Primer for promoting adhesion

gives resistive stability when a voltage is applied to the unstirred composition and the composition has a total weight solids content greater than 20%. ULTRA-SMOOTH ELECTROLESS NICKEL COATINGS U.S. Patent 6106,927. Aug. 22, 2000 L.L. Zhong and C.C. Liu, assignors to Seagate Technology Inc., Scotts Valley, Calif:

An article comprising

a substrate; and a nickel coating electrolessly deposited using a bath containing aluminum and/or copper ions in an amount effective to achieve an as-deposited average surface roughness less than 30”.

PRIMER FOR PROMOTING ADHESION U.S. Patent 6,110,327. Aug. 29, 2000 T.G. Rukavina and R.M. Hunia, assignors to PPG Industries Ohio Inc., Cleveland

A method of adhering a coating selected from the group consisting of metal coatings, metal nitride coatings, and electroconductive metal oxide coating to a plastic

substrate comprising providing a plastic substrate, wherein said substrate is selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate polyurethane, bis phenol-A polycarbonate, polyether carbonate and stretched acrylic; cleaning by wiping with hexane and methanol; directing a carbonate diolbased polyurethane primer composition onto the surface by a process selected from the group consisting of dipping, spraying spinning, or flowing; said plastic substrate; air drying at room temperature until sufficient solvent has evaporated to render the primer composition tack free; curing composition at a temperature of at least 230°F for approximately 1 to 2 hours whereupon cross-linking will occur to form a cross-linked primer on the substrate; and applying the coating over the primer. ELECTROPLATING FIXTURES FOR HIGH DENSITY SUBSTRATES

U.S. Patent 6,110,815. Aug. 29, 2000 C.J. Chia et al., assignors to LSI

Logic Corp., Milpitas,

Calif

A method of electroplating the end of conductive traces forming conductive trace lands on an integrated circuit (IC) substrate for attaching to an IC chip.

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U.S. Patent 6,112,999. Sept. 5, 2000 P.J. Fingleton et al., assignors to Steelcase Development Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.

A method comprising providing a plurality of supply tanks having different colors of powder paint therein, each having a supply line extending therefrom; operably connecting a spray gun to a selected one of supply lines for applying powder paint from one of the supply tanks; and disconnecting the one supply line from the spray gun when finished applying the powder paint and connecting the one supply line to a purge air source for back purging residue material in the one supply line back to the associated one supply tank.

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