A laminating device includes: a plate being bendable, having a resilience characteristic and for bearing the flexible substrate; a supporting base platform for supporting the plate and driving the plate and the flexible substrate on the plate to move; a bending assembly for applying stress to drive the plate and the flexible substrate on the plate to be bent towards a side, facing away from the flexible substrate, of the plate, and for releasing stress to allow the plate and the flexible substrate to rebound; and a fixing fixture for fixing the protective cover plate. The protective cover plate is used to be laminated to the flexible substrate, a shape of the fixing fixture is same as or similar to that of the protective cover plate, the fixing fixture is bent to form an accommodating space, and the protective cover plate is fixed in the accommodating space.

A laminated metallic structure includes preformed metallic sheets of graduated three-dimensional sizes. The preformed metallic sheets have a three-dimensional shape and are nested together to form a preform. The preformed metallic sheets in the preform are bonded together to form a three-dimensional body, having a near-net three-dimensional shape.

A display device includes a cover window including a curved portion, and a panel member laminated on the cover window. A method of manufacturing a display device includes mounting a cover window including a curved portion on a first jig including a curved portion, mounting a panel member on a second jig that conforms to a surface of the first jig, and laminating the cover window to the panel member by moving a first one of the first jig or the second jig to a first other one of the first jig or the second jig. An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a first jig including a mount surface that is partially curved to conform to a surface of a cover window, a second jig including a surface conforming to the mount surface and configured to contact a panel member, and a driving unit.

A method of shaping a preform includes: laminating plural dry tape members each including a binder and fiber while partly heat-sealing the dry tape members with the binder to provisionally fasten each dry tape member to an adjacent dry tape member; bending the dry tape members having been provisionally fastened, along a bending line; and heat-sealing the dry tape members having been bent with the binder to manufacture a shaped dry preform. At the laminating, at least one of the followings is satisfied: (i) an amount of heat-sealing with the binder is changed in an area along the bending line, (ii) an amount of heat-sealing with the binder is different between portions adjacent to and on opposite sides of the area along the bending line, or (iii) an amount of heat-sealing with the binder is different between portions adjacent to each other at the bending line as a border.

A bonding device includes: a supporting assembly, comprising a first and second supporting bodies arranged in a first direction, at least one of the first and second supporting bodies is movable in the first direction, the supporting assembly having an upper surface which faces a flexible substrate and matches an inner surface of the flexible substrate; and a stretching assembly, including a carrier film and a plurality of driving elements, a central area of the carrier film being attached to the inner surface of the flexible substrate, at least two of the plurality of driving elements arranged oppositely in the first direction, at least two of the plurality of driving elements arranged oppositely in a second direction, the plurality of driving elements are connected to peripheral portions of the carrier film, and stretches the peripheral portions of the carrier film to align the inner surface with the supporting assembly.

A pipe insulation product including a core of insulating material and a laminate surrounding the core and bonded to the core. The core may include an outer surface; an inner surface; and a wall extending between the outer and inner surfaces. The laminate may include a foil or metallized polymeric film sheet, a scrim, a porous media sheet, and a polymeric film sheet bonded together via an adhesive. The laminate may include a closure flap that is configured to adhesively seal opposite ends of the laminate together to form a cylindrical tube with the core enclosed therein. The closure flap may be configured to include a curl that provides a greater closure flap adhesive seal.

The present disclosure provides a curved-surface laminating device and a curved-surface laminating method, for realizing lamination of a curved-surface cover plate and a flexible panel. The curved-surface laminating device comprises: a flexible profiling jig comprising a laminating surface with a shape matched with the curved-surface cover plate; a bearing film arranged between the laminating surface and the flexible panel and extending to two sides of the laminating surface, the bearing film being configured to be attached to the flexible panel; and a tensioning device in contact with the bearing film extending to the two sides of the laminating surface and configured to tension the bearing film, so that the bearing film and the laminating surface are profiled.

A laminating device and a laminating method are disclosed. The laminating device is used for laminating a flexible panel together with a curved cover plate. The curved cover plate is provided with a central area and an edge bending area located in a first direction in the central area. The laminating device comprises a movable mechanism, which is arranged opposite the curved cover plate in a second direction and comprises: a first movable base table and a second movable base table, which are arranged opposite each other in the first direction; and an elastic supporting member, which is provided with an elastic supporting portion, the elastic supporting portion covering parts of the first movable base table station and the second movable base table station that are close to the curved cover plate, and being used for fixing the flexible panel.

This application is generally directed to articles including cage structures and related systems and methods. The cage structures have utility in footwear and apparel (e.g., articles of clothing, braces, accessories). In some cases, the article is a footwear article. In some cases, the article is an article of apparel. In some embodiments, the article includes a textile. In some embodiments, the article includes a cage structure (e.g., comprising a polymer) attached to a substrate (e.g., a textile). In some embodiments, the interface of attachment between the substrate and the cage structure is substantially free of an adhesive.

A bonding fixture is used for fixing a flexible panel having a side edge comprising an edge part and corner parts, and an edge of at least one of the two corner parts is curve. The bonding fixture comprises a fixture body comprising a first profiling base configured for supporting the edge part; and a second profiling base arranged at at least one end of the first profiling base in a first direction, a length of the second profiling base in the first direction is equal to that of the corner parts in the first direction; the second profiling base is provided with a second profiling part configured for supporting the corner parts; in a second direction, the second profiling part extends beyond the first profiling base in a direction away from a center of the bonding fixture, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.