Industrial Paint & Powder articles from August 2004

Industrial Paint & Powder archives from August 2004

Miracle paint rejuvenatur.(Editor's View)(Column)
August 1, 2004... Regular readers will have noticed that we have been running excerpts from old issues of our magazine to celebrate our 80-year history as the leading magazine in the paint and coating industry. It is interesting to review those articles, ads and...

CCAI installs officers, board.(NewsWatch)(Chemical Coaters Association International)
August 1, 2004... The Chemical Coaters Association International installed its 2004-2005 officers and national board members at the group's recent annual meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. CCAI has installed the following individuals to serve on the national...

PCI honors Bob Warner.(NewsWatch)(Powder Coating Institute)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The Powder Coating Institute has inducted Bob Warner into the PCI Hall of Fame for his contributions to the powder coating industry. PCI President Ken Kreeger presented the award at the 2004 PCI annual meeting. In 1959, Warner was one of...

Robert Kagan to keynote NPCA meeting.(NewsWatch)
August 1, 2004... Robert Kagan, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and director of the Endowment's U.S. Leadership Project, will be the keynote speaker at NPCA's 2004 annual meeting on October 25 in Chicago. An expert on the...

Call for Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings nominations.(NewsWatch)
August 1, 2004... The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering is seeking nominations for the 2005 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings. The award is given in recognition of outstanding individual achievements and...

PPG launches auto-finishing product, service program in China.(NewsWatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... PPG Industries Inc.'s Total Service Solutions business has announced the launch of its first comprehensive product and service supply program in China. The company signed a contract with the Chinese automaker Wuxi Vehicle Body Co. to provide a...

ACC recognizes companies for Responsible Care efforts.(NewsWatch)(American Chemistry Council)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The American Chemistry Council recognized The Dow Chemical Co., Wacker Chemical Co. and Rohm and Haas Co. for outstanding performance under the council's Responsible Care environmental, health, safety and security initiative. The awards were...

Plans announced for ICE, FSCT meeting and technology conference.(NewsWatch)
August 1, 2004... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology announced preliminary program plans for the 2004 International Coatings Technology Conference and Annual Meeting Technical Program, scheduled for October 25-29 in Chicago in conjunction with...

Rose Ryntz to receive automotive industry award.(NewsWatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Rose Ryntz, director for Advanced Materials Engineering at Visteon Corp. and a noted authority on coatings for automotive plastics, has been named the 2004 recipient of the Women's Automotive Association International's Professional Achievement...

Call for Smart Coatings 2005 Papers.(NewsWatch)
August 1, 2004... The Coatings Research Institute of Eastern Michigan University is seeking technical papers to be considered for presentation at the Smart Coatings 2005 Symposium to be held Feb. 2-4, 2005, at the Grosvenor Resort in Orlando, FL. Symposium...

Don Brookfield Sr.(Obituary)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
August 1, 2004... Don Brookfield Sr. built and sold his first working dial reading viscometer in 1934. Later, with his father, Gordon, and brother, Bernard, Brookfield incorporated the business and launched the Brookfield Dial Reading Synchro-Electric...

Lyondell Chemical Co.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Lyondell Chemical Co. (Houston) has obtained European Commission antitrust clearance for the company's acquisition of Millennium Chemicals Inc. for $1 billion in stock, according to news reports in Europe. Lyondell says completion of the...

Made in the USA.(In focus: news and views from the coatings community)
August 1, 2004... OK, be honest. How often to you purchase a product and check to see if it's made in the United States? For those of us who make a living from U.S. manufacturing, I seriously think it's something we should consider. We recently purchased...

The importance of accurately measuring film thickness: film thickness significantly affects coating quality and costs. Measuring it, and knowing which gauge to use, should be routine for all coaters.(Cover Story)
August 1, 2004... Coating thickness plays an important role in product quality, process control and cost control, and it can be measured with many different instruments. Understanding the equipment that is available for film thickness measurement and how to use...

Will the real source of bacteria please stand up? The number of bacteria infections in E-coat systems has increased in recent years. Six Sigma methodologies are helping coaters contain the problem.
August 1, 2004... Bacteria infections have been a part of electrocoating almost since the beginning. But the number of infections has increased in recent years because of the reduction of VOCs and heavy metals. which have antimicrobial properties that help deter...

Powder Coating 2004 focuses on what powder coating can do for you.(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... In a world that is increasingly focused on the bottom line. Powder Coating 2004, the only conference and trade show in North America devoted to powder coating, will focus on what powder coating can do to help attendees meet their goals. In both...

Industrial finishing, 1966 to 1971.(Cover To Cover Month To Month For 80 Years)(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... This is the eighth article in a year-long series celebrating Industrial Paint & Powder's 80th anniversary. The feature stories below are portions of the articles that appeared from 1966 to 1971 in the magazine, then known as Industrial...

