The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from July 2000

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from July 2000

The New "ICE" Age.
July 1, 2000... As part of the organization's efforts to serve the industry better and to signify the FSCT's global standing, the Federation made significant changes to its annual convention four years ago in Chicago. The "Paint Industries' Show" became the...

FSCT Introduces Virtual Conferencing Courses.
July 1, 2000... Beginning in the fall of 2000, FSCT will introduce Virtual Conferencing to coatings professionals worldwide. Offered by the FSCT Professional Development Committee, the following two courses are planned: Introduction to the Evaluation of...

Federal Issues.
July 1, 2000... House Resolution Bans Riders on Spending Bills--House Republicans passed a resolution that would prohibit riders on appropriations measures in order to expedite their passage. The move could jeopardize controversial provisions such as those...

States Proposed Regulations and Legislation.
July 1, 2000... ALABAMA Chemical Storage--AL S 214 (Smitherman) relates to the Emergency Management Agency (EMA); requires that commercial storers of toxic chemicals notify the EMA director that toxic or hazardous chemicals are stored in storage...

ice INTERNATIONAL COATINGSS EXPO.
July 1, 2000... The combined International Coatings Technology Conference, FSCT Annual Meeting and International Coatings Expo, to be held at the Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, is a major educational activity of the FSCT. This international coatings...

Stan Davis to Deliver Keynote Address at NPCA's 2000 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.
July 1, 2000... Stan Davis, a bestselling and award winning business author, will serve as the Keynote Speaker at the National Paint and Coatings Association's (NPCA), Washington, D.C., 2000 Annual Meeting, on October 15-17, at the Palmer House Hilton, in...

Wacker and Arch Chemicals Form Planar Solutions, LLC.
July 1, 2000... Planar Solutions, LLC, Adrian, MI, has been created as a joint venture between Wacker Silicones, Adrian, MI, and Arch Chemicals, Norwalk, CT, to meet the evolving market needs of the semiconductor industry for leading-edge CMP slurry materials....

Cal Poly Polymers and Coatings Program Receives More Than $123,000 in Donations.
July 1, 2000... The Western Coatings Foundation, a Southern California non-profit agency, recently donated more than $123,000 to buy equipment for the coatings program in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Two...

CVC Specialty Chemicals Completes Epoxy Resin Line.
July 1, 2000... CVC Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Maple Shade, NJ, has completed a new specialty solid epoxy resin production line. With the installation of a new pelletizer, CVC has the capability of manufacturing 2,000 lbs/hr of specialty epoxy resin in pellet...

Dunleary, Inc. to Represent J.M. Huber.
July 1, 2000... Dunleary, Inc., Baltimore, MD, has been awarded distribution responsibilities for the J.M. Huber product line for plastics and the food, feed, health, and consumer markets for Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,...

Columbia Paint and Coatings Opens Distribution Center in Nampa, ID.
July 1, 2000... Columbia Paint and Coatings, Spokane, WA, opened their 33rd distribution center. This distribution center, located in Nampa, ID, is Columbia's second location in the Treasure Valley. In addition, Columbia Paint and Coatings has purchased...

Eastman to Acquire McWHorter.
July 1, 2000... Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, and McWhorter Technologies, Inc., Carpentersville, IL, announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive merger agreement under which Eastman will acquire the shares of McWhorter for...

Munzing Chemie Acquires Ultra Additives, Inc.
July 1, 2000... Ultra Additives, Inc., Paterson, NJ, and M[ddot{u}]nzing Chemie GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany, announced an agreement for M[ddot{u}]nzing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of M[ddot{u}]nzing Chemie GmbH, to acquire Ultra Additives. Ultra Additives...

Duron Acquires Three Dealerships in Pennsylvania.
July 1, 2000... Duron, Inc., Beltsville, MD, has expanded its central Pennsylvania presence with the acquisition of a three-store paint and wallcovering dealership. Duron has acquired Eberts Paints and Wallcoverings in Carlisle and two Professional Paints...

Matteson-Ridolfi Named as Cabot's Distributor.
July 1, 2000... The Cabot Corp., Tuscola, IL, has appointed Matteson-Ridolfi, Inc., Riverview, MI, as their distributor for Cab-O-Sil(r) fumed silica and specialty grades of carbon black for Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and parts of...

Elementis Specialties Appoints New England Distributor.
July 1, 2000... Elementis Specialties, Hightstown, NJ, has appointed TMC Materials, Northborough, MA, as its distributor for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut. TMC Materials will distribute the products of Elementis...

