3m Innovative Properties Company

Andreas Backes

Adrian T Jung

Kerstin Unverhau

Dirk Hasenberg

Jan Heimink

Gilles J Benoit

Brian E Brooks

Aaron K Nienaber

Nicholas A Johnson

Jon A Kirschhoffer

Glenn E Casner

Maureen Ann Kavanagh

Frederick J Arsenault

Steven P Floeder

Himanshu Nayar

Peter O Olson

Tyler W Olson

Jonathan B Arthur

Brett R Hemes

David M Rudek

Thomas J Strey

Knut Schumacher

Christopher M Brown

Patrick G Zimmerman

Nathan J Herbst

Mark W Orlando

Timothy J Clemens

Jeffrey P Adolf

Lori A Sjolund

Harald Westkamp

Gregory P Moriarty

Peter J Schneider

Michael Bahners

Robert Bialluch

Miaoding Dai

Carter C Hughes

Cory D Sauer

Sarah M Mullins

Thomas Keller

Waleri Wischnepolski

Martin Stottmeister

Peter Orda

Günter Zilligen

Jörg Hahn

Benjamin Münstermann

Zachary M Schaeffer

Scott L Barnett

Adrian Thomas Jung

Sensored mixer, comprising a mixing device for mixing two or more components to produce a mixed liquid at a mixer output, and a property sensor for determining a property of a liquid, the property sensor comprising a) a channel comprising a sensing zone through which the liquid flows; b) two electrodes for generating an electric field of one or more sensing frequencies in the sensing zone; c) a data storage device comprising a pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses measured previously at the one or more sensing frequencies and at different property values of the property of an identical liquid; and d) a device to repeatedly i) generate between the electrodes an electric field of in the sensing zone; ii) sense between the electrodes, a response impedance; iii) derive from the response impedance a property value of the property of the liquid, using the pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses, wherein the property sensor is in fluid communication with the mixer output such that the mixed liquid can flow from the mixer output through the sensing zone. A method for sensing a property of the liquid and a data set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses usable with the sensor and the method are also disclosed.

Method, data set and sensored mixer to sense a property of a liquid

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing a process of manufacturing a product. In one aspect, the method comprises repeatedly performing the following: i) selecting a configuration of input settings for manufacturing a product, based on a causal model that measures causal relationships between input settings and a measure of a quality of the product; ii) determining the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings; and iii) adjusting, based on the measure of the quality of the product manufactured using the configuration of input settings, the causal model.

Manufacturing a product using causal models

The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly suitable for bonding to a substrate provided with an uneven surface, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) assembly comprises a polymeric foam layer comprising a polymeric base material, and having a complex viscosity comprised between 2,000 Pa&#xb7;s to 80,000 Pa&#xb7;s, when measured at 120&#xb0; C. according to the test method described in the experimental section. The present disclosure is also directed to a method of applying a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly to a substrate provided with an uneven surface, and uses thereof.

Pressure sensitive adhesive assembly suitable for bonding to uneven substrates

The present disclosure relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly suitable for bonding to a substrate provided with an uneven surface, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) assembly comprises a polymeric foam layer comprising a polymeric base material, and having a complex viscosity comprised between 2,000 Pa&#xb7;s to 80,000 Pa&#xb7;s, when measured at 120C according to the test method described in the experimental section. The present disclosure is also directed to a method of applying a pressure sensitive adhesive assembly to a substrate provided with an uneven surface, and uses thereof.

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