Abstract: A solid electrolytic body is dipped into a slurry stored in a dipping tank, while the slurry is forcibly circulated between the dipping tank and a viscosity adjusting tank by a circulating pump. A slurry film is formed on a predetermined portion of the solid electrolytic body through this dipping treatment. Then, the slurry film is changed into a porous layer through a sintering treatment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a surface modified polymer comprising a surface which is covalently bonded to a surface modifying compound. Formation of the covalent bond between the polymer and the surface modifying compound is achieved by a reaction between an intrinsic functional group that is present in the polymer and the functional group of the surface modifying compound. By using a polymer having an intrinsic functional group, a separate surface activation step is avoided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing hydrophilic monomers which are particularly useful for electrophoresis and to electrophoresis compositions and coating compositions. The electrophoresis gel compositions and electrophoresis polymer compositions are hydrolytically stable and have high resolution. The method uses the steps of reacting a (meth)acryloyl with an aminoalcohol in the presence of a base in a polar solvent, optionally filtering an aqueous solution of the reaction product, deionizing an aqueous solution of the reaction product, and removing the solvent.

Abstract: A method for preparing a release coating and applying it to crucibles used to contain molten material while it solidifies, by mixing a release coating power with a dry organic binder into a powder and binder dry mixture, mixing a defoamer with a liquid into a liquid and defoamer mixture, mixing the dry mixture with the liquid and defoamer mixture into a wet release coating, sieving to remove lumps and particles, checking the viscosity, wet-spraying onto a crucible, evaporating the liquid from the wet release coating so as to leave a dry release coating on the crucible, and separating the binder from the dry release coating by thermal decomposition.

Abstract: In a method and a device (1) for lacquering the inner side (16) of a display screen (2), a frame (12) is provided to form sealing means for sealing a spacing (31) between a closing means (11) having a passage (14) and closing an inner space (17) of a lacquering head (4) at the top and a display screen (2) covering this passage (14), in which method an air gap (35) formed between the frame (12) and a peripheral area (33) of a display screen (2) extending substantially parallel to a display screen axis (20) and being bounded by an outer peripheral boundary face (32) constitutes a flow resistance as a result of its dimensions and counteracts the escape of a gaseous medium from the inner space (17) of the lacquering head (4) and through the spacing (31) between a passage boundary face (30) of the passage (14) in the closing means (11) and the outer peripheral boundary face (32) of the peripheral area (33) of a display screen (2) covering the passage (14) in the closing means (11).

Abstract: A process for treating food-contact surfaces is presented in which a surface treatment composition is applied to a food-contact surface. The surface treatment composition contains 90 to 98.5% by weight of water, 1 to 4% by weight of a hygroscopic component, 0.2 to 2% by weight of a preservative, and a thickener added in such a quantity so that the viscosity of the surface treatment composition is in the range of from 2,000 to 10,000 mPas, as measured at 22° C. with a Brookfield viscometer, spindle 3, at 12 r.p.m.. Surfaces treated by this process are easily freed of adhering soils by wiping with a damp cloth or by spraying with water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a coated hollow polymeric tubular member useful in medical devices. The method involves a simple, unique method of simultaneously extruding and coating the polymeric tube.

Abstract: An inside wall of an elongated syringe body is coated by supplying at least an outer surface of an applicator ring with a coating of silicon oil while displacing a rod carrying the coated ring from a rear end to a front end of the body with the ring in continuous annular engagement with the inside wall thereof so as to transfer the oil from the ring to the inside wall. Thereafter a scraper ring also carried on the rod is displaced from the front end to the rear end of the body with the scraper ring in continuous annular engagement with the inside wall so as to scrape excess silicone oil from the inside wall.

Abstract: A method comprising: (a) overflowing a vessel with a coating solution, wherein there is a zone of stagnant coating solution within the vessel; (b) directing at least one fluid jet at the zone of the stagnant coating solution, thereby causing at least a portion of the stagnant coating solution to overflow the vessel; and (c) dip coating a substrate with the coating solution in the vessel, subsequent to the feature (b).

Abstract: A method for impregnating a porous surface with a magneto-rheological substance includes the steps of providing a porous surface with a porosity sufficient to receive the magneto-rheological substance within the pores and covering a portion of one side of the porous surface with the magneto-rheological substance. The method further includes the step of providing a magnet on the opposite side of the porous surface to apply a magnetic field and draw the magneto-rheological substance into the porous surface.

