Abstract: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a lubricating coating that is thermally cured at less than 200° C. or radiation-cured. The mixture can be applied in relatively low amounts and with relatively low or no water content, to provide thin, substantially non-dripping, renewable lubricating films. In contrast to dilute aqueous lubricants, the lubricants of the invention provide dry lubrication of the conveyors and containers, a cleaner conveyor line and reduced lubricant usage, thereby reducing waste, cleanup and disposal problems.

Abstract: There are disclosed a frost-coating composition, which comprises (i) a hydrophobic silica particle or further comprises (ii) a polymer particle, in addition to a photocurable compound; and a frosted glass container coated with such a composition. The frosted glass container coated with such a composition is excellent in alkali resistance, or excellent both in alkali resistance and in impact resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plastic film on metal surfaces, and a treatment liquid for producing this film. The treatment liquid, prior to wetting the metal, contains 0.1 to 50% (by weight) of a non-volatile film-forming mixture of resins, and 99.9 to 50% of a water-miscible, water-soluble or water solvent, and forms a film on the metal. The treatment liquid, just prior to wetting the metal, has a temperature of 10-100° C., and the metal surface has a temperature higher than the treatment liquid by at least 20° C. and a temperature in the region of 30 to 700° C. The treatment liquid is adjusted in such a way that its constituents do not substantially coagulate, settle or decompose, and such that the molecular weight distribution and the viscosity of the treatment liquid does not substantially change during use.

Abstract: The specular gloss of a polyurethane wear layer of a surface covering is controlled by controlling the thermal conditions of a substrate before and after it is coated with a liquid polyurethane and by controlling the termal conditions of the liquid polyurethane before it is coated on the substrate. The liquid polyurethane is photo-curable or radiation-curable and it contains a matting agent. Changes in specular gloss are attained without changing the composition of the polyurethane or the conditions of photo-curing or radiation curing.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is the use of a resin composition (A) comprising A1) at least one unsaturated polyester resin, A2) at least one vinyl ether having a viscosity of less than 4000 mPa·s at 25° C., A3) if desired, at least one further polymer and/or oligomer, A4) if desired, at least one curing accelerator, A5) if desired, at least one ethylenically unsaturated reactive diluent, and A6) if desired, further customary additives, as impregnating, casting and coating compositions for electrical and/or electronic components and for carrier materials for sheetlike insulating materials. The present invention additionally relates to coating compositions suitable for this purpose which can be cured with low emissions.

Abstract: A process using acrylate monomers and ultraviolet light permits modification of porous polymeric materials without the use of a free radical initiator is described as is the material so modified. The modified polymeric material exhibits new properties such as wetability and advantageous flow characteristics that are useful in filtration.

Abstract: An apparatus for curing silicone rubber is constructed so as to perform a heating process and a curing process in a very short time without degradation of characteristics in piezoelectric elements so as to improve productivity. A piezoelectric component having uncured silicone rubber coated on the external peripheral surface thereof is held in a jig having a property of reflecting far infrared rays. The uncured silicone rubber coated on the external peripheral surface of the piezoelectric component is irradiated with far infrared rays by a far infrared panel heater so as to cure the silicone rubber.

Abstract: The invention provides a polyurethane type polymeric material for coating optical fibers, based on a fluorinated diol with formula I: CnF2n+1—A—CH2OCH2—C (CH2OH)2—R where n is 2 to 20, and A signifies —CH═CH or —CH2CH2—, and R is an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms. The invention also provides a fiber coated with this polymer which has been light-cured, and a fiber drawing method comprising a step of coating the fiber with a material of the invention.

Abstract: A method of applying a protective coating to a touch screen panel. A coating material which cures at an elevated temperature is applied to a touch screen panel on at least one surface thereof. The panel is then heated to a temperature which does not adversely affect the panel by irradiating the panel imparting energy to the coating material to more fully cure the coating material in a shorter time period without damaging the panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming a photoresist pattern which improves its resistance to the harmful effects of post exposure delay. More specifically, it relates to an improved process for forming a photoresist pattern comprising the steps of (a) coating a photoresist composition on a wafer, (b) exposing the coated wafer to patterned light by employing an exposer, and (c) developing the exposed wafer, wherein the improvement comprises raising the temperature of the photoresist to above room temperature when it is coated on the wafer.

