Spooled arrangement and process of producing a spooled arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019218661-A1
Application number	US-201916249314-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 16, 2019
Priority date	Jan 16, 2018
Publication date	Jul 18, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A spooled arrangement and a process of producing a spooled arrangement are disclosed. The spooled arrangement includes a substrate, the substrate being metal or metallic. The substrate has an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface being in a furled configuration to define the spooled arrangement. The inner surface and the outer surface have a coating, the coating being an amorphous silicon coating, a silicon-oxygen-carbon-containing coating, a silicon-nitrogen-containing coating, a silicon-fluorine-carbon-containing coating, or a combination thereof. The process includes producing the spooled arrangement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A spooled arrangement, comprising:
a substrate having a thickness of at least 0.45 mm, the substrate being metal or metallic; wherein the substrate has an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface being in a furled configuration to define the spooled arrangement; wherein the inner surface and the outer surface have a coating, the coating being an amorphous silicon coating, a silicon-oxygen-carbon-containing coating, a silicon-nitrogen-containing coating, a silicon-fluorine-carbon-containing coating, or a combination thereof.

2 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the inner surface and the outer surface of the substrate are separated by an insert, the insert defining a flow-path for gas to reach all exposed portions of the substrate.

3 . The spooled arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the insert is capable of withstanding temperatures of at least 450° C.

4 . The spooled arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the insert is a flexible porous structure.

5 . The spooled arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the insert is a lattice structure.

6 . The spooled arrangement of claim 2 , wherein the insert is does not scratch the substrate when the spooled arrangement is moved.

7 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the inner surface and the outer surface of the substrate are separated by a void region, the void region defining a flow-path for gas to reach all exposed portions of the substrate.

8 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the inner surface has a first dimension of greater than 1 meter and a second substantially perpendicular dimension of greater than 100 meters.

9 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the inner surface has a first dimension of greater than 5 centimeters and a second substantially perpendicular dimension of greater than 100 centimeters.

10 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coating is the amorphous silicon coating and further includes a carbon functionalization.

11 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coating is the amorphous silicon coating with the amorphous silicon being at a composition, by weight, of at least 50%.

12 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coating is the silicon-oxygen-carbon-containing coating with silicon, oxygen, and carbon each being at a composition, by weight, of at least 10%.

13 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coating is the silicon-nitrogen-containing coating with silicon and nitrogen each being at a composition, by weight, of at least 10%.

14 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the coating is the fluorine-silicon-carbon-containing coating with fluorine, silicon, and carbon each being at a composition, by weight, of at least 10%.

15 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is stainless steel.

16 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is an aluminum alloy.

17 . The spooled arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is porous, a woven cloth, perforated foil, a lattice structure, or a combination thereof.

18 . A process of producing a spooled arrangement, the spooled arrangement comprising:
a substrate having a thickness of at least 0.45 mm, the substrate being metal or metallic; wherein the substrate has an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface being in a furled configuration to define the spooled arrangement; wherein the inner surface and the outer surface have a coating, the coating being an amorphous silicon coating, a silicon-oxygen-carbon-containing coating, a silicon-nitrogen-containing coating, a silicon-fluorine-carbon-containing coating.

19 . The process of claim 18 , comprising:
producing the spooled arrangement with an insert or void region separating the inner surface and the outer surface of the substrate; positioning the spooled arrangement within a thermal chemical vapor deposition chamber; applying the coating as a thermal chemical vapor deposition coating to all exposed portions of the substrate of the spooled arrangement within the thermal chemical vapor deposition chamber.

20 . The process of claim 19 , wherein at least a portion of the spooled arrangement is formed into an article or a portion of an article selected from the group consisting of a blank as is used in pressed sinks and tanks, an exhaust manifold, a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, a plate-fin heat exchanger, a micro-channel heat exchanger, tubing, piping, an automotive application, an aerospace application, a heating-ventilation-air-conditioning-refrigeration application, a ship hull, a building wrap, roofing, flooring, stairs, an architectural element, duct work, an automotive frame, mining equipment, agriculture equipment, a barrel, a chute, a conveyor, a scraper, a blade, a tool, a utility pole, shelving, a panel, a household appliance, an instrument panel, and combinations thereof.

Assignees

• Silcotek Corp

Inventors

• White Geoffrey K
• Patterson Lucas D
• Robinson Corey M
• Grove William David
• Deskevich Nicholas Peter

Classifications

• C23C16/045

  Coating cavities or hollow spaces, e.g. interior of tubes; Infiltration of porous substrates · CPC title

• C23C16/22 Primary

  characterised by the deposition of inorganic material, other than metallic material · CPC title

• C23C16/44 Primary

  characterised by the method of coating (C23C16/04 takes precedence) · CPC title