Provided is a heat shielding film that is free from release or the like even where the heat shielding film is formed on a top surface of a piston and used in a severe environment such as the inside of an engine combustion chamber, and a vehicular heat shielding component on which the heat shielding film is formed. The vehicular heat shielding component of the present invention is one in which a heat shielding film (1) is formed on at least a part of the surface of a heat shielding target component (2) such as a piston of an engine to be given heat shielding properties. The heat shielding film (1) contains at least an inorganic compound layer (10) having a Vickers hardness (HV) of 50 to 100 in which one or a plurality of types of scale-like inorganic particles (12) selected from a group comprising mica, talc, and wollastonite are dispersed in an inorganic compound (11) formed of an alkoxide. By burning the inorganic compound layer (10) through irradiation of light having a wavelength of 500 nm or less, it is possible to increase the hardness of the inorganic compound layer (10) to 50 to 100 HV described above while suppressing an increase in temperature of the heat shielding target component (2).

The present invention deals with a process for producing a coated pipe. The process comprises (i) homopolymerising ethylene or copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a first polymerisation step in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst to produce a first ethylene homo- or copolymer having a density of from 940 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 1 to 2000 g/10 min; (ii) homopolymerising ethylene or copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a second polymerisation step in the presence of a first ethylene homo- or copolymer to produce a first ethylene polymer mixture comprising the first ethylene homo- or copolymer and a second ethylene homo- or copolymer, said first ethylene polymer mixture having a density of from 940 to 980 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.2 of from 10 to 2000 g/10 min; (iii) copolymerising ethylene and an -olefin comonomer in a third polymerisation step in the presence of the first ethylene polymer mixture to produce a second ethylene polymer mixture comprising the first ethylene polymer mixture and a third ethylene copolymer, said second ethylene polymer mixture having a density of from 915 to 965 kg/m.sup.3, preferably from 930 to 955 kg/m.sup.3 and a melt flow rate MFR.sub.5 of from 0.2 to 10 g/10 min; (iv) providing a pipe having an outer surface layer; (v) applying a coating composition onto the pipe outer surface layer to form a top coat layer, wherein the coating composition comprises the second ethylene polymer mixture.

Minimum Federal Safety Standards for corrosion control on buried oil & gas pipelines stipulate that metallic pipes should be properly coated and have impressed-current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems in place to control the electrical potential field around a protected pipe. In certain examples described herein, electrically-conductive composites can be used and provide intrinsically-safe materials without the dielectric shielding issues of existing materials used with pipelines. As reacted by customary spray applications, the nanocomposite foams described herein are directly compatible with ICCP functionality wherever foam contacts the metallic pipe. Various compositions and their use with underground and/or above ground pipelines are described.

Coatings for enhancing performance of materials surfaces, methods of producing the coating and coated substrates, and coated condensers are disclosed herein. More particularly, exemplary embodiments provide chemical coating materials useful for coating condenser components.

Systems and methods for protecting threads of metal pipes while coating the metal pipes with a protective coating are disclosed herein. Innovative metal couplings are used to protect the threads while a protective coating is applied to the metal pipes. The couplings are reusable and result in multiple efficiency improvements over previous methods and systems. Benefits include elimination of plastic caps and reduced waste, improved flowthrough in the powder coating process, more efficient thermo transfer in the thermal chamber, and an increase in the overall capacity of the powder coating operation.

A non-stick, durable, and long-serving coating in an inner surface of a tube that transports adhesive, a material of the coating includes polysiloxane. The polysiloxane includes a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit. The first monomer unit is at least one group selected from the group consisting of OSi(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R.sub.3), Si(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(O).sub.2, and Si(R.sub.1)(O).sub.3, the R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 being independently selected from the group consisting of substituted alkyl and unsubstituted alkyl. The second monomer unit includes Si(O).sub.4. An injection needle and a method for manufacturing the coating on an injection needle is also provided.

Provided is an apparatus for coating a girth weld and a cutback region surrounding said girth weld, said apparatus having lateral travel at least equal to the length of the cutback region and circumferential rotational travel around the pipe. The apparatus can provide a multiple component coating accurately and safely, without the need for solvent flushing of the apparatus.

The present invention relates to coating compositions, processes for making them, and methods of application of the coating compositions. Further, the present invention relates to a process and apparatus for coating a metal substrate, for example an elongated metal tubular substrate such as a pipe. Most particularly, the coating can be used as an anti-corrosion coating on a pipe for use in oil, gas and water pipeline applications.

An internal quench system for cooling pipes being coated is provided. The system comprises an internal quench lance having spray nozzles configured at one end of the internal quench lance. There is also provided wheels and retractable supports to support the internal quench lance without hindering the movement of the pipes. Each retract support is provided with a liquid coolant supplying means to provide liquid coolant to the internal quench lance. A process for using the internal quench system for cooling pipes being coated is also provided.

Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol having a low amount of terminal unsaturation, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.