The invention relates to a method for producing a dry film (3), wherein a dry powder mixture is processed into the dry film (3) by a rolling device comprising a first roller (2a) and a second roller (2b). The first roller (2a) has a higher circumferential rotational speed than the second roller (2b), and the dry film (3) is placed on the first roller (2a).

A line for the continuous cycle production of plastic objects comprises: an extruder configured to deliver a flow of plastic fluid; a compression moulding machine including a rotating moulding carousel and a plurality of moulds to form an ordered succession of objects from corresponding doses; a transfer apparatus configured to feed the doses individually to the compression moulding machine; a conveyor; a first sensor configured to detect a first diagnostic signal; a control unit programmed to capture the first diagnostic signal.

A molded component is produced by heating a non-woven material web to bring it into a plastically deformable state, and then plastically deforming the non-woven material under pressure between two mold tools of a molding apparatus. The mold tools define therebetween at least one or preferably several mold cavities that respectively simultaneously form molded products therein. A cut is formed in the plastically deformable non-woven material web, preferably between two adjacent mold cavities, immediately before and/or during the molding step. The cut facilitates a pulling or flowing of the non-woven material away from the cut and toward a respective mold cavity to facilitate the molding deformation thereof while avoiding excessive stretching and thinning of the non-woven material, especially at the transition area between adjacent mold cavities.

The present disclosure relates to a method for embossing a plastic sheet and a corresponding tool (1). The plastic sheet is pressed between first and second tool halves (3, 5) while being heated such that a pattern is imprinted on first and second faces (19, 21) of the plastic sheet. Reference marks (31, 33) are imprinted on both faces of the plastic sheet and the embossed plastic sheet is evaluated optically to determine error data based on the relative position of the first and second reference marks. This allows to adjust the embossing tool based on the error data for subsequent embossing operations.

In an electrode sheet manufacturing device, in a state where an electric potential difference is generated between a gravure roll and a current collecting foil conveyed by a backup roll, a powder mixture made as powder of an electrode active material and powder of a binder are mixed without a solvent is continuously fed into a depressed portion on an outer peripheral surface of the gravure roll, and an electric potential difference is generated between the powder mixture fed into the depressed portion of the gravure roll, and the current collecting foil. Due to electrostatic force acting between the powder mixture and the current collecting foil, the powder mixture is moved from the gravure roll to a surface of the current collecting foil. Circumferential speed of the gravure roll is higher than circumferential speed of the backup roll.

A molding apparatus includes: a molding base having a molding surface on which a molded article is to be molded; a transport part that transports a linear molding material toward the molding surface; a heating part that heats the molding material being transported to the transport part; a pressure part that moves relative to the molding base and presses the molding material heated by the heating part onto the molding surface such that the molding material is stacked in multiple layers; and a restricting part disposed between the heating part and the pressure part in a molding-material transport direction, the restricting part restricting the position of the molding material transported from the heating part to the pressure part.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin molded article by cold press molding a fiber-reinforced resin material including reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin using molds containing an upper mold and a lower mold. In the method, the respective parameters for: heating temperature; charge time; air-cooling rate; pressurization time; flow-stopping temperature; and a moldable time satisfies specified numerical ranges simultaneously.

Provided is a molded article that has both a low specific gravity and high rigidity and further has suppressed wrinkles and scrapes, and a manufacturing method for the same. Hence, provided is a press-molded article manufacturing method for press-molding a sheet-shaped molding substrate that is disposed in a cavity of a molding die and contains reinforcing fibers randomly dispersed in a matrix resin using a press molding machine provided with a molding die that is a convex molding die provided with a cavity formed between a concave mold for forming an opening of a molded article and a convex mold that matches with the concave, and has at least one surface (B) on which a pressure is loaded in a range of 0% to 70% of a pressure loaded on a surface (A) when the pressure loaded on the surface (A) from the press molding machine is 100% with respect to the surface (A) orthogonal to a direction of pressure applied to the molding die from the press molding machine, the press-molded article manufacturing method comprising: a shaping step (III) of loading a surface pressure of 1 MPa or more as an external pressure from the press molding machine to the surface (A); and a pressure holding step (IV) of setting a pressure loaded as an external pressure from the press molding machine on the molding substrate to 0.1 MPa or less without releasing the molding die after the shaping step (III).

Methods, systems, and apparatus for adjusting a relative position of templates including determining a first plurality of position points of a surface of a region adjacent to an active region of a first template, the surface of the adjacent region and a surface of the active region forming a continuous surface of the first template; identifying a plane of the surface of the adjacent region of the first template based on the first plurality of position points; determining a second plurality of position points of a surface of an active region of a second template, the active region of the second template protruding from a surface of the second template; identifying a plane of the surface of the active region of the second template based on the second plurality of position points; and adjusting a relative position of the first template and the second template based on the identified planes.

A mold for molding a reinforced preform having at least two apertures therein includes first and second mold halves arranged with their respective first and second molding surfaces facing each other. A first emitter is disposed in the first mold half and is configured to emit light therefrom. A first receiver is disposed in the second mold half and is configured to receive light from the first emitter and produce a first signal indicative of the light received from the first emitter. A second emitter is disposed in one of the first and second mold halves and is configured to emit light therefrom. A second receiver is disposed in the other of the first and second mold halves and is configured to receive light from the second emitter and produce a second signal indicative of the light received from the second emitter.