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Digitize to Optimize

Case Study: the Future of R&D Through an Outsourced, Cloud-Based Data Platform

Bojan Buinac
July 16, 2019
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Recent studies demonstrate that there is a new way to keep the industry just as effective, if not more so, while streamlining the R&D process, while saving both money and materials and better using one's staff. The key is digitizing research and development.
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Flow Management and Reporting Solution Automates EPA Compliance of VOC Emissions for Paint Operations

Flow Management and Reporting Solution Automates EPA Compliance of VOC Emissions for Paint Operations

April 1, 2019
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AW-LAKE COMPANY customized a Flow Management and Reporting Solution that automated EPA compliance of VOC emissions for an OEM manufacturer’s paint operations at three regional plants in Ohio.
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Drum Manufacturing and Reconditioning VOC Control

Drum Manufacturing and Reconditioning VOC Control

Steve Klostermeyer
March 14, 2019
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Thermal oxidizers, or afterburners, are an effective method of controlling the VOCs, HAPs and odor-causing compounds from new drum manufacturing and drum reconditioning processes.
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Testing for the Real World

Testing for the Real World

Neil Wilds
February 11, 2019
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Emergence of real-world testing of coatings products to validate the protection levels of assets worldwide is becoming a major issue. Here Sherwin-Williams reveals how the company is committing to a new level of these tests on behalf of its customers.
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CAS DataLoggers

How to Choose the Ideal Oven Temperature Logger

January 2, 2019
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Read This Before You Decide on an Oven Temperature Profiling Data Logger
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On the Track of Corrosion

On the Track of Corrosion

Rapid, Objective and Reliable Evaluation and Documentation of Corrosion Test Plates
November 12, 2018
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The Corrosion Inspector was designed to produce a fast and objective evaluation of filiform and other corrosion phenomena by digital analysis of coated test plates.
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Quality Control Testing of Titanium Dioxide Industrial Coating Bases

Jeff Watts
November 7, 2018
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Because of the increased accuracy of data, measurements from spectrophotometers can be compared against standards, without the need to conduct parallel tests, effectively saving time and money in the process.
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Failure Analysis of Synthetic Dyes Using Pyrolysis-GC/MS Technique

Rojin Belganeh William Pipkin
November 6, 2018
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This technique provides the analyst with a "method map" for performing failure, material characterization and deformulation analyses.
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Dissecting Orange Peel – A Process-Oriented Approach, Part II

Michael Bonner
June 1, 2018
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In this two-part series, we explore how this carefully crafted design of experiments (DOE) isolated and contrasted the impact and interaction of three key process variables: film build; atomization, and coating viscosity (as determined by temperature).


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Dissecting Orange Peel - A Process-Oriented Approach, Part 1

Michael Bonner
May 4, 2018
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In this two-part series, we explore how this carefully crafted design of experiments (DOE) isolated and contrasted the impact and interaction of three key process variables: film build; atomization, and coating viscosity (as determined by temperature).


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