This specification discloses an article of manufacture. The article of manufacture has at least one structural blank and at least one guide. The structural blank has a plurality of oriented fiber plies in a thermoplastic matrix. The guide has a plurality of random dispersed fibers in a thermoplastic matrix. The guide is affixed to the structural blank by injection molding and over molding the guide onto the structural blank. The article of manufacture can take a number of forms for use in industries such as aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, trains or watercraft.

A curl-forming apparatus (1) includes: a main body (20) configured to deform a profile strip (100); and a support body (3) configured to support the main body (20) in a holding unit (4) for the profile strip (100). The profile strip (100) is helically wound on an inside of the holding unit (4). The main body (20) is disposed in a hollow part of the holding unit (4) and is configured to draw and deform the profile strip (100) inside the holding unit (4). The support body (3) is rotatable relative to the holding unit (4), and is configured to rotate about an axis of the holding unit (4) in synchronization with the main body (20) that draws the profile strip (100).

There is provided a polymer fabrication method for forming 3-dimensional shapes from a sheet polymer blank (10) by machining at least one re-entrant, elongate groove forming a reduced thickness portion (25) permitting the blank to be folded and having opposed edges (12) at the surface, folding the blank about the groove to form at least a portion of the 3-dimensional shape, the re-entrant of the groove forming an elongate chamber (21) adjacent the reduced thickness portion and opening through an elongate gap (20) between the opposed edges, hot air welding the opposed edges across the gap with filler rod (22), and heating the reduced thickness portion to a selected thermo-reforming temperature via the chamber.

A nozzle for extruding a composite material from an extruder barrel. The nozzle includes a body and a tapered nozzle passage extending through the body. The tapered nozzle passage having a nozzle inlet opening configured to interface with the extruder barrel, and a nozzle outlet opening, where the tapered nozzle passage has a contoured nozzle passage surface extending between the extruder barrel and the nozzle outlet opening with smooth transitions, free of angles, so that each nozzle passage surface portion, having a corresponding contour, transitions smoothly to each other nozzle passage surface portion, having a respective different contour, from the nozzle inlet opening to the nozzle outlet opening, and the nozzle outlet opening is defined by at least a first edge and a second edge that intersect each other at an acute angle.

A trim piece for sealing a work surface including a body having a first side, a second side, and a span disposed between the first side and the second side, wherein the first side and the second side are joined at a junction defining an angle between the first side and the second side of between 80 degrees and 100 degrees, a topcap is affixed to the span of the body, wherein the topcap includes a left side having a first wing and a right side having a second wing, an adhesive is bonded to the first side of the body and an aperture is disposed within the body.

A method for the production of stiffened components made of fiber-reinforced composite material using two rigid form tools which are suitable for covering the longer end sides of T-shaped preformed reinforcing fibers, using a folded hose core and inflation of the hose core so as to exert pressure on the end side of the preformed reinforcing fibers.

The disclosure relates to an apparatus for the production of parisons from fiber-reinforced plastic, having a feed arrangement for the continuous feed of a laid fiber fabric and having a transverse deformation arrangement with a draping apparatus for the deformation of the fed laid fiber fabric to form a predefined nominal profile. The apparatus is distinguished by the fact that the draping apparatus is adjustable for a variation of a cross section of the nominal profile. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding method for the production of parisons from fiber-reinforced plastic.

A method and an apparatus for coating a solid wood floor and a solid wood floor are provided. The method for coating a solid wood floor includes providing a solid wood floor, where the solid wood floor has two side surfaces defining boundaries of a width dimension of the solid wood floor; and providing a polyethylene protective film, and adhering the polyethylene protective film to at least one of the two side surfaces. Therefore, external moisture can be prevented from entering the solid wood floor so as to avoid deformation of the floor due to moisture; an external dust, water, etc. can be prevented from entering between two adjacent solid wood floors; an overall appearance of the laid solid wood floors will not be affected by the coating; when the laid solid wood floors are subjected to force, no noise will be emitted, thereby improving customer satisfaction.

A blanket assembly for forming a composite charge onto a forming mandrel includes upper and lower heating blankets configured to have a composite charge slidable therebetween during translation along the forming mandrel. The blanket assembly has a pair of wedge elements with tapered sections that are each positionable between the lower heating blanket and the mandrel side surfaces. The wedge element top sides are inclined from the tapered section forward end to the tapered section aft end. The upper heating blanket exerts a blanket forming pressure for progressively forming the composite charge into the cross-sectional shape of the forming mandrel collectively defined by the mandrel side surfaces and wedge element top sides as the composite charge passes over the tapered sections of the blanket assembly. The wedge element top sides maintain the laterally outboard portions of the composite charge in approximately parallel relation to a level tangent to the mandrel top portion.

Methods for forming an electronic display assembly are provided. A first and second side member are extruded, each side member including a number of channels extending parallel to one another along a length of the respective side member. A display unit subassembly is secured between the side members. The display unit includes an electronic display, a first and second horizontal member, and an open loop pathway. The horizontal members are secured within the channel. Interior surfaces of the side members form a portion of a closed loop pathway which extends through the display unit subassembly. Exterior surfaces of the side members form an outer housing for the electronic display assembly.