PC Kitchen Short Course
The PC Kitchen Short Course: Hands-On Powder Coating Formulating Fundamentals
The PC Kitchen’s Short Course introduces formulators, chemists and scientists to the fundamentals of creating a powder coating from the ground up. An introduction to resin chemistry and corresponding crosslinker technology will enable the chemist to understand how to construct a binder to meet the performance specified by the coating end user. A survey of powder coating additives, colorant pigments and extenders rounds out the basics of formulation technology. This hands-on course is held in a working powder coating laboratory, which includes practical sample making and coating evaluation.
2020 PC Kitchen Virtual Short Course Schedule
Times in Eastern Time Zone
Must be registered by October 21st to attend
Questions?
Contact Tom Fowler With Questions
Session 1: Thursday, October 22, 2020
Introductions and Course Overview
Powder Coating Evolution and Nomenclature: How Did We Get Here?
Binder Chemistry: The Heart of a Powder Coating
Binder Chemistry - Continued
Powder Application: A Very Electrifying Experience (Lecture and Hands-On Lab Demo)
Session Ends
Session 2: Thursday, October 29, 2020
Colorant Pigments: Color My World
Extender Pigments: Very Filling
Processing: It May be a Coating, But it’s Made Like a Plastic
Questions & Answers
Lab Time: Let’s Make a Powder Coating
Open Discussion
Session Ends
Session 3: Thursday, November 5, 2020
Additives: The Voodoo of Formulating
The Mechanics of Formulating: Creating Products to Satisfy the Most Discerning Customers
Questions & Answers
Test Methods and Analysis: Characterizing Performance of Powder Coatings
Formulating Assignments: Show Us What You Now Know
Session Ends
Session 4: Thursday, November 12, 2020
We Create Your Powder Coatings
Evaluation of Your New Creation: Film Appearance and Mechanical Testing
Review of Formulations, Recommendations
Open Discussion
Session Ends