Abstract: Copper is deposited onto a barrier layer such as tungsten from an electroless copper plating bath having a pH of at least 12.89 and a deposition rate of 50 nanometers/minute or less.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for coating the inner surfaces of equipment with a layer of material. According to the invention, of the inner space of the equipment limited by the surfaces to be coated is at least partly closed, to said inner space pulses of at least two different reagents in gaseous phase are fed alternately and repeatedly and a layer of material is grown on the surfaces of the inner space according to ALE-technique by exposing the surfaces to the alternating surface reactions of the reagents. With the aid of the invention it is possible to coat pipes and tanks of desired size without using a separate growing equipment.

Abstract: A process for producing a carbon foam heat sink is disclosed which obviates the need for conventional oxidative stabilization. The process employs mesophase or isotropic pitch and a simplified process using a single mold. The foam has a relatively uniform distribution of pore sizes and a highly aligned graphic structure in the struts. The foam material can be made into a composite which is useful in high temperature sandwich panels for both thermal and structural applications. The foam is encased and filled with a phase change material to provide a very efficient heat sink device.

Abstract: A composition including a polyalphaolefin and at least one alpha olefin monomer partitioning agent that function as drag reducing agents and a process for the preparation of the drag reducing agents are disclosed. The process includes the steps of contacting alpha olefin monomers with at least one catalyst in a reactant mixture to form a polyalphaolefin. The reactant mixture may include at least one alpha olefin partitioning agent or the at least one alpha olefin partitioning agent may be mixed with the polyalphaolefin after polymerization. The alpha olefin monomer partitioning agents are alpha olefin monomers that are solid at ambient temperatures. Preferably, the alpha olefin monomers are selected from the group consisting of C20-C60 alpha olefin monomers. A process for reducing drag in a conduit is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an epoxy-based thermally insulating paint composition and its specific use for coating the surface, in particular the inner surface, of oil and gas pipes. The oil and gas pipes thus coated have excellent insulating properties and the formation of undesired waxes or hydrates is significantly reduced. The composition typically comprises 30-70% by solids volume of an epoxy based binder system, 10-50% by solids volume of hollow microspheres, and 1-25% by solid volume of further paint constituents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new compositions of matter and articles of manufacture comprising SWNTs as nanometer scale conducting rods dispersed in an electrically-insulating matrix. These compositions of matter have novel and useful electrical, mechanical, and chemical properties including applications in antennas, electromagnetic and electro-optic devices, and high-toughness materials. Other compositions of matter and articles of manufacture are disclosed. including polymer-coated and polymer wrapped single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), small ropes of polymer-coated and polymer-wrapped SWNTs and materials comprising same. This composition provides one embodiment of the SWNT conducting-rod composite mentioned above, and also enables creation of high-concentration suspensions of SWNTs and compatibilization of SWNTs with polymeric matrices in composite materials.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for detecting or inspecting for a lining of a container closure that is formed of a sheet metal and has a panel on an inside surface of the closure. The panel of the closure has a lining formed thereon. The system according to the present invention includes a conveyor for moving plural closures longitudinally and substantially through the system, a color sensor that inspects the panel of each one of the closures on the conveyor for a predetermined color, and a separator that is capable of removing closures that lack the predetermined color. The system may include an oven downstream from the sensor to bake the lining. Thus, the system automatically identifies and removes the closure having the deficient color from the conveyor. A corresponding method for identifying and removing a closure having a deficient color is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of providing a fire barrier that includes coating an opening in a structure with a composition that includes an elastomer. The composition is substantially free of volatile organic compounds and, when dry, exhibits a tensile strength of from about 300 psi to about 1500 psi, at least about 600% elongation, a modulus of from about 200 psi to about 600 psi, and a tensile toughness of greater than 10 in-lb.

Abstract: Methodology for providing a smooth, thin, highly reflective coating to the walls of microchannels disposed in a plate or substrate. Such plates are commonly used in image intensifiers and have more recently been used to provide high resolution X-ray imaging screens. In the process silver nitrate solution is reacted so as to provide a silver amine complex. In a first embodiment of the process, the microchannel plates are disposed vertically in a beaker and immersed, without stirring, in a solution including the silver amine complex and a reducing agent. In a second embodiment of the process, a fluid flow of filtered reactant is directed through the microchannels. In each embodiment the walls of the microchannels become plated with a highly reflective (>90%), thin (20-50nm) and smooth coating of metallic silver.

