Abstract: A rotomolding tool having a textured surface is provided. The tool comprises a shell having a body portion and an upper mold surface having a grain texture, at least the body portion comprising a nickel-iron alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion of at most 5.0×10?6 in/in/° F. at temperatures between 100° and 500° F.

Abstract: A mold for plastic forming having excellent seizure resistance controlled by adjusting its surface properties. In addition, a process producing the mold, that includes: roughening a surface of a base material by a shot blast method to adjust its arithmetic averaged roughness Ra: higher than 1 ?m but 2 ?m or lower; polishing the surface of the base material to adjust its skewness Rsk to 0 or lower while retaining Ra: 0.3 ?m or higher; and forming a hard film on the surface of the base material where the surface of the hard film has an arithmetic averaged roughness Ra: 0.3 ?m or higher but 2 ?m or lower and skewness Rsk: 0 or lower. Adjusting the surface of the mold to have a non-concave-biased configuration, limits the capacity for concaves to accumulate lubricant, such that the lubricant is sufficiently deposited on the surfaces of the convexes.

Abstract: A mold for processing optical film includes a substrate, a copper oxide film, and a hydrophobic fluorinated self-assembled monolayer film. The substrate has a copper surface. The copper oxide film is formed on the copper surface. The hydrophobic fluorinated self-assembled monolayer film is formed on the surface of the copper oxide film. The mold provides easy release of the hydrophobic fluorinated self-assembled monolayer film.

Abstract: A method of producing a mold having an uneven structure and a mold for an optical element are provided. The method includes forming on a nickel substrate a mixed film using nickel and a material which phase separates from nickel simultaneously, the mixed film including a plurality of cylinders including nickel as a component thereof and a matrix region including the material which phase separates from nickel as a component thereof and surrounding the plurality of cylinders; and removing the matrix portion from the mixed film by etching to give a mold including nickel or a nickel alloy. The uneven structure is disposed in plurality on the substrate, and a pitch of the uneven structure is within a range of 30 nm or more and 500 nm or less and a depth of the uneven structure is within a range of 100 nm or more.

Abstract: Refractory glass-forming tools, including glass-forming molds incorporating protective metal nitride surface coatings, with optional alumina barrier layers disposed between the mold bodies and coating for high-temperature nitride coating stability, offering particular advantages for the manufacture by direct molding of optically finished glass products such as information display cover glasses from refractory alkali aluminosilicate glasses at molding temperatures up to and above 800° C.

Abstract: A thermal insulation stamper includes a first metal layer, a heat insulating layer, an intermediate layer, a conductive coating, and a second metal layer. The first metal layer has a fine pattern on an exposed surface. The heat insulating layer is formed of a heat-resistant resin and overlies the first metal layer. The heat-resistant resin contains oxygen. The intermediate layer overlies the heat insulating layer. The conductive coating overlies the intermediate metal layer. The second metal layer overlies the conductive coating. A region with a high concentration of oxygen is formed in the vicinity of an interface between the heat insulating layer and the intermediate layer. A method for producing such a thermal insulation stamper is also disclosed.

Abstract: Direct-metal deposition (DMD), preferably under closed-loop control, is used to fabricate alloy-variant material structures which provide a combination of desirable physical and mechanical properties. Use of the invention facilitates the production of high-strength, high-wear, and impact-resistant structures which decrease the likelihood of erosion, heat checking and brittle failure in injection molds, die casting, thixomolding and other, more exotic tooling. The invention uses DMD to deposit a first material or alloy in an area exposed to high wear, such as the tooling gate area, with a second material or alloy being used elsewhere in the tool for greater impact resistance. Advantageously, the areas may be of a user-defined thickness to further improve longevity. The resulting composite material structure has mechanical properties (i.e.

