The invention relates to a method for producing a threaded bolt. A blank is introduced into a threaded-bolt negative mold. The blank has a bolt-shaped portion. Fibers which are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the bolt-shaped portion are embedded in a plastics material in the blank. Pressure is exerted on the blank in order to deform the blank in the negative mold such that a threaded structure is formed on a circumferential face of the bolt-shaped portion. The invention moreover relates to a threaded bolt which is manufacturable by this method, and to a system which is conceived for carrying out the method. Lightweight and hard-wearing threaded bolts may be manufactured by the method according to the invention.

A component with a customized exterior surface and a method and tool for manufacturing the same are provided. The component may be formed via a plastic forming process with a forming tool, such that it has a surface texture formed on its exterior surface. The forming tool has at least one tool surface, which defines a mold cavity. The tool surface has a textured layer coupled thereto, such that the textured layer directly contacts a moldable material supplied to the mold cavity. The textured layer has a surface texture formed thereon resulting in the surface texture present on the textured layer being transferred to and formed on the exterior surface of the component during forming. The textured layer may be changeable or replaceable with respect to the at least one tool surface, such that a single tool may form components with different surface textures formed on the exterior surface thereof.

A member with threads is provided that is made of a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material with improved strength. Carbon fibers each extending in the axial direction across at least two threads appearing in a longitudinal cross section are embedded in the at least two threads in a zigzag manner along the surface shape of the at least two threads appearing in a longitudinal cross section. Preferably, the member is a nut, where the above-described structure is embedded in the threads of the female threadform of the nut, thereby providing a nut that is lightweight and exhibits improved strength.

The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a speaker vibrating diaphragm by controlling a ratio of fiber materials, the method comprising the steps of: (A) fabric provision: providing a fabric interwoven by a plurality of warps and a plurality of wefts; (B) impregnation: impregnating the fabric in a resin solution; (C) drying: drying the fabric impregnated with resin solution; (D) formation: pressing the dried resin-impregnating fabric to form a predetermined shape; and (E) cutting: cutting the formed speaker vibrating diaphragm from the fabric. Each of the plurality of warps and each of the plurality of wefts of the fabric has an individual yarn count and material composition. By controlling a combination of the yarn counts of the plurality of warps and the plurality of wefts, a total number of threads and a material composition ratio of the warps and wefts required for the vibrating diaphragm are achieved.

The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a speaker vibrating diaphragm by controlling a ratio of fiber materials, the method comprising the steps of: (A) fabric provision: providing a fabric interwoven by a plurality of warps and a plurality of wefts; (B) impregnation: impregnating the fabric in a resin solution; (C) drying: drying the fabric impregnated with resin solution; (D) formation: pressing the dried resin-impregnating fabric to form a predetermined shape; and (E) cutting: cutting the formed speaker vibrating diaphragm from the fabric. Each of the plurality of warps and each of the plurality of wefts of the fabric has an individual yarn count and material composition. By controlling a combination of the yarn counts of the plurality of warps and the plurality of wefts, a total number of threads and a material composition ratio of the warps and wefts required for the vibrating diaphragm are achieved.

The invention relates to a method for producing a threaded bolt. A blank is introduced into a threaded-bolt negative mold. The blank has a bolt-shaped portion. Fibers which are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the bolt-shaped portion are embedded in a plastics material in the blank. Pressure is exerted on the blank in order to deform the blank in the negative mold such that a threaded structure is formed on a circumferential face of the bolt-shaped portion. The invention moreover relates to a threaded bolt which is manufacturable by this method, and to a system which is conceived for carrying out the method. Lightweight and hard-wearing threaded bolts may be manufactured by the method according to the invention.

According to some embodiments of the invention there is provided a composite material bone screw comprising: a screw core comprising straight reinforcing fibers arranged along a longitudinal axis of the screw; a winding screw thread surrounding at least a portion of the screw core; a layer intermediate the screw core and the screw thread, the layer comprising reinforcing fibers helically wound in an opposite direction to a winding direction of the screw thread.

A method and apparatus for forming at least one external annular flange (48 or 49) adjacent one end of a fiber reinforced thermoplastic tube (10) in which the tube (10) is mounted on a mandrel (12) and a first end portion of the tube is clamped in a collar (13) having at least one internal annular cavity (18 or 19) for forming a flange, a second end portion of the tube in the region (R1, R2) of the cavity is heated to soften the thermoplastic, and an axial load (L) is applied to the end of the tube by a piston (24) causing the softened tube to flow into the cavity (18, 19) in the collar (13) to form a flange on the tube.

An apparatus may include a thermoplastic composite fiber tubular to be positioned in a wellbore, the thermoplastic composite fiber tubular comprising a thermoplastic matrix, a plurality of fibers laid within the thermoplastic matrix, and one or more threads thermoformed at an end of the thermoplastic composite fiber tubular. The one or more threads, once thermoformed, may be configured to form a threaded connection with another tubular in the wellbore.

Compression molded articles employing circumferential surfaces having friction-enhancing patterns to contact substrates during wet chemical processes are disclosed. An article such as an annular body may be formed by a compression molding technique. By including a patterned surface as part of an outer circumferential surface of the annular body, frictional contact between the annular body and the substrate may be enhanced as friction-reducing fluids associated with a wet chemical processes may be directed away from the desired friction contact area between the annular body and the substrate. In this manner, frictional contact may be enhanced and the substrate may be effectively positioned and moved during the wet chemical process to improve the effectively of the process.