E-Business Venture Formed Between Chemcentral and Holland Chemical.
July 1, 2000... Chemcentral, Chicago, IL, and Holland Chemical International NV, Amsterdam, have launched an independent company--Efodia--a new e-business venture designed to create a more efficient, single source distribution chain for industrial customers,...

Praxair to Expand Manufacturing Plants.
July 1, 2000... Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, and its wholly owned subsidiary TAFA Incorporated, expanded two of its manufacturing facilities to support the growing thermal spray market. The powder production facility in...

Minerals Technologies Expands CA and CT Facilities.
July 1, 2000... Minerals Technologies Inc., New York, NY, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Specialty Minerals Inc. (SMI) is investing more than $10 million to expand two of its processed minerals facilities. "We are expanding our operations...

Ciba Enters Joint Venture for Whitener in India.
July 1, 2000... Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland, and Diamond Dye-Chem, Ltd., signed a contract to a joint venture in India at Mumbai. Ciba Specialty Chemicals (India Ltd.) will acquire a 51% ownership in Diamond Dye-Chem, Ltd.

"2001--A Coatings Odyssey" Is Theme of 25th Western Coatings Show Slated for Feb. 18-20.
July 1, 2000... Plans are underway for the 25th Biennial. Western Coatings Societies' Symposium and Show. Slated for February l8-20, 2001, at the Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, CA, the symposium is themed "2001--A Coatings Odyssey--Formulating for the Future."...

Novel Concept for Low Temperature Curing Powder Coatings Based on Hyperbranched Polyesters.
July 1, 2000... Eva Malmstr[ddot{o}]m Anders Hult [+] Royal Institute of Technology [*] INTRODUCTION Solid thermoset resins have increasing importance in several fields, especially in powder coatings. Powder coatings are based on resins that...

Effect of Acid Groups in Hydroxyl Functional Resins on the Properties of Polyester-Urethane Powder Coatings.
July 1, 2000... UCB Chemicals Corporation [*] UCB s.a. [+] INTRODUCTION Polyester resins used in polyester-urethane powder coatings are hydroxyl-terminated and are commonly produced via the polycondensation of polyols and polycarboxylic acids....

Drying of Alkyd Emulsion Paints.
July 1, 2000... P.K. Weissenborn [*,+] A. Motiejauskaite [*] INTRODUCTION Institute for Surface Chemistry [*] Royal Institute of Technology [+] The development of alkyd emulsion-based coatings has resulted, like many other waterborne and...

Weather-Stable Low-Gloss Powder Coatings.
July 1, 2000... Bayer AG [*] Bayer Corporation [+] Manufacturing weather-stable powder coatings with a matte surface and consistent quality is a challenge to the powder coatings industry. Technically acceptable results are achieved using the dry blend...

Effect of Turnover Rate on the Change of Concentration of an Unstable Compound in a Dip Coating Bath.
July 1, 2000... The effect of turnover rate on the change of concentration of unstable (degradable) compounds in a dip coating bath during a continuous coating process was theoretically calculated as a function of the degradation rate of the compound. It is...

MP Mill.
July 1, 2000... The new MP Mill for small batch requirements using a closed mill recirculation concept has been engineered by Inoue USA. Designed and manufactured to close tolerances, the MP Mill operates as a pumpless milling and dispersion system. The mill...

Displacement Pumps.
July 1, 2000... Haight Pumps, a Division of Baker Manufacturing Co., has published a brochure that details their composite (Model G2) and encapsulated stainless steel (Model DR3) rotary gear positive displacement pumps for use in the transfer of problem...

Dry Grinding Lab Machines.
July 1, 2000... A complete eight-page color brochure highlights Netzsch-Condux laboratory machines. The Grinding Division of Netzsch Incorporated now manufactures a wide range of dry laboratory mills for effective testing of small product batches. Netzsch...

Basket Mill.
July 1, 2000... The new SMB basket mill from Sigma Equipment offers the versatility of a disperser and milling capability rivaling that of a bead mill. The mill features a hydraulically lifted milling basket and is available in 300 and 500 gal tank capacities....

Gyratory Sieves and Strainers.
July 1, 2000... The Vorti-Siv Div. of MM Industries, Inc. manufactures a full range of gyratory sieves and strainers to process liquid and powder coatings. The center discharge model RVM-15E utilizes a 15 in. screen diameter and a 3600 rpm air or electric...

