Abstract: Forming a wear- and corrosion-resistant coating on an industrial component such as a chemical processing or nuclear power valve component by applying a cobalt-based dilution buffer layer to an iron-based substrate by slurry coating, and then applying by welding a cobalt-based build-up layer over the cobalt-based dilution buffer layer. An industrial component having a dilution buffer layer and a welding build-up layer thereover.

Abstract: A method for building a three-dimensional part, the method comprising providing a printed three-dimensional part and support structure, where the support structure comprises at least two polymers having different glass transition temperatures. The method also comprises annealing the three-dimensional part.

Abstract: The use of a polyamide modified by hydroxyl aromatic compounds used to impregnate reinforcement materials assuming the form of industrial fabric cloth for manufacturing composite materials is described. Also described, is a composite material produced and a method by which the composite material is produced. Further, the method by which the composite material is produced can include: a) impregnating a reinforcing cloth with a polyamide composition in a molten state, the polyamide including hydroxy aromatic units which are chemically linked to the polyamide chain; the composition including a novolac resin; and b) cooling and then recovering the composite article.

Abstract: A method for preparing a multilayer package comprising a substrate and a composition having a moisture vapor permeation value of at least 200 g-mil/m2/24h and barrier to liquid water. The method comprises melt blending an organic acid-modified ionomer with an ethylene-containing copolymer and a copolymer comprising a dicarboxylic acid derivative as a comonomer to provide a composition and applying the composition to the substrate in a molten condition and allowing the composition to cool and solidify.

Abstract: A hot-dip Zn—Al alloy-plated steel material ensuring high corrosion resistance and excellent bending workability of the plating layer, and a production method thereof are provided, that is, a hot-dip Zn—Al alloy-plated steel material with excellent bending workability, having a plating layer comprising, in terms of mass %, from 25 to 85% of Al, from 0.05 to 5% of one or both of Cr and Mn, and Si in an amount of 0.5 to 10% of the Al content, with the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities, wherein the average spangle size on the plating surface is 0.5 mm or more; and a production method thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns methods for manufacturing candles using a high-purity stearin that may be produced from certain hydrogenated sunflower oils without requiring the separation of stearin from other fatty acids in the hydrogenated oil. This disclosure also concerns candles made by the foregoing manufacturing process, which candles may be of higher quality and cheaper to manufacture than conventional candles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing silver ions (Ag+) comprising treating element metal silver (Ag0) under high temperature and high pressure, and quickly cooling to directly obtain the silver ions (Ag+).

Abstract: A method of forming a film resistant to blocking including the steps of providing a polymeric film having a first and second surface; applying the anti-blocking agent in a fluid or molten state to at least the first surface of the polymeric film; and gathering the treated film. The anti-blocking agent may be substantially acrylic free.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Petri dish, intended for receiving an agar culture medium for microorganisms, including a base receiving said culture medium and a lid capable of being positioned on the base, said base and said lid being substantially circular, said Petri dish being characterised in that the base includes at least one means intended to avoid the retraction of the culture medium, said means projecting and being positioned on the periphery of the base.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a personal cleansing device that has a pourable sodium soap impregnated substantially throughout the interior thereof and produces lather in hard water as well as soft water. The method comprises the steps of: providing a pourable sodium soap having a melting point of 120° F. to 160° F. that is in essentially solid form at a first temperature, and in essentially pourable molten form at a second temperature; heating the pourable sodium soap to the second temperature such that the pourable sodium soap is in pourable molten form; applying the molten pourable sodium soap to one or more portions of a substrate comprised of web of fibers; and allowing the pourable sodium soap to cool down to the first temperature to resolidify within interstitial spaces between the fibers of the substrate. The pourable sodium soap comprises at least one sodium soap and 5% to 35% glycerine.

Abstract: A method to treat a surface of an oxide coated metal substrate. The method comprises providing a metal substrate having an oxide layer, sealing said oxide layer, and cooling said metal substrate to a temperature of ?300° F. or less.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a decorative article, including a first coating formation step of forming a first coating of primarily TiN on a substrate; a second coating formation step of forming a second coating on the first coating by means of a dry plating method using a target containing 70.0 wt %?85.0 wt % Au and 15.0 wt %?30.0 wt % Cu; a heat treatment step of promoting formation of a solid solution of the constituents of the second coating by applying a heating process that heats the substrate on which the first coating and the second coating are disposed to 300° C.?395° C. and then applying a cooling process; and an acid treatment step that, of the constituents of the second coating to which the heating process was applied, removes the constituents not forming a solid solution by applying an acid treatment.

