Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved method and apparatus for the application of powdered resins to threaded fasteners. In accordance with the present invention, the powdered resin handling system used to apply, collect, recycle and make-up the resin is generally enclosed; that is, with the exception of the application of the resin to the fasteners, the resin is generally maintained within conduit, housings or hoppers that are not open to the surroundings. This tends to minimize discharge of resin into the areas surrounding the fastener processing equipment and also isolates the resin from external environmental conditions that tend to degrade the resin over time. In addition, the present invention introduces fresh, new or make-up resin in a manner that assures intimate and thorough intermixing of the new and recycled resin while minimizing the cost and complexity of the equipment employed for that purpose.

Abstract: The present invention is a film forming unit for discharging a coating solution from a coating solution discharge nozzle toward a substrate to form a layer on a surface of the substrate, which has a supply flow path for supplying a cleaning fluid to a discharge flow path continuing to a discharging port of the coating solution discharge nozzle. When the cleaning fluid is positively supplied directly to the discharge flow path of the coating solution discharge nozzle, the supply pressure of the cleaning fluid as well as the capability of cleaning is added. Therefore, further effective cleaning is attained in compare with the conventional case where a coating solution discharge nozzle is simply dipped into a cleaning fluid. In consequence, even when the discharging port of the nozzle is minute, it is possible to perfectly remove the contamination. This allows the discharge pressure to remain constant so as to form a uniform coating layer on the substrate.

Abstract: A system for improving manufacture, said system including but not limited to a Polyimide solvent dispensing nozzle proximate to a Polyimide dispensing nozzle. In one embodiment, the Polyimide solvent dispensing nozzle proximate to a Polyimide dispensing nozzle further includes but is not limited to the Polyimide solvent dispensing nozzle coupled with a bracket assembly adjustable in three dimensions. In one embodiment, the Polyimide solvent dispensing nozzle coupled with a bracket assembly adjustable in three dimensions further includes but is not limited to a bracket assembly adjustable in an x-axis direction, y-axis direction, and z-axis direction. In one embodiment, the Polyimide solvent dispensing nozzle proximate to a Polyimide dispensing nozzle further includes but is not limited to the Polyimide solvent dispensing nozzle mounted on an arm holding the Polyimide dispensing nozzle.

Abstract: It is proposed in order to adjust the release quantities of spraying heads (58), by means of which lubricant is sprayed onto surface areas of metal sheets (10), to provide a temperature regulation for the lubricant and to control the lubricant release by the spraying heads (58) via the temperature adjustment. The temperature adjustment of the lubricant is effected by using a heat exchanger (16) circulating hot water.

Abstract: Systems and methods for high throughput fabrication and analysis of an array of coated materials. The systems include a movable substrate having a plurality of predefined regions, where a plurality of materials are provided for coating the substrate. A delivery mechanism associated with the plurality of materials delivers a continuously varying mixture of the plurality of materials onto the surface of the substrate. The methods include delivering a continuously varying mixture of a plurality of materials onto the surface of a movable substrate having a plurality of predefined regions to form a predefined coating on each of the regions.

Abstract: A powder spray apparatus is described including a powder booth with a scraper bar which reciprocates across the floor thereof to collect deposited overspray powder and supply it to intakes located at each end wall. The intakes are connected by a feed channel to one or more cyclone separators. An exhaust duct may also be provided for air-borne overspray powder which preferably forms part of the feed channel. Powder recovered from the cyclone separators may be passed to a common collection hopper by use of a venturi pump which transfers the powder from each separator to the hopper via a sieve located in a ventilated enclosure above the hopper.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for precisely applying radioactive material to a substrate such as a brachytherapy device is disclosed. A radioactive fluid adapted to cure rapidly is deposited as discrete dots onto a surface with a fluid-jet printhead. The apparatus comprises a fluid-jet printhead in communication with a chamber containing radioactive fluid to be applied by the printhead. The printhead is microprocessor driven, and the microprocessor may be provided with feedback from a station where the radioactivity deposited on a preceding substrate in a batch is measured, permitting the system to be recalibrated on an ongoing basis as the batch of printed devices is produced. Compensation for attenuation of radiation by a casing may also be made part of the feedback technique. Also disclosed is a brachytherapy device having printed on a surface dots of radiation-emitting material, in a pattern comprising various bands, dots or areas.

