There is disclosed an in-mould labelling process for the manufacture of a labelled article comprising the steps of: feeding a labelstock web into a mould; forming an article in the mould such that the formed article contacts and effectively adheres to a label of the labelstock web; detaching the adhered label from the labelstock web; and removing the formed and labelled article from the mould.

The invention relates to a preform for producing a plastic container in a 2-stage stretch blow molding method, said preform having a preform body that extends along a central axis and that comprises: a first end a second end that lies opposite the first end, wherein the first end is closed and a neck part with a pouring opening adjoins the second end; and an inner wall that delimits an interior of the preform. Along a length of at least 30 mm of the interior, every point of the inner wall is at a distance of less than 3.5 mm from the central axis. Also disclosed are a suitable method and a device for producing such a preform.

A stretch blow molding process for producing a plastic container from a preform, having an elongated, tubular preform body, extending along a center axis. The first end of the preform body is closed by a preform bottom and the second end is adjoined by a neck part with a pouring opening. A wall, bounds an interior space of the preform. The preform body is heated and introduced into a cavity of a blow mold. A stretching mandrel enters the preform until the stretching mandrel tip reaches the preform bottom. The preform body and the preform bottom are stretched by the stretching mandrel. The preform body and the preform bottom are deformed by introducing a fluid into the preform under pressure. The stretching mandrel makes contact with the inner side of the wall in the region of the preform body.

A three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly for the manufacture of three-dimensionally printed articles is provided. The equipment assembly includes a three-dimensional printing build system, an optional liquid removal system and an optional harvester system. The build system includes a conveyor, plural build modules and at least one build station having a powder-layering system and a printing system. The equipment assembly can be used to manufacture pharmaceutical, medical, and non-pharmaceutical/non-medical objects. It can be used to prepare single or multiple articles.

This disclosure relates to thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) powders, wherein the average particle size D50 of the TPE powders is in the range from 10 m to 1 mm and at least one of average sphericity A and average sphericity B of TPE powders is no more than 0.6; to a process of preparing the TPE powders and to a method of preparing the 3D molding. The powders and the method according to the present invention allow to prepare a 3D molding with low density, high rebound resilience and good mechanical properties, especially a 3D molding comprising multiple areas having different properties.

A three-dimensional printing system and equipment assembly for the manufacture of three-dimensionally printed articles is provided. The equipment assembly includes a three-dimensional printing build system, an optional liquid removal system and an optional harvester system. The build system includes a conveyor, plural build modules and at least one build station having a powder-layering system and a printing system. The equipment assembly can be used to manufacture pharmaceutical, medical, and non-pharmaceutical/non-medical objects. It can be used to prepare single or multiple articles.

The invention relates to a method for producing an acoustic protection panel (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a decoupling layer based on foam flakes (3) agglomerated by a heat-activatable binding agent (4), said binding agent being formed by binding fibres, said fibres comprising a core meltable at high temperature and a sheath meltable at lower temperature, said flakes being bound together by melting said sheath, so that said layer is in the form of foam flakes agglomerated by said fibres, said flakes occupying between 80% and 90% by weight of said layer, so that said fibres occupy between 20% and 10% by weight of said layer.

Device for moulding a plastic component having at least one undercut. The device (100) for moulding a plastic component (15) from a plastic comprising a dissolved gas comprises:a fixed block (1) comprising a first half-cavity (2) and a mobile block (3) comprising a second half-cavity (4), the fixed block (1) and the mobile block (3) joining along a joining plane (5) and the first and second cavities (2, 4) delimiting a moulding cavity (6) designed to receive the plastic, having a first volume (7) and having a main direction of demoulding (8),means (28) of separating the mobile block (3) from the fixed block (1), allowing the moulding cavity (6) to be changed from the first volume (7) to a second volume (9);at least one mobile insert (11) placed in the fixed block (1) bearing at least one mobile element (16, 25), thrusting means (24) urging the mobile insert (11) toward the mobile block (3), the thrusting means being configured so that the mobile insert (11) accompanies the separation of the mobile block (3) between the first (volume (7) and the second volume (9), keeping the separation between the second half-cavity (4) formed in the mobile block (3) and the mobile element or elements (16, 25) borne by the mobile insert (11) constant,means of moving the mobile element or elements (16, 25) in a secondary direction not parallel to the main direction of demoulding during complete opening.

A part including a material of the part having a first material property. A second material property of the first material or a different material, one of the first material property or the second material property being arranged to form a mark. A method for producing a part.

An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to determine, for each of polygons that express a 3D shape, a color to be used when the polygon is projected, based on a position of the polygon with respect to a slice plane along a projecting direction in which the polygons are projected, and generate slice data that expresses a sectional shape of the 3D shape along the slice plane based on determined colors.