A radome for housing a radar system comprises a plurality of interconnected curved radome thermoplastic composite material panels, each curved radome thermoplastic composite material panel having a plurality of interconnecting edges, a foam core, an inner skin, an outer skin, and a plurality of three-dimensional fiber bundles tying the inner skin and the outer skin to each other through the foam core, inhibiting delamination. The radome includes a hydrophobic exterior surface that is self-cleaning and requires zero maintenance for 25 years.

A liquid container includes a brim forming a mouth opening into a product receiving chamber formed in a cup. A lid is coupled to the rim to close the mouth of the cup.

The invention relates to the use of a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point below 220° C. as additive in polybutylene terephthalate molding compositions for reducing the necking upon elongation of sheets or films of the polybutylene terephthalate molding composition, preferably wherein the polybutylene terephthalate molding composition comprises a) 50 to 95 wt % of polybutylene terephthalate as component A, b) 5 to 50 wt % of the thermoplastic polymer having a melting point below 220° C., as component B, c) 0 to 45 wt % of filler as component C, d) 0 to 20 wt % of further additives as component D, wherein the total of components A to D is 100 wt %.

A display device includes a display panel including a main display surface and a first sub-display surface that protrudes from one side of the main display surface, an adhesive layer disposed below the display panel, and a thermoforming film disposed below the adhesive layer, and the first sub-display surface may include a first top surface and a first side surface that defines a predetermined angle with the first top surface.

A manufacturing system comprises a holder, a robot arm, a press and a laser. The holder is configured to receive a feature of a dental appliance and to hold the dental appliance by clamping the feature of the dental appliance, wherein the holder holds the feature of the dental appliance at a reference position. The robot arm is configured to retrieve an object and to place the object against the feature at the reference position. The press is configured to apply pressure to press the object against the feature of the dental appliance while the dental appliance is held by the holder. The laser is configured to expose an interface of the dental appliance and the object to coherent light to weld the object to the feature of the dental appliance while the press presses the object against the feature of the dental appliance.

A method for producing a shaped sheet of wrapping, including a hollow portion and a perimetral edge that extends along a pre-set profile, is provided. The method includes laying a sheet of wrapping on a treatment surface having a forming cavity. The method includes forming the sheet of wrapping within the forming cavity so as to reproduce the shape of the hollow portion thereon, without subjecting the sheet of wrapping to deformation by stretching. The method includes cutting the formed sheet of wrapping along the pre-set profile for producing the perimetral edge and obtaining the shaped sheet of wrapping. In the method, the cutting step envisages the use of a laser beam according to a particular cutting mode.

A shell removal device includes a platform configured to secure a mold. An untrimmed shell is formed over the mold. The shell removal device further includes a drive mechanism configured to move the platform away from the untrimmed shell responsive to sensor data indicative that the untrimmed shell has begun to separate from the mold.

A method for manufacturing a hollow protruding implement (1) including a fine hollow protrusion (3) having an opening (3h) of the present invention includes a protrusion forming step of inserting a projecting mold part (11) into a base material sheet (2A) from one face (2D) side thereof, the base material sheet containing a thermoplastic resin, thereby forming a non-penetrated hollow protrusion (3) projecting from another face (2U) side of the base material sheet (2A). Subsequently, an opening forming step is performed in which an opening (3h) that penetrates the hollow protrusion (3) is formed by using a contactless opening forming means disposed on the other face (2U) side of the base material sheet (2A).

Embodiments relate to automating removal of an untrimmed shell from a mold. In one embodiment, a shell removal device includes a body and a platform disposed within the body. The platform is configured to secure a mold that has an untrimmed shell formed over the mold. The shell removal device further includes a cover configured to secure the untrimmed shell to an upper surface of one or more sidewalls of the body and provide a seal between a lower surface of the untrimmed shell and the upper surface of the one or more sidewalls of the body. The shell removal device may include a media inlet in the body to permit pressurized media into the interior of the body to cause a pressure differential between an upper surface of the untrimmed shell and the lower surface of the untrimmed shell to cause the untrimmed shell to release from the mold.

A method for forming an article includes providing a sheet of material, optionally conditioning the sheet with a surface of a roller, forming the sheet to provide a web, and separating an article from the web to provide the article. An apparatus adapted to form the article from a sheet is provided.