A method for constructing an inflatable environment on top of or beneath a surface of an extraterrestrial object includes spraying Regishell onto an airform or piping the Regishell into a sandwich membrane layer of the airform. When performing the spraying of the Regishell, the method further includes combining basalt material with the Regishell and applying the combination of the basalt material and Regishell to a reinforcement layer, the reinforcement layer being internal to the airform to strengthen the inflatable environment. When performing the piping of the Regishell into the sandwich membrane, the method further includes using the sandwich membrane layer as a permeable membrane or drilling one or more holes in the sandwich membrane layer forming vents to create the permeable membrane, and releasing the gas from the sandwich membrane layer from the vents to cure and conform the Regishell as a rigid shape and structurally sound layer.

A light weight component, the light weight component including: a metallic foam core formed into a desired configuration; an external metallic shell applied to an exterior surface of the metallic foam core after it has been formed into the desired configuration; an inlet opening and an outlet opening formed in the external metallic shell in order to provide a fluid path through the metallic foam core; and a thermoplastic material injected into the metallic foam core via the inlet opening.

An apparatus and method of coating a substrate (110) with a washcoat, comprising: engaging the substrate with a headset (6) of a substrate coating apparatus (100) so as to locate an upper surface of the substrate below a washcoat showerhead of the substrate coating apparatus; discharging a washcoat out of the washcoat showerhead towards the upper surface of the substrate; drawing the washcoat through the substrate by applying a suction force to a lower surface of the substrate.

The step of engaging the substrate with the headset comprises engaging a headset seal (115) of the headset with the substrate, the headset seal (115) comprising a perimetral portion (116) extending around the headset and a cantilevered portion (117) extending down from the perimetral portion which engages against a sidewall of the substrate.

An inflatable environment on an extraterrestrial surface or beneath the extraterrestrial surface includes a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers include an inflated airform layer sandwiched between initial layer and an external layer, a reinforcement layer, and an inner layer inside of the one of the plurality of layers being comprised of a deployed inflated airform, all of which comprise of Regishell. The Regishell is composed of a binder material and regolith.

A method includes depositing graphene into a hardener, mixing the hardener and the graphene to produce a homogeneous composite mixture, adding a resin material to the composite mixture to produce an epoxy graphene material, coating a structure with the epoxy graphene material, aligning the graphene sheets in the in-plane orientation, and curing the epoxy graphene material.

A method of preparing a composite includes providing a porous material including a polymeric network and a polar particle; depositing an ink onto the porous material via a printing process; and delivering a lubricating fluid to the porous material to form a coating. A composite is obtained from the method, and an anti-fouling product including the composite is provided.

A method for covering inner walls of a cavity with a protective layer made of anti-corrosion wax, in particular for use on vehicle bodies and add-on parts for vehicle bodies. Anti-corrosion wax is brought into an atomized form (protective agent mist) by a mist generator and supplied through an outlet opening to the cavity to be preserved. The protective agent mist is deposited on inner walls of the cavity and forms an anti-corrosion agent layer.

An apparatus and to a method for treating layers using a plasma zone sealed from the outer atmospheric pressure are provided. The apparatus and method include a plasma reactor including a substrate carrier in form of a container receiving means, and a closing element that is joined with the substrate carrier by means of a lifting device.

Techniques for infiltrating a CMC substrate may include infiltrating the CMC substrate with a first slurry to at least partially fill at least some inner spaces of the CMC substrate, where the first slurry includes first solid particles, drying the first slurry to form an infiltrated CMC including the first solid particles, depositing a second slurry including a carrier material and second solid particles on a surface of the infiltrated CMC, where the second solid particles include a plurality of fine ceramic particles, a plurality of coarse ceramic particles, and a plurality of diamond particles, drying the second slurry to form an article having an outer surface layer including the second solid particles on the infiltrated CMC, and infiltrating the article with a molten infiltrant to form a composite article.

The purpose of the present invention is to form a coating film on the entire inner surface of a bottomed cylindrical body while increasing machining resistance of an opening part of the bottomed cylindrical body as less cost. A method according to the present invention comprises: an opening part coating step S1 for spraying an inner area of an opening part of a bottomed cylindrical body with a first coating material while placing the bottomed cylindrical body in a horizontal position and rotating the bottomed cylindrical body around an central axis thereof; a barrel part coating step S3 for spraying, after the opening part coating step S1, an inner area of a barrel part of the bottomed cylindrical body with a second coating material while keeping the horizontal position and rotation around the central axis of the bottomed cylindrical body; and a vaporizing step S4 for stopping, after the barrel part coating step S3 and before the volatile components of the second coating material sprayed onto the inner area of the barrel part of the bottomed cylindrical body vaporizes, the rotation of the bottomed cylindrical body around the central axis, replacing the bottomed cylindrical body from the horizontal position to a vertical position, and vaporizing volatile components of the second coating material. A coating material containing a hardly-sagging synthetic resin which contains higher proportion of non-volatile components is used as the first coating material, and a coating material containing an easily-sagging synthetic resin which contains lower proportion of non-volatile components than that of the first coating material is used as the second coating material.