Due to the dynamic mechanical loads to which motor vehicle traction batteries are subjected, housings of battery cells of the traction batteries are covered at least in part by an electrically insulating layer made from a coating material. For this purpose, a method and a coating station for carrying out the method are proposed. The method is performed with a liquid electrically insulating coating material, by applying separately produced individual drops of the coating material using a coating applicator. The drops form coating points on an outer surface of the housing, which coating points are applied sequentially with the coating applicator, adjacently to one another or overlapping, so that together they form coating lines.

A sealant discharging nozzle includes a nozzle body, a through hole, a discharge port, and a cutout. The through hole is provided in the nozzle body and extends along a central axis of the nozzle body. The discharge port is an opening of the through hole provided in an end surface of the nozzle body. Compared with a width of the discharge port in a first direction orthogonal to the central axis, a width of the discharge port in a second direction orthogonal to the central axis and the first direction is small. The cutout is formed on a first side in a first direction with respect to the discharge port.

Provided are systems for dispensing a filament adhesive. The dispensing systems include a dispensing head with a barrel including one or more heating elements, and a rotatable screw received in the barrel, the rotatable screw including at least one mixing element. An inlet extends through a side of the barrel for receiving the filament adhesive. An outlet at a distal end of the barrel for dispensing the filament adhesive in molten form. The dispensing system further includes a filament adhesive having a configuration to be received into the inlet of the dispensing head. Using the provided dispensing systems, and optionally with the assistance of a computer, adhesives can be precisely applied to pre-determined locations on a substrate.

An effective implementation is shown for a height adjustment system for a plurality of spray guns used in a line striper.

A extrusion process and apparatus for the deposition of precise, usually small amounts of extrudate (4) for adhesion to a substrate (1) comprising an extruder (2) positioned close to the substrate (1) and a jet of hot gas (6) directed onto the extrudate (1) between the extruder (2) and the substrate (1) in order to retain the adhesive properties between the extrudate (4) and the substrate (1).

Provided are dispensing devices and methods for a filament adhesive. The dispensing devices use a barrel including one or more heating elements, and a rotatable screw received in the barrel, the rotatable screw optionally including at least one mixing element. An inlet extends through a side of the barrel for receiving the filament adhesive, the inlet including a beveled nip point to prevent breakage of the filament adhesive as it is drawn into the barrel. An outlet at a distal end of the barrel for dispensing the filament adhesive in molten form. Using the provided dispensing devices, and optionally with the assistance of a computer, adhesives can be precisely applied to pre-determined locations on a substrate.

Disclosed herein are three-dimensional porous tubular scaffolds for cardiovascular, periphery vascular, nerve conduit, intestines, bile conduct, urinary tract, and bone repair/reconstruction applications, and methods and apparatus for making the same.

A sealant applying device for applying a sealant along a joint line formed on a panel joint, may include a nozzle device including a nozzle tip mounted through a fixing block to apply the sealant to the joint line, a guide unit mounted on one side of the fixing block adjacent to the nozzle tip and configured to be slidably movable along the joint line to guide the nozzle tip and a floating unit connected to the fixing block and a robot and allowing the fixing block to move upwards and downwards.

An apparatus and a method performing work free from variations among a plurality of work heads having individual differences. A working apparatus includes a number n (a natural number 2 or greater) of work heads, a stage retaining a work object, drive devices moving the stage and the work heads relative to each other in three directions, a work amount measurement device measuring a work amount of each work head, and a control device, wherein the first-direction drive device enables the number n of work heads to be independently moved in a first direction, and the second-direction drive device includes a second-direction main drive device moving the number n of work heads simultaneously in a second direction, and a second-direction auxiliary drive device moving n−1 work heads among the number n of work heads independently in the second direction. A working method is carried out using the working apparatus.

A robot end effector for dispensing an extrudable substance comprises a chassis, cartridge bays, attached to the chassis and each shaped to receive a corresponding one of two-part cartridges, and a manifold, comprising a manifold outlet, manifold inlets, and a valve inlet. When the two-part cartridges are received by the cartridge bays, the manifold inlets are in fluidic communication with corresponding ones of the two-part cartridges via static mixers, attached to cartridge outlets of the two-part cartridges. The robot end effector additionally comprises a head assembly, comprising pairs of fittings, configured to selectively supply compressed air from a pressure source to the two-part cartridges when the two-part cartridges are received by the cartridge bays, so that contents of the two-part cartridges are concurrently extruded through the cartridge outlets.