[Problem]

To provide a method for spraying a chemical solution, including: spraying the chemical solution onto a surface of a dryer roller with a nozzle device reciprocated in the width direction of the dryer roller rotating at a high speed, whereby a sufficient amount of the chemical solution can be remained on the surface of the dryer roller.

[Solution]

The present invention is directed to a method for spraying a chemical solution, including: spraying the chemical solution onto a dryer roller by a nozzle device with the nozzle device reciprocated along a rail extended in the width direction of the dryer roller, in a state that the dryer roller, for guiding wet paper, is being rotated, in a dry part of a paper-making machine, wherein a time T required for the nozzle device to travel one-way is set as 0.4 to 3.0 minutes; a rotational speed Vd of the dryer roller is set as not less than 100 times/min; the number of contacts N that a point Q on the dryer roller surface makes contact with the wet paper during the time T is set as 50 to 400 times; the time T, the rotational speed Vd, and the number of contacts N satisfy the relationship of N=T*Vd; and the total amount of the sprayed chemical solution is set as 0.3 to 500 mg/m.sup.2 as an effective component amount.

Plasma spray apparatus for coating substrates, including at least a working chamber including a plasma torch and at least a substrate support, in which an inert gas or a mixture of inert gases is contained at a pressure which is close to the normal pressure, and at least a gas circuit, in communication with said working chamber, including recirculating means of the inert gases contained in said working chamber. The recirculating means include a closed loop, including a blower and a first heat exchanger communicating with said working chamber for extracting the inert gases and supplying a first fraction of the cooled inert gases back into a first portion of the working chamber, and at least a path, communicating with said closed loop and including a compressor and a second heat exchanger for supplying a second fraction of the cooled inert gases into a second portion of the working chamber.

A station for treating objects may include: a booth including at least one entrance for an object and at least one exit for the object; a system configured to move the object between the at least one entrance and the at least one exit; at least one robot configured to treat the object in the booth; and/or a platform configured to support the object. The platform may be configured to rotate about a vertical axis so as to rotate the object inside the booth relative to the at least one robot. The at least one entrance may not be aligned with the at least one exit. The system may be configured to rotate with the platform so as to align with the at least one entrance in order to receive the object, and so as to align with the at least one exit in order to release the object.

The invention relates to a treatment device for workpieces, having the following: a treatment chamber (1); a shaft (2) which extends through a wall of the treatment chamber (1) into the treatment chamber and which is mounted in a rotatable manner; an electric treatment unit (3) which is secured to the shaft (2); and a power supply arrangement (6) with a first supply line (61), an electric coupling (63, 64), a second supply line (62), and an actuating unit (7). The electric coupling (63, 64) has a first coupling element (63), which is secured to the shaft (2) outside of the treatment chamber (1), and a second coupling element (64). The first supply line (61) connects the electric treatment unit (3) to the first coupling element (63), and the second supply line (62) is connected to the second coupling element (64). The actuating unit (7) is designed to actuate the coupling (63, 64) in order to bring the second coupling element (64) into contact with the first coupling element (63) or release the second coupling element (64) from the first coupling element (63).

An automatically coloring method for 3D physical model is provided. The method is to control a 3D coloring apparatus to execute 3D scanning and a modeling process on a 3D physical model placed on a movable carrier platform for generating scanning object data via a 3D scanning module, generate data for controlling coloring and data for controlling carrier platform associated with each other according to color distribution data and the scan object data, control the movable carrier platform to change a spatial position of the 3D physical model according to the data for controlling carrier platform, and control a coloring module to color a plurality of viewing surfaces of the 3D physical model. Therefore, automatically executing a coloring process on the 3D physical model can be achieved, and the artificial coloring can be replaced as well.

A balloon coating method is disclosed for forming a coating layer containing a water-insoluble drug on an outer surface of a balloon of a balloon catheter. The balloon coating method includes an application step in which, where a pipe-shaped dispensing tube formed from a polyolefin for supplying a coating solution containing the water-insoluble drug and a solvent is formed at its end portion with an opening portion for discharging the coating solution therethrough and when the end portion side of the dispensing tube is placed in contact with the outer surface of the balloon while the balloon is rotated about an axis of the balloon, the coating solution is discharged through the opening portion and applied to the outer surface of the balloon while the dispensing tube is moved relative to the balloon in an axial direction of the balloon.

[Problem]

To provide a method for spraying a chemical solution, including: spraying the chemical solution onto a surface of a dryer roller with a nozzle device reciprocated in the width direction of the dryer roller rotating at a high speed, whereby a sufficient amount of the chemical solution can be remained on the surface of the dryer roller.

[Solution]

The present invention is directed to a method for spraying a chemical solution, including: spraying the chemical solution onto a dryer roller by two nozzle devices disposed at a certain interval therebetween with the two nozzle devices each reciprocated along a rail extended in the width direction of the dryer roller, in a state that the dryer roller, for guiding wet paper, is being rotated, in a dry part of a paper-making machine, wherein a time T required for the two nozzle devices each to travel one-way is set as 0.2 to 1.5 minutes; a rotational speed Vd of the dryer roller is set as not less than 100 times/min; the number of contacts N that a point Q on the dryer roller surface makes contact with the wet paper during the time T is set as 30 to 250 times; the time T, the rotational speed Vd, and the number of contacts N satisfy the relationship of N=T*Vd; and the total amount of the sprayed chemical solution is set as 0.3 to 500 mg/m.sup.2 as an effective component amount.

An apparatus for painting articles comprises a painting booth delimited by side walls and having at least one inlet opening and an outlet opening reciprocally aligned on two of said respectively opposite side walls. A transport assembly moves a plurality of articles being processed respectively aligned along a movement path extending through the painting booth, to lead the articles being processed therein through the inlet opening and to extract said articles through the outlet opening. The delivery nozzles operatively arranged inside the painting booth deliver atomised paint against the articles transported along the movement path. Adjustment devices comprising adjustment knobs positioned externally of the painting booth and manually accessible by an operator operate on each delivery nozzle to modify its positioning with respect to the articles being processed.

Embodiments herein include apparatus and methods for coating medical devices. In an embodiment, a coating apparatus is included having a coating application unit including a movement restriction structure, a fluid applicator having a lengthwise major axis, a fluid distribution bar having a body angled with respect to the major lengthwise axis of the fluid applicator between 0 and 20 degrees, a rotation mechanism and an axial motion mechanism. The axial motion mechanism configured to cause movement of at least one of the coating application unit and the rotation mechanism with respect to one another. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a swing nozzle that is arranged on one side of the support module, moves in a swing manner, and sprays a chemical solution to the substrate, a sensor arranged on one side of the swing nozzle to sense movement of the swing nozzle, an electromagnet and a magnet installed on the other side of the swing nozzle so as to be able to adjust spacing relative to each other, and a controller for receiving a sensing result of the sensor and performing a damping operation to the swing nozzle by providing power to the electromagnet to generate an attractive force or repulsive force between the electromagnet and the magnet.