According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.

A system for manufacturing a thermoplastic prepreg includes a double belt mechanism that is configured to compress a fiber mat, web, or mesh that is passed through the double belt mechanism, a resin applicator that is configured to apply monomers or oligomers to the fiber mat, web, or mesh, and a curing oven that is configured to effect polymerization of the monomers or oligomers and thereby form the thermoplastic polymer as the fiber mat, web, or mesh is moved through the curing oven. The double belt mechanism compresses the fiber mat, web, or mesh and the applied monomers or oligomers as the fiber mat, web, or mesh is passed through the curing oven so that the monomers or oligomers fully saturate the fiber mat, web, or mesh. Upon polymerization of the monomers or oligomers, the fiber mat, web, or mesh is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer.

An apparatus and method of applying a finish or paint coating in a prefinishing or finishing line to a fencing panel or picket that disguises the screen-back texture of the engineered wood substrate. After paint or similar coating is applied (such as by one or more spray nozzles) to a face to a fence picket or fencing product or component, the fence picket passes under a roller, brush, or roller brush or similar paint applicator while the paint is still wet. The roller/brush removes some of the paint and applies an angled pattern to the face, which disguises the screen-back texture of the substrate.

According to one embodiment, a coating apparatus includes a coating bar configured to face a member to be coated, and a plurality of nozzles configured to supply a liquid toward the coating bar. A number of the nozzles is 3 or more. An arithmetic mean roughness Ra of at least a part of a surface of the coating bar is not less than 0.5 m and not more than 10 m.

A processing method for an electrode sheet includes a preparing step, a heat applying step, and a stretching step. In the heat applying step, a surface temperature of a press roll is increased by the heat application control portion until the surface temperature of the reaches the reference temperature or more. The heat applying step is executed before the stretching step is executed. In the stretching step, the stretching control portion stretches the non-coated portion (non-formed portion) by the press roll.

A production apparatus of an electrode mixture layer, comprising: a support unit; a feeding unit that feeds granulated particles on or above the support unit; a conveying unit that conveys the granulated particles that have been fed on or above the support unit; a squeegee unit that levels the conveyed granulated particles to form a granulated particle layer, the squeegee unit including a passage portion, and non-passage portions that are provided at both ends of the passage portion; and a forming unit that applies a load to the granulated particle layer to form an electrode mixture layer, wherein the squeegee unit has a first adjusting mechanism capable of continuously changing a gap in a width direction so that gaps at end portions in the width direction of the passage portion are narrower than a gap at a central portion.

A surface treatment device for applying a surface treatment to an inner surface of a hollow engine shaft includes a supply of a surface treatment agent and an elongated rod extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The elongated rod has an inner passage extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The proximal end has an inlet fluidly coupled to the supply of the surface treatment agent. The inner passage terminates at an outlet at the distal end. The elongated rod is insertable inside the hollow engine shaft. An applicator is disposed at the distal end of the elongated rod adjacent the outlet. The applicator is engageable with the inner surface of the hollow engine shaft for applying the surface treatment agent from the supply of the surface treatment agent to the inner surface of the hollow engine shaft.

An apparatus for applying an adhesive to tubing end includes an adhesive supply, a vacuum source, and a tube holding block. The tube holding block includes a tube holding channel including a tip holding portion and channel end, an adhesive flow path that receives and communicates adhesive to the tip holding portion, a first air inflow channel, a second air inflow channel, and a vacuum flow path that communicates a vacuum to the tip holding portion to create a negative pressure therein. The negative pressure draws air into the tube holding block through the first air inflow channel, with the air mixing with the adhesive to inject an air-adhesive mixture into the tip holding portion that coats the end section with adhesive. The negative pressure also draws air into the tube holding block through the second air inflow channel to prevent adhesive from entering an opening at the tubing end.