Abstract: A blow mold is disclosed. The mold includes a pair of mold halves having an operative configuration wherein the mold halves together define a cavity for a container, the container having a main body and a characteristic selected from the group of characteristics consisting of: a push-up base; an integral finish; and an embossed or a debossed feature. Each of the pair of mold halves has a first portion and a second portion formed integrally with the first portion. When the pair of mold halves is in the operative configuration, the first portions collectively define the main body and the second portions collectively define the characteristic. At least one of the pair of mold halves has a relatively soft substrate portion and a relatively hard surface layer formed integrally with the substrate portion.

Abstract: A surface treatment method includes covering a surface of a casting mold with a carbon film containing at least one type of nanocarbon selected from the group of carbon nanocoils, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofilaments, and further applying fullerenes to that surface. With this surface treatment method being performed on a surface (a cavity surface, etc. of a casting mold) making contact with a molten casting material such as aluminum, etc., sticking of the molten casting material to the mold is inhibited, release resistance of the product is reduced, and release effectiveness is improved. The release effectiveness lasts longer than in the case of a conventional carbon film.

Abstract: A method for forming metal-polymer hybrid tooling includes patterning a surface of a member such as a silicon wafer, stainless steel, nickel or nickel alloy, engaging a polymer layer with the patterned features of the surface of the silicon wafer to form the polymer layer having a reverse of the patterned surface the silicon wafer, removing the patterned polymer layer to expose a patterned polymer layer surface, depositing a metallic layer on the patterned polymer layer surface, and wherein the deposited metallic layer on the patterned polymer layer is operable to form parts with features having a width dimension between about 0.01 microns and about 100 microns and a height dimension of between about 0.01 micron and about 800 microns (e.g., up to aspect ratio of 8).

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of replicating a master using a patterned silicone daughter mold, from a master mold, the daughter mold having a layer of a ductile metal on the patterned surface thereof.

Abstract: A method of treating a surface of a mold that includes supplying a fullerene into an amorphous carbon layer that covers the surface of the mold and heating the amorphous carbon layer to at least 400° C. while covering a surface of the amorphous carbon layer with a covering member.

Abstract: Providing a metal mold repair method and a metal mold repair paste agent which are capable of repairing cracks with simple work. A repair paste agent containing components that become an alloy is directly applied to a surface of a metal mold having a crack so as to cover the crack part, subsequently a surface of the repair paste agent is coated with an oxidation inhibitor and the repair paste agent is made to penetrate the inside of the crack by heating and becomes an alloy, thereby filling up the crack.

Abstract: A method of in-mold coating utilizing an injection molding machine oriented to a horizontal parting line. At the beginning of the cycle the mold opens and a charge of liquid coating solution is deposited onto the lower mold insert. A ophthalmic wafer is deposited on the coating to spread it across the insert surface. The mold is closed and a pre-cure phase elapses before the thermoplastic resin is injected into the mold cavity above the wafer. The process provides coated and functionally enhanced lenses upon ejection from the molding machine.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hot-runner component includes providing a laser assembly, manufacturing a hot-runner component portion of a metallic material, introducing a property enhancing material to the hot-runner component portion, melting the property enhancing material onto the hot-runner component portion using a laser beam emitted from the laser assembly, and solidifying the melted property enhancing material on the hot-runner component portion.

Abstract: A passivating agent for metallic surfaces of workpieces or casting molds includes an aqueous phosphate solution with metal ions and a gelatin.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions containing agents having release activity, emulsifiers and customary auxiliaries and additives, wherein a combination of A) at least one agent having a release activity, selected from the group consisting of soaps, oils, waxes and silicones, and B) polyisobutylene is used as agents having release activity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mold for making a composite material part, the mold being coated in a stripping composition. The stripping composition comprises: 100 parts by weight of a base ingredient consisting in epoxy polydimethylsiloxane; 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a polymerization agent for polymerizing the base ingredient and constituted by a diaryliodonium salt; not more than 30 parts by weight of an anti-adhesion modulator constituted by a silicone polymer; and not more than 40 parts by weight of an anti-stick agent making the composition less tacky prior to polymerization and constituted by at least one vinyl ether compound.