Abstract: A selective and parallel growth method of carbon nanotube for electronic-spintronic device applications which directly grows a carbon nanotube on a wanted position toward a horizontal direction comprises the steps of: forming an insulating film on a board; forming fine patterns of catalyst metal layer including a contact electrode pad on the insulating film, forming a growth barrier layer for preventing vertical growth on upper part of the catalyst metal layer; and directly growing the carbon nanotube between the catalyst patterns.

Abstract: This method permits manufacturing EPDM rocket motor insulation in which carbon fibers are dispersed and immobilized in the EPDM polymeric matrix, but are not excessively fractured or fragmentized, i.e., broken into smaller fragments, when encountering degrees of shear necessary to homogeneously or otherwise distribute or disperse the carbon fibers in the EPDM polymeric matrix. The method is substantially solvent free, and is performed via distributive/reduced shear mixing to distribute the fragile carbon fibers into a rubber matrix without excessive damage. According to one embodiment, at least about 50% of the elastomer composition introduced into the mixing apparatus is liquid EPDM terpolymer having sufficiently low molecular weight and high diene content to permit dispersion of the carbon fibers in the EPDM without substantial fragmentation of the fibers.

Abstract: The process for applying a thermally attached lubricating coating on an interior wall of a cylindrical medicinal container includes applying a thermally attachable lubricant to an interior wall of the container; uniformly spreading or homogenizing the applied lubricant on the wall to form a lubricating coating and thermally attaching the lubricating coating by irradiating the lubricating coating with infrared radiation selectively in a cylindrical region of the container at elevated temperatures above a maximum operating temperature of the container. The apparatus for performing the process includes an insertable spraying device for applying the thermally attachable lubricant (3) to the interior wall of the container (1) from a supply reservoir; a device for homogenizing the lubricant to form the lubricating coating (4) and a rod-shaped infrared radiation source (5) insertable into an interior space of the container.

Abstract: A coated plastic or high pressure laminated article and a process for making same includes coating a plastic or high pressure laminated substrate with a radiation curable top coat which may include ultraviolet inhibitors therein. The radiation curable top coat is subjected to a curing step which includes curing with either an electron beam, ultraviolet radiation or a combination thereof. The resulting article is a coated article which is comprised of a substrate coated with a radiation cured coating having an outer surface susceptible for receiving a sublimatable ink diffused therein.

Abstract: Removing the electrical field from the internal volume of high-voltage structures; e.g., bushings, connectors, capacitors, and cables. The electrical field is removed from inherently weak regions of the interconnect, such as between the center conductor and the solid dielectric, and places it in the primary insulation. This is accomplished by providing a conductive surface on the inside surface of the principal solid dielectric insulator surrounding the center conductor and connects the center conductor to this conductive surface. The advantage of removing the electric fields from the weaker dielectric region to a stronger area improves reliability, increases component life and operating levels, reduces noise and losses, and allows for a smaller compact design. This electric field control approach is currently possible on many existing products at a modest cost. Several techniques are available to provide the level of electric field control needed.

Abstract: Removing the electrical field from the internal volume of high-voltage structures; e.g., bushings, connectors, capacitors, and cables. The electrical field is removed from inherently weak regions of the interconnect, such as between the center conductor and the solid dielectric, and places it in the primary insulation. This is accomplished by providing a conductive surface on the inside surface of the principal solid dielectric insulator surrounding the center conductor and connects the center conductor to this conductive surface. The advantage of removing the electric fields from the weaker dielectric region to a stronger area improves reliability, increases component life and operating levels, reduces noise and losses, and allows for a smaller compact design. This electric field control approach is currently possible on many existing products at a modest cost. Several techniques are available to provide the level of electric field control needed.

Abstract: A treatment method for the internal surface of a moulded polyethylene plastics material container such as a drum, comprising the steps of: introducing an ionisable gas, such as argon, into the container; generating a plasma of the introduced gas by applying electric field of sufficient strength to the container and introduced gas, so as to cause an interaction with the internal surface of the container; coating the internal surface of the container with a curable epoxy-based first polymeric composition; and then curing the polymeric composition to form a coating on the internal surfaces of the container. A second coating, preferably with electrical conductive properties, may be applied and cured over the first coating. Conductive properties may provided by including conductive particles such as antimony doped tin dioxide, graphite or metal powders, in the second composition.