Friction-reducing paint sought.(Roobol On Painting)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Can you tell me the name of the fluoro-urethane friction-reducing paint supplier mentioned in your October column? I have an application I would like to try it on. The coating is a fluoro-urethane, developed jointly by the Naval Research...

Painting over powder coated metal.(Roobol On Painting)
August 1, 2004... How can I paint over metal that has been powder coated? First, I will assume the surface to be coated is thoroughly clean. A number of powder coatings can be painted over directly, using more of the same powder coating, a new powder, a...

Estimating software programs.(Roobol On Painting)
August 1, 2004... Is there such a thing as a quick estimating software program on the market that may ask for sizes of parts to be coated so it can figure the surface area, the type of material being coated, whether paint or powder will be used, the cost of the...

Nondestructive thickness testing on plastic.(Roobol On Painting)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... We need to paint roughly 450 complex parts made of an ABS plastic blend with a urethane enamel. We have tested adhesion, and it is excellent. The only suitable way to paint this limited number of pieces is by manual spray application. It is not...

Comparing powder coating suppliers.(Powder Coating)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... We have been buying powder coatings from three different sources, and we are working to narrow that to two or maybe even one. We hope that by locking in one supplier for most or all of our powder, we can get a better price and superior service,...

Reversing decreasing application efficiency.(Powder Coating)
August 1, 2004... We have been powder coating for just over one year now. We coat springs with a single color, black epoxy. Our application efficiency has gradually declined so that we have to spray a lot more powder to get the same coverage that we used to gel...

Developments in additives.(Coatings R&D Notebook)
August 1, 2004... What is the direction of new application developments for additives in coatings? There continues to be a significant need to advance the technology of coatings to address competitive commercial production challenges, application demands...

Additives negative side effects.(Coatings R&D Notebook)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Can an additive have negative side effects on a coating system? There are two major perspectives that may be considered regarding the negative side effects of additives on a coating. One consideration is the impact an additive can have...

Surface-conditioner additives.(Coatings R&D Notebook)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... What are surface-conditioner additives? Surface-conditioner additives are typically molecular or micro-phase chemical agents, which include fine particle-size wax, that can be introduced into a coating formulation to impart improved...

Power and free trolley remanufacturing.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Cignys has released a new brochure describing its power and free trolley remanufacturing capability. The brochure discusses the company's tech remanufacturing power and free trolleys, and highlights several steps in the process, such as...

Multimetal antiquing concentrate.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Birchwood Casey now has available an antiquing concentrate for blackening and browning many different metals, such as jewelry, apparel accessories, and door and window components. M25 Antique Black is made for copper, brass and bronze alloys,...

Blast cleaning system with large work table.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The Guyson Corp. has developed an expanded workstation for its RXS-800 blast-cleaning system that provides additional space for component handling at the load/unload position. A wrap-around table makes staging of parts, inspection routines or...

Plural component metered mixing system.(Product Innovations)(AW Co.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The AW Co. has announced the addition of a plural-component metered mixing system with closed-loop flow control, of "Smart 2K System." It has three operating modes: master--closed-loop flow and ratio control of A & B components; slave--ratio...

Window tint and reflectance meter.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The ColorQA is a lightweight, hand-held, battery-operated device designed for easy portability. The device measures color in red, green and blue percentage format. To start comparing, apply the sensor tip to any colored surface the user wants...

Coatings for Wood and Metal Office Furniture.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... A new brochure from Sherwin-Williams Chemical Coatings Division, Advanced Coatings for Wood and Metal Office Furniture, provides information about the quality products and services available from the company for manufacturers of wood and metal...

Coating thickness gauge.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... DeFelsko Corp. now offers the PosiTest DFT coating thickness gauge. Available in two models, Ferrous for steel or Combo for all metals, the PosiTest DFT is an economical choice that provides the proven quality of DeFelsko inspection...

Powder gun features PulsePower.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... PulsePower, the latest development from Parker Ionics, was recently issued a U.S. Patent. According to Iontech Corp., PulsePower provides a significant improvement in powder gun performance, including a host of benefits such as extreme Faraday...

New manifold automatic spray gun.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Binks is offering the MAG AA Air-Assisted Airless Automatic Spray Gun, with a manifold-mounted design that aids in faster maintenance changeover. The MAG AA also provides advanced spray consistency, design simplicity for reduced maintenance...

New dispersions for solvent paints.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Sun Chemical's Performance Pigments group introduced the Surpass line of easily dispersible products for universal solvent systems. This line of dry dispersions combines ease of dispersion with excellent strength development. It can, in many...

A little something extra.(Industry Forum)
August 1, 2004... I am going to let you in on a surprisingly well-kept secret. Something that has been the most successful way to differentiate your company--no matter the industry, no matter the economy, no matter the country--from all of your competition. ...