Abstract: A spin-on-glass delivery system has the invention's capacitive sensor to detect gas bubbles in a SOG tube. A SOG bottle is provided. The SOG bottle contains SOG. A N2 gas supply is connected to the pressure tank by a pressure tube wherein the N2 gas supply pressurizes the inside of the SOG bottle with N2 gas. The SOG bottle is connected to SOG tube. In a key feature, a capacitive sensor is mounted on the SOG tube. The capacitive sensor detects gas bubbles in the SOG flowing through the SOG tube. The SOG tube is connected to a nozzle in a SOG tool. The SOG flows through the nozzle over to a wafer. A key point of the invention is to use a capacitive sensor to detect gas bubbles in spin-on-glass flowing through a SOG tube. This is a new, unsuggested use for the capacitive sensor. The prior art bubble sensors are optical sensors.

Abstract: Radiation-curable powder compositions, usable as paint or varnish, which comprise a mixture of at least one semi-crystalline polyester containing end methacryloyl groups and of at least one acrylic copolymer containing ethylenically unsaturated groups, these polyesters comprising the reaction products of a glycidyl methacrylate and of a semi-crystalline polyester containing end carboxyl groups.

Abstract: Radiation-curable powder compositions, usable as paint or varnish, which comprise a mixture of at least one semi-crystalline polyester containing end methacryloyl groups and of at least one amorphous polyester containing end methacryloyl groups, comprising the reaction products of a glycidyl methacrylate and of a semi-crystalline or amorphous polyester containing end carboxyl groups.

Abstract: A coating powder comprising a macrocyclic oligomer and a ring-opening polymerization agent is applied to an article, fused, and converted to a linear polymer at a temperature of from about 160 to about 400° C. The powder has the low melt viscosity and friability of a thermoset powder but is converted at high fusing temperatures to a tough coating having the good impact resistance and good elongation of a thermoplastic powder. The oligomer is a polyester, polycarbonate, polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide. The article may be coated electrostatically or in a fluidized bed.

Abstract: The present invention is the formation of solid polymer layers under vacuum. More specifically, the present invention is the use of “standard” polymer layer-making equipment that is generally used in an atmospheric environment in a vacuum, and degassing the liquid material prior to injection into the vacuum. Additional layers of polymer or non-polymer may be vacuum deposited onto solid polymer layers. Formation of polymer layers under a vacuum improves material and surface characteristics, and subsequent quality of bonding to additional layers. Further advantages include use of less to no photoinitiator for curing, faster curing, fewer impurities in the polymer electrolyte, as well as improvement in material properties including no trapped gas resulting in greater density, and reduced material wetting angle that facilitates spreading of the material and provides a smoother finished surface.

Abstract: A method for coating a metal substrate in which a coating film is applied reliably and strongly on a surface processed film on a metal matrix material. The coating method for the metal substrate includes an immersion step of immersing a surface-processed metal substrate in a solution mainly composed of an amorphous-like fluorine resin, a polymerization step of polymerizing the amorphous-like fluorine resin and the surface processed metal substrate, and a step of forming a coating film on a surface-processed surface of the metal substrate.

Abstract: Clear lacquer coating media suitable for multi-layer coatings, containing self-crosslinking or externally crosslinkable binder vehicles, organic solvents, and in the case of externally-crosslinkable binder vehicles containing one or more crosslinking agents which are different from aldehyde condensation resins, and optionally also containing one or more reactive thinners and customary additives for clear lacquers, with an additional content of A) 0.1 to 3% by weight one or more urea compounds, and B) 0.05 to 10% by weight one or more substances which supply formaldehyde, with respect in each case to the resin solids content which is formed by the binder vehicles, reactive thinners and crosslinking agents.

