Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 12 Issue 3

Comment

The coating industry's growth sector, namely the production of market research surveys, has come up with two more contributions this month. A report from IAL Industrial Aids Ltd.…

Effect of pigmentation on gloss

L.A. Simpson

Since the size of surface defect which has a detrimental affect on specular gloss is comparable with that of some pigment particles it follows that in paint systems where pigment…

A method for measuring the agglutination of ball‐point ink in a narrow brass tube

M.A. Rabah, S.M. Eldighidy, A.A. Aboukhashaba

Ball‐point ink is a heterogeneous, viscous multi‐phase fluid. It consists of resins, solvents, diluents together with solid pigment and filler. The fluid is contained in a thin…

Adhesives for high speed foil‐bonding

Veneering used to refer only to surfacing boards with wood veneers and the technique has been used since the days of the ancient Egyptians. (A primitive veneered casket was found…

Equipment

A new, super‐sensitive liquid level detector measuring only 50 mm × 50 mm × 88 mm to plug into a standard relay base is the newest product from CIP specialists, In Place Cleaning…

Materials

BASF United Kingdom Ltd., PO Box 4, Earl Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire SK8 have introduced a new green and two new blue pigments in their Heliogen range. Heliogen Green L 8605 is…

People

Dr. T. E. Groves has been installed as President of Paint RA. The immediate Past President, Mr. Leslie Silver, remains on the Board of Management.

Publications

A new bilingual handbook describing a selection of companies which offer custom chemical manufacturing services in West Germany has just been published at a price of £95 by…

Industry

The photograph right shows an unusual application for one of Kremlin Spray Painting Equipment Ltd.'s J3 type air spray guns.