According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.

A repair device for repairing a hole in a part includes a resin tank and an injector endpiece connected to the tank. The endpiece is designed to be inserted in the hole. The endpiece includes at least one injection orifice enabling resin to be injected into at least one cavity situated around the endpiece. The endpiece can be extracted from the hole after the resin has hardened.

A surface application unit for applying a surface application substance to all or a portion of a surface of a planar substrate in a machine for printing planar substrates. The unit includes an applicator roller (11) which is rotated (T) and can be positioned against all or a portion of the surface of the substrate in order to apply the substance thereto; an anilox roller (13) which is rotated (S) and positioned against the applicator roller (11) and which covers the applicator roller (11) with the substance; and a supply system (14) which supplies the anilox roller (13) with the substance and which is provided with a substance tank, a pump, a device for circulating the substance, and a device (16) which is held against the anilox roller (13) in order to supply the substance to the roller. A recovery system (18) mounted downstream of the applicator roller (11) can be positioned against the applicator roller (11) to recover excess substance on the roller (11).

A surface application unit for applying a surface application substance to all or a portion of a surface of a planar substrate in a machine for printing planar substrates. The unit includes an applicator roller (11) which is rotated (T) and can be positioned against all or a portion of the surface of the substrate in order to apply the substance thereto; an anilox roller (13) which is rotated (S) and positioned against the applicator roller (11) and which covers the applicator roller (11) with the substance; and a supply system (14) which supplies the anilox roller (13) with the substance and which is provided with a substance tank, a pump, a device for circulating the substance, and a device (16) which is held against the anilox roller (13) in order to supply the substance to the roller. A recovery system (18) mounted downstream of the applicator roller (11) can be positioned against the applicator roller (11) to recover excess substance on the roller (11).

A coating system and related method for coating a part. The coating system having a process tank filled with a fluid coating material to a fluid coating level and an inert gas blanket formed above the fluid coating level. The coating system also having a process tank conveyor to support a part to be coated. The process tank conveyor having a submerge section which transfers the part through the inert gas blanket and below the fluid coating level, a coating residence section which maintains the part submerged below the fluid coating level for a coating period, a coating removal section which raises the part above the fluid coating level but below the inert gas blanket level, and an inert gas blanket residence section which maintains the part within the inert gas blanket level but above the fluid coating level for a drying period.

A steel sheet coating method is performed by an apparatus that includes a cleaner configured to apply cleaning liquid to clean a surface of a steel sheet, a polisher that applies polishing liquid to the cleaned surface and includes at least one polishing wheel configured to polish the surface of the steel sheet, a coater that includes a plurality of coating rollers configured to coat the polished surface of the steel sheet with coating liquid, and a curing furnace including curing chambers that are configured to heat the steel sheet coated with the coating liquid, that have different heating temperatures, and that are configured to cure the coating liquid on the steel sheet based on heating the steel sheet in one chamber having a first temperature and then heating the steel sheet in another chamber having a second temperature greater than the first temperature.

The occurrence of separation or reaggregation is suppressed in a suspension such as a battery electrode slurry. A battery electrode slurry distributing apparatus includes: a circulation pipe via which a positive electrode slurry is to be circulated; and a control unit that controls the supply of the positive electrode slurry to each of coaters. In a period in which either the coater is allowed to receive the supply of the positive electrode slurry, the control unit inhibits the supply of the positive electrode slurry to the other coater. The circulation pipe is structured in a polygonal loop. The coaters are connected to respective elbow portions formed in the circulation pipe via the pipes, respectively.

Provided are a method and an apparatus for producing a functional film with a coating solution including a material whose performance is deteriorated by oxygen, without performance deterioration. The method for producing a functional film includes a coating step of supplying a coating solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm or less to a die coater having a backup roller and applying the coating solution to a flexible support transported in a state where the support is wound around the backup roller by the die coater, in which a reduced pressure chamber which covers a surface of the flexible support is provided on an upstream side of the die coater in a transport direction of the flexible support, and an inert gas is supplied to the reduced pressure chamber and an exhaust amount from the reduced pressure chamber is larger than a supply amount of the inert gas.

According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.

According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.