The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from August 2003

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from August 2003

Are tradeshows dead? Don't bet on it!(Comment)
August 1, 2003... The recent decision by the FSCT to schedule its premier event, the International Coatings Expo (ICE), every two years has received mostly positive reviews by the industry, notably the suppliers. Some segments of the industry, however, point out...

Accelerated weathering of wood surfaces coated with multifunctional alkoxysilanes by sol-gel deposition.(Technical Abstracts)
August 1, 2003... M.A. Tshabalala and J.E. Gangstad JCT, Vol. 75, No. 943, 37 (Aug. 2003) Accelerated weathering of wood surfaces coated with hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMOS) in the presence of melhyltrimethoxysilane (MTMOS) by the sol-gel process was...

Specular gloss scales comparison between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Research Council of Canada.(Technical Abstracts)
August 1, 2003... M.E. Nadal, J.C. Zwinkels and M. Noel JCT, Vol. 75, No. 943, 45 (Aug. 2003) The gloss value of a test sample is determined relative to a standard, generally a polished piece of black glass. Therefore, gloss is a dimensionless quantity...

Analytical method for the release of isothiazolones from microtubules in artificial seawater.(Technical Abstracts)
August 1, 2003... R.R. Price and J.M. Schnur JCT, Vol. 75, No. 943, 53 (Aug. 2003) With restrictions on the use of metallic biocides in aquatic antifouling coatings, it is important to develop new methods to both contain and deliver these alternative...

FSCT announces Officer and Board nominations; elections to be held November 12.(Federation News)
August 1, 2003... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology has announced Officer and Board nominations for the 2003-2004 year. Frederick ("Fritz") H. Walker and Rose A. Ryntz have been nominated for the President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer...

Gerry J. Gough, FSCT Past-President, named 2003 recipient of FSCT Heckel Award.(Federal News)
August 1, 2003... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology has announced that Gerry J. Gough, Quality Manager for ICI Packaging Coatings Ltd., Birmingham, England, is the 2003 recipient of FSCT's highest honor--the George Baugh Heckel Award. ...

RadTech co-sponsors session at FSCT 81st Annual Meeting.(Federal News)
August 1, 2003... RadTech International North America, Chevy Chase, MD, is co-sponsoring one of the 11 thematic sessions planned for the FSCT's 81st Annual Meeting, which will be held in conjunction with ICE 2003, November 12-14, at the Pennsylvania Convention...

FSCT three-part VLC examines Polymer Chemistry.(Federal News)
August 1, 2003... The FSCT's popular Virtual Learning Conference (VLC) series will examine the critical topic of Polymer Chemistry as it continues its 2003 schedule. The three-part VLC on "Polymer Chemistry of Paints and Coatings" will be offered on September...

ICTC course focuses on solving coatings performance problems.(Federal News)
August 1, 2003... Resolving problems in durability and coatings performance is critical for retaining the long-term decorative and protective qualities of paints and coatings. A new course, which will be offered as part of the upcoming International Coatings...

FSCT International Coatings Expo, Technology Conference, and Annual Meeting November 11-14 Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, PA.(ice 2003 International Coating Expo)
August 1, 2003... ICE 2001 Planner * ICE 2003 Exhibitors with Websites and Booth Numbers * ICE 2003 Floor Plan * Housing Information and Reservation Form * Advance Registration Information and Registration Form * Philly Attractions &...

SPI petitions U.S. congress to aid plastics industry.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... The Society of the Plastics Industy, Inc. (SPI), Washington, D.C., is petitioning the U.S. Congress and the Bush Administration to stress the importance of the plastics manufacturing industry to the nation's economy. In addition, SPI is seeking...

ISO 9000 restructured under 2000 revisions; eliminates need for ISO 9002 and 9003 standards.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... The ISO 9000 quality management systems (QMS) standards have been restructured under revisions made in 2001. The revised ISO 9000 series consists of four primary standards, replacing more than 20 standards and documents. Three of these new...

