An assembly for relining a junction between a branch pipeline and a main pipeline comprises a seal installation device capable of moving within the main pipeline to the junction. The seal installation device includes a curable seal for being placed and pressed onto the junction and optionally for extending into the branch pipeline. The assembly further comprises a light curing device for being introduced into the seal installation device within the main pipeline and the branch pipeline for curing the seal.

Photonic annealing is used to treat electrically-conductive thermoplastic. The thermoplastic forms, partially or wholly, a part which may be formed by additive manufacturing, like fused filament fabrication (FFF). The photonic annealing improves part conductivity and also alter, enhance, or give rise to other material properties while taking significantly less time than other conventional post-process methods. For instance, the baseline conductivity of the electrically-conductive thermoplastic material may be on the order of 10.sup.3 S/m or lower. After the photonic annealing, its conductivity may be raised to the order of 10.sup.4-10.sup.5 S/m or more. This represents an improvement of 10-100× or even more of conductivity of the electrically-conductive thermoplastic compared to electrically-conductive thermoplastic prior to the photonic annealing.

An imprint method of molding an imprint material on a shot region of a substrate using a mold, includes aligning the shot region and the mold in a state where the imprint material and a pattern region of the mold are in contact with each other; and curing the imprint material by irradiating the imprint material with curing light after the aligning. The aligning is controlled so as to include an overlap period during which a period during which deformation light used to deform the shot region is applied to the substrate through the imprint material and a period during which polymerization light used to increase a viscosity of the imprint material is applied to the imprint material overlap each other. The polymerization light to be applied to the imprint material is controlled in accordance with the deformation light to be applied to the imprint material during the overlap period.

A shaped object production method includes a first preparation step (S30) of preparing a molding sheet that includes a base, a thermally expansive layer laminated on a first main surface of the base, the thermally expansive layer including a thermally expandable material, and a brushed layer laminated on a surface of the thermally expansive layer on a side that is opposite to the base, the brushed layer including fiber; a first heat conversion layer laminating step (S40) of laminating a heat conversion layer that converts electromagnetic waves into heat onto a surface of the molding sheet on a side that is opposite to the brushed layer; and a first unevenness forming step (S50) of forming an unevenness on the surface of the thermally expansive layer on the side that is opposite to the base by irradiating the heat conversion layer with electromagnetic waves, thereby causing the thermally expandable material to expand.

A method for relining a pipeline includes using a composition of (a) a resin crosslinkable by a photoinitiator activated by an actinic light; (b) a resin that can stay inert or be cross-linked by a co-hardening booster; (c) a photoinitiator compound that is photoactivatable by irradiation with an actinic light source; and d) optionally, a booster/co-hardener compound that acts as a crosslinker of the inert resin to increase the overall mechanical, thermal and chemical strengths of the system. A kit for relining a pipeline with such method includes a first container housing (a), (b) and (c); a second container housing (d), which may be used optionally; a substrate suitable for being impregnated with the composition of the first container alone and optionally with the composition resulting from mixing the contents of the first and the second container; and, optionally, an actinic light source and an adjustable pressure air flow generator.

The device generally relates to a device for curing light hardening resin or resins, and more specifically, to a device for curing light hardening resins by exposure to selected light spectrum or spectrums for curing of light hardening resins through the incorporation of at least one light source which produces radiant light with the proper spectral frequency or frequencies to effect curing of light hardening resins used in combination with a gimbal wherein the resin or resins is placed.

A method for forming an ophthalmic lens including providing a mold assembly including base and front curve molds each having a surface profile and defining and enclosing a cavity therebetween having a reactive monomer mixture for making the lens and a first polymerization initiator that is activated at a first wavelength. A light transmissive one of the molds is exposed to a source of substantially uniform actinic radiation at the first wavelength according to a predetermined exposure pattern including at least one exposure portion and at least one non-exposure portion to initiate polymerization of the reactive monomer mixture within the mold at said at least one exposure portion. The lens is fully cured at the exposure portions and unreacted or non-gelled portions remain within the lens adjacent to the front and base mold halves, which are extracted following removal from the mold assembly, leaving one or more predetermined geometric indentations in the front and back surfaces of the lens such that the surface profile of the lens deviates from the surface profile of the respective front and back mold halves at the locations of the geometric indentations.

Methods for manufacturing articles of footwear are provided. In various aspects, the methods comprise utilizing additive manufacturing methods with foam particles. In some aspects, the additive manufacturing methods comprise increasing the temperature of a plurality of foam particles with actinic radiation under conditions effective to fuse a portion of the plurality of foam particles comprising one or more thermoplastic elastomers. Increasing the temperature of the foam particles can be carried out for one or multiple iterations. The disclosed methods can be used to manufacturer articles with sub-regions that exhibit differing degrees of fusion between the foam particles, thereby resulting in sub-regions with different properties such as density, resilience, and/or flexural modulus. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

A method of additive manufacturing (AM) includes dispensing a first building material formulation to form an outer region, and dispensing a second building material formulation to form an inner region, the outer region surrounding the inner region, the inner and outer regions being shaped to form a layer of the object; exposing the layer to a first curing condition, repeating the dispensing and the exposing to sequentially form a plurality of layers of the object and collectively exposing the plurality of layers to a second curing condition. The selections are such that the first building material formulation is hardened to a higher degree than the second building formulation. The outer regions form a hardened coating that at least partially encapsulates the inner regions. The second curing condition is other than the first curing condition and is selected to increase the degree that the inner region is hardened.

The apparatus (1000) includes a housing (110), a chamber (120) disposed in the housing, at least two light emitting diodes (LEDs) (130) disposed within the housing (110), and a user interface (140) disposed on an exterior (112) of the housing. The chamber (120) is adaptable to each of an open, closed, and hermetically sealed configuration. The chamber (120) includes a material transparent to actinic radiation and light from the LEDs (130) enters the chamber from more than one direction. The user interface (140) includes a display (142) and program switches (144) configured to adjust at least three operational parameters of the apparatus. The apparatus (1000) further includes a vacuum pump (150) operatively coupled to the chamber (120). The system includes the apparatus (1000) and an article (180). An article includes layers of at least one photopolymerized crosslinked composition and a low extractable component content. A method of post-curing an article includes obtaining an article (180), placing the article in an apparatus (1000),