A flooring product has multiple planar single piece substrate components, each with opposing straight longitudinal and lateral edges. A first lateral edge of a second of the substrate components abuts a first lateral edge of a first of the substrate components to form a common seam. The first and second of the substrate components are adjacent relative to a sequential array of multiple substrate components running parallel to the pair of longitudinal edges. The product has a pair of laminate component affixed to each side of each of the substrate components continuously over the sequential array thereof. The laminate components strengthen the product in relation to bearing a load applied to the second surface thereof and each of the common seams. The flooring product may be cut to lengths for accommodating overall lengths of recreational vehicles, trailers or manufactured housing units and thus reduces manufacturing costs associated therewith.

A flooring product has multiple planar single piece substrate components, each with opposing straight longitudinal and lateral edges. A first lateral edge of a second of the substrate components abuts a first lateral edge of a first of the substrate components to form a common seam. The first and second of the substrate components are adjacent relative to a sequential array of multiple substrate components running parallel to the pair of longitudinal edges. The product has a pair of laminate component affixed to each side of each of the substrate components continuously over the sequential array thereof. The laminate components strengthen the product in relation to bearing a load applied to the second surface thereof and each of the common seams. The flooring product may be cut to lengths for accommodating overall lengths of recreational vehicles, trailers or manufactured housing units and thus reduces manufacturing costs associated therewith.

A laminating system according to one embodiment includes: a film sticking-and-cutting device that sticks a film fed from a roll to a workpiece, and cuts the film at a position where the film is not overlapped with the workpiece; and a laminator that receives the workpiece delivered from the film sticking-and-cutting device, and presses the film stuck to the workpiece to the workpiece to join the film to the workpiece. The film sticking-and-cutting device includes a cooling unit that cools the workpiece or the film, before the film is cut. The laminating system may further includes a cooling device that cools the film by supplying air to the film on the workpiece delivered from the laminator, and a film peeling device that peels a layer from the film on the workpiece.

A laminating system according to one embodiment includes: a film sticking-and-cutting device that sticks a film fed from a roll to a workpiece, and cuts the film at a position where the film is not overlapped with the workpiece; and a laminator that receives the workpiece delivered from the film sticking-and-cutting device, and presses the film stuck to the workpiece to the workpiece to join the film to the workpiece. The film sticking-and-cutting device includes a cooling unit that cools the workpiece or the film, before the film is cut. The laminating system may further includes a cooling device that cools the film by supplying air to the film on the workpiece delivered from the laminator, and a film peeling device that peels a layer from the film on the workpiece.

The invention relates to a method for manufacture of a product or in completion of a product. A flexible mat (20) is manufactured from an incompletely cured thermo-setting plastic, wherein the mat comprises an article (10) of electrically conductive material. The incompletely cured mat (20) including the article (10) is then formed as a function of a forming tool or to lie against or for contact with a product, whereafter final curing of the mat (20) is executed by supplying electric power to the article (10) or by external heat application or ultraviolet light. The invention also relates to an arrangement and uses.

Method of producing membrane-electrode assemblies (MEA) and a machine therefore, where a quasi-endless strip of a membrane material doped with a liquid electrolyte is laminated with electrodes and edge regions of the strip and spaces between the electrodes are pressed free from surplus electrolyte.

A card substrate laminating device including a transfer roller configured to heat a portion of a transfer layer of a transfer ribbon and transfer the portion of the transfer layer from a carrier layer of the transfer ribbon to a surface of a card substrate. The transfer roller includes a diameter of less than 0.537 inches and a compliant exterior surface layer or coating. The compliant exterior surface layer or coating can include silicon rubber. The compliant exterior surface layer or coating can be approximately 0.020 inches thick. An internal heating element is configured to heat the transfer roller from an ambient temperature to a laminating temperature, at which laminating operations are performed, within 40 seconds.

Floor panel, which includes a substrate and a top layer provided above, and preferably directly above, the substrate, where the top layer includes a décor layer, a thermoplastic wear layer, and a lacquer layer provided above, and preferably directly above, the wear layer, and where the floor panel has an upper surface showing a relief, where the relief has a maximum relief depth which is larger than 100 microns, and where the wear layer and the lacquer layer are embossed in order to form the relief.

A cutting device includes a drum section that rotates to convey a continuous body, and a cutting section that cuts the continuous body into multiple individual works. The drum section includes multiple holding heads that move while holding the respective works. The cutting section includes a cutter unit that moves together with multiple holding heads and that is smaller in number than the holding heads, and a cutter drive unit that moves the cutter unit independently of multiple holding heads. The cutter unit moves alongside of the continuous body from a certain cutting start position to cut the continuous body. The cutter drive unit returns the cutter unit that has cut the continuous body, to the cutting start position.

A lifting apparatus of the present invention includes: a ball screw; a frame configured to support bearings for the ball screw; an electric motor supported by the frame and having an output shaft being rotatable; and a rotational force transferring mechanism configured to transfer a rotational force of the output shaft as a rotational force of a threaded shaft of the ball screw. A first moving body providing a first sliding surface inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane including a direction of an axis is fixed to a nut of the ball screw. A second moving body is arranged to be movable linearly in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis with respect to the frame, has a second sliding surface configured to be slidably movable with respect to the first sliding surface, and is caused to move linearly in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the axis by a slidably movement between the first sliding surface and the second sliding surface when the nut and the first moving body moves linearly in the direction of the axis. The threaded shaft extends through the first moving body in the direction of the axis, and the pair of bearings is arranged on both sides of the first moving body.