Methods of fabricating seal caps using three-dimensional printing are disclosed. The seal caps are useful for sealing fasteners.

A seal for a ventilator piston. The seal is configured to be secured to a ventilator piston and received within a piston chamber of a ventilator to provide a slidable seal against an inner wall of the piston chamber. The seal comprises a deformable body comprising a first material, and a layer of a friction-reducing material provided on at least a portion of the deformable body and configured to provide slidable sealing contact with the inner wall of the piston chamber. The first material and the friction-reducing are different. Also provided is a ventilator comprising such a seal, and a method of manufacturing such a seal.

A method for detecting irregularities on a material strand made of an elastomeric material comprises the steps of: (a) providing a material strand which defines a longitudinal axis along which the material strand is to be conveyed; (b) bringing a detection element in contact with the material strand, wherein at least one of the detection element being movably mounted in a direction of deflection transverse to the longitudinal axis and a force can act on the detection element in a force direction, (c) setting up a relative movement between the detection element and the material strand along the longitudinal axis; and (d) detecting at least one of a deflection of the detection element in the deflection direction and a force acting on the detection element in the force direction, so as to detect irregularities in the material strand.

The present disclosure relates to a sealing element for a front vehicle door having at least one fastening section by means of which the sealing element can be fastened to a frame element of the vehicle door. The sealing element includes at least one channel section forming a drainage channel between a frame element of the vehicle door and a side wall support of the vehicle frame. The sealing element includes a cover section that partially covers a clearance disposed along an exterior side of the channel section. The sealing element covers at least half the width of the clearance of the channel section.

In order to achieve high product quality and process reliability in a process for manufacturing an endless profile strand of soft plastic and/or rubber material fed to a supply storage for a sealing profile, edge protection profile or the like on a motor vehicle, it is provided that the manufacturing process be divided into two process sections which are carried out on two manufacturing lines that can be operated independently of one another.

A mat seal for an electrical connector includes a plurality of through-holes extending in a through-hole direction through the mat seal, a grid of a first material having a plurality of grid meshes, the grid is arranged with the through-holes extending through the grid meshes, a first material layer of a second material disposed on a first side of the grid, and a second material layer of a third material disposed on a second side of the grid opposite the first side. The first material of the grid has a greater compression modulus than the second material of the first material layer and the third material of the second material layer.

Disclosed is a sealing element and a method of manufacture. The sealing element has a sealing surface for providing a seal against a contact surface. A sintered PTFE film is coupled to the elastomeric body, and defines the sealing surface, which is of particular suitability for a dynamic seal. The sealing film comprises a lubricious particulate material.

A system for monitoring biometric signals of a user comprising: a garment configured to be worn by the user and comprising a mounting module having an array of connection regions; a set of biometric sensors coupled to the garment and configured to communicate with the array of connection regions to receive and transmit biometric signals indicative of muscle activity of the user; and a portable control module configured to couple to the garment in a first configuration and to decouple from the garment in a second configuration and comprising: a housing comprising an array of openings; a set of contacts, each including a first region that seals at least one of the array of openings and couples to at least one of the array of connection regions in the first configuration, and an electronics subsystem coupled to the housing and in communication with a second region of each contact.

The invention refers to a pipe seal suitable for use in a Rieber joint, the seal (14) comprising an annular sealing member (18) and an annular reinforcing member (20) completely embedded in the sealing member (18). The reinforcing member (20) is made of a rigid plastic band and the reinforcing member (20) includes, for increasing an area of contact between the sealing member (18) and the reinforcing member (20), at least one protrusion (24) and/or at least one recess (26).

It is disclosed a method for the production of a sealing module (1) for a pipe or a cable, the sealing module having a hollow body (10) and a plurality of inner layers (11a-11h) superimposed one to the other provided within said body (10), the layers (11a-11h) being removable one from the other to define the size of the cross-section of a housing (14) extending between two opposite surfaces (S1, S2) of the sealing module to house cables or pipes of different sizes, wherein said plurality of layers (11a-11h) are made of a thermoplastic material, or both said body (10) and said plurality of layers (11a-11h) are made of a thermoplastic material. It is also disclosed an apparatus for the production of a sealing module, and a sealing module made of thermoplastic material.