Abstract: A method is provided for configuring fluid in a programable fluid array which includes applying a sequence of magnetic fields to a movable fluidic network component; which includes a magnetic object to produce a force on the component. In one arrangement the fluid array includes a plurality of pre-formed channels and at least one property of at least one of said pre-formed channels is changed by the movable fluidic network component in another arrangement the fluid array comprises an injection molding system where the programmable fluid array is used to improve the speed and accuracy of the injection molding process and/or to additionally modify the shape and form of a molded object. In this arrangement the fluidic network component follows a path through the mold cavity determined at least in part by a sequence of magnetic fields and exerts a force on molding material therein.

Abstract: Provided are a carrier component and a coating developer device. The carrier component includes a supporting pillar, a first carrier stage and a second carrier stage that is provided with an accommodating cavity and a through mounting hole in communication with the accommodating cavity and includes at least two casings which are assembled to form the through mounting hole matched with the supporting pillar and the accommodating cavity surrounding the first carrier stage; and the at least two casings are detachably connected to one another.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a cured product film, which is capable of increasing the formation accuracy of a fine cured product film and also increasing the adhesion of the cured product film. The method for producing a curable film according to the present invention includes an application step in which a curable composition that is photocurable and thermocurable and also is in liquid form is applied using an ink jet device, a first light irradiation step in which the curable composition is irradiated with light from a first light irradiation part, and a heating step in which a precured product film irradiated with light is heated, the ink jet device has an ink tank to store the curable composition, a discharge part, and a circulation flow path part, and in the application step, the curable composition is applied while being circulated in the ink jet device.

Abstract: A drill spindle accessory is disclosed. The drill spindle accessory includes a fixed plate, a drive shaft, a pivot plate, and a working shaft. The drive shaft is mounted to the fixed plate. The drive shaft has a longitudinal axis that extends through a center of the fixed plate. The drive shaft is configured to be rotated by a drill motor. The pivot plate is pivotally coupled to the fixed plate at a pivot point offset from the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft. The working shaft is mounted to the pivot plate. The working shaft has a longitudinal axis that extends through a center of the pivot plate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper barrier base material includes a step of applying a water vapor barrier layer coating liquid that contains at least a water vapor barrier resin and a pigment onto a paper base material by a curtain coating method to form a water vapor barrier layer. The water vapor barrier layer coating liquid has a spinnability of 0.07 seconds or more and 0.4 seconds or less at a solid content concentration of 32% by weight and a temperature of 25° C. The method is intended to achieve good stability of a coating liquid and good continuous operability.

Abstract: A wax composition that improves at least one of traction or a grip of sporting equipment comprises: 1-98 wt. % of a primary wax component, wherein the primary wax component is not derived from petroleum, is not synthetic, is not derived from a mineral, is not derived from an animal, and is not derived from an annual plant; 1-40 wt. % of a softening agent; and at least one of a) above 0-40 wt. % of a tackifier or b) above 0-70 wt. % of a filler.

Abstract: A method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition having a drug-containing core enclosed by one or more silicon oxide materials is provided. The method entails alternating exposing the particles to gaseous or vaporous SiCl4 and gaseous or vaporous H2O at a reduced temperature and in the absence of a catalyst.

Abstract: Systems and methods for coating a thin film with a viscous material, such as a liquid, a paste, or an adhesive, at a desired thickness. In such a system, two films move adjacent to one another, optionally in opposite directions, atop two rollers separated by a known gap that defines a coating thickness, with the material being transferred from one film to the other. The rollers may be maintained in their relative positions by springs and/or linear actuators and positioned using linear encoders. In alternative arrangements, the material to be coated could be low viscosity material such as a polymeric solution. Air knives may be provided near the gap to create an air flow that aids in preventing the free flow of low viscosity materials outside the bounds of the film during coating.

Abstract: A method for reducing effluent buildup in a pumping exhaust system of a substrate processing system includes, during a substrate treatment process, arranging a substrate on a substrate support in a processing chamber; supplying one or more process gases to the processing chamber; supplying an inert dilution gas at a first flow rate to the pumping exhaust system; performing the substrate treatment process on the substrate in the processing chamber; evacuating reactants from the processing chamber using the pumping exhaust system. The method includes, after the substrate treatment process, supplying cleaning plasma including cleaning gas in the processing chamber during a cleaning process; and supplying the inert dilution gas at a second flow rate that is less than the first flow rate to the pumping exhaust system during the cleaning process.