Electronic Power Supply.
July 1, 2000... The new Con-Trol-Cure(r) electronic power supply available from UV Process Supply, Inc., has been designed to drive a UV-curing lamp of nearly any spectral outlet. It is available in two power classes for energizing UV lamps up to 9000 W.

Fluid Control System.
July 1, 2000... The E-Z flow is a basic electronic fluid control system for closed loop flow control and 2K mixing. Introduced by ITW Ransburg, this product is designed to control the ratio of one dual component material or the flow rate of one single...

Light Shield.
July 1, 2000... Fusion UV Systems, Inc., has announced the availability of the [Jaguar.sup.TM] modular light shield and mounting system for use with the company's microwave-powered 6 or 10 in. ultraviolet lamps on web or for retrofit UV-curing applications....

Industrial Mixing Equipment.
July 1, 2000... Conn and Co. designs and manufactures industrial mixing equipment. The company has introduced three patented blades under the tradename Conn Blade(R). The ITT style features a combination of louvers and teeth. The IT has louvers for gentle...

Duct Heater.
July 1, 2000... Gaumer Process Heaters recently introduced a new line of IDH high temperature duct heaters. These heaters are used where high temperature air is required in applications such as ovens, dryers, rotary gravure presses, and heat training. The...

Auto -Vac.
July 1, 2000... Alar Engineering Corporation, a leading supplier of waste water treatment systems, presents the Alar Auto-Vac. The Auto-Vac is used on a variety of industrial waste streams for sludge dewatering. The Auto-Vac is skid mounted, pre-piped and...

Powder Curing Oven.
July 1, 2000... EC Series 450[degrees]F (232[degrees]C) walk-in ovens feature economical performance, gentle air circulation, and digital control for precise operating temperatures ideal for powder curing. Manufactured by Precision Quincy Corp., the 75 gas and...

Spray Nozzles.
July 1, 2000... Bete Fog Nozzle, Inc., has redesigned the EZ-Change series of nozzles. These products feature a quick connection system which reportedly allows the nozzles to be changed in seconds without tools. They consist of a three-part assembly which...

Batch Fluid Bed Processors.
July 1, 2000... The Chemical Division of Niro Inc. now provides a full range of customized batch fluid bed systems for solids processing. These systems are available in various sizes, from laboratory and pilot-scale to large production units. Processes include...

Spray Drying Nozzles.
July 1, 2000... The SDX(r) line of spray drying nozzles from Delavan Spray Technologies produces dry powders from slurries of wide ranging viscosities. These nozzles, compatible with both hot and cold air drying processes, atomize liquid slurries to produce a...

Electric Hub Series Motor.
July 1, 2000... Kollmorgen has published a new brochure on its electric hub series motor. This brochure highlights the company's servodisc motor technology and its reported advantages. The [PowerTrac.sup.TM] motor offers continuous output power from 100-500 W...

People in the News.
July 1, 2000... Tim Hawley has been hired as the Midwest Regional Sales Manager for Seegott, Inc., Streetsboro, OH. Mr. Hawley will manage sales for companies in the coatings, adhesives, inks, and personal care products industries in central Ohio, West...

Obituary.
July 1, 2000... William Ellslager, a member of the Cleveland Society, passed away March 19, 2000. Mr. Ellslager was the Vice President of Research and Development at Kalcor Coatings Co., Willoughby, OH. Federation Mourns Passing of Prominent Color...

Liquid Diol.
July 1, 2000... Lyondell has issued a brochure describing MPDiol(R) glycol, a branched diol with two primary hydroxyl groups. The brochure provides general property information. Features and benefits are given for use in both saturated and unsaturated...

Capillary Flow Underfill.
July 1, 2000... Amicon(R) E 1172 capillary flow underfill is available from Emerson & Cuming. The fast flow, snap cure encapsulant is formulated for use with very fine pitch area array devices, underfilling devices with 25-[mu]m geometrics. It is designed for...

Phosphate Ester Surfactants.
July 1, 2000... Dexter Chemical has produced a new, full-color brochure highlighting the company's phosphate ester surfactants. Strodex(R) and Dextrol(R) wetting and dispersing agents are designed for use in paints and coatings to develop truer color by...

Urethane Elastomer for Concrete.
July 1, 2000... Anew two-component, 100% solids, aromatic urethane elastomer has been released by Futura Coatings, Inc. Futura-Thane(R) 5725 reportedly protects concrete from water leakage and salt penetration that degrades and weakens concrete and steel...

