Techniques are described for a method to manufacture a magnet structure comprising superconducting coils and annular spacers comprising a filled composite filler material. Also described are superconducting magnet structures as may be manufactured by such a method.

An airway management device has a body (6) including an external shell moulded from a polypropylene copolymer (PP) blended with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), the external shell extending from a proximal opening to a distal tip of the body (6), the external shell having a curved portion (35) and a linear portion (37). Methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.

A hollow body composite component is produced by a method using an injection mold, wherein a cavity of the injection mold is filled at least partially with a flowable material by injection of the flowable material, and a mandrel is driven through the flowable material to form a hollow body. Using the mandrel, at least one strip-shaped reinforcing element is introduced into a hollow body interior and is arranged on a surface of the hollow body facing the hollow body interior.

A method for forming a vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The method includes conforming a planar body of fibre reinforced material (CFRM) (504), such as a sheet or unidirectional tape, to a shape of a shape defining member (506, 900). In effect, the shape defining member (506, 900) is a core that defines an internal volume of a closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The CFRM material (504) comprises continuous fibres in a synthetic matrix. The method further includes bonding a first edge portion (510) of the CFRM body (504) to a second edge portion (512) of the CFRM body (504) thereby to form the closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). An apparatus (800) for implementing the method, and components (e.g. vehicle reinforcing members (26, 28, 30), vehicle seats (10) and so forth) formed using the method are also described.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an air-intake duct (30) with induction noise and radiated noise attenuation that is intended to be connected to an internal combustion engine. The method comprises the steps of: (a): providing a mould (1) comprising two moulding cavities (2), each cavity (2) having at least one groove (4) adapted for moulding a rib (32) and having at least two half-bores (5) adapted for moulding end sleeves (34-36), (b): providing a core (8) adapted to be positioned between the cavities (2), for moulding an air-intake duct (30), (c): positioning a tubular layer (9) of air-porous material on the core (8), (d): positioning the core (8) with the tubular layer (9) between the moulding cavities (2), (e): injecting a thermoplastic material into the, or each, groove (4) and into each half-bore (5) of each cavity (2), in order to overmould ribs (32) and end sleeves (34-36) onto the tubular layer (9) so as to form a duct (30).

A method of making a plastic tank suitable for containing water comprises forming a tank base which is partially or fully lined with a plastic layer that is different in character or color from the plastic material of the substrate of the tank base. The tank is alternatively formed by injection molding substrate material around the core of a mold which is partially or fully covered by the liner material, and by injecting liner material into the mold to bond it to the tank base substrate in conjunction with retracting part or all of the core, to provide space in the mold for the liner material.

A method is proposed for transferring a bottom label and a wraparound label into an injection mould for producing an injection-moulded part provided with the labels, in that the bottom label is arranged on the end side and the wraparound label on the lateral side of an insert die and the insert die equipped with the two labels is introduced into the mould cavity of the moulding tool, after which the bottom label is deposited on the bottom and the wraparound label on the lateral surface of the mould cavity of the moulding tool, in order to back-mould them with a plastics material injected into the mould cavity. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps of:providing an insert die, the end side of which has a central portion and a circumferential portion adjoining the central portion radially on the outside, wherein the central portion protrudes further in the direction of the free end of the insert die in the axial direction of the latter than the circumferential portion, such that the cross section of the insert die narrows in the direction of its free end, at least in the circumferential portion of its end side;applying the bottom label both to the central portion and to the circumferential portion of the end side of the insert die and applying the wraparound label to the lateral side thereof such that the wraparound label projects beyond the end, fining the end side, of the lateral side of the insert die in the direction of the free end thereof;introducing the insert die equipped with the two labels into the mould cavity of the moulding tool;detaching the wraparound label from the lateral side of the insert die and applying same at least to the lateral surface of the mould cavity of the moulding tool;detaching the bottom label from the end side of the insert die and applying same to the bottom of the mould cavity of the moulding tool, wherein the peripheral region of the bottom label is turned down from the circumferential portion of the end side of the insert die onto the bottom of the mould cavity of the moulding tool, such that it internally overlaps the edge, facing it, of the wraparound label; andextracting the insert die from the mould cavity of the moulding tool. The invention also relates to an injection-moulding device, suitable for carrying out such a method, having an insert die of the abovementioned type.

A method for forming a vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The method includes conforming a planar body of fibre reinforced material (CFRM) (504), such as a sheet or unidirectional tape, to a shape of a shape defining member (506, 900). In effect, the shape defining member (506, 900) is a core that defines an internal volume of a closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). The CFRM material (504) comprises continuous fibres in a synthetic matrix. The method further includes bonding a first edge portion (510) of the CFRM body (504) to a second edge portion (512) of the CFRM body (504) thereby to form the closed cross-section portion of the vehicle reinforcing member (26, 28, 30). An apparatus (800) for implementing the method, and components (e.g. vehicle reinforcing members (26, 28, 30), vehicle seats (10) and so forth) formed using the method are also described.

The method for attaching a thin cylindrical element to a mold core is a method for attaching a film-like thin cylindrical element, which is formed in a cylindrical shape having a constant cross-sectional shape, to an outer surface of a mold core in a manner so as to cover the mold core. The method includes pressing the thin cylindrical element onto a tip portion of the mold core; guiding the thin cylindrical element to the base end side of the mold core while ejecting gas into between the mold core and the thin cylindrical element; and attaching the thin cylindrical element to the outer surface of the mold core in a manner so as to cover the mold core.

The cover of a plastic tank suitable for containing water is attached to the tank base by means of alternative joints, including elastically engageable features and lock features to prevent unwanted release. The base of a plastic water tank is comprised of a substrate and a liner and is formed by means which include injection molding into a mold where the core part of the mold is surrounded in part or full by the film which forms the liner.