Abstract:
An improved apparatus and method for producing improved artificial eyes is disclosed. The artificial eye comprises a substrate, graphical or decorative inks, and a protective barrier material or layer. Generally, the decorative ink is applied to the inner or convex surface of the substrate, preferably by pad printing techniques. The protective barrier layer may then be applied to the decorative ink layer in order to protect the decorative ink from physical wear, separation from the substrate, chemical reaction, and other degradation. The barrier layer may comprise, for example a rubberized coating, automotive undercoating, paraffin, wax, or other coating sufficient to protect the decorative ink.
Abstract:
A process for the production of a coating layer from a thermally curable coating composition on a substrate, comprising the successive steps: a) providing a substrate to be coated, b) applying a backing foil coated on one side with an uncured or at least only partially cured coating layer of a thermally curable coating composition, with its coated side on the entire surface or at least one sub-zone of the surface of the substrate, c) supplying thermal energy onto the entire coating applied in step b), and d) removing the backing foil from the coating which remains on the substrate; wherein the supply of thermal energy onto the coating proceeds prior to and/or after removal of the backing foil.
Abstract:
A card and a process for making the card are provided. The card includes a card substrate and a flock transfer attached to a first surface of the card substrate. The flock transfer includes a plurality of flock fibers oriented predominately perpendicular to the first surface and bound together as a unit at a first end of each fiber by a binder adhesive layer positioned between the flock fibers and the first surface.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for producing anisotropic pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) using conventional coating methods. It is envisaged that a PSA film be produced on a transport carrier and that it then be transferred to a further carrier material with simultaneous stretching, the elongation being at least 10%.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed by which patterns of various materials can be formed on flexible substrates by a continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing process. The patterns may include metallic, transparent conductive, or non-metallic elements with lateral dimensions including in the range from below 100 nanometers to millimeters and with thickness dimensions including the range from tens of Angstroms to greater than 10,000 Angstroms. The substrate may be any material capable of sufficient flexibility for compatibility with roll-based processing equipment, including polymeric films, metallic foils, and thin glass, with polymeric films representing a particularly broad field of application. Methods may include the continuous roll-to-roll formation of a temporary polymeric structure with selected areas open to the underlying substrate, the continuous addition or subtraction of constituent materials, and the continuous removal, where necessary, of the polymeric structure and any excess material.
Abstract:
A coating composition that can be used in a process for coating a substrate where in a first step a radiation curable coating composition is applied to the substrate and/or a radiation permeable film. Next, the substrate and the film are pressed together in such a way that the coating composition is sandwiched between them. Thereafter, the coating composition is cured by irradiation through the film to obtain a coated substrate. In a subsequent step, the film is removed from the coated substrate. The coating composition applied to the film and/or the substrate is a hot melt composition comprising 20 to 100 wt. % of a radiation curable resin or mixture of radiation curable resins having a viscosity in the range of from 15 to 10,000 mPa.s in the temperature range of from 40 to 150° C.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing a functional film, by means of the application method, having a functional layer capable of exhibiting various functions. A method for producing a functional film which comprises at least a functional layer comprising a compressed layer of functional fine particles on a support, said method comprising the steps of applying a liquid in which the functional fine particles are dispersed onto a transfer support 2 and drying the liquid to form a transfer precursor film 5 having a layer containing the functional fine particle P4 formed on the transfer support 2, superposing the support 1 on which the functional layer is to be formed and the transfer precursor film 5 so that the support 1 and the layer containing the functional fine particles P4 are brought into contact with each other, and compressing the layer containing the functional fine particles P4 to form the compressed layer of the functional fine particles 4 on the support 1, and thereafter releasing the transfer support 2 from the compressed layer of the functional fine particles 4.
Abstract:
A process for the production of coatings on substrates comprising the successive steps: a) providing a substrate to be coated and of a backing foil provided on one side with an uncured or at least only partially cured coating of a curable coating composition, b) applying the coated side of the backing foil provided with the uncured or at least only partially cured coating onto the substrate, c) curing the coating applied in said manner and d) removing the backing foil from the coating which remains on the substrate, wherein curing of the coating proceeds prior to and/or after removal of the backing foil and wherein the uncured or at least only partially cured coating of the curable coating composition is or has been applied onto one side of the backing foil by screen printing.
Abstract:
An automotive quality paint coat (44) is laminated to the exterior surface of a molded plastic car body member or panel (118). In one embodiment, the paint coat (44) includes an exterior clear coat (45) above a color coat (46). During processing, the clear coat (45) and color coat (46) are each coated on a temporary flexible casting sheet 42) and dried. A high gloss surface is transferred to the clear coat (45) from the casting sheet (42). The paint coat (44) is then transferred from the casting sheet (42) to a thin, semi-flexible thermoformable plastic backing sheet (72) by dry paint transfer-laminating techniques. The resulting laminate (70) is thermoformed into a complex three-dimensional shape of the car body member or panel. The preformed laminate (116) is then bonded to an underlying plastic substrate material, by injection-cladding techniques, for example, to form the finished article. The paint coat (44) has sufficient elongation to retain exterior automotive appearance and durability properties during thermoforming without deglossing. The backing sheet (72) absorbs defects in the substrate material so the paint coat retains its appearance and durability properties during the injection-cladding step. The finished article comprises a high gloss, defect-free paint coat on the exterior of a molded plastic car body member or panel. Solution-form polyvinylidene fluoride/acrylic paint systems have remarkably high combined gloss and distinctiveness-of-image levels, together with durability properties required for exterior automotive use.
Abstract:
A coating composition that can be used in a process for coating a substrate where in a first step a radiation curable coating composition is applied to the substrate and/or a radiation permeable film. Next, the substrate and the film are pressed together in such a way that the coating composition is sandwiched between them. Thereafter, the coating composition is cured by irradiation through the film to obtain a coated substrate. In a subsequent step, the film is removed from the coated substrate. The coating composition applied to the film and/or the substrate is a hot melt composition comprising 20 to 100 wt. % of a radiation curable resin or mixture of radiation curable resins having a viscosity in the range of from 15 to 10,000 mPanulls in the temperature range of from 40 to 150null C.