Nominations sought for 2004 Roy W. Tess Award.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE), Washington, D.C., is seeking nominations for the 2004 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings. The award, for $2000, will be presented at the August 22-26,...

Sud-Chemie and Southern Clay settle patent dispute.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... Sud-Chemie Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky USA, a majority-owned subsidiary of Sud-Chemie AG, of Munich Germany, and Southern Clay Products, Inc., of Gonzales, Texas USA, are pleased to announce that they have amicably resolved their pending...

Air Products and Chemicals and Nanotechnologies announce equity investment agreement.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA, and Nanotechnologies, Inc., Austin, TX, have announced a joint development agreement and an equity investment, made by Air Products in Nanotechnologies, to allow for exclusive commercial...

Minerals Technologies extends PCC supply contracts with International Paper.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... Minerals Technologies Inc., New York, NY, has reached a two-part agreement with International Paper Co., Stamford, CT, to extend eight satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant supply contracts and to initiate joint efforts to...

The ChemQuest Group and Robert J. Koch Associates announce joint venture of consulting practices.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... The ChemQuest Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, and Robert J. Koch Associates LLC, Berea, OH, have announced a joint venture of their consulting practices. Operating under the name The ChemQuest Group, the practice will support the coatings,...

BASF named sponsor and supplier to newly opened Ford Paint and Body Technology Center.(Industry News)
August 1, 2003... BASF, Southfield, MI, has been named a sponsor and supplier to Ford Motor Company's newly opened Ford Paint and Body Technology Center, Ypsilanti, MI. The new facility was developed to provide Ford with an R&D capability and to help strengthen...

Accelerated weathering of wood surfaces coated with multifunctional alkoxysilanes by sol-gel deposition.(Technical Articles)
August 1, 2003... Accelerated weathering of wood surfaces coated with hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMOS) in the presence of methyltrimeth-oxysilane (MTMOS) by the sol-gel process was investigated. The sol-gel process allowed the deposition of a covalently bound...

Specular gloss scales comparison between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Research Council of Canada.(Technical Articles)
August 1, 2003... The gloss value of a test sample is determined relative to a standard, generally a polished piece of black glass. Therefore, gloss is a dimensionless quantity whose accurate determination requires standardized experimental conditions such as...

Analytical method for the release of isothiazolones from microtubules in artificial seawater.(Technical Articles)
August 1, 2003... With restrictions on the use of metallic biocides in aquatic antifouling coatings, it is important to develop new methods to both contain and deliver these alternative compounds from marine coatings systems. Utilization of microencapsulation is...

PSCT's annual Awards Night held at Philadelphia Zoo; J. Richard Kiefer receives 50 Year Pin.(Society Reports)
August 1, 2003... The Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology held its annual Awards' Night Dinner at the Philadelphia Zoo on May 16, 2003. The catered affair was held in the Impala House of the Zoo and featured a live "Zoo on Wheels" demonstration by Zoo...

Clariant Pigments & Additives, Coventry, RI, has named Robert Post as Vice President of plastic and specialized industries.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Clariant Pigments & Additives, Coventry, RI, has named Robert Post as Vice President of plastic and specialized industries. The company has also named Southern Society member Timothy Saddow as Marketing Manager for specialized industries and...

Dip Dasgupa has recently retired after 38 years with the Paint Research Association, Teddington, U.K.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Dip Dasgupta has recently retired after 38 years with the Paint Research Association, Teddington, U.K. Mr. Dasgupta played the lead role in the launch of the PRA's conference program, and for the last 10 years was co-organizer of the conference...

The Film and Bag Federation.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... The Film and Bag Federation, a business unit of The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., Washington, D.C., has presented a lifetime achievement award to Len Levy for nearly 50 years of service in the plastics industry. Mr. Levy, President...

Powder Coating Institute (PCI).(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Steve Houston, Vice President of Sales, DuPont Powder Coatings, has been named President of the Powder Coatings Institute (PCI), Alexandria, VA, for the 2003-2004 fiscal year. Ken Kreeger, Director of North American Powder Equipment at Nordson...

