Industrial Paint & Powder articles from October 2003

Industrial Paint & Powder archives from October 2003

Editor's view.(Touring a powder coating system at a large manufacturing facility)
October 1, 2003... Recently I was touring a powder coating system at a large manufacturing facility. The engineer in charge of the line was explaining how things had changed to improve productivity and efficiency, eliminating non-value-added steps in the coating...

Reports indicate a strong sign of recovery.(News Watch)(Positive signs for manufacturing recovery)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Recent studies by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and the Commerce Department ate strong indications that manufacturing has continued to pick up steam, reports an industry association. The institute for Supply Management's report...

Col-Met plans major expansion.(News Watch)(Col-Met Spray Booths begins construction on new manufacturing facility in Rockwell, TX)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Col-Met Spray Booths (Garland, TX) has begun construction on a new manufacturing facility in Rockwell, TX. It's the third major expansion for the company. Manufacturing space will increase from 45,000 to 125,000 square feet, housing two...

EPA proposes removing MEK from pollutants list.(News Watch)(Methyl ethyl ketone )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The EPA has issued a proposed rule that would remove methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from the list of toxic air pollutants the agency is required to regulate under the Clean Air Act. After extensive review, EPA has concluded that potential outdoor...

Study shows importance of strong manufacturing base.(News Watch)
October 1, 2003... While manufacturing has been the engine for healthy economic growth and good jobs, intense global competition and the rising cost of doing business in the United States threaten manufacturing's capacity to maintain the nation's economic...

Toyota executive to present Coating 2003 keynote.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Kevin Butt, assistant general manager of body engineering for Toyota's North American headquarters, will kick off the Coating 2003 conference with a keynote presentation beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 28. Butt will address...

USFilter surface preparation group in be sold.(News Watch)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... International Surface Preparation Corp. (ISPC), a privately owned group of investment partners based in Evergreen, CO, has announced an agreement to acquire USFilter's Surface Preparation Group. "As a supplier of capital equipment and...

Tax tip: donate excess inventory.(News Watch)(Donate to The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... A quick and easy way to get rid of excess inventory and save money on taxes is to donate the products to The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR). By donating to NAEIR (Galesburg, IL), regular C corporations...

CCI Thermal Technologies Inc.(Buys Ruffneck Heaters, manufacturer of electric industrial heating equipment )(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... CCI Thermal Technologies Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta) has announced the purchase of Ruffneck Heaters, an Alberta-based manufacturer of electric industrial heating equipment that includes heat-exchanger unit heaters, explosion-proof electric air...

DuPont Nonwovens.(Buys nonwovens cleanroom apparel line of White Knight Engineered Products)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... DuPont Nonwovens (Wilmington, DE) has acquired the nonwovens cleanroom apparel line Of White Knight Engineered Products.

Wheelabrator.(Gets Georgia Department of Labor's Award for Excellence for workplace safety)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Wheelabrator (LaGrange, GA) has received the Georgia Department of Labor's Award for Excellence for workplace safety. The award recognizes companies that surpass 250 workdays with no lost-time injuries, illnesses or fatalities.

Sartomer Co.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Four of Sartomer Co.'s (Exton, PA) facilities--the manufacturing plants in Chatom, AL; Stratford, CT; Chatham, VA; and Grand Junction, CO--were honored by the American Chemistry Council for outstanding workplace safety records.

Nordson Corp.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Nordson Corp. (Amherst, OH) has named John Keane as corporate vice president with responsibility for the company's finishing systems businesses. To increase the company's focus on continued expansion in Asia, Mark Gacka, corporate vice...

Dow Chemical.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Dow Chemical (Auburn Hills, MI) has made George Hamilton president of Dow Automotive. He previously served as Dow Automotive's vice president of automotive materials, and was named chief operating officer in March.

ASTM International.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... For outstanding leadership in the organization of activities and standards development in Committee D01 on paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications, Eugene Praschan, a consultant in Fayetteville, NC, has received an Award of Merit...

St. Louis Metallizing.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... St. Louis Metallizing (St. Louis) has promoted Todd Degitz, formerly sales manager, to vice president of sales, and Les Nappier, formerly plant superintendent, to vice president of operations.

UCB Chemicals.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Mike Idacavage of UCB Chemicals (Smyrna, GA) received the RadTech President's Award at the RadTech winter meeting in Clearwater, FL, for his leadership in the technical development and educational work in UV and EB technology.

Jamestown Powder Coatings.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Jamestown Powder Coatings (Columbus, OH) has appointed Missie Cox to the position of sales and marketing coordinator. She will maintain her responsibilities at the company's corporate offices in Jamestown, PA.