Abstract: A hand spreadable urethane surface coating product for covering and filling imperfections in an existing surface of a fixture designed for washing includes a first non-aqueous liquid composition of at least on aliphatic urethane resin prepolymer and a second liquid composition of a cross-linking agent for the prepolymer, which when mixed and poured onto a clean and dry surface of a fixture, and gently hand-applied with a cloth to the surface, forms a glossy, durable surface resembling the original surface when new.

Abstract: A method for the surface treatment of vacuum materials reduces the H2O sticking probability on the surface of the vacuum material. The H2O sticking probability is reduced by selectively depositing silicon oxide, for example, and covering the regions which are in an active state on the surface of the vacuum material, and by setting the coverage to less than 100% of the state where film formation is achieved. If the abovementioned coverage is within the range from 40 to 80%, then it is possible to reduce the H2O sticking probability to a minimum.

Abstract: The present invention prodices the following substrate and the following process for producing the substrate. A substrate obtained by filling through holes in a sintered product of aluminum nitride with an electrically conducting layer, wherein said sintered product of aluminum nitride has a thermal conductivity of not smaller than 190 W/mK, and the adhesion strength between said sintered product of aluminum nitride and said electrically conducting layer is not smaller than 5.0 kg/mm2.

Abstract: A method for coating a surface of a substrate includes providing a substrate having a surface, coating the surface with a foam suspension containing a powder suspended in a foam to form a coating on the surface, wherein the coating has an activator; and subjecting the substrate to a diffusion treatment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a substrate, such as a honeycomb having a plurality of parallel channels defined by the honeycomb walls. The honeycomb has different zones along the length of the channels. The zones are defined by their coating (or lack of coating) and extend for a length of the channel in which there is the same coating and architecture. Soluble components in coating compositions are fixed in their respective zones.

Abstract: The pharmaceutical packing device has a hollow plastic body (1) of axial length (I) and a cylindrical portion (7) extending over at least a part of its axial length and an interior silicone lubricant layer (3) provided on an interior surface of the plastic body in the cylindrical portion (7). The lubricant layer (3) provides a sliding surface for a flexible piston (4) slidably mounted in the hollow plastic body, thus forming an injector device. The silicone lubricant layer (3) is made by a method including preparing a mixture of reactive silicone oil and non-reactive silicone oil, applying this mixture to the interior surface at a temperature of at least 40° C. in a single step without activation of the surface to form a preliminary layer and cross-linking the reactive silicone oil in the preliminary layer to form the silicone lubricant layer.

Abstract: A porous implantable prosthesis is loaded with a substance for subsequent application to biological tissues. A method according to loading the substance to the porous prosthesis is provided. A first fluid in combination with an added substance is applied to the porous prosthesis. During the application, the first fluid containing the substance is capable of penetrating into prosthesis pores. The first fluid is removed and a second fluid is applied to the prosthesis. The second fluid is not capable of significantly penetrating into the pores. Prior to the application of the second fluid, the prosthesis can be immersed in a third fluid and agitated via mechanical perturbation techniques so that any of the substance gathered on the surface of the body, after the application of the first fluid, is removed. The third fluid should not be capable of dissolving the substance.

Abstract: A coated cement board article capable of receiving a sublimatable ink and a process for making same includes coating a cement board substrate with a radiation curable top coat. The radiation curable top coat is subjected to a curing step which includes curing with either an electron beam, ultraviolet radiation or a combination thereof. A sublimatable ink may be transferred into the top coat.

Abstract: Pipe coated with a hot plastic coating is cooled by applying a liquid cooling medium to the interior of the pipe. The cooling medium may be applied from a lance or pressurised cart that is stationary relative to the surroundings and moves internally relative to sections of pipe that pass successively through coating and cooling stations.