Fusion UV, Gaithersburg, MD, has hired Kurt Schier as Senior Product Manager.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Fusion UV, Gaithersburg, MD, has hired Kurt Schier as Senior Product Manager. Mr. Schier has over 14 years of experience in the areas of product marketing, management, and sales. He previously worked with the 3M Company where he managed...

Archway Sales.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Mark Lewandowski, Chicago Society member, has joined Archway Sales, Chicago, IL, as a Technical Sales Representative. His technical background includes three years with The Gillette Co., three years with Union Carbide Emulsion Systems, and...

Sulzer Metco.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Sulzer Metco, Westbury, NY, has named Troy Robinson as Manager, Turbine Markets, Americas. Mr. Robinson has a diverse thermal spray background, including industrial market applications, with a specialization in Aero and IGT coatings as well as...

Degussa Corp.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Degussa Corp., Parsippany, NJ, has appointed Michael J. Konci as Business Line Director of the company's Initiators Business in the NAFTA region. He will be responsible for overseeing all business activities of the organic peroxides and...

Keystone Aniline.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Ed Messer and Charles Perry have joined the sales and industry management team of Keystone Aniline, Huddersfield, U.K. Mr. Messer has been named Sales Manager. He was previously Owner and President of Messer Dispersions, a company that was...

Bayer Polymers LLC.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... Bayer Polymers LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, has announced its management leadership team for the Americas Region: Gerald F. MacCleary--Head of Performance Systems Division; Rainer W. Schorr Head of Performance Materials Division; Peter Vanacker--Head...

New members.(People in the News)
August 1, 2003... BALTIMORE Stowe, R.W.--Fusion UV Systems, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD. CLEVELAND Atzemis, Chad--Plasticolors, Ashtabula, OH. Du, John W.--BYK-Chemie USA, Hermitage, PA. Siy, Jose R.--Sherwin-Williams-Consumer, Cleveland, OH....

Solid polymer.(Raw Materials)
August 1, 2003... AGA Chemicals Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's Asahi Glass Co., has introduced Lumiflon LF-710F, a 100% solid polymer for powder coatings. The product is designed to be immediately VOC compliant with no special equipment needed for processing. It...

Pigment dispersions.(Raw Materials)
August 1, 2003... EMD Chemicals Inc. has developed Biflail[R] pigment dispersions, which contain semitransparent BiOCL crystals, which are produced synthetically and are offered in different dispersions for various binder systems. The product is designed for use...

Opacifiers.(Raw Materials)
August 1, 2003... Interpolymer Corp. has introduced two new series of Syntran[R] opacifiers. The personal care opacifiers are designed for use in cosmetics, hair care, and other personal care products, while the household and I&I opacifiers are used for floor...

Fungicide.(Raw Materials)
August 1, 2003... Fungitrol[R] 720, an IPBC-based biocide, has been developed by International Specialty Products as a broad-spectrum fungicide with additional anti-bacterial properties. It has been designed in response to increased demand for house paints and...

Gold pigment.(Raw Materials)
August 1, 2003... Eckart America L.P. has introduced a new, Supergold[TM] gold bronze pigment for coatings applications. It is offered in 15 different shades, and each color is available in a number of grades at different micron sizes ranging from coarse to...

Gloss meter.(Lab Apparatus)
August 1, 2003... BYK-Gardner USA has produced a new micro-gloss gloss meter. It contains a new auto-diagnosis feature which checks the calibration values and whether the standard is clean. The device offers multiple readings per sample with full statistics. For...

Integrity tester.(Lab Apparatus)
August 1, 2003... The Model QS201A Integrity Analyzer has been created by Porous Materials, Inc. for detecting acceptable pressure leaks for quality control compliance. The instrument calculates the leak rate to determine if the part is in compliance. For more...

Micro-Gloss meter.(Lab Apparatus)
August 1, 2003... The new Micro Gloss II has been developed by Paul N. Gardner Co., Inc. in order to simplify the measurement-taking process. The meter is designed to check uniformity on the sample, compare the difference to the target, and average several...