Abstract: The curtain coating apparatus of the invention comprises a sliding face on which a coating solution flows down, a coating width regulating plate which is located on each of both sides of the sliding face and regulates the width of the flow of the coating solution, and an edge guide which is connected to the width regulating plate, and keeps both side edges of free falling stream of the coating solution from the sliding face, wherein a contact angle of water with the coating width regulating plate is greater than a contact angle of water with the edge guide, and the apparatus has solved problems of streaks and uneven thickness at side end portions of a free falling film caused by contraction and teapot phenomenon (residence), by changing wett properties at a coating width regulating plate and an edge guide.

Abstract: A carriage for supporting a component to be coated includes a support assembly and a plurality of coupling means to releasably secure the component to the support assembly. A plurality of motion devices mounted on the support assembly provides for predetermined movement of the component during an application of a coating layer to the component while supported by the support assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a coating film forming apparatus capable of shortening an operating time without considerably altering the design of the apparatus and changing the physical properties of a material such as a resist solvent. A spin coater for spreading a coating solution 5 dropped onto a substrate 1 to be coated over the substrate 1 to be coated by the centrifugal pump action performed with the rotation of the substrate 1 to be coated and for evaporating a solvent in the coating solution 5 to form a coating film on the substrate 1 to be coated, a tank 14 for storing the coating solution, and a housing case 15 for accommodating the substrate to be coated are provided in a casing P, and the casing P is provided in a cleaning room. A temperature in the casing P is set higher than a temperature in the clean room on the outside of the casing P by using temperature control devices 30, 31, 32 and 33. Consequently, an operating time can be shortened.

Abstract: An extrusion apparatus is described comprising an underside extrusion nozzle for extruding a substance onto an object from underneath the object, the nozzle comprising: a body and a manifold therein; a plurality of extrusion passages in the body extending between the body exterior surface and the manifold; and a scraper blade attached to the body adjacent to the passages and defining a reservoir between the exterior surface and the scraper blade. The extrusion apparatus may further comprise a stand for holding and biasing the nozzle in contact with an object conveyed above it.

Abstract: A coating apparatus includes (1) a robot including at least one movable portion, at least one motor for driving the movable portion, and at least one pressurized chamber in which the motor for driving the movable portion is disposed; and (2) a coating device including a coating gun, a paint feed pump and a motor for driving the paint feed pump, the coating device being mounted to the robot. The motor for driving the paint feed pump is disposed in the pressurized chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for coating electrostatically charged powder on a ring-shaped article having an inner surface defining a central hole. The article to be coated is held by a holding fixture while electrostatic powder is being sprayed onto the surface of the article. The holding fixture includes a first fixture having a plurality of holding hooks circularly arranged and elastically deformable radially, and a second fixture having a rod, the first and second fixtures being inserted through the central hole of the article from opposite sides to engage each other, with the rod engaging the holding hooks to elastically deform the hooks and bring them into abutment with the inner surface of the article. The powder ejected from the spray reach not only the outer surface, but also the internal surface of the ring shaped article because the central hole is not blocked or covered by the holding fixture, and a space is left between the ring shaped article and the end surfaces of the holding fixture.

Abstract: A method of lubricating the wall surfaces of a die cavity used in powder metallurgy involves spraying the wall surfaces with tribocharged particles of a lubricant material. The method is carried out by means of an apparatus centered about a plug member which has a three-dimensional shape conforming generally to that of the article to be formed. The plug member is slightly smaller than the article so that when the plug member is inserted into the die cavity there is a small, but uniform, gap created between the outer wall surfaces of the plug member and the walls of the die cavity. The plug member is secured to a closing plate which can be inserted into the die cavity so as to be sealed therewith. The closing plate is provided with vent holes and the plug member has a plurality of spaced apart tubes extending therethrough, which tubes exit at one or more of the wall surfaces of the plug member.

Abstract: Extruded material for forming blind slats has at least one textured surface with raised areas and adjacent lower areas. After extrusion and texturing processes, the slat material is passed through a spray painting process applying a substantially thicker coating of paint to the raised areas than to the adjacent lower areas.

Abstract: A rotary atomizing head type coating system capable of multiple color changes in the course of a coating operation. A housing (12) with a coating machine (19) is mounted on a wrist portion (5) of a coating robot. Provided for the coating system are a plural number of feeder units (29) which serve as separate sources for a variety of paint colors and which each accommodate a paint valve (40) and a solvent valve (41). Through paint hoses (42) and solvent hoses (43), the respective feeder unit (29) are connected to paint supply lines (49) of different colors and a solvent supply line (52). In order to supply paint of different colors to the coating machine (19) during a coating operation, the feeder units (29) are selectively and replaceably loaded into the housing (12).