The Journal of Coatings Technology articles from September 2000

The Journal of Coatings Technology archives from September 2000

Stop, Look and Listen.
September 1, 2000... Not long ago a respected friend and colleague told me that he thought that coatings technology was mature--that there wasn't much more to be done. The notion that technology, or some portion of it, is complete and finished has a long history,...

Dr. Rose A. Ryntz, of Visteon Corporation, Named 2000 Recipient of FSCT Heckel Award.
September 1, 2000... The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology is pleased to announce that Dr. Rose A. Ryntz, Staff Technical Specialist of Visteon Corporation in Dearborn, MI, will be the 2000 recipient of the George Baugh Heckel Award, the...

ICE 2000: International Coatings Technology Conference Provides the Key to Professional Advancement.
September 1, 2000... Providing the latest and most authoritative information to the coatings and related industries is the goal of the 2000 International Coatings Technology Conference (ICTC). To be held at the Chicago Hilton & Towers, October 16-18, as part of ICE...

Successful Panamerican Expo Attracts Over 3000; Expo Dates Scheduled for 2002 in Mexico City.
September 1, 2000... The 2000 Panamerican Coatings Expo, co-sponsored by the FSCT, ANAFAPYT, and the Mexico Society for Coatings Technology (IMTPYT), and held July 19-21 at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, was extremely successful. Over 3000 persons...

Improving Manufacturing Processes Explored During Two Courses at FSCT's ICTC.
September 1, 2000... The success of any company hinges on its manufacturing processes. While it is critical to run a plant safely and efficiently, the operation must also meet the customer's needs. Recognizing these challenges faced by the coatings...

Federal Legislation.
September 1, 2000... Class Action Bill, S 353: Tort Reform in Congress-The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-7 on June 29 to approve legislation (S 353) that would transfer many class action lawsuits from state to federal court. While a number of bills...

Federal Regulations.
September 1, 2000... Ethylbenzene Designated as IARC Group 2B Carcinogen--Early this year the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) sponsored a working group of 28 experts from 12 countries to meet in Lyon, to evaluate or re-evaluate the evidence for...

State Issues.
September 1, 2000... CALIFORNIA Air Quality--CA S 1865 (Perata) relates to existing law which requires the state Air Resources Board, air control districts, and air quality management districts to adopt regulations for classifying and enforcing minor...

International Issues.
September 1, 2000... European Commission Proposes Ozone Directive--The European Commission has recently adopted a proposal for a directive relating to ozone (maximum ceiling concentrations) in ambient air. This proposal establishes regulatory requirements similar...

Houston School Districts File Suit Against Former Lead Paint, Pigment Suppliers.
September 1, 2000... According to the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA), Washington, D.C., two Houston, TX, area school districts are the latest parties to file suit against former lead paint and pigment manufacturers in a bid to seek financial awards...

Sherwin-Williams Acquires Both Norfolk Paint and Pulverlack Tintas S.A.
September 1, 2000... The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, OH, has acquired Norfolk Paint Co., Norfolk, VA, and Pulverlack Tintas S.A., Brazil. Financial details were not disclosed. Norfolk Paint's architectural coatings business and its chain of stores will become...

EMU Opens Polymer Physics Lab Donated by BP Amoco.
September 1, 2000... Eastern Michigan University's Coatings Research Institute, Ypsilanti, MI, has opened its new Polymer Physics Laboratory donated to them by BP Amoco. The laboratory is designed to facilitate research with multiphase polymeric materials in the...

McWhorter Technologies Expands Latex Capacity.
September 1, 2000... McWhorter Technologies, Inc., Carpentersville, IL, has increased capacity for the production of latex polymers by 15% to keep pace with increased customer demand. The expanded capacity began operation recently at their Columbus, GA, facility...

Letter to the Editor.
September 1, 2000... TO THE EDITOR: I would like to make a slight correction in the article by Zhang et al. entitled "Low VOC, Low Viscosity LIV Cationic-Radiation Cured Ink-Jet System" in the June 2000 issue of JCT (JCT, Vol. 72, No. 905, p. 45). I know that...

Sealants and Caulks Demand to Reach 2.6 Billion Pounds in the Year 2004.
September 1, 2000... A study conducted by The Freedonia Group, Inc., Cleveland, OH, predicts the demand for sealants and caulks in the U.S. to increase more than three percent per year to 2.6 billion pounds by 2004. The study, Sealants & Caulks, concludes that...

Ciba and Symyx Technologies Form New Collaboration.
September 1, 2000... Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland, and Symyx Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, have entered into a new research cooperation and licensing agreement to develop more efficient and cost-effective manufacturing processes for...