Abstract: A product with absorbed gel leaving the exposed surface of said product free of stickiness and/or free of the release of oils in any appreciable amounts.

Abstract: A composite material for water or wastewater treatment is described. The composite material has a buoyant substrate, an adsorbant for adsorbing organic compounds, a photocatalyst for degrading organic compounds, and an enhancer for facilitating mass transfer between the adsorbent and the photocatalyst, increasing the selectivity of the composite material, or for proving the photocatalytic efficiency is described. The adsorbent, photocatalyst, and enhancer are immobilized on the substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed are frame members and mullions for a window frame that comprise a reinforcing member that is surrounded by an outer plastic layer. The outer plastic layer is held securely to the reinforcing member as a result of a waist banding effect that comprises an inward force created by the outer plastic layer as it cools and contracts around the reinforcing member. In addition, lobes are formed in the reinforcing member that assist in holding the outer plastic layer to the reinforcing member. Window inserts can be removed and replaced using adapters and removable brackets. Frame members and mullions can be built sufficiently strong to provide structural support. The frame can also be used to hold photovoltaic cells and protective coverings for photovoltaic cells. Structural members are also disclosed that have reinforcing members with apertures, debossing, scarification and/or indentations that secure the thermoplastic layer to the reinforcing member.

Abstract: A device for metal coating of fibers, for example ceramic fibers, by a liquid process, the device including a crucible containing a liquid metal bath through which a fiber is drawn to be coated with the metal, and a cooling system positioned downstream from the metal bath to solidify the metal sheath created around the fiber by capillarity. The cooling system includes at least one nozzle for ejecting a compressed gas towards the coated fiber, and the system is sized such as to solidify the metal on the periphery of the coated fiber over a length of no more than 200 mm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing silver ions (Ag+) comprising treating element metal silver (Ag0) under high temperature and high pressure, and quickly cooling to directly obtain the silver ions (Ag+).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for rapid cooling of a large substrate in a vacuum environment. A first cooled plate is brought into close proximity with one surface of a flat substrate. The spatial volume between the first cooling plate and the substrate is sealed and brought to a higher pressure than the surrounding vacuum level to increase the cooling efficiency. A second cooled plate is brought into close proximity with the opposite surface of the flat substrate. A second spatial volume between the second cooling plate and the substrate is sealed and the gas pressure is equalized to the gas pressure in the first spatial volume. The equalization of the gas pressure on both sides of the flat substrate eliminates deflection of the substrate and bending stress in the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention is a nonwoven material and a method of fabricating the nonwoven material. The material comprises a nylon fabric layer and at least one nonwoven fabric layer combined with the nylon layer. The method of fabricating the nonwoven material comprises steps of combining a nonwoven fabric layer with a nylon layer, hot-pressing the nonwoven fabric layer with the nylon layer and cooling the hot-pressed the nonwoven fabric layer and the nylon layer.

Abstract: The use of polyamide modified by hydroxyaromatic compounds employed in the impregnation of reinforcing materials taking the form of a cloth of industrial fabrics for the manufacture of composite materials is described. The described use relates to composite materials and of their manufacturing processes. Also described, is a process for the manufacture of a composite article including at least: a) a stage of impregnation of a reinforcing cloth with a polyamide composition in the molten state, where the polyamide includes hydroxyaromatic units chemically bonded to the polyamide chain; and b) a stage of cooling and subsequently recovering the composite article.

Abstract: A composition applied on a substrate comprised by, or forming, or used for manufacturing of, a disposable absorbent article may be used for reducing the adherence of feces or menses to the human skin. The composition deposited on the substrate does not affect negatively the manufacturing process of the disposable absorbent article and imparts desirable fluid handling properties to the substrate. The composition may also be desirably deposited on a substrate used as, or in a wipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing fiber-reinforced flat semifinished products (3) based on a polyamide matrix, comprising the following steps: (a) saturation of textile structures (15) with a mixture comprising molten lactam, catalyst, and optionally activator, (b) cooling of the saturated textile structures (25), and (c) finishing of the cooled textile structures to give the fiber-reinforced flat semifinished product (3). The invention further relates to a process for producing a component made of the fiber-reinforced flat semifinished product.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for forming heat absorbing bodies (and the resulting heat absorbing bodies and enclosures formed thereby) that utilize capillary action to draw a fluidic composition comprising a molten phase change material (PCM) into the interstitial spaces of a porous body of a refractory material. In one embodiment, the fluidic composition saturates substantially all of the interstitial spaces of a porous body of a fibrous ceramic refractory material.

