Provided are: a method and apparatus for manufacturing a highly permeable elastic sheet; a method and apparatus for manufacturing a highly gas-permeable stretchable composite sheet; and a highly gas-permeable stretchable composite sheet. An elastic resin material containing a thermoplastic elastic resin as a main component is melted by being heated to a temperature higher than a temperature range in which the elastic resin material is elastically deformed, the molten elastic resin material is discharged in a fibrous or linear form, the discharged elastic resin material (intermediate) is applied in a net shape onto a cooling member, the applied elastic resin material is cooled by the cooling member to the temperature region in which the elastic resin material is elastically deformed, and the applied elastic resin material is solidified to obtain an elastic sheet. The elastic sheet and non-woven fabrics are stacked and joined to obtain a stretchable composite sheet.

A continuous extruding method of an elastomeric cylindrical mesh is provided with steps of: providing a thermoplastic elastomeric plastic for melting and mixing; and providing the melted thermoplastic elastomeric plastic from at least two concentric circles in opposite direction to form multiple thermoplastic elastomeric filaments, and the thermoplastic elastomeric filaments are fused at a site where overlapped to form the elastomeric cylindrical mesh. The extruding die head provided by the present invention is capable of continuously producing the mesh structure which could consider the relatively simple and low cost compared with the conventional production method.

This application provides an intelligent robot for cleaning and mending a net cage and a method of using the intelligent robot, including: a control system, a main body, an attraction module, a motion module, a cleaning module and a mending module. The main body includes a streamlined pressure casing, and a drive mechanism and a water ballast tank which are located in the pressure casing. The attraction module includes electromagnets which are symmetrically provided at a bottom of the pressure casing. The motion module includes first and second motion mechanisms which are symmetrically provided at opposite sides of the pressure casing. A traveling path of the first motion mechanisms is perpendicular to a traveling path of the second motion mechanisms. The intelligent robot achieves cleaning and mending for both sides of the net cage, and is simple to operate, safe, high-efficient, economical and convenient.

A method and an apparatus for producing a reinforcement mesh. Here, a reinforcement fiber strand is firstly saturated with a resin (H) and cured to form a cured, fiber-reinforced strand material. The strand material present as an endless material is then cut lengthwise into bars, which are then used as longitudinal bars or transverse bars for forming the reinforcement mesh. A connecting material is used at each intersection point between a longitudinal bar and a transverse bar and is dispensed in liquid form at the intersection point or is liquefied and then cured at the intersection point. A fixed connection is thus created between the longitudinal bars and the transverse bars at the intersection points. Between the intersection points, the longitudinal bars and the transverse bars have portions that are free of connecting material.

A battery separator comprises a co-extruded, microporous membrane having at least two layers made of extrudable polymers and having: a uniform thickness defined by a standard deviation of <0.80 microns (m); or an interply adhesion as defined by a peel strength >60 grams.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a fishing net formed from a plastic net that can be handled by winding or folding although the net has plastic rigidity. The fishing net is manufactured by (1) a step of preparing a multifilament yarn formed by bundling a plurality of core-sheath type composite filaments, in each of which a core component is made of polyethylene terephthalate and a sheath component is made of polyolefin, (2) a step of preparing a yarn thread obtained by paralleling a plurality of the multifilament yarns, (3) a step of twisting or braiding four yarn threads 11, 12, 13, 14 to obtain a net constructed with strands 1 and intersections 2, (4) a step of heat-treating the net under without pressure to melt the sheath component of the yarn threads 11, 12, 13, 14 constituting the strands 1 and the intersections 2, followed by solidifying, thus obtaining a plastic net, and (5) a step of forming the fishing net using the plastic net.

Netting comprising an array of polymeric strands, wherein the polymeric strands are periodically joined together at bond regions throughout the array, and wherein at least a plurality (i.e., at least two) of the polymeric strands have a core of a first polymeric material and a sheath of a second, different polymeric material. Nettings described herein have a variety of uses, including wound care, tapes, filtration, absorbent articles, pest control articles, geotextile applications, water/vapor management in clothing, reinforcement for nonwoven articles, self bulking articles, floor coverings, grip supports, athletic articles, and pattern coated adhesives.

A structure for use in a compressible resilient pad. The structure contains both axially elastomeric strands and relatively inelastic strands co-extruded in various patterns. The structure has a high degree of both compressibility under an applied normal load and excellent recovery (resiliency or spring back) upon removal of that load.

Three-dimensional polymeric strand netting, wherein a plurality of the polymeric strands are periodically joined together in a regular pattern at bond regions throughout the array, wherein a majority of the polymeric strands are periodically bonded to at least two (three, four, five, six, or more) adjacent polymeric strands, and wherein no polymeric strands are continuously bonded to a polymeric strand. Three-dimensional polymeric strand netting described herein have a variety of uses, including wound care, tapes, filtration, absorbent articles, pest control articles, geotextile applications, water/vapor management in clothing, reinforcement for nonwoven articles, self bulking articles, floor coverings, grip supports, athletic articles, and pattern coated adhesives.

A method of manufacturing a fastening portion of an anisogrid composite structure includes winding the fibers to form multiple rib parts of the fastening portion configured by winding fibers on a mold, cutting a prepreg into a shape corresponding to a shape of an opening defined by the multiple ribs, inserting the cut prepreg into the corresponding opening, covering the fastening portion with a release film, and winding a compression film on the release film to apply pressure to the fastening portion.