A lower mold has a bottom surface member and a side surface member. An upper end surface of the bottom surface member forms an inner bottom surface of a cavity and has a planar shape corresponding to an unusual planar shape of a sealing resin. A substrate is disposed on a mold surface of an upper mold such that a component to be sealed attached to the substrate faces downward, and the cavity is filled with a fluid resin. The upper mold and the lower mold are clamped, and the component is immersed in the fluid resin. The bottom surface member is raised, and the fluid resin is pressed at a prescribed resin pressure and cured to form the sealing resin. The bottom surface member and the side surface member are moved relatively, and thereby, a molded product is released from a mold surface of the lower mold.

A method of retaining a molded-in insert in a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material and forming a high strength mechanical locking mechanism is provided. The method includes fixing a molded-in insert in a mold cavity. The insert has a cylindrical body and at least one circumferential groove formed in the cylindrical body, and has a substantially concave configuration, and the groove has a groove radius of 0.025 inch or greater, and greater than or equal to a groove depth. The method includes introducing a fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material into the mold cavity and around the molded-in insert, enclosing the mold cavity, heating and compressing the material in the mold cavity to consolidate the material around the molded-in insert and to form a consolidated fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite structure with the molded-in insert, cooling the structure, and removing the structure with the molded-in insert from the mold cavity.

An engine cylinder head comprising an internal metal structure formed from a metal material and an external polymer composite structure formed from a polymer composite material, wherein the external polymer composite structure at least partially surrounds the internal metal structure.

The invention relates to a press for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier, comprising: at least two press parts displaceable relative to each other, a drive system for the displacement of the press parts, and an intelligent control adapted to control the drive system of the press parts wherein the drive system comprises at least two individual controllable actuators, the intelligent control further connects to plural displacement sensors for detecting the relative displacement of the press parts, and wherein the intelligent control is adapted to control the actuators of the drive system dynamically over time based on the measured values detected with the displacement sensors. The invention also relates to an actuator set to convert a prior art press into a press according to the present invention as well as to a method for encapsulating electronic components mounted on a carrier.

A resin supply device includes a resin supply mechanism configured to contain and supply a resin material; a nozzle made of an elastic material and having an ejection outlet for ejecting the resin material from the resin supply mechanism; and a clamp mechanism configured to press a tip of the nozzle from outside to shape the ejection outlet into three or more fold rotational symmetry about an axis of the nozzle and change an opening area of the ejection outlet.

A food heating mat manufacturing process comprises the following steps: 1. manufacturing silicone layers; 2. treating a heating film; 3. combining the silicone layers and the heating film to form a mat body; 4. integrally molding the mat body at high temperature and high pressure; 5. assembling a food heating mat; and 6. testing the food heating mat; wherein in Step 1, the silicone layers are cut to a predetermined size.

A method of bonding a silicone-based element to a textile based element is provided. The method comprises steps that enable a user to bond a silicone-based element to a textile based element using a fibrous material to strengthen the bond.

An assembly constructed according to the method is also provided. This assembly is particularly suited to being disposed against skin due to the high biocompatibility of silicone, particularly PDMS.

A method of producing a housing for an electronic device including: in a three-dimensional molding process, a housing part assembly consisting of a plurality of contiguous plastics housing parts is produced using a plastics material; and the housing part assembly is split up into a plurality of individual plastics housing parts by a separation procedure, each one of the parts forming at least a part of a housing, wherein the molding process is transfer molding or compression molding, a mold is used for the molding process including mold pins by which first side faces molded on during the molding process are produced on each of the plastics housing parts, the separation procedure results in second side faces being produced on each of the plastics housing parts, and the first and second side faces form outer faces of the plastics housing parts.

A method of bonding a silicone-based element to a textile based element is provided. The method comprises steps that enable a user to bond a silicone-based element to a textile based element using a fibrous material to strengthen the bond. An assembly constructed according to the method is also provided. This assembly is particularly suited to being disposed against skin due to the high biocompatibility of silicone, particularly PDMS.

Methods and apparatuses are provided for manufacturing a transaction card. The disclosed methods and apparatuses may be used to form a transaction card frame within a mold. The transaction card frame may include one or more recessed portions formed within a first surface of the transaction card frame. The one or more recessed portions may be configured for affixing one or more electronic components.