WITH OR INCLUDING SURFACE PREPARATION FOR COATING:
(under the class definition) Method or apparatus comprising or combined with modification of a surface of a workpiece to make that surface more suitable for application of a layer of flowable material thereto, which layer will become part of that surface or to remove a layer previously applied material from a surface.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
328+, for an operation of this class combined with coating of a previously prepared surface.