1320results about "Clay processing apparatus" patented technology

A convenient way of isolating individual cells permits individual analysis of their contents. A capture support for individually capturing cells of interest comprises a first surface including at least one well sized to accommodate an individual cell, wherein the support is made of a differentially permeable material which permits transfer of a solvent and any low molecular weight species through the support from a second surface of the support to a well, but which is substantially impermeable to biopolymers. Single cells are captured, their contents are released, and the contents of individual cells are then analysed within a chamber containing suitable analytical components e.g. immobilised nucleic acid probes, immobilised antibodies, etc. Analysis of a single cell's genome, transcriptome, proteome, etc. thus becomes possible.

Methods and apparatus are provided for making an ophthalmic lens. Apparatus are provided for filling contact lens shaped cavities of contact lens molding assemblies. Methods of coupling and fusing contact lens mold sections are also provided and generally include providing first and second mold sections which when coupled together are effective to form a lens-shaped cavity and contact regions between the mold sections. One or both of the mold sections may include one or more recessed regions or projections which provide areas of non-fusion and areas of fusion, respectively, when the mold sections have been filled with a contact lens precursor material and are fused together, for example, by means of focused ultrasound energy.

Resistive memory devices having at least one varistor and methods of operating the same are disclosed. The resistive memory device may include at least one bottom electrode line, at least one top electrode line crossing the at least one bottom electrode line, and at least one stack structure disposed at an intersection of the at least one top electrode line and the at least one bottom electrode line including a varistor and a data storage layer.

The present invention relates to reinforced polyamide molding compounds containing high-melting partially aromatic polyamides and flat glass fibers, in particular with a rectangular cross section, i.e., glass fibers with a noncircular cross-sectional area and a dimension ratio of the main cross-sectional axis to the secondary cross-sectional axis of 2 to 6, in particular 3 to 6, most especially preferably from 3.5 to 5.0. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing polyamide molding compounds and molded articles manufactured therefrom, i.e., in particular injection-molded parts. The inventive molded parts have a high transverse stiffness and transverse strength.

The invention relates to a preparation method for a silicon carbide ceramic tube or rod. An extrusion moulding method is adopted to form a blank body; a normal pressure sintering method is adopted for sintering; and submicron level silicon carbide powder and additives are taken as main raw materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: 1) carrying out ball milling on the main raw materials by a dry method, adding water, a dispersant, a plasticizer, a lubricant and a liquid state binder, and then carrying out ball milling by a wet method; 2) adopting a spray granulation process to granulate silicon carbide slurry; 3) extruding the blank body by a one-shot direct extrusion moulding method after vacuum pug, corrosion, and vacuum pug; 4) drying the molded blank body by a stage drying mechanism; and 5) placing the blank body of the silicon carbide ceramic tube or rod in a vacuum furnace and carrying out sintering for two times by taking argon gas as protective gas. The high temperature resisting strength and the corrosion resistance of the silicon carbide ceramic tube or rod prepared by the method are both better than those of a reactive sintered product. Compared with a hot press sintering method, the method has lower limit on the product shape and size, and lower cost. The method is suitable for the industrialized production.

A method for dispersing sepiolite-type clay particles in a polyester matrix by melt-compounding a mixture of: sepiolite-type clay, at least one linear polyester oligomer, and at least one polyester polymer to produce a nanocomposite composition; and, optionally, subjecting said nanocomposite composition to solid state polymerization to increase polyester molecular weight. Further described is a method for preparing a polyester nanocomposite composition from a masterbatch, comprising melt-compounding a mixture of: sepiolite-type clay, at least one polyester oligomer, and at least one polyester polymer to produce a nanocomposite composition containing a greater concentration of sepiolite-type clay than is desired in the final resin composition; optionally, subjecting said nanocomposite composition to solid state polymerization to increase the polyester molecular weight; and further melt compounding said nanocomposite composition with polyester polymer and, optionally, additional ingredients.

A static mixer comprising a mixer body with a first and a second array of intermeshed and interconnecting passageways formed therein that connect, and provide a convoluted flow path between, flow faces at ends of the mixer body. The first and second arrays of passageways preferably interconnect such that the boundaries of adjacent intermeshed passageways overlap to form mixing portals. When used in an injection molding system, a singular melt flow is initially divided at the first flow face of the static mixer, wherein the melt flow divides into the intermeshing passageways and further divides and re-combines at the locations of mixing portals before exiting the static mixer at the second flow face as homogenized melt.

