The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from December 2000

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from December 2000

Staying Connected.
December 1, 2000... In a recent survey, FSCT members expressed their views on ways the organization might improve its services. One suggestion drew immediate notice. The member seriously urged FSCT to use its influence to halt the increasing consolidations in the...

Federal Issues--Legislation.
December 1, 2000... House Kills Superfund Liability Bill--A small business superfund liability relief bill (H.R. 5175) sponsored by two leading Republicans failed in a Sept. 26 House vote. House Democrats largely opposed the bill, saying it was a partisan effort...

Allan Gates Honored with NPCA's Heckel Award; Industry Personnel Receive Statesman Awards.
December 1, 2000... The National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA), Washington, D.C., has honored its Vice President of Administration, Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Allan Gates, with their highest honor, the George Baugh Heckel Award. The...

Lyondell Plans for European Expansion.
December 1, 2000... Lyondell Chemical Co., Houston, TX, has announced plans for a major expansion in Europe. Currently under development are two worldscale projects that will supply customers in Europe, Asia, and North America. The first project is a 1,4...

Seibert-Oxidermo Acquired by Red Spot.
December 1, 2000... Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co. Inc., Evansville, IN, has agreeed to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Seibert-Oxidermo Inc., Romulus, MI. The acquired company specializes in primers for plastics and other coatings for the...

Synthomer Expands into U.S.
December 1, 2000... Synthomer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has expanded its sales into the U.S. Synthomer was a joint venture of Reichhold Chemicals and Yule Catto plc. Since November 1999, Synthomer has been wholly owned by Yule Catto, which allows Synthomer to...

Ciba Specialty Chemicals Opens New Plant.
December 1, 2000... Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland, has announced the completion of its expansion program and the opening of its new quinacridone pigments plant in Newport, DE. The company invested $180 million at the Newport site over the last...

EFKA to Open North American Technical Center.
December 1, 2000... Lubrizol Coating Additives, a business unit of The Lubrizol Corp., Wickliffe, OH, has announced that EFKA Additives B.V., Heerenveen, The Netherlands, plans to establish a North American technical center in the U.S. The center will support...

UV Curing of Aqueous Polyurethane Acrylate Dispersions. A Comparative Study by Real-Time FTIR Spectroscopy and Pilot Scale Curing.
December 1, 2000... Armin Tauber [*] Institut fur Oberflachenmodifizierung (IOM) [+] Real-time FTIR spectroscopy was used to study the chemical and physical factors, e.g., photoinitiator and temperature, affecting the UV curing of dried films from aqueous...

New Primary Standard for Specular Gloss Measurements.
December 1, 2000... National Institute of Standards and Technology [*] A new primary specular gloss standard has been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to overcome the disadvantages of black glass. This new standard is a...

Preparation of Reversible Thermochromic Building Coatings and Their Properties.
December 1, 2000... State Key Laboratory of Concrete Materials Research. Tongji University [*] Thermochromic dyes reversible at normal ambient temperatures have been identified and microencapsulated using an emulsion polymerization process. By blending...

NEW ANTI-CORROSIVE PAINTING TECHNOLOGIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
December 1, 2000... INETI-Instituto Nacional de Engenharia eTecnologia Industrial [*] The aim of this work is to provide a general overview of current trends in anti-corrosive painting technologies for steel and galvanized steel substrates. After some...

"Radiation Curing".
December 1, 2000... C. Bradshaw, Croda Resins Ltd., discussed "RADIATION CURING IN THE 21ST CENTURY." According to the speaker, the advantages of using radiation curable products include VOC compliance, fast cure, low waste, and high throughput. However,...

"Atomic Force Microscopy".
December 1, 2000... A moment of silence was observed in memory of Joe Reckers, who passed away. Immediate Past-President John Avery, Cintech Industrial Coatings Inc., introduced the incoming Society President Joe Schinner, Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. The...

"Film Formation in Waterborne Coatings".
December 1, 2000... James Taylor, of Johnson Polymers, spoke on "FILM FORMATION IN WATERBORNE COATINGS." Dr. Taylor discussed the history of coalescing agents, film formation theories, and polymer types dating back to the beginning of latex. The speaker emphasized...

"Coatings in the Next Millennium".
December 1, 2000... Jim Sperelakis, of NeoResins, discussed "COATINGS IN THE NEXT MILLENNIUM." According to Mr. Sperelakis, the coatings industry is consolidating and by the year 2010, there will be approximately 300 paint companies. Despite this prediction,...

"Defoamer Technology".
December 1, 2000... Dale Baker, Creanova Inc., presented the gavel to incoming President Ron Chock, Hirshfields's Paint Mfg., Inc. The 2000-2001 Society Officers were introduced. They include: President-- Ron Chock; Vice President--Ted Hambrook, Ceramic...

"Degradation of Films".
December 1, 2000... A moment of silence was observed in memory of Marvin Mick, Penn Valley Paint, who died recently. Technical Committee Chair Carmen Rodriguez, Lyondell Chemical Co., reviewed the Society's participation in the Delaware Valley Science Fair....

"Titanium Dioxide".
December 1, 2000... A moment of silence was observed in memory of Herman Lanson, Lanchem Resin Co., who passed away recently. Jay Bracken, T.H, Hilson Co., presented the Creanova President's Gavel to Brandon Hunt, U.S. Paint Corp. Maria Tenllado and...