Abstract: Described are an apparatus and a method for cooling a web. The apparatus includes an inner cylinder having a void therein and configured for coupling to a gas source. The apparatus also includes an outer cylinder having an inner surface, an outer surface to support a web and apertures between the inner and outer surfaces. The outer cylinder rotates about the inner cylinder so that gas provided to the void of the inner cylinder flows through the apertures that are adjacent to the void and passes to the outer surface of the outer cylinder to increase the heat transfer between the web and the outer cylinder. The volume of gas introduced into the vacuum deposition chamber during a process run is thereby limited. Advantageously, the apparatus enables higher deposition rates and increased productivity.

Abstract: A substrate processing method comprises: an execution step of executing the first processing for the plurality of substrates, and executing the second processing for the substrates having undergone the first processing; a recovery step of recovering the plurality of substrates having undergone the first processing and the second processing to the retraction chamber; a conditioning step of, after completion of the first processing for the last substrate among the plurality of substrates, loading a dummy substrate into the first processing chamber, executing the third processing for the dummy substrate, and unloading the dummy substrate from the first processing chamber; and a second execution step of, after the dummy substrate is unloaded from the first processing chamber in the conditioning step, loading the substrates recovered in the recovery step into the first processing chamber, and executing the third processing for the substrates loaded into the first processing chamber.

Abstract: A method for controlling a temperature of a mounting table includes a first and a second temperature control mode in which a first and a second coolant passageway of a coolant circulator are connected in parallel between an output port and a return port of the coolant circulator. The first temperature control mode includes: making a part of a coolant of a reference temperature flow in the first coolant passageway after raising or lowering the temperature thereof to a desired set temperature; and making a residual coolant flow in the second coolant passageway while substantially maintaining the reference temperature thereof. The second temperature control mode includes: making a part of the coolant flow in the first coolant passageway while substantially maintaining the reference temperature thereof; and making a residual coolant flow in the second coolant passageway while substantially maintaining the reference temperature thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing additive article comprising a water-insoluble textile substrate, and to a washing additive composition comprising a bleaching agent present in solidified form on the substrate. In order to fix the bleaching agent particles, the washing additive composition comprises a film-forming polymer.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the invention provides an in-situ adduct formed by reacting liquid, solid, and/or semi-solid epoxy resins with a di-carboxylic acid functionalized polymer. The adducting process at least doubles the viscosity of the mixture. A hot melt thermosetting surfacing film and composite formed using the adduct are also disclosed. Methods of preparing and using are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermally reversible hot melt adhesive that is isocyanate-free, moisture independent, crosslinkable and thermally reversible. The thermally reversible hot melt adhesive may be repeatedly heated and cooled without negatively affecting the performance of the adhesive. The thermally reversible composition may also be used as a primer layer. The thermally reversible hot melt adhesive and primer are particularly well suited for end use applications such as packaging, graphic arts, construction, footwear, textiles, general assembly, automotive and consumer goods.

Abstract: A material for forming an organ model containing an aqueous gel, which comprises polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization of 300 to 3500 and a degree of saponification of not less than 90% by mole, and silica particles; a method for producing a material for forming an organ model, comprising cooling an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution which contains polyvinyl alcohol having an average degree of polymerization of 300 to 3500 and a degree of saponification of not less than 90% by mole and silica particles, to a temperature of ?10° C. or lower, and thawing the resulting formed aqueous gel; and an organ model at least provided with a surface layer comprising the material for forming an organ model.

Abstract: Provided are a coated steel sheet, a hot press formed product using the steel sheet, and a producing method thereof. Conditions for hot-dip coating bath are optimized when an aluminum-coated steel sheet is produced using a hot rolled steel sheet or a cold rolled steel sheet, and processes are controlled during production of a hot press formed product from the steel sheet, thereby forming a coating layer having a high ratio of (Fe3Al+FeAl) compound layer on the surface of the steel sheet. In cases where the (Fe3Al+FeAl) compound layer has an appropriate occupancy ratio with respect to the whole thickness of the coating layer, good resistance against crack and corrosion can be achieved to improve a local corrosion resistance of the hot press formed product, particularly, a pitting corrosion resistance. Therefore, high-quality hot press formed products can be produced with high productivity and lower costs.

