Ashland Oil, Inc.

Ray C Hamon

Carbon fiber mat are embedded in a coating by first rolling on a coating of e.g. epoxy on the floor or wall, then applying sheets of fine carbon fibers, (optionally) removing the carbon fiber which is not adherent after the coating has dried, then applying one or more additional top coats of coating to additionally embed the carbon fibers. The result is an electrically conductive floor and/or wall coating system useful in antistatic rooms such as clean rooms, operating rooms, etc. Coatings can be sol vent based or waterborne urethanes, epoxies, alkyds, polyethylenes, acrylics, vinyls, vinyl acetates, esters, polyesters, sulfones, polysulfones, silicones, polysilicones and others. The preferred mats are carbon fiber 'veils' or 'paper' generally having a density of about 0.75 oz./square yard.

Carbon fiber reinforced coatings

Carbon fiber mats are embedded in a coating by first rolling on a coating of e.g. epoxy on the floor or wall, then applying sheets of fine carbon fibers, (optionally) removing the carbon fiber which is not adherent after the coating has dried, then applying one or more additional top coats of coating to additionally embed the carbon fibers. The result is an electrically conductive floor and/or wall coating system useful in antistatic rooms such as clean rooms, operating rooms, etc. Coatings can be solvent based or waterborne urethanes, epoxies, alkyds, polyethylenes, acrylics, vinyls, vinyl acetates, esters, polyesters, sulfones, polysulfones, silicones, polysilicones and others. The preferred mats are carbon fiber 'veils' or 'paper' generally having a density of about 0.75 oz./square yard.

New coating compositions having controllable drying time and capable of drying rapidly at ambient temperatures without substantial evolution of gaseous by-products caused by conventional driers such as melamines or urea formaldehyde comprising carbodiimides or homologies of carbodiimides together with organic carboxylates. These compositions are particularly useful in providing fast-drying long-oil alkyds which form coatings exhibiting excellent hardness, toughness and resistance to humidity and salt spray.

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Toledo, OH, United States of America

Ray C Hamon