Navigating the paint and coatings industry as a senior female leader comes with unique challenges and experiences.
PPG's Senior Vice President, Protective and Marine Coatings, discusses guiding principles from her career, and the future of protective and marine coatings.
Carbon fiber composite material use is growing in sectors such as aerospace, wind power generation, automotive, and sports/leisure applications. Although corrosion and fatigue resistant, there is less known about the aging resistance of these materials. This study examines the commonly used ultraviolet absorbers, hindered amine light stabilizers, and a novel composite light stabilizer additive to get a better understanding of the weather resistance of carbon fiber composite materials in the industry.
Read about a full turn-key solution to combat corrosion under insulation on an ammonium-sulphate feed tank. Within the space of 24 hours, the tank was repaired and protected against future corrosion with an industrial composite wrap system.
The iconic 18th century windmills at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands are being preserved with help from innovative coatings to restore them to their original colors.
The coating is designed to meet the highest performance and aesthetic demands of today’s commercial construction industry. Ideal for on-site applications, this solvent-based coating protects structural steel substrates.
Beautiful, historic homes are most-often found in historic districts near city centers. The mission of these historic districts is to preserve homes that sometimes were standing at the city’s founding. But older historic homes can be hard to maintain, and there are many other challenges those homeowners face.
The MLK Center, located in Atlanta, is a place where people can visit the final resting place of Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, learn more about Dr. King and his work, and visit the library and archives. The right protective coatings are essential for preserving this landmark.
Cast elastomers based on PDO-sebacate polyol exhibit an excellent combination of tensile properties, abrasion resistance, thermal, hydrolytic, and solvent resistance, as well as adhesion to metal substrates. These are desirable properties for cast elastomers intended for applications as protective coatings for pipes, and coatings for sieves typically used in drilling and mining applications.
Increased regulatory scrutiny of lead, chromium, and zinc is driving the migration to heavy-metal-free corrosion inhibitors. In this article, several water-based resin technologies were selected to demonstrate the performance of heavy-metal-free corrosion inhibitors versus their zinc-containing counterparts.