Abstract: A substantially water-free, water-washable, energy-curable composition includes an epoxy oligomer and/or urethane oligomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated moieties, at least one alkoxylated polyol monomer having at least two ethylenically unsaturated moieties and capable of being copolymerized with the oligomer, and a surface active agent capable of being integrated into the molecular structure of the cured polymer and further capable of rendering the uncured composition dispersible in water. Optionally, the composition can contain a photoinitiator. The composition is self-dispersible in water and is especially suitable for use as a coating material for a printing screen.

Abstract: Master discs and similar devices used in the production of digital data storage and recording discs and the like are produced with a substrate member which is provided with a layer of material which is applied to the substrate member in liquid form of a thickness greater than the surface roughness of the substrate member and of a thickness greater than any particulates present on the substrate member. The material layer is preferably a polymer such as epoxy, acrylic or styrene and is hardenable by exposure to UV light, heat, air circulation or catalytic reaction to provide a substantially smooth flat surface for receiving a data bearing film. The film may be treated to generate bumps or pits representing digital signals, for example, which are free of any defects resulting from surface roughness or contamination of the substrate member.

Abstract: Antimicrobial activity is imparted to the surface(s) of an apparatus or article by polymerizing tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylate in the presence of the apparatus or article by which adhesion of the polymer to the surface(s) is achieved. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the antimicrobial monomer is graft polymerized on the surface(s).

Abstract: To provide a method for repairing a coated surface of a vehicle, using an ultraviolet curing resin having excellent quick-drying property, and giving a good finish in a shortened working time, a method for repairing the damage on a coated surface of a vehicle being a depression and/or a depletion of a coating film, which is characterized by comprising the following steps a) to c): a) filling a putty raw material comprising an ultraviolet polymerizing resin composition in an optionally pretreated damage portion and ultraviolet curing the putty raw material to fill the damaged portion with the putty; b) uniformly spray coating, on the coated surface including at least the putty-covered surface after the step a), a primer surfacer raw material comprising an ultraviolet polymerizing resin composition having a viscosity sufficient for spray coating and ultraviolet curing the obtained raw material coating film to form a primer surfacer layer; and c) applying a top coat on the primer surfacer layer obtained in b)

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a recording medium includes the steps of: a) providing an underlayer on a substrate; b) providing a magnetic layer on the under layer; c) providing a protection layer of amorphous carbon on the magnetic layer; and d) providing a lubrication layer of fluorine on the protection layer, the lubrication layer including a bonding layer part which is strongly bonded to the protection layer and a mobile layer part which is not strongly bonded to the protection layer. The method further includes the steps of: e) implementing a UV curing process on the surface of the protection layer between the step c) and d), so that a ratio of the bonding layer part in the lubrication layer is increased.

Abstract: Metal surfaces which are pre-treated with high-energy NIR-radiation and then coated with a powder or a liquid coating composition, followed by curing or drying the coating composition, show better adhesion to the coating and improved appearance and performance and the process is more cost effective.

Abstract: An apparatus for curing silicone rubber is constructed so as to perform a heating process and a curing process in a very short time without degradation of characteristics in piezoelectric elements so as to improve productivity. A piezoelectric component having uncured silicone rubber coated on the external peripheral surface thereof is held in a jig having a property of reflecting far infrared rays. The uncured silicone rubber coated on the external peripheral surface of the piezoelectric component is irradiated with far infrared rays by a far infrared panel heater so as to cure the silicone rubber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods for preventing corrosion.

Abstract: The invention provides a mobile coating and curing apparatus for applying and curing an ultraviolet or an electron beam curable material. The apparatus includes a housing containing a first compartment containing a coater, a second compartment containing an ultraviolet or electron beam curing energy source, a partition wall between the first and second compartments and a means for moving the housing across a surface to be coated. The apparatus provides a means for coating surfaces which are generally too large to be coated by stationary coating and curing devices.

