An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.

An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.

This manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a compressed strip-shaped electrode plate. The method includes: a preliminary compression step of forming a pre-compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing an uncompressed strip-shaped electrode plate in which an uncompressed active material layer that is not yet compressed is formed on a current collector foil; an attraction and removal step of attracting and removing fine particles of active material particles from near a surface of a pre-compressed active material layer by an attracting magnet that is disposed so as to be separated from the pre-compressed active material layer in a thickness direction; and a main compression step of obtaining the compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing a particle-removed strip-shaped electrode plate from which the fine particles have been removed.

An electrode rolling apparatus including a non-coating portion pressing part for rolling a non-coating portion of an electrode substrate and an electrode rolling method using the same, making it is possible to prevent a swell from occurring in the non-coating portion region in the process of rolling the electrode substrate and enhance the manufacturing process efficiency.

A roll press apparatus forms a compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing a strip-shaped electrode plate including an active material portion and an active material absent portion and including a tensile-force-ratio adjustment mechanism adjusting a tensile force ratio of an upstream active material absent portion tensile force applied to an upstream side and a downstream active material absent portion tensile force applied to a downstream side of an inter-roll active material absent portion held in a non-compressed state between a pair of press rolls in an active material absent portion of the strip-shaped electrode plate.

This manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a compressed strip-shaped electrode plate. The method includes: a preliminary compression step of forming a pre-compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing an uncompressed strip-shaped electrode plate in which an uncompressed active material layer that is not yet compressed is formed on a current collector foil; an attraction and removal step of attracting and removing fine particles of active material particles from near a surface of a pre-compressed active material layer by an attracting magnet that is disposed so as to be separated from the pre-compressed active material layer in a thickness direction; and a main compression step of obtaining the compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing a particle-removed strip-shaped electrode plate from which the fine particles have been removed.

A continuous method of producing granules comprising a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid or SNAC. The method comprises: (i) providing a powder comprising a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid, (ii) dry granulating the powder by using a roller compactor, (iii) continuously during dry granulation removing material accumulating on roller rims and leading the material towards the outlet. The roller compactor comprises a pair of pressing rollers 212 comprising a first 212a and a second pressing roller 212b, and wherein the first pressing roller 212a comprises roller rims 213. The roller compactor may further comprise a granulator 216, a sieve 218, and an exit chute 203 mounted below the sieve 218. The roller compactor further comprises roller rim strippers 250 for removing material accumulating on the roller rims 213. The roller compactor can further comprise an agitator adapted for agitating product tending to accumulate or build-up below the sieve insert 218.

A continuous method of producing granules comprising a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid or SNAC. The method comprises: (i) providing a powder comprising a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid, (ii) dry granulating the powder by using a roller compactor, (iii) continuously during dry granulation removing material accumulating on roller rims and leading the material towards the outlet. The roller compactor comprises a pair of pressing rollers 212 comprising a first 212a and a second pressing roller 212b, and wherein the first pressing roller 212a comprises roller rims 213. The roller compactor may further comprise a granulator 216, a sieve 218, and an exit chute 203 mounted below the sieve 218. The roller compactor further comprises roller rim strippers 250 for removing material accumulating on the roller rims 213. The roller compactor can further comprise an agitator adapted for agitating product tending to accumulate or build-up below the sieve insert 218.

This manufacturing method is a method of manufacturing a compressed strip-shaped electrode plate. The method includes: a preliminary compression step of forming a pre-compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing an uncompressed strip-shaped electrode plate in which an uncompressed active material layer that is not yet compressed is formed on a current collector foil; an attraction and removal step of attracting and removing fine particles of active material particles from near a surface of a pre-compressed active material layer by an attracting magnet that is disposed so as to be separated from the pre-compressed active material layer in a thickness direction; and a main compression step of obtaining the compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing a particle-removed strip-shaped electrode plate from which the fine particles have been removed.

Improvements to asynchronous spatial listen before talk (LBT) procedures are disclosed. In a shared spectrum network spatial LBT procedures are used for directionally targeting the channel reservation process. Prior to transmitting channel reservation signaling, the transmitter and receiver determine an effective interference considering available multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) configuration information. When the effective interference exceeds a predefined threshold, the node may without transmission of its channel reservation signal. Otherwise, when the effective interference remains within the threshold, each node's transmitted channel reservation signal may also identify at least a beamforming matrix either as payload or used to precede the node's channel reservation signal.