Generally, the present invention relates to industrial cleaning solvents for removing coatings and adhesives and methods for using these solvents. More specifically, the invention relates to solvents for industrial cleaning and for removing/dissolving urethane, varnish, and epoxy coatings and adhesives.

Embodiments relate to a method for forming a protective coating on a substrate and a wind power generation system which comprises a blade and a protective coating on the blade.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.

The present disclosure provides, in part, a solvent compound for use as a slow evaporating replacement. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to volatile organic components (VOC)-exempt solvent compounds that may be used as a slow evaporating replacement that may, for example, be useful as a component or diluent in the production of paints and coatings, and other industrial products.

A maintenance fluid has organic solvents including a lactone-based solvent and an organic solvent A, wherein the organic solvent A has a boiling point of 240-310 C. The maintenance fluid has a volatile content X, as determined by the following test, of 900 g/L or less, wherein, Volatile content X=Wvp0.01 (Wv is the mass fraction (unit, mass %) of the organic solvents contained in the maintenance fluid and p indicates the specific gravity (unit, g/L) of the maintenance fluid. A two-gram portion of the maintenance fluid is weighed and put on a dish having a diameter of 5 cm and a height of 1 cm. This dish is put in an oven heated to 105 C. to dry the maintenance fluid for four hours. The dish is cooled for 30 minutes in a desiccator and then weighed, and the amount Wv (mass %) of volatilized components of the organic solvents is calculated.)

The invention relates to a detergent for gentle removal of inks as used for marking in a roll mill, and to markers as used in production for temporary marking. According to the invention, the problem is solved by a detergent which permits the gentle removal of inks or markers from metallic surfaces in the form of a concentrate or a cleaning bath solution containing at least one water-immiscible solvent in an amount of 4 to 200 g/l, at least one anionic and/or nonionic surfactant in an amount of 8-300 g/l, at least one complexing agent in an amount of 1-100 g/l, at least one buffer substance in an amount of 1-100 g/1 and at least one water-miscible solvent in an amount of 4-200 g/1 in water.

Disclosed herein are compositions for removing silicone resins and methods of thinning a substrate by using the same, as well as related methods, apparatus and systems for facilitating the removal of silicone resins. More particularly, disclosed herein are compositions for removing silicone resins, the compositions including a heterocyclic solvent and an alkyl ammonium fluoride salt represented by a formula, (R).sub.4N.sup.+F.sup., wherein R is a C1 to C4 linear alkyl group. Silicone resins may be effectively removed by using the compositions since the compositions exhibit an excellent decomposition rate with respect to the silicone resins that remain on a semiconductor substrate in a process of backside grinding of the semiconductor substrate, backside electrode formation, or the like.

Inks, paints, adhesives, and paint strippers may be formulated to include one or more surfactants, from one or more surfactant classes, such as siloxane derivatives of amino acids that have surface-active properties.

An aqueous composition for cleaning surfaces, for removing coatings from surfaces, or for plasticising or softening coatings or other surface-adhered materials prior to stripping or mechanical removal thereof from the surface, comprises a trialkyi or triaryl phosphate, a dibasic or tribasic carboxylic acid ester, and greater than 80% by weight of water. The composition is useful in removing grease, waxes, oil, resins, tar, ink, magic marker ink, paint (including spray-paint), varnish, lacquer, stains (including wood staining compositions applied to a wooden surface), dirt, mould or foodstuffs from surfaces.

Solutions of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) or copolymers of 1,1-difluoroethylene in a solvent which comprises N-formylmorpholine (NFM), N-acetylmorpholine (NAM) or mixtures thereof and additionally a cosolvent selected from alkylene carbonate, mono-, di- or polyalkylene glycol dialkyl ethers or mixtures thereof.