Life cycle analysis.(Books/CDs/Publications)
August 1, 2003... Rapra Technology Ltd. has published Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Impact of Polymeric Products, a review of the process of life cycle analysis. The different parts of the life cycle are examined front raw material extraction,...

Resins for LED protection.(Books/CDs/Publications)
August 1, 2003... An application bulletin featuring resins for LED protection has been produced by Dymax Corp. The bulletin details seven different products along with pictures for recommended applications. These UV/visible light curing adhesives and coatings...

Biomolecular Films.(Books/CDs/Publications)
August 1, 2003... Marcel Dekker, Inc. has published Biomolecular Films edited by James F. Rusling, Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacology, University of Connecticut. The work examines films of biomolecules that can provide solid surfaces for catalyzing enzyme...

Vacuum components catalog.(Books/CDs/Publications)
August 1, 2003... MKS Instruments, Inc.--HPS Products, has published a revised version of their HPS[R] Series 88 Catalog of CF ultra high vacuum components. These components comprise a full line of metal sealed CF flanges and fittings. The 32page catalog...

Thickness measurement.(Books/CDs/Publications)
August 1, 2003... Fischer Technology, Inc. has published an eight-page, four-color catalog on their Fischerscope[R] X-ray coating thickness measurement instruments. Features and specifications for each model type are included, and the principle behind X-ray...

Low odor finish.(Paints/Coatings)
August 1, 2003... Columbia Paint & Coatings has introduced Purecoat, a no-VOC finish with very low odor. It is designed to offer adhesion to a variety of properly prepared glossy surfaces and is intended for use in hospitals, schools, hotels, and other areas...

Polyester coating system.(Paints/Coatings)
August 1, 2003... BASF Corp. has released Panel Guard[TM] SP, a silicone-modified polyester coating system for the metal construction market. The system is designed for use on aluminum and steel substrates and can be used on component, agricultural, and...

Thread masking coating.(Paints/Coatings)
August 1, 2003... Nycote[R] White Teflon[R], a thread masking coating, has been introduced by Nylok Corp. in order to provide complete thread masking and protection. The patented White[R] powder PFA fluorocarbon thread masking process is designed to eliminate...

Performance Coatings.(Paints/Coatings)
August 1, 2003... Rust-Oleum Industrial Brands has introduced its latest line of Sierra Performance Coatings. The coatings are designed to be free of HAPs and solvents and to have no odor when applied. They can be used on exterior and interior steel and...

Reconditioning products.(Miscellaneous)
August 1, 2003... Houghton International's Surface Finishing division has developed products for reconditioning metal parts including engine and power components for the aerospace industry. This line of cleaners, strippers, and brightening products has been...

Portable mixers.(Production Equipment)
August 1, 2003... Indco, Inc. has developed a range of portable mixing equipment that includes their Direct Drive Bung Entering Clamp Mount Mixers. These mixers mount on top of a 55-gal open or closed head drum. Several motor options are available including air,...

Metering Rods.(Production Equipments)
August 1, 2003... Industry Tech has released a line of Tri-Wire Metering Rods designed for applications that require ultra-heavyweight coatings up to 56 mils (.056 in.) thick. Examples include: production of building materials, solar films, and thermal...

Paddle Dryer.(Production Equipments)
August 1, 2003... The K-S Paddle Dryer has been produced by Komline-Sanderson. The dryer's mixing action of the dual intermeshing agitators with heated wedge shaped paddles is reported to provide for uniform heat transfer to the product and high heat transfer...

Calendar of events.
August 1, 2003... For a comprehensive calendar of events, please go to www.coatingstech.org. Federation Meetings (CSI) For information on FSCT meetings, contact Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, 492 Norristown Rd., Blue Bell, PA 19422,...

Humbug from Hillman.
August 1, 2003... I was pleased to get a great note from Dick Keifer who informed me that he is celebrating his 75th birthday this year and his 50th wedding anniversary as well. He still found time to include the following: A fellow sees a job published on a...