A structure-lining apparatus for lining one or more surfaces of a structure formed from curable material cast in a form. The apparatus comprises a plurality of panels. The panels are connected at their respective edges in an edge-to-edge connection to provide a structure-lining surface. A plurality of anchoring components project from the panels into the liquid material during fabrication of the structure. The anchoring components each comprise one or more anchoring features which are encased in the material as the material solidifies to thereby bond the anchoring components to the structure. The plurality of anchoring components comprises one or more connector-type anchoring components for connecting to corresponding connector-type anchoring components on adjacent edges of a corresponding edge-adjacent panel to connect the edge-adjacent panels in an edge-adjacent relationship. The apparatus comprises one or more breakaway components on at least one of the plurality of panels.

There is provided a ball joint comprising a ball stud including a ball; a bearing configured to enclose and support the ball of the ball stud; a ball joint case configured to accommodate a portion of the ball stud and the bearing, the ball joint case being made of a plastic material; and a ball joint mounting case configured to accommodate the ball joint case and fastened to a suspension arm, wherein the ball joint mounting case is made of a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP).

There is provided a ball joint comprising a ball stud including a ball; a bearing configured to enclose and support the ball of the ball stud; a ball joint case configured to accommodate a portion of the ball stud and the bearing, the ball joint case being made of a plastic material; and a ball joint mounting case configured to accommodate the ball joint case and fastened to a suspension arm, wherein the ball joint mounting case is made of a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP).

A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.

The present invention concerns a method of producing an insulation product comprising a board of porous insulation material wrapped in a gas-impermeable foil, said method comprising the steps of providing a succession of porous insulation material boards on a first conveyor apparatus and feeding the boards on a second conveyor apparatus; providing wrapping foil and wrapping said foil to form a tube around the boards on said second conveyor apparatus, flushing the boards with an insulating gas, and sealing the wrapping foil at the ends of each board transverse to the direction of travel of the second conveyor apparatus.

A plastics cladding part for a motor vehicle includes a support component which has a fastening side facing toward a body of the motor vehicle and a visible side facing away from the body, and at least one clip housing. The clip housing is configured integral with the support component on the fastening side thereof for the reception of a fastening clip. The clip housing and the support component are mechanically stiffened with a reinforcing tape. An injection molding process is also described for the manufacture of the tape-reinforced plastics cladding part.

Fibrous preform for a composite blade and also a composite blade formed by means of such a preform, a rotor and a rotating machine comprising such a blade, the preform comprising a first longitudinal section, configured to form a blade root, and a second longitudinal section, extending from the first longitudinal section, configured to form a portion of an airfoil, wherein the first longitudinal section has a first thickness at its upper end and wherein the second longitudinal section comprises at least one set-back zone having a thickness at least three times less than the first thickness, said set-back zone occupying at least 50% of the second longitudinal section.

A method is provided for manufacturing a container. During this method, a baffle is provided. The baffle is configured from or otherwise includes baffle thermoplastic material. A sidewall is formed using an additive manufacturing device. The sidewall is bonded to the baffle during the forming of the sidewall. The sidewall circumscribes the baffle. The sidewall is configured from or otherwise includes sidewall thermoplastic material. The container includes an internal chamber, the baffle and the sidewall. The sidewall forms an outer peripheral boundary of the internal chamber. The baffle is arranged within the internal chamber.

The invention relates to a method for producing a component from a component material, which comprises at least one plastics material, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a component substrate, from which the component is intended to be produced; applying a metal foil to the component substrate in at least one application portion; consolidating the plastics material contained in the component substrate in such a way that the metal foil is connected to the consolidated plastics material in the application portion; and peeling the metal foil off from the component substrate after the consolidation operation.

A fiber-reinforced metal composite member and a manufacturing method thereof. The member includes a metallic matrix provided with a plurality of grooves thereon at a preset angle to a horizontal direction, and the grooves are filled with fiber-reinforced polymers therein. Based on the characteristic that deformation at a necking-occurring location of metal material increases but tensile bearing capacity decreases while bearing capacity of the fiber-reinforced polymers increases with their tensile deformation increasing, the embodiments include fiber-reinforced polymers in the grooves with preset angle and metal to jointly bear the effect of tensile, so at the necking-occurring location, bearing capacity of fiber-reinforced polymers increases to compensate for the decrease of bearing capacity of metal material, thereby avoiding occurring necking or making necking to occur at multiple locations, preventing metal composite member from fracturing due to occurring local necking at one location, and improving deformability of metal composite member.