Abstract:
A mandrel or core mold is used in the manufacture of composite products. The current invention avoids the disadvantages of plaster mandrels by making mandrels or core molds composed of aggregate with a dual binder system. This system produces a mold with high green strength, high dry strength, and the ability to be disintegrated from a finished composite product. The cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, poly-polyvinylpyrrolidone, of this invention provides many benefits and advantages.
Abstract:
The method according to the invention allows the production of a complex, integral (onepiece) fiber composite part having a plurality of internal and undercut stiffening elements employing removable cores. Because connection elements are no longer necessary, a high weight savings potential results, because, for example, rivets and rivet flanges required for this purpose, as in the case of conventional assembly from individual parts (differential construction), become superfluous.
Abstract:
A tooling system may include an outer mold line (OML) tool and one or more inner mold line (IML) tools. The OML tool may have an OML tool surface. Each one of the IML tools may have an IML tool surface and may be receivable within the OML tool 202. Each IML tool may be formed of expandable material. Each IML tool may apply an internal compaction pressure to a composite assembly positioned between the OML tool surface and the IML tool surface when the expandable material is heated.
Abstract:
A consumable filament for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, where the consumable filament comprises a core portion of a first thermoplastic material, and a shell portion of a second thermoplastic material that is compositionally different from the first thermoplastic material, where the consumable filament is configured to be melted and extruded to form roads of a plurality of solidified layers of a three-dimensional object, and where the roads at least partially retain cross-sectional profiles corresponding to the core portion and the shell portion of the consumable filament.
Abstract:
A mold and a method for integrally manufacturing a functional cored slab and a solid slab with a polygonal grid honeycomb structure. The mold for manufacturing the cored slab comprises a female mold and multiple male molds which are provided in the female mold. The male molds include polygonal cylinders capable of melting, dissolving, or vaporizing. A clearance exists between at least one pair of adjacent polygonal cylinders. The mold for manufacturing the solid slab is provided with a male mold main-body of polygonal cylinders which share the same shape and amount as the polygonal grids. The male mold main-body, which is made of one of the functional materials including sound insulating materials, flame retardant materials, and thermal insulating materials, is located in the frame-like female mold having a bottom plate. Clearances are provided between the adjacent male mold bodies. A casting method is adopted when manufacturing the slabs.
Abstract:
A method for producing an adhesive fastening element made of plastic includes a support part (10) from which project a plurality of stem parts (12). A head part (14) is arranged at each stem part opposing the support part (10) and the head parts (14) are formed without the use of molding tools due to the surface tension of the used plastic material. Consequently, no need exists for a specific molding tool for forming the head parts.
Abstract:
Systems, methods and devices adapted to ease manufacture of composite articles (e.g., ceramic composite articles), particularly composite articles which include a hollow feature are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a consumable core formed to be disposed within an inner portion of a composite precursor, the consumable core adapted to convert into an infiltrant during a manufacturing process and infiltrate the composite precursor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to additive manufacturing (AM) and in particular to a degradable material for use in applications that require temporary structure stability, such as in investment casting or biomedical applications or as a temporary support material.
Abstract:
A support structure for an automotive instrument panel includes a single unitary molded article fabricated from a lost core molding process. The support structure includes integrally formed support segments for knee bolsters. A plurality of air passages are formed from hollow cores within different segments of the support structure.
Abstract:
An electronic part, which has a complicated internal configuration and has a movable part rotatably and movably accommodated therein, is integrally molded without dividing the configuration into a plurality of sections to carry out a number of molding operations for separate sections of the electronic part, thereby reducing the cost and enhancing the quality of the electronic part. The manufacturing process comprises producing a core for the injection molding by the injection molding of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin containing an oxyalkylene group, producing a second stage product, which has the core inserted therein so as to be partly exposed, by the injection molding of a metallization-grade aromatic polyester liquid crystalline polymer, which contains a catalyst, producing a third stage product so that the second stage product is partly exposed by the injection molding of a nonmetallization-grade aromatic polyester liquid crystalline polymer, immersing the third stage product in hot water so that the core is dissolved in hot water, etching the surface of the circuit pattern forming area, which is exposed on the surface and is made from the metallization-grade polymer, and then metallizing the etched surface so that an electrically conductive circuit is formed thereon. In the above-described process, the movable part is embedded in the core.