Abstract: A method of applying a coating to the inside surface of a double-curved shell circular in horizontal section. Apparatus having a work platform for coating equipment is positioned in the shell. The work platform is displaceable on extendable and retractable legs so that it can move vertically and horizontally so as to be positioned adjacent the shell. As the apparatus is rotated about its vertical axis a coating is applied from the work platform to the shell surface as a horizontal band extending circumferentially around the shell surface. By extending or retracting the legs, the work platform can be positioned adjacent an area of the shell surface which has not been coated and that area coated as described.

Abstract: A process for coating the inside diameter of a tube utilizes a coated manl which has been first coated in a Ni Cr Al Y slurry, air dried, vacuum sintered, and then inserted in a tube. A mandrel-tube assembly is then swaged and resintered under vacuum conditions. The sintered mandrel-tube assembly is first drilled and then chemically etched to remove remaining mandrel material.

Abstract: A method is disclosed which facilitates the handling of bulk cargos of minerals (particularly coal) agricultural and forest products and their unloading from a storage or shipping container. In accordance with the disclosed method the bulk material is coated with a release agent in a peripheral zone surrounding its mass in areas adjacent the interior wall surfaces of the container. To form such a zone of bulk material coated with release agent, that area of the bulk material is continuously sprayed or dusted with a release agent during loading. Preferably, the interior surfaces of the container are likewise coated with a release agent, either prior to loading or simultaneous with the coating of the bulk material during loading.

Abstract: A method for distributing fluid along the interior wall of a pipeline wherein a quantity of fluid is placed at a location in the pipeline and exposed at one side to a force acting in an axial and rotational direction. This force will cause at least a portion of the fluid to enter a helical path adjacent the pipeline which will force the material to be coated on the inner wall of the pipeline. As the fluid is coated on the pipeline wall it is exposed to an axial wiping force which smooths out the fluid coated onto the inner wall of the pipeline by removing the excess material.

Abstract: An anti-stick agent for use in preventing coal and other particulate products from freezing to contacted metal surfaces comprises a liquid hydrocarbon vehicle and at least about five percent by weight of a naturally occurring phospholipid substance such as lecithin.

Abstract: A novel method for coating an object with a thixotropic material, comprising application of the material on the object to be coated and exposing the object and thereby the thixotropic material applied thereon to vibrational or repeated impact forces so as to temporarily liquidize the coating material. By the disclosed method it is possible to obtain an improved thixotropic material coverage of an object, particularly as regards narrow, difficult-to-reach areas such as gaps and crevices of closed cavities. A suitable field of use for this method is anti-corrosion treatment of car bodies.

Abstract: In the practice of the sputter ion plating of refractory metals or refractory metal compounds on substrates to form smooth dense substantially porous-free coatings a method whereby the substrate bias potential can be reduced, thereby reducing the generation of substrate heat, is provided wherein the source material consists of a refractory metal or a refractory metal compound and one or more further metals. The further metal may be another refractory metal. Typical refractory and further metals are tungsten and tantalum.The source material may suitably be a bundle of wires consisting of wires of the refractory metal or metal compound and wires of the further metal.For predetermined glow discharge conditions of source and substrate potentials and ionizable gas pressure, the source material preferably consists of the refractory metal or metal compound and the further metal in proportions to form a solid solution on the substrate.The ionizable gas should be an inert gas of high atomic number.

Abstract: A one step method of applying a sealant onto the inside surface of a pipe, such as a gas pipe, to repair any defective portions that are likely to cause a leak and should be repaired. The sealant is applied and it is then dried and solidified to seal the leak portions of the pipe. Preferably, an injection means is used for supplying the sealant in a cylindrical shape so that every portion of the inner surface of the pipe will be coated.

Abstract: The surfaces of threads, sealing surfaces, and other load-bearing surfaces of oil field tubes or the like are treated by blasting surfaces to increase the roughness thereof to obtain a roughness of an average depth of from 7 to 15 micrometers under utilization of corundum or silicon carbide at a grain size of from 40 micrometers to 200 micrometers; a resin varnish is deposited onto the blasted surface for curing at higher than room temperature and including molybdenum sulfide at a layer thickness of from 5 to 20 micrometers. The varnish is cured in situ by heating.

