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 for painting a work piece of plastic material. The method includes applying a first coating of an electrically conductive material to the work piece and electrically grounding the first coating. The method also includes electrostatically charging a paint to render the paint conductive for statically attracting the conductive paint toward the grounded first coating of the work piece. The method also includes overlying a mask of a non-conductive material over at least a portion of the first coating of the work piece and electrically insulating the mask. The work piece is then sprayed with the conductive paint to apply a layer of paint on the first coating with the mask preventing the conductive paint from being applied on the portions of the first coating of the work piece that are covered by the mask.

The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a monomolecular nano-thin film, including: coating, on a substrate, a dispersion solution containing a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and performing annealing to the coated substrate:

##STR00001## in the above Chemical Formula 1, X and Y are each independently nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, or oxygen, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently hydrogen, oxygen, a hydroxy group (OH), or a linear or branched C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl group.

The present invention relates to a method for providing objects with a protective coating of silicone elastomer. The present invention further relates to silicon coated objects obtainable by the method of present invention. The method of present invention can be used for the thin, protective and durable coating and production of environmental friendly consumer products.

The invention relates to ultrasonic welding tongs (10) for performing ultrasonic welding on a tubular electrically conductive welding medium (20), wherein a first welding jaw or a second welding jaw and a welding-medium stop device (21), which delimits a welding-medium holding space (19) formed between the welding jaws, are each electrically conductive and arranged electrically isolated from each other, the electrically conductive welding jaw and the electrically conductive welding-medium stop device forming components of a safety circuit in such a manner that a welding process including a closing of the welding jaws is triggered after the safety circuit has been closed by the formation of an electrical contact between the electrically conductive welding jaw and the welding-medium stop device by way of the welding medium.

An implantable medical device having a package, including: a device body, and a package configured for packaging the device body. The package includes at least one organic film layer and at least one inorganic film layer that are stacked on one another. An innermost layer of the package is an organic film layer or an inorganic film layer, and an outermost layer of the package is an organic film layer or an inorganic film layer. Each organic film layer is a parylene film or polyimide resin film with biocompatibility, and each inorganic film layer is an inorganic film with biocompatibility. A method for packaging an implantable medical device is also provided.

A heat-dissipating sheet having a density of 1.9 g/cm.sup.3 or more and an in-plane thermal conductivity of 570 W/mK or more, which comprises carbon black uniformly dispersed among fine graphite particles, a mass ratio of fine graphite particles to carbon black being 75/25 to 95/5, is obtained by repeating plural times a cycle of applying a dispersion of fine graphite particles, carbon black and an organic binder in an organic solvent to a surface of a support plate, and then drying it, to form a resin-containing composite sheet; burning the resin-containing composite sheet to remove the organic binder; and pressing the resultant composite sheet of fine graphite particles and carbon black for densification.

Systems and methods for dispensing liquid materials as may be used in applications for coating flexible films and the like. Such a film may be coated by dispensing a rheological material onto its surface while drawing the film through a gap between a pair of rollers. The gap defines the thickness of a layer of the material applied to the film and is maintained at a desired width by microwires positioned through the gap. Another film across the gap from that to which the rheological material is applied aids in the coating of the layer and a contact area of the second film may be adjusted relative to the gap, e.g., when changing materials or when the coating film becomes abraded or deformed.

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).

Systems and methods for dispensing liquid materials as may be used in applications for coating flexible films and the like. Such a film may be coated by dispensing a rheological material onto its surface while drawing the film through a gap between a pair of rollers. The gap defines the thickness of a layer of the material applied to the film and is maintained at a desired width by microwires positioned through the gap. Another film across the gap from that to which the rheological material is applied aids in the coating of the layer and a contact area of the second film may be adjusted relative to the gap, e.g., when changing materials or when the coating film becomes abraded or deformed.