The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from April 2000

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from April 2000

Program Changes for ICE 2000.
April 1, 2000... There will be a new look and feel to the Technical Program at the International Coatings Exposition in Chicago this October. Some innovations introduced in Dallas in 1999 will still be there--a low cost Proceedings Volume containing full...

David R. Bauer to Receive 2000 Tess Award During the 220th Annual Meeting of ACS.
April 1, 2000... The Officers and the Award Committee of the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., have announced that Dr. David R. Bauer, Senior Staff Technical Specialist in the...

Plastic Resin Production Up 8.0% in November.
April 1, 2000... According to statistics released by the American Plastics Council (APC), Arlington, VA, production of plastic resin totaled 6.7 billion pounds in November 1999, an increase of 8.0% over the same month in 1998. November production figures...

Dunleary, Inc. to Represent Mississippi Lime.
April 1, 2000... Dunleary, Inc., Towson, MD, will represent the Mississippi Lime precipitated calcium carbonate product line to the coating, plastic, food, graphic arts, cosmetic, adhesive, and building product markets. Dunleary will be responsible for sales in...

Columbian Chemicals to Apply Temporary Surcharge.
April 1, 2000... Columbian Chemicals Co., Marietta, GA, has announced a temporary surcharge to its rubber and industrial carbon black customers in North America and Europe. In North America, the temporary price adjustment will add one cent per pound to all...

Degussa-Huls Acquires Oriental Silica Ltd.
April 1, 2000... Degussa-Huls AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has acquired the silicas manufacturing plants of Oriental Silica Ltd., Maptaphut, Thailand. The facilities are located close to Rayong, about 150 kilometers south of the capital Bangkok, and have...

E.W. Kaufmann Appointed Distributor for Cognis Corp.
April 1, 2000... E.W. Kaufmann Co., Southampton, PA, has been appointed distributor and sales agent for the Cognis Corp.'s Coatings and Inks, Ambler, PA, line of Versamid(R) thermoplastic polyamide ink resins in a territory that includes eastern Pennsylvania,...

Polymerization Processes: III.
April 1, 2000... This series focuses on the polymerization processes used to prepare polymers and resins utilized in the coatings industry. [*] Significant attention will be paid to reaction mechanisms. A basic understanding of these reaction mechanisms gives...

Regulatory Update.
April 1, 2000... April 2000 This summary of current regulatory activity of interest to the coatings industry is published to in form readers of actions that could affect them and their companies, and is designed to provide sufficient data to enable those...

Effect of Carbon Black on Adhesion to Plastics in Solventborne 2K Polyurethanes.
April 1, 2000... Marek W. Urban [+] The University of Southern Mississippi [*] INTRODUCTION Multi-component polymeric systems are often complex not only due to the nature of the organic phase and crosslinking reactions leading to film formation,...

Polymer Diffusion and Mechanical Properties of Films Prepared from Crosslinked Latex Particles.
April 1, 2000... Patrick Pinenq [+] Mitchell A. Winnik [**] University of Toronto [*] Didier Juhue [+] ELF-Atochem CERDATO [++] INTRODUCTION This paper describes factors affecting polymer diffusion in films prepared from aqueous...

Bake Oven Induced Variation of Surface Chemistry on Electrocoat Paint: Effect on Primer-Electrocoat Intercoat Adhesion.
April 1, 2000... Larry P. Haack [*] Joseph W. Holubka [+] INTRODUCTION Commercial paint systems are complex assemblages comprising multiple layers of coatings. An essential requirement of such a paint system is that each layer performs its...

Effect of Extenders with Narrow and Broad Particle Size Distributions on the Properties of Coatings.
April 1, 2000... R[ddot{u}]diger Werner OMYA-Pl[ddot{u}]ss-Staufer AG [*] Extenders are manufactured in a wide range of finenesses enabling paint formulators to influence specific properties of the finished paint. It is necessary to know the...

Zero VOC Sunlight Curable Coatings.
April 1, 2000... Curing of one-pack epoxy coatings by exposure to visible light for a few hours would be a useful innovation for architectural, industrial, and maintenance (AIM) coatings as well as for any large objects that would be difficult to heat but easy...

"Powder Coatings".
April 1, 2000... FSCT President and Birmingham Society member Gerry Gough, of ICI Packaging Coatings, addressed the members. He began with a history of FSCT. Then Mr. Gough noted that the FSCT's Strategic Plan includes: (1) modifying the FSCT's infrastructure;...

Joint Meeting with CPCA.
April 1, 2000... A moment of silence was observed in memory of Cleveland Society Past-President, Dr. Robert Evans, of Master Mechanics. The meeting's speaker was Dr. Robert White, of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Brain...

Past-Presidents' Night.
April 1, 2000... Dean Harper, of The University of Louisville, and Steve Hazelwood, of Akzo Nobel Coatings, received 25-Year membership pins. The following Fast-Presidents were in attendance: Joseph Bauer (1969); Herb Wilson (1975); Paul Nilles, of Hy-Klas...

1999 Annual Symposium.
April 1, 2000... Past-Presidents' Pins were presented to Ralph Weberbauer, of Tartan Color and Chemical, and Alain Charbonneau, of Bayer Inc. It was reported that a website for the Montreal Society is being developed. in addition, all members were invited...

