A method for drape forming a laminated composite charge, the method including placing the laminated composite charge on a forming tool and redirecting forming forces applied to the laminated composite charge during drape forming to counteract wrinkle forming movement between plies of the laminated composite charge.

A method for drape forming a laminated composite charge, the method including placing the laminated composite charge on a forming tool and redirecting forming forces applied to the laminated composite charge during drape forming to counteract wrinkle forming movement between plies of the laminated composite charge.

A method for printing on a multi-dimensional object may include creating a customized object holder for the multi-dimensional object via thermoforming. The customized object holder includes at least one datum point for providing registration information corresponding to one or more printable areas of the multi-dimensional object. The method may then include mounting the multi-dimensional object on the customized object holder, attaching the customized object holder to a moving sled of a print system, and controlling the movement of the moving sled relative to a plurality of print heads, and operating the plurality of print heads to eject marking material onto the multi-dimensional object. The movement of the moving sled may be controlled by determining a position of at least one printable area on the multi-dimensional object, and using the determined position to control the movement of the moving sled relative to the plurality of print heads.

Methods and apparatus for manufacturing vacuum forming a produce container using a fiber-based slurry. The slurry includes a moisture barrier comprising alkylketene dimer in the range of about 4% by weight, and a cationic liquid starch component in the range of 1%-7% by weight.

Methods and apparatus for manufacturing vacuum forming a produce container using a fiber-based slurry. The slurry includes a moisture barrier comprising alkylketene dimer in the range of about 4% by weight, and a cationic liquid starch component in the range of 1%-7% by weight.

A vehicle interior component includes a base member, a cover member, and an adhesive layer applied to the base member or the cover member. The cover member and the base member are attached via the adhesive layer. On corners of the base member and in the vicinity of the corners, the base member includes non-adhesive portions where an adhesive is not applied.

A method of thermoforming an article from an integrated transparent conductive film includes heating the integrated transparent conductive film to a formable temperature in a mold, wherein the integrated transparent conductive film comprises a substrate comprising a transparent thermoplastic material, wherein the substrate includes a substrate first surface and a substrate second surface; a transparent conductive layer disposed adjacent to the substrate, wherein the transparent conductive layer includes a transparent conductive layer first surfaced disposed on the substrate first surface; and an electrical circuit etched onto a transparent conductive layer second surface; thermoforming the integrated transparent conductive film to the article comprising the mold shape; cooling the formed article; and removing the formed article form the mold; wherein the formed article has a functional electrical circuit after thermoforming.

Provided is a microneedle manufacturing method including: applying a raw material containing active pharmaceutical ingredients on one or more concave portions formed in a microneedle mold; and pressurizing the raw material at an internal pressure of a pressurizing chamber to fill microstructures of the one or more concave portions with the raw material while loading the microneedle mold, on which the raw material is applied, into the pressurizing chamber. The pressurizing the raw material includes: simultaneously performing an injection and discharge of air into and from the pressurizing chamber to create an air flow inside the pressurizing chamber and to simultaneously perform the filling of the one or more concave portions with the raw material and a drying of the raw material.

A bag component for a product includes a first plastic film and a second plastic film. A product space is delimited by mutually opposite sides of the first plastic film and the second plastic film and a circumferentially closed boundary. The first plastic film and the second plastic film are joined along a first portion of the boundary. The first plastic film and the second plastic film form a reception space for the product and/or an insert component along a second portion of the boundary. At least one of the first plastic film and the second plastic film has at least one recess in or adjacent to the second portion of the boundary. A method for manufacturing a bag component includes forming a plastic film. A forming tool for forming at least one recess in at least one plastic film of a plastic film arrangement includes a forming surface.

A molding tool and a method for producing molded parts from a moldable material with at least one first tool component and at least one second tool component are described. The first tool component has a cavity with a first molding surface and the second tool component has a molding element with a second molding surface, which has an at least partially flexible material. Moldable material introduced into the cavity is pressed against the first molding surface at least in certain regions by the deformation of the flexible material. A medium is introduced via the molding element for this purpose, which leads to deformation of the flexible material.