Abstract: Coating for the tube sheets and heat exchanger coolant tubes extending from them, especially steam condensers, based on hardening plastic mixtures, obtainable by cleaning the surfaces provided for coating using an abrasive; closing the tube inlets and outlets (or tube inlets only) with removable plugs; applying at least one layer of a hardening plastic coating on the tube sheet; allowing the coating to harden so that additional mechanical processing can ensue, and processing the surface; removing the plugs from the tube inlets and outlets (or tube inlets only) as well as applying at least one layer of a hardening plastic coating at least in the inlet area of the coolant tube, and allowing it to harden, coating of the coolant tubes by timed applications being done reactively to the tube sheet coating and the coolant tube coating exhibiting in comparison to the tube sheet coating a greater elasticity having an elongation at tear at least 2% greater in accordance with ASTM D522 with respect to the elongation at

Abstract: Method and device for providing a layer (6) of a coating material on the inner side (2) of a display window (1) for a color display tube. A drop (3) of a suspension of said coating material is deposited on the inner side of the display window, its axis of symmetry (4) being oriented vertically. Then the display window is rotated around said axis of symmetry, and at the same time, said axis is tilted to a horizontal position. The suspension is thereby distributed on the inner side of the display window. An excess of suspension is collected during the rotation in four collection cups (8) arranged at the comers (7) of the display window, whence it is drained off to a central collection cup (10). Finally, the part of the suspension which remains on the display window is dried by infrared radiation (9).

Abstract: A method for applying fibrous cellulose insulation to a wall, ceiling, or floor which includes in at least certain embodiments mixing cellulose fibers with an adhesive without water producing a mixture, and applying (e.g. by blowing or spraying) the mixture to a surface. The method further includes spraying the mixture with a spray nozzle onto the wall by introducing cellulose fibers under pressure through a first hose into the spray nozzle, introducing the adhesive in aqueous solution under pressure through a second hose into the spray nozzle, and spraying from the spray nozzle the mixture onto the wall. In one aspect acid-containing fibers are sprayed with a PVOH adhesive (cooked with or without an acidic medium) to create the mixture.

Abstract: A rocket motor assembly is insulated or thermally protected with a rocket motor ablative material formed from a prepreg. The prepreg contains at least an impregnating resin matrix and, as a precursor prior to carbonization, carded and spun staple cellulosic fibers. When patterned and carbonized, the rocket motor ablative material can be lined or otherwise placed into a rocket motor assembly, such as between the solid propellant and case, in the bulk area of the exit nozzle liner, or at susceptible portions of a re-entry vehicle, such as the nose cone.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for manufacturing coated sleeves, whereby the sleeve is positioned vertically and held stationary, while a feed pipe is introduced from below, by vertical displacement, concentrically into the sleeve. Also from below, an excess of fluid is supplied under pressure, through the feed pipe. The fluid is allowed to emanate from an upper end outlet of the feed pipe and allowed to flow by gravity in the small gap which is formed between the feed pipe and the internal walls of the sleeve. The internal walls of the sleeve are thereby coated with the fluid, while at the same time, the coating of the outside of the sleeve is prevented. The invention also relates to a writing pen comprising a coated sleeve.

Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and a method for applying a very thin film of fluoropolymer to a substrate, and more particularly, to a substrate surface that is a heat transfer, aerodynamic, and hydrodynamic substrates. This invention is also a substrate including an extremely thin film of fluoropolymer.

Abstract: A process for preparing silica gel is disclosed. The silica gel is produced by immersing a base in silica sol, drying the impregnated base in a mixed solution of an alkali silicate and an alkali hydroxide, removing the impregnated base form the mixed solution, heating the impregnated base, and subsequently treating the impregnated base with an acid. A sufficient amount of silica gel for use as a dehumidifying element can be produced through a single series of treatments.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating layer of the coke oven having a high strength, high impact resistance and excellent smoothness to enable long term protection of the fire brick of the coke oven. Carbon adhered to the brick can be removed by spraying a coating agent with a glaze layer mainly composed of 18 to 70% by weight of SiO.sub.2 and 10 to 60% by weight of Na.sub.2 O and/or K.sub.2 O and containing one or a plurality of 2 to 14% by weight of P.sub.2 O.sub.5, 0.5 to 25% by weight of BaO, 0.5 to 25% by weight of SrO and 0.5 to 20% by weight of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 onto the surface of a high temperature firebrick, thereby obtaining an excellent coating layer.

