Provided are a cloth prepreg for a fiber reinforced resin molded article having a surface through which a texture of a woven fabric formed of reinforcing fiber bundles is visible, in which a molded article having an improved appearance in a case of being compression molded is obtained; a method for manufacturing the cloth prepreg; a fiber reinforced resin molded article having a surface through which a texture of a woven fabric formed of reinforcing fiber bundles is visible, and having improved industrial producibility and an improved appearance; and a method for manufacturing the molded article.

The cloth prepreg has a surface through which a texture of a woven fabric made of a reinforcing fiber bundle as a warp and a weft is visible, in which a loosening rate of weft is 0.0% to 0.2%; and the method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced resin molded article includes compression-molding the cloth prepreg or a prepreg laminate having one or more of the cloth prepregs and obtaining a compression molded article having a surface through which a texture of a woven fabric is visible.

Methods, apparatus and system for decorating plastic articles having an uneven surface or hollow structure are disclosed. An assembly comprising a transfer pad and a flexible heat transfer die comprising a thermal interface material (TIM) replace the hard rubber die in a hot-stamping process to fuse indicia into the surface. The assembly modifies ordinary pad printing into a hot-stamping process that transfers indicia onto uneven surfaces. A pad printing machine or other robotics is used to move the assembly from a position of heating to a position of compressing the ink transfer to the surface of the article.

Methods for manufacturing an item that include obtaining a component support assembly having at least a first component on a top surface of a planar support member, and placing a frame onto the planar support member's top surface or around the planar support member such that the frame surrounds the first component. The frame has at least one side member, and an inner surface of the side member defines a frame cavity. The methods may also include depositing a second component material into the frame cavity and onto the component support assembly, and allowing the second component material to harden to form a second component that is secured to the first component and the planar support member's top surface. The methods may include removing the frame from the unfinished item, and removing the planar support member from the first and second components to reveal a bottom surface of the item.

This document describes systems and processes for forming synthetic molded slabs, which may be suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).

The present invention is an artificial tree consisting of a shape such as conical wherein there is an artificial outer layer, e.g. artificial grass, a solidified foam core, and a post molded into the foam core.

This document describes systems and processes for forming synthetic molded slabs, which may be suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).

A wood-grained polymer substrate includes a plurality of layers of different colors. The substrate is formed into elongated boards and used in the production of various end products similar to natural wood.

Described is a process and system for direct printing of a decorative pattern onto an extruded PVC slat. The process includes providing a hot extruded PVC slat; directly contacting a surface of the hot extruded PVC slat with a direct printing cylinder as the slat is moved in a downstream direction, where the cylinder has a pattern with a cell structure that receives ink and rotates to directly apply the ink in the form of the pattern onto the surface of the hot extruded PVC slat. The process also includes controlling a temperature of the direct printing cylinder to inhibit drying of the ink while present on the direct printing cylinder.

A method of fabrication of a wristband of a watch or piece of jewelry, including: providing a first synthetic material; providing an extrusion line with a die plate for making an extrudate from the first material; providing one or more additional materials distinguished in their properties from the first material; providing a die plate including a first zone defining a profile allowing for fabrication of an extrudate having a hollow tubular profile at least at one of its ends in which the extrudate has a width corresponding to the length of one or two strands of the wristband; the die plate further includes a second zone allowing defining of particular profiles selected from among a flat profile, a curved profile, or a profile with projecting zones.

Disclosed are a glass embedded product and a method for fabricating same. The glass embedded product comprises a base, the base having a cavity, several hollowed holes being formed through a side wall of the cavity, and the hollowed holes communicate with the cavity. The glass embedded product further comprises a glass blown decorative structure embedded in the base, the glass blown decorative structure comprising a glass blown lining sheathed in the cavity of the base and glass protruding decorative parts embedded in the hollowed holes of the base. The glass protruding decorative parts and the glass blown lining form an integrated blow-moulded integral structure.