The disclosed subject matter provides a system and method for facilitating bonding of various turbine blade components, including trailing edge inserts, or flatbacks, to the trailing edge of a wind turbine blade. The system disclosed herein ensures a consistent force is applied from root to top thereby preventing defects, e.g. paste voids, from forming. Additionally, a consistent bonding gap can be achieved due to the consistent application of force from the root to tip of the blade.

A preform mold (100) including a core plate (210), a cavity plate (410) and a plurality of mold stacks (MS) mounted between the core and cavity plates (210, 410). Each mold stack (MS) includes a core insert (250) mounted to the core plate (210), a cavity insert (440) mounted to the cavity plate (410) and split mold inserts (350) mounted between the core and cavity inserts (250, 440). The core inserts (250) are mounted to the core plate (210) by fasteners accessible from a rear side of the core plate (210). When the mold (100) is assembled, the core inserts (250) can be secured by the fasteners in a fixed condition in which they are immovable relative to the core plate (210). Also disclosed is a method of aligning the core inserts (250) by securing the core inserts (250) from a floating condition, in which they are able to slide relative to the core plate (210) along a sliding interface therebetween, to the fixed condition.

A preform mold (100) including a core plate (210), a cavity plate (410) and a plurality of mold stacks (MS) mounted between the core and cavity plates (210, 410). Each mold stack (MS) includes a core insert (250) mounted to the core plate (210), a cavity insert (440) mounted to the cavity plate (410) and split mold inserts (350) mounted between the core and cavity inserts (250, 440). The core inserts (250) are mounted to the core plate (210) by fasteners accessible from a rear side of the core plate (210). When the mold (100) is assembled, the core inserts (250) can be secured by the fasteners in a fixed condition in which they are immovable relative to the core plate (210). Also disclosed is a method of aligning the core inserts (250) by securing the core inserts (250) from a floating condition, in which they are able to slide relative to the core plate (210) along a sliding interface therebetween, to the fixed condition.

A lens mold carrier (1; 2) comprises: a frame (10; 20) extending in a plane (x,y; u,v) and comprising a plurality of individual compartments (100; 200); at least one mold unit (11; 21) arranged in one of the individual compartments (100; 200) in a manner secured against falling out, the at least one mold unit (11; 21) including an adapter piece (110; 210) and a lens mold (112; 212) fixedly connected to the adapter piece (110; 210). The adapter piece (110; 210) is floatingly arranged within the compartment (100; 200) to allow for limited movement of the adapter piece (110; 210) within the compartment (100; 200) at least in a translation plane parallel to or coincident with the plane (x,y; u,v) in which the frame (10; 20) extends.

The application relates to an adjustable moulding tool and corresponding model production method, including following process steps: moving rods towards the said chamber through the said chamber's holey surfaces manually or via mechanisms in increments numbers of which are calculated through computer programs or manually, after the formation of the emptiness in the shape of the model, pouring of the material in a manner to fill the emptiness, heating and cooling or applying other processes in accordance with the characteristic of the poured material to enable that material takes the desired monolithic shape, after material takes the form of the model monolithically, making the casting chamber free of the rods, which have initially been moved towards the casting chamber with the purpose of the formation of the emptiness, by moving the rods in the reverse directions and taking out the produced model through an openable surface of the said chamber.

A thermoforming system and related methods for manufacturing thermoplastic parts, such as interior panels for aircraft, may include a roll-to-roll operation and a forming press having at least one selectively rotatable tool. The rotatable tool, which may include a mold and/or a die, may be multifaceted, such that different faces of the tool have different mold arrangements for different forming characteristics.

A thermoforming system and related methods for manufacturing thermoplastic parts, such as interior panels for aircraft, may include a roll-to-roll operation and a forming press having at least one selectively rotatable tool. The rotatable tool, which may include a mold and/or a die, may be multifaceted, such that different faces of the tool have different mold arrangements for different forming characteristics.

A seal member formed in a line shape having ends is inserted in a seal groove formed on at least one of adjacent side surfaces of segments. A lip portion is provided on a seal upper portion of the member so at least a tip end thereof projects to an outside of the seal groove when the member is inserted in the groove. The seal member is hollow or includes a concave portion on at least a seal bottom portion thereof. When assembling the segments as a single structure, the adjacent side surfaces of the segments are coupled to each other, and the seal member is crushed in a cross sectional direction by the side surface of the other segment to seal between the segments. With this, complication of manufacturing steps can be suppressed or avoided while realizing a satisfactory sealed state between the adjacent segments of a mold.

Device and method for producing a plurality of microlenses from a lens material. The method includes: applying lens material intended for the embossing of the microlenses to a plurality of first lens molds distributed on a first embossing side of a first die for embossing of the microlenses, moving the first die and a second die located essentially parallel, in an X-Y plane, and opposite the first die, on top of one another in a Z-direction running essentially perpendicular to the X-Y plane, embossing the microlenses by shaping and curing the lens material, the shaping taking place by moving the first and second embossing sides on top of one another, up to a thickness D.sub.1 of the lens material in the Z-direction, wherein the lens material of each microlens at least during curing is separate from the lens material of each microlens which is adjacent in the X-Y plane.

A mold bushing assembly includes a pin member for assembly to a first mold portion and a bushing member for assembly to a second mold portion. The pin member includes a projection that includes a land portion and a guide portion, with the land portion being cylindrical and having an axial length, and with the guide portion extending from the land portion and having a varying cross sectional diameter that decreases from the land portion. The bushing member includes a bushing cavity into which the projection at least partially extends when the first and second mold portions are engaged with at least a portion of the land portion extending into the bushing cavity to aid in accurate alignment of the mold portions.