A method includes manufacturing a kernel that comprises a quantity of a phase-change material and heating the thermoplastic past a softening temperature thereof. This softening temperature is greater than the phase-change material's melting temperature. The method continues with pressing this heated thermoplastic onto a contact surface of the kernel and the thermoplastic to cool to below its softening temperature. As a result, the thermoplastic assumes a profile that depends, at least in part, on the contact surface's profile. The method continues with separating the kernel from the thermoplastic.

The invention relates to a polymeric fibre derived from a copolymer of polyacrylonitrile and a comonomer. The fibre comprises a metal ion and/or silicon at from about 1 to about 15 wt %. A process for making the fibre is also described.

Provided is a three-dimensional modeling material used for a fused deposition modeling three-dimensional printer. The three-dimensional modeling material has a multilayer structure and contains, in respective different layers, a thermoplastic resin (A) having a shear storage elastic modulus (G′) of 1.00×10.sup.7 Pa or less as measured at 100° C. and 1 Hz and a thermoplastic resin (B) having a shear storage elastic modulus (G′) of more than 1.00×10.sup.7 Pa as measured at 100° C. and 1 Hz.

The present invention relates to the use of thermoplastic polymer compositions for impregnating reinforcing materials in the form of fabric or industrial fabrics for the manufacture of composite materials. The field of the invention is that of composite materials as well as molding/consolidation processes and obtained parts. The invention more particularly relates to a method of manufacturing a composite article by injection molding comprising at least the steps of introducing at least one reinforcement fabric into a preheated mold, partial closure of the mold, a temperature rise step of the mold, optionally a step of maintaining the temperature of the mold before injection of a thermoplastic polymer composition, a step of injecting a thermoplastic polymer composition into the mold, a step of mold closure to the final part thickness allowing the flow of the resin through the reinforcing fabric, a cooling step and a recovery step of the obtained composite article.

Provided is a three-dimensional modeling material used for a fused deposition modeling three-dimensional printer. The three-dimensional modeling material has a multilayer structure and contains, in respective different layers, a thermoplastic resin (A) having a shear storage elastic modulus (G′) of 1.00×10.sup.7 Pa or less as measured at 100° C. and 1 Hz and a thermoplastic resin (B) having a shear storage elastic modulus (G′) of more than 1.00×10.sup.7 Pa as measured at 100° C. and 1 Hz.

A multiple axis robotic additive manufacturing system includes a robotic arm movable in six degrees of freedom. The system includes a build platform movable in at least two degrees of freedom and independent of the movement of the robotic arm to position the part being built to counteract effects of gravity based upon part geometry. The system includes an extruder mounted at an end of the robotic arm. The extruder is configured to extrude at least part material with a plurality of flow rates, wherein movement of the robotic arm and the build platform are synchronized with the flow rate of the extruded material to build the 3D part.

The invention relates to a polyamide molding composition with good weathering resistance containing or preferably consisting of the following components: 85 to 99.85% by weight of a component A, where component A consists of polyamide A1 or of a mixture of the polyamides A1 and A2, where A1 is at least one amorphous or microcrystalline polyamide having more than 60 mol % of monomers having exclusively aliphatic structural units, based on the total amount of monomers, and A2 is at least one acyclic aliphatic polyamide, and where the sum of components A1 and A2 gives 100% by weight of component A; 0.05 to 2.0% by weight of at least one colorant B; 0.10 to 3.0% by weight of at least one stabilizer C; 0 to 10% by weight of additives D, other than A, B and C; the proportions by weight of components A to D summing to 100% by weight, wherein the polyamide molding composition comprises neither carbon black nor nigrosine, the color lightness L*, determined according to DIN EN ISO 11664-4:2020 in the CIELAB color space on a plate of the dimension 60×60×2 mm, being at most 32, and the polyamides A1 having a transparency of at least 88% and a haze of at most 5%, in each case determined according to ASTM- D1003-21 on a plate of the dimension 60×60×2 mm.

Apparatus and methods are described including adhering a first lens to a second lens such as to form a combined lens having a given optical design, by placing the first lens and the second lens in respective first and second pressure chambers with an adhesive layer disposed between the first lens and the second lens, bringing a convex surface of the first lens into contact with the adhesive layer, and bringing a concave surface of the second lens into contact with the adhesive layer. Other applications are also described.

Provided is an apparatus for producing a joined-resin product in which two or more resin members are joined. The apparatus includes: a surface treatment mechanism comprising an electrode unit generating ionized gas, and a member holding mechanism arranged at a position separated from the electrode unit by a space and holding the resin member, the surface treatment mechanism activating a surface to be joined of the resin member held by the member holding mechanism, by the ionized gas generated by the electrode unit; and a joining mechanism bonding the two or more resin members together where at least one of surfaces to be joined facing each other is activated by the surface treatment mechanism, at the respective surfaces to be joined.

To provide a quantum dot-containing resin sheet or film, a method for producing the same, and a wavelength conversion member that can, in particular, solve the problem of aggregation of the quantum dots and the problem with the use of a scattering agent, suppress a decrease in light conversion efficiency, and improve the light conversion efficiency of a resin molded product containing quantum dots. The quantum dot-containing resin sheet or film of the present invention includes a stack of a plurality of resin layers, at least one of the resin layers containing quantum dots, and the plurality of resin layers is integrally molded through co-extrusion.