An apparatus and a method for preparing a multi-directional continuous fiber-reinforced composite material. The apparatus includes an electrostatic fiber-splitting device configured to controllably split a fiber bundle, a powder spreading device configured to spread a powder, and a pre-press molding device configured to cut the fiber and compact the powder. The electrostatic fiber-splitting device includes a rotatable fiber-splitting table. The pressing plate is controlled by an electromagnet, and the pressing plate is energized to generate a high-voltage electrostatic field to disperse the continuous fiber bundle into monofilament fibers.

A feeding device for a press comprising: a first belt (2), movable in advancement along a conveying direction (X) and passing through a press (11, 12); depositing means (3), predisposed for spreading in a layer an amount (L) of loose material (L) on a movable plane. The device comprises a second belt (4), on which the depositing means (3) operate, located upstream of the first belt (2), which is movable along the conveying direction (X) and is substantially aligned and contiguous to the first belt (2). The first belt (2) and second belt (4) are movable independently of one another.

A feeding device for a press comprising: a first belt (2), movable in advancement along a conveying direction (X) and passing through a press (11, 12); depositing means (3), predisposed for spreading in a layer an amount (L) of loose material (L) on a movable plane. The device comprises a second belt (4), on which the depositing means (3) operate, located upstream of the first belt (2), which is movable along the conveying direction (X) and is substantially aligned and contiguous to the first belt (2). The first belt (2) and second belt (4) are movable independently of one another.

Device for pressing a non-hardened concrete composition into a desired form includes an upper plate with first cavities running through the upper plate, a moulding plate with one or more second cavities whereby the upper plate is located directly above the moulding plate, a bottom plate located under the moulding plate whereby the bottom plate closes the one or more second cavities on the bottom, whereby the upper plate and the moulding plate can move horizontally in relation to each other between a first position in which the one or more first cavities are directly and exactly above the one or more second cavities and a second position in which the one or more first cavities are not above the one or more second cavities, wherein the thickness of the upper plate and not the thickness of the moulding plate is decisive for the thickness of the final article.

The present disclosure discloses a method for compression casting concrete by reducing an amount of cement, including: adopting any existing concrete mix proportion designed for concrete of given strength, mixing the concrete, pouring the concrete into a mould, and compressing the concrete at a given pressure, where 28-day strength of the compacted concrete is increased; gradually reducing an amount of cement while keeping amounts of other materials unchanged, where 28-day strength of the concrete is gradually reduced until the concrete meets a design index; proportionally reducing amounts of water and cement in a last mix proportion while keeping amounts of other materials unchanged, where during compression casting of the concrete, discharge of cement paste is gradually reduced until no cement paste is discharged; and compression casting a concrete member according to a final mix proportion.

A method of producing concrete blocks for creating a surface covering, wherein each concrete block comprises a multiple-layer concrete block body with at least one level concrete block underside and, opposite the at least one level concrete black underside, an essentially flat concrete block upper side, wherein the multi-layer concrete block body comprises a first concrete block layer designed as a facing concrete layer and forming the concrete block upper surface, at least one second concrete block layer designed as a core concrete layer, as well as at least one third concrete block layer forming the concrete block underside. In the method at least one formwork is provided.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a process for making a carbanogel buckypaper product. Such carbanogel buckypaper product may be imparted with enhanced properties as compared to other buckypaper products. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the carbanogel can be generated by an electrolysis process that can transform a carbon-containing gas into a carbon nanomaterial.

A ceramic ball material according to the present embodiment includes a spherical portion, and a band-shaped portion formed over a circumference of a surface of the spherical portion. The band-shaped portion has a width in a range of 0.5 mm or more and 4.0 mm or less, both shoulders of which are provided with an R section having a radius of curvature of 0.02 mm or more. Any one of aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, and zirconium oxide is used as the ceramic.

A ceramic ball material according to the present embodiment includes a spherical portion, and a band-shaped portion formed over a circumference of a surface of the spherical portion. The band-shaped portion has a width in a range of 0.5 mm or more and 4.0 mm or less, both shoulders of which are provided with an R section having a radius of curvature of 0.02 mm or more. Any one of aluminum oxide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, and zirconium oxide is used as the ceramic.

A ceramic lithium indium diselenide or like radiation detector device formed as a pressed material that exhibits scintillation properties substantially identical to a corresponding single crystal growth radiation detector device, exhibiting the intrinsic property of the chemical compound, with an acceptable decrease in light output, but at a markedly lower cost due to the time savings associated with pressing versus single crystal growth.