Aspects disclosed herein relate to forming on a substrate fastener elements suitable for use in touch fastener by employing vibration forming methods. The processes described provide for a greater flexibility in manufacturing than prior methods and overcome certain limitations in prior forming techniques. Further, the product made can embody a variety of different configurations suitable for a given application. Employing vibration forming methods, such as ultrasonic forming methods, allows for the use of a wider variety of substrate material than materials used with convention methods of touch fastener formation.

An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.

The invention pertains to an imprinting apparatus for a roll-to-plate process comprises a flexible master with an imprint pattern, a plate carrier and a substrate and curable imprint resin. The substrate is located on the plate carrier. The flexible master carries an inverse structure (imprint pattern), which is required for the desired product. The curable resin (also mentioned as lacquer) is placed on the substrate and/or the flexible master. During the imprinting process the flexible master is pressed upon the substrate with the curable resin in between. The plate carrier comprises a cavity in which the substrate is located. At least one substrate side-face is at least partially unenclosed by the cavity.

A further idea of this invention pertains to two roll-to-plate imprinting processes.

According to one embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes a coating part for coating an uncured resin on a substrate, a substrate installation part for positioning and installing the substrate integrally, a mold installation part for installing a sheet-like mold, a transfer roller for transferring a fine transfer pattern formed on the mold to the resin coated on the substrate, and a plasma unit for cleaning the mold by irradiating plasma to the mold peeled off from the resin after transferring. After cleaning by the plasma using the plasma unit, the cleaned mold is used again for transferring of the transfer pattern.

A making plastic flooring having a backing contains: a body which has a substrate, a printing layer, and an anti-abrasion layer. A method of making the plastic flooring contains steps of: (A). producing a semi-finished plastic flooring, wherein the semi-finished plastic flooring has the substrate, the printing layer, and the anti-abrasion layer; (B). moving and positioning the semi-finished plastic flooring on a predetermined position of drop plastic equipment, wherein the semi-finished plastic flooring is faced upward; (C). molding the backing, wherein the backing material is melt and is spray onto a bottom of the substrate of the semi-finished plastic flooring by using drop plastic equipment, and the backing material is adhered on the bottom of the substrate of the semi-finished plastic flooring after being solidified; and (D). cutting, wherein the semi-finished plastic flooring having the backing is removed and is cut into a desired size, thus producing the body.

A new and improved microfabrication device, microfabrication method, transfer mold, and transfer object that can suppress a defect are provided. A microfabrication device comprises a tool mounting portion, a predetermined cutting tool, an oscillator, and a controller, wherein the controller performs a cutting process to satisfy at least one of: a cutting condition (1) that oscillations at a start point and an end point of each set are in phase with each other; and a cutting condition (2) that oscillations of the sets are in phase with each other.

Described herein are a method for transferring an embossed structure, which includes at least the steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii), where steps (1-i) and (2-i) or (1-ii) and (2-ii) are carried out using an embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1), where the embossing die (p1) of the embossing tool (P1) is pretreated, before the implementation of step (2-i) or before the implementation of step (1-ii), with at least one organic solvent and/or at least one reactive diluent, and also a method of using a corresponding pretreated embossing tool (P1) including at least one embossing die (p1) for the purpose of transferring an embossed structure in such a way.

An embossing die is provided to an embossing apparatus. The embossing die is heated by a heating unit which is provided to the embossing apparatus. The embossing die includes a convex shaped mold portion. The mold portion corresponds to one concave portion formed on a front face of a base material. The mold portion is an aggregate of a plurality of protrusions which are divided by a slit. The slit is provided to an outer surface of the mold portion which contacts the front face of the base material. In the slit, a cutting direction corresponds to a height direction of the mold portion. The plurality of protrusions are adjacent to each other through the slit.

A substrate and a method for producing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a substrate includes a base layer, a black layer formed on the base layer, and column spacers formed on the black layer, wherein a loss rate of spacers measured by a peel test is 15% or less. The substrate can have excellent adhesiveness of the spacer to the base layer or the black layer and ensuring appropriate darkening properties. The method can effectively produce such a substrate without adverse effects such as occurrence of foreign materials without separate treatment such as heat treatment.

The present application provides a calender, a floor production line and a production method using the calender, wherein the calender comprises a calendering roller rack and a set of calendering rollers arranged on the calendering roller rack. The set of calendering rollers comprises a plurality of calendering rollers arranged in a line and not vertically. The present application changes the arrangement of the calendering rollers. The calendering rollers are arranged in a line, not vertically. This arrangement reduces the overall height of the calender, decreases the requirements of the calender on the height of the factory building and facilitates long-distance transportation by containers. Using the calender to assemble the floor production line, the height space of the factory building occupied by the production line can be saved.