Abstract: A composite coating provides a solderable surface on materials that cannot otherwise be soldered. The solderable coating is comprised of a composite layer of two components made of metals or metal alloys that function as a solderable material and as a material that enhances solder flow. A thin layer of at least one of the two components can also be incorporated along with the composite layer. A solderable coating can be deposited on a non-solderable surface by any of a variety of thermal spray techniques, including plasma spraying or wire arc spraying. These solderable coatings are particularly useful in the manufacturing of high power electronic components.

Abstract: A papermaking machine has a heated Extended Nip press following the pressing section. High temperature pressing raises the exit solids out of the press to 55 to 65 percent. The web then enters a high intensity dryer section where the web is pressed onto a dryer roll in intimate contact with the roll where it is dried up to approximately 90 percent solids. A coating on the dryer roll and the Extended Nip backing roll is composed of ceramic, metal and a fluorocarbon to allow the web to be separated from the backing roll and the dryer roll with ease. The dryer roll is internally heated by steam or preferably gas to between 200.degree. F. and 500.degree. F. An aircap positioned over the web on the dryer blows hot air at a temperature of 200-500.degree. F. at a velocity of 15,000 to 30,000 feet per minute onto the web.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for drying a web of paper utilizing impulse drying techniques. In the method of the invention for drying a paper web, the paper web is transported through a pair of rolls wherein at least one of the rolls has been heated to an elevated temperature. The heated roll is provided with a surface having a low K value of less than about 3000 w.sqroot.s/m.sup.2 c and having a low porosity. The surface material of the roll is preferably prepared from a material selected from the group consisting of ceramics, polymers, glass, inorganic plastics, composite materials and cermets. The heated roll may be constructed entirely from the material having a low K value or the roll may be formed from metal, such as steel or aluminum, or other suitable material which is provided with a surface layer of a material having a low K value.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for spray coating material which employs a plasma gun that has a cathode, an anode, an arc gas inlet, a first powder injection port, and a second powder injection port. A suitable arc gas is introduced through the arc gas inlet, and ionization of the arc gas between the cathode and the anode forms a plasma. The plasma is directed to emenate from an open-ended chamber defined by the boundary of the anode. A coating is deposited upon a base metal part by suspending a binder powder within a carrier gas that is fed into the plasma through the first powder injection port; a material subject to degradation by high temperature oxygen reactions is suspended within a carrier gas that is fed into the plasma through the second injection port. The material fed through the second injection port experiences a cooler portion of the plasma and has a shorter dwell time within the plasma to minimize high temperature oxygen reactions.