Letter to the Editor.
December 1, 2000... TO THE EDITOR: Practically everyone who reads this magazine has heard of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) and probably at one time or another has had occasion to specify or use ASTM specifications or test methods on...

People in the News.
December 1, 2000... Peter A. Lewis, a member of the CDIC Society, has been named Director--Communications and Regulatory Affairs for the Colors Group, a division of Sun Chemical, Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Lewis will be responsible for managing all product safety and...

Obituaries.
December 1, 2000... Herman J. Lanson, a Past-President of the St. Louis Society, died August 4, 2000 at the age of 87. Dr. Lanson was recognized for his research of resin polymers, having been named Pioneer in Polymer Science by Polymer News, an international...

Cold Weather Acrylic.
December 1, 2000... Columbia Paint & Coatings has added a new 100% acrylic exterior flat paint designed specifically for use in cold climates and high humidity to their product line. Hi-Performance Polar-Kote is applicable on a variety of substrates including...

Protective Coating.
December 1, 2000... A new spray-applied, high temperature grade protective coating has been developed by Belzona, Inc. Beizona(r) 1522 reportedly provides corrosion protection in immersed conditions up to 300[degrees]F, and is resistant to a range of aqueous and...

Alkaline Complex Oxide.
December 1, 2000... A new alkaline complex oxide coating designed to promote organic bonding and provide long-term corrosion protection is available for aluminum, galvanized, and galvalume(r) substrates. Applied by either spray or immersion on continuous coil...

High-Solids Clear Topcoat.
December 1, 2000... Polane(r) high-solids clear topcoat, available through The Sherwin-Williams Co., is a two-component polyurethane designed to help finishers meet VOC compliance standards. The topcoat offers adhesion to metal, plastic, and wood, and can be air...

Aluminum Enhancing Coating.
December 1, 2000... General Magnaplate Corp. has released an aluminum enhancing coating, Magnaplate HCR, developed for aluminum and aluminum alloys. The company reports that the coating can be applied to a range of parts with varying configurations, weights,...

Protective Apparel.
December 1, 2000... A line of limited-wear personal protective apparel is available from Sunrise Industries, Inc. SunSoft protective apparel is designed to protect against the effects of chemical dusts, paint sprays, asbestos, and other solid airborne dusts. The...

Disposable Respirator.
December 1, 2000... Survivair has introduced their new Century N95 disposable, particulate respirator with exhalation valve. The exhalation valve allows for easy breathing while reducing heat and moisture buildup within the mask during extended wear. In addition,...

Red and Blue Pigments.
December 1, 2000... A new pigment for automotive paints has been developed by Ciba Specialty Chemicals. Ciba(r) Irgazin(r) DPP Red BOX, an opaque red pigment, reportedly exhibits excellent durability, opacity, and gloss, as well as high overpainting, chemical,...

Modifying Resin.
December 1, 2000... Epi-Tex(r) 611Q, designed by U.S. Polymers, is an emulsified epoxy ester resin. Originally developed as a modifying resin for polyvinyl acetate emulsions, the resin can also be used to modify other thermoplastic latex resins. Reportedly, the...

Non-HAPs Solvent.
December 1, 2000... Eastman Chemical Co. has introduced Eastman n-Butyl propionate, a solvent classified as a non-hazardous air pollutant (non-HAPs) by the Environmental Protection Agency. The solvent is compatible with a range of resin systems including general...

Planetary Mixer.
December 1, 2000... Premier Mill is offering its Premier Hidrobat Planetary Mixer for processing fully homogeneous materials. Suitable applications include high-solids coatings, adhesives /sealants and putties, plastics, chemicals, and gel formulations. Model M-30...

Drawer Oven.
December 1, 2000... The Grieve Corp. has designed No. 845, a 150[degrees]F electrically heated drawer oven. Workspace dimensions inside the oven measure 88 x 63 x 60 in. Features include four-inch insulated walls, aluminized steel interior and exterior, and an...

Painting Manual.
December 1, 2000... The new eighth edition of Systems and Specifications SSPC Painting Manual, Volume 2 is now available from the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC). Completely revised and updated, the book contains a collection of over 100 SSPC standards,...

Lead Reduction.
December 1, 2000... The Community Lead Education and Reduction Corps (CLEARCorps), based out of the Shriver Center at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has produced, with the assistance of the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA), its first...

Digest Database.
December 1, 2000... CPI Digest has compiled the last 10 years of issues into a searchable CD-ROM database containing over 112,000 references. The database will be updated quarterly in January, April, July, and October. CPI Digest is a monthly publication that...

E-Manufacturing.
December 1, 2000... Camstar Systems, Inc. has released the 2.0 version of its InSite[TM] e-manufacturing solution. The system is designed to add functionality for centralized system management of distributed, multi-site operations, plus a web-enabled collaborative...

ERRATA.
December 1, 2000... The Statement of Ownership published in the November 2000 issue of the JCT contained some incorrect numbers. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Humbug from Hillman.
December 1, 2000... Encouraged by Jeff Sturm, Marc Hirsch gathered the will to send us a very long list of "Handy Engineering Conversions." I've chosen those that were new to me and those that I thought worth at least a smile." * Ratio of an igloo's...