Sartomer Co.(People)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Sartomer Co. (Exton, PA) has promoted Bill Wittig, former marketing manager of monomers and oligomers, to business manager of its Specialty Polymers Group. He will oversee all business activities for the group, which supports formulators in the...

Job losses to China.(Mail Box)
October 1, 2003... I just finished reading your editorial (June, In Focus, page 14) on high-wage jobs moving to China. Thank you for publishing the thoughts of many. I am one of 200 people at Mettler-Toledo Inc. (Inman, SC) that are loosing their jobs to China....

More on the China factor.(Mail Box)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... I believe you hit on many key areas affecting our economy; your article (June, In Focus, page 14) was dead on in most respects. One problem I noticed was it was on page 14. It should have been front page! One statistic you were too kind on...

Coming events.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
October 1, 2003... October Materials Solutions Conference and Exposition October 13-16, Pittsburgh Sponsor: ASM International 440-338-5151, dial 6 www.asminternational.org/materialssolutions 16th Annual Bioprocess Technology Seminars...

The time is right.(In focus: news and views from the coatings community)
October 1, 2003... According to both consumers and businesses, the U.S. economic picture is getting brighter, which is good news for the manufacturing and finishing industries. Despite dreaded phrases like "jobless recovery" and "China," there has been some good...

Shining brightly: the world's top 10 coating manufacturers.
October 1, 2003... Despite a difficult year, sales for most of the top coatings manufacturers were up from the previous year. Here are the top 10 and some of their top stories. 1. Akzo Nobel Coatings NVISA The Netherlands Web: www.cr.akzonobel.com...

Evolution of the powder booth and reclaim system: many of the limitations that used to challenge would-be powder coaters are gone. Color changes are fast, transfer efficiencies high, and powder contamination virtually eliminated.
October 1, 2003... Powder booths are designed to create a clean and safe environment for the application of powder coatings. Working with the airflow of the recovery system, the powder booth contains the process and directs oversprayed powder to a container for...

Choosing the right technology: there are many differences among solventborne, waterborne and powder coatings, and their usefulness varies by situation. The technologies also continue to change.
October 1, 2003... The top three factors driving OEM finishers to adopt new finishing technologies are the desire to improve finish quality, the need to comply with government regulations and the drive to improve productivity and boost bottomline profitability....

Turning on a dime: a powder coating job shop meets its customers' lean schedules with flexible coating equipment.
October 1, 2003... It's 10 a.m. and an unannounced truck has just pulled up. Inside are 50 metal computer cabinets that need to be powder coated in less than 24 hours. What could be next? It might be later that day when 50,000 small, wire formed parts for the...

ICE 2003--Spirit of Innovation: Pennsylvania Convention Center * Philadelphia * November 11-14.
October 1, 2003... The 2003 International Coatings Exposition (ICE), themed "Spirit of Innovation" and presented by the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT), will host the top technical staffs from nearly 250 exhibiting companies, which will...

Roobol on painting.
October 1, 2003... Friction-Reducing Coating Reading your column is very enlightening. I saw a question from a reader [June issue] about reducing the friction between a boat hull and the water. There is such a coating. The coating is a flourourethane,...

Powder coating.
October 1, 2003... Yellowing of a Clearcoat We apply a clearcoat powder material over a steel substrate. We sometimes have problems with yellowing of the coating. What can cause this problem? The amount of film applied or the cure oven can cause the...

Coatings R&D notebook.
October 1, 2003... Minimize Additives in Waterborne Coatings What are some of the problems of waterborne technology, other than the obvious flash-rusting issue? Waterborne resins are generally made with surfactants. These are nonvolatile, water...

Gas-fired batch ovens.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Col-Met's 500[degrees]F gas-fired Powder Cure Batch Ovens are available in standard cataloged sizes with interiors ranging from 150-2,880 cubic feet. Larger ovens ate available by custom quote. The ovens contain a digital temperature...

Adhesion tester for all substrates.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The DeFelsko PosiTest Pull-Off Adhesion Tester now enables coating inspectors to measure adhesion of coatings on metal, concrete, wood and other substrates easily and effectively. The use of hydraulic pressure and a self-aligning dolly measures...

Special-effect pigments for automotive coatings.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Engelhard has introduced two new effect pigments for makers of automotive coatings that provide higher color purity and clarity than traditional pearlescent pigments. Exterior Lumina Pearl Radiance and Exterior Lumina Brass pigments are...

High-pressure pumps for abrasive coatings.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Nordson has introduced PermaFlo, a new series of high-pressure pumps. These pumps are designed and constructed to withstand the rigors of pumping today's more abrasive, higher-solids coatings to meet a wide range of pressure and volume...

