A method of forming a digital print on a surface (2) by applying powder of dry ink (15) including colourants (7) on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink (15) powder to the surface (2) by a digital heating print head (80) such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colourants (7) and removing non-bonded dry ink (15) from the surface (2).

The invention relates to a composition intended for coating polymer films, making it possible to improve the adhesion between the film and a final coating, and to confer good barrier properties on the coated film. The coating composition comprises at least one acrylic and/or methacrylic polymer which has a gel content of at least 50% by weight, relative to the total weight of acrylic and/or methacryclic polymer, at least one crosslinking agent and at least one polyester comprising sulphonyloxy groups, which is water-soluble or water-dispersible.

A method for manufacturing a mat of inorganic fibres including the manufacture or supply of a mat of inorganic fibres having two major surfaces, which is strengthened with a chemical binder, or by means of a hydrodynamic method, coating of a first major surface of the mat by means of the application of an aqueous solid dispersion on one of the two sides of the mat, drying the coated mat, printing the coated mat by means of rotary printing, digital printing, screen printing, or offset printing on the first major surface of the coating, optional application of a protective layer onto the first major surface, application of a binder, at least partial drying and at least partial crosslinking of the mat to which binder has been applied, and rolling up of the obtained material web, or cutting to size as sheets.

A method of forming a digital print on a surface by applying powder of dry ink including colourants on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink powder to the surface by a digital heating print head such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colourants and removing non-bonded dry ink from the surface.

A method of forming a digital embossing on a surface by bonding hard press particles to a carrier. A liquid binder pattern is applied on the carrier by a digital drop application head. Hard press particles are applied on the carrier and the binder pattern such that some hard press particles are bonded to the carrier by the liquid pattern and non-bonded press particles are removed. The carrier with the bonded hard press particles is pressed to the surface and an embossing is formed when the carrier with the hard press particles is removed.

Methods and apparatus for preparing a protective coating are described. In one example aspect, an apparatus for preparing a protective coating includes a chamber, a substrate positioned within the chamber configured to hold at least a target object, an inlet pipe configured to direct a monomer vapor into the chamber, and one or more electrodes configured to perform a chemical vapor deposition process to produce a multi-layer coating. The chemical vapor deposition process comprises multiple cycles, each cycle comprising a pretreatment phase and a coating phase to produce a layer of the multi-layer coating.

Methods and apparatus for preparing a protective coating are described. In one example aspect, a method for preparing a protective coating includes positioning one or more target objects into a chamber. The chamber comprises a movable substrate and one or more trays coupled to the movable substrate to hold the one or more target objects such that the one or more target objects are movable within the chamber. The method also includes adding a monomer vapor into the chamber and performing a chemical vapor deposition process that comprises at least one cycle, each including a pretreatment phase and a coating phase.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for making co-cured coated composite material comprising composite material prepreg stacks and a coating material, with the coating material comprising an outer layer of thermoplastic film, with the coating material co-cured with the composite material, with the co-cured coating material providing a compressive force on the co-cured coated composite material, components comprising the co-cured coated composite material, and larger structures comprising the co-cured coated composite materials.

Provided is a method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising simultaneously curing an uncured base coating film, an uncured effect coating film, and an uncured clear coating film. In this method, an effect pigment dispersion (Y) contains water, a rheology control agent (A), and a flake-effect pigment (B), and has a solids content of 0.5 to 10 mass %; the flake-effect pigment (B) is an interference pigment in which a transparent or translucent base material is coated with a metal oxide; and the flake-effect pigment (B) is contained in an amount of 30 to 90 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total solids content in the effect pigment dispersion (Y).

A method for manufacturing a discharge surface treatment electrode includes: a first laying of laying powder particles to form a first powder layer; and a first binding of binding some of the powder particles in the first powder layer to each other. The method further includes: a second laying of further laying the powder particles on the first powder layer in which some of the powder particles are bound to each other to form a second powder layer; and a second binding of binding some of the powder particles in the second powder layer to each other to form a stacked body of granulated particles. A region having a different porosity from another region is formed inside the stacked body.