A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl, a sump at a lower portion of the bowl, and a trapway extending from the sump. The toilet assembly further includes a first polymeric layer at least partially surrounding the flush engine, the first polymeric layer comprising a foam. The toilet assembly further includes a second polymeric layer provided on the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising resin.

A method includes the following steps: a) the production of a slip including more than 4% and less than 50% of ceramic particles and including: b) a first particulate fraction including of orientable particles having a median length L50 and representing more than 1% of the ceramic particles, and c) a second particulate fraction having a median length D50 at least ten times shorter than L50 and representing more than 1% of the ceramic particles, the first and second particulate fractions together representing more than 80% of all of the ceramic particles, in volume percentages based on the total quantity of ceramic particles; d) oriented freezing of the slip by moving a solidification front at a lower speed than the speed of encapsulation of the ceramic particles; e) elimination of the crystals of the solidified liquid phase of the block; and f) optionally sintering.

A method includes the following steps: a) the production of a slip including more than 4% and less than 50% of ceramic particles and including: b) a first particulate fraction including of orientable particles having a median length L50 and representing more than 1% of the ceramic particles, and c) a second particulate fraction having a median length D50 at least ten times shorter than L50 and representing more than 1% of the ceramic particles, the first and second particulate fractions together representing more than 80% of all of the ceramic particles, in volume percentages based on the total quantity of ceramic particles; d) oriented freezing of the slip by moving a solidification front at a lower speed than the speed of encapsulation of the ceramic particles; e) elimination of the crystals of the solidified liquid phase of the block; and f) optionally sintering.

A machine (1) for the production of ceramic products comprises: a mould (2) made up of two parts (3, 4) designed to define, in a closed configuration, a cavity for casting the product; means (5) for clamping and containing the mould (2) acting on the mould (2) in its closed configuration; a frame (7) for supporting the mould (2) and clamping and containing means (5). The machine comprises a supporting base, interposed between the supporting frame (7) and a walkable surface (P), having a first portion (8) pivoted to the frame (7) to allow the supporting frame (7) to rotate relative to the walkable surface (P) and a second portion (9), spaced from the first portion (8) and equipped with at least one actuator element (10, 11) connected to the supporting frame (7) to incline the supporting frame (7) at least from a first limit operating position, where the supporting frame (7) is inclined by a first angle ( or ) relative to the walkable surface (P), to a second limit operating position, where the supporting frame (7) is inclined by a second angle ( or ) which is different from the first angle ( or ), relative to the walkable surface (P).

A method for producing a part made of composite material, includes obtaining a mold includes (i) a fibrous texture, (ii) a granular filtration layer located between a drainage surface of the texture and a permeable discharge surface and including a powder of filtration particles, and (iii) an element for retaining the granular layer, which element is distinct from the layer and located between the permeable discharge surface and the drainage surface, introducing a suspension including matrix particles in a liquid medium through an introduction surface of the fibrous texture that is distinct from the drainage surface, the liquid medium passing through the drainage surface, the granular filtration layer and the retention element to be discharged through the permeable discharge surface, and the matrix particles being retained in the pores of the fibrous texture by the granular filtration layer, and forming the part made of composite material by forming a matrix.

A method for densifying a fibrous texture made of ceramic material with a ceramic matrix used in injection equipment including a mold cavity defined between a mold and a counter-mold, the mold cavity defining an internal space, and a membrane comprising a stiffened zone, the membrane being intended to be placed between a fibrous texture present in the mold cavity and the counter-mold, and the stiffened zone of the membrane having a Young's modulus greater than 200 GPa, the method including placing a predensified fibrous texture in the mold cavity, the predensified fibrous texture having corrugations on the surface and placing the membrane on the predensified fibrous texture in such a way that the stiffened zone of the membrane is in contact with the peaks of the corrugations of the predensified fibrous texture; closing the injection equipment, and densifying.

A wind turbine tower is made of reinforced concrete with fiber rovings as reinforcements, wherein the fiber rovings are basalt fiber rovings. In one embodiment, the basalt fiber rovings may include, for example, a bundle of multiple parallel oriented basalt fibers forming a thin rope. In one embodiment, the tower is produced in a slip forming process or slip molding process, wherein the basalt fiber rovings are embedded in the concrete during the slip forming process.

A wind turbine tower is made of reinforced concrete with fiber rovings as reinforcements, wherein the fiber rovings are basalt fiber rovings. In one embodiment, the basalt fiber rovings may include, for example, a bundle of multiple parallel oriented basalt fibers forming a thin rope. In one embodiment, the tower is produced in a slip forming process or slip molding process, wherein the basalt fiber rovings are embedded in the concrete during the slip forming process.

The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing stiffness or rate of stiffening of concrete mixes by carbonation of the mix, preferably while viscosity remains at a level suitable for the intended use of the concrete mix.

The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing stiffness or rate of stiffening of concrete mixes by carbonation of the mix, preferably while viscosity remains at a level suitable for the intended use of the concrete mix.