PROCESS FOR REPAIRING PAINTFAULTSU.S. Patent 5,.997,9.J1. Dec. 7, 199,9F. Dallllellhauer et al., assianors toDatll/ler-Chrysler AG, .'>tllliaart;[<;/.';('I/lllallll Masclllllellhau KG,Roeblinaen; Micro COli/pact Cart AG,Riel / Schweiz; ane! Karl WoerwaaLacll fwd Farhen(ahrill GmhH & Co.KG, :::ltlltfaart, all or Gl'rmally
A process for repairing a paintfault in a powder coating layer,comprising removing a portion ofthe powder coating layer in anarea proximate and surroundingthe fault to define a cutout hav•ing dimensions; forming a fillerfrom an at least partially cross•linked component of the powdercoating, said filler being formedto be at least partially coherentwith dimensions corresponding
to the dimensions of the cutout;introducing the filler into thecutout; and joining the filler tothe powder coating layer defin•ing the cutout.
FLOW CONTROLLERS FOR POWDERCOATINGU.S. Patent 5,997,944. Dec. 7, 1999H.-G. Schulte et al., assignors toHenkel Duesseldorf, Germany
In a method for controlling theflow of a powder paint to a sub•strate to form a powder-coatedsubstrate and the substrate isheated to form a finished lacquercoated substrate, the improve•ment, which comprises from 0.1 to2.0% by weight of the powder of atleast one flow control agent.
ROTISSERIE FIXTURE FOR COAnNGAIRFOILSU.S. Patent 5,997,947. Dec. 7, 1999S.M. Burns and R. W. Varsell,assignors to United Technologies,Hartford, Conn.
A fixture for use in a coating oper•ation, which comprises a supportstructure; means attached to thesupport structure for allowing it tobe rotated about a first axis; cas•sette means within the supportstructure for holding a workpiece towhich a coating is to be applied; thecassette means surrounding theworkpiece from a root end to a tipend; and the cassette means beingjoined to the support structure soas to allow the cassette means torotate about a second axis substan•tially parallel to the first axis.
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