Abstract: A polyurethane crosslinker is provided by reacting a partially-blocked diisocyanate and a hydroxyl-terminated, carboxyl group-containing polyurethane precursor. The precursor is a reaction product of a diol containing a carboxyl group and another diol of high molecular weight, and a diisocyanate. The instant crosslinkers are particularly useful in water-based coating compositions for metal containers.

Abstract: A method of lining a large pipe and small pipes branching therefrom with a seal composition, in which the pipes are lined as connected together, and the large pipe or the small pipes are lined first. The portion of the seal composition forced into the small pipes when the large pipe is lined with use of a running body is returned into the large pipe again and is subsequently applied, without being discharged from the system, to the lining layer of the large pipe as a top coat with use of a running body having a slightly smaller diameter than the running body. When one of the pipes has a greatly bent portion, a running body is used which comprises two members each shaped symmetrically, congruent with each other and interconnected by a flexible linear member.

Abstract: A novel polymer alloy coating is provided consisting essentially of polyphenylene sulfide and an amount of polyimide. The polyimide is produced by the crosslinking and curing of an acetylene terminated aromatic polyimide oligomer resin. The amount of polyimide utilized is sufficient to enhance the adhesiveness of the polyphenylene sulfide to a metal substrate without substantially changing the melt flow properties, chemical resistance and thermal stability of the polyphenylene sulfide. A polymer alloy resin composition is also provided for application to the metal substrate to produce the polymer alloy coating. The novel polymer alloy coating is particularly suitable for coating pipes, particularly pipe couplings for oil and gas well production pipes which are exposed to extreme temperatures, pressures and corrosive environments.

Abstract: A method of protecting the frictional engaging surfaces of an aluminum alloy piston-cylinder machine, including the steps of: coating the surface of one of the piston-cylinder members with an epoxy-resin in which is mixed a ceramic oxide material, placing the coated member in a drier oven, and heating and curing the epoxy-resin and ceramic oxide coating for at least one hour at a temperature of approximately 220.degree. C.

Abstract: Coatings made from soluable cross-linkable elastomers are shown. Particularly, techniques for solution cross-linking perfluorocarbon copolymers to generate resistant coatings for lining and coating applications are disclosed.

Abstract: Tubing, pump cylinders and tank vessels, and similar tubular apparatus for containing and conveying from a supply thereof a highly erosive composition slurry comprising fine particulates in a liquid medium and free of gross particulates along a predetermined path extending from a slurry supply is provided, and method therefor, the apparatus comrising a steel wall of elongated tubular configuration defining an interior surface confining the slurry on the predetermined path, the surface tending to erode though passing contact with the slurry, and an erosion resistant diffusion coating on the surface having an inner layer comprising intimately dispersed iron carbide and an outer layer consisting essentially of iron boride, in erosion blocking relation during conveyance of the slurry through the tubular apparatus.

Abstract: A process for treating food and beverage containers comprised of low-carbon steel sheet (black plate) to improve the adherence and to resist undercutting of organic can lacquers applied to the surfaces thereof when subjected to agressive environments without visually impairing the light-grey shiny steel appearance of the container surface and without loss of humidity resistance. The treatment can readily be integrated with conventional can body manufacturing procedures and includes contacting the cleaned black plate container body surface with an aqueous acidic solution containing a controlled amount of stannous ions at a controlled temperature for a period of time sufficient to deposit tin on the surfaces thereof in an amount up to about 5 mg/ft.sup.2 followed by rinsing, drying and lacquering.

Abstract: Ironing, drawing and/or other non chip-producing process is used to form a metal workpiece into an article which is then coated with a protective layer. The lubricating agents used in the non-chip-producing process are removed from the surfaces of the formed article in conjunction with the coating of the article with the protective layer. This is done by dissolving the lubricating agents in the liquid which is used in the application of the protective layer and which contains one or more bonding agents which form the protective layer after the treatment is complete. In one preferred embodiment, at least that protective layer which is closest to the material of the container is applied by electrolytic deposition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for obtaining a metal-plastics composite tube. A layer of grafted polyethylene which comes directly into contact with the metal and a layer of cross-linkable polyethylene are extruded simultaneously at least inside this tube, with the aid of an extrusion nozzle having an annular conduit with two distinct coaxial inlets and a single outlet. The invention results in a composite tube having the malleability of lead, the rigidity of copper and a total inertia with respect to the aggressive agents flowing therein.

