A three-dimensional object comprises stacked substrate layers infiltrated by a hardened material. Each substrate layer is a sheet-like structure that comprises fibers held together by a sodium silicate binder. The substrate layer material may be non-woven or woven. The substrate layer may be a non-woven fiber veil bound by a sodium silicate binder. The fibers may optionally include carbon fibers, ceramic fibers, polymer fibers, glass fibers, metal fibers, or a combination thereof.

A double screw cutter for recycled carbon fiber material and a method of cutting recycled carbon fiber material by using the same are provided. The double screw cutter includes a housing and counter-rotating twin screws. A cut channel is formed in the housing while a long-fiber feed inlet, a mid-fiber feed inlet, and a short-fiber feed inlet are disposed on an outer surface of the housing and all communicated with the cut channel. A discharge outlet is arranged at a rear end of the housing and communicated with the cut channel. The counter-rotating twin screws are mounted in the cut channel of the housing and provided with two screw rods rotated in opposite directions simultaneously. Thereby recycled carbon fiber with different lengths is cut into a preset length and thus the following processes and applications of the recycled carbon fiber become more convenient.

The present invention provides a method for altering the bead profile for using 3D printing to improve the shear strength of a so manufactured product by altering the bead height of adjacent beads or in adjacent layers such that either the height or the centers of the beads between adjacent layers are altered. This is achieved by either height reduction or by flow rates to alter the height or positioning of the beads by altering the bead profiles the shear strength between adjacent layers in the X-Y plane is improved. The present invention is equally applicable to increasing shear strength in the Y-Z plane or the X-Z plane as desired.

Multi-body interpenetrating lattices comprise two or more lattices that interlace or interpenetrate through the same volume without any direct physical connection to each other, wherein energy transfer is controlled by surface interactions. As a result, multifunctional or composite-like responses can be achieved by additive manufacturing of the interpenetrating lattices, even with only a single print material, with programmable interface-dominated properties. As a result, the interpenetrating lattices can have unique mechanical properties, including improved toughness, multi-stable/negative stiffness, and electromechanical coupling.

The invention generally relates to shape memory films that are tri-functionally crosslinked and that comprise multiple, non-terminal, phenylethynyl moieties. In addition, the present invention relates methods of fabricating such films. Due to the improved properties of such SMPS, the SMP designer can program in to the SMP mechanical property enhancements that make the SMP suitable, among other things, for advanced sensors, high temperature actuators, responder matrix materials and heat responsive packaging.

A method for improving z-axis strength of a 3D printed object is disclosed. For example, the method includes printing a three-dimensional (3D) object with a polymer and magnetic particles, heating the 3D object to a temperature at approximately a melting temperature of the polymer, and applying a magnetic field to the 3D object to locally move the magnetic particles in the polymer to generate heat and fuse the polymer around the magnetic particles to improve a z-axis strength of the 3D object.

A distributor bar for applying a liquid reaction mixture to a cover layer, comprising a distribution channel and multiple exit openings, the geometry of the exit openings in the distributor bar being chosen such that the discharged quantity at at least one end of the distributor tube is higher than in the center of the distributor bar. An application device containing the latter and a method for producing foam composite elements using this distributor bar are also provided.

Provided are a vehicular interior material manufacturing method and a vehicular interior material, the method comprising the steps of: forming a molded article including a surface having an uneven shape; and forming a printing layer on the surface of the molded article by using a predetermined blanket.

Provided is a dielectric material (1, 2, 3, 4) to solve the problems of low production efficiency and high production cost of the existing dielectric material. The dielectric material (1, 2, 3, 4) is a tube structure. The tube wall of the tube structure is formed from a foam material foamed. The dielectric material further includes metal wires (11, 21, 31, 41). The metal wires (11, 21, 31, 41) are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the tube structure, and are evenly distributed in the tube wall of the tube structure without being in contact with each other. The dielectric material (1, 2, 3, 4) with such a structure has the advantages of simple structure, accurate control of the dielectric constant, light weight per unit volume, easy and efficient production, and stable technical indicators. Further provided is a dielectric material production method.

Provided is a vehicle interior member that can suppress the reflection of light to the outside, and that can reduce glare from whatever angle a passenger views the interior member. A cross-section of a groove 6 formed in a vehicle interior member 4 is substantially V-shaped, and is constituted by two flat surfaces, a first reflection surface 7 and a second reflection surface 8. The groove 6 has a groove angle θ of 32 degrees, and the reflectance at a light receiving surface 5 is no more than 2.0%.