Abstract: A molten metal casting die having a modified surface, a method for making such dies, and a method for making articles of manufacture from such dies is disclosed. The methods are designed to protect die steel surfaces from corrosion by molten metals substantially containing liquid copper.

Abstract: The invention concerns a metal, iron-containing permanent mold, in particular a permanent mold made of steel, which can be subjected to a liquid or flowable aluminum material, and in which a coating for protecting the permanent mold and for achieving an optimal casting result can be produced using a mold release agent. The invention additionally concerns a mold release agent for producing such a coating, and a method for producing such a coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel metal mold having anti-adhesive properties comprising a base metal mold and an anti-adhesive layer comprising a fluorinated alkyl phosphoric acid derivative: or a fluorinated alkyl poly-phosphoric acid derivative, including a phosphorous atom and an alkyl chain. The anti-adhesive layer is bonded directly onto a surface of the base metal mold. The base metal mold may be e.g. Nickel, and said fluorinated alkyl phosphoric acid derivative or said fluorinated alkyl poly-phosphoric acid derivative may be selected front the group consisting of phosphonic acids, phosphinic acids, phosphonates and phosphonate salts, phosphinates and phosphinate salts, or their respective oligomers, such that the phosphorous atom is coupled directly to the alkyl chain, such that the phosphorous atom is coupled directly to the alkyl chain.

Abstract: A pelletizing die plate is useful with a main die body with passageways. The pelletizing die plate includes a die plate body, which is made of a hard composite material. The hard composite material contains a low thermal conductivity matrix of hard matrix particles and an infiltrant alloy bonded to the hard matrix particles to form the hard composite material. The hard matrix particles includes between greater than zero and up to about 20 weight percent titanium carbide particles and the balance cast tungsten carbide particles. The infiltrant alloy contains at least one or more of nickel and copper. The hard matrix particles are between about 50 weight percent and about 70 weight percent of the hard composite material and the infiltrant alloy are between about 30 weight percent and about 50 weight percent of the hard composite material. The hard composite material has a thermal conductivity less than or equal to about 25 Watt/m° K.

Abstract: A mold includes a substrate and a plurality of micro-structures. The micro-structures are disposed on the substrate. Each of the micro-structures includes a supporting layer and a convex top portion. The supporting layer is disposed on the substrate, wherein the material of the supporting layer is amorphous metal. The convex top portion is disposed on the supporting layer, wherein the material of the convex top portion is a thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: A steel base material is hardened to produce the base material having a martensite structure, a surface coating layer made of an amorphous Ni—P alloy is formed on the surface of the base material, and the base material is heat-treated to transform the structure of the base material into a troostite structure or a sorbite structure and also to transform the structure of the surface coating layer into an eutectic structure of Ni and Ni3P. This prevents the surface coating layer from producing cracks at the molding temperature and prevents the plastic deformation of the mold, thereby maintaining the shape of the mold with high accuracy.

Abstract: Provided is a method of making microarrays that includes providing a substrate with discrete first microfeatures that have a first profile, and depositing vapor-coated materials onto the first microfeatures to form second microfeatures having a second profile that is substantially different from the first profile. Also provided is a method of adding a replication material to the vapor-coated microfeatures to form a mold. Microarrays made by this method can be used as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).

Abstract: An object is to improve the durability of a mold and reduce the cost of the mold. A disc-molding mold includes a first mold; and a second mold disposed in opposition to the first mold such that the second mold can advance and retreat. One of the first and second molds includes a base material having a roughened surface, and a coating layer formed on the surface of the base material through coating treatment. A stamper attachment surface is defined on a surface of the coating layer. Since a coating layer is formed on the roughened surface of the base material through coating treatment, the area of contact between the base material and the coating layer can be increased. Therefore, the adhesion force between the base material and the coating layer increases, so that the coating layer becomes unlikely to peel off, whereby the durability of the mold can be improved, and the cost of the mold can be reduced.