Abstract: A method for lining main pipes, to which branching domestic connection pipes are connected, with an internal coating of a hardening plastic composition with which the main pipe is spread, comprising introducing from the interior of a house an inflatable bladder with a connected pressure line into an opened domestic connection pipe into a region of its junction with the main pipe, inflating the bladder through the pressure line and closing the domestic connection pipe tightly in pressure-tight manner by the bladder in the region of the junction with the main pipe, spreading the main pipe with plastic composition to form an internal coating therein. A composition plug, being determined in size by the position of the bladder, thereby is forced into the junction of the domestic connection pipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for providing an adherent coating of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) on the inner walls of a hollow metal body wherein a flexible membrane is used to form a space between the inner walls of the hollow metal body and the inner walls of a flexible membrane, filling the space with PTFE, compressing the PTFE by deformation of the membrane under isostatic pressure, removing the membrane, filling the inner cavities of the hollow metal body with a substantially incompressible solid substance having fluid flow characteristics and being thermally stable at the temperatures to which the PTFE is to be heated, heating the thus-formed assembly to a temperature above the melting point of the polytetrafluoroethylene for a period of time sufficient for the latter to lose its crystallinity.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus designed primarily for enameling the internal and external surfaces of pipes including a drying chamber constructed as three vertical coaxial tubes, viz. an outer tube, an intermediate tube and a center tube, each having an individual hot air feed. The center and intermediate tubes are provided with holes in the upper part thereof and form an annular working space of the drying chamber. Movably mounted in said working space is a circular support for the pipe under treatment. This support is kinematically connected with a counterweight which is movably mounted inside the center tube and is constructed as an upside down cup with radial channels in the wall thereof.

Abstract: A thermosetting binder composition for coating, comprising:(I)(1) A non-acidic resinous saturated compound having a molecular weight of at least 900, and an alcoholic hydroxyl content of at least 0.2 eq./100 g;(2) A non-acidic polyester of a polycarboxylic acid crosslinking agent having more than one .beta.-hydroxyl ester group per molecule, and at least one of components (1) and (2) having an alcoholic hydroxyl functionality of more than 2, and(II) A transesterification-promoting metal salt or complex curing catalyst which is soluble in liquid hydrocarbons.For aqueous compositions, component (I) (1) is preferably a neutralized epoxy resin/amine adduct and component (II) should be insoluble in water; they can be used for cathodic electrodeposition.

Abstract: A method for coating the interior of electrically non-conductive pipes by means of a reactive separation from a gas flowing through the pipe, whereby the gas is dissociated by an electrical gas discharge, and wherein the separation occurs simultaneously throughout the total pipe length. Pulse discharges are used having pulse lengths which are so adjusted to the transit time of the gas through the pipe that the time period between two successive pulses corresponds to the time which is required for filling the pipe with unused gas.

Abstract: Diffusion coating of internal surface of workpiece accessible only through very narrow passageway, is simply effected by coating that surface with uniform layer of particles of the metal to be diffused into it, and then holding the thus-prepared workpiece at diffusion-coating temperature in a diffusion-coating atmosphere.

Abstract: A copper barrier type, nuclear fuel cladding is produced by forming an oxide layer on the inner wall surface of a tube of zirconium or zirconium alloy and then applying electroless copper plating to the oxide layer with a solution containing at least a copper salt, a complexing agent, a reducing agent, and 2,2'-dipyridyl, or further together with polyalkylene glycol as a plating solution. A good adhesiveness is obtained between the copper barrier layer and the oxide layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for the spraycoating of the interior of a hollow body, one region of which, e.g. a seam, must receive a heavier coating than the remainder of the surface to be sprayed. A single spray coating operation is performed, in which a relatively heavy spray jet is concentrated on the seam and a relatively thin cloud of coating material is used to coat the entire interior surface of the body. Preferably, a cloud of electrostatically charged coating material is formed by an atomizer fed by a feed conduit from which a certain amount of coating material is diverted to be formed into the relatively highly concentrated spray jet directed at the seam. The relatively high-velocity particles of material of the spray jet which is concentrated onto the seam and the relatively low-velocity particles of material of the coating cloud together produce on the seam a thinner layer of material than would normally suffice and which, nonetheless, adheres well.

