Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 9 Issue 11

Comment

Although powder coatings have still some considerable way to go to reach their full potential, they undoubtedly now have the biggest growth in the coatings market. A new study by…

Automatic production in the paint industry

R.W. English

The paint industry, like many others, has been faced for some time with mounting pressures from many quarters which make the goal of automatic, or semi‐automatic, production…

A simple method for assessing fineness and stability of pigment and dye dispersions

E.A. Smith, E.W. Pemberton

In recent work on the preparation of small samples of dye dispersions, a simple method has been developed of quantifying particle sizes and stability in dispersion. A method…

High shear homogenising/milling

Leo Hepner, PhD, FIChemE

The concept of high shear mixing/milling using a high speed rotor/stator principle has been used successfully in most sectors of the process industries, including food, dairying…

Dispersers, mixers and fillers: Some new equipment

KEK Ltd., Hurdsfield Industrial Estate, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 2ND, announce an extension to their cryogenic grinding facility with the installation of a 2000 litre nitrogen…

Coatings update: Scientific studies—part2

Americus

A large number of new analytical techniques have proved themselves at least potentially useful in coatings research. One of these, investigated by Jilek [Progress in Organic…

Equipment

As part of their statutory safety obligations, Sigma Coatings Ltd., employ a specially modified Sichelschmidt d4 EX pedestrian operated all electric lift truck in their 10,000…

Materials

BP Chemicals, Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0SU, has launched Ceilogel, a new range of five polyester gelcoat resins, specifically formulated to…

People

Sikkens UK Ltd. have appointed Michael J. H. Manning (41) as field sales manager decorative products to plan and control the activities of the field sales force.

Industry

A new Company, Rentatank Ltd., 20 Mayday Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR4 7HL, has been launched to provide a rental service for intermediate bulk containers (IBC's). For the…