A system for controlling the temperature of a film before and/or during application, the system including: a heat source for heating a film; and stretch rollers; wherein the heat source heats the film from an ambient temperature to a temperature from about 2° C. to about 40° C. above the ambient temperature, wherein the film is heated prior to or simultaneous to being stretched by the stretch rollers, and wherein the ambient temperature is below 15° C. The preheating system may be used to enhance binding and sealing properties of stretch films used for wrapping palletized products in a reduced temperature environment. Other embodiments of the preheating film system, and methods for its use, are described herein.

A method of moulding (10; 20) and apparatus (108; 208; 308) therefor, in which a workpiece (100) is preheated and/or post-cooled before and/or after a moulding process, allowing optimal use of the tool for high precision moulding operations.

A method for making low shrink polyester films wherein the films are arranged in stacks, tentered, heat treated, and relaxed in unison. Also, polyester films produced by such method.

A fiber application head comprising a compaction system including a plurality of independent compaction rollers and compaction cylinders and, for each fiber, cutting means and rerouting means. For each fiber, the head comprises a functional module including the cutting means and the rerouting means, each functional module is mounted so as to be movable in translation on a support element of the head. Each compaction roller is mounted on one or more adjacent functional modules. A compaction cylinder is associated with the functional module(s) associated with a compaction roller for the displacement in translation of the functional module(s). An independent heating system is associated with each compaction roller, and able to displace with the functional module(s) associated with a compaction roller.

A high-pressure tank producing apparatus capable of reducing time for increasing temperature of a tank body. The apparatus that heats the tank body with fibers impregnated with a thermosetting resin wound around its surface includes a heating chamber for housing the tank body and a retaining mechanism for retaining the tank body within the heating chamber, in which the heating chamber has an injection port for injecting heated gas onto the surface of the tank body and an exhaust port for discharging the gas to the outside of the heating chamber, the exhaust port being disposed in a position where the injection port is projected in a gas injecting direction, and the retaining mechanism retains the tank body in a region where the injection and exhaust ports overlap with each other as viewed from the gas injecting direction and in a position between the injection and exhaust ports.

A method for forming an object includes moving an assembly including an energy source, heating an initial layer of build material (31i, 31s, 31, 3, 50) positioned in a build area via forced convection around the energy source of the assembly, and spreading build material (31) on the build area, thereby depositing a second layer of build material (31i, 31s, 31, 3, 50) over the initial layer of build material (31 i, 31s, 31, 3, 50).

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.

The present invention related to an apparatus and method for the manufacturing of beverage capsules. The apparatus can preheat the material used to form the beverage material during the manufacturing process. The material and apparatus are particularly suitable for use in producing single serve beverage capsules from biodegradable materials.

Provided is a fuel tank producing apparatus capable of uniformly heating a tank container in a short period of time. The fuel tank producing apparatus includes a heat curing furnace for heating the tank container and a hot air generator for generating hot air. The heat curing furnace is internally provided with a nozzle for blowing the hot air onto the surface of the tank container, and externally provided with a rotating portion for rotating the tank container about the central axis thereof. The nozzle is located at a position displaced to the left relative to the vertical direction to the central axis of the tank container as viewed from the direction of the central axis of the tank container. The rotating portion is configured to rotate the tank container in the reverse direction of a direction in which the hot air is blown from the nozzle.

A method of moulding and apparatus therefor, in which a workpiece is preheated and/or post-cooled before and/or after a moulding process, allowing optimal use of the tool for high precision moulding operations.