A rubber extrusion device comprises a control plate having an adjustment flow path communicating with an extrusion flow path formed in a head and an extrusion port formed in a die is interposed between the head and the die; the control plate is slid along and between the head and the die to change a position of a communication region of the extrusion flow path with respect to the adjustment flow path at a leading end opening of the extrusion flow path to set the control plate at a desired position; and unvulcanized rubber, obtained by mixing and kneading rubber material while extruding the rubber material forward with a screw, passes through the extrusion flow path and the adjustment flow path to be extruded from the extrusion port.

A three-dimensional model built with an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, and having a perimeter based on a contour tool path that defines an interior region of a layer of the three-dimensional model, where at least one of a start point and a stop point of the contour tool path is located within the interior region of the layer.

A computer program causing a computer to execute processing of detecting an abnormality of an industrial machine having a movable part is provided. The computer executes the processing oft acquiring physical quantity data on a time-series basis output from a sensor detecting a physical quantity related to a motion of the movable part; converting the physical quantity data on a time-series basis acquired to a time-series data image representing the physical quantity data; inputting the time-series data image converted to a learning model to calculate a feature of the time-series data image, the learning model being trained with a feature of the time-series data image related to the movable part in a normal condition; and determining a presence or an absence of an abnormality of the industrial machine based on the calculated feature.

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for automatic extrudate loading and alignment. An extrudate handling system includes a head end assembly and an imaging device (which may be part of the head end assembly). The imaging device is configured to image an end face of an extrudate, and generate, during translation of the extrudate, an imaging output signal indicative of a rotational position of the end face of the extrudate. The head end assembly includes a rotational effector to rotate the extrudate during translation thereof and a fixed effector rotationally fixed relative to a track. The extrudate handling system is able to determine the rotational position of the web angle of the extrudate and precisely adjust the rotational position while linearly translating the extrudate along the track. The extrudate handling system provides greater accuracy, reduced costs, and improved results.

A method for identifying an angle of roll for a multi-nozzle extruder includes moving the extruder in a first process direction to form a first set of swaths of extrusion material using two nozzles in the extruder and moving the extruder in a second process direction to form a second set of swaths of extrusion material. The method further includes identifying a location of one nozzle relative to the other nozzle in two dimensions based on cross-process direction distances between the first and second sets of swaths and identifying the angle of extruder roll for the extruder based on the location of the one nozzle and a predetermined geometry of the extruder.

A rubber extrusion device includes a sensor which detects a deviation from a preset reference position of a rubber extrudate extruded from an extrusion port. Based on this detection data, a control unit provides control for correction of the deviation by adjusting a position of a die relative to a head along a leading end surface of the head or a rotational speed of a screw. A rubber material is mixed and kneaded while being extruded forward by a screw installed inside a cylinder. Resultant unvulcanized rubber is fed into an extrusion flow path and extruded from the extrusion port formed in the die.

Various systems, methods and apparatus for locating emitters embedded in tubing are disclosed herein, as well as forming outlets in said tubing and confirming the placement accuracy of such outlets. In one form, an emitter locator is disclosed having: a housing defining a generally enclosed space and having an inlet located in a first side of the housing and an outlet located in a second side of the housing positioned opposite the inlet; a cutter positioned within the generally enclosed space between the inlet and outlet; a first optical instrument located proximate the inlet; a second optical instrument located proximate the outlet; and a controller connected to the cutter and first and second optical instruments, the controller configured to detect a tubing target area desired for placement of an outlet opening in tubing that passes through the inlet and cut the tubing target area to form the outlet opening therein.

A die attached to a head of a rubber extrusion device is disposed at a leading end position of an extrusion flow path. The die is moved at least in a uniaxial direction relative to the head along a leading end surface of the head to place the die and the head in a desired relative position. A rubber material is extruded forward using a screw installed inside a cylinder, while being mixed and kneaded. Resultant unvulcanized rubber is fed into an extrusion flow path and extruded from an extrusion port formed in the die.

A lip gap adjusting device and the like that can shorten a time required for adjustment of a lip gap are provided. In a lip gap adjusting device according to one embodiment, a plurality of lip gap adjusting mechanisms that are disposed in a width direction of an extrusion molding die and configured to adjust a lip gap at respective disposition spots each include an actuator and a coupling member that couples an output shaft of the actuator and a movable lip. The actuator adjusts the lip gap via the coupling member.

An extrusion apparatus to sheathe wires, semi-finished products for cables, or stranded wires. The extrusion apparatus includes an extrusion head and a motorized adjustment device. The extrusion head includes a molding die and a semi-finished product guide having an aperture. The semi-finished product guide and the molding die are arranged with respect to each other so that a molding compound can be formed into an extruded molded product through the aperture of the semi-finished product guide via the molding die. The motorized adjustment device is moved by an actuating signal. The motorized adjustment device is assigned to the semi-finished produce guide and/or to the molding die so that the semi-finished product guide and the molding die can be aligned with respect to each other by moving the motorized adjustment device via applying the actuating signal.