Provided herein are lamination apparatuses and processes for inline lamination of solar cells. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a roller having a core and a compliant sleeve, such as a silicone sleeve, annularly surrounding the core. A release layer may be provided in the form of an annular outermost coating of the roller or as a belt. In some embodiments, the release layer is a fiberglass coated with a fluoropolymer. The core/compliant sleeve/release layer comes in direct contact with a wire assembly to be laminated on the front side of the cell. The compliant sleeve forces the polymer of the wire assembly to conform between the wire, reducing void space between the solar cell and wire assemblies. Also provided are thin film solar cells having reduced cavity and tent areas and widths.

A method for producing a sheet-like composite fabric material, in particular a rubberized fabric or a fabric provided with a polymer preparation, for covering drive belts, the composite fabric material comprising a textile integrated in a matrix of elastomeric material, preferably at least one fabric layer integrated in a rubber matrix, the textile or the fabric layer and the elastomeric material being introduced into a gap between a band and a cylindrical molding wheel and molded to form a composite material between the band and the molding wheel at a temperature below the vulcanization temperature, the band looping around the molding wheel at a looping angle under pressure. Likewise disclosed is a drive belt with a covering of composite material produced according to the invention.

To provide a laminated body in which wrinkles and delamination are suppressed, a method for its production, and a method for producing a flexible printed circuit board in which occurrence of wrinkles and delamination is suppressed. A method for producing a laminated body comprises disposing, on one side or both sides of a first substrate composed of either one or both of a heat-resistant substrate layer and a metal foil layer, a second substrate containing a fluororesin and having a first surface of which the wetting tension is from 30 to 60 mN/m and a second surface of which the wetting tension is smaller by at least 2 mN/m than the wetting tension of the first surface, so that the first surface faces the first substrate side; and while transporting the first substrate and the second substrate, pressing them in the thickness direction at a temperature T.sub.1 of from 0 to 100 C. for lamination, to obtain a laminated body I in which the first substrate and the second substrate are directly laminated.

The invention relates to a method for producing a primary backing (19) on a web material (11), in which the web material (11) is fed to an application device (33) with a guide roller (31) and is subsequently discharged from the application device (33) with a guide roller (34) that is mounted downstream thereof, wherein the web material (11) is guided along the application device (33) with a web guide device (36), and the web material (11) is held in a wrap-around angle () with respect to the application device (33) with a transport belt (44) of the web guide device (36) and is guided in a contacting manner within a wrap-around angle () along the application device (33).

A film applying apparatus includes a stage configured to receive a cover glass on the stage, the cover glass having curved portions at opposite ends of the cover glass, and a pressing member positioned in transverse to the cover glass. The pressing member includes a curved plane portion having a curvature radius less than a curvature radius of the curved portion, and a bend preventing portion with a cross section configured to prevent bending of the curved plane portion.

A process for manufacturing floor tiles comprising the following steps: scattering granules (62) of a thermoplastic material on a conveying member (52) in order to obtain a first layer of granules (64), superimposing several sheets (5B, 5C) in order to obtain a plurality of adjacent sheets on the first layer of granules (64), each of the sheets containing at least 50 wt % of glass fibers, scattering granules (70) of a thermoplastic material on the uppermost sheet (5B) in order to obtain a second layer of granules (72), pressing and heating the first layer of granules, the plurality of adjacent sheets and the second layer of granules, melting or at least softening the first layer of granules and the second layer of granules, the plurality of sheets being at least partly impregnated by the thermoplastic material of the first layer of granules and of the second layer of granules in order to obtain a core layer after cooling, and using the core layer to produce at least a slab, and using the slab to obtain the floor tiles.

A cutting mechanism includes a cutter roll and a rotational driving mechanism for rotationally driving the cutter roll. The cutter roll has a roll body and a blade portion protruding from a peripheral surface of the roll body. The blade portion is formed at a same position on a circumference of the roll body and extends in an axial direction of the roll body. The cutter roll is arranged so that the axial direction is at a predetermined angle with respect to a pull-out direction of the reinforcing fiber material. The cutting mechanism further includes a slide mechanism that displaces cutter roll in the axial direction toward a side in the pull-out direction of the reinforcing fiber material at least when the reinforcing fiber material is cut.

Provided is a lamination device that laminates an electrolyte film and a porous film. The lamination device includes a support portion configured to support a porous film roll, in which the porous film is wound, such that the porous film roll is able to revolve, an unwinding portion configured to support an electrolyte film roll, in which the electrolyte film is wound, and unwind the electrolyte film from the electrolyte film roll, a conveying portion configured to convey the unwound electrolyte film, and a control portion configured to control the support portion, the unwinding portion, and the conveying portion. The control portion is configured to control the support portion such that the conveyed electrolyte film and the porous film roll are brought closer to one another and an outer peripheral surface of the porous film roll is pressed against one of surfaces of the electrolyte film.

An arrangement for producing a corrugated board web. The arrangement includes corrugating rollers to produce a corrugated web, a glue application mechanism and a pressure belt module, which comprises a deflection roller with a deflection roller longitudinal center axis, a belt tensioning and belt running regulating roller with a belt tensioning and belt running regulating roller longitudinal center axis and a pressure belt, which is guided about the deflection roller and the belt tensioning and belt running regulating roller, to press a cover web onto the corrugated web provided with glue.

A clad material includes a first layer made of stainless steel and a second layer made of Cu or a Cu alloy and roll-bonded to the first layer. In the clad material, a grain size of the second layer measured by a comparison method of JIS H 0501 is 0.150 mm or less.