A laminating system including: a laminator that performs lamination processing on a plurality of sheets that are conveyed; a second sheet conveyor that is on an upstream side of the laminator and that overlaps a leading end and a trailing end of respective sheets among the plurality of sheets conveyed from a first sheet conveyor including an image former or reduces an interval between the sheets so as not to generate a gap between the sheets; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not specific processing operated by temporarily interrupting an image forming operation occurs in a job, and changes an execution timing of the specific processing to a timing before a start or after an end of the job in response to determination that the specific processing occurs.

An illustrative example of the present disclosure provides a machine configured to form a composite structure. The machine includes a composite placement machine, measuring equipment, a tool path generator, and compaction equipment. The composite placement machine lays up composite plies. The measuring equipment measures surfaces of the composite plies to form measurements during layup of the composite plies. A computer includes a model of the composite plies for a structure. The tool path generator forms a modified tool path based upon a difference between the measurements and expected measurements for the composite plies in the model.

An illustrative example of the present disclosure provides a method. A first set of composite plies including a first outer ply of a first composite structure is laid up. A first intermediate surface of the first outer ply is measured to form a first set of measurements. A laydown surface for a tool path of a composite placement machine is modified to form a modified tool path, wherein modifying the laydown surface comprises modifying the laydown surface such that a laydown surface of the modified tool path matches the first set of measurements. A composite ply is laid down using the composite placement machine and the modified tool path.

Position detection of a target sheet is facilitated without requiring a register mark. A connectable disposable wear article having a crotch portion M including a center in a front-back direction LD, a ventral side part F extending forward from the center in the front-back direction LD, and a dorsal side part B extending backward from the center in the front-back direction LD, connecting portions 83 to be detachably connected to an outer surface of the ventral side part F being provided on both side portions of the dorsal side part B, a target sheet 20 to which the connecting portions 83 are connected being provided on the outer surface of the ventral side part F, in which a whiteness of all corner portions 21 on at least one of an inner surface and an outer surface of the target sheet 20 is 80% or more.

The component (100) according to the invention has a first wood element (110) with at least a first main fiber direction (114) and a second wood element (120) with at least a second main fiber direction (124). At the end, and spaced apart, the first wood element (110) is adhesively bonded, on a first side cutting through the first main fiber direction (114), to a first side (121) of the second wood element (120) cutting through the second main fiber direction (124).

Method for connecting a first wood element (110) with a second wood element (120), wherein the first wood element (110) comprises at least one first main fiber direction (114), wherein the second wood element (120) comprises at least one second main fiber direction (124), wherein the first wood element (110) comprises a first side (111) cutting through the first main fiber direction (114), wherein the second wood element (120) comprises a first side (121) cutting through the second main fiber direction (124), the method having the following steps: arranging the first wood element (110) on the first side (111) at a distance to the first side (121) of the second wood element (120); introducing adhesive in the space between the first side (111) of the first wood element (110) and the first side (121) of the second wood element (120); and curing the adhesive.

There is provided a bonding apparatus for bonding substrates together, which includes: a first holding part configured to adsorptively hold a first substrate by vacuum-drawing the first substrate on a lower surface of the first substrate; a second holding part provided below the first holding part and configured to adsorptively hold a second substrate by vacuum-drawing the second substrate on an upper surface of the second substrate; a pressing member provided in the first holding part and configured to press a central portion of the first substrate; and a plurality of substrate detection parts provided in the first holding part and configured to detect a detachment of the first substrate from the first holding part.

Methods for manufacturing printed laminates or elastic printed laminates are disclosed. The printed laminates may have a first extensible material and a second extensible material. The first extensible material may have a plurality of repeating graphic sets each having a repeating graphic set length. The first extensible material may have a first strain and the second extensible material may have a second, different strain. The second strain may be constant. The first strain may be variable to correspond to the repeating graphic set lengths to a predetermined laminate pitch. The first and second extensible material may be joined together at a point of joinder. An elastic member, such as a plurality of elastic strands, for example, may be positioned intermediate the first and second extensible materials to form an elastic laminate.

A film laminating apparatus and an electrode sheet processing device are disclosed. The film laminating apparatus includes a frame, a conveying mechanism, a mounting plate, and a plurality of film laminating mechanisms, the plurality of film laminating mechanisms being mounted on the mounting plate; the conveying mechanism being mounted on the frame and being capable of conveying an electrode sheet in a first direction into the film laminating apparatus; and the mounting plate being mounted on the frame and forming an included angle with the first direction. The plurality of film laminating mechanisms are tilted or vertically arranged relative to the conveying direction of an electrode sheet. The space occupied by the plurality of film laminating mechanisms, the size of the film laminating apparatus, the volume of the film laminating apparatus, and the space occupied by the film laminating apparatus in the conveying direction of the electrode sheet is reduced.

A component assembly includes a core including a main body having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface. One or more recessed cells are formed in each of the first surface and the second surface of the main body. The one or more recessed cells formed in the first surface extend toward the second surface. The one or more recessed cells formed in the second surface extend toward the first surface. A first layer is secured to the core at a first adhesive layer. A second layer is secured to the core at a second adhesive layer.