Abstract: A method of producing a spectacle lens includes providing a substrate having a front surface and a back surface and coating or covering at least one of the front surface or the back surface of the substrate, in full or in part, with a layer. The surface topography of the substrate surface is changed by bringing the surface into contact with a medium and the medium is removed. A product made according to the method and including (i) a spectacle lens or (ii) a representation of the spectacle lens in the form of computer-readable data present on a data medium or (iii) a data medium including a virtual representation of the spectacle lens in the form of computer-readable data or (iv) a representation of the spectacle lens in the form of a computer-readable data signal, is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of chemically stripping a surface is described. The method comprises applying a sealant to at least a portion of a surface of an object, the surface comprising a coating and one or more ingression points, the sealant filling the one or more ingression points to form a sealed surface. The method further comprises applying a stripping agent to the sealed surface to remove at least a portion of the coating to form a stripped surface.

Abstract: An electronic core for a metal card, such as a transaction card, having a metal core and a cured polymer top surface, is manufactured by a process in which a two-part polymer mixture is introduced to a reservoir holding the metal core in a process chamber, and then a partial vacuum followed by pressurization with inert gas are used to reduce the volume of voids in the partially-cured polymer mixture, followed by curing outside of the process chamber, and then the top surface is removed by a treatment operation, such as milling or etching, to form a reduced upper surface with less surface irregularities which is more substantially plan the original top surface.

Abstract: Methods for treating cellulosic materials comprising introducing a liquid treating composition into the cellulosic material, the treating composition comprising a solution prepared from at least: (i) one or more of a copper amine complex or copper ammine complex, such as copper tetraamine carbonate, (ii) one or more of ammonia or a water-soluble amine and (iii) water; and exposing the cellulosic material provided thereby to carbon dioxide and/or carbonic acid to provide treated cellulosic material, and treated cellulosic materials prepared thereby.

Abstract: A method for coating a valve assembly including: providing a valve assembly including a metal susceptible to corrosion; cleaning an outside surface of the valve assembly; preparing a zinc primer by adding an anti-microbial agent to provide an anti-microbial zinc primer; applying a first layer of the anti-microbial zinc primer to the outside surface of the valve assembly; and applying a second layer over the first layer, the second layer including a topcoat for a two-layer coat; and curing the two-layer coat by heating the valve assembly. A valve assembly with protection layers including anticorrosion and antimicrobial protection is also described.

Abstract: A method for producing a decorative surface on a workpiece (1) is disclosed, the method comprising the following steps: - feeding (S10) of the workpiece (1) coated with a liquid layer (2) to a digital printing station; - application (S12) of an agent capable of at least partially absorbing electromagnetic radiation, at least on a partial area of the surface of the liquid layer (2), or which, in contact with the surface, produces a reaction product which is capable of at least partially absorbing electromagnetic radiation; - irradiation (S14) of the surface of the liquid layer (2) and of the agent with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of less than 300 nm, preferably less than 250 nm, particularly preferably less than 200 nm. Furthermore, an apparatus (1) for carrying out this method is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition having excellent damage tolerance. The coating composition includes a binder system comprising at least a fluoropolymer, optionally, one or more other resin components, a crosslinking component and at least one inorganic filler and organic filler. Coated articles with the coating composition applied to at least a portion of a surface thereof are also provided.

Abstract: A method for forming a parting line in a coating using an easily peelable coating material comprising (i) attaching a masking tape to a part not to be coated on a boundary between a part to be coated and the part not to be coated along the boundary; (ii) performing a process to improve an adhesiveness with an easily peelable coating material on surfaces of a part in contact with the boundary of the part to be coated and/or a part in contact with the boundary of the masking tape; (iii) applying the easily peelable coating material over surfaces of the part to be coated and the part in contact with the boundary of the masking tape; and (iv) peeling off the masking tape.

Abstract: A method for handling a coating material can include the steps of marking the coating material with a mark to identify a first information relating to the coating material, storing the first information relating to the coating material on a cloud-based server, and recording the marker of the coating material, thereby making the first information relating to the coating material accessible via the cloud-based server.

Abstract: A composition for a microtexture hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating. The microtexture coating includes a coating layer disposed on a substrate with hydrophobic or superhydrophobic particles dispersed on top of or partially embedded in the coating layer to form an outer layer. The outer layer exhibits water repellant properties. Use of the microtexture coating permits large scale, durable hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating applications. A method of applying a coating to a substrate creating a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic surface that includes applying a polymer material or an adhesive material to the substrate creating a polymer coating layer having a top surface; initially curing the applied coating layer for a specified amount of time allowing the coating layer to partially cure; and applying a solution, at a specified velocity, containing hydrophobic particles or superhydrophobic particles on top of the partially cured coating layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a porous polyurethane coatings, using a polyol ester as additives in an aqueous polymer dispersion, the process comprising the steps of a) providing a mixture comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, a polyol ester, and an additive, b) foaming the mixture to give a homogeneous, fine-cell foam, c) adding at least one thickener to establish the desired viscosity of the wet foam, d) applying a coating of the foamed polymer dispersion to a suitable carrier, e) drying the coating. The invention further relates to a phosphorylated polyol ester.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a transparent heat-insulation building material from waste wood is provided. The method includes the following steps of: step S1, wood pretreatment, drying immersing, heating, adding a complexing agent solution, stirring, then drying the wood; step S2, wood acetylation treatment, loading the wood into a pressure vessel, adding acetylation fluid, reducing the pressure, and then pressurizing and raising a temperature; step S3, resin impregnating, adding a methyl methacrylate monomer solution and heating it, adding the methyl methacrylate monomer and benzoyl peroxide, bleaching the wood by hydrogen peroxide, and placing them in a vacuum permeator to allow the prepolymer liquid to penetrate into the wood and collecting the prepolymer liquid; and step S4, hot press molding polymerizing the wood in an oven and sleeving it into a heat press molding to obtain a densified wood.

