Systems and processes for thermoforming an article and for preparing an article for thermoforming are disclosed. The system for thermoforming can include one or more heating stations and a cooling station. The system for thermoforming can further include an article movement mechanism that can couple to an article and rotate the article inside a heating chamber, inside a cooling chamber, or both. The system for preparing an article for thermoforming can include a vessel that comprises a port, and a negative pressure generation system coupled to the port. The system for preparing an article for thermoforming can further include a compression material that forms an interior portion for receiving an article. The negative pressure generation system can cause the compression material to expand to allow for insertion of the article into the interior portion of the compression material.

To make it possible to restrain generation of chipping or cracking in a substrate of a laminated lens structure. A laminated lens structure includes substrates with lens which each have a lens disposed inside a through-hole formed in the substrate and which are laminated on one another by direct bonding, in which the substrates are each provided in the vicinity of the outer circumference thereof with through grooves penetrating the substrate. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a compound eye camera module.

A method for production of an interior unit for a motor vehicle includes production of a support by injection molding, featuring an enclosed front side, wherein at a backside of the support a screw boss is formed whose drill hole is sealed by a support section in the direction of the front side of the support, which support section features a reduced wall thickness in comparison to the remainder of the support, and production of a foam layer on the enclosed front side of the support. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to an interior unit for a motor vehicle.

The temperature T ( C.) of a surface of an electroconductive mesh layer 15 in contact with a second resin layer (16), the thickness t.sub.1 of a first resin layer (14), and the thickness t.sub.2 of the second resin layer (16) satisfy expression (1). (1): T=f1(.sub.1, .sub.1, Cp.sub.1)ln(t.sub.1)+f2(.sub.2, .sub.2, Cp.sub.2)ln(t.sub.2)+C=[.sub.1/(.sub.1.Math.Cp.sub.1)] .sup.2T/x.sup.2+[.sub.2/(.sub.2.Math.Cp.sub.2)].sup.2T/x.sup.2+C=[.sub.1/(.sub.1.Math.Cp.sub.1)].Math.[(T.sup.P.sub.n+1+T.sup.P.sub.n12T.sup.P.sub.n)/(2.Math.x).sup.2]+[.sub.2/(.sub.2.Math.Cp.sub.2)].Math.[(T.sup.P.sub.n+1+T.sup.P.sub.n12T.sup.P.sub.n)/(2.Math.x).sup.2]+C.

The present disclosure generally relates to thermoplastic truss structures and methods of forming the same. The truss structures are formed using thermoplastic materials, such as fiber reinforced thermoplastic resins, and facilitate directional load support based on the shape of the truss structure. In one example, multiple two-dimensional patterns of fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin are disposed on one another in a saw tooth pattern, sinusoidal pattern, or other repeating pattern, and adhered to one another in selective locations. The two dimensional patterns may then be expanded in a third dimension to form a three-dimensional, cross-linked truss structure. The three-dimensional, cross-linked truss structure may then be heated or otherwise treated to maintain the three-dimensional shape.

Systems and processes for thermoforming an article and for preparing an article for thermoforming are disclosed. The system for thermoforming can include one or more heating stations and a cooling station. The system for thermoforming can further include an article movement mechanism that can couple to an article and rotate the article inside a heating chamber, inside a cooling chamber, or both. The system for preparing an article for thermoforming can include a vessel that comprises a port, and a negative pressure generation system coupled to the port. The system for preparing an article for thermoforming can further include a compression material that forms an interior portion for receiving an article. The negative pressure generation system can cause the compression material to expand to allow for insertion of the article into the interior portion of the compression material.

A method for manufacturing components includes joining a first edge of a thermoplastic-containing first component part and a second edge of a thermoplastic-containing second component part to one another without any overlap. The first and the second edge are interconnected by friction stir welding. Friction stir welding involves rubbing a rotating friction stir welding pin against at least one metal object.

A reclosably sealed cup including a cup having a sealing perimeter, a lid having a reclosable sealing arrangement, associated with the sealing perimeter. The lid is adapted to reclosably cover the cup, and the reclosable sealing arrangement adapted to reclosably seal the cup along the sealing perimeter. The reclosably sealed cup further includes an interfacial arrangement, interdisposed between the sealing perimeter and the reclosable sealing arrangement. The interfacial arrangement has a first surface disposed towards, and forming a base adhesive attachment with, the sealing perimeter, and a second surface, distal to the first surface, disposed towards the reclosable arrangement, and forming a reclosable adhesive attachment therewith.

Provided is a method for welding an accessory part made of a thermoplastic resin to a parison which is being molded into a tank body. The method includes steps of: forming the accessory part to include an annular portion having an annular shape and a plurality of projections each projecting from the annual portion in a radially inward direction; and pressing the annular portion and the projections into the parison to be welded to the parison. Also provided is a welding structure of a tank body made of a resin and an accessory part made of a thermoplastic resin and welded to a wall surface of the tank body. The accessory part includes: an annular portion having an annular shape; and a plurality of projections each projecting from the annular portion in a radially inward direction. The annular portion and the plurality of projections are welded to the wall surface.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a laminate which is easily processed and rarely produces unimpregnated parts at the time of molding and a process for producing a fiber-reinforced resin composite from the laminate. The laminate includes a reinforcing fiber sheet (b) and a thermoplastic resin sheet (a), wherein (i) the reinforcing fiber sheet (b) contains reinforcing fibers (B) having a melting temperature of not lower than 350 C.; and (ii) the thermoplastic resin sheet (a) is a nonwoven fabric containing hollow fibers which contain a thermoplastic resin (A) having a melting temperature of lower than 350 C.