Abstract: Paint compositions and coatings having improved overall visual appearance, richness or depth of color and aesthetic properties such as for spray-painting automobiles, boats, aircraft and home appliances. The present paint compositions are high solids content, heat-curable, transparent or translucent compositions containing embedded light-refractive colorless and/or tinted transparent glass beads preferably between about 10 to 20 microns diameter, and one or more color-enhancing agents such as pigments, dyes, aluminum flakes, mica, opaque glass beads, holographic flakes, and similar conventional light-enhancing agents. The present bead-containing refractive paint compositions may be based upon volatile organic solvents, water or may be solvent-free powder compositions, but in all cases the resinous binder material is cross-linkable at the baking temperature of the paint, or upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation, to cure as a hard, translucent, chip-resistant paint.

Abstract: An ultraviolet curable coating composition for cationic electrodeposition applicable to metal plated materials which composition comprises 100 weight parts of acrylic resin containing 10 to 70% by weight poly-functional acrylate per se having 3 or more acryloyl groups and 90 to 30% by weight of a resin of molecular weight 2,000-30,000 having a cationic electrodeposition property, and 0.1-10 weight parts of 2 or more species of photopolymerization initiators which absorb ultraviolet radiation in a wavelength range of 300-400 nm, as effective ingredients. The coating composition can readily be deposited electrically on metal materials including plated products and plastic materials provided with electrical conductivity and cured by irradiation of ultraviolet radiation within a short period of time to give a dry coating film which is appreciable in adhesiveness to the plated materials and good in appearance.

Abstract: A method of coating a wooden substrate or surface comprising the steps of depositing a layer of ultraviolet light curable polymer in an uncured form to at least one surface of a wooden substrate; and curing said polymer with an amount of UV energy sufficient to polymerize said polymer. The method optionally comprising the further steps of: scuffing the surface of the cured polymer; depositing a second layer of ultraviolet light curable polymer in an uncured form to the scuffed surface; and curing the second layer of ultraviolet light curable polymer with an amount of UV energy sufficient to polymerize said second layer. The method also contemplates a further step comprising scuffing the surface of the cured polymer; and depositing a top coat thereon.

Abstract: The present invention is a process for modifying the properties of a porous freeform fabricated part by increasing its density and reducing its porosity. The porosity and density of a freeform fabricated part are altered by packing the pores in a freeform part with an infiltrant, such as a preceramic polymer. The process includes drawing a vacuum on or pressurizing the freeform part while it is in an infiltrant bath, thereby forcing the infiltrant into the pores of the freeform part. After removing the densified freeform part from the infiltrant bath, the freeform part is subjected to a treating process, such that the infiltrant within the pores transforms to a ceramic or ceramic-containing phase to thereby increasing the density of the freeform part.

Abstract: The present invention provides electronically conducting polymer films formed from photosensitive formulations of pyrrole and an electron acceptor that have been selectively exposed to UV light, laser light, or electron beams. The formulations may include photoinitiators, flexibilizers, solvents and the like. These solutions can be used in applications including printed circuit boards and through-hole plating and enable direct metallization processes on non-conducting substrates. After forming the conductive polymer patterns, a printed wiring board can be formed by sensitizing the polymer with palladium and electrolytically depositing copper.

Abstract: The method of the present invention for making a polymer layer with a selected index of refraction has the steps of (a) flash evaporating a monomer material capable of cross linking into a polymer with the selected index of refraction, forming an evaporate; (b) passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge monomer plasma from the evaporate; and (c) cryocondensing the glow discharge monomer plasma on a substrate and crosslinking the glow discharge monomer plasma thereon, wherein the crosslinking results from radicals created in the glow discharge monomer plasma and achieves self curing and forms a polymer having the selected index of refraction.

Abstract: A method for precisely and efficiently creating three dimensional bodies, relief images or patterns, colored bodies, or a combination of these using photopolymers, photocolorizable polymers or photoresponsive coatings, in one irradiation step as disclosed. In particular this invention describes a method of generating objects or patterns with differential control of properties (depth, pore size, color, density, mechanical strength, hardness, degree of cross-linking, tackiness, etc.) such that the property varies across the xy array.

