A downhole motor or pump assembly that includes a housing that includes a metal. A stator that includes an elastomer compound with an uncured plasticizer is secured and sealed within the housing using an adhesive system that includes an adhesive and a dried film thickness of 2.5 mil to 7 mil. The assembly also includes a rotor rotatable within the stator. The motor or pump is operable by rotation of the rotor within the stator. In the case of a motor assembly, the motor assembly may be part of a drilling assembly that includes a drillstring and a drill bit to drill a borehole.

A method of making an article of manufacture is disclosed, wherein the article includes a polymer with recycle content. In one or more embodiments, the polymer with recycle content is selected from the group consisting of (i) a recycle content polyester; and (ii) a recycle content cellulose ester.

The present disclosure is generally directed to solvent mixtures for swelling and bonding polymeric substances for use in facilitating the connection of polymeric substances to other parts. A swelling solvent solution according to the present disclosure may comprise between 5% and 95% by volume n-Octane and between 5% and 95% by volume of either a heptane isomer (such as n-Heptane) or a nonane isomer (such as n-Nonane). The swelling solvent solution may be used to swell polymeric parts to enable the parts to be attached to other parts. A bonding solvent solution according to the present disclosure may comprise between 2% and 98% by volume of at least one of: acetone, MEK, heptane, octane, nonane, isohexane, and THF, and between 2% and 98% by volume cyclohexanone. The bonding solvent solution may be used to bond polymeric parts to other parts.

There is provided an optical member that can achieve a backlight unit excellent in brightness uniformity. The optical member includes: a light guide plate having an end surface that light from a light source enters, an emitting surface from which the entered light is emitted, and a light extraction pattern arranged on a surface opposite to the emitting surface; and a reflective plate bonded to the light guide plate via a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film. An outer edge of the light guide plate is positioned outside an outer edge of the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film, and the outer edge of the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film is positioned outside an outer edge of the light extraction pattern.

The invention pertains generally to a low-pressure (100-250 psi) process of seaming adjacent seams of artificial turf using a one-component or a two-component polyurethane adhesive using an apparatus which employs a payoff spool of base material in the front of the apparatus and an activation trigger adjacent the handle to begin the application of polyurethane spray foam adhesive by connectivity between the application trigger and the foam spray gun trigger.

The present disclosure is directed to a formulations of cements and methods for bonding dissimilar materials. The formulations and methods can bond a Non-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) containing first polyolefin that is amorphous or has low crystallinity to a second material that is a rigid material or a hard PVC. The methods and formulations can work by co-dissolution at an interface, or activation of a one of the materials prior to bonding.

The present disclosure relates to self-sealing tires, a process for making said self-sealing tires and the use of a silicone composition cured via a condensation cure chemistry to form a self-sealing layer designed to function as both (i) a self-sealing tire puncture material, i.e., to seal puncture holes in the tread region of tires if/when punctured by a foreign body and (ii) as an adhesive for sound-absorbing foams adapted to reduce the noise generated by tires during travel.

The invention relates to a production plant for producing a membrane electrode assembly or a membrane electrode frame assembly having multiple work stations in which successive production steps take place. The production plant according to the invention is characterized in that a main line and at least one secondary line are provided, wherein the at least one secondary line branches off from the main line after a central work station and, after at least one decentralized work station in the respective secondary line, reenters the main line before the central work station, wherein the central work station comprises at least one work section for an adhesive application, and wherein at least some of the decentralized work stations are designed at least for joining and/or positioning other materials and/or layers. The invention also comprises a method for producing a membrane electrode assembly or membrane electrode frame assembly using such a production plant.

Methods and systems for adhesively bonding a first substrate to a second substrate to reduce pull-off stress during separation of the first and second substrates include applying a first adhesive to a first bonding region of a bonding area of the first substrate, applying a second adhesive, which has an adhesive strength that is lower than an adhesive strength of the first adhesive, to a second bonding region of the bonding area of the first substrate, pressing the first and second substrates against each other to form an adhesive bondline, and curing the first and second adhesives for a predetermined period of time to form a cured adhesive bondline between the first and second substrates.

Polyester polymer compositions are described containing a blend of coloring agents and optionally reinforcing fibers. The polyester polymer, for instance, can be polybutylene terephthalate. The polymer composition is particularly formulated in order to be substantially transparent at specific wavelengths of light. Consequently, the polyester polymer composition is well suited for use in laser transmission welding in which a laser beam passes through the polymer composition and forms a weld on an adjoining surface.