Abstract: A method for preparing a surface modified gas separation membrane, wherein said membrane has improved permselective properties for separating a mixture of gases as compared to the unmodified membrane, is described. The method comprises coating a surface unmodified gas separation membrane with a solution of a coating material, wherein the coating material is an organic material having at least one site of unsaturation; heating the coated gas separation membrane; and contacting the heated coated gas separation membrane with at least one oxidizing agent for a time effective to surface modify the gas separation membrane to produce the surface modified gas separation membrane having improved permselectivity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous protective film, consisting of a thermoplastic synthetic material, which is applied to the inner side of the longitudinal weld of sheet metal pipes which are supplied end to end across the welding arm of a welding machine and an adjacent applicator arm. The thermoplastic synthetic material is continuously melted and applied using an applicator nozzle across at least the entire width of the weld. The thermoplastic synthetic material fed continuously is preheated, melted and conveyed to the applicator nozzle in a homogeneous liquid state. The discharge opening of the nozzle is subsequently guided at an adjustable constant distance from the inner side of the longitudinal weld of the sheet metal pipes, and the liquid synthetic material is applied in metered quantities. The melting apparatus for carrying out the process comprises means for guiding the discharge opening of the applicator nozzle. The means are, for example, a follow up roller, a sliding block, or a probe.

Abstract: A pulsed laser deposition (PLD) process is used for forming a functional metal, ceramic, or ceramic/metal layer on an inner wall of a hollow body. Simultaneously with the deposition process, a thin-film laser treatment is carried out, whereby a laser beam impinges on the coating layer as it is being formed to achieve a rapid heating followed by a rapid cooling and solidification of the deposited coating layer. In this context, the energy and material flux densities are prescribed and controlled as a function of the spacing of the condensation region from the substrate surface. Laser pulses having an energy of 1 to 2 Joules and a pulse repetition rate of 10 to 50 Hz are used. The pulse duration as well as the residual gas atmosphere in the vacuum deposition chamber are controlled so that the generated plasma flux forms the desired layered grain structure, namely a glassy amorphous structure, a columnar structure, or a polycrystalline structure.

Abstract: A coating method using an endless, hollow substrate in the shape of a belt or cylinder having an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end, and an open second end, including: (a) depositing via dip coating a first coating solution over the outer surface of the substrate and simultaneously over the inner surface by permitting the first coating solution to flow through the second end to be deposited on the inner surface, thereby depositing a first layer over the outer surface and the inner surface; and (b) depositing via dip coating a second coating solution over the first layer on the outer surface of the substrate and simultaneously over the first layer on the inner surface by permitting the second coating solution to flow through the second end to be deposited on the first layer on the inner surface, thereby depositing a second layer over the outer surface and the inner surface, wherein the first layer and the second layer are deposited over all of the outer surface and the inner surface of a predetermine

Abstract: Growth of scale on the wall surfaces of high-temperature furnaces is prevented, or the damaged portions are repaired. In addition, the inner wall surfaces of furnaces such as coke furnaces and carbon-firing furnaces, and attachments to furnaces (furnace lids and gas pipes) are protected from deposition of carbon.Glazing layers are formed by application to the refractory surfaces of furnaces of a glazing agent which comprises as a glaze, on an oxide basis, 0-10% by weight of Li.sub.2 O, 0-10% by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 10-40% by weight of R.sub.2 O (R represents Na or K) and SiO.sub.2 as the balance, wherein the glaze has a melting point of 900.degree. C. or below.

Abstract: A process for forming a coating of a thermoplastic polymer on a hollow object formed of a low electrically conductive material is described, characterized in that the thermoplastic polymer has its maximum IR absorption between 1300 and 1900 nm and/or 2800 and 3000 nm, is applied electrostatically as a powder to the object while the objet is held at a temperature below the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer, and thereafter the object is heated by IR radiation to form the coating.

Abstract: A cellulose food casing and process for making a casing of a tubular cellulosic film having an exterior tube surface and an interior tube surface where the exterior surface is coated with (a) at least one protein having an acidic isoelectric point, preferably .beta.-lactoglobulin and (b) at least one cationic thermosetting resin having epoxy groups, such as a resin which is the reaction product of (a) an epichlorohydrin and (b) at least one polyamide, polyamine, polyamine-polyamide or blends thereof, to provide a casing having improved resistance to degradation e.g by enzymes such as cellulase.