Liquid Coating

Liquid Coating

Coating Plastic Parts More Efficiently

Quality, costs and sustainability in focus with liquid coatings.

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Liquid Coating

Liquid Clinic: UV Waterborne Flatline Spraying

Q. We have been asked to put a finish on some wood products. What can you tell me about UV flatline spray finishes?

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curing

A Conversation With ... Mike Gallagher, Therma-Tron-X

Mike Gallagher is the sales manager at Therma-Tron-X in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and in June retired after a 40-plus-year career in the surface finishing industry.

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aerospace

PPG ice-deterrent coating for airplanes highlighted at Farnborough

Unique coating, which is still development, helps to eliminate ice build-up on airplanes for increased fuel efficiency, enhanced safety and less required maintenance.

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Powder Coating

Axalta Acquires Coil and Spray Coatings Manufacturer Dura Coat

Axalta will purchase a majority stake at the closing which is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2016, and the remaining outstanding shares by January 2019.

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Class 100 Cleanroom Cabinet Oven From Grieve

This Grieve cleanroom cabinet oven features 4” insulated walls, Type 304, 2B finish stainless steel interior with continuously back-welded seams, exterior finished with white epoxy paint,

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curing

$40 million invested: Dürr opens new US campus

The facility in Southfield, Michigan houses more than 500 employees, and combines activities of mechanical and plant engineering the firm had previously carried out at three different locations in the Detroit area.

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automotive

Ford honors Dürr at Annual World Excellence Awards

Dürr was presented with an award in the “Green brand pillar” category by Hau Thai-Tang, Ford group vice president, global purchasing.

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Anodic Versus Cathodic Electrodeposition

To keep the chemistry of these two processes straight, first consider the metal part you are coating. In cathodic electrocoat, the part is the cathode and in anodic electrocoat, the part is the anode. Follow the four E’s of the electrocoat process to keep track of the major process steps: electrolysis, electrophoresis, electrodeposition and electroendosmosis.

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Liquid Coating

Time for a Federal Contractor Reality Check

The economic benefits of a federal contractor status can be significant; the federal government awarded over $445 billion in contracts in the 2014 fiscal year.

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