Citation
Bean, J. (2002), "Getting round the new wood powder coating license?", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 31 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2002.12931caa.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Getting round the new wood powder coating license?
The new FIRA Fibrecharge powder coating project assumes more significance with the recent announcement that manufacturers with powder coating on wood production lines, and who use a wood substrate pre-heating process, will have to apply and pay for a license. This follows the recent granting of a patent (GB 2 333 725B) to the Meristem Furniture Group. It refers especially to powder coating for wood processes where pre-heating of the substrate, normally MDF, is required.
Jenner Davey, the Devon-based furniture manufacturer and part of the Meristem Furniture Group, approached Sonneborn & Rieck to help them develop a powder for MDF in l993. One of the results of this work was the realization that, until the FIRA Fibrecharge project was developed, pre-heating was a key element in satisfactory powder coating of wood-based panels. Hence the application for the patent.
John Bean