A method is disclosed for making a floor tile having ceramic tiles formed in situ in openings or recesses in the plate. A metal frame is embossed to form recesses in one embodiment. In another embodiment, openings are punched in the plate and a backing plate is attached to a bottom surface of the plate. A ceramic composition is poured into the plurality of openings up to a level that is below the upper surface of the metal frame and is cured to form a ceramic tile in situ in each of the plurality of openings. Surface features may be provided in the recesses or openings such as projections with a head portion that are embedded in the ceramic composition after curing.

In the friction material used for the disc brake pad, which is manufactured by forming a non-asbestos-organic (NAO) friction material composition, it is an object of this invention to provide the friction material that satisfies the laws and regulations with respect to the amount of the copper component contained therein and at the same time inhibits the generation of the just-before-stopping noise. In the friction material used for the disc brake pad, which is manufactured by forming a non-asbestos-organic (NAO) friction material composition that contains the binder, the fiber base, the inorganic friction modifier, the organic friction modifier, and the lubricant but does not contain the copper component, the friction material composition contains 0.5-5 weight %, relative to the entire amount of the friction material composition, of the fluoropolymer particle with the average particle diameter of 10-1000 μm as the lubricant and 15-35 weight %, relative to the entire amount of the friction material composition, of the zirconium oxide with the average particle diameter of 1-8 μm as the inorganic friction modifier.

An adhesive anti-slip pad for placement on the finger, thumb, or palm of a wearer. The adhesive anti-slip includes a first side having a first surface comprising a textured material and a second side having a second surface comprising an adhesive. The adhesive anti-slip pad is configured to be placed on a thumb, finger, or a palm of the wearer. The adhesive anti-slip pad further comprises a thickness so that if the adhesive anti-slip pad contacts the surface of another object after placement of the adhesive anti-slip pad on the thumb, finger, or palm, the wearer receives a tactile response.

A coated composition for increasing adhesion between two surfaces that are in sliding, slipping, rolling-sliding or rolling-slipping contact with each other, the composition comprising: (a) a core, the core comprising one or more than one hard particle, each of the one or more than one hard particle having a Mohs hardness value of equal to or greater than 5, or a Vickers hardness of greater than or equal to 1000 and selected from the group of garnet, copper slag, silica sand, bauxite, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, staurolite, olivine, goethite, coal slag, MgO and Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, the core comprising about 70% to about 99.8% (wt/wt) of the composition; and (b) a coating over the core, the coating over the core comprising a resin and a conductivity additive, the resin comprising about 0.1% to about 20% (wt/wt) of the composition, and the conductivity additive comprising about 0.1% to about 10% (wt/wt) of the composition.

The present invention provides a method and kit for the treatment of surfaces, such as the skin surface of a user, to impart hydrophobic characteristics upon the surface. The treatment of surfaces to impart hydrophobicity protects equipment, personnel, and animals from the effects of aqueous solutions such as water, toxic slurries, concrete, acids and bases.

Technologies are generally described for a composition for an under-layer of a brake pad of a brake disc rotor. The composition may include a fiber pack, a powdered rubber, at least one binder, and at least one filler, wherein the fiber pack includes aramid fibers up to about 3 wt %.

A high friction surface coating comprising a resin and an aggregate, the aggregate comprising a blend of calcined bauxite and particles of sandstone and/or Tuff. Optionally, the particles of sandstone and/or Tuff in the aggregate may be from the Paleozoic era, including the Carboniferous, Devonian, Silurian, Ordovician and Cambrian periods.

Described herein is a composition for antimicrobial moisture avoidance powders and substances. Copper and copper alloys have been known to possess antimicrobial activity. Calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate that is infused with chalk are effective at not only drying the skin and avoiding moisture, but also possess strong antimicrobial activity. According to one embodi-ment, a composition for a moisture avoidance powder comprises copper oxide with one or more of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. The copper oxide may be included in the composition at a minimum ratio of 1 part copper oxide to 1000 parts of the combination mixture of one or more of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate. That composition can be combined with alcohol to produce a moisture avoidance substance in a liquid or cream form with antimicrobial properties.

A coating composition for application to a substrate includes a polymer matrix and a mineral aggregate substantially free of crystalline silica. The mineral aggregate is utilized as a partial or complete replacement for aggregate containing free respirable crystalline silica traditionally included in anti-slip or anti-skid coating compositions. Methods of making the coating and coating a substrate with the coating composition to provide a slip- or skid-resistant coating on a surface of a substrate are also disclosed.

The present invention provides a method and kit for the treatment of surfaces, such as the skin surface of a user, to impart hydrophobic characteristics upon the surface. The treatment of surfaces to impart hydrophobicity protects equipment, personnel, and animals from the effects of aqueous solutions such as water, toxic slurries, concrete, acids and bases.