A developer comprises: at least one carrier; and, in an amount of 10 wt-% or less, a coating material (237), in particular for generating a coating layer by non-impact printing, the coating material being provided in the form of particles and comprising: a curable resin preferably an at least partially thermal curable resin and even more in particular curable by a crosslinking agent able to react with functional groups of the resin, the resin comprising in particular an amorphous resin portion; wherein an average diameter of the particles is in a range between 1 m and 25 m; and wherein the particles have an average sphericity larger than 0.7, in particular larger than 0.8, in particular a sphericity larger than 0.9; wherein, if the coating material is heated from room temperature with a heating rate of 5 K per minute, the coating material upon heating reduces its viscosity down to a minimum viscosity and increases its viscosity upon further increase of the temperature; wherein the minimum viscosity is in a range between 3 Pascal seconds and 20000 Pascal seconds.

A non-impact printing device (301) comprising: a coating material (237) being curable and comprising a resin; the coating material comprising an amorphous resin portion in an amount of at least 30 w-% based on the overall amount of resin and comprising with respect to the entire amount of coating material less than 0.5 w-% of flow additive; a printing unit, in particular an electrophotographic printing unit, being configured for printing the coating material (237) so as to form a coating layer, wherein the coating layer forms at least part of a layer package comprising at least one layer; the non-impact printing device being configured for providing the layer package so as to define a surface structure with the layer package; wherein the surface structure is defined by a thickness variation of the layer package; wherein the thickness variation is in a range between 1 m and 1000 m, in particular in a range between 1 and 300 m, and is in particular more than 1 m, in particular more than 5 m, in particular more than 10 m and in particular more than 20 m.

Coating material (237) for generating a coating layer by non-impact printing wherein the coating layer represents an image and wherein a resolution of the image is at least 100 DPI, the coating material comprising a curable resin; wherein the coating material (237) exhibits a minimum viscosity when being heated from room temperature with a heating rate of 5 Kelvin per minute up to a temperature where curing of the coating material occurs, wherein the minimum viscosity is in a range between 3 Pascal seconds to 20000 Pascal seconds, in particular in a range between 50 Pascal seconds and 10000 Pascal seconds and further in particular in a range between 250 Pascal seconds and 7000 Pascal seconds; and wherein a pill flow length is below 350 mm at a potential curing temperature which may be used to cure the coating material.

The use of an effect pigment (a) comprising an aluminum-based substrate and an iron oxide coating having a red 1.sup.st order interference color in combination with a colored absorption pigment (b) for producing a coating having enhanced coloristic properties, in particular enhanced chroma, lightness and hiding power, is provided. The pigment combination of (a) and (b) is suitable for coloring plastics, a fiber, a film and a coating composition such as a paint, a printing ink, a varnish or a powder coating, preferably an automotive, an architectural or an industrial coating composition.

The invention relates to an one-component (1 K) thermosetting powder coating composition A (PCC A). The invention further relates to a process for making the thermosetting powder coating composition A and processes for coating an article with the PCC A. The invention further relates to a cured PCC A. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition A as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition A. The invention further relates to the use of: the PCC A, the cured PCC A, articles coated with the PCC A, articles having coated and cured thereon the PCC A. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for matt powder coatings. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for matt and impact resistant powder coatings. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for impact resistant matt powder coatings which have also at least sufficientpreferably excellentlow gloss consistency. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A as described in the claims and as disclosed herein for impact resistant matt powder coatings which have also at least sufficientpreferably excellent low gloss consistency, and also at least sufficientpreferably excellentbatch-to-batch low gloss consistency.

To provide a method for producing a laminate, capable of forming a coating film excellent in abrasion resistance by using a fluororesin powder, and capable of suppressing foaming when the coating film is formed by using the fluororesin powder.

A method for producing a laminate 10 comprising a substrate 12 and a coating film 14 formed on a surface of the substrate 12, which comprises applying the following powder composition to the surface of the substrate 12 to form the coating film 14.

Powder composition: A powder composition comprising a fluororesin powder formed of a resin material containing as the main component a melt-moldable fluororesin which has a carbonyl group-containing group or the like, and having D50 of from 0.01 to 100 m, and a non-fluororesin powder formed of a resin material containing as the main component a non-fluororesin such as a polyarylketone, and having D50 of from 0.01 to 100 m, in a specific volume proportion.

A process and system for rapidly fabricating small batches of powder coating compositions having desired colors from one or more solid input filaments. An additive manufacturing filament fabricator feeds one or more single-color solid polymer input filaments into a heated mixer in accordance with an input formulation to be liquefied and mixed to produce a homogenous extrudate mixture. The extrudate mixture is solidified on an extrudate receiving platform and is then comminuted by an extrudate mill into a finished powder coating composition having a desired color.

A coating material which is processable by non-impact printing to form at least a part of a coating layer representing an image, the coating material having an amorphous resin portion, is curable and is configured for being applied with a thickness of at least 15 m, the coating material having one or more of the following: a polyester resin having at least one incorporated acid monomer and wherein at least 10 weight percent of the at least one incorporated acid monomer is isophthalic acid; a polyester resin containing 1 to 100 w-% of cycloaliphatic glycol compounds with respect to the total weight of the glycol compounds of the polyester resin component; an acrylic resin; a fluorine containing polymer; a polyurethane resin.

A method for producing a powder coating that can include receiving effect pigment particles and powder coating particles, mixing the effect pigment particles with the powder coating particles where the mixing includes imparts acoustic energy to the effect pigment particles and the powder coating particles, heating the effect pigment particles and the powder coating particles where the heating bonds the effect pigment particles to the powder coating particles, and cooling the bonded effect pigment particles and the powder coating particles.

A powder coating material contains an acrylic resin that has a side chain having an alkyl group having 4 or more carbon atoms and a hydroxy group; and a curing agent.