Abstract: An object is to improve the wear resistance of a mold part and improve accuracy of disc substrates. A disc-molding mold comprises a first mold including a first support plate and a first mirror-surface disc attached to the first support plate; and a second mold including a second support plate and a second mirror-surface disc attached to the second support plate. A sliding surface of a mold part disposed on one of the first and second molds is treated by means of low-temperature nitriding. In this case, since the mold part is treated by means of low-temperature nitriding, the wear resistance of the mold part can be improved. In addition, since the treatment temperature is low, even when low-temperature nitriding is performed on a mold part which is complicated in shape, the mold part does not deform, and its dimensional variation can be decreased.

Abstract: A metallic, ferriferous permanent mold, especially a permanent steel mold, is provided that can be impinged upon with a liquid or flowable aluminum material, a layer for protecting the permanent form and for obtaining an optimum cast result being producible by means of a mold release agent. The invention also relates to a mold release agent for producing said layer and to a method for producing said layer.

Abstract: The invention provides: a mold for molding optical glass, the mold comprising: a mold base; and a protective film comprising one or two or more layers formed on the mold base, the outermost layer of the protective film containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Tl, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, Bi, S, Se, and Te; a process for producing the mold; and a process for press-molding with the mold.

Abstract: Process for producing single layer and multilayer polyolefin foam pipes with improved compression resistance having a polyolefin foam layer which consists of mixtures of modified propylene polymers having strain hardening behaviour or propylene homopolymers with a stereospecificity index >98% or propylene copolymers with a stereospecificity index of the homopolymer matrix of >96%. The polyolefin foam pipes include coated steel pipes for transporting crude oil or gas products or district heating applications, single layer pipes for insulation purposes and for non- or low-pressure applications and multilayer plastic pipes for the transportation of hot or cold fluids.

Abstract: A method for coating golf ball components is provided and includes the step of adhering a thin layer of a non-ionomeric polyolefin powder to the interior surfaces of a golf ball mold. The polyolefin powder is adhered to the mold using electrostatic, tribostatic or fluidized bed processes. The golf ball component is placed within the mold, and a sufficient amount of heat and pressure is applied to the mold so that the thin layer of non-ionomeric polyolefin powder fuses to the golf ball component.

Abstract: An optical disk mold is provided. The optical disk mold includes a first mold plate, a second mold plate, and a stamper. A mold cavity having a disk-shape is included between the first mold plate and the second mold plate for manufacturing an optical disk. A heat-keeping surface layer formed by a spraying process is included on a surface of the second mold plate in the mold cavity, so that the optical disk mold has a better pattern-transferring ability, and the cycle time of producing the disk can be shortened. The stamper lies on the heat-keeping surface layer of the second mold plate. A microstructure pattern is included on a surface of the stamper, so as to transfer the microstructure pattern to the produced optical disk.

Abstract: A tool for the extrusion of films, having at least one coating, the at least one coating being at least partly a metal-nitride or transition metal nitride coating, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are molds coated for surface enhancement, methods of making the molds, and methods of casting using such molds. In one embodiment, a mold comprises: a mold member comprising copper; and a coating disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the mold member, wherein the coating has a coefficient of thermal expansion of about 10×10?6/° C. to about 16.5×10?6/° C. and a Vickers Hardness Number of greater than about 500 and less than about 1200 at a temperature of less than or equal to about 600° C.

Abstract: A composite mold comprising a main body, a molding layer formed on the main body, and a protective layer formed on the molding layer, the protective layer being made from diamond-like carbon. A method for manufacturing the composite mold comprising the following steps: providing a main body; forming a molding layer on the main body; and forming a protective layer on the molding layer, the protective layer being comprised of diamond-like carbon.

