A lamination system includes a film supply, a non-woven material supply, and a laminator. The laminator causes a film from the film supply to be laminated to a sheet from the non-woven material supply to establish a laminated sheet.

A calender transport roller for a calendering device for production of electrodes for a battery cell, where an electrode strip is conveyable by the calender transport roller to or from a pair of calendering rolls and where the electrode strip has a flat conductor strip and a coating which is applied in portions at least on a side that faces the calender transport roller. The calender transport roller includes a contact region on a shell surface of the calender transport roller where the contact region is contactable with the electrode strip, an adjusting portion in the contact region, and a widening device where a diameter of the transport roller in the adjusting portion is changeable by the widening device such that a height difference between a coated portion of the electrode strip and an adjoining uncoated portion of the electrode strip is compensated.

A method for cutting at least an outermost film of rollstock across a width direction of a film, the rollstock formed by a film sheet rolled from base end to tip end, the method including: separation step of generating a gap between the inner peripheral film and the outer layer by separating first edge portion of the outer layer from the inner peripheral film in a radial direction of the rollstock, in a state where the outer layer is remained to be rolled as a part of the rollstock; step of displacing a portion of the outer layer defining the gap in a first width direction from the first edge portion to second edge portion in the width direction; and step of cutting the outer layer across the width direction during the displacement step, while the first cutter is moved from the first edge portion to the second edge portion.

A conveying apparatus includes: a casing formed with a first sheet-conveyance passage and a second sheet-conveyance passage positioned inwardly as compared with the first sheet-conveyance passage; a cover member including a first resin member having a first guide surface for defining the first sheet-conveyance passage, a second resin member attached to the first resin member and located on an inner side of the casing than the first guide surface and defining the first sheet-conveyance passage, and a third resin member attached to the second resin member at a position opposite to the first resin member with respect to the second resin member and having a third guide surface for defining the second sheet-conveyance passage; and a metal frame attached to the second resin member at a position between the second resin member and the third resin member.

A lamination system includes a film supply, a non-woven material supply, and a laminator. The laminator causes a film from the film supply to be laminated to a sheet from the non-woven material supply to establish a laminated sheet.

A method for conveying a workpiece having a first major surface with exposed adhesive using at least one transport roll (34) having an engagement cover (24) having an engagement surface comprising looped filaments (26) that have a low surface energy wherein the work-piece (10) passes through engaging contact with the engagement surface such that at least a portion of the pressure sensitive adhesive (18) directly contacts the engagement surface wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive (18) is tacky when in contact with the engagement surface. Also an apparatus for carrying out the method.

The present sheet conveying apparatus includes: a resist roller pair that corrects skew of a sheet conveyed from a sheet supplying unit; and a guide portion disposed at an upstream side relative to the resist roller pair in a sheet conveying direction, the guide portion including a first guide and a second guide disposed opposite to the first guide with a sheet conveying path therebetween, the second guide being located at a projection side of a curved portion formed in the sheet when a tip of the sheet is conveyed to a nip portion of the resist roller pair that is stopped, the second guide being divided into a plurality of divided guides in an axial direction of the resist roller pair, a flexible film being disposed to cover at least a portion of a space between the plurality of divided guides.

A conveying apparatus includes: a casing formed with a first sheet-conveyance passage and a second sheet-conveyance passage positioned inwardly as compared with the first sheet-conveyance passage; a cover member including a first resin member having a first guide surface for defining the first sheet-conveyance passage, a second resin member attached to the first resin member and located on an inner side of the casing than the first guide surface and defining the first sheet-conveyance passage, and a third resin member attached to the second resin member at a position opposite to the first resin member with respect to the second resin member and having a third guide surface for defining the second sheet-conveyance passage; and a metal frame attached to the second resin member at a position between the second resin member and the third resin member.

A post-processing apparatus includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a third conveyor, and a conveyance passage corrector. The first conveyor conveys a sheet conveyed along a first conveyance passage downstream from the first conveyor. The second conveyor conveys the sheet along a second conveyance passage. The third conveyor conveys the sheet along a third conveyance passage. The conveyance passage corrector includes a retracting mechanism to retract from a joining position at which the third conveyance passage joins to the first conveyance passage and turns a conveyance direction of the sheet toward the first conveyor when the sheet enters from the third conveyance passage to the first conveyance passage.

A conveying apparatus includes: a casing formed with a first sheet-conveyance passage and a second sheet-conveyance passage positioned inwardly as compared with the first sheet-conveyance passage; a cover member including a first resin member having a first guide surface for defining the first sheet-conveyance passage, a second resin member attached to the first resin member and located on an inner side of the casing than the first guide surface and defining the first sheet-conveyance passage, and a third resin member attached to the second resin member at a position opposite to the first resin member with respect to the second resin member and having a third guide surface for defining the second sheet-conveyance passage; and a metal frame attached to the second resin member at a position between the second resin member and the third resin member.