Abstract: A method for exposing photo-sensitive printing plates comprises applying a patterned coating to the printing plate to form a mask. The coating may be sprayed onto the printing plate and patterned by laser ablation. The method avoids the need to stock printing plates with integral masking layers. In preferred implementations the printing plate is exposed to actinic radiation without dismounting it from the apparatus in which the coating is applied. This minimizes the likelihood that the coating could be damaged in handling. The coating may be a thin sprayed on layer of carbon in a suitable binder.

Abstract: A fabrication method in which an object is formed as a plurality of successive laminae, the method comprising the repeated steps of: (i) applying a precursor onto a recipient surface; and (ii) locally heating regions of the deposited precursor by directing a light beam onto those regions of the deposited precursor, so that the locally heated regions transform to a solid material.

Abstract: In exposing a photo-curing type resin to light, the light is irradiated to the photo-curing type resin while a base material to which the photo-curing type resin is applied is impregnated in a liquid. An apparatus for carrying out the exposure includes an exposure tank in which a liquid which does not dissolve the photo-curing type resin is reserved and a light source irradiating light to the photo-curing type resin impregnated in the liquid reserved in the tank. The exposure tank has two opposite side walls which have exposure windows closed by transparent plates respectively. The apparatus may include a plurality of light sources disposed so as to correspond to the respective exposing windows. A temperature of the liquid in which the base material is impregnated is controlled.

Abstract: A method for making a optical sensor for measuring the pH of a fluid includes the steps of applying a solution containing (a) a cellulose acrylamide, (b) an acrylamide, and (c) a copolymerizable monomeric fluorescent indicator species to the distal end of an optical fiber and polymerizing the solution to form a pH sensor means.

Abstract: The process for producing pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes comprises the steps ofclamping a tube strip of a tube skin filled with a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition into an apparatus comprising a tubular appliance,passing the tube strip through the tubular appliance while opening the tube skin longitudinally to form a tape,separating the tape from the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition in such a way that some of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition remains as a film on the tape,causing the separated pressure-sensitive adhesive composition to exit the apparatus by way of a discharge aperture, andwinding up the tape separated from the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, with the pressure-sensitive adhesive film that has remained thereon, as a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape.

Abstract: A method for making a fiber optic sensor includes the steps of applying an adhesive composition to the distal end of an optical fiber, and applying a solution containing a copolymer of (a) a cellulose acrylamide, (b) an acrylamide, and (c) a copolymerizable monomeric fluorescent indicator species thereto to form a sensing layer.

Abstract: The invention comprises a process for impregnating components with polymerizable impregnants which are liquid at room temperature or can be liquefied by heating and are cured by combined use of heat and high-energy radiation, wherein the components are impregnated at ambient temperature or in a preheated state and, after impregnation, are heated in the impregnant until partial gelation occurs, are treated with high-energy radiation before full curing and are then fully cured by thermal means.

Abstract: A wear layer is applied to a flooring material to yield a product having superior properties. The wear layer is applied to the flooring material using a coating composition comprising (i) a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, (ii) an acrylic or methacrylic compound and (iii) a radiation-reactive urethane oligomer, which composition is substantially or completely free of internal or external plasticizers, heating to heat-cure the coating composition and irradiating the composition to radiation-cure the coating composition.

Abstract: A UV-curable coating for use with golf balls and other substrates includes one or more low viscosity polyether acrylate, a functional carbodiimide resin, one or more low viscosity aliphatic urethane polyacrylate oligomer, and a photoinitiator selected from one or more of S mono-aryl ketones, trimethylbenzoyldiphenyl phosphinates, and/or phosphine oxides. In addition, a method of curing a UV-curable coating is disclosed. The method includes the steps of spraying the formulation onto the exterior of a substrate, surrounding the substrate in an inert gas environment, and irradiating the substrate with ultraviolet radiation from a doped medium pressure mercury vapor lamp.

