An imprint method of molding an imprint material on a shot region of a substrate using a mold, includes aligning the shot region and the mold in a state where the imprint material and a pattern region of the mold are in contact with each other; and curing the imprint material by irradiating the imprint material with curing light after the aligning. The aligning is controlled so as to include an overlap period during which a period during which deformation light used to deform the shot region is applied to the substrate through the imprint material and a period during which polymerization light used to increase a viscosity of the imprint material is applied to the imprint material overlap each other. The polymerization light to be applied to the imprint material is controlled in accordance with the deformation light to be applied to the imprint material during the overlap period.

A wire harness includes: a harness main body. The harness main body includes a plurality of electric wires and a binding portion. The biding portion is configured to bind the plurality of electric wires. The binding portion is formed by a cured photocurable resin.

A mold, a molding apparatus, and a method for manufacturing articles or components is used to manufacture an article or component of the article that at least partially comprises an ultraviolet (UV) curable material. The mold and apparatus comprise at least one mold wall formed of a cyclic olefin copolymer, which is in contact with UV radiation curable material and allows the article or component of the article to be exposed to UV radiation for a period of time in order to provide for at least partial cure thereof.

A system and method for forming a seal member onto a substrate from a material is disclosed. The system includes a mold comprising an ultraviolet transmissible material, the mold having a first portion and a second portion operatively coupled to the first portion, the first portion having a first cavity, a second cavity, and a channel extending from an outer surface of the mold to the second cavity. The first cavity has a first shape that is complementary to a first side of the substrate and the second cavity has a second shape that is complementary to the seal member. The system also includes an applicator in fluid communication with the channel, where the applicator is configured to provide the material to the second cavity through the channel, and an ultraviolet irradiation device configured to irradiate the mold with ultraviolet light to cure the material when the material is provided to the second cavity, such that the seal member is formed on the substrate.

The present invention provides an imprint method that performs a process of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, for each of a plurality of shot regions on the substrate, the process including: dispensing the imprint material onto the substrate; moving, to below the mold, the substrate on which the imprint material is dispensed; and supplying, in a moving path of the substrate in the moving, a first gas that promotes filling of the imprint material into a pattern of the mold, wherein in a case where a target shot region to be subjected to the process meets a predetermined condition, supplying a second gas having a lower oxygen concentration than air onto the substrate is additionally executed for the target shot region after the supplying the first gas.

A resin shaping device configured to cure a resin placed in a mold in a state in which the mold is pressed against a substrate, the resin shaping device comprising: a substrate holding unit configured to hold the substrate in an orientation such that a forming face for forming a resin part on the substrate faces vertically downward; a head configured to hold the mold from vertically below; a head drive unit configured to cause the head to face a position for formation of a resin part on the substrate, and then cause vertically upward movement of the head so that the head approaches the substrate holding unit and presses the mold from vertically below the substrate; and a resin curing unit configured to cure the resin placed in the mold in a state in which the mold is pressed against the substrate.

An example system for molding a photocurable material into a planar object includes a first mold structure having a first mold surface, a second mold structure having a second mold surface, and one or more protrusions disposed along at least one of the first mold surface or the second mold surface. During operation, the system is configured to position the first and second mold structures such that the first and second mold surfaces face each other with the one or more protrusions contacting the opposite mold surface, and a volume having a total thickness variation (TTV) of 500 nm or less is defined between the first and second mold surfaces. The system is further configured to receive the photocurable material in the volume, and direct radiation at the one or more wavelengths into the volume.

A method of forming a three-dimensional object, is carried out by (a) providing a carrier and a build plate, the build plate comprising a semipermeable member, the semipermeable member comprising a build surface with the build surface and the carrier defining a build region therebetween, and with the build surface in fluid communication by way of the semipermeable member with a source of polymerization inhibitor; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid contacting the build surface, (c) irradiating the build region through the build plate to produce a solid polymerized region in the build region, while forming or maintaining a liquid film release layer comprised of the polymerizable liquid formed between the solid polymerized region and the build surface, wherein the polymerization of which liquid film is inhibited by the polymerization inhibitor; and (d) advancing the carrier with the polymerized region adhered thereto away from the build surface on the build plate to create a subsequent build region between the polymerized region and the build surface while concurrently filling the subsequent build region with polymerizable liquid as in step (b). Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described.

An imprint apparatus cures an imprint material supplied onto a substrate held by a substrate holder by bringing a mold held by a mold holder into contact with the imprint material. The imprint apparatus includes an adjuster to adjust a distance between the substrate holder and the mold holder for contact and separation between the imprint material and the mold, an energy supply tool to supply, to the imprint material, energy for curing the imprint material supplied onto the substrate held by the substrate holder, and a controller to control the adjuster and the energy supply tool. The controller controls the adjuster so as to start separation between the imprint material and the mold in a period during which the energy supply tool supplies the energy to the imprint material that is in contact with the mold.

A system for manufacturing a panel includes a support frame, a first caul plate arranged atop the support frame, a second caul plate arranged atop the first caul plate, and a heating assembly having a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. The housing includes one or more heaters. The heater(s) is configured to generate heat and the housing is configured to generate a first pressurized gas film. Thus, one or more layers of material to be consolidated may be placed between the first and second caul plates and drawn through the heating assembly as the heating assembly applies pressure to the one or more layers of material to be consolidated via the first pressurized gas film in combination with applying the heat via the one or more heaters, thereby consolidating the panel.