Abstract: Described is apparatus designed for applying enamel slip simultaneously to the internal and external surfaces of a pipe which includes a housing with a rod mounted centrally therein so that a clearance space is formed therebetween. That clearance space measures somewhat more than the thickness of the wall of the pipe under treatment which is to be moved in the clearance space, which is being filled with enamel slip. The clearance space between the housing and the rod measures at least 1.5 times the thickness of the pipe wall.In one of the embodiments of the invention, the housing and the rod are of cylindrical shape.The housing is provided with an enamel circulation system which includes a pump communicating with the housing and a reservoir via pipelines. The reservoir is filled with enamel slip and is provided with a thermoregulator.

Abstract: Low temperature discharge of particulate material from a hopper or the like is facilitated by coating the hopper walls with a water solution of an inorganic freeze point depressant, the solution having a freezing point below about -20.degree. C. and being thickened by the addition thereto of a compatible thickening agent, whereby the substance can be readily applied to the wall and will remain in position on the wall. When the substance is to be used to coat steel or aluminum walls the pH of the substance is modified if necessary to prevent corrosion of the wall without adversely affecting the viscosity of the substance.

Abstract: A method for striping the inside seams of cans comprising airlessly spraying a stripe of liquid coating material onto the inside seam of a welded seam can wherein a spray pattern of liquid material is emitted from the airless spray apparatus and impacted against the seam of the can before the spray has an opportunity to break apart and atomize.

Abstract: A technique for preventing salt migration in a salt solution at elevated temperature involves selectively coating the container with an RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) dispersion, allowing the dispersion to cure. The coating's slippery surface prevents the salt from creeping up the sides of the container.

Abstract: A container wherein exposed surfaces thereof which are particularly subjected to a chemical reaction, such as corrosion, are protected by the application of a thixotropic lacquer. A typical installation is the application of a band of thixotropic lacquer internally of the container along the longitudinal side seam. A thixotropic lacquer has the characteristic that there is very little flow after its application to a surface, and thus is particularly adapted for covering raw edges and like exposed areas of containers. The thixotropic lacquer is applied preferably in plural closely adjacent streams which unite after the lacquer engages the container surface. Beneficial results are obtained by adjusting the temperature of the container and/or lacquer, and further by heating the applied band of lacquer.

Abstract: The production of a continuously advancing steel strip with a protective metal coating on only one face thereof by electrolytically depositing a thin primary coating of metal from an ionized metal salt bath onto said face, which is followed by a cleansing and drying thereof. Thereafter a predetermined quantity of coating metal in minute particulate form is deposited uniformly onto the coated face and is heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to fuse the particulate metal particles onto the thin primary coating followed by the sudden cooling thereof, while preventing the oxidation of the uncoated face during the fusing and cooling-off stages.

Abstract: Copper flake is treated to remove oxides and other contaminants from its surface and incorporated into an uncured water-insoluble polymer. When applied to a marine structure such as a boat hull, the coating exhibits outstanding anti-fouling properties. The cleaned copper flake is preferably incorporated into an uncured epoxy resin modified by reaction with a polyol. In one embodiment of the invention, the coating is applied and cured underwater using a strippable carrier.

Abstract: A method for reducing the tendency of coal to freeze and thus adhere to the sides of metal storage and shipping containers used to store and/or transport said coal at temperatures below the freezing point of water which comprises applying to the sides of the container a coating composition comprising:a. 55-97% by weight of a hydrocarbon liquid;b. 3-45% by weight of a hydrocarbon oil-soluble surfactant having an HLB value of 1-8.

