Patent ID: 7691446

Claim:
A method for the production of a fuser structure including a roll for use in an electrostatic marking system, said method comprising: providing a tubular aluminum substrate, priming said substrate with an adhesive, coating a silicone elastomer over said adhesive, coating a fluoropolymer over said silicone elastomer to form a resulting coated tubular coated structure, said structure is then baked in a first heating and curing step to a first temperature of about 300° C. to about 400° C. thereby diminishing at least some compression properties of said silicone elastomer, permitting said structure to cure and cool, subsequently re-heating said coated tubular structure to a second temperature of about 175° C. to about 275° C., said re-heating continued until at least some said compression properties of said silicone elastomer that were diminished by said first heating and curing step temperature are at least partially restored.