Epoxy Curing Agent.
July 1, 2000... Cognis Corp. Coatings and Inks Division has introduced Capcure(R) LOF, a low odor, uncatalyzed polymercaptan epoxy curing agent that offers antiskinning technology. It is designed for filled and clear hardeners. The agent is designed for use as...

Silicone Resin Copolymers.
July 1, 2000... Tego Chemie Service has introduced two specially modified silicone resins. Silikoftal(R) EW is a silicone-epoxy resin specially designed for coatings that require both high heat and solvent resistance. Supplied as 50% solids in...

Mass Spectrometer Systems.
July 1, 2000... MKS Instruments, Inc. has published color brochures describing its new Orion(R) Compact quadrupole mass spectrometer residual gas and process gas analysis systems. Brochures are available for the new Orion [CompactRGA.sup.TM],...

Grazing Incidence Analysis.
July 1, 2000... Designed for analysis of extremely thin coatings, lubricants, residues, or other substances adsorbed on metal surfaces, the Nexus SAGA smart accessory is available from Nicolet Instrument Corp. Short for Smart Apertured Grazing Angle, the Nexus...

Test Sieves.
July 1, 2000... ATM Corp. has introduced a four-color brochure for its complete line of testing sieves and related products. This revised literature includes information on the Sonic Sifter Separator, ATM Arrow(R) Sieve Shaker, and sieve certification.

Tabletop Homogenizer.
July 1, 2000... The Niro Soavi Panda benchtop high-pressure homogenizer is designed for processing biochemicals, chemicals, cosmetics, foodstuff, and pharmaceuticals. The instrument, available from Niro Inc., homogenizes samples at rates up to approximately...

Coating Thickness Gage.
July 1, 2000... The PosiTector 100 ultrasonic coating thickness gage has been developed by DeFelsko Corp. With only one measurement, the handheld instrument uses ultrasonic technology to measure single and multiple-layered coatings non-destructively.

Series Durometer.
July 1, 2000... Paul N. Gardner Co., Inc. has introduced the Analog e2000 series durometer. The handheld hardness measurement instrument features a 1 1/4 in. diameter base, an LCD readout indicator with a resolution of 0.1 point, a standard max-hold button,...

Digital Refractometer.
July 1, 2000... A new standard/immersion type digital refractometer (battery operated) designed for accurate measurements of starch, rosin, and sizing solutions in the processes involved in adhesive processing has been released by Kernco Instruments Co., Inc....

Digital Image Analyzer.
July 1, 2000... Atlas Electric Devices Co. has released a brochure on their [CompactRGA.sup.TM], Digital Image Analyzer. The instrument is designed to learn and store knowledge in order to process the test series, classify samples, and store images and test...

Respirator Mask.
July 1, 2000... Survivair(R) has introduced the [Opti-Fit.sup.TM] full facepiece air purifying respirator mask. The mask is equipped with a panoramic lens with an anti-scratch hard coating on both sides of the lens for long lasting protection, distortion-free...

Ladder Safety.
July 1, 2000... The Ladder Stopper is available from Bird Barrier America, Inc. Designed to reduce slip-out, the ladder stopper is kept in place by friction at its point of contact with the ground. The product has an aluminum "T" bonded inside a highgrip...

Two-Sided Bucket.
July 1, 2000... The Duallie Paint Bucket has been introduced by Kenmont Industries LLC. The dual two-sided bucket has the ability to hold two different materials at the same time. It can accommodate all brushes and seven inch standard tools such as roller...

Bulk Box Replacement.
July 1, 2000... Composite Container Co., a member of the B.A.G. Corp. family, has developed the PelletPack(R) container, a bulk box replacement that combines the characteristics of a box with that of a bulk bag. Octagonal in shape, lightweight, durable, and...

Spill Containment Caddy.
July 1, 2000... Designed for managing 30 or 55 gallons of hazardous chemicals, Justrite Manufacturing Co. has introduced the [Gator.sup.TM] Spill Containment Caddy. In compliance with EPA and OSHA regulations, the caddy's polyethylene construction is...

Drum and Pail Dust Caps.
July 1, 2000... A new and improved dust cap is now available from CDF Corp. The caps shield drum and pail contents from dirt, dust, insects, moisture, and other contaminants, as well as corrosion and weather damage. Stocked in 5- to 55-gal sizes, they are...

Humbug from Hillman.
July 1, 2000... Last month we published an item found in a dusty file from a 1995 issue of the Yetter Letter. It had been sent by Jeff Sturm that long ago. Here are a couple more. By the way, where have you been Jeff? Test your ability on following...