Provides is a seal surface carving apparatus capable of carving a seal surface using only a single attachment irrespective of a size of a stamp. A porous impression die having a seal surface to be carved is set on a dedicated attachment, and is loaded in a seal surface carving apparatus. A fitting projection fit to a bottom portion of the impression die is formed on the attachment, and impression dice having various sizes may be set. In addition, a slit hole extending in a conveyance direction is formed in an impression die setting portion of the attachment. Impression die size determination means of the seal surface carving apparatus determines a size of the impression die by detecting a position at which the impression die blocks the slit hole.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for curing resin-impregnated tubular liners by means of high-energy radiation, comprising at least two radiation sources for producing high-energy radiation, wherein the apparatus has a front end, a rear end opposite the front end, two opposite side ends, an upper end and a lower end opposite the upper end, wherein a length of the apparatus, measured from the front end to the rear end, a width of the apparatus, measured from a side end to the opposite side end, and/or a height of the apparatus, measured from the lower into the upper end, is smaller in a transport state than in an operating state, in that at least one element of the apparatus is mounted such that the element can be folded out, displaced, rotated, and/or moved, and wherein at least one further radiation source is arranged to be spaced further apart from at least one further radiation source when in the operating state than in the transport state. The invention further relates to a use of such an apparatus.

A mold tool component (10) has a mold face (34), a temperature control face (36) opposite the mold face (34), a cavity (42) adjacent the temperature control face (36), and at least one rib (16) extending from the temperature control face (36) into the cavity (42), which rib (16) has a concave profile in cross section.

An induction heated tool system for receiving and heating polymer-fiber components from a starting temperature to a target temperature includes a tool part having a receiving cutout, the tool part formed from a thermally dimensionally stable material so it has a coefficient of thermal longitudinal expansion less than 10?10.sup.?6 K.sup.?1, or less than 5?10.sup.?6 K.sup.?1, or less than 4?10.sup.?6 K.sup.?1 in the plane of the largest dimension of the receiving cutout, at temperatures between the starting and target temperatures. A receiving cutout for receiving a polymer-fiber component is in the tool part, the receiving cutout delimited by a receiving surface portion so a polymer-fiber component received in the receiving cutout can lie against the receiving surface portion. A susceptor element includes a ferromagnetic material with a first Curie temperature. The susceptor element is on a surface portion of the tool part outside the receiving cutout and the receiving surface portion.

Provided is a fuel tank producing apparatus capable of uniformly heating a tank container in a short period of time. The fuel tank producing apparatus includes a heat curing furnace for heating the tank container and a hot air generator for generating hot air. The heat curing furnace is internally provided with a nozzle for blowing the hot air onto the surface of the tank container, and externally provided with a rotating portion for rotating the tank container about the central axis thereof. The nozzle is located at a position displaced to the left relative to the vertical direction to the central axis of the tank container as viewed from the direction of the central axis of the tank container. The rotating portion is configured to rotate the tank container in the reverse direction of a direction in which the hot air is blown from the nozzle.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for use in composite manufacturing, to facilitate cooling of composite parts. The methods and apparatus disclosed are of particular use in thermal joining methods. A magnetic field is applied to a magnetocaloric material to induce a magnetic phase change. Heat is exhausting heat from the magnetocaloric material while the magnetic field is applied and, when the magnetic field is disapplied, heat is flowed from the composite assembly to the magnetocaloric material, reversing the magnetic phase change and cooling the composite part. An induction coil for inductively heating the composite part may be used to apply the magnetic field.

The invention relates to a placement device, a placement system, and a method of producing a component from a thermoset towpreg semi-finished product, as well as to a component. In particular the invention related to a placement device (1) for producing a component (104) from a thermoset towpreg semi-finished product (100), comprising a placement unit (2) for guiding the towpreg semi-finished product (100), a laser unit (4) for emitting a laser beam (6), and a heating section (8), wherein the laser unit (4) is arranged and configured to apply the laser beam (6) to the towpreg semi-finished product (100) in the heating area (8).

An apparatus, system and method for isolating a controlled environment for cure process control of application and cure of one or more curable compounds to a structure. The apparatus has an end effector of an involute conformal mold having a mold body shaped to provide a shroud over an area covered with the one or more curable compounds on the structure, to isolate the area and the controlled environment. The mold body has an exterior surface, and an interior surface with a cavity profile corresponding to a desired curable compound shape. The mold body has one or more ports, and a plurality of involute channels with spiral flow paths. The involute channels include outer channel(s) having an outer path profile for regenerative heat transfer to the curable compound(s), and include inner channel(s) having an inner path profile for convective and radiative heat transfer to the curable compound(s).

The present example provides a scalable tooling system using highly parallel convection heating for processing of high temperature composite materials. A single-sided mold is provided with vacuum pressure to cast and consolidate a raw material. The mold is integrally heated by a plurality of discretized heat sources providing a plurality of convection airflow sources to minimize the hot and cold spots inherit to typical convection oven processing. Airflow is arranged by orifices aligned conformally to the mold's profile surface such that rapid heating rates may be achieved while maintaining temperature control along the mold surface.

[Problem] To provide a manufacturing method with which a cured resin film can be manufactured at high yield, and which effectively prevents the occurrence of defects such as wrinkles in the cured resin film.

[Solution] Provided is a cured resin film manufacturing method comprising: a first step in which an undried resin film is formed on a support, the undried resin film comprising a heat curable resin composition containing a curable resin and a solvent; a second step in which a curable resin film having a loss of 0.5-7 wt % on heating is formed by drying the undried resin film which has been formed on the support by using a float method to convey the undried resin, which is in the state of having been formed on the support, in a drying device; a third step in which a cured resin film is formed by heat curing the curable resin film; and a fourth step in which the support is detached from the cured resin film.