An assembly to form a seal around a conduit. The assembly includes a mold with multiple sections that mate together to form a cavity that extends around the conduit. A retaining plate is configured to mount to the conduit and positioned in contact with the mold. A knuckle has a clamshell configuration with a first jaw and a second jaw that are pivotally connected together by a connector and movable between an open position and a closed position. A spring clip is positioned between the knuckle and the retaining plate with the spring clip configured to apply a force to maintain the retaining plate in contact with the mold.

An intermediate article for assembly to form a container, the intermediate article having a base which is polygonal in plan and having an annular peripheral edge with a plurality of edge portions surrounding a base wall structure, a plurality of wall elements around the base, each wall element being adjacent to a respective edge portion of the polygonal base, wherein each wall element has a pair of opposite outwardly extending edges having a sidewall structure therebetween, each outwardly extending edge comprising at least one member of a respective fixing mechanism for affixing adjacent outwardly extending edges of adjacent wall elements, wherein the sidewall and the base are composed of an injection moulded thermoplastic polymer, and a flexible sheet having a central part which is bonded to the base wall structure and a plurality of extending parts, each extending part being connected to, and extending away from, the central part, each extending part being bonded to the sidewall structure of a respective wall element, wherein each extending part is connected to the central part by a respective hinge part of the flexible sheet, whereby each wall element is hingedly connected to the base by the respective hinge part, wherein the wall elements can be hinged upwardly relative to the base to form a container having a sidewall which is polygonal in plan and defines a central concavity for packaging a product, wherein the sidewall has the plurality of wall elements which are connected in series to form an endless wall member extending upwardly from the base, each outwardly extending edge being affixed to an adjacent outwardly extending edge of an adjacent wall element by a respective fixing mechanism at a respective corner portion of the sidewall.

A circulating circuit member 1 forms a part of a circulating circuit through which a fluid flows. The circulating circuit member 1 includes a pipe 4; a to-be attached member that has a sleeve portion 3 made of synthetic resin to which the pipe 4 is rotationally connected; and a pin 6 that is inserted from the sleeve portion 3 to the pipe 4, in which a pin insertion hole 5 of the sleeve portion 3 through which the pin 6 is inserted is formed by a mold that is pulled out from an inside of the sleeve portion 3.

Wood scrap and binder components forming raw material (1) of a pallet block are prepared in accordance with predetermined mechanical properties of the pallet block to be produced with a mass equal to the predetermined mass of the finished pallet block. The prepared components are mixed and fed into a press mould (3) of a press die (2), pressed to size, and the binder is cross-linked applying heat externally by the aid of the side walls (11) of the press mould (3) and at the same time internally by applying heat to the central region of the pallet base material (1) via a central forming mandrel (14) conducting hot steam into the pressed the pallet block, thereby promoting the cross-linking of the pallet base material's binder in short time. The invention also relates to an apparatus implementing the method.