Abstract: A hydrophilic ceramic coating is formed on an endoprosthesis preform. The hydrophilic ceramic coating is porous and can store nano-sized drug particles.

Abstract: A method of forming composite nanostructures using one or more nanomaterials. The method provides a nanostructure material having a surface region and one or more nano void regions within a first thickness in the surface region. The method subjects the surface region of the nanostructure material with a fluid. An external energy is applied to the fluid and/or the nanostructure material to drive in a portion of the fluid into one or more of the void regions and cause the one or more nano void regions to be substantially filled with the fluid and free from air gaps.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy-coated steel material with excellent corrosion resistance. A molten Zn—Al—Mg—Si—Cr alloy-coated steel material which is a steel material having a Zn—Al—Mg—Cr alloy coating layer and which has an interfacial alloy layer formed of coating layer components and Fe at the coating layer-steel material interface, wherein the interfacial alloy layer has a multilayer structure consisting of an Al—Fe-based alloy layer and an Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer and furthermore, the Al—Fe—Si-based alloy layer contains Cr.

Abstract: The invention discloses a laundry article used for both cleaning and conditioning fabrics comprising a water-insoluble nonwoven substrate and coated thereon into at least one zone each a detergent composition and a fabric conditioning composition. The fabric conditioning composition comprises a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol and a fatty acid.

Abstract: A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for preparing a flexible mechanically compensated layered material comprising a transparent carrier both sides of which are at least partly covered with a transparent inorganic material, comprising the consecutive steps of a) providing two temporary substrates; b) applying a transparent inorganic material layer onto each of the temporary substrates; c1) applying a transparent carrier onto the transparent inorganic material layers; or c2) applying a polymerizable precursor for a transparent polymerized carrier onto the transparent inorganic material layers followed by polymerizing the polymerizable precursor to the transparent carrier; and d) removing the temporary substrates.

Abstract: Method for conditioning paper, which comprises a first step of cooling and one of applying a liquid to the paper. In the cooling step, the temperature of the paper is reduced, e.g. below ambient temperature or below the dew point of a liquid-saturated gas mass applied in the liquid-application step. The gas may be ambient air and the liquid water. Control means monitor the amount of liquid applied to the paper by means of measuring the relative humidity of the air, the absolute humidity of the paper, the temperature of the device where the liquid is applied and the temperature of the paper. The invention also comprises a device for applying the method and it may be applied to paper emerging from a printer, e.g. a digital printer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe a method for continuous manufacture of a gel material comprising the steps of: forming a gel sheet by dispensing a gel precursor mixture onto a moving element at a rate effective to allow gelation to occur to the gel precursor mixture on the moving element; and cooling the formed gel thereby reducing the rate of solvent evaporation therefrom.

Abstract: Coating composition includes curable epoxy resin in solid form, curing agent for the epoxy resin, and filler. Further, there is a polyolefin containing component having a compatibilizer polymer that is a modified polyolefin, a mixture of a polyolefin or olefin copolymer with a functionalized rubber, or both. The modified polyolefin and functionalized rubber contain groups reactive with either the epoxy resin or the epoxy curing agent. A polyolefin-based portion that amounts to at least 50% by weight of the polyolefin containing component, and an epoxy-based portion that amounts to at least 50% by weight of the curable epoxy resin have viscosities such that the difference between the viscosity of the polyolefin-based portion and the viscosity of the epoxy-based portion, expressed as a percentage based on the lower of the two viscosities, is less than 40%. These viscosities are measured by ASTM D4440 at the Vicat softening points, as measured by ASTM D 1525.

Abstract: Methods for making near net shape airfoil metal leading edge protective strips including providing a high temperature additive manufacturing device; providing a tooling system having a mandrel; a metallic cladding applied to the mandrel; and at least one cooling channel associated with the mandrel applying a metallic deposit to the mandrel having the metallic cladding using the high temperature additive manufacturing device; and concurrently removing heat from the mandrel using the at least one cooling channel to produce the near net shape airfoil metal leading edge protective strip.