Abstract: A coating composition capable of forming a multilayer coated film, said composition comprising(a) a solid powder comprising an olefinic resin containing at least 76% by weight of a structural unit derived from an olefin and having a melt index of from 0.3 to 120 g/10 min.,(b) a film-forming resin material containing an epoxy resin having a number average molecular weight of about 300 to about 4,000 and an epoxy equivalent of from 100 to 3,300, and(c) a volatile organic liquid medium capable of wetting said powder (a) but substantially incapable of swelling and dissolving said solid powder (a).

Abstract: A method of preparing a capillary heat-pipe wicking structure comprises the steps of (a) disposing an inner surface of a tubing in contact with a solution containing a salt of a thermally conductive metal and (b) depositing the metal from said solution upon said surface so as to form a porous metallic layer thereon constituting the capillary heat-pipe wicking structure.

Abstract: Sharp, endless sleeves for rotary screen printing having superior durability to printing can be obtained by a method of the present invention. According to this method, a metal image-forming layer having a smooth endless outside surface and a thickness in the range of 5-50.mu. is made, and into the inside thereof is inserted a cylindrical screen sleeve as an image-supporter made of a metal or a non-metallic material having been processed to provide electric conductivity thereto, and both the layers and the sleeve are fixed to each other with electro- or chemical- plating, or on the outside of a cylindrical screen sleeve, is formed a smooth surface of endless image-forming layer by plating while partly coating the screen-sleeve.

Abstract: A process for applying a metallic sprayed coat to the inner surface of a metal hollow body includes heating the body to a temperature of over 150.degree. C. before coating and cooling the body through at least 50.degree. C. during the coating process. Positive shrinkage tensions are thereby created during the coating which act to improve adhesion in operation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymerization reaction vessel having a coating on the inner surfaces thereof resulting from applying thereto an aqueous coating composition containing the reaction product of a thiodiphenol, or a derivative thereof, with a bleaching agent or material, such as, for example, sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). When polymerizing olefinic monomers, such as vinyl halides, vinylidene halides, and vinylidene monomers having at least one terminal CH.sub.2 .dbd.C< group, and mixtures thereof, polymer buildup on the inner surfaces of the reaction vessel is substantially reduced. Multiple charges or batches of polymer can be made in said internally coated reaction vessel without opening the same between charges thus preventing the escape of unreacted monomer(s) to the surrounding atmosphere.

Abstract: Chromized nickel- and cobalt-based superalloys have alphachrome phase formed during chromizing, and the amount of that phase is diminished by one or more treatments with alkali-permanganate solution and intervening removal of permanganate reaction product film as by acid dip. A kit of such solutions can be prepared. Low-alloy steel steam boiler tubing can have chromized interior and aluminized exterior, and long lengths chromized without a perfectly sealed retort around it can have end caps fitted with extra pack to reduce oxygen penetration to interior. Chain saw cutter blades can be chromized and carburized. Stripping of aluminized coatings from super-alloys with fluoride-containing nitric acid solution is improved by follow-up treatment with fluoride-free nitric acid solution.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of mixed resins are prepared by polymerizing in the presence of an aminoplast resin a mixture of polymerizable carboxylic acid monomers and other monomers, adding to the polymerization product an epoxy resin, adding ammonia or an amine to salt the acid groups and dispersing the resin mixture in water. The aqueous dispersions are useful as can coatings.

Abstract: Method for the in-situ deposition of a coating onto internal surfaces and matrix substrates of a body which defines one or more cavities. The single cavity, or the respective cavities packed with suitable substrates are provided with a predetermined amount of a solid reacting component to produce a suitable coating. The cavity is furnished with a liquid component which contacts the solid component, thereby forming a desired liquid coating reaction mixture. The latter is brought into contact with the cavity walls as well as with materials contained within the cavity, to achieve the desired coating of walls and matrix material.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for preventing stress corrosion cracking or metal embrittlement of a zirconium or zirconium alloy container that is to be coated on the inside surface with a layer of a metal such as copper, a copper alloy, nickel, or iron and used for holding nuclear fuel material as a nuclear fuel element. The zirconium material is etched in an etchant solution, desmutted mechanically or ultrasonically, oxidized to form an oxide coating on the zirconium, cleaned in an aqueous alkaline cleaning solution, activated for electroless deposition of a metal layer and contacted with an electroless metal plating solution. This method provides a boundary layer of zirconium oxide between the zirconium container and the metal layer.

