed position relative thereto, and sweeping an ultrasonic head in at least two dimensions over the area of fabric overlying the former whilst pressing the fabric between said head and the former such that the profile and/or surface pattern on said former is transferred to said fabric.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel anisometric mesoparticles and nanoparticles in the form of anisometric mesofibers/nanofibers, mesopipes/nanopipes, mesobands/nanobands, mesocables/nanocables, and the curved and branched or superimposed variations thereof as well as a novel method for the production thereof. The invention particularly relates to anisometric mesoparticles and nanoparticles which have an aerodynamic diameter <5 ?m, the production thereof, loading thereof with active substances if the same cannot directly be utilized as an active substance, and the use thereof especially for producing medicaments against lung diseases or systemic diseases in humans and animals if the particles cannot directly be utilized as medicaments without carriers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for shaping a pharmaceutically active substance in the form of powders, granules, multiparticulate medicaments, in particular pellets and microcapsules, for the production of a tablet or a multiparticulate medicament by means of ultrasound, with an ultrasound generator, a sonotrode and a mould, into which the pharmaceutically active substance can be poured.