Abstract: A laundry article of manufacture is described that may be used to both wash and condition fabrics when used sequentially first in the washer and then carried along with the wet fabrics into the dryer. The laundry article preferably comprises at least one detergent composition comprising encapsulated fragrance and at least one softener composition each solidified into geographical zones onto a nonwoven substrate. The optimized article comprises a nonwoven substrate with sidedness, and although the softener composition is solidified within the fibers of the lofted side of the substrate, the softener is unexpectedly found to subsequently express out from the flat side of the substrate while in the heated clothes dryer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a metal strip having a metallic corrosion protection coating, comprising the steps consisting in: making the metal strip pass through a bath of molten metal comprising between 2 and 8 wt % aluminum, 0 to 5 wt % magnesium and up to 0.3 wt % addition elements, the balance being zinc and inevitable impurities, said bath being maintained at a temperature between 350 and 700° C.; then wiping the coated metal strip by means of nozzles spraying a gas on either side of the strip; and then cooling the coating in a controlled manner until it has completely solidified, said cooling being carried out at a rate less than 15° C./s between the temperature on leaving the wiping unit and the start of solidification and then at a rate greater than or equal to 15° C./s between the start and end of its solidification, and also to a metal strip that can be obtained by this process and to a metal part obtained by deformation of this strip.

Abstract: A method for forming an aperture includes stamping an aperture into the article using a pellet, and refining aperture shape(s) and/or aperture dimensions. Methods for forming articles having reduced residual compressive stress are also disclosed. Very generally, the methods include establishing a diamond coating on at least a portion of a substrate, and applying a stress-relief process to the diamond coating, the substrate, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming a thermal barrier coating having vertical cracks for improved thermal and mechanical stress tolerance. The method can include depositing a first sub-layer on a substrate at a first temperature T1, followed by depositing a second sub-layer on the first sub-layer at a second temperature T2, wherein T2 is less than T1 such that a temperature gradient having a negative heat flux toward the top of the second sub-layer is created, thereby introducing thermal stress in the sub-layers causing vertical cracks to be formed in the sub-layers. The method then involves repeating steps (a) and (b) for n cycles to form the thermal barrier coating comprising the vertical cracks, wherein n is an integer from 1 to 200.

Abstract: A spangle-free, hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, and a method and device for manufacturing the same. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is characterized in that a solidified zinc crystal of hot-dip galvanized layer has an average crystalline texture particle diameter of 10 to 88 ?m and there is no solidification traces of dendrites upon observing under a microscope at a magnification of 100×. The method comprises dipping a steel sheet in a bath of a zinc-coating solution containing 0.13 to 0.3% by weight of aluminum; air-wiping the steel sheet to remove an excess of the coating solution; spraying water or an aqueous solution on the air-wiped steel sheet, using a steel sheet temperature in the range of a hot-dip galvanization temperature to 419 ° C. as a spray initiation temperature and using a steel sheet temperature in the range of 417 ° C. to 415 ° C.

Abstract: An Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coated strip that has Mg2Si particles in the coating microstructure is disclosed. The distribution of Mg2Si particles is such that the surface of the coating has only a small proportion of Mg2Si particles or is at least substantially free of any Mg2Si particles.

Abstract: A method of forming a structure useful in all forms of deposited metals, elemental metals, metal alloys, metal compounds, metal systems, including refractory metals such as tungsten and tantalum is provided. The structure generally comprises a substrate, a first layer formed atop the substrate, and a second layer formed atop the first layer. The first layer comprises a metal, which can be chromium, gold, platinum, aluminum, nickel, or copper. The second layer comprises a metal, elemental metal, metal alloy, metal compound, or metal system comprising a refractory metal such as tungsten or tantalum. The substrate can be a silicon, quartz or glass, metal, metal oxide or nitride.

Abstract: A method of using ion implantation techniques to create graphene is disclosed. Carbon ions are implanted in a substrate, such as a metal foil, using a plasma doping system or a beam line implanter. The implant is performed at an elevated temperature, to allow a large number of carbon ions to be absorbed by the foil. As the temperature is reduced, the excessive number of carbon atoms causes the foil to be saturated, and the carbon atoms diffuse to the surface, thereby producing graphene. In another embodiment, a plasma doping system is used, where a plasma containing carbon and other species is created. These additional species are also implanted, thereby causing the diffused atoms to contain both carbon and the additional species.

Abstract: A method for coating articles by melting and applying a composition to at least a portion of the article to be coated and then cooling the composition to form a coated article wherein the composition comprises a propylene-based polymer having a weight molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 100,000; a percent crystallinity of about 5% to about 40%; and a melt index of about 30 dg/min or more.