Industrial Paint & Powder articles from July 2002

Industrial Paint & Powder archives from July 2002

Rethinking costs and benefits. (Editor's View).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2002... Recently I've been rethinking my views on food. For one, I've begun to change the way I compute costs vs. benefits of certain purchases. More-expensive organic products--eggs, milk, vegetables, etc.--are regularly filling my shopping cart....

Happy 200th DuPont. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... DuPont Co. (Wilmington, DE) turns 200 years old on July 19. DuPont, which has been celebrating since the beginning of the year, launched its birthday celebration by announcing a stock option grant for approximately 80,000 employees worldwide....

HAP limits for metal furniture. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The EPA has proposed HAP emissions limits for metal furniture finishers. The proposed rule would set HAPs emissions limits of one pound of HAPs per gallon of coating solids applied for existing emissions sources arid 0.78 pound of HAPs per...

NPCA joins forces with EPA. (News Watch).(National Paint and Coatings Association)(United States Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... NPCA filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the EPA against Earth-Justice Legal Defense Fund's (Sierra Club) petition for review of the EPA's final rules governing the Clean Air Act's (CAA) general provisions and implementation of section 112...

PPG reaches agreement for settlement of asbestos litigation. (News Watch).(PPG Industries Inc. settles asbestos lawsuits)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... PPG Industries Inc. (Pittsburgh) announced a $2.7 billion agreement in what is being called one of the largest asbestos settlements in U.S. corporate history, involving products made by the company's affiliate business, Pittsburgh Corning. ...

Arch Coatings expands. (News Watch).(opens testing laboratory, Brandenburg, Kentucky)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Arch Coatings USA, a business unit of Arch Chemicals Inc. (Norwalk, CT), announced the opening of a customer application facility and testing laboratory in Brandenburg, KY. Arch Coatings manufactures wood coatings for office and home furniture,...

EPA continuing chemical evaluations. (News Watch).(Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The EPA continues to evaluate petitions calling for certain chemicals to be removed from the Clean Air Act (CAA) list of HAPs. Removing a chemical from the list eliminates it from consideration in EPA's plans to expand national technology-based...

Lead exposure linked to Lou Gehrig's disease. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... People with a history of on-the-job exposure to lead may be at risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Reuters Health reports. About one or two of every 100,000 people in the United States...

FSCT announces Mattiello Lecturer. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) announced that Dr. John Gerlock, senior staff technical specialist for Ford Research Laboratories, will present the Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture during the organization's 80th...

Rohm and Haas CEO discusses future of R&D. (News Watch).(Raj Gupta tells of investments)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Raj Gupta, chairman and CEO of Rohm and Haas (Philadelphia), said that the company plans to spend approximately $250 million for R&D in 2002, which is approximately a 10% increase over the last year. R&D efforts will focus on several key...

RadTech end-use awards presented. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI) and Meridian Automotive Systems (Dearborn, MI) received end-user awards for an automotive application technology at RadTech 2002, in Indianapolis. Ford received the first annual RadTech President's Technology...

M.A.B. milestone. (News Watch).(billionth can of paint produced)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... M.A.B. Paints (Broomall, PA) marked a milestone when its billionth can of paint was manufactured. Jim Bruder, president of M.A.B. Paint, presented the billionth can to Philadelphia Commissioner of Streets William Johnson as a symbol of the...

ASTM's Radiation Curing standards book. (News Watch).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... ASTM International's Manual 45, Radiation Curing of Coatings, written by Joseph Koleke of Consolidated Research Inc. (Kingsford, MI), focuses on radiation curing technology and is specifically directed towards those in the field of radiation...

People.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Peter Lewis, director of communications and environmental affairs for Sun Chemical's colors group, died after suffering a heart attack. He was 55 years old. Lewis held a number of key technical and management positions in Sun Chemical's...

Expanding UV's potential: new resins that cure without added photoinitiators could increase the use of UV-cure systems and reduce costs.
July 1, 2002... Despite the increased productivity and environmental advantages afforded by UV-curable systems, various segments of the coatings industry have not converted to the technology, in part because photoinitiators are required to begin the...

The science of color control: with all of the variables associated with formulating and applying coatings, it's no small wonder when exacting color standards are met. Here's how it's done.
July 1, 2002... Controlling the color of coated parts is critical in providing customers with high quality products. When the color isn't right, the result is scrap or rework, and higher production costs. But because of variations in raw materials and in the...

Miller's crossing: after Herman Miller began powder coating office furniture, the company needed a new facility to meet growing demand. The new process has also cut costs.
July 1, 2002... In the mid-1990s, office systems manufacturer Herman Miller (Holland, MI) began investigating the emerging technology of powder coating medium density fiberboard (MDF). Several coatings suppliers were beginning to develop the process, which...

