Abstract:
Methods and devices are provided to actively apply finish to one or more yarns in motion at speeds greater than about 3000 m/min, to achieve a finish application of 0.2 wt. % or more, and with a coefficient of variation of finish concentration of 10% or less. The devices are compact, portable and readily installed at a variety of positions on a fiber processing line. The devices of the invention contain the finish so that contamination of the surrounding areas is prevented. The devices may be used to provide an overfinish to a moving yarn between heated godet rolls. The so-provided heating may be used to dry the yarn and to promote curing reactions in the finish and between the yarn and finish compounds. The invention also includes the finished yarn products so produced. A yarn with increased finish uniformity is provided with an overfinish actively applied and dried on the draw bench before the first winding operation. The yarn products of the invention may be used in textile and leisure fiber applications, and in industrial fiber applications, such as in tires.
Abstract:
There is provided a plating apparatus and method which can control the temperature of a plating solution during plating more uniformly and easily form a uniform plated film on the to-be-plated surface of a workpiece, and which can simplify the device and decrease the footprint. The plating apparatus includes: a plating bath of a double bath structure (18) including an inner bath (14) for holding a plating solution and carrying out plating, and an outer bath (26) which surrounds the inner bath (14) and is in fluid communication therewith; and a heating device (30) disposed in the outer bath (26). The plating apparatus may further include means (32) for circulating or stirring the plating solution (12) in the plating bath (18).
Abstract:
Medical devices, and in particular implantable medical devices, may be coated to minimize or substantially eliminate a biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the medical device to the organism or to treat a particular condition. A dip coating process is utilized to minimize waste. An aqueous latex polymeric emulsion is utilized to coat any medical device to a desired thickness by allowing for successive dipping and drying cycles. In addition, aqueous latex polymeric emulsions pose less of a chance of the bridging phenomenon associated with organic solvent based polymers.
Abstract:
A process for depositing a layer of product on at least part of a major surface of a substrate having two sides separated by a thickness of less than about 3 mm is provided. The process involves using an immersion technique, in which the substrate is placed in a liquid medium containing a solution or dispersion of the product to be deposited or one of its precursors; removed from the liquid medium such that the substrate is coated with a liquid layer, and at least part of the liquid medium contained in the deposited liquid layer is evaporated, wherein the process is characterized as being carried out under conditions in which cooling of the substrate as a result of evaporation of said part of the liquid medium is limited An advantageous variant of the process involves in heating the immersion bath to a temperature that is sufficient to at least partially compensate for substrate cooling resulting from evaporation of the liquid medium. The inventive process can be used advantageously for depositing a solid layer by means of a sol-gel type process.
Abstract:
A method of making a micro drill using exposure liquid includes an exposure liquid coating process of putting a micro drill having a processed drill bit into exposure liquid so as to dip the processed drill bit in the exposure liquid; a twist groove exposure process of processing a twist groove on an exposure liquid coating surface by scanning a laser beam from a laser exposure machine while the drill bit of the micro drill, coated by the exposure liquid, advances with rotating; a twist groove etching process of putting the coated surface of the micro drill into etching solution so as to resolve metal at the twist groove in which the exposure liquid coating film is removed by exposure of the laser beam; and a drill coating washing process of washing the drill coating by putting the etched drill bit into an ultrasonic washer.
Abstract:
A leather finishing process in which, in pertinent part, a warm water milling step is added after the base coat is applied to nullcrustnull leather and cured. The warm water contains at least one dye fixation agent including but not limited to about 0.1-2.0% by weight of formic acid. Moreover, the base coat itself is an aqueous base coat containing at least two polymers such as an acrylic salt or a polyurethane salt. Between the polymeric constituents of the base coat, the acid fixation agent, and the use of the warm water milling step after the base coat has been applied and dried, a surprisingly natural feel to the leather is attained without loss of excellent adhesion, wear-resistance and other properties when the leather is completely finished.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a continuous wire drawings process, wherein ferrous metal is drawn through multiple dies, in which the wire is coated in-line in an electroless coppering step between two wire drawing stages by being passed through a bath using transport means comprising ferrous metal components which contact solution in the bath, the bath containing an aqueous solution containing copper ions, bromide ions, a water soluble lubricant and an inhibitor compound such that a coating of copper is deposited on to the ferrous metal surface. A treatment composition as well as dry and liquid concentrate compositions are also described.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the continuous dip-coating of a metal strip (1) in a tank (11) containing a liquid metal bath (12), in which process the metal strip (1) is made to run continuously through a duct (13), the lower part (13a) of which is immersed in the liquid metal bath (12) in order to define with the surface of the said bath a seal (14). A natural flow of the liquid metal from the surface of the liquid seal is set up in an overflow compartment (25) made in the said duct (13) and having an internal wall which extends the duct (13) in its lower part and the level of liquid metal in the said compartment (25) is maintained at a level below the surface of the liquid seal (14). The invention also relates to a plant for implementing the process.
Abstract:
A pretreatment solution for providing a catalyst for electroless plating and a pretreatment method using the solution are provided. The pretreatment solution comprises a silver colloidal solution containing, as essential components, at least the following components (I), (II) and (III): (I) silver colloidal particles, (II) one or more ions selected from an ion of a metal having an electric potential which can reduce a silver ion to metal silver in the solution and an ion oxidized at the time of reduction of the silver ion, and (III) one or more ions selected from a hydroxycarboxylate ion, a condensed phosphate ion and an amine carboxylate ion, the silver colloidal particles (I) being produced by the ion of the metal (II) having an electric potential which can reduce a silver ion to metal silver. When an object to be plated is pretreated by use of the pretreatment solution, provision of an effective catalyst for electroless plating is achieved.
Abstract:
A method of coating a substrate comprises immersing a surface portion of a substrate in a first phase comprising carbon dioxide and a coating component comprising a polymeric precursor; then withdrawing the substrate from the first phase into a distinct second phase so that the coating component is deposited on the surface portion; and then subjecting the substrate to conditions sufficient to polymerize the polymeric precursor and form a polymerized coating.