A hot press cushioning material includes fluororubber. A composition of the fluororubber includes a fluororubber component, a vulcanizing agent, an acid acceptor, and a dehydrating agent.

A system for manufacturing a panel includes a forming assembly having opposing press plates and at least one platen assembly arranged between the opposing press plates. The platen assembly includes first and second platens connected together via at least one elastic deformable member. Further, the forming assembly is operable in a heating mode and a cooling mode. Moreover, the first platen is maintained at a predetermined temperature range during each of the heating and cooling modes. During the heating mode, the elastic deformable member(s) is compressed such that the first and second platens contact each other. As such, one or more layers of material to be consolidated are held by the forming assembly as the forming assembly applies heat and pressure to the layer(s), thereby consolidating the panel.

A method for manufacturing a plastic substrate having excellent thickness uniformity, and a plastic substrate having excellent thickness uniformity manufactured thereby.

This molding apparatus is intended for the manufacturing of a molded article from a raw material intended to be arranged in a first region of an embossing chamber of the molding apparatus. The embossing chamber includes a mold and a counter-mold, the molds being arranged on two opposite sides of the first region. The molding apparatus further includes a second chamber having a common wall with the embossing chamber and a pressurization system configured to generate a predefined pressure differential between the embossing chamber and the second chamber, the common wall including at least one embossing actuator, the embossing actuator being configured to generate a movement of at least one of the molds so as to mold the raw material when a predefined pressure differential is applied.

A battery case shaping apparatus and method shape a pouch-shaped battery case. The battery case shaping apparatus includes a conductive liquid and positive and negative electrodes each configured to generate electric discharge in the conductive liquid in order to prevent a laminate sheet for battery cases from being damaged by friction between a punch and a die and to allow the entirety of the laminate sheet to be elongated.

Methods of forming a curvature into a composite stiffener and a forming tool are presented. The composite stiffener is positioned in a forming region created by a base assembly and an upper assembly. A first airflow is applied through the material of the base assembly. A second airflow is applied through the material of the upper assembly. A plurality of brackets of the upper assembly is moved relative to each other to change a curvature of the forming region along a length of the forming region to form the curvature into the composite stiffener.

A provided heat-resistant cushioning sheet is a sheet configured to be disposed between a thermocompression face of a thermocompression apparatus and a target in a thermocompression treatment of the target, and includes: a substrate including a fluorine resin; and a coating layer including a heat-resistant resin and disposed on a one principal surface side of the substrate. One exposed surface of the heat-resistant cushioning sheet is formed by the coating layer. The heat-resistant resin is a resin other than a fluorine resin and has a melting point of 280° C. or higher and/or a glass transition temperature of 210° C. or higher. The provided heat-resistant cushioning sheet is well adapted to expected further increases in treatment temperature and pressure.

A provided heat-resistant cushioning sheet is a sheet configured to be disposed between a thermocompression face of a thermocompression apparatus and a target in a thermocompression treatment of the target, and includes: a substrate including a fluorine resin; and a coating layer including a heat-resistant resin and disposed on a one principal surface side of the substrate. One exposed surface of the heat-resistant cushioning sheet is formed by the coating layer. The heat-resistant resin is a resin other than a fluorine resin and has a melting point of 280° C. or higher and/or a glass transition temperature of 210° C. or higher. The provided heat-resistant cushioning sheet is well adapted to expected further increases in treatment temperature and pressure.

A core-shell microneedle system and a method of manufacturing the microneedle system provides a pulsatile drug delivery system which is programmed to release drugs/vaccines at predictable times using biodegradable polymers and with controllable dosages. This microneedle system can be fully embedded into the skin and then release drugs/vaccines as sharp bursts in a timely manner, similar to multiple bolus injections.

A core-shell microneedle system and a method of manufacturing the microneedle system provides a pulsatile drug delivery system which is programmed to release drugs/vaccines at predictable times using biodegradable polymers and with controllable dosages. This microneedle system can be fully embedded into the skin and then release drugs/vaccines as sharp bursts in a timely manner, similar to multiple bolus injections.