A method for manufacturing a structured insert (10) for a mold for manufacturing a timepiece or jewelry component, for example a bracelet strand, including: —providing (E1) a template element (50) comprising a structured surface (51) with a pattern to be reproduced on a surface of a timepiece component; —covering (E2) the structured surface (51) of the template element (50) with a molding resin capable of reproducing a negative pattern of the pattern of the structured surface, and leaving the molding resin to solidify in order to obtain a structured insert (10); —separating (E3) the structured insert (10) from the template element (50), the structured insert (10) comprising a surface comprising the negative pattern; —optionally, cutting the structured insert (10) to the format corresponding to at least part of the timepiece component to be manufactured.

An assembly for densification under load along at least one direction of compression. The assembly includes: at least one volume to be densified having a powdery and/or porous composition and having variations in thickness along the direction of compression; and at least one counter-form of a powdery and/or porous composition, having at least one face facing at least one portion of the volume. The face and each of the portions are separated by at least one deformable interface layer.

Provided is a mold adapted for producing at least a part of a wind turbine blade, including a support and shell fixed to the support for accommodating blade building elements to be embedded in a resin matrix, wherein the shell includes at least one main body shell element and several diverse tip shell elements, which are exchangeably fixable to the support.

The invention relates to a frame (2) including at least one part that is intended to support a skin (3) for receiving a part made from a composite material to be polymerized in an autoclave, said skin (3) defining the general shape of said part. The frame (2) is characterized in that it is a single-piece foundry piece.

A mould assembly for a skimmer box lid includes a mould including a floor and a sidewall extending from the floor, the floor and sidewall defining a mould cavity into which a settable material can be introduced. The floor defines at least one aperture. The assembly includes at least one mould insert having a tubular body that is configured for attachment to the floor to extend from the floor to a height that is at least substantially equivalent to a height of the sidewall, the tubular body defining an elongate passage to be in register with a respective aperture such that, when the settable material is introduced into the mould cavity and subsequently sets, the mould body, the, or each, mould insert, and the settable material form the skimmer box lid with the, or each, passage extending through the skimmer box lid so that a suitable tool can be used to lift the skimmer box lid.

Systems and methods for lens creations are disclosed. The method includes initiating light transmission from a light source through a diffuser into a container holding resin and a substrate. The light transmission is performed according to an irradiation pattern wherein each point in the resin is illuminated by at least 10% of the diffuser. This causes a lens to be formed. To achieve this illumination, at least 15% of the diffuser receives light from the light source. Further, a diameter of the diffuser is greater than or equal to a diameter of the substrate. The system performing the methods includes a polymerization apparatus and may include a resin conditioning and reservoir apparatus, a metrology unit, a resin drainage apparatus and an optional postcuring apparatus.

The invention relates to a device for producing a spacer having a casting mold lower part (1) with a cavity (2), a casting mold wall (3) which extends peripherally away from an edge of the cavity (2) and which is open on the opposite side, a casting mold upper part (5) with a shaping surface (6), wherein the casting mold upper part (5) can be inserted into an interior (4) of the casting mold lower part (1) and is displaceable in the direction of the cavity (2), such that a hollow space is formed which is delimited by the cavity (2), the shaping surface (6) and the casting mold wall (3) and in which the spacer is moldable, at least one container (7) for receiving excess bone cement paste, and at least one opening (8) in the shaping surface (6) and/or in the cavity (2), which opens into the at least one container (7) for receiving excess bone cement paste.

The invention also relates to a method for producing spacers using such a device.

A method of producing an in-situ molded concrete object includes positioning a form on a substrate. The form can include a leg portion, a face portion, and a frangible portion. The frangible portion can connect the leg portion to the face portion. The method includes coupling the leg portion to the substrate to create a container open on at least one side. The method also includes pouring concrete into the container. The frangible portion can be fractured to separate the face portion from the leg portion.

According to some aspects, a method is provided of casting an object from a mold, the method comprising obtaining a mold comprising a hollow shell of rigid material, the material comprising a thermoset polymer having a plurality of pores formed therein, providing a metal and/or ceramic slurry into an interior of the mold, exposing at least part of the mold to a low pressure environment so that a net flow of gas is produced from the interior of the mold into the low pressure environment. According to some aspects, a method of forming a porous mold is provided. According to some aspects, a photocurable liquid composition is provided, comprising a liquid photopolymer resin, particles of a solid material, in an amount between 30% and 60% by volume of the composition, and a water-soluble liquid.

A casting mold for producing a casting having a front side and a rear side from a curable casting compound, including at least a first mold part shaping the front side and a second mold part shaping the rear side, the mold parts together delimiting a casting cavity. The first mold part has a first metal layer delimiting the casting cavity and the second mold part has a second metal layer delimiting the casting cavity. The two metal layers overlap in the region of their peripheries and at least the first metal layer is heatable by way of an assigned heating device. An insulation element is arranged on the metal layer of the first or of the second mold part in a peripherally encircling manner. The insulation element in the closed position bears peripherally against the other metal layer and thermally separates the two metal layers, which do not come into contact with one another, from one another.