An instrumented mold formed by an assembly of strata includes, within the assembly of strata, a measurement structure provided with at least one pressure sensor and/or at least one temperature sensor or any other sensor capable of measuring a physical quantity, the structure typically being in the form of a flexible support housed between two strata.

An assembly includes a first mold component defining a first portion of a mold cavity and a first slot. The first slot corresponds to a first portion of a retention channel. The assembly also includes a second mold component defining a second portion of the mold cavity and a second slot. The second slot corresponds to a second portion of the retention channel. The assembly also includes a connector having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the retention channel. The connector has thermal expansion characteristics that are different from thermal expansion characteristics of the first and second mold components such that when the first and second mold components are in contact and the connector is inserted into the retention channel, heating the assembly causes differential thermal expansion of the connector and the mold components resulting in a clamping force between the mold components.

The disclosure features systems, devices, and methods of sectioned compaction of composite materials for large parts. An example system includes a mold assembly, including a bottom wall, one or more side walls coupled to the bottom wall, one or more pistons, wherein the bottom wall, the one or more side walls, and the one or more pistons at least partially define a mold cavity, and wherein each of the one or more pistons are independently movable to reduce the volume of the mold cavity; and a plurality of fasteners configured to selectively immobilize the one or more pistons; and a compression actuator configured to sequentially advance the pistons from an initial position to an actuated position to compress a composite material within the mold cavity.

A modular molding device for creating a mold for a blade segment of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, the modular molding device including: a flexible support plate forming the mold for the blade segment, at least one bending apparatus including at least a first end and a second end, the at least one bending apparatus attached to the support plate and configured to bend the support plate from a first support plate shape to at least one second support plate shape, and at least one connection means, which is configured to removably connect the flexible support plate of the modular molding device with at least one connection of a flexible support plate of another modular molding device is provided. Moreover, a molding system and a method for creating a mold for a blade segment of a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine is also provided.

A system and method for flexibly forming a casting mold and for manufacturing a casting model or a molded body having a mounting platform, a plurality of shaping rods for forming the casting mold or the molded body and a conveying unit for conveying the shaping rods to the mounting platform, the conveying unit is configured to individually grip and to place the shaping rods on the mounting platform, such that a stack of the shaping rods is formable, and that a side of the stack is formable by the position of the shaping rods, to form a region of the casting mold and wherein the positions of the single shaping rods in the stack reproduce the shape of the molded body, wherein the shaping rods are gluable to each other, such that the stack forms the molded body.

A system is provided that includes an adjustable surface that can be quickly adjusted through use of a plurality of actuators. The surface can be used as a dynamic decoration or a haptic visualization tool for the blind. The system uses special couplings between the actuators and the adjustable surface that allow the actuators to control the shape of the surface, while still allowing the surface to be deformed by outside pressure without forcing or damaging the actuators. These couplings formed by a selection of springs, flexures, cables, and ball joints allow the surface to be quickly adjusted to a new shape. The adjustable surface can be used to shape plastic, metal, or glass sheets or as composite layup forms. A frame of the system engages actuators in a way that allows the actuators to move in axial directions of the actuators and adjust the shape of the surface.

A hybrid mandrel for forming a composite part may comprise a core and a sleeve located around the core. The core may include a rigid material. The sleeve may comprise an elastomeric material. The part may be formed by locating the hybrid mandrel in an injection mold, depositing a molten resin around the hybrid mandrel, curing the molten resin; and removing the hybrid mandrel.

An injection mold, in particular for encapsulating rotors of electric machines, has a mold, wherein the mold has an arrangement of mold segments. The arrangement forms, along a longitudinal axis, a cavity for a component to be arranged. An exchange unit is provided, which is designed to remove at least one mold segment from and/or insert at least one mold segment into the arrangement, with the result that a size of the cavity can be changed.

A set (1) of moulding elements intended to be added to a mould comprise a main moulding element (10) and a secondary moulding element (20) comprising an edge (21), said main moulding element (10) comprising a contact zone (11) adapted to be in contact with all or part of the edge (21) of the secondary element, said contact zone (11) not being flat, and the edge (21) of said secondary moulding element (20) comprising at least one recessed portion (22) complementary to the non-flat contact zone (11) of the main element.

A manufacturing method of a hot forming mold of a center pillar including a cooling unit is provided. The method includes a step of preparing a material by dividing the material, a cooling channel processing step of processing cooling channels on a front surface and a rear surface within a contour line by center pillar design information input in advance to an NC processor and cooling channel design information, a solid phase diffusion bonding step, a mold material processing step of processing along the contour line by the center pillar design information input in advance through the NC processor to manufacture a mold material, and a thermal processing step of heating the mold material at a predetermined temperature.