PCI's April issue has a focus on pigments/colorants, additive advancements, equipment/software, and adhesives and sealants. Learn about problem-solving pigments for powder coatings, new solvent-free adhesion promoters, optimizing diaphragm pump performance, the benefits of digital color management and more.
Polyester-based adhesion promoters (PEAPs) are a series of modified UP resins that can partially replace the main binders in coatings formulations to improve their adhesion to difficult substrates.
The precision and control of new equipment extends the use of parylene by meeting tighter tolerances, thinner film depositions and higher quality standards.
Because of its high, abrasive nature, TiO2 can put traditional two-piece diaphragms under extreme stress, leading to costly leak points, failure and downtime.
Recent advances have found that besides color, CICPs have properties that give them the ability to address regulatory requirements that give not only color, but functional properties.
Decovery SP-8310 is a 37% bio-based, breathable, multi-purpose acrylic resin that enables exterior coatings with improved outdoor durability and enhanced bio-based content.
A new high-performance structural epoxy adhesive, Belzona 7311 is a cold bonding adhesive specially optimized for structural bonding applications subject to cyclic and repeated load where high mechanical strength, cleavage, shear and fatigue resistance are required.
The Colorant Explorer app is built around a novel color wheel design concept to aid formulators and color specifiers with easier searching of pigment ranges used in colorant chemistries for paints and coatings.
The VersaMix model VMC-40 is designed for full vacuum operation and includes a three-wing anchor agitator with Teflon blades scraping the sidewalls and bottom surfaces of the vessel
The Colibri Color Management Suite is an efficient, powerful and easy-to-use software suite that can handle color specification to formulation and beyond.
Modular Laboratory Applications Emergency Shower Booths are shipped from the factory in modular sections, allowing them to be assembled onsite and to be moved from one site to another as the need arises.
Expanding the ACEMATT product line, Evonik has released three matting agents based on precipitated silica: the fine-particle products ACEMATT OK 390 and ACEMATT HK 390, and the versatile silica ACEMATT HK 520.
Hosted by the CSCT and CPCA, the Windy City Coatings Course takes place May 17-18, 2022, at the Westin Chicago Northwest Hotel in Itasca, Illinois. Coatings professionals of all experience levels are invited to attend this two-day course.