Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 15 Issue 11

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Special purpose coatings in the broadest sense can be defined as all types of coatings other than architectural or building paints and factory‐applied‐production line finishes and…

‘Aromatic Free’ solvent borne acrylic copolymer resins: A NEW WAY TO SAFER PAINTS

R. Sandford, A. Gindre

For more than 30 years Goodyear has been a leader in solvent paint resin technology for the building sector, with the Pliolite range of resins. Today however, the paint industry…

The metallic soaps of naphthenic acids — Part 6

Edgar S. Lower

Manganese naphthenate has been utilized to improve the combustion properties of kerosine and to reduce soot content of flue gases. It is also applicable as a corrosion inhibitor…

15 Years experience in powder coating manufacturing and practical application

E. Bodnar, Paul Taylor

More than two decades after their frist start the thermosetting powder coatings became in 1985 a technically viable product and a commercial success. Powder coatings are 100% dry…

Developments in raw materials part 5: Convertible media

J Boxall

The binder or media component of surface coatings can be subdivided into two broad groups, non‐convertible and convertible, which differ in their mode of film formation. Binders…

Developments in powder coating manufacture, materials and plant: High accuracy pigment blending

Equipment manufacturers have been attempting for several years to develop an automatic system for the blending of pigments to close tolerances to ensure consistent dye batches.

New high temperature decorated finishes for Bakeware

What is claimed to be the first printing process in the world to allow coil coated steel for bakeware to be attratively decorated with different designs and still withstand…

Equipment

Applied Colour Systems, Inc. announced the release of a high performance computer colour control system, the ACS 3300. The system consists of an advanced spectrophotometer, DEC…

Industry

Vinamul Ltd (formerly Vinyl Products Ltd), Carshalton, Surrey, announces that its Dutch associate, Vinamul BV, Geleen, near Maastricht, The Netherlands has successfully brought on…