Abstract: A method of coating an end surface of a monolithic substrate with a liquid is described and an apparatus therefor. The method comprises: (a) conveying a monolithic substrate to or toward a coating roller; and (b) applying a liquid onto an end surface of the monolithic substrate by contacting the end surface with the coating roller loaded with the liquid.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided for inhibiting pyrrhotite-caused damage to concrete structures. The system includes at least one concrete structure, a quantity of migratory corrosion-inhibiting solution, a quantity of concrete reinforcing solution, and a water sealing substance. The concrete structure can be any structure where the concrete aggregate contains pyrrhotite. The quantity of migratory corrosion-inhibiting solution is applied to the concrete structure to prevent further oxidation of pyrrhotite within the concrete structure. The quantity of concrete reinforcing solution is applied to the concrete structure to lower the porosity of the concrete structure and strengthen the overall integrity of the concrete structure. The water sealing substance is applied to the concrete structure to repel water from the concrete structure preventing any further chemical reactions with the pyrrhotite.

Abstract: A method of modifying the surface of a coating layer applied to a substrate includes a step (s1) of preparing a substrate by performing pretreatment, a step (s2) of coating the substrate with a coating layer, and a step (s3) of modifying the surface of the coating layer by vibrating the substrate in the vertical direction. The surface modification method does not include a separate chemical process.

Abstract: In some examples, a method comprising: controlling a first ratio of a first liquid to a second liquid to form a first suspension comprising a powder and a first carrier liquid composition comprising at least one of the first liquid or the second liquid; directing the first suspension comprising the first carrier liquid and the powder to a plume of a thermal spray device; forming a first portion of a coating comprising the powder on a substrate from the first suspension; controlling a second ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid to form a second suspension comprising a second carrier liquid composition and the powder; directing the second suspension comprising the second carrier liquid composition and the powder to the plume of the thermal spray device; and forming a second portion of the coating comprising the powder on the substrate from the second suspension.

Abstract: A vertical internal coating machine is taught, which may be used with bodies such as cans (2 piece, 3 piece, draw, redraw) and including cylinders, containers and any similar body. In the machine cans or similar bodies are sprayed with the star wheel in continuous motion without stopping and starting. The machine teaches that a plurality of spray guns may be provided for each pocket of the star wheel. By means of the machine an improved line layout is devised which may eliminate the need to raise the bodies immediately prior to a necker by allowing the vertical can internal coating machine and internal bake oven to be disposed on any level of the facility, upper, lower, mezzanine, etc. In green aspects, the machine may use negative pressure cabinets/hoods and positive pressure tunnels to entrain volatile organic chemicals emitted by the spray guns and coated bodies and may send these VOCs to a VOC destruction device, such as an oven.

Abstract: Methods of making components for a medicinal delivery device are described, in which a base composition comprising a polysulphone is applied to the surface of a component to create a base layer, a primer composition comprising a silane having two or more reactive silane groups separated by an organic linker group is applied to the base layer to create primed surface, and a coating composition comprising an at least partially fluorinated compound is applied to the primed surface. Corresponding coated components and a medicinal delivery device are disclosed.

Abstract: A display panel and a fabricating method thereof are provided. The fabricating method of the display panel has steps of: providing a substrate; forming a light conversion layer on the substrate, wherein material of the light conversion layer has a perovskite structural material with a chemical formula of ABX3, wherein A represents an inorganic element, B represents an inorganic element, and X represents a halogen; performing a patterning step on the light conversion layer by an antisolvent method, wherein the light conversion layer forms a plurality of light conversion patterns; and forming a pixel layer on the light conversion layer, wherein the pixel layer has a plurality of pixel units, and the plurality of pixel units are respectively aligned with the plurality of light conversion patterns. The fabricating method can reduce a dark state brightness of the display panel, thereby improving contrast of the display panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure filter including preparing a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure having a plurality of first cells and a plurality of second cells that are alternately arranged adjacent to each other with a porous partition wall interposed therebetween; adhering ceramic particles containing 50% by mass or more in total of one or two selected from SiC and SiN to a surface of the first cells; and performing a heat-oxidation treatment on the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure in which the ceramic particles are adhered to the surface of the first cells to form a porous film comprised of the ceramic particles having an oxide film thereon so as to satisfy: (1) 0.05?T?0.5; (2) 0.05?T/D50; and (3) 4?{(W1?W0)/W0×100}/D50.