Made for applications such as automotive finishes, industrial coatings and plastics coloring, five new red Diketopyrrolo Pyrrole (DPP) pigments are offered. Three of the five will be C.I. Pigment Red
MAG AA has a manifold-mounted design that aids in faster maintenance changeover. It also provides advanced spray consistency, design simplicity for reduced maintenance time and expense, and reduced overspray. Spray
Viscoanalyser is designed using a modular concept and can be upgraded to meet expanding needs and requirements. Designed for research and development as well as quality control, the unit is
Despite a soft economy, all of the top 10 coatings manufacturers increased sales over the previous year. This feature discusses the top 10 and some of their top stories.
Enhancing Powder Adhesion on Aluminum We apply powder coatings to HRS steel and extruded aluminum parts that are used outdoors. We use a five-stage washer with a cleaner, rinse, phosphate,
To date, only fragmentary data have been published on the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and African paint and coatings markets. A new Irfab Chemical Consultants study covering more than 25 countries fills in some of the gaps.
When California's Rule 1132 was adopted, HON Industries, like other manufacturers throughout the state, had to cut its VOC emissions by 65% before the law took effect. The office furniture manufacturer cut emissions by 70%, winning its environmental battle as successfully as it has overcome California's volatile energy markets and issues related to foreign competition.
The ever-increasing attention paid to environmental protection has produced a lot of legislation aimed at reducing emissions from industrial activities, particularly VOCs used as diluents in coatings. Besides the safety and protection regulations placed on plants, emissions from VOCs are also being substantially reduced through the development and use of new low-solvent and solvent-free coatings, such as high-solids paints, waterborne coatings and powder coatings.
This is the 10th article in a year-long series celebrating Industrial Paint & Powder's 80th anniversary. The feature stories below are a portion of the articles that appeared in 1978 in the magazine, then known as Industrial Finishing.
Total Productive Maintenance, or Total Productive Manufacturing, is a continuous improvement effort involving every aspect of a company. The concept requires abandoning a reactive management approach to process equipment failure and understanding that a maintenance program includes monitoring and improving equipment performance.
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