The rolling bearing seal includes a core metal and rubber adhered to the core metal by vulcanization. The rubber includes: a seal lip portion having, over the entire circumference in the circumferential direction, a plurality of projections that extend inward in the radial direction from the inner diameter side of the core metal, and slides on a seal sliding surface of an inner ring of a rolling bearing; and an attachment portion that is attached to an outer ring of the rolling bearing. A compression vulcanization molding mold includes a female mold and a male mold. The female mold has a guide portion for positioning the core metal and a rugged shape forming the projections on the seal lip portion. The male mold has an inner-diameter-side burr groove and an outer-diameter-side burr groove and the shape of a radially outermost portion of the inner-diameter-side burr groove is formed in a circle.

Provided is a method for producing an injection molded article for obtaining an injection molded article by injection molding a copolymer using an injection molding machine and a mold having a hot runner, wherein the copolymer is a copolymer containing tetrafluoroethylene unit and a fluoroalkyl vinyl ether unit, and the number of functional groups of the copolymer is 100 or less per 10.sup.6 main-chain carbon atoms.

A trim piece for sealing a work surface including a body having a first side, a second side, and a span disposed between the first side and the second side, wherein the first side and the second side are joined at a junction defining an angle between the first side and the second side of between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, a topcap is affixed to the span of the body, wherein the topcap includes a left side having a first wing and a right side having a second wing, an adhesive is bonded to the first side of the body and an aperture is disposed within the body.

The invention includes a method of bonding a perfluoroelastomer material to first surface that includes: (a) contacting a first surface with a bonding agent comprising a curable perfluoropolymer and a curing agent; (b) curing the bonding agent to form a perfluoroelastomer material that is bonded to the first surface. In the practice of such method, the bonding agent may be a solution prepared by dissolving the curable perfluoroelastomer and the curing agent in a solvent. In an embodiment of the invention, the perfluoroelastomer material formed in step (b) is a coating layer or, alternatively, the first surface is a surface of a perfluoroelastomer member and the perfluoroelastomer material formed is a perfluoroelastomer weld.

A sealing profile receiving device having first and second holding units for receiving and holding first and second sealing profile elements, and a casting unit for casting a connecting portion for connecting the first and second sealing profile elements and/or for casting first and second end terminations of the first and second sealing profile elements. A first and/or second and/or third drive unit for driving at least one holding and/or clamping and/or ejector element is/are provided and includes a chain comprising a plurality of chain links arranged at least between two guide faces of a guide unit for guiding the chain and/or chain links, such that an adjusting force can be exerted in the pulling and pushing directions of the chain by the first and/or second and/or third drive unit.

A microwave heating system includes: a variable-frequency microwave source having a usable bandwidth about a center frequency; a waveguide with an input side connected to the source and an output side terminating in a launch structure; and, a metallic reflector plate facing the launch structure and perpendicular thereto and spaced therefrom at a distance of no more than twice the microwave wavelength at an operative frequency of the microwave source, the reflector plate including a recessed area of a selected size and shape located facing the launch structure so that a material to be treated may be placed between the launch structure and the recessed area for exposure to microwave energy. A related method is also disclosed.

A fixation device for folding a seal member includes a frame having a horizontal portion and an upright portion, a press assembly secured to the upright portion of the frame, and a nest assembly secured to the horizontal portion of the frame. The press assembly includes a handle assembly and an anvil assembly operably connected to the handle assembly. The nest assembly includes a clamping assembly, a folding assembly supported on the clamping assembly, a support assembly supported on the folding assembly, and a nest member. The support assembly includes a support plate and a seal clamp for securing a seal member.

The invention relates to a radiation-curable silicone composition for additive-manufacturing technology comprising mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane(s) as Component A, organosiloxane(s) with at least two aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon moieties as Component B, photo-initiator(s) as Component C for initiating a curing reaction between Component A and Component B, dye(s) as Component D dissolved in mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane(s) as Component E, the mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane(s) having a fraction of (mercaptoalkyl)methylsiloxane units of at least 50 mol %, wherein Component D is dissolved in Component E before Component D is combined with the other components of the radiation-curable silicone composition. The invention also relates to a process of producing a radiation-curable composition wherein the process comprises the steps of providing a solution of dye(s) in a composition comprising mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane(s) having a fraction of (mercaptoalkyl)methylsiloxane units of at least 50 mol %, combining the solution containing the dye(s) dissolved in the mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane(s) with mercapto-functional polyorganosiloxane(s), organosiloxane(s) with at least two aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon moieties, photo-initiator(s) for initiating a curing reaction between Component A and Component B, optionally filler(s), stabilizer(s) and additive(s).

The invention relates to a method for producing elastomeric molded bodies, comprising the following steps: a) providing an elastomer raw material that can be crosslinked by heat and contains at least 10 wt. % of fillers; b) conveying raw material in steps into a manufacturing zone (1); c) shaping in steps a section of the molded body from the raw material; d) crosslinking in steps the section molded from the raw material by supplying heat; e) repeating steps b) to d) until the molded body is completed.

Disclosed is a novel 3D-printer system for printing elastically deformable rubber parts such as rubber seals where the uncured rubber source material is partially cured before printing each rubber layer of the rubber part. Furthermore, disclosed is a novel 3D printing method for 3D-printing an elastically deformable rubber body using the 3D-printer system.