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Get Your Products Noticed with the Powder Coated Tough Mark

Since the Powder Coated Tough Mark was introduced in the spring of 1998, over 400 powder coating businesses, including 134 manufacturers of powder coated products, have signed up for the Powder Coated Tough Mark program.

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Powder Coating Materials Deliver a World of Colors, Textures and Effects

In the past several years, research and development in powder coating materials has resulted in new formulations that have paved the way for powder in directions previously only accessible to liquid coatings. Following a brief look at the types of materials used in powder coatings is a summary of the versatility of today’s powder coatings.

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Sweeping Up Productivity Gains

Good planning and a switch to powder pay off at Tennant

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Speeding Up Out-Gassing

Question: I purchased some steel-powder coated furniture for our office that was made in Asia.

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Applying Powder in the Oven

Question: Great column!! We make large pumps for mining and dredge work, with gray, ductile and white iron castings.

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Curing Polyurethane in Infrared Ovens

Question: We have a job shop metal fabricating plant.

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Melting Powder Coating for Disposal

Question: I would like to bake out our used powder paint before disposing.

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Oven Dwell Time

Question: We recently switched to a powder coat with Teflon® in it.

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Oven Design

Question: I am interested in expanding my understanding of industrial oven design.

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Powder Coating Aluminum Alloy

Question: Since you dealt with a toaster oven pan question so well in a past issue, here is another question from a consumer, but one that may have some general interest among your industrial customers as well: I am considering using powder coat to provide a durable black coating on some motorcycle parts, including the main aluminum engine and transmission cases. (They will run quite hot to the touch in actual service.) But at least one manufacturer of these aluminum cases (not the kind I have) strongly recommends against powder coating their cases because the heat involved in the powder coating process can damage these aluminum alloy parts.

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