Apparatus and methods for applying treatment fluids, such as disinfectants, flavoring agents, and tenderizing agents, to foodstuff surfaces to, for example, reduce populations of microorganisms or fungi, alter taste, or alter texture. In representative embodiments, the apparatus includes a housing, a fluid delivery system, and a shaft with a protruding surface, the latter adapted to rotatably convey, while agitating and tumbling, the foodstuffs from an inlet to an outlet of the housing, as the fluid delivery system applies a treatment fluid to the foodstuffs. In more specific embodiments, the protruding surface may be paddles, or paddles interconnected by a solid web and having angled distal surfaces, or a spiral blade with radial protrusions, or such a spiral blade along a first longitudinal portion of the shaft and paddles along a second longitudinal portion of the shaft.

A method for manufacturing an object having an encapsulated radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is provided. An RFID tag is mechanically or chemically affixed to a first portion of the object being manufactured. The first portion of the object, with the RFID tag affixed is placed in a cavity of a mold. The first portion is then over-molded with a first material such as high temperature thermoplastic or low temperature thermoset to generate a seamless object. A method for manufacturing an object having a partially encapsulated RFID tag is also provided. An RFID tag is laminated with a lamination material, such as high temperature thermoplastic. The laminated RFID tag is affixed to a mold. The laminated RFID tag is then over-molded with a first material to generate a seamless object. Methods for tracking medical instruments having encapsulated or partially encapsulated RFID tags are also provided.

Amine-aldehyde resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants in the separation of bitumen from sand and/or clay or in the beneficiation of clay (e.g., kaolin clay) from an impure clay-containing ore. The resins are also useful for treating aqueous liquid suspensions to remove solid particulates, as well as for removing metallic ions in the purification of water.

An apparatus for homogenizing and/or dispersing at least one viscous substance and at least one solid and/or at least one other substance of different viscosity includes in a space in a housing axis-parallel rotatable shafts disposed along a circle with equal central-angle distance and provided with tightly intermeshing screw elements. The shafts in the area outside the openings in the housing are provided with screw elements having a pitch (S) of at most three quarters of the outside screw diameter (D) over a length (L=L1+L2+L3) corresponding to at least ten times the outside diameter (D) of the screw elements.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a superfine ceramic powder injection molding mixture, which belongs to the technical field of ceramic injection molding. The preparation method of the superfine ceramic powder injection molding mixture comprises the steps: carrying out ultrasonic dispersion or high-speed ball grinding dispersion and surface modification of submicron or nanometer level ceramic powder in surface active agent solution; evenly mixing the surface modified powder with a non water-solubility organic binding agent, a water-solubility organic binding agent and other additives in a mixer according to a specific order; injecting and molding obtained injecting and mixing material on an injection molding machine to obtain a blank body; and quickly degreasing the blank body by water in water and ethanol mixing solution with a certain proportion under a certain degreasing temperature system. The obtained water-degreased injection material has even mixture, high strength of a green blank and good fluidity. The degreasing method has high degreasing speed and good blank shape maintaining performance and avoids the defects of cracking, bubbling, and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide an injection molding process for preparing thermoplastic resin molded articles and an injection molding apparatus for use in practicing this process, the process and the apparatus being adapted to supply a blowing agent, especially a nonreactive gas such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen gas, to a thermoplastic resin continuously at a relatively low pressure with good stability to incorporate the agent or gas into the resin. As shown in FIG. 3, a resin in a cylinder (2) of an injection molding machine (1) as melted by rotating a screw (3) is mixed and dissolves carbon dioxide which is supplied to the molten resin from a gas supply opening (5) formed in the screw (3). An amount of the gas-incorporating molten resin is measured out and injected into a mold cavity to obtain an expansion-molded article. To incorporate carbon dioxide into the molten resin, the gas is supplied from a gas inlet (11) formed in a rear end portion of the screw to a portion (4a) not fed with the resin and positioned between front and rear screw flights and closer to the front flight, through a gas supply channel 6 extending through the screw and via the supply opening (5).

An injection molding machine includes an injection molding cylinder with a material supply at one end and an injection nozzle at the other end and a material conveyance unit attached to a drive and movable in the injection molding cylinder. The injection molding machine also includes a vibration element for inducing a flow of melt within the injection molding cylinder for homogenizing the melt.

The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of composite materials having lignocellulosic fibres dispersed in a thermoplastic matrix, while generally maintaining an average fibre length not below 0.2 mm. The process comprises defibrillation of the lignocellulosic fibres using a mixer and at a temperature less than the decomposition temperature of the fibres in order to separate the fibres and generate microfibres, crofÊbres, followed by dispersion of the fibres in the thermoplastic matrix by mechanical mixing to get the moldable thermoplastic composition, followed by injection, compression, extrusion or compression injection molding of said composition. The process produces high performance composite materials having a tensile strength not less than about 55 MPa, a flexural strength not less than about 80 MPa, a stiffness not less than about 2 GPa, notched impact strength not less than about 20 J/m, and un-notched impact strength not less than about 100 J/m. The composite materials of the present invention are well-suited for use in automotive, aerospace, electronic, furniture, sports articles, upholstery and other structural applications.