"Polyurethane Dispersions".
April 1, 2000... Michael J. Dvorchak, of Bayer Corp., presented "USE OF POLYURETHANE DISPERSIGNS IN HIGH-SOLIDS COATINGS." Mr. Dvorchak stressed the wide range of both chemical and physical properties which can be achieved using polyurethane dispersions....

"Surface Defects".
April 1, 2000... FSCT Director of Education Rodney D. Moon discussed current activities at FSCT. In addition, Mr. Moon presented a check for the Society Scholarship Fund to Mark Harley, of PPG Industries, Inc. Society Secretary Dwight G. Weldon, of...

"Corrosion Improvement Factors".
April 1, 2000... The evening's speaker was Gary Mallalieu, of BYK-Gardner USA. He discussed "CORROSION IMPROVEMENT FACTORS FOR DIRECT TO METAL AND PRIMER COATINGS." Mr. Mallalieu explained that in order for anti-corrosive pigments to function properly,...

People in the News.
April 1, 2000... Donald K. Duncan has been named President of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., Washington, D.C. The appointment fills the vacancy left by the retirement of Larry Thomas. Previously, Mr. Duncan was President and Chief Executive Officer...

Obituary.
April 1, 2000... George Fisher, a retired member of the Birmingham Society, died in November 1999 at the age of 77. Mr. Fisher began his 47-year career in the paint industry in 1938 at Thomas Merry In the years to follow, he worked for Cellon (which was...

Methacrylate Adhesives.
April 1, 2000... Devcon has released several new methacrylate adhesives for hard-to-bond plastics, composites, and dissimilar substrates. Plastic [Welder.sup.TM] is designed to bond dissimilar substrates, as well as unprepared metals, ceramics, wood, and...

Hot Melt Polyester.
April 1, 2000... Ruco Polymers has introduced a new polyester designed for reactive hot melt applications designated Rucoflex S-107430. It is based on 1,6-hexanediol and a long chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. This polyester reportedly adheres to numerous...

Polyurethane Bulletins.
April 1, 2000... The Alliance for the Polyurethanes. Industry has published three new safety bulletins. "Fire Safety Guidelines for Use of Rigid Polyurethane and Polyisocyanurate Foam Insulation in Building Construction" discusses the precautions that should be...

Adhesion Promoters.
April 1, 2000... Chartwell International, Inc. announces the availability of three novel adhesion promoters for epoxy end use. B-515.4HR, B-515.7, and B-517.4 may be used in both two-component epoxy and waterborne epoxy. Each is reportedly stable and soluble in...

Ethylene-Vinyl Chloride Emulsions.
April 1, 2000... A new technical bulletin available from Air Products Polymers, L.P. highlights the company's Airflex(r) ethylene-vinyl chloride emulsions designed for nonwoven bonding, coating, adhesive, and saturant applications. Included in the publication...

Water-Reducible Resin.
April 1, 2000... A water-reducible polyol chemistry that allows for the deveopment of low acid value, 100% NV resins which are readily water-reducible without the addition of high levels of amine has been developed by U.S. Polymers. Applications for the W2K(r)...

Paint Cure Process.
April 1, 2000... Datapaq's new Oven Tracker BakeChart Software was developed to prove processes meet paint cure specifications. Designed as an add-on for Oven Tracker XL, the software offers the capability to generate and store hard copy specification charts...

Process Manufacturing.
April 1, 2000... BatchMaster Software Corp. has developed [Windows.sup.TM]-based ERP software for the process industry. Designed for process manufacturers to improve efficiency and performance, the suite of modules includes inventory, production, order entry,...

NACE Standards.
April 1, 2000... NACE International has revised its NACE Standards on CD-ROM. Updated biannually, the CD-ROM contains the complete collection of internationally accepted and consensus-approved NACE standards. Users have access to approximately 110 standard...

Industrial Chemicals Dictionary.
April 1, 2000... The second edition of Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals is now available on CD-ROM from Wavelength Publications Ltd. Features include over 8,300 entries regarding plastics, resins, solvents, lubricants, pesticides, drugs, dyes,...

Shipping Container.
April 1, 2000... The Clawson Container Co. has introduced the PassportTank chemical shipping container. Features include a square galvanized steel tubular protective cage, a 40 x 48 in. base, storage room for 40 units, and a 275-gal/l,050-liter blow-molded...

Acid Fume Removal.
April 1, 2000... An all-plastic hose designed for acid fume removal, sawdust collection, and light duty material transfer applications has been developed by Hi-Tech Hose, Inc. The CVD-AP Hose is constructed of a clear flexible PVC with a rigid gray PVC helical...

Safety Starter Kit.
April 1, 2000... The Saf-T-Cure(r) UV Safety Sampler Kit available from UV Process Supply features skin protection products for individuals working with or exposed to UV-curable inks, coatings, and/or adhesives. Included in the kit are: UV barrier cream to...

Vacuum Valves.
April 1, 2000... The Vacuum Products Group of MKS Instruments has introduced the V-100 series of four-inch vacuum valves. Constructed of 304 stainless steel body, the angle and inline valves can be operated manually, pneumatically, and electropneumatically. The...

Air Tool Lubricator.
April 1, 2000... The Pneumatic Division of Parker Hannifin Corp. has released the 02L Air Tool Lubricator. The unit is available in 1/4 in. and 3/8 in. NPT threads to mount directly on air tools. Features include a corrosion resistant body with a full swivel...