Systems for the deposition and curing of coating compositions

US6689218B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• General Electric Company · US
• Avery Dennison Corporation · US

Inventors

• Radislav Alexandrovich Potyralio · Niskayuna, US
• Daniel R. Olson · Schenectady, US
• Michael Jarlath 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: Feb 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B05D3/067
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• 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 and 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 including a scanning mirror system having a mirrored surface positionable relative to an incoming radiation beam, wherein the mirrored surface is positionable to direct the incoming radiation beam to a selected one of the plurality of regions associated with the coating layer. 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.