Abstract: A pre-casting multi-layer PCB process has steel plate mold engraved with circuitry and the epoxy coated on the mold for the epoxy to cover up a fiber glass substrate; conductive material coated on the epoxy to insert molding the former into the latter to form recessed circuitry; then baked and solidified, sandblasted to remove film for the conductive material to become conducted circuitry; the lamination made by layer for achieving even thinner PBC circuitry while maintaining sufficient structural strength.

Abstract: A mold-release coating system includes a barrier coating of a substantially liquid wax material. The wax material is deposited onto the mold surface. The wax material includes about 7 to about 10 weight percent solids. The wax material is permitted to substantially dry after deposition onto the mold surface. The mold-release coating system also includes a release powder deposited onto the barrier coating after the wax material has been permitted to substantially dry after deposition onto the mold surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of patterning metallic building elements, and also to a metallic building element, where the measuring accuracy achieved can lie in the sub-micrometer range. Starting from a silicon master or original that can be etched to sub-micrometer precision and then plated with a metal, such as nickel (3), on the silicon surface, there can be produced a nickel shim where precision and surface fineness can lie in the sub-micrometer range. Subsequent to removal of the silicon master, a photo-sensitive material (5) can be used in liquid form or in film form to create mould cavities (9) that reach down to the nickel shim. These cavities can then be metal-plated to provide a building element (8) of higher precision in three dimensions.

Abstract: In a die for molding a honeycomb structure, in which a coating layer is formed on a die base so that slits with a particular width are provided, the slits are provided so as to have a width of 30 to 200 ?m by forming the coating layer by a substrate layer with a thickness of 10 to 100 ?m and a surface layer with a thickness of 1 to 30 ?m. Further, the substrate layer is formed by a metal layer containing no oxide. A thin-wall honeycomb structure with a wall thickness of 30 to 200 ?m can be formed, and moreover a die for molding a honeycomb structure, in which the coating layer is not damaged and thus the durability is high, and a manufacturing method thereof can be provided.

Abstract: Each of contact terminals, provided on a substrate of an IC module so as to be positioned on a back surface of a surface having an IC chip, which are terminals other than a GND terminal, has a curved convex face, and the GND terminal has a curved concave face as a counter face opposite to the curved convex face of the contact terminal so that there is a constant gap between the curved convex face and the curved concave face, and a gap between the GND and each of the contact terminals other than the GND terminal is narrower than a gap between all the contact terminals other than the GND terminal provided on the substrate so as to be positioned on the back surface of the surface having the IC chip. Thus, it is possible to provide an IC module and an IC card each of which enables the IC card's strength with respect to bending to be secured, and facilitates process thereof, and enables the IC chip to be protected from static electricity.

Abstract: A method for forming diamond tools using CVD techniques. In one aspect, a mold is provided which has an interface surface configured to inversely match a configuration intended for the working surface of a diamond layer in a tool. An adynamic diamond mass or layer is then deposited upon the diamond interface surface of the mold, and a support layer is joined to the growth surface of the adynamic diamond layer. At least a portion of the mold is then removed to expose the working surface of the diamond which has received a shape which inversely corresponds to the configuration of the mold's diamond interface surface.

Abstract: A plastic product covered with a clear coating which is applied through an in-mold coating process. Covalent bonds hold the clear coating and the plastic substrate together, and the clear coating is capable of resisting delamination and of inhibiting fading of a pigmented surface underlying the clear coating.

Abstract: The present invention provides diamond tools, and a method for the formation thereof, using CVD techniques. In one aspect, a mold is provided which has an interface surface configured to inversely match a configuration intended for the working surface of a diamond layer in a tool. After the mold is provided, various CVD techniques may be used to deposit diamond layers upon the diamond interface surface of the mold. Following diamond deposition upon the diamond interface surface, the mold may be removed by various means, such as chemical etching, or the mold may be left intact for certain applications, such as SAW filters. Thus, the working surface of the diamond receives a shape which inversely corresponds to the configuration of the mold's diamond interface surface. The diamond layer may then be incorporated into a tool, if such incorporation has not yet taken place.

