A plastic container and a method for producing a plastic container for liquids, in particular an inner container for transport and storage containers for liquids comprising an outer jacket made of latticework or of sheet metal material and a pallet-type understructure, the plastic container being realized as a blow-molded body by blow molding from a tubular preform in a blow mold and having a container socket for connecting a container fitting in a fitting connecting area of a container wall, the container socket being provided with a container opening and being connected to a connecting flange of the container fitting via a welded joint, wherein the container wall has an inner layer made of a first plastic material and an outer layer made of a second plastic material, and the container socket has a longitudinal cross section widening toward the container opening in such a manner that an end face of the container socket is formed at least in part by an inner layer segment disposed opposite the outer layer, and a welding contact surface of the container socket is formed by the inner layer segment.

A plastic container and a method for producing a plastic container for liquids, in particular an inner container for transport and storage containers for liquids comprising an outer jacket made of latticework or of sheet metal material and a pallet-type understructure, the plastic container being realized as a blow-molded body by blow molding from a tubular preform in a blow mold and having a container socket for connecting a container fitting in a fitting connecting area of a container wall, the container socket being provided with a container opening and being connected to a connecting flange of the container fitting via a welded joint, wherein the container wall has an inner layer made of a first plastic material and an outer layer made of a second plastic material, and the container socket has a longitudinal cross section widening toward the container opening in such a manner that an end face of the container socket is formed at least in part by an inner layer segment disposed opposite the outer layer, and a welding contact surface of the container socket is formed by the inner layer segment.

A method for the production of a glassy metal polymer composite is disclosed. The method comprises adding a polymer and a metal to an extruder, wherein the extruder is heated to an extrusion temperature greater than the melting point of the polymer and the melting point of the metal; mixing the metal and the polymer in the extruder for a predefined residence time; and co-extruding the composite from the extruder.

A method for manufacturing a plastic container by internal pressure forming including positioning a tubular preform between the die parts of a molding die having a die cavity; closing the molding die and forming or preforming a container from the preform using internal pressure, wherein a peripheral portion of the preform is pressed out of the die cavity through a die gap; laterally withdrawing the peripheral portion pressed out of the die cavity, as a result of which the container is divided into two container halves; and thermally separating plastic bridges and/or plastic threads which arise during the lateral withdrawal of the peripheral portion. Also disclosed is a molding die suitable for carrying out the method.

A method for producing a half-shell that includes an insert member for a high-pressure vessel using a mould having a first mould section forming a female mould. The method includes laying a pre-heated first plastic sheet on the first mould section; pressing or adhering, via one or more of a partial vacuum or a pressure, the first plastic sheet onto the first mould section; positioning the plastic of the first plastic sheet in areas behind a back-taper of the insert member at a lateral distance from the insert member, or positioning the insert member, after the pressing or adhering, so that plastic of the first plastic sheet is disposed in areas behind a back-taper of the insert member at a lateral distance from the insert member; and pressing or adhering, via a slide, partial vacuum, or pressure, the plastic of the first plastic sheet behind the back-taper and laterally distanced from the insert member, onto the insert member so that a space behind the back-taper of the insert member is filled with the plastic.

The present disclosure generally relates to devices and methods for furniture protection. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to foam-film sheets configured to protect furniture from damage. An exemplary foam-film sheet as disclosed herein includes a sheet of foam material having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; a sheet of film material having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; a first seal between a portion of the foam material proximate its first lateral edge and a portion of the film material proximate its first lateral edge; and a second seal between a portion of the foam material proximate its second lateral edge and a portion of the film material proximate its second lateral edge, wherein the film and foam are substantially unsealed along the entire transverse width between the first and second sealed portions near the lateral edges of the foam material.

The present disclosure generally relates to devices and methods for furniture protection. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to foam-film sheets configured to protect furniture from damage. An exemplary foam-film sheet as disclosed herein includes a sheet of foam material having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; a sheet of film material having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge; a first seal between a portion of the foam material proximate its first lateral edge and a portion of the film material proximate its first lateral edge; and a second seal between a portion of the foam material proximate its second lateral edge and a portion of the film material proximate its second lateral edge, wherein the film and foam are substantially unsealed along the entire transverse width between the first and second sealed portions near the lateral edges of the foam material.

An apparatus is configured to make containers from sheet material. The apparatus includes a supply station for supplying a film having at least one folded portion having three or more film flaps folded and superimposed with respect to each other; a welding station configured to receive the film. The welding station comprises a welding head configured for welding the folded portion of the film and forming a container defining a housing compartment; the welding head comprises a heater made of electrically conductive material whose electrical resistivity, at least in a predetermined temperature range, decreases upon the increase of the temperature of the same electrically conductive material.

An apparatus is configured to make containers from sheet material. The apparatus includes a supply station for supplying a film having at least one folded portion having three or more film flaps folded and superimposed with respect to each other; a welding station configured to receive the film. The welding station comprises a welding head configured for welding the folded portion of the film and forming a container defining a housing compartment; the welding head comprises a heater made of electrically conductive material whose electrical resistivity, at least in a predetermined temperature range, decreases upon the increase of the temperature of the same electrically conductive material.

Disclosed embodiments provide an electrofusion pipe coupler with mechanical support. The electrofusion pipe coupler comprises a coupler housing. A wire is configured and disposed within the housing. Electrodes are affixed to the coupler housing and in electrical contact with the wire. A threaded pattern is formed in an outer surface of the coupler housing. Gripping wedges are affixed to the coupler housing. Each gripping wedge extends from the coupler housing. A nut is attached to the coupler housing, engaging with the threaded pattern, and compressing the wedges against the connecting pipes. This serves to provide axial load transfer from the connecting pipes to the coupler housing via the wedges, thereby providing improved mechanical stability for such pipe assemblies.