An article may include a first polymeric material layer having a surface. A first conductive trace may form at least a portion of the first layer surface. The article may further include a second polymeric material layer. The second layer may have a first surface, a portion of the second layer first surface being bonded to a portion of the first layer surface. The second layer may have a portion of a channel defined therein, the channel at least partially coinciding with a portion of the first conductive trace. The article may also include a first patch interposed between the first layer surface and the second layer first surface. The first patch may span the channel and cover a portion of the first conductive trace.

The present invention concerns a chemical mechanical polishing pad having a polishing layer. The polishing layer contains an extruded sheet. The extruded sheet is prepared by extruding a compounded photopolymerizable composition followed by exposure to UV light.

A three-dimensional image forming system according to the present invention includes a conveying unit which conveys a heat-expandable sheet along a conveyance path, a heating unit which heats the heat-expandable sheet by irradiating the heat-expandable sheet with light, and a control unit which preheats the surroundings of the heating unit to a previously determined preheat temperature and then causes the conveying unit to convey the heat-expandable sheet.

A method of preparing a green tire innerliner, the method comprising mixing one or more vulcanizable rubbery polymers, less than 0.75 parts by weight zinc oxide, less than 0.75 parts by weight magnesium oxide, and less than 0.75 parts by weight sulfur, per 100 parts by weight rubber, to form a vulcanizable mixture and extruding the mixture to form a green tire innerliner.

A three-dimensional image forming system according to the present invention includes a conveyance path along which a heat-expandable sheet is conveyed, a heating unit which heats the heat-expandable sheet by irradiating the heat-expandable sheet with light, a detection sensor which detects that the rear end of the heat-expandable sheet comes close to the heating unit by the conveyance of the heat-expandable sheet along the conveyance path, and a control unit which increases the conveying speed of the heat-expandable sheet whose rear end is detected when the detection sensor detects that the rear end of the heat-expandable sheet comes close to the heating unit.

An ultraviolet (UV) curing system is configured to cure a composite structure. The UV curing system includes a plurality of UV light assemblies that are configured to adaptively conform to a shape of the composite structure. A UV curing method is configured to cure a composite structure. The UV curing method includes positioning a UV curing system on the composite structure, and adaptively conforming a plurality of UV light assemblies of the UV curing system to a shape of the composite structure.

An optical forming device includes a resin tank that is to retain a photocurable resin containing dichroic polymerization initiator and a light emitter to emit light for causing the photocurable resin to undergo curing. An alignment film for causing the dichroic polymerization initiator to align in a predetermined direction is provided on a bottom portion of the resin tank. The light emitter irradiates the photocurable resin with the light by passing the light through the bottom portion of the resin tank as linearly polarized light having a polarization direction in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the dichroic polymerization initiator is aligned by the alignment film.

The present invention concerns a chemical mechanical polishing pad having a polishing layer. The polishing layer contains an extruded sheet. The extruded sheet is prepared by extruding a compounded photopolymerizable composition followed by exposure to UV light.

An article may include a first polymeric material layer having a surface. A first conductive trace may form at least a portion of the first layer surface. The article may further include a second polymeric material layer. The second layer may have a first surface, a portion of the second layer first surface being bonded to a portion of the first layer surface. The second layer may have a portion of a channel defined therein, the channel at least partially coinciding with a portion of the first conductive trace. The article may also include a first patch interposed between the first layer surface and the second layer first surface. The first patch may span the channel and cover a portion of the first conductive trace.

The invention pertains to a fluoroelastomer composition comprising:—at least one fluoroelastomer [perfluoroelastomer (A)], said fluoroelastomer (A) comprising iodine and/or bromine atoms and having a backbone comprising:—recurring units derived from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE);—recurring units derived from at least one perfluorinated monomer selected from the group consisting of:—perfluoroalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF.sub.2═CFOR.sub.f1 in which Rn is a C.sub.1-C.sub.6 perfluoroalkyl (monomers of this type being referred to, herein after, as PAVE), e.g. —CF.sub.3, —C.sub.2F.sub.5, —C.sub.3F.sub.7;—perfluoro-oxyalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF.sub.2=CFOX.sub.0, in which X.sub.0 can be (i) a C.sub.1-C.sub.12 perfluorooxyalkyl having one or more ether groups, e.g. —C.sub.2F.sub.5—O—CF.sub.3; or (ii) a group of formula —CF.sub.2OR.sub.f2 in which R.sub.f2 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.6 perfluoroalkyl, e.g. —CF.sub.3, —C.sub.2F.sub.5, —C.sub.3F.sub.7 (monomers of this type being referred to, herein after, as MOVE);—recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) in an amount of up to 30% by moles, with respect to the total moles of recurring units; and—optionally, recurring units derived from at least one perfluorinated C.sub.3-C.sub.8 alpha-olefin, in an amount of up to 5% moles;—optionally, recurring units derived from at least one fluorine-free alpha-olefin, in an amount of up to 10% moles;—from 0.5 to 5 weight parts, per 100 parts by weight of said fluoroelastomer (A), of at least one polyunsaturated compound;—from 0.1 to 3 weight parts, per 100 parts by weight of said fluoroelastomer (A), of at least one organic peroxide;—from 0.1 to 3 weight parts, per 100 parts by weight of said fluoroelastomer (A), of at least one organic base [base (B)] selected from the group consisting of: (i) non-aromatic primary amines or amides complying with general formula (B1m) or (B1d): R.sub.bm—[C(0)].sub.t-NH.sub.2 (B1m) H.sub.2N—[C(O)].sub.t′—R.sub.dm—[C(O)].sub.t″—NH.sub.2 (B1d) wherein:—each of t, t′ and t″, equal to or different from each other and at each occurrence is zero or 1;—R.sub.bm is a monovalent hydrocarbon non-aromatic group having 12 to 30 carbon atoms;—R.sub.bm is a divalent hydrocarbon non-aromatic group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; and (ii) cycloaliphatic secondary or tertiary amines complying with general formula (B2m) or (B2d) wherein:—Cy represents a divalent aliphatic group comprising at least 4 carbon atoms, optionally comprising one or more than one ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and optionally comprising one or more catenary nitrogen atoms, forming a cycle