Automotive clearcoat with long-term durability.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... PPG introduces CeramiClear clearcoat, the first automotive clearcoat to use nanoparticle technology for improved long-term vehicle gloss and durability. CeramiClear clearcoat is the final OEM coating applied to a vehicle to protect the color...

Paint overspray system.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Chemco's newest paint overspray system helps increase the quality of the coating process. This specialty paint arrestor is an ideal solution for paint sprayers with demands for less-frequent change-outs and high filtration efficiency. Its...

High-quality test charts.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Byko-charts have recently been introduced by BYK-Gardner as high-quality test charts. These charts have extremely consistent L*a*b* values along with superior blocking resistance, as well as moisture and warp resistance. In addition, the gloss...

Automatic powder application.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The Optisystem is the latest offering from ITW Gema, improving control of the automatic application of powder. Like its manual-gun counterpart, Easysystem, the Optisystem improves profitability by making en operation more efficient. With proven...

Lower-cure powder coatings.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Low Energy (LE) Polyester products from DuPont Powder Coatings are formulated in TGIC-Polyester, thermoset powder coating systems and are designed to cure at substrate temperatures of 300[degrees]F (149[degrees]C) for 10 minutes. This new line...

Expendable Plug line.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Epsi's easy-to-use and economical Expendable Plug line helps solve many common masking applications problems. The plugs are designed to fit easily into various tube sizes and expand with a flip of the handle. Once engaged, the plug will prevent...

Custom pumping solutions.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Netzsch Nemo pumps offer the largest variety of custom-configured pumping solutions, ranging in size from the industry's smallest metering pumps to high volume pumps. Every Nemo Progressing Cavity Pump can be assembled using a modular system. A...

Air-purge spray gun.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... A key consideration for users who spray fast-set plural-component materials, such as polyurea, is gun maintenance. Graco makes quick and easy maintenance a reality with the Fusion plural-component air-purge spray gun. Designed specifically for...

Repair and patching compound.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Lab-metal, a single-component aluminum-loaded repair and patching compound, is now available in caulking tubes. Lab-metal requires no two-part mixing and hardens (by exposure to air) into a sandable, grindable and tappable metal. The dent...

High-temperature Vent Cap.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Shercon has developed the Vent Cap for whenever a hollow tube end needs to be capped and is subjected to high temperatures in the oven cycle. Normally, heat will cause trapped air to expand and build pressure, sometimes causing the cap to come...

Horizontal Eco Filter.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Russell Finex has introduced a new Horizontal Filter, which offers even easier operation and maintenance along with the same high operating performance in terms of improved product quality, increased capacity and reduced maintenance as the...

Enviro-line masking products.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Mighty Hook Inc. introduces its high-temp Enviroline masking products for economical and environ mentally friendly masking and protective packaging applications. The Enviroline caps, plugs and sleeves are manufactured flora high-grade virgin...

Ultra-low-VOC polyester coatings.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Sherwin-Williams has developed a new ultra-low VOC polyester baking enamel that emits less than 1.0 pound of VOC per gallon, allowing metal finishers to dramatically cut their VOC emissions without expensive equipment purchases. New Permaclad...

Two-quart pressure cup.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... C.A.Technologies introduces the Bandit 2 Quart and 2 Quart Agit pressure cup. Nothing was spared to make this a rugged, user-friendly, priced-right two-quart. Features include stainless-steel fittings and rigid plastic liner. Also featured is a...

Multicolor effect pigments.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... EMD Chemicals introduces the newest addition to its Colorstream product line, Arctic Fire. This new multicolor effect pigment demonstrates a color change from subtle turquoise to brilliant silver to metallic red, depending on the angle of...

Flexible Viscometer.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Brookfield recently introduced the new and improved CAP 2000+ Viscometer, a flexible R&D instrument with excellent quality control testing capabilities. The CAP 2000+ Viscometer offers a viscosity range from 5 to 1,000 Poise, lower shear rates...

Self-adhesive indicator tags.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Teletemp Corp. offers WarmMark Time-Temp Tags that monitor warming temperatures of refrigerated products during shipping and storage. Response temperatures and run-out times (length of exposure time to a certain temperature) vary with each...

Improved painting robot system.(Product Innovations)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Fanuc Robotics has introduced its new patent pending P500 Painting System, designed specifically for automotive exterior painting. The P-500 is an electric servo-driven robot offering a combination of features that provide significant...

Why we need to manage paint inventory.(Industry Forum)
October 1, 2003... For cost reduction in paint operations, we tend to look at equipment optimization and labor reduction, and not focus on paint inventory. Inventory is often a necessary cost of servicing the customer, and we don't always know exactly how much...