Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) made of glass or stoneware for a beverage having surface irregularities in a chosen region, the irregularities forming nucleation sites inside the container, the nucleation sites favouring the formation of bubbles in contact with a carbonated beverage, comprising a layer of enamel (10) coating the chosen region, a plurality of enamel grains (12) arranged on the surface of said layer of enamel (10) and attached to said layer of enamel (10), and a hydrophobic compound (13) arranged on a portion of the surface of said enamel grains (12).

Abstract: Systems and methods for a turbo blanket. Specifically, embodiments are related to a flexible turbo blanket with an alloy layer, insulation layer, and mesh screen layer.

Abstract: A process for treating a fused refractory product including more than 10% by mass of ZrO2, or “base product.” The process includes heating at least a portion of the surface of the product, so as to melt ZrO2 crystals in a superficial region extending to a depth of less than 2000 ?m. The process includes cooling the molten superficial region obtained in the preceding step so as to obtain a protective layer.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a plugged honeycomb structure including a plugging material preparing step of mixing a ceramic raw material, a pore former, a thickener, an organic binder, a dispersing agent, and water and preparing the plugging material which is slurried, to form the plugging portions, wherein the plugging material preparing step includes: a powder mixing step of mixing the ceramic raw material, the pore former, the organic binder and the dispersing agent each of which is constituted of powder, at predetermined blend ratios, a thickener mixing step of adding and mixing the thickener to a powder mixture obtained by the powder mixing step, and a kneading step of adding the water to a thickener added mixture obtained by the thickener mixing step, to perform kneading.

Abstract: A waste compaction apparatus may include a housing and a connector arm. The housing may define a drive chamber and a compaction chamber and the connector arm may include a drive piston portion movably positioned within the drive chamber and a compaction piston portion movably positioned within the compaction chamber. The drive chamber may be selectively fluidly coupleable to the near-vacuum of outer space, such that the compaction piston portion of the connector arm is configured to move within the compaction chamber to compact waste material contained within the compaction chamber in response to movement of the drive piston portion of the connector arm within the drive chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a machine part having a radial crushing strength of 120 MPa or more, including: a compression molding step of compressing raw material powder including, as a main component, metal powder that is capable of forming an oxide coating and has a pure iron powder content ratio of 95 mass % or more, to thereby obtain a green compact (10) having a predetermined shape; and a coating forming step of causing the metal powder to react with an oxidizing gas while heating the green compact (10) at a temperature lower than a sintering temperature of the metal powder in an oxidizing gas atmosphere, to thereby obtain a reinforced green compact (11) in which the oxide coating (5) is formed between particles of the metal powder.

Abstract: A method and system for steering the direction of propagation of a flexible liner everting under a driving fluid pressure. There is provided a method for controlling and guiding directionally the eversion of the flexible liner into a borehole that penetrates a subsurface (e.g., subterranean) void with a diameter substantially exceeding the nominal diameter of the borehole. Further, liner propagation by eversion can be controlled outside of a borehole and when unconstrained by a borehole, such as on or beneath the surface of a body of water.

Abstract: A stiffening element comprises a tension and compression member, a shear member, an attachment member, and a plurality of beads. The tension and compression member is positioned spaced apart from the skin and configured to bear tension or compression forces that stiffen the skin and prevent the skin from buckling or bending. The shear member is connected to the tension and compression member and configured to bear shear forces between the skin and the tension and compression member. The attachment member is connected to the shear member and is configured to connect to the skin. The beads each create out-of-plane feature that is positioned in at least one of the shear member and the attachment member. The beads permit the stiffening element be reshaped to adjust a longitudinal curvature of the stiffening element.

Abstract: A subsea pipeline has a steel pipe surrounded by a thermally-insulating coating system having at least one thermal insulation layer. The thermal insulation layer has a thermally-insulating matrix in which elongate tensile elements of a thermoplastic polymer, such as monofilament yarns, are embedded. The pipe is preheated to promote bonding between the matrix and the elongate elements and between successive layers of the coating system.

Abstract: A mortar composition, in particular for preparing a viscoelastic body or structure, or for acoustic damping of at least one of a ship, an offshore installation and a building, includes: 1-20 wt % of a hydraulic binder, 30-80 wt % of aggregates, 5-75 wt % of a polymer, and 0.5-40 wt % of a porous filler.

