A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.

Methods capable of forming holes in, etching the surface of, or otherwise ablating substrates, and substrates formed thereby. A first method includes directing a first laser beam pulse towards a substrate to form a hole in a surface thereof and to form a plasma plume at least partially within the hole wherein the plasma plume has insufficient thermal energy and expansion velocity to etch sidewall of the hole, and directing a second laser beam pulse into the plasma plume to increase the temperature and expansion velocity of the plasma plume such that the sidewall is etched causing an increase in the cross-sectional dimension of the hole. A second method includes applying a liquid to a surface of a substrate, and directing a laser beam pulse into the liquid to create plasma on the surface of the substrate that etches portions of the surface of the substrate.

A manufacturing method for manufacturing a protective case, includes steps: a reflective film is prepared; a first filter film, a second filter film, and a third filter film of a color filter film, and then a decorative film are laminated on the reflective film in sequence to form a multilayer film structure; and a plurality of couples of relative positions of opposite surfaces of the multilayer film structure are processed via a bidirectional processing machine, thereby forming a plurality of light transmission openings penetrating the reflective film and the decorative film and further penetrating at least one or zero of first filter film, the second filter film, and the third filter film. A rear plate including the plurality of light transmission openings, the reflective film, the color filter film, and the decorative film is formed accordingly.

A composite molded article in which another material is integrated on a face having grooves in a grooved resin molded article having grooves in which end parts of a fibrous inorganic filler protrude and are exposed from lateral faces of the grooves on a surface side in at least the insides of the grooves. Exposure of the end parts of the fibrous inorganic filler and formation of the grooves may be accomplished by laser irradiation, and the depth of the grooves may be at least 200 m. Another molded article comprising the other material is arranged surrounding the fibrous inorganic filler in the insides of the grooves.

Method for producing a weakened decorative composite from at least one decorative material (25) and a spacer fabric (11), in particular for producing coverings of airbags in motor vehicles, which spacer fabrics (11) have an upper cover layer (12) and a lower cover layer (13) and a layer (15) having spacer threads (14) is located between the cover layers (12, 13), wherein the weakenings in the spacer fabric (11) are blind holes (16) which are introduced into the lower cover layer (13) of the spacer fabric (11), wherein the blind holes (16) substantially pass through the lower cover layer (13) and the layer (15) having the spacer threads (14) and the upper cover layer (12) is substantially not weakened.

Described is a method of providing a rubber article (100) with a digital code pattern (102), wherein the rubber article (100) comprises a cured polymer material (104), the method comprising: Generating, e.g. by means of electromagnetic radiation (110), a digital code pattern (102) in the cured polymer material of the rubber article, the digital code pattern (102) comprising a first surface portion (106) and a second surface portion (108) having different optical reflectivity. Generating the digital code pattern (102) may include generating protrusions (114) or holes (126) in the second surface portions (108). The digital code pattern (102) may identify the rubber article (100) e.g. within a batch of rubber articles. Described is also a rubber article (100) comprising a digital code pattern (102), a rubber article marking device and a computer program product for controlling a rubber article marking device.

A method for monitoring and analyzing an additive manufacturing process includes heating a melt zone to fuse an additive media with an active layer to build a part being manufactured based on a part design model, capturing raw melt data of the melt zone, and generating an active layer dataset that is spatially defined. The method may also include analyzing the active layer dataset with respect to a plurality of defect signatures within a defect signature library. The defect signature library may be predefined based on a machine learning processing of historical sensor datasets with corresponding ground truth datasets. The method may also include detecting a defect in the part based on the analysis of the active layer dataset with respect to a plurality of defect signatures, simultaneously with the energy source acting upon the active layer of the part for manufacturing of the part.

A medical device component is provided. The medical device component may include a body having a first surface being at least partially formed from a markable material having a first color, the markable material having a characteristic that an area exposed to laser irradiation of a predetermined wavelength of ultraviolet light changes to a second color different from the first color; a film covering at least a portion of the first surface of the body, the film having a transmittance at the predetermined wavelength of ultraviolet light of at least 5%; and a visible mark on the markable material at the first surface of the body covered by the film. The visible mark may include one or more areas of the markable material at the first surface having the second color. Methods of manufacturing the medical device component are also provided.

Analyte sensors and methods of manufacturing same are provided, including analyte sensors comprising multi-axis flexibility. For example, a multi-electrode sensor system 800 comprising two working electrodes and at least one reference/counter electrode is provided. The sensor system 800 comprises first and second elongated bodies E1, E2, each formed of a conductive core or of a core with a conductive layer deposited thereon, insulating layer 810 that separates the conductive layer 820 from the elongated body, a membrane layer deposited on top of the elongated bodies E1, E2, and working electrodes 802, 802 formed by removing portions of the conductive layer 820 and the insulating layer 810, thereby exposing electroactive surface of the elongated bodies E1, E2.

Described here are embodiments of processes and systems for the continuous manufacturing of implantable continuous analyte sensors. In some embodiments, a method is provided for sequentially advancing an elongated conductive body through a plurality of stations, each configured to treat the elongated conductive body. In some of these embodiments, one or more of the stations is configured to coat the elongated conductive body using a meniscus coating process, whereby a solution formed of a polymer and a solvent is prepared, the solution is continuously circulated to provide a meniscus on a top portion of a vessel holding the solution, and the elongated conductive body is advanced through the meniscus. The method may also comprise the step of removing excess coating material from the elongated conductive body by advancing the elongated conductive body through a die orifice. For example, a provided elongated conductive body 510 is advanced through a pre-coating treatment station 520, through a coating station 530, through a thickness control station 540, through a drying or curing station 550, through a thickness measurement station 560, and through a post-coating treatment station 570.