Abstract: Quantity production of friction nuts prepared for subsequent fusion of thermoplastic resin particles deposited in thread grooves therein, in which the nuts are supported with their axes vertical, a fluid slurry of the particles in a liquid carrier is introduced into the threaded interior of the nuts to fill the threaded opening, including the thread grooves therein, to a predetermined level from the bottom of the nuts. Excess slurry is then drained from the bottom ends of the openings. In order to leave the threads clear of obstruction at the bottom of the nut, the deposited slurry, after partially drying, is removed from the bottom thread convolutions by repeatedly inserting and withdrawing a sponge-like material directly into and out of the lower end of the thread opening, or by strongly agitating a small quantity of water in the lower part of the threaded opening.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for dispensing a fluid in a conduit and more particularly for dispensing lubricant within an electrical conduit for facilitating pulling electrical cables through the conduit. The apparatus is in the form of a cartridge disposed in the conduit at an end thereof. The cartridge is made of a pair of sealed and separable members. One of the members is a flanged sleeve forming the casing of the cartridge, in which is coaxially disposed the other member forming a tubular support member or carrier for a mass of resilient and absorbent lubricant impregnated porous material compressibly packed between the inner surface of the sleeve casing and the carrier. A cable pulling strand, or fishtape, is passed through the tubular carrier, and the cables to be pulled through the conduit are attached to the end of the fishtape. A plug inserted in the open end of the tubular carrier prevents the fishtape and the cables attached thereto from being pulled back through the carrier.

Abstract: A process for applying a coating of plastic material to a metal tube of finite length having a pretreated surface by applying plastic coating materials on the metal tube in a direction horizontal and perpendicular to its direction of travel, the process being characterized by the following sequence of steps:(a) heating a fixed metal tube to a temperature above the melting point of the plastic material to be employed;(b) causing a mixture of plastic powder and air to pass through the metal tube whereby the plastic material is fritted onto the inside surface of the tube;(c) thereafter rotating the metal tube and applying to the exterior surface thereof in a plurality of stages a plastic material, said plastic material being electrostatically sprayed onto the rotating metal tube; and(d) after each stage of electrostatically applying plastic to the outside surface of the metal tube and applying plastic material to the inside surface thereof, completely melting and smoothing the plastic material.

Abstract: A novel metallic squeeze-out tube suitable for packing paste-like foods whose flavor is regarded as important or the like is described herein, in which a resin powder layer is formed on its inner surface and on the outer surface of its neck portion by electrostatic painting and thereafter it is finished by baking, whereby a resin coating film that is free from pin holes and has a strong corrosion resistance can be formed.

Abstract: An erosion resistant surface is provided for pump components, valves, fluid conduits, diffusion chambers, fluid cleaners, and the like, wherein the surface is exposed to high velocity flow of a fluid containing abrasive particulates. Sharply increased erosion life of such surfaces can be obtained by providing a plurality of closely spaced depressions in the surface, with each depression having a depth in excess of its width, and then applying an erosion resistant coating to the remaining original surface and all surfaces of the depressions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for obtaining a tenacious insitu coating deposition of calcite on the inner surface of water pipes. The calcite coating method according to the present invention has an advantage that it is able to maintain a completely corrosion-free system during the coating, thus assisting the formation of a protective coating of good bonding properties. The method consists in the incorporation of a reagent selected from the group consisting of alkali metal sulfite and hydrazine, in an amount which is at least the stochimetrically required to deoxygenate the aqueous solution utilized for said coating, which is supersaturated with respect to calcium carbonate having a dissolved calcium and carbonate levels of above 100 ppm. The calcite producing ingredients are supplied to the water stream in quantities supplementing concentrations available in the natural water used, giving the required supersaturation levels by addition of suitable salts.

Abstract: This is an apparatus for coating the inside of a pipe with a wear-resistant material and is more specifically concerned with an improved production machine for producing large size pipe.