A method of connecting surfaces of first and second molded parts by electromagnetic welding. The first molded part includes a first lightning strike protection (LSP) material at an outer surface thereof. The method includes providing the first and second molded parts to comprise a heat meltable coupling and an induction-sensitive component; bringing together the surfaces to be connected and pressurizing the surfaces by providing a pressurizing body against the molded parts; generating an electromagnetic field in the surfaces to be connected of the molded parts by means of an inductor, thereby heat melting the coupling means by heating the induction-sensitive component; cooling the outer surface of the first molded part by providing a heat sink in contact with the outer surface; and coupling the molded parts under pressure by the molten heat meltable coupling means. A second lightning strike protection (LSP) material is provided at the surfaces to be connected.

A curing device of a resin composite material is provided with: an environment setting unit (an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit) which applies a prescribed physical environment that increases the amount of momentum of the molecules in an object (for example, irradiation by electromagnetic waves) to an uncured resin composite material which contains a metal nanomaterial that self-heats when placed in the aforementioned specific physical environment (the electromagnetic waves); a pressing body which is provided so as to be capable of pressing against the surface of the resin composite material; and a pressing driving unit which presses the pressing body against the surface of the resin composite material in a state in which the environment setting unit (the electromagnetic wave irradiation unit) is applying the aforementioned specific physical environment (for example, irradiation by electromagnetic waves) to the resin composite material.

An apparatus and method for heating a material are disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more magnetron assemblies positioned on each of opposing sides of a heating region. The magnetron assemblies positioned on one side of the heating region generate overlapping microwaves that propagate in a first direction through the material, and the magnetron assemblies positioned on the other side of the heating region generate overlapping microwaves that propagate in a second direction through the material. The overlapping microwaves provide a total wave voltage that is substantially constant across the material resulting in substantially even heating of the material.

Provided herein are methods of forming and optimizing cured features on a surface including controlling the surface upon which the cured features are applied. Additionally, a system for forming and processing the topographical features on the membrane is also described, along with mechanical features at specific system stations. More particularly, provided herein are methods of forming and optimizing topographical features applied to a membrane surface by controlling the membrane surface and by controlling the direction and magnitude of pressure applied to the membrane (substrate), as well as initially partially curing the topographical features, followed by fully curing of the topographical features to form the membrane having topographical spacing features formed thereon.

A stretching apparatus includes a heat treatment unit 12 configured to perform a heat treatment to a film 8 to be stretched. The heat treatment unit 12 includes a chamber 31, an air supply unit 32 configured to supply air into the chamber 31, an exhaust unit 33 configured to exhaust air from the chamber 31, a pressure measuring unit 34 configured to measure a pressure inside the chamber 31, and a control unit 35. The exhaust unit 33 has an exhaust port 51 provided in the chamber 31 and an exhaust blower 54 capable of exhausting air through the exhaust port 51. The control unit 35 controls the pressure inside the chamber 31 by adjusting an air volume of the exhaust blower 54 based on the pressure measured by the pressure measuring unit 34.

A device for cooling and stabilizing the cured tyre includes a beam which with a non-movable element; a movable element; a guide. An actuator moves the movable element relative to the beam. The non-movable element or the movable element has a shaft has a spline, and a first disc. The other one of the non-movable element or the movable element has a closing mechanism with a second disc with a threaded axial opening, a main electric motor and a securing socket. The closing mechanism cooperates with the shaft via the securing socket. The main electric motor is coupled with the securing socket. The second disc is mounted so that rotation of the securing socket causes sliding of the second disc along the axis of the securing socket. The closing mechanism is configured so that adjustment of the second disc in parallel to the axis of the beam is possible.

Foam products of a material having many voids or gas bubbles therein are marked by one or more of a plurality of devices capable of melting and/or vaporizing a desired pattern into a surface portion of the foam product, at least some doing so by movement of a hot tool, laser, flame, hot gas or other hot item, and systems and methods for making the mark or marks forming the desired pattern are disclosed along with the so marked foam products

A photosensitive resin composition for cell culture substrates that enables the low-cost manufacture of a cell culture substrate, that can easily form patterns of various shapes when providing a pattern on the surface of a cell culture substrate, has low cytotoxicity, and that can form a cell culture substrate; a cell culture substrate that is formed using the photosensitive resin composition; and a cell culture substrate manufacturing method that uses the photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin composition includes a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable monomer contains a defined amount of a polyfunctional monomer that is at least trifunctional, and the content of the photopolymerization initiator is within a prescribed range.

A tooling system may include a cure tool and a biasing element. The cure tool may have a cure tool coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and may be configured for curing a composite article formed of two or more components having dissimilar component CTEs. The biasing element may be fixedly attached to the cure tool and has a biasing element CTE that may be different than the cure tool CTE. The biasing element may be configured such that a combination of the cure tool CTE and the biasing element CTE causes a heat-up displacement in the cure tool when heated and the composite article is cured in a distorted shape. When the cured composite article is cooled, the cured composite article may substantially assume an as-designed shape.

A method for repairing a component which contains fiber-reinforced plastics material. For curing a deformable material introduced into and/or applied to a repair point of the component, the material is heated by irradiation with light from a light-emitting device. The disclosure herein further relates to a light-emitting device for heating a material that is deformable at least in part, in a method according to the disclosure herein, and to a repair device which comprises a light-emitting device.