Abstract: The forming of shapes using cement and/or concrete is an old art. In this process a form is removed, leaving the shape of the pattern which is the result of the form designed. Fluid concrete and/or cement can then be poured into the cavity to form the object. To increase the life of the forms, and to make removal of the form easier, the form must be coated with a protective material. Despite many available form release compounds, mineral seal oil, and a mixture of mineral seal and oleic acid, have been the commercial choices. A biodegradable form release composition including vegetable oil with a petroleum oil and/or an alcohol and a method of utilizing such a release composition to reduce adhesion between concrete and formwork or a mold is disclosed. The form release composition is biodegradable with a low VOC content.

Abstract: A mold used to form a magnetic member includes a mold body having a mold opening, a mold support that supports the mold cavity, and a mold insert. The mold insert is disposed in the mold opening of the mold body to form a mold cavity. The mold insert is coated with a coating to protect the mold body from chemical attack and abrasive wear of the mold material. The coating comprises an electroless nickel layer formed on or over the mold insert, and a chromium nitride layer formed on or over the electroless nickel layer. The mold insert can be formed of beryllium-copper (Be—Cu).

Abstract: A device for stamping a detergent bar, i.e. a bar comprising soap, a synthetic detergent active or a mixture thereof, includes a die. The die has at least one bar stamping surface provided with at least one elastomeric coating which includes a conductive filler such as stainless steel powder. Good release of the detergent bars from the die is possible particularly when the dies are chilled. Use of the conductive filler facilitates chilling of the dies.

Abstract: The present invention provides diamond tools, and a method for the formation thereof, using CVD techniques. In one aspect, an ephemeral mold is provided which has a diamond interface surface configured to inversely correspond to the desired shape for the working surface of a diamond layer in a tool. After the mold is provided, various CVD techniques may be used to deposit diamond layers upon the diamond interface surface of the mold. Following diamond deposition upon the diamond interface surface, the mold may be removed by various means, such as chemical etching, etc. Thus, the working surface of the diamond receives a shape which inversely corresponds to the configuration of the mold's diamond interface surface. The diamond mass may then be incorporated into a tool, if such incorporation has not yet taken place.

Abstract: In a device for handling plastic material, such as a stamping device for stamping detergent bars, an elastomeric layer is provided on the handling surface which has good adhesion to the handling surface and good release from the plastic material. The elastomeric layer comprises at least two elastomeric coatings of different properties and/or compositions.

Abstract: A process for producing an article with a microstructure includes the steps of forming a primary relief structure on a surface of a substrate, applying a photo resist on the substrate, exposing part of the photo resist using a photo mask so as to form a microstructure pattern, developing the microstructure pattern in the exposed photo resist, thereby allowing access to a part of the primary relief structure from the photo resist, and thereby forming a patterned surface with a microstructure relief that is bounded by the exposed part of the primary relief structure and by remainder of the photo resist on the substrate, and forming a metal layer on the patterned surface to form the article having the microstructure with a profile corresponding to the microstructure relief on the patterned surface.

Abstract: A method for molding an optical disk includes applying a thermally insulative mold insert onto a thermally conductive mold form by coating the mold insert on the mold form. The mold insert has a coefficient of thermal expansion compatible with the coefficient of thermal expansion of the mold form and includes an adhesion promoting material. The method further includes positioning the coated mold form in a thermally conductive mold apparatus with the mold insert positioned between the mold form and the mold apparatus; injecting a molten thermoplastic material into the mold apparatus; retaining the molten thermoplastic material in the mold apparatus for a time sufficient for the molten thermoplastic material to cool below its glass transition temperature to form the optical disk; and ejecting the optical disk from the mold apparatus.