SHAPING SYSTEM INCLUDING AN EVAPORATION COVER, SHAPING PROCESS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20230109973A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17498568

    申请日:2021-10-11

    摘要: A shaping system comprises a dispensing station configured to dispense formable material on a substrate, a shaping station configured to contact the dispensed formable material on the substrate with a plate, a positioning system configured to move the substrate having the dispensed formable material from the dispensing system to the shaping station, and a cover having one or more walls. While the substrate having the dispensed formable material is moved by the positioning system from the dispensing station to the shaping station, the cover is positioned to enclose the substrate and the dispensed formable material such that a ratio of a diameter of the substrate to a distance between the cover and the substrate to 80:1 to 30:1.

    CUSHIONING MEMBER FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR AND RELATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230079560A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US18056116

    申请日:2022-11-16

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    摘要: A method of forming a polymeric foam material is provided and includes providing a precursor material having a first thickness, the precursor material being an open-cell foam material and applying a uniaxial compressive force to the precursor material to compress the precursor material to a second thickness, the compressive force causing a cell structure of the precursor material to collapse. The method also includes heating the precursor material at a molding temperature for a first time period while the compressive force is applied, the first time period being sufficient to heat the precursor material to a softening temperature, removing the compressive force from the precursor material, and maintaining the cell structure of the precursor material in a collapsed state.

    Marine decking with sandwich-type construction and method of making same

    公开(公告)号:US11518136B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US15615025

    申请日:2017-06-06

    摘要: A marine deck member and the process for forming the same. The marine deck member comprises a sandwich-type composite panel made by a compression molding process. In such a process, the panel is made by subjecting a heated stack of layers of material to cold-pressing in a mold. The cellular core has a 2-D array of cells, with end faces open to the respective layers or skins. The surface traction of this type of composite panel can be enhanced for marine deck applications by controlled debossing, or embossing, of the first skin while it cools in the compression mold. The debossing effect can be affected by applying pressurized gas, e.g., pressurized air, onto the outer surface of the first skin while in the compression mold. The embossing can be affected by applying vacuum pressure on the outer surface of the first skin while in the compression mold.

    Mounting press and closing device for a mounting press

    公开(公告)号:US11486801B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16610740

    申请日:2018-03-12

    申请人: ATM GmbH

    发明人: Jochen Bongartz

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a mounting press for hot mounting a sample, comprising: a mounting cylinder for receiving the sample, having a main cylinder axis and a cylinder opening, the main cylinder axis extending inside the mounting cylinder and out through the cylinder opening, a sliding closure with a sliding carriage, an upper piston and a closing lever that is operatively connected to the upper piston, wherein the sliding carriage is configured so as to be displaceable in a direction transverse to the main cylinder axis, for example by means of the closing lever, and wherein in a position of use of the sliding carriage the upper piston can be driven to or into the cylinder opening of the mounting cylinder, wherein the closing lever has at least one open position and one closed position and can be transferred from the open position into the closed position, and wherein the closing lever cooperates with the upper piston such that the upper piston closes the cylinder opening when guiding the closing lever from the open position into the closed position when the sliding carriage is in the position of use.