Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 10 Issue 9

Comment

Over the past few months our notes on this page have concentrated on varying viewpoints regarding the economic state of health of the paint and inks manufacturing industry. It is…

Recent trends in the modification of alkyds. I. Physical modification

Sushil Chandra, Suman Pasari

Alkyds are the work horse of paint industry. In order to obtain desired film properties, alkyd resins are frequently modified by other resins and polymers either by physically…

New raw materials and new equipment for printing ink manufacture

Cray Valley Products Ltd., St. Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3PP, have recently introduced a range of resins for use in liquid inks. This range consists of Unithane 672S…

A review of UV‐cured printing inks

C.A. Smith

The introduction of inks that cured, rather than dried, brought a completely new solution to the problem of drying. Ink is physically a liquid and will only dry when excited by…

Coatings update: new proprietary products

Americus

New proprietary products continue to evolve. Many of them are water‐borne and are motivated by ecological considerations. Specialty products whose producers hope that their…

Equipment

The Ratio‐Master RM‐95 for dispensing structural adhesives, is now being marketed in the UK by the Glas‐Craft Division of Ransburg UK Ltd., Hamm Moor Lane, Weybridge. Specifically…

Materials

A highly weather resistant titanium dioxide rutile pigment is now being produced by Bayer. Coated with aluminium, silicon and zirconium compounds and stabilized with Al2O3…

Industry

Twenty‐two roller coating specialists from companies in the paint, plastics, confectionery, chemicals and other industries attended a recent meeting at Warren Spring Laboratory to…

People

Mr. Bill Hopkins has been appointed a sales executive for Silexine Paints Ltd.