Disclosed is a liner reel, a cassette, a let off station and a method for collecting a liner, wherein the liner reel has a core and a shell that is concentrically mountable to said core for rotation together with said core about a liner reel axis, wherein the shell has a collection wall that extends in a circumferential direction about the liner reel axis when the shell is mounted to the core, wherein the collection wall is arranged for receiving the liner, wherein the core has a support wall extending in the circumferential direction for supporting the collection wall at least with a vector component in a radial direction perpendicular to the liner reel axis, wherein the collection wall is at least partially contractible in said radial direction when the shell is removed from the core.

Machines are provided for removing masking from regions of glazing panes. Also provided are methods of removing masking from regions of glazing panes. The machines can include a head assembly and a processing station. The head assembly can have various combinations and/or configurations of features, including one or more of a plurality of cutters, a plurality of belts, and at least one pressurized gas nozzle.

There is provided a component supply device for supplying a component to a component mounter, including: a transporter that transports a carrier tape in which the component is stored and of which an upper surface is sealed with a cover tape, along a transport path; a peeler that is disposed above the transport path and peels off the cover tape from the carrier tape; and an ejector that ejects a gas for capturing the cover tape by the peeler.

An apparatus for stripping a polymeric outer cladding on a circular core of an elongated object including: a frame having an object inlet end and a opposite outlet end, and as seen in a direction from the cable inlet end towards the outlet end a cutting device, for stripping the cladding from the core, and a centering device for centering the elongated object, the cutting device including a table rotatable around a central rotational axis R between the object inlet end and the outlet end and provided with a one cutting tool for stripping the cladding by cutting, and the centering device including at least one centering element to engage the outer surface of the core and centering the centre line of the core and the elongated object to coincide with the central rotational axis of the cutting device.

A pipe joint coating for welded ends of pipes forming a pipeline. A last and third layer of a 3LPP coating system covering at least a circumferential weld area of the pipe joint is a heated sheet applied around the pipe with a machine including a mounting frame and a transport carriage rotatably movable on the mounting frame to move circumferentially about the pipe joint, and a roller applying an adjusted pressure to the sheet against the pipe and adapting to eccentricity or ovality of the pipe. The sheet is pressed below the pipe away from its overlapping ends, a first part of the sheet is then applied when the roller is rolled in a first direction, and a second part of the sheet is applied by the roller rolled back in the reverse direction around the pipe. The sheet is dimensioned to obtain an overlapped area between its extremities.

A method for tracking the location of a sewage hose. A sewage main line hose is connected to a sewage truck. A phosphorescent leader hose is connected to the end of the main line hose. A nozzle is connected to the end of the phosphorescent leader hose. The glow of the phosphorescent leader hose is observable in a dark sewage line. The location of the main line hose and the nozzle can be easily determined after observing the glow from the phosphorescent leader hose. In a preferred embodiment the phosphorescent leader hose utilizes europium phosphorescent powder for its phosphorescent properties.

A laser-based coating removal method debonds a film from a substrate rather than ablating the film. A laser light is transmitted through a transparent film to an underlying bonding layer for bonding the film to one or more additional films and/or a substrate. The laser light is absorbed at the bonding layer and the transparent film is released. In some embodiments, after the transparent film is released it is able to be physically removed.

A system for removing a coating from an underlying layer can include a wave-based weakening system configured to weaken the coating by decreasing a coupling force between the coating and the substrate, a coating removal mechanism configured to remove the weakened coating from the underlying layer, and a sensor configured to determine a property associated with the coating. A method for removing a coating from an underlying layer can include generating a weakened coating and removing the weakened coating.

A method of hose construction comprises: providing a sacrificial layer on the surface of a hose former; constructing a hose on the sacrificial layer; forcing pressurized fluid between the sacrificial layer and the hose former to separate the hose former from the sacrificial layer; and separating the sacrificial layer from the hose.

Methods for removing a fiber-reinforced wrap from a fan casing are provided. The method may include heating the fiber-reinforced wrap while on a metal support (e.g., aluminum, steel, etc.) of the fan casing, unwinding a layer of the fiber-reinforced wrap from the fan casing, and winding the layer of the fiber-reinforced wrap onto a collection drum. The fiber-reinforced wrap may heated to a temperature of about 120 C. to about 200 C. (e.g., about 125 C. to about 185 C.). Systems are also generally provided for removing a fiber-reinforced wrap from a fan casing.