Provided is a method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member by which unevenness in luminescent color are less likely to occur. A method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member includes the steps of: preparing a slurry containing glass particles to be a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3; forming a green sheet by applying the slurry onto a support substrate and moving a doctor blade relative to the slurry, the doctor blade being spaced a predetermined distance away from the support substrate; forming a green sheet laminate by applying heat and pressure to a plurality of the green sheets overlaid one upon another; and sintering the green sheet laminate to obtain a wavelength conversion member, wherein in the step of forming a green sheet laminate, the plurality of green sheets are overlaid one upon another so that, as for at least two of the plurality of green sheets, respective directions of movement of the doctor blade in the step of forming a green sheet intersect each other.

A compression device, means for controlling the compression device, a drum having an inner chamber, means for rotating the drum, and first and second delivery devices for delivering first and second materials into the inner chamber of the drum while the drum is rotating. The compression device compresses the first and second material in the inner chamber of the drum while the drum is rotating about the center of the drum in response to the means for controlling the compression device. The apparatus may include a stirring device; and a means for controlling the stirring device; wherein the stirring device is configured with respect to the drum so that the stirring device can be moved up and down to a desired depth within the drum and rotates within the inner chamber of the drum to stir the first and second materials in the drum while the drum is rotating.

A panel including at least a substrate of thermoplastic material and a top layer with a printed decor and a translucent or transparent wear layer. The substrate includes three layers, including a lowermost layer, a central layer and an uppermost layer, all made from thermoplastic material, where the thermoplastic material of the central layer is more rigid than the thermoplastic material of the lower most layer and the uppermost layer.

A filter for use in safety air bags as employed in vehicles and the like comprises one or more compressed grooved wires, wherein the wire or wires have an outer diameter of about 0.010 to 0.050 inches and the grooves have a depth in the range of 0.001 to about 0.005 inches. A plurality of grooves, preferable about 10-14, of about 0.018 diameter stainless steel wire, having a depth of about 0.001 inches to about 0.0025 inches, are equally spaced about the periphery of the wire, which is cylindrical. The pitch of the groove spacing may differ for different implementations. The wire outer surface between grooves may have a radius, preferably about 0.0025 inches in a wire of about 0.018 inches diameter. A stainless steel wire is preferred, but other wire metals may be used according to a given implementation.

Drug tablets that include a controlled release layer of a moisture-sensitive active agent are prepared with a lipidic matrix forming excipient, a water-soluble, channel forming excipient and a filler, each being non-hygroscipic. The tablets are formed in a process where the components are blended in the absence of moisture and in particulate form.

A shell structure including a casing and a frame is provided. The casing includes an elastic material structure and a fiber structure, wherein the fiber structure is intermixed with the elastic material structure, and the casing has at least two sides adjacent to each other. The frame is wrapped by the casing, wherein the casing and the frame have at least one buffering space therebetween, and the buffering space is aligned to a border between the two sides. In addition, a manufacturing method of the shell structure is also provided.

A gear comprising: a hub defining an outer surface, the hub comprising a ceramic material; and a first ring defining an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the first ring being coupled to the outer surface of the hub via a bond, the outer surface of the first ring defining a plurality of gear teeth, and the first ring comprising a metallic material.

An apparatus for dry-manufacturing recycled leather comprises air-laid material; and recycled leather manufactured using the apparatus for dry-manufacturing recycled leather. The apparatus for dry-manufacturing recycled leather molds leather fibers and general fibers, which are mixed using air-laid material, and thus a conventional carding process is not required, and recycled leather manufactured thereby has a high tensile strength.

The present application describes the development of a method for creating a continuous conductive metal layer on a surface of a component, the component preferably made of molded acrylonitrile butadiene styrene polymer (ABS) or polycarbonate/ABS (PC/ABS) blend, the method utilizing cold sintering. This method avoids the need for chromic acid etching pretreatment prior to the electroplating process. Continuous, conductive and thickness-controllable layers of metals such as Ni, Fe, Cu or Ni/Fe have been created on the plastic surface using the cold sintering. The method will also work with any other metal. Thus, molded ABS or PC/ABS parts can be further electroplated without the need to go through the undesirable etching process.

A method for forming a thermoplastic body having regions with varied material composition and/or porosity. Powder blends comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a sacrificial porogen and an inorganic reinforcement or filler are molded to form complementary parts with closely toleranced mating surfaces. The parts are formed discretely, assembled and compression molded to provide a unitary article that is free from discernible boundaries between the assembled parts. Each part in the assembly has differences in composition and/or porosity, and the assembly has accurate physical features throughout the sections of the formed article, without distortion and nonuniformities caused by variable compaction and densification rates in methods that involve compression molding powder blends in a single step.