A method of manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber with a tensile element includes manufacturing a tensile element and incorporating the tensile element into a chamber. A first material layer, a second material layer, and a spacing structure having a plurality of support portions and a plurality of gaps may be stacked. The material layers may be located on either side of the spacing structure or on one side of the spacing structure. A strand may be stitched through the gaps to join the material layers and to form the tensile element. The spacing structure may be removed, and the first material layer may be spaced from the second material layer such that segments of the strand extend between the material layers. The tensile element may then be secured to opposite interior surfaces of an outer barrier, and the outer barrier may be pressurized to place the strand in tension.

A coating of structures or elements or parts made of plastic material obtained by molding includes a finish layer; a reinforcement layer coupled to the finish layer, from the opposite side to the exposed face, to form a sandwich; and a heat-sealable film coupled in its solid form to the reinforcing layer, wherein this sandwich is suited to be coupled to a support part in a plastic material obtained by molding, and wherein this coupling occurs during the molding of the support part by way of the heat-sealable film suited to be activated at the molding temperature.

The invention provides a fitted platform (1) for positioning between two adjacent blades of an aviation turbine engine fan, said platform comprising a flow passage wall (10) made of composite material having a central portion (16) and first and second margins (18) each extending in a longitudinal direction of said wall, each margin extending over a determined distance (D) from the central portion (16) in a transverse direction of said wall, said flow passage wall comprising fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the platform being characterized in that the fiber reinforcement present in the central portion (16) presents three-dimensional weaving, and in that the fiber reinforcement present in the first and second margins (18) presents two-dimensional weaving, at least in part. The invention also provides a fan module, a turbine engine, and a method of fabricating such a platform.

A vehicle interior part includes a substrate, a first outer layer, a second outer layer, an upper reinforcement layer, a lower reinforcement layer, and a bottom fabric layer, where a first surface and a second surface of the substrate are bonded to a first surface of the upper reinforcement layer and a first surface of the lower reinforcement layer, respectively, a second surface of the upper reinforcement layer is bonded to a first surface of the first outer layer, a second surface of the first outer layer is bonded to the second outer layer, and a second surface of the lower reinforcement layer is bonded to the bottom fabric layer.

A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material having an outer surface; and (is) at least one consolidated fibrous insert having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement having a plurality of ordered fibers arranged in a predetermined manner. The fibrous insert is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert and the mass of polymeric material are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier will be a mass of activatable material.

The present disclosure relates to an oral pouched snuff product comprising a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch enclosing the filling material, the oral pouched snuff product having a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, the saliva-permeable pouch comprising a first elongated seal and a second elongated seal, each of said first and second elongated seals having a seal length extending along the transverse direction of the product and a seal width extending along the longitudinal direction of the product, wherein the seal width of said at least one elongated seal being equal to or less than 2 mm, such as within the range of from 0.1 mm to 2 mm or from 0.1 mm to 1 mm or from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm. There is also provided a container having a base and a detachable lid together providing an interior container space in which a plurality of these oral pouched snuff products is contained.

Process and relative machine for moulding a thermoplastic material for producing a finished article having a shape, wherein the process comprises: providing a mould (99) comprising a first (1) and a second half-mould (2) each having a respective conformation surface (3, 4) which define, with closed mould, a cavity (5) having, in a conformation configuration, the shape; making a semi-finished product (70) made of the thermoplastic material; closing the mould (99) with the semi-finished product (70) interposed between the conformation surfaces (3, 4); admitting a heating fluid into the cavity (5) for heating the semi-finished product (70) permeable to the heating fluid; arranging the cavity (5) in a compacting configuration in which the cavity (5) coincides with a sub-portion of the cavity (5) in the conformation configuration; with the cavity (5) in the compacting configuration and the heating fluid into the cavity (5), compressing the semi-finished product (70) between the conformation surfaces (3, 4); subsequently to compressing the semi-finished product (70), arranging the cavity (5) in the conformation configuration while keeping the heating fluid into the cavity (5), wherein the semi-finished product (70) elastically expands for completely occupying the cavity and assuming the shape; subsequently, evacuating the heating fluid from the cavity (5) for cooling the semi-finished product (70) for obtaining the finished article with the shape; opening the mould (99) and extracting the finished article from the mould (99).

A composite material for use as a billboard sheeting material includes a scrim coated on only a single side with PVC. The composite weighs about 5 ounces per square yard.

A method for producing a housing of an air conditioner, in which at least a part of the housing is produced as a plastic part by means of an injection molding process by injecting a plastic into a mold cavity of an injection molding tool, wherein a damping element is placed in the injection mold prior to injection of the plastic into the injection mold so that the damping element establishes a bond with the plastic during injection of the plastic into the injection mold and becomes a component of the injection-molded plastic part.

Methods and systems are disclosed for three-dimensional printing directly onto an article of apparel. Disclosed is a method and system for direct three-dimensional printing onto an article of apparel, including positioning at least a portion of the article on a tray in a three-dimensional printing system, the portion being positioned substantially flat on the tray, printing a three-dimensional material directly onto the article using a three-dimensional pattern, curing the printed material, and removing the article from the three-dimensional printing system.