An imprint apparatus according to the present invention includes a controller configured to perform a contacting step of moving at least one of a mold holding unit and a substrate holding unit by at least one of a mold driving unit and a substrate driving unit such that a mold and an imprint material on a substrate surface are brought into contact with each other, an obtaining step of obtaining a driving force in a first direction parallel to the substrate surface for the substrate holding unit by the substrate driving unit after performing the contacting step, and a tilt correcting step of rotating the mold holding unit about a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the substrate surface by the mold driving unit based on a magnitude of the driving force obtained in the obtaining step.

An ultraviolet (UV) curing system is configured to cure a composite structure. The UV curing system includes a plurality of UV light assemblies that are configured to adaptively conform to a shape of the composite structure. A UV curing method is configured to cure a composite structure. The UV curing method includes positioning a UV curing system on the composite structure, and adaptively conforming a plurality of UV light assemblies of the UV curing system to a shape of the composite structure.

There is provided a molding apparatus that molds a composition on a substrate by using a mold, characterized by including a control unit configured to control a process of forming a film of the composition between a first surface of the mold and the substrate by bringing the first surface into contact with the composition, and a deforming unit configured to deform the first surface into a convex shape with respect to a substrate side by applying power to a second surface of the mold on an opposite side to the first surface, wherein the control unit controls the deforming unit in the process so as to make power applied to the second surface by the deforming unit after contact between the first surface and the composition larger than power applied to the second surface by the deforming unit before the contact between the first surface and the composition.

A method of transferring a flexible layer to a substrate makes use of a partial bulge in the flexible layer, which does not make contact with the substrate. The partial bulge advances to the location of an alignment marker on the substrate. When alignment adjustments are needed, they are made with the partial bulge in place so that more reproducible positioning is possible when fully advancing the flexible layer against the substrate.

A fiber composite laying method for producing a fiber composite scrim for forming a fiber composite component. The method includes supplying a reinforcement fiber band to a laying head, laying and compacting the supplied reinforcement fiber band on a laying surface at an average compaction pressure by a compaction roller, and detecting a local compaction pressure on the laid reinforcement fiber band by pressure sensors on the compaction roller.

A fiber composite laying device for producing a fiber composite scrim for forming a fiber composite component has a laying head which is designed or configured to continuously supply a reinforcement fiber band, a compaction roller which is designed or configured to receive the supplied reinforcement fiber band, lay the band on a laying surface and press the band onto the laying surface at an average compaction pressure, and pressure sensors which are arranged on the compaction roller and are designed or configured to detect a local compaction pressure on the laid reinforcement fiber band.

A fiber bundle cutting method in an automated fiber bundle placement apparatus includes: obtaining a placement length of a fiber bundle in an operating time of a movable blade from a start time point of a drive period to an end time point of a contact period, based on an operating time and a basic speed; setting, as a first time point, a time point determined as preceding the start time point by a predetermined preceding period; obtaining an additional speed to extra deliver at least a placement length during the preceding period; changing a feeding speed from an actual feeding speed to a corrected feeding speed obtained by adding the additional speed to the actual feeding speed at the first time point; and stopping rotary drive of a roller by a drive motor at the start time point.

There is provided a control system for an apparatus for taking out a molded product, the apparatus performing appropriate operation when a collision occurs while a servo system control section is manually operated. When a collision detection section outputs an operation stop command, a deviation clearing section performs clearing operation to bring deviations in a servo system control section to zero with the servo system control section kept on. Positioning is completed as the deviations are brought to zero, which enables operation to be performed again. When a retracting operation is performed after the operation is stopped, servomotors are operated according to an operation command, which allows smooth retraction from the collision state.

A method for manual casting of polymers, is used for production of a molded part. The production of the molded part comprises providing a mold with a cavity, preparing a liquid polymer according to a recipe, manually casting the liquid polymer into the mold and solidifying the liquid polymer in the mold resulting in the molded part. A system comprises the mold and at least one sensor Wherein the system uses parameter data to calculate the recipe. The system comprises an electronic device and a display, wherein the electronic device controls the display. The display shows during the production of the molded part at least a part of at least one production step of the recipe.

An expansion device, including: an installation unit in which a thermally expandable sheet is disposed; an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the thermally expandable sheet placed on the installation unit with light; and a control unit configured to perform processes described below, wherein after an expansion process to expand the thermally expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally expandable sheet placed on the installation unit with light by the irradiation unit, a cooling process to cool the thermally expandable sheet by a predetermined cooling unit while maintaining the state in which the thermally expandable sheet is placed on the installation unit.