Device and method for the production of a mold having a fiber-reinforced support and connected therewith at least one add-on piece featuring synthetic material, with the device having at least one first tool component (10) and a second tool component (20), at least one of which is movable relative to the other; in this way, the device can be opened to insert a fiber-reinforced mat (30) between the respective pressing surfaces (11, 21) of the two tool components (10, 20), and closed for pressurizing and molding the mat (30), which produces the fiber-reinforced support, and with the second tool component (20) having at least one nozzle (22) to supply a liquefied synthetic material, and the first tool component (10) having at least one cavity (12) away from the nozzle to form the add-on piece, characterized in that the second tool component (20) has at least one cavity (24) at the nozzle so that the add-on piece can be produced and integrated by introducing synthetic material through the nozzle (22) and through the mat (30) into the cavity (12) away from the nozzle and the cavity (24) at the nozzle and hardening it therein.

The invention relates to a method for homogenously incorporating filler into a self-adhesive compound, in particular a thermally crosslinkable self-adhesive compound, based on non-thermoplastic elastomer in a continuously working unit with a filling part and a compounding part. The self-adhesive compound contains at least one solid component, at least one liquid component, and at least one filler, and the method has the following steps: (a) feeding at least part of the at least one solid component, such as the non-thermoplastic elastomer in particular, and optionally part of the at least one liquid component to the filling part; (b) transferring the components of step (a) from the filling part to the compounding part; (c) optionally adding additional solid components or additional parts of the solid components to the compounding part; (d) adding the at least one liquid component to the compounding part if the liquid component was not already added to the filling part in step (a); (e) producing a homogenous self-adhesive compound in the compounding part; and (f) discharging the self-adhesive compound. The invention is characterized in that at least part of the at least one filler is pre-dispersed into at least one dispersion liquid in a separate unit and the dispersion obtained in this manner is added to the compounding part. The method prevents high sheering or frictional energies while introducing the filler into the compounding part of the continuously working unit and thus allows the use of temperature-sensitive components, such as temperature-sensitive chemical crosslinking agents in particular.

A method of producing a film in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: a first kneading and forming step of forming a composition obtained by kneading a polyolefin resin and a plasticizer; a stretching step of stretching the composition; a composition cleaning step of immersing the composition in a cleaning solvent and removing the plasticizer; a separation step of separating, from the cleaning solvent which has been used in the cleaning step, the plasticizer which has been eluted in the cleaning solvent; and a second kneading and forming step of forming a composition obtained by kneading a polyolefin resin and the plasticizer which has been separated in the separation step.

A three-dimensional printing system can include polymeric build material and jettable fluid(s). The polymeric build material can have an average particle size from 20 μm to 150 μm, a first melt viscosity, and a melting temperature from 75° C. to 350° C. In one example, the jettable fluid can include water, from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of electromagnetic radiation absorber, and from 10 wt % to 35 wt % of an organic solvent plasticizer. Contacting a first portion of a layer of the polymeric build material with the jettable fluid can provide an organic solvent plasticizer loading from 2 wt % to 10 wt % based on the polymeric build material content. The first melt viscosity of the polymeric build material at the first portion can be reduced and the melting temperature of the polymeric build material at the first portion can be decreased by 3° C. to 15° C.

An injection molded article comprising a thin-walled body portion formed from a polymer-based resin derived from cellulose, wherein the thin-walled body portion comprises: i. a gate position; ii. a last fill position; iii. a flow length to wall thickness ratio greater than or equal to 100, wherein the flow length is measured from the gate position to the last fill position; and iv. a wall thickness less than or equal to about 2 mm; and wherein the polymer-based resin has an HDT or at least 95 C., a bio-derived content of at least 20 wt %, and a spiral flow length of at least 3.0 cm, when the polymer-based resin is molded with a spiral flow mold with the conditions of a barrel temperature of 238 C., a melt temperature of 246 C., a molding pressure of 13.8 MPa, a mold thickness of 0.8 mm, and a mold width of 12.7 mm.

A needle shield remover for a medicament delivery device is presented that has a metal tubular body, a proximal part, a distal part, and a substantially circular cross-section, where the tubular body is arranged with a slot extending from a distal end of the body, at least half the length of the body, towards a proximal end, such that at least the distal part of the body may flex radially outwards to exert a radially inwardly directed clamping force on a needle shield accommodated by the body.

The disclosure relates to a method for producing an extruded sheet, which includes: a) providing calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3) powder; b) providing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) powder; c) providing additives as stabilisers; e) heating the mixture until the PVC softens to form a kneadable mass and the CaCO.sub.3 at least partially bonds to the PVC; f) cooling the mass; g) conveying the mass to an extruder; h) melting and extruding the mass by means of an extruder and moulding into a sheet by means of a slotted nozzle; i) pressing the still-warm sheet to a desired final thickness by means of at least two calendar rolls; and j) at least one layer of a pigmented lacquer is applied to the upper side; and k) an additional lacquer is applied to the pigmented lacquer to increase the scratch resistance.

Plasiticized polyvinylacetal films with greater film-to-film uniformity are produced by a process of extruding a melt stream containing a polyvinyl acetal and a plasticizer at 150-250 C., the film having a predefined melt viscosity at 60-170 C., by providing a first melt stream of at least a first plasticizer and a first polyvinyl acetal resin and measuring its melt viscosity at 60-170 C. online; and adjusting the 60-170 C. melt viscosity by adding a second plasticizer and/or a second polyvinyl acetal resin to the first melt stream in an amount to provide a second melt stream with a melt viscosity at 60-170 C. having a difference of at most 20% to the predefined melt viscosity at 60-170 C.

Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.

The present disclosure is drawn material sets, coalescent fluids, and 3-dimensional printing systems. An example material set can include an amorphous polymer powder having an average particle size from 1 micron to 300 microns, and a coalescent fluid including a viscosity reducing agent.