Abstract: A color filter solution for applying on a face glass of a cathode ray tube and a method for patterning a color filter to improve the brightness and contrast characteristics of the color filter. The color filter solution comprises a pigment, an anion surfactant which contains sodium or ammonium ion or citric acid as a dispersion agent, a mixture solvent of a glycol and a pyrrolidone containing methyl or ethyl, a nonionic surfactant and a pure water. A method for patterning a color filter in a cathode ray tube comprises the steps of:preparing a color filter solution which comprises a pigment, an anion surfactant which contains sodium or ammonium ion or citric acid as a dispersion agent, a mixture solvent of a glycol and a pyrrolidone containing methyl or ethyl, and a nonionic surfactant;forming a photoresist slurry by adding an alcohol-sodium or ammonium dichromate to the color filter solution ; andcoating, exposing and developing the photoresist slurry on a face glass.

Abstract: The invention provides a water-blocking composite comprising a substrate impregnated with or having a coating of a mixture of a radiation-polymerised compound and a water-swellable compound, and method for production thereof.

Abstract: A process for applying a coating to a floor surface and curing that coating after application includes the steps of first spreading a photochemically curable liquid coating in a thickness of from about 0.003 to about 0.006 inches on a floor surface. After the coating has been applied, it is exposed to ultraviolet radiation at a power level of about 40 watts per inch of width of coating being cured and at two different sequentially applied wavelengths. This cures the liquid coating instantly to a durable solid coating. The first applied ultraviolet radiation may have the wavelength of about 365 nm and the second applied ultraviolet radiation may have a wavelength of about 254 nm. The ultraviolet radiation is provided by an array of UV lights on a mobile, self-powered vehicle which moves over the floor coating at a speed in the range of 20 to 40 feet per minute.

Abstract: Paint or varnish is applied to the exterior of elongate elements such as pencils, by passing the pencils(3) through a receptacle(12) containing the paint or varnish(13), causing the pencils(3) to leave the receptacle(12) through a washer(17) which permits the pencils to leave the receptacle with a coating of paint or varnish on the exterior thereof, and subsequently passing the pencils through a light box(23) adapted to apply light to each point on the exterior of each pencil(3), the paint or varnish(13) comprising a resin which has the property that curing of the resin is initiated in response to the application of the light.

Abstract: An isotropically electroconductive resin film material produced by sticking electroconductive particles to a sticking layer formed on a support and fixing therein, and filling a film-forming resin incompatible with the sticking material among the electroconductive particles, has electroconductivity only in the film thickness direction via the electroconductive particles uniformly dispersed in the plane direction, and is suitable for electrically connecting oppositely placed circuits and fine electrodes of a plurality of electronic parts, and for testing electronic parts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reinforcing a board, sheet or foil of fibrous material, which method comprises the following steps, to be performed in suitable sequence, of:(a) providing the board, the sheet or the foil of fibrous material;(b) providing a curable liquid;(c) impregnating with said liquid at least a zone of the board, the sheet or the foil for reinforcing; and(d) casing this liquid to cure.The invention also relates to a board, sheet or foil of fibrous material reinforced by use of the method.

Abstract: A light influencing element and the process of fabricating the same is disclosed, wherein the light influencing element is fabricated by disposing a layer of a substantially opaque material upon a transparent substrate. One or more openings or wells may then be cut or formed in the surface of the layer of opaque material. Into such openings a light influencing material is then disposed, preferable said materials are injected thereinto as by ink-jet type injection heads. Liquid crystal displays and subassemblies formed upon the light influencing elements of the instant invention are also provided.

Abstract: A light influencing element and the process of fabricating the same is disclosed, wherein the light influencing element is fabricated by disposing a layer of a substantially opaque material upon a transparent substrate. One or more openings or wells may then be cut or formed in the surface of the layer of opaque material. Into such openings a light influencing material is then disposed, preferable said materials are injected thereinto as by ink-jet type injection heads. Liquid crystal displays and subassemblies formed upon the light influencing elements of the instant invention are also provided.