Abstract:
A method of fabricating an elastomeric structure, comprising: forming a first elastomeric layer on top of a first micromachined mold, the first micromachined mold having a first raised protrusion which forms a first recess extending along a bottom surface of the first elastomeric layer; forming a second elastomeric layer on top of a second micromachined mold, the second micromachined mold having a second raised protrusion which forms a second recess extending along a bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer; bonding the bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer onto a top surface of the first elastomeric layer such that a control channel forms in the second recess between the first and second elastomeric layers; and positioning the first elastomeric layer on top of a planar substrate such that a flow channel forms in the first recess between the first elastomeric layer and the planar substrate.
Abstract:
Process for rapidly forming a dried coating upon a suitable substrate. Process comprises coating a non-aqueous vehicle consisting essentially of at least one polyisocyanate prepolymer on the substrate and treating the vehicle with a vapor agent consisting essentially of ammonia, monofunctional amine or polyfunctional amine.
Abstract:
A method of drying a solvent type coating on a surface, by heating the coating within an oven by a hot gaseous medium and in which the gases within the oven are continuously exhausted, and the effluent gases leaving the oven are then separated into two streams, namely, a recycle stream and an oxidation stream, and in which the oxidation stream is then passed through an oxidizer where the solvent vapours in the oxidation stream are then oxidized by burning or by catalytic action. The recycle stream of untreated effluent gases is then recycled directly into the oven once more without passing through the oxidizer at all. The combustion gases leaving the oxidizer are then separated into two streams, and one stream is vented to atmosphere. The other stream, namely a return stream, is then passed into the oven again together with the recycle stream of unburnt effluent gases. Sufficient fresh air is drawn into the system, preferably through a heat exchanger heated by the waste combustion gases, and such additional make-up air is then passed directly into the oven, where it mixes with the incoming return stream of combustion gases, and the incoming recycle stream of unburnt effluent gases to maintain the desired process temperature. The specification also discloses apparatus suitable for the practising of the method.