Millennium Forms Global Procurement and Mining Div.
September 1, 2000... Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Hunt Valley, MD, has reorganized its purchasing and procurement functions into the Global Procurement and Mining Division. This division consolidates worldwide purchasing activities to reduce costs, increase...

PPG Industries Combines Aircraft Businesses.
September 1, 2000... PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA, has announced that it is combining its aircraft transparency and aerospace coatings and sealants businesses to form a new unit, aerospace products.

Etrema and NIST Form Partnership.
September 1, 2000... To stimulate the growth of the ultrasonic industry in the U.S., Etrema Products, Inc., Ames, IA, has partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, in an NIST funded cooperative agreement to...

W.R. Grace Acquires Dow's Hampshire Polymers Business and DuPont's Ludox[R] Colloidal Silicas Business.
September 1, 2000... W.R. Grace & Co., Columbia, MD, has acquired the Hampshire Polymers Business from the Hampshire Chemical Corp., a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Co. The business will be integrated into Grace Performance Chemicals. In addition, W.R. Grace...

Huntsman to Acquire Morton TPU Business.
September 1, 2000... Huntsman Corp., Salt Lake City, UT, will acquire the Morton global TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) business from Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia. PA. Morton encompasses four main product areas: aromatics, adhesives, aliphatics, and coatings....

BASF Acquires Morton Industrial Coatings Business.
September 1, 2000... BASF Corp., Mount Olive, NJ, has completed its acquisition of the Morton Industrial Coatings business from Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, PA. The acquired entity is now the BASF Corporation Industrial Coatings business group and will be based...

Synthesis of Acrylic Resins for High-Solids Coatings by Solution and Separation Polymerization.
September 1, 2000... Frank N. Jones [*] Coatings Research Institute, Eastern Michigan University [+] Fudan University [**] INTRODUCTION The goal of this study was to find conditions under which oligomeric acrylic polyoi resins with low...

Effects of Reaction Conditions on the Formation of Poly(2-Vinylpyridine) Coatings by Electropolymerization.
September 1, 2000... Xiaoping Ling [*] Charles M. Burns [+] University of Waterloo [**] INTRODUCTION Coatings of polyvinylpyridines and their copolymers, as well as their metallic complexes, are of interest due to their good conductivity, high...

Advanced Testing Procedures for High Performance Coatings.
September 1, 2000... University of Trento [*] University of Rome "La Sapienza" [+] INTRODUCTION For industrial applications, it is often necessary to use protective organic coatings with very high corrosion protection performance and durability. In...

Evaluation of Alkane Sulfonic Acid Catalysts and Derivatives for Curing Activity in a Melamine/Acrylic Polyol Coating Formulation Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.
September 1, 2000... Olivier Bousque[++] ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. [*] INTRODUCTION Alkane sulfonic acids and derivatives are a relatively new class of acid curing agents and, depending on their composition, can act as active or latent catalysts for...

People.
September 1, 2000... Pittsburgh Society member Bernard Appleman has joined KTA-Tator, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, as Vice President--Research and Development. Dr. Appleman will be responsible for designing, conducting, and disseminating research, as well as setting a...

Acrylate Products.
September 1, 2000... San Esters Corp. has released three new acrylate products: Bac-45, a polybutadiene diacrylate, designed for UV or conventional curing of hydrophobic or elastomeric coatings; 1,9-Nonanediol diacrylate (V-260), developed for hydrophobic coatings...

Bond/Repair Adhesives.
September 1, 2000... Wisdom Adhesives has introduced their new Wisdom Supra Lok product line consisting of three types of adhesives for factory, maintenance, shop and home repair applications. Supra Lok Cyanoacrylate bonds metals, plastic, and rubber elastomers....

Flow & Leveling Additives.
September 1, 2000... Two new flow and leveling additives applicable in printing inks and toners are available from Tego Chemie Service. Tego Flow(R) 353 and Tego Flow(R) 354 are both designed to reduce surface tension and exhibit compatibility in waterborne resins....

Silanes Brochure.
September 1, 2000... Sivento Inc. is offering an eight-page color brochure detailing its line of silanes. intended as a one-stop source, the brochure, Silanes, lists each organo-silane product with its chemical name and basic application. In addition, the products...

Organic Pigments.
September 1, 2000... Bayer Corp.'s Coatings and Colorants Division has released its new Bayplast[R] Gran organic pigments for the plastics and fibers industry. The pigments reportedly feature low dusting, high bulk density, and excellent dispersibility.