A system and method for mixing and forming gum structures is provided. The system may include combinations of continuous and batch mixers arranged generally in parallel and/or series for mixing gum base ingredients with subsequent gum ingredients. In one embodiment, the system and method first forms a gum structure that is not a gum base and then adds a subsequent gum ingredient such that the gum structure is less than a gum base in combination with a subsequent gum ingredient. In other embodiments, the system and method includes forming a gum base in addition to some subsequent gum ingredients that are not quite finished gum. Further, in other embodiments, the system and method may perform some of the mixing of the ingredients at a first location while mixing of further ingredients is performed at a remote location.

The present invention relates to a manufacturing technique of kaolin with high viscosity and concentration. A manufacturing technique of kaolin with high viscosity and concentration is characterized by comprising following procedures: 1) manufacturing kaolin slurry J with kaolin extracted by hydraulic machinery method undergoing pulping, classification, chemical bleaching, iron removal by washing, dehydrating through pressure filters, dispersed pulping, exfoliation, vibration screen classification ; 2) spray drying and intercalation which is accomplished by a) firstly, improving product lines of a spray drying equipment, that is, adding a thermal insulation layer to a packing auger, a lift pot and a storage hopper of the spray drying equipment, and then arranging a variable frequency feeding machine communicated with a urea crusher through pipelines on the packing auger of the bottom of a spray drying mouth of the spray drying equipment; b) spray drying to achieve kaolin powder; c) intercalating intercalation agent urea with the kaolin powder through the variable frequency feeding machine with parameter of a fresh feed pump between 2 HZ and 8 HZ and with additional of mass of the intercalation agent urea between 2 percent and 10 percent of the mass of the kaolin powder; thereby getting final kaolin products with viscosity and concentration between 72 percent and 73.7 percent. The manufacturing technique can produce kaolin with high viscosity and concentration.

Lens mold assembly including a first and a second mold cooperating with each other to define a mold cavity for molding an ophthalmic lens with the first and second molds being held in line contact with each other at a radial position, wherein at least one of the two molds consists of a central molding portion located radially inwardly of the radial position, and an outer rim portion located radially outwardly of the radial position, the central molding portion cooperating with the other mold to define the mold cavity, the above-indicated at least one mold having a mold surface which is opposed to a mold surface of the other mold when the two molds are assembled together, the mold surface of the at least one mold consisting of a central lens-forming region in the central molding portion, and an outer peripheral non lens-forming region in the outer rim portion, at least a part of the lens-forming region adjacent to the radial position providing a concave portion, while at least a part of the outer peripheral non lens-forming region adjacent to the radial position providing a convex portion.

A screw-type extruding machine comprises at least two casing bores with screw shafts disposed therein, on which several successive mixing and kneading disks are mounted, interengaging in pairs. Successive mixing and kneading disks make an angle of crest misalignment which is not integrally contained in 360°.

A kneading element is rotary driven around a rotating shaft disposed in a bottom part in a pot to knead ingredients within the pot. The kneading element has a blade part that has a bottom surface circumferential edge that is substantially semi-elliptical, wherein an inclined surface is formed in a side surface of the blade part, an erection surface is formed in a rotation direction back surface of the blade part, and the inclined surface is formed such that ingredients to be kneaded are rotated on the inclined surface. According to this configuration, because dough materials within the pot can be scooped up and rotated on the kneading element and furthermore flipped and tossed toward the inner circumferential surface of the pot, great pressure can be applied directly from the entire area of the inner circumferential surface of the pot to the dough material pressurized by the kneading element, whereby the entire area of the inner circumferential surface of the pot can be effectively used to knead the ingredients effectively.

An apparatus and method for melting polymer is provided. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing, two or more rotatable members at least partially contained within the housing, where each rotatable member having a shaft coupled thereto. The apparatus also includes a motor having a drive shaft directly coupled to the shaft of the rotatable members such that the rotatable members rotate at a speed of the motor drive shaft. The rotatable members are preferably non-intermeshing and counter-rotating.

A mold for forming a snowman includes lower, intermediate and upper generally spherical, hollow members comprised of clear plastic. Each plastic member includes an upper aperture for filling the member with snow. The lower member includes a generally flat base portion for positioning stability and an upper connection ring adapted for secure coupling to a lower connection ring on the intermediate member. The intermediate member also includes an upper connection ring adapted for secure coupling to a lower connection ring on the upper member. The three connected members form a hollow, vertical structure which when filled with snow provides a snowman of classic shape, symmetry and proportions. The individual spherical hollow members are easily connected and disconnected, with the intermediate and upper members having apertures for receiving eye, nose, mouth and arm indicia, with the upper member further including a hat mounting arrangement in one embodiment.

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