Abstract: A method of attaching a detector onto a substrate that has an array of electrically conducting pads is provided, together with the resulting detector assembly. The method includes pouring a non-conductive adhesive material over a substrate surface, allowing the adhesive to settle between the conducting pads to form dams around the conducting pads, applying a conductive adhesive material onto the conducting pads of the substrate, and placing a surface of the detector on the substrate surface over the conducting and non-conducting adhesives to thereby attach the surface of the detector to the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The process for the manufacturing of a supporting surface for furnishing accessories, in particular for tables and tops for kitchens and/or bathrooms, comprises the phases of: I providing a raw slab (2) made of raw ceramic material; II firing the raw slab (2) to obtain a fired slab (5); III modeling the fired slab (5) to obtain a shaped slab (6) comprising an exposed surface (8) and a lateral surface (9) transverse to the exposed surface (8); IV decorating the shaped slab (6) with ceramic pigments (12) to obtain a decorated slab (13) which is decorated on said lateral surface (9); V firing the decorated slab (13) and the ceramic pigments (12) to obtain a supporting surface (1) for furnishing accessories.

Abstract: A coating composition comprises an aqueous solution comprising at least one vinyl carboxylic acid monomer and at least one neutral monomer, wherein the at least one neutral monomer has a glass transition temperature of less than about 100° C. in homopolymeric form. A device comprises a protonated polyacrylate coating, wherein the device is inherently antimicrobial, anti-thrombogenic, flexible, and/or sheds few to no particulates.

Abstract: A method of compacting an anti-corrosive paint comprising metal particles and covering a mechanical part such as a turbine engine part, the method comprising a step of at least one spraying of solid ice particles on the part so as to densify and to make the paint electrically conductive.

Abstract: A medical stent, including a squeezable and expandable tubular wire mesh and an anti-sticking atomic layer deposition coating deposited on surfaces of the wire mesh. A method for manufacturing a medical stent, including taking a squeezable and expandable (i.e., deformable) tubular wire mesh, and depositing an anti-sticking atomic layer deposition coating on surfaces of the wire mesh to prevent the wire mesh from being stuck with itself when expanding from a squeezed form to a fully expanded form.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments herein, apparatuses for deposition of thin films are provided. In some embodiments, a plurality of stations is provided, in which each station provides a different reactant or combination of reactants. The stations can be in gas isolation from each other so as to minimize or prevent undesired chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and/or atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactions between the different reactants or combinations of reactants.

Abstract: A method of planarizing a substrate comprises dispensing formable material onto a substrate, contacting a superstrate held by a superstrate chuck with the formable material on the substrate, thereby forming a multilayer structure including the superstrate, a film of the formable material, and the substrate, releasing the multilayer structure from the superstrate chuck, providing a space between the superstrate chuck and the multilayer structure after the releasing, positioning a light source into the provided space between the superstrate chuck and the multilayer structure, and curing the film of the multilayer structure by exposing the film to light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: A film forming method forms a coating film on a workpiece having at least two film-deposited portions which are not continuous with each other by moving a nozzle of a cold spray device relative to each other along a continuous movement trajectory. The movement trajectory includes at least two trajectories corresponding to the film-deposited portions and a connecting trajectory linking the trajectories of the film-deposited portions. The film-deposited portions are formed by continuously spraying a raw material powder from the nozzle by cold spraying to form a coating film on each of the plurality of film-deposited portions. A turnback point of the spraying is set on the connecting trajectory where a relative speed between the workpiece and the nozzle decreases in the movement trajectory.

Abstract: Provided is a container processing system capable of improving a speed of processing containers with a simple configuration and providing a compact production line. The container processing system (10) includes a container conveyer (20) having a container conveying path (21a) that conveys containers (C) arranged in a row and a container processor (40) that performs processing on the containers (C) in a container processing area (A2) set lateral to a container transfer area (A1) set in a segment of the container conveying path (21a). The container conveyer (40) includes a container carrier (21) conveying the containers (C) arranged in the row along the container conveying path (21a) and a container transferer (22) moving a container row including the plurality of containers (C) arranged in the row in the container transfer area (A1) toward the container processing area (A2).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming an antiglare hard coat layer having a concavo-convex shape that exhibits a good antiglare property and being superior in scratch resistance.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for treated articles of tubing having anti-fouling characteristics, methods of making treated articles of tubing, and the like. Disclosed herein are treated articles of tubing impregnated with a silicone oil and a nitric oxide release agent. Also described are methods for preparing a treated article of tubing and methods for delivering a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid to a subject in need thereof, wherein the fluid is transferred from a fluid source through treated articles of tubing to the subject.