A functional polymeric cutting edge structure and methods for the manufacturing cutting edge structures using polymeric materials are provided. A razor blade for use in a razor cartridge or a blade box for assembly in a razor cartridge frame may be formed using the present invention.

A three-dimensional printing system for manufacturing three-dimensional articles includes an input storage, a print engine subsystem, an intermittent transport mechanism, a post-process subsystem, and a controller. The input storage is for holding a plurality of empty support trays. The print engine subsystem includes a plurality of print engines. The post-process subsystem includes at least one post-process module and a continuous transport mechanism. The controller is configured to operate the intermittent transport system to transport empty support trays to the print engines, operate the print engines, and operate the intermittent transport system to transport full support trays to the continuous transport system.

A module for light curing a three-dimensional article supported by a support tray includes: (1) a housing having an entrance door and an exit door; (2) a continuous transport mechanism that transports the support tray along a lateral Y-axis through the entrance door, through a chamber within the housing, and out the exit door; (3) a light source disposed along the lateral Y-axis of the chamber or curing the three-dimensional article.

A semiconductor imprint device includes a stage that supports a substrate, a film clamp that applies a film stamp including a pattern onto the substrate, a roller that applies pressure to the film stamp disposed on the substrate so that the pattern is transferred to the substrate, a camera that captures an image of the roller and the film stamp, and a controller that adjusts a position of the film clamp by using the image. The pattern is for forming a semiconductor device.

According to the method for manufacturing a sample storage device and to the sample storage device of the present invention, a pattern forming mold having an engraved pattern part on the upper surface thereof is used to form a charging chamber sidewall on a first light-transmitting substrate, and a second light-transmitting substrate is adhered to the first light-transmitting substrate where the charging chamber sidewall is formed, and thus the sample storage device can be conveniently manufactured in large quantities.

The present invention describes a shaped footwear device intended to be used as a supportive insole or orthotic and a system and methods for making the same. The footwear device includes a top foam layer, a light-cured composite material layer, and a bottom textile layer. The footwear device is created by conforming a pre-cured insole assembly to the plantar surface of a foot or foot mold and then exposing the pre-cured insole assembly to light to create a shaped footwear device with a light-cured composite material support plate.

A fiber application tool for a fiber placement and production method has a fiber contact surface area, which has a fiber contact surface for applying and/or pressing the fibers onto a work surface. The tool further includes an activation device for activating an adhesive, matrix, resin, or binder material provided at the fibers by means of an activation radiation so that the fibers are tacked onto the work surface. The fiber contact surface area for the activation radiation may be transparent and that the activation device may be designed so to guide and/or deliver the activation radiation through the transparent fiber contact surface area to the fibers to be pressed by the fiber contact surface.

According to some aspects, a storage unit for storing a photopolymer resin is provided. The storage unit may comprise a photopolymer resin, a bottom face comprising at least one region of actinically transparent material, the actinically transparent material being actinically transparent with respect to the photopolymer resin, at least one wall extending upwards from said bottom face comprising at least one region of actinically opaque material, the actinically opaque material being actinically opaque with respect to the photopolymer resin, and a lid comprising the actinically opaque material and removably connectable to the at least one wall.

According to one embodiment, a template for imprint patterning processes comprises a template substrate having a first surface and a pedestal on the first surface of the template substrate, the pedestal having a second surface spaced from the first surface in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface. A pattern is disposed on the second surface. The pedestal has a sidewall between the first surface and the second surface that is at an angle of less than 90 to the second surface.

A method of forming imprinted patterns is provided. The method may include detecting a particle located on a wafer. The method may include distributing an imprint medium material on a surface of the wafer. The method may include forming an imprint medium layer on a surface of the wafer with a template and the imprint medium material.