Aluminum Protective Resin.
September 1, 2000... Silres[R] 610, a silicone resin designed to protect aluminum surfaces against corrosion, UV-B radiation, and contamination, has been developed by WackerChemie. Applications include facade construction, solar reflectors, cars, and household...

Matting Agent.
September 1, 2000... Shamrock Technologies has developed U1traMatte[TM] UV 50-D, a matting agent predispersed in 1,6 hexanedioldiacrylate (HDODA). The agent is an ultrafine 50% polyethylene/silica dispersion designed to provide slip and mar resistance in a range of...

Water Resistance Technology.
September 1, 2000... A new resin technology designed to reduce drying and curing times associated with water-reduced paints has been released by U.S. Polymers, Inc. HPP[R] 4024 reportedly offers early water resistance as well as improved gloss and hardness,...

Latex Polymer.
September 1, 2000... McWhorter Technologies, Inc. has introduced Aquamac[R] 740, a styrene acrylic industrial latex polymer. Available in commercial quantities, the polymer can be used as a primer, direct to metal high gloss, or as a gloss topcoat.

Raw Materials Reference.
September 1, 2000... Vincentz Verlag has published the 10th edition of Lackrohstoff-Tabellen, revised by Olaf Luckert. Written in tabular form, the book provides information about the coatings raw materials available on the market. It is divided into 38 main...

Laser Materials Processing.
September 1, 2000... Designed for engineers, scientists, and corporate decisionmakers, the Laser Institute of America (LIA) has released the LIA Handbook of Laser Materials Processing. Edited by John F. Ready, the handbook provides information on treating a broad...

Aluminum Colored Coating.
September 1, 2000... A new line of aluminum colored roof coatings has been developed by Futura Coatings, Inc. Designed to extend the life and water-resistance of built-up roofing systems, these Futura-Thane products reflect sunlight off the roof and reduce heat...

Earplug Dispenser.
September 1, 2000... Moldex-Metric, Inc. has introduced PlugStation[R], an earplug dispenser that can be placed near every work area. Each dispenser is sealed, disposable, and completely recyclable. Available in 250 or 500 quantities with either SparkPlugs[R]...

Photoluminescent Markings.
September 1, 2000... ASTM has developed non-electrical photoluminescent safety markings that absorb daylight or artificial light and emit a yellow luminance in full darkness. Three standards define the intensity and duration, proper installation, darkness...

Surface Enhancement Treatments.
September 1, 2000... A four-page brochure describing Nedox[R], a family of synergistic surface enhancement treatments, has been published by General Magnaplate Corp. The coating can be applied to a variety of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including aluminum. The...

Low-Cure Powder Coatings.
September 1, 2000... Sherwin-Williams has introduced a new low-cure Powdura[R] line. The Powdura low-cure epoxy, low-cure polyurethane, and low-cure TGIC polyester powder coatings each offer chemical and stain resistance, as well as salt and humidity resistance....

Submersible Mill.
September 1, 2000... Premier Mill has designed a basket-type submersible mill that offers premixing, dispersion, compounding, and dilution in a single tank. The PSM-620 Submersible Mill features two impellers that create a pumping action for fine dispersion and...

Mini Grinding Beads.
September 1, 2000... A new mini zirconium silicate-grinding bead has been released by Ferro Corp.'s North American Ceramic Division. Microzite[TM]-ZS is designed for use in the agrachemical, ink, mineral, coating, and paint industries. The beads are available in...

Sealless Fluid Metering Pump.
September 1, 2000... IRIS Engineering has designed a positive displacement fluid metering pump with no seals and only two moving parts that delivers ml/min to 35GPM. Designed to be submerged in tanks, totes, or drums, the rotary pump mounts directly in the vessel.

High-Shear Mixers.
September 1, 2000... Silverson Machines, Inc. has developed mixer/homogenizers with a variety of sealing devices specifically designed for pressure and vacuum vessels. Mixers are available as top, bottom, or side vessel mounted units. Interchangeable workheads...

Circulation Heater.
September 1, 2000... Gaumer Process Heaters has designed circulation heaters in more than 5000 dif-ferent configurations with capacities from .1kw to 1.9MW. Each configuration is available in NEMA 12, 4, and 7. The heaters may be single- or multi-zoned in sizes up...

Humbug from Hillman.
September 1, 2000... It has been pleasant to be brought memories of old friend Bill Thompson and the good old days of the 50s via a letter from Maurice Samson. Maurice also included a few stories that are worthy of your attention. Here's one: Morris the...