Abstract: A heating element includes at least one substrate, at least one electrical resistance layer, and a binder configured to bind the electrical resistance layer to the substrate, wherein the binder has a melting temperature greater than an operating temperature of the heating element and includes a perfluorinated polymer.

Abstract: A self-lubricating bearing is fabricated as a laminate of a metallic substrate and a series of raised structures formed integrally therewith and extending orthogonally therefrom. A fluoropolymer sliding or bearing layer is superposed with the substrate, with the raised structures embedded therein. The raised structures serve to hold the bearing layer in place to help prevent it from sliding along the surface of substrate during bearing operation. This anchorage to the substrate enables a relatively thick bearing layer to be utilized to relatively reduce tendency to creep. Alternatively, the structures provide a bearing having a relatively thin load bearing layer with a relatively constant friction coefficient over its life, with the structures acting as thermal and electrical bridges for relatively high heat and electrical conductivity between the substrate and a supported article such as a rotating shaft. The structures also may be in direct contact with the supported article to help prevent bedding-in.

Abstract: A maintenance-free sliding bearing composed of a metal support and a layer which is directly applied thereto and which consists of a copolymer of ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene forming an intermediate layer to which a second sliding layer of plastics is applied.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a polytetrafluorethylene material comprising filler particles embedded therein. In fact, the mechanical characteristics of most synthetic materials can be improved by the inclusion of filler particles. Nevertheless, tests performed to embed filler particles in PTFE have unexpectedly resulted in the reduction of essential mechanical characteristics (tensile strength, rupture elongation) due to this inclusion. According to the invention, this disadvantage is prevented by a method according to which the filler particles are coated with an in melted condition relatively low viscous and/or polar perfluoralkoxy copolymer (PFA), tetrafluorethylene-perfluorpropylene copolymer (FEP) or mixtures thereof serving as adhesive agent before mixing them with polytetrafluorethylene. This permits to obtain substantial improvement of the mechanical properties.