A fiber placement system including a fiber placement station at a first location, the fiber placement station including a tool and a fiber placement assembly configured to construct a reinforcement layup on the tool, the first fiber placement assembly including a compaction roller rotatable about an axis of rotation, the compaction roller at least partially defining a nip, a thermoplastic composite ply extending through the nip and a heating unit positioned to heat the thermoplastic composite ply proximate the nip, and a consolidation station at a consolidation location, the consolidation location being different from the first location, the consolidation station including a consolidation tool and a consolidation system configured to consolidate a reinforcement layup assembly that includes the reinforcement layup.

A joint structure comprising a light-absorbable member having at least one opening portion and a light-permeable member superposed on the light-absorbable member so as to cover the opening portion, wherein an annular weld part is formed so as to enclose the opening portion and join the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member, and an area ratio of a portion at the side of the light-absorbable member to a portion at the side of the light-permeable member side is in a range of 12-35 viewing a section perpendicular to the extending direction of the annular weld part.

Regarding a laser welded body in which a laser transmissive/absorptive molding member containing a PBT-based material and a laser absorptive molding member containing a PBT-based material are integrated with each other by laser welding, the following laser welded body is proposed as a laser welded body in which a bond strength can be further increased. A laser welded body having a structure in which a member I and a member II are integrally bonded to each other, the member I contains 0.0005 to 5.0 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyester-based resin A, of a laser transmissive/absorptive coloring material capable of transmitting and absorbing laser beam, and the polyester-based resin A contains at least a polybutylene terephthalate copolymer resin, the member II contains 0.15 to 10.00 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyester-based resin B, of a laser absorptive coloring material not transmitting but capable of absorbing laser beam, and the polyester-based resin B contains (B1) a homo PBT, (B2) a homo PBT-based mixed resin containing a homo PBT, or (B3) a copolymerized PBT-based mixed resin containing a copolymerized PBT.

A joint structure comprises a light-absorbable member having at least one opening portion and a light-permeable member superposed on the light-absorbable member so as to cover the opening portion, wherein an annular weld part is formed so as to enclose the opening portion and join the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member, and the light-permeable member is formed into a thin sheet adhering to the light-absorbable member by deforming at a depressurized state of an interior of the opening portion before the formation of the annular weld part.

A joint structure comprises a light-absorbable member having at least one opening portion and a light-permeable member superposed on the light-absorbable member so as to cover the opening portion, wherein a first annular weld part is formed so as to enclose the opening portion and join the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member, and a second dot-like weld part(s) joining the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member is/are formed in a position adjacent to the first weld part.

The invention relates to a valve body including a membrane which cooperates with a valve seat, wherein the valve body and the membrane are connected to each other in the region of a laser weld seam in a bonded and fluid-tight manner.

A resin composition for laser welding contains: relative to 100 mass parts of (A) a thermoplastic polyester resin material that contains a polybutylene terephthalate homopolymer and at least one of a polybutylene terephthalate copolymer, a polyethylene terephthalate resin, and a polycarbonate resin, 0.0005 to 0.5 mass parts of (B) nigrosine; and 0.01 to 2 mass parts of (C) a colorant containing at least an anthraquinone dye C1 having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 590 to 635 nm, a perinone dye C2 having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 460 to 480 nm, and an anthraquinone dye C3 having a maximum absorption wavelength in a range of 435 to 455 nm, at C1:C2:C3=24 to 41:24 to 39:22 to 46 as the mass ratio relative to 100 mass parts for a total of C1, C2, and C3.

A fabric clothing, in particular a press felt, for use in a machine for producing a fibrous web, contains a woven fabric strip having interwoven longitudinal threads and cross threads, as well as having a first and a second longitudinal end. The two longitudinal ends of the woven fabric strip are connected to one another in a connection zone. Provision is made that the two longitudinal ends are welded to one another by a transmission welding, in particular by a laser transmission welding.

The present specification relates to a joint body of different materials, and a method of manufacturing the same. The joint body includes a metal layer; and a resin layer provided on and in contact with one surface of the metal layer. The metal layer comprises two or more etching grooves and two or more burrs provided on a surface of the metal layer adjacent to the etching grooves.

A laminate of the present invention includes a first member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and through which laser light is transmitted and a second member which contains a thermoplastic polymer and absorbs laser light, wherein the first member is directly bonded to the second member, and A represented by the formula 1: A=9D+Wa45 is more than zero. D represents a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the first member and a Hansen solubility parameter of the thermoplastic polymer of the second member, and Wa represents work of adhesion calculated from each surface free energy of the first member and the second member. Such a first member and a second member are firmly bonded to each other without using a bonding sheet.