Abstract: A method of reducing static charge of a plastic container is provided. The method includes providing a PECVD coating of SiCOH, SiOx or SiOH to an external support surface of the container. The PECVD coating reduces static charge of the container compared to a reference container that is essentially identical to the container except that the reference container is uncoated.

Abstract: A thermally-insulating composite material with co-shrinkage in the form of an insulating material formed by the inclusion of microballoons in a matrix material such that the microballoons and the matrix material exhibit co-shrinkage upon processing. The thermally-insulating composite material can be formed by a variety of microballoon-matrix material combinations such as polymer microballoons in a preceramic matrix material. The matrix materials generally contain fine rigid fillers.

Abstract: Joining an airfoil with a platform by mechanical keying can provide advantages in applications of ceramic materials, such as ceramic matrix composites.

Abstract: A panel assembly with a panel and a stringer is disclosed. The stringer has a stringer foot and an upstanding stringer web. The stringer foot has a flange which extends in a widthwise direction between the stringer web and a lateral edge and in a lengthwise direction alongside the stringer web, and a foot run-out which extends between the flange and a tip of the stringer foot. The foot run-out is bonded to the panel at a foot run-out interface. Reinforcement elements, such as tufts, pass through the foot run-out interface. At least some of the reinforcement elements are inclined relative to the foot run-out interface.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to a fabric print medium. The fabric print medium can include a treated fabric base substrate, an adhesion promoting layer, and an image-receiving layer. The treated fabric base substrate can include a fabric base substrate having a water proofing treatment including a water-repellant agent applied thereto. The adhesion promoting layer can be applied to the treated fabric base substrate. The adhesion promoting layer can include a first polymeric binder and a physical networking component. The image-receiving layer can be applied to the adhesion promoting layer. The image-receiving layer can include a second polymeric binder and a particulate filler.

Abstract: A component of a slip assembly is formed by rolling sheet molding compound into a rolled charge. The rolled charge is positioned in a compression molding press and compressed to produce a molded element. The molded element is removed from the compression molding press and can be machined for use as the component of the slip assembly. The component can be a slip segment or can be a cylindrical body for the slip segment. The compound layers in the molded component can be oriented in a number of different orientations in the component and can increase the overall strength of the component.

Abstract: A method of water treatment includes flowing water that includes nitrogen and phosphorus compounds through a sorption media composition within at least one chamber of a water treatment system. The composition comprises iron filings comprising at least 5 volume (vol) % of the composition, sand particles comprising at leak 10 vol % of the composition, and clay particles comprising at least 2 vol % of the composition. The iron filings, sand particles, and clay particles are mixed together. During the flowing, the clay particles attract the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, which become absorbed onto a surface of the iron filings and the clay, resulting in a removal of the nitrogen and phosphorus compounds and the generation of reaction products. Nitrogen and phosphorus are then recovered from the reaction products.

Abstract: A flexible hose for transporting a fluid, particularly a flexible garden hose for transporting water, includes an inner layer made of a first elastic polymeric material; an outer layer made of a second elastic polymeric material; and a textile reinforcement layer interposed therebetween. The inner and outer layers are reciprocally coupled to form a unitary tubular member, internally to which the textile reinforcement layer is embedded. The elasticity of the unitary tubular member causes it to automatically enlarge under the working pressure given by the liquid flowing therethrough to increase its original diameter and to automatically recover to assume again its original diameter once the working pressure stops. The textile reinforcement layer is susceptible to move from a rest configuration, when there is no working pressure, to a working configuration, when the unitary tubular member enlarges upon under the working pressure.

Abstract: An energy absorbing structure for attenuating energy received from an energy source. The structure comprises a deformable structure formed by an ensemble of one or more first layers of a material having a positive Poisson's ratio, one or more second layers of a material having a negative Poisson's ratio and one or more third layers of an elastomeric material placed between a first layer and a second layer. The ensemble is arranged with the one or more third layers joined to the first and second layers for absorbing at least part of the energy through shear forces or a combination of traction and compression forces applied to the ensemble by the first and second layers as a consequence of their differential deformation after receiving the energy.

