Systems and methods for the deposition and curing of coating compositions

US6544334B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo · Niskayuna, US
• Daniel R. Olson · Schenectady, US
• Michael Brennan · Burnt Hills, US
• Jay Akhave · Claremont, US
• Mark Licon · Diamond Bar, US
• Ali R. Mehrabi · Glendale, US
• Dennis L. Saunders · San Dimas, US
• Bret Ja Chisholm · Clifton Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C40B60/14
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating a combinatorial coating library including a coating system operatively coupled to at least one of a plurality of materials suitable for forming at least one coating layer on a surface of one or more substrates. The systems and methods also including a curing system operative to apply at least one of a plurality of curing environments to each of a plurality of regions associated with the at least one coating layer, the curing system comprising a plurality of waveguides each having a first end corresponding to at least one of the plurality of regions and a second end associated with at least one curing source. The combinatorial coating library comprising a predetermined combination of at least one of the plurality of materials and at least one of the plurality of curing environments associated with each of the plurality of regions.