A film edge sealing device is disclosed herein which has a groove defining a base. The base of the groove of the edge sealing device is oriented at a skewed angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor of the heat sealing machine. Edges of a thermoplastic sheet or two stacked layers of thermoplastic sheets are introduced into the groove of the edge sealing device and placed in contact therewith to both heat and melt the edges of the thermoplastic sheet(s) to form a bead and join the edges thereof to form an edge bead seal.

A film edge sealing device is disclosed herein which has a groove defining a base. The base of the groove of the edge sealing device is oriented at a skewed angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor of the heat sealing machine. Edges of a thermoplastic sheet or two stacked layers of thermoplastic sheets are introduced into the groove of the edge sealing device and placed in contact therewith to both heat and melt the edges of the thermoplastic sheet(s) to form a bead and join the edges thereof to form an edge bead seal.

A method for sealing a fastener employs a mold which provided with an inlet port for molding material. The mold is then positioned over a fastener and the mold is sealed against a structure. A moisture cured polyurethane reactive adhesive (MCRPA) as a molding material is then heated and injected into the mold. Upon solidification of the MCRPA, the mold is then removed to expose the MCRPA to atmospheric moisture and cured to leave an in-situ molded cap formed over the fastener and sealed to the structure.

A mandrel is disclosed which is suitable for use in surface metallization process (electrodeposition) by electrolysis. The mandrel has at least one inner coating which is metallized on an outer surface of the mandrel by electrolysis method such that it almost entirely covers the outer surface thereof, allowing electrical conductivity to be created on the surface and at least one outer coating which is obtained by almost entirely an electrolytic and/or electroless metallization on the inner coating.

Provided is a cavity-containing polyester film that exhibits excellent lightness, film formability, concealing properties, and whiteness even in a case of mainly using a polyolefin resin (for example, polypropylene resin) as a cavity generating agent. The cavity-containing polyester film is a laminated body in which a first coating layer B1 that includes a polyester resin containing an inorganic pigment, a cavity-containing layer A that contains cavities inside, and a second coating layer B2 that includes a polyester resin containing an inorganic pigment are laminated in this order. This cavity-containing layer A includes a composition containing a polyester resin, a polyolefin resin, and a silicone resin. The apparent density of this cavity-containing polyester film is 0.80 g/cm.sup.3 or more and 1.20 g/cm.sup.3 or less. The inorganic pigment in the first coating layer B1 and second coating layer B2 is, for example, titanium oxide.

The invention provides a sonotrode (100) for welding a material, the sonotrode (100) comprising a welding section (110) configured for contacting the material, wherein the welding section (110) defines a rounded shape (111) in a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal axis (A) of the sonotrode (100), wherein the rounded shape (111) approximates a circular sector (20), wherein the circular sector (20) has a central angle .sub.c selected from the range of 25-300, and wherein the circular sector (20) has a central radius r.sub.c selected from the range of 5-30 mm, and wherein the sonotrode (100) has a width W perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (A) [and to the cross-section], wherein W is selected from the range of 10-100 mm.

The invention provides a sonotrode (100) for welding a material, the sonotrode (100) comprising a welding section (110) configured for contacting the material, wherein the welding section (110) defines a rounded shape (111) in a cross-section parallel to a longitudinal axis (A) of the sonotrode (100), wherein the rounded shape (111) approximates a circular sector (20), wherein the circular sector (20) has a central angle .sub.c selected from the range of 25-300, and wherein the circular sector (20) has a central radius r.sub.c selected from the range of 5-30 mm, and wherein the sonotrode (100) has a width W perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (A) [and to the cross-section], wherein W is selected from the range of 10-100 mm.

An apparatus (10) and a method are described for producing a closing system (100) for containers comprising an anti-tampering strip (101) configured to be attached to an opening of a container, and a re-closable closing body (102), configured to hermetically close said containers. The apparatus (10) comprises a welding and deformation station (11) in which it is provided to weld a barrier element (108) to the re-closable closing body (102) and to fold a flexible annular portion (109) of the anti-tampering strip (101) back toward the inside of the closing system (100) while the latter is stationary in a same predetermined position in the welding and deformation station (11).

An apparatus (10) and a method are described for producing a closing system (100) for containers comprising an anti-tampering strip (101) configured to be attached to an opening of a container, and a re-closable closing body (102), configured to hermetically close said containers. The apparatus (10) comprises a welding and deformation station (11) in which it is provided to weld a barrier element (108) to the re-closable closing body (102) and to fold a flexible annular portion (109) of the anti-tampering strip (101) back toward the inside of the closing system (100) while the latter is stationary in a same predetermined position in the welding and deformation station (11).

A method for manufacturing a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer includes the step of molding the cover layer with a vertically separating two-part injection mold which has a spherical cavity and three or more support pins disposed so as to be capable of advancing and retracting in a direction perpendicular to a mold parting line, each support pin being housing in a pin housing hole having a nitrided inner peripheral sidewall. This method enables a golf ball cover material to be molded using an injection mold which, because a thick plating of hard chrome does not need to be applied to the inner peripheral sidewalls of the holes housing the support pins, is inexpensive and in which the pin housing holes have a good abrasion resistance.