Abstract: A molded three-dimensional insulator that is suitable for use in an end cone region of a pollution control device and a method of making the insulator are described. The insulator includes ceramic fibers that have a bulk shrinkage no greater than 10 weight percent. The ceramic fibers can contain alumina and silica and can be microcrystalline, crystalline, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A solar cell hermetic package structure includes a lower-cover plate, a conductive layer, a photovoltaic layer, a lower-electrode lead, an upper-electrode lead, an upper-cover plate, a border and dividers. The conductive layer and the photovoltaic layer are orderly arranged on one side of the lower-cover plate. The upper-electrode lead and the lower-electrode lead are arranged on the lower-cover plate and electrically connected to the photovoltaic layer and the conductive layer. The border is arranged on corresponding side edges of the lower-cover plate and the upper-cover plate. After the upper-cover plate and the lower-cover plate are combined, the photovoltaic layer is arranged in a hermetic package structure between the upper-cover plate and the lower-cover plate. A hermetic area accommodating the photovoltaic layer is formed by the border. The dividers are arranged in gaps of photovoltaic components and used as supports between the upper-cover plate and the lower-cover plate.

Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery, and a case accommodating the battery. The case includes: a case body including: a bottom portion; and a side wall, which is erected from the bottom portion and defines an opening portion; and a lid covering the opening portion of the case body. The case body and the lid are fastened at flange portions thereof. The flange portion of the case body, the flange portion of the lid, and the case body are covered with an incombustible member containing a glass material.

Abstract: A rotor cap for an electric generator, e.g., a high-speed turbogenerator, is disclosed, along with a production method for such rotor cap. The rotor cap is at least partially made of fiber-reinforced plastic material. The rotor cap may have cooling fluid passages, e.g., extending in an axial direction, in the area of the fiber-reinforced plastic material.

Abstract: A method of forming a buoyancy providing component, the method comprising locating a plurality of macrospheres in a mould, providing a composition including DCPD (dicyclo pentadiene) resin, a ruthenium or osmium catalyst, and a plurality of microspheres, dispensing the composition in liquid form into the mould to encapsulate the macrospheres, and allowing the mixture to set in the mould.

Abstract: A composite panel structure and a method of fabricating the composite panel structure are provided. A fan assembly includes a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced about a fan disk. Each blade of the plurality of blades extends radially outwardly from the disk to a blade tip. A fan case assembly circumscribes the plurality of blades. The fan case assembly includes a radially outer casing including a radially inner side, an inner structure including an inner surface and a honeycomb layer extending along the radially inner side, and a composite panel structure including an inner surface and extending circumferentially along the inner structure inner surface. The composite panel structure includes short fiber tows extending only partially along at least one of a circumferential path, an axial path, and a diagonal path in the composite panel structure.

Abstract: A coating device has: a die head that is provided with a supply port into which a coating slurry is supplied, a manifold that stores the coating slurry, and a slit that dispenses the coating slurry; a supply pipe that is connected to the supply port of the die head; and a cover plate that is provided in the supply port or the supply pipe and that reduces the flow rate of the coating slurry at the center of a cross-section that is orthogonal to the direction in which the coating slurry in the supply port or the supply pipe flows into the die head.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device without blocking wireless signals based on impedance matching. The device is constructed by periodically stacking two building materials with different dielectric constants in the same direction. The device without blocking wireless signals based on impedance matching can be designed as a wall body, and can improve wave transmission of microwaves to ensure that wireless signals won't be blocked at any incident angle, thereby achieving the unblocked transmission of wireless signals. Furthermore, compared with metal hole arrays, the component materials of the devices can include polypropylene and concrete, that expands the applications from micro circuit electronic devices to macro walls, and greatly reduces the manufacturing and maintenance cost.

Abstract: Protective barriers are commonly installed beneath ceilings when construction work is performed either on these ceilings or on the roofs located above them. These protective barriers can be comprised entirely of one material or of different materials connected by seams. Some or all of these materials can be designed to fail when subjected to temperatures above a certain temperature range causing melting or some other destructive process to occur to these materials. These failures can create access points from the ceiling through the protective barrier to areas below being protected by the barrier, which can allow water from a fire suppression system, typically located near the ceiling, to reach a fire located below the protective barrier.

Abstract: A formaldehyde-free sizing composition for products based on fibers, in particular mineral fibers, such as glass or rock fibers, which includes: at least one non-reducing sugar, at least one catalyst for the dehydration of the non-reducing sugar, at least one amine, and at least one compound including activated ethylenic unsaturation(s).

