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Gripmetal Limited

R.a. Investment Management S.a.r.l.

Nucap Industries Inc.

Spidertech Inc.

Nugripmetal S.a.r.l.

Fox Factory, Incorporated

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Arbesman, Ray

Pham, Nghi

Jardine, Kevin

Ray Arbesman

Nghi Pham

Winston MacKelvie

Abdool Azaad

Kevin Jardine

Marc G Jeschke

Albert Bachli

Stewart Kahn

Winston Mackelvie

A process is provided for making bulk textured material sheeting. As a continuous supply of flat material sheeting is fed, the sheeting is repeatedly impacted with toothed knives, each knife creating a row of raised and generally pointed structures on the sheeting to texture the sheeting.

Bulk textured material sheeting

A textured workpiece includes a body having an outer surface with at least a first surface portion. At least one of the body and the first surface portion is non-planar. A first set of barbs extends from and is integral with the first surface portion. A first set of grooves is formed in the first surface portion. Each barb of the first set barbs is associated with a respective one of the grooves of the first set of grooves. The workpiece can be used as reinforcing bar (rebar).

Texture workpiece and method for texturing a workpiece

A system for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprising: a controller for identifying a set of planar cross-sectional shapes of the three-dimensional object, the set extending in a sequence from a first end of the three-dimensional object to a second end of the three-dimensional object; a three-dimensional scanner, associated with the controller, configured to scan a prototype of the three-dimensional object to generate a computer-aided design model; at least one cutting station for cutting at least one barbed metal sheet into a plurality of individual planar barbed metal pieces corresponding to the cross-sectional shapes; and for cutting at least one substrate sheet into a plurality of individual planar substrate pieces corresponding to the cross-sectional shapes, wherein the at least one substrate is penetrable by the barbs; and a binding station for receiving and pressing the individual barbed metal pieces and the individual substrate pieces together.

System and method for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object

A process for producing a textured laminate sheet includes a) positioning a substrate material adjacent a barbed face of a metal sheet. The barbed face has a plurality of barbs, and the metal sheet has an opposed face opposite the barbed face. The process further includes b) forcing the metal sheet and the substrate material together to impale the substrate material on the barbs and secure the substrate material and the metal sheet together as a laminate sheet, and c) debossing the opposed face to form a plurality of depressions in the laminate sheet and texture the laminate sheet.

Process for manufacturing textured laminate sheet

A material including a metal sheet, a first plurality of raised and pointed structures, and a second plurality of raised and pointed structures is provided. The metal sheet includes first and second opposed sides, and a thickness between the first and second opposed sides. The first plurality of raised and pointed structures are gouged out of the first side of the metal sheet. The sheet is not perforated, and the raised and pointed structures of the first plurality have a height of between 150% and 300% of the thickness. The second plurality of raised and pointed structures are gouged out of the second side of the metal sheet.

The present invention is a laminate sheet having two laminae. The first lamina is a relatively hard material having first and second surfaces. The first surface has a plurality of raised and generally pointed piercing structures, each structure having a tip. The second lamina is graphite foil material, which is mated to the relatively hard material, such that at least some of the piercing structures pierce the graphite foil material. In one embodiment, the first lamina has no performations and is uniformly smooth. In another embodiment, the second surface also has a plurality of piercing structures and a third lamina comprising graphite foil is mated to the second surface.

Metal and graphite laminate

A material includes a sheet of metal having a first face and an opposed second face, and a metal grain direction. The first face is textured with a first set of texturing features. Each texturing feature of the first set includes, respectively, a groove cut into the first face and extending along a groove axis, and a barb extending from the groove and away from the first face. The texturing features of the first set are arranged in a plurality of rows, and the groove axes of the texturing features in a given row extend generally parallel to the given row. The rows are generally non-perpendicular to the grain direction.

Textured sheet metal, and process and apparatus for producing textured sheet metal

The invention provides an adhesive support article for supporting a body part of a user. A single-sided stretchable adhesive tape blank is precut into a sheet having a central anchoring portion and a plurality of outwardly extending fingers. The sheet is marked with visual indicators to guide the user of the support article for applying the central anchoring portion onto a first exterior surface of the body part and for stretching the fingers before adhering them at a predetermined distance away from the central anchoring portion. The adhesive support article can also be provided in a support system with at least one corresponding body landmark article, providing further guidance for applying the support article to the desired body part.

Precut adhesive body support articles and support system

A multilayer metal composite includes a metal base layer having a base layer surface textured with a plurality of integral base layer barbs, and a metal substrate layer having a substrate layer surface textured with a plurality of integral substrate layer barbs. The substrate layer is impaled on the base layer barbs to secure the substrate layer to the base layer.

Multilayer metal composite and brake pad including same

A brake backing plate is provided in which a non-compressible core material is sandwiched between two sheet metal stampings to make a lightweight, composite brake backing plate. Each of the stampings has a textured face with a plurality of integrally formed piercing members. By rolling or pressing, the piercing members of the textured faces are fully embedded in the core material, and thus lock the stampings and the core material together.

Composite disc brake backing plate

A method for texturizing a workpiece uses a die assembly installed within a press having a press ram. The method includes (a) delivering the workpiece onto a center die plate; (b) forcing the press ram against an upper die plate mounted above the center die plate to descend a first contact surface associated with the upper die plate and a plurality of blades mounted to the upper die plate toward the center die plate; (c) actuating horizontal movement of the blades; (d) driving the blades down into the workpiece; and (e) contacting the first contact surface to a second contact surface associated with the center die plate to descend the center die plate in unison with the upper die plate.

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Ray Arbesman