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Home » Quality Control

Articles Tagged with ''Quality Control''

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Choosing the Right Lab Mixer for Your Coating

Del Williams
June 9, 2025
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How to select lab mixers that scale, handle tough viscosities and produce repeatable results in coatings research and development.



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When Lab Techs Team Up with Machines

Analysis on the Testing Methods and Influencing Factors of Automatic and Manual Fineness Measurement for Paint and Coatings
Zeng Yuling
May 13, 2025
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A closer look at automated vs. manual fineness testing reveals potential benefits in precision and repeatability.




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Automotive Interior Surface Testing

Color and Appearance
Sherri Thompson
May 7, 2025
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This article explores surface testing methods to ensure color consistency, gloss and appearance in modern automotive interior coatings.


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Helmee Imaging Announces New Subsidiary in U.S.

October 10, 2022
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Helmee Imaging Oy, a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of unique CSD imaging technology for surface inspection applications, has launched a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary based in Cumming, Georgia.


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Quality Monitoring for Surface Treatment from Plasmatreat

April 29, 2021
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Plasmatreat GmbH supports digitized manufacturing with its Plasma Control Unit (PCU) and makes numerous controls, regulation and monitoring functions available to ensure consistently high surface-treatment quality and reproducibility.
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Monitoring Paint Curing Oven Temperature

May 1, 2020
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CAS DataLoggers supplied a temperature monitoring solution for an industrial paint curing oven used by a manufacturer of commercial snow removal equipment. This customer was experiencing periodic problems with the quality of their powder-coated parts.
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DCC Monteith Receives ISO 9001 Certification

March 2, 2018
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Dominion Colour Corp.'s (DCC) Dispersions and Preparations site in Mississauga, Ontario, has been registered to the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System standard.
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KTA-Tator Inc. Offers SSPC PCCP Support Services

July 25, 2017
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KTA-Tator Inc. has introduced SSPC PCCP Support Services to assist firms in meeting the requirements of several of the qualification procedures.


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PowderTAG

Powder Coating Thickness Analyzer

October 31, 2016
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PowderTAG from TQC measures powder coating thickness up to 300 µm before and after cure on metal substrates such as steel or aluminum.


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Holidays and Pinholes: The Chink in the Armour

Holidays and Pinholes: The Chink in the Armour

Thomas Belli
August 1, 2016
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Throughout this article we aim to dispel some myths surrounding holidays and pinholes, while also exploring holiday detection and the solutions used to fix these defects.


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N-Butylpyrrolidone (NBP) as a Green Solvent to Replace N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in Industrial Coating Applications

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