A paper machine clothing has a plurality of through-channels formed in a usable region. The through-channels extend through the substrate to connect the upper and lower sides. The through-channels are non-cylindrical with a cross-sectional area becoming smaller along a thickness direction of the substrate from the upper side to a middle region of the substrate. An upper rim of at least one of the plurality of through-channels directly contacts an upper rim of at least one other neighboring through-channel of the plurality of through-channels, wherein the upper rims of both neighboring through-channels have at least three common local maxima, including two outer common local maxima and one intermediate common local maximum that is located between the two outer common local maxima. There is also described a method of producing such a paper machine clothing.

Method and apparatus for producing RFID transponders (400) arranged on a carrying substrate, comprising:providing a first substrate (100), the first substrate having at least one antenna element (101) arranged thereon, and preferably several antenna elements arranged sequentially thereon along a longitudinal extension of the first substrate, each antenna element being formed by an electrically conductive pattern; providing a second substrate (200), the second substrate (200) having at least one RFID strap, each RFID strap comprising an IC (202) and at least one contact pad (201) coupled to the IC, and preferably several RFID straps being arranged sequentially along a longitudinal extension of the second substrate; and electrically connecting an antenna element (101) on the first substrate to the at least one contact pad on the second substrate by bringing said first and second substrates together, thereby bringing said antenna element in mechanical contact with said at least one contact pad, and heating the contact pad(s) to a temperature at least equal to a characteristic melting point of said at least contact pads, thereby electrically connecting the antenna element to said at least one contact pad.

A stacked aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes a lead frame, a capacitor set, and at least one laser welding area. The lead frame includes a positive electrode end and a negative electrode end spaced from the positive electrode end. The capacitor set includes a plurality of stacked capacitor elements each having a positive electrode portion electrically connected to the positive electrode end and a negative electrode portion electrically connected to the negative electrode end. The at least one laser welding area is configured by a laser source capable of emitting a laser beam to perform laser welding on the positive electrode end and the positive electrode portion to form a fusion connection therebetween.

A friction stir spot welding apparatus including a controller that (A) operates a rotary driver and a tool driver such that a pin and a shoulder are brought into contact with a welded workpiece; (B) operates, after the step (A), the rotary driver and the tool driver such that the pin separates from the welded workpiece; and (C) operates, after the step (B), the rotary driver and the tool driver such that the pin advances toward the welded workpiece. The controller controls the tool driver such that pressing force applied to the welded workpiece from the pin and the shoulder in the step (C) is smaller than that in the step (B) and/or controls the rotary driver such that rotational frequencies of the pin and the shoulder in the step (C) are lower than those in the step (B).

A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.

A method for assembling a sheet (40) and an iron-based metal part (80) comprising a step of fitting a tubular pin (10) which is open at both ends by punching through the sheet (40) with a shank of the pin with the pin being retained (10) by the sheet, wherein a pad is detached from the first sheet (40), and a flange of the pin abuts against the surface of the sheet (40) once the through-punching has been carried out, and the elastic returns of the shank of the pin (10) and the sheet (40) compress the outer surface of the shank, or by overmoulding the pin in the sheet, and subsequently a step of welding a metal tube of the pin (10) to the iron-based metal part (80) by bringing a flee end (24) of the metal tube into contact with the surface of the iron-based metal part (80) by means of electric resistance welding (90).

A system and a method for laser marking a graphic on an object. The system includes: a laser system for producing a laser output; element(s) for moving the laser output on a surface of an object; a controller for controlling the laser system and the moving element(s), and for processing control information including a plurality of vectors, where for each vector the controller is configured to set a vector speed and a vector laser power according to a marking intensity value of the corresponding vector group such that at least two vectors within one of the vector groups have with respect to each other different vector speeds and vector laser powers, and a laser output's speed that is set according to the at least two vectors remains different than zero when the laser output travels along two trajectory parts which correspond to the at least two vectors.

A method of analysing the quality of a welding area of an absorbent sanitary article is disclosed. During a learning step, a plurality of welding operations are performed both with a sufficient quality and with an insufficient quality, and the welding area generated for each welding operation is monitored via a camera. During a training step, the pixel data of the welding areas monitored during the learning step is processed for training a classifier configured to estimate a welding quality as a function of respective pixel data of a respective welding area. Accordingly, during a normal welding operating step, the welding quality may be estimate via the classifier, thereby improving the environmental sustainability of the production process.

An apparatus for laser processing of very wide non-woven fabric materials at high speeds. This invention enables a laser beam to sever, perforate and pattern a large piece of fabric materials planarly disposed at regular or irregular spatial intervals over the entire width while the fabric passes from one roller to another roller at high speeds by precisely managing focus and intensity of the beam at the focal point on the web. A control system managing the laser processing system enables rapid reconfiguration of perforation patterns. The fabric can be woven or nonwoven, homogeneous or nonhomogeneous material with uniform or nonuniform thickness. An optical sensor is provided to sense the laser processing as it is performed and provide feedback to a system controller to optimize laser processing performance in real time.

Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. A technique includes determining a fabric's response to a laser, capturing an initial image of a wear pattern on a garment, and processing the initial image to obtain a working image in grayscale. The working image is further processed to obtain a difference image by comparing each pixel relative to a dark reference. The difference image is converted to a laser values image by using the previously determined fabric response to the laser.