Abstract: A sanitary basin molded part, for example a kitchen sink, a washbasin or a shower tray, has a main part (10) that has the shape of the sanitary basin molded part and ensures its mechanical stability. On the visible side of the sanitary basin molded part a covering layer (20) is arranged in at least one surface region on top of the main part (10). The covering layer includes a fibrous tissue (24) saturated with a cured binding agent. A method produces a sanitary basin molded part of this kind.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a panel for floor or wad coverings comprising the steps of mixing and homogenising raw materials, thereby obtaining a dryblend, extruding said dryblend, thereby obtaining one or more thermoplastic layers, laminating the afore-mentioned thermoplastic layers, thereby obtaining a laminate, and profiling said laminate, thereby obtaining a panel for floor or wall coverings, wherein at least one thermoplastic layer is extruded by means of a co-rotating twin-screw extruder with pressure element.

Abstract: A liner tube for lining a pipe and pipe lining method. Liner material that includes a strength layer and felt backing layer forms the liner tube. The strength layer includes chopped strands of fiber oriented generally parallel to one another and distributed along the strength layer. The felt backing layer can be needle punched to the strength layer. Joining structure can connect opposite longitudinal edge margins of the liner material to form a tube shape. The liner tube is impregnated with a curable polymer, positioned in the pipe, and cured to form the liner. The liner stretches radially when it is positioned in the pipe. As the liner stretches, the strength layer remains fixed to the felt backing and the width of the overlapping edge margins does not decrease.

Abstract: Woven preforms, for example those used for jet aircraft engine fancases, may need additional stiffeners to improve the strength and/or dynamic performance of the preform assembly, as well as to serve as attachment points. The present invention describes several improved woven preforms that include circumferential or axial stiffeners, as well as methods of manufacturing the same. One embodiment includes circumferential stiffeners added to a woven preform. Another embodiment includes sub-preforms with integral flanges that combine to make integral stiffeners. A further embodiment includes an intermediate stiffener wrapped onto a base sub-preform wrap, wherein the intermediate stiffener wrap incorporates intermediate stiffeners. Another embodiment incorporates bifurcations in one or more layers of an outermost wrap of a multi-layer fabric composite that forms a preform, wherein the bifurcated outer wrap is folded to form stiffeners that may be oriented circumferentially or axially.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a commingled yarn that is capable of keeping a high level of dispersion of the continuous reinforcing fiber and the continuous resin fiber, moderately flexible, and less likely to cause fiber separation, and a commingled yarn a wind-up article and a woven fabric. The method for manufacturing a commingled yarn includes commingling a thermoplastic resin fiber having a treatment agent for the thermoplastic resin fiber on a surface thereof, and a continuous reinforcing fiber having a treatment agent for the continuous reinforcing fiber on a surface thereof, and heating the commingled fibers at a temperature in a range from a melting point of the thermoplastic resin composing the thermoplastic resin fiber, up to 30K higher than the melting point.

Abstract: A tubular duct member comprises a plurality of sheet metal panels 10, 12 joined along adjacent longitudinal edges by cooperating folded sheet metal catches 14, 16, the catches being pushed together such that respective detent surfaces 28, 30 on each catch engage behind one another to retain the edges of the sheets together. One of the catches 14 includes a body 36 of resilient material compressed between the catches and biasing the catches apart to maintain the detent surfaces 28, 30 bearing against one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition for insulating products based on mineral wool, comprising (a) at least one saccharide chosen from reducing sugars and hydrogenated sugars, the proportion of hydrogenated sugars being between 25% and 100% by weight, (b) at least one monomeric polycarboxylic acid or a salt or anhydride of such an acid, (c) more than 2.0% by weight, relative to the sum of the components (a) and (b), of at least one epoxysilane.

Abstract: Prepregs comprising fibrous reinforcing material and a heat curable resin are provided with a backing sheet whose surface has been treated to increase the surface tension which enhances the bonding between the prepreg and the backing sheet, and reduces resin removal when the backing sheet is removed. The use of the treated backing sheet also provides improved tack between prepregs when assembled in a stack for molding after removal of the backing sheet.

Abstract: In the disclosure, the CFT column includes external steel tubes including straight jointing portions in which inclined bolt grooves are formed to be vertically apart from each other and which are formed to extend from an end thereof to cover an overall extension length thereof, a straight bolt connection slot including straight plates connected by a connection bolt to be apart from each other and formed to extend, and configured to integrate the external steel tubes by allowing the connection bolt to be inserted into each of the inclined bolt grooves in which the straight jointing portions of the external steel tubes are in contact with each other and communicate with each other, concrete placed in the integrated external steel tubes and cured, and a wave-shaped punching steel plate.