The many faces of masks: masking products take on many shapes and styles to serve manufacturers' coating needs.
July 1, 2002... Whether you are E-coating an automobile body, blasting an aircraft or powder coating cellular phone components, masking plays an important role in production. Masking products are critical to meeting manufacturers' needs and customers' quality...

ISO 9000: 2000; finishing industry's guide to the revised standards.
July 1, 2002... The international quality standards, collectively called ISO 9000, have become an increasingly important business requirement throughout the global coatings industry. Faced with rapid globalization and consolidation, manufacturers have found...

Roobol on painting. (Q&A).(Dr. Norman R. Roobol)(Questions and Answers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Dr. Norman R. Roobol E-coating Various Metals I want a lacquer that can be applied by electrocoat. It is similar to electroplating in that the coated article is electrically live, but a paint-type coating is deposited instead of metal....

Powder coating. (Q&A).(Questions and Answers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Safety and Regulatory Issues Concerning our paint shop and equipment, whom should we listen to regarding standards and compliance? Consult OSHA, EPA and the local fire marshal and industrial safety department. For consensus standards,...

Coatings R&D notebook. (Q&A).(research and development)(Questions and Answers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... Thixotropic Flow Behavior What is the function of thixotropic agents in coating applications? Thixotropic coating agents are specialty resins or additives that influence the coating's deformation and flow characteristics when added to...

Environmental system for MCR rheometer series. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Paar Physica USA introduced a novel environmental system for their MCR series of rheometers. The new system features an independently controlled Peltier hood that reduces thermal gradients to insignificant levels. The PTD 150 features easy...

Meeting small quantity finishing needs. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... A downsized version of Birchwood Casey's Tru Temp part-finishing system enables manufacturers with small quantity needs to use the process quickly and cost effectively without a large capital expenditure. The patented Tru Temp black process...

Reliable color analysis. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... The new Grabner Auto Color instrument is designed to automatically analyze the color of mineral oils and other liquids. The instrument provides accurate, repeatable and reproducible data. It offers objective and reliable color data according to...

High production cleaning. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... The Pressure Island Belt Washer system is designed to accommodate high-production cleaning requirements. Systems are available in single or multistage configurations to suit virtually any type of cleaning application, including washing,...

Silicone resins in HAPs-free solvents. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Tego Coating & Ink Additives has developed a group of silicone resins for heat-resistant coatings--Silikophen P 80/MPA, Silikoftal EW and Silikoftal HTT. These three new products are manufactured with HAP-free solvents and include resins for...

HTi gravity guns. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Kremlin's new HTi gravity guns deliver a high-quality finish with extra wide fan pattern, using less air. It comes with many new features, including an air adjust knob that requires only a 3/4-turn to reach the entire adjustment range, a...

Floor coatings. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Hypertint 861 is a new line of innovative, high-performance epoxy pigment dispersions. The colorants are 100% reactive in all epoxy resin formulas and are 100% solid, with no volatile component. This line is designed for use in epoxy floor...

Magnum Magnetics. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Magnum Magnetics has flexible magnetic masking materials that adhere to wash systems and resist oven temperatures. The materials can be die-cut to companies' specifications and can be economically fit into many applications. Magnum...

Simple color formulation software. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Datacolor's ChromaCalc 3.0 is color formulation software that responds to available data from wherever users are in the color matching sequence. All color matching and correction functions appear and run from one screen. ChromaCalc employs a...

Close-to-parts painting. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... The Nordson RA-20 rotary atomizer can be positioned close to parts for superior finish quality and paint savings. The close-in painting capability provides excellent transfer efficiency, superior penetration into part recesses and improved...

Liquid metal for cars. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... SpectraFlair is Flex Products' next generation of special-effect pigments. It is a unique difractive colorant for automotive and industrial coatings and creates a liquid-metal look. This pigment utilizes Flex Products' light manipulating...

Impact test machine. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... The Dynatup 9250 is an instrumented impact-test machine that tests the impact resistance of painted and coated surfaces. This machine can be used in the automotive industry. It offers complete computer control and impact velocities at up to 22m...

Combining ecology with economy. (Product Innovations).(advertisement)
July 1, 2002... Reptile 96 technology is a dry chlorination process engineered to avoid environmental damage by recycling and reusing the chlorine. The new process meets high environmental standards and provides a high density and nonfriable Ti[O.sub.2]...

Seeing the (UV) light. (Web Watch).(RadTech International)(ultra violet)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... "You would think, given the benefits of technology, that there was an open door for it and that everybody in every endeavor would welcome the latest and invite it," said RadTech 2002 keynote speaker Llewellyn King of The King Publishing Group....