Abstract: A brake piston comprising: (a) a rear wall, (b) a cylindrical side wall connected to the rear wall, (c) a recess located within the brake piston, (d) an insert located within the recess of the brake piston; and (e) an adhesive connecting the insert to the recess of the brake piston; wherein the insert is made of metal.

Abstract: Process for hydrophobizing a microporous thermal insulation molding comprising hydrophilic silica, in which the molding is treated with at least one organosilane and in which one or more organosilanes which are gaseous under the reaction conditions are introduced into a chamber containing the microporous thermal insulation molding comprising hydrophilic silica until the pressure difference ?p is ?20 mbar.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer toughening material in the form of polymeric fibers produced by mixing at least one epoxy curing agent and a thermoplastic polyaromatic polymer to form an admixture, and producing polymeric fibers from the admixture, wherein the thermoplastic polymer toughening material does not include an epoxy resin, and is soluble in an epoxy resin at a temperature lower than a dissolving temperature required by the thermoplastic polymer toughening material without epoxy curing agent.

Abstract: Methods of making a fiber-containing prepregs may include drawing unsized fibers from a batch of molten glass. The method may also include applying a sizing composition to the unsized fibers to form a plurality of sized fibers, where the sizing composition includes a first polymerization agent for polymerizing caprolactam. The method may further include weaving the plurality of sized fibers into a fabric. Another step may include melting a reactive resin composition to form a melted reactive resin composition, where the reactive resin composition may include caprolactam. The melted reactive resin composition may be applied to the fabric. The method may further include heating the fabric and the melted reactive resin composition to a polymerization temperature, where the caprolactam polymerizes to form a fiber-resin amalgam including a polyamide. Another step may be to form the fiber-resin amalgam into the fiber-containing prepreg.

Abstract: A process for the production of an aircraft panel made of double-curved composite material, with the panel being obtained from a three-dimensional preform that includes fibers that are distributed in a defined arrangement, includes manufacturing a flat fiber preform (22), and deforming the flat preform (22) in such a way as to produce the three-dimensional preform, with the fibers following suitable trajectories at the flat preform in such a way as to obtain the defined arrangement of the fibers after deformation.

Abstract: A housing suitable to comprise multiple electrical power cells in electrically driven motor vehicles comprises at least one lower receiving part and one upper covering part. Both parts fit together and create inside a hollow space. Both parts are prepared from a multilayered material comprising at least one support layer of thermoplastic polymer and at least one cover layer of metal adhering to each other. Such housing is perfectly suitable to protect the power cells inside against mechanical damage and against the influence of fire and/or electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: A laminated reinforced member that provides bending and stiffening support and that includes metal reinforcing sheets, and a method of making the member. Metal reinforcing sheets at connection locations eliminate the need for additional external connection reinforcements for engaging connectors.

Abstract: A nonwoven sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided, with the nonwoven sleeve having a tubular nonwoven wall bounding an inner cavity for receipt of an elongate member therein. The tubular nonwoven wall includes a strip of nonwoven material spiral wrapped about a central longitudinal axis of the wall, with opposite edges of the strip being brought into abutment with one another to form a spiral butt joint. The opposite edges of the nonwoven strip are bonded together across the butt joint by melted material of the strip. The nonwoven strip is bonded in tubular fashion along its length such that the nonwoven wall is not subject to unraveling and forming loose end pieces of the strip of nonwoven material.

Abstract: A method for producing electrically conducting, glass fiber-reinforced sleeves for the printing industry by means of UV curing, and also printing sleeves produced by means of this method, where the glass fibers used are coated with electrically conductive nanoparticles.

Abstract: A method for producing a structural component from an organometallic sheet includes a first step in which the organometallic sheet is preheated. introduced into a tool and subsequently re-formed. In a second step, a region of the re-formed organometallic sheet is heated. In a third step at least the heated region of the re-formed organometallic sheet is re-formed further in such a way that it enters into a material bond with a further region of the organometallic sheet to form an at least partly closed hollow profile. A device for carrying out the method for producing a structural component from an organometallic sheet and a structural component produced by the method also are described.

Abstract: A liner or prepreg for installation in pipelines includes a deformable circular knitted fabric impregnated with synthetic resin, which is preferably UV-curable.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to the use of cellulosic materials, such as wood, paper, etc., or synthetic polymeric materials, such as a thermoplastic, rubber, etc., or a composite containing one or more of these materials as feedstock barrels for the process of injection molding of metallic glasses by rapid capacitor discharge forming (RCDF) techniques.