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    pci april 2022

    2022 April

    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.
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    Unsaturated Polyesters as New Solvent-Free Adhesion Promoters for High-Solids Coating Systems

    Ali Javadi Jim Reader
    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    Developing Sustainability in Packaging

    Developing Sustainability in Packaging

    Gerry Hernandez Jim Giger
    April 26, 2022
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    Adhesives and sealants manufacturers are increasingly demanding sustainable products, a trend that is driving change in the packaging sector.
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    A Case Study Examining the Benefits of Digital Color Management in the Paint Industry

    A Case Study Examining the Benefits of Digital Color Management in the Paint Industry

    Rik Mertens
    April 20, 2022
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    Companies like Crown Paints are rapidly embracing digital workflows to increase customer satisfaction by ensuring accurate color matching.
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    Purposefully Designed Equipment for Advanced Conformal Coating Applications

    Purposefully Designed Equipment for Advanced Conformal Coating Applications

    Richard Weiland
    April 19, 2022
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    The precision and control of new equipment extends the use of parylene by meeting tighter tolerances, thinner film depositions and higher quality standards.
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    The Lab of the Future May Be Here Before We Know It

    The efficiency of lab research continues to decline, while new innovation challenges emerge
    Shriram Ramanathan Ph.D.
    April 15, 2022
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    Rising costs, flat R&D spending, demand for faster development, new regulations and information overload are increasing the momentum of digital labs.
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    Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Electric Heaters in Your Fluid Dispensing System, Part I

    Michael Bonner
    April 13, 2022
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    There are little known flaws in controlling coating temperature with electric heaters that could be causing failures in your fluid dispensing system.
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    Five Key Insights to Help the Coatings Industry Plan for the Future

    Five Key Insights to Help the Coatings Industry Plan for the Future

    Chris Fitzgerald
    April 12, 2022
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    Here are five insights on market drivers, pain points and opportunities moving ahead as businesses adapt in an increasingly uncertain world.
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    Optimizing Diaphragm Performance When Pumping Titanium Dioxide

    Optimizing Diaphragm Performance When Pumping Titanium Dioxide

    James Farley
    April 8, 2022
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    Because of its high, abrasive nature, TiO2 can put traditional two-piece diaphragms under extreme stress, leading to costly leak points, failure and downtime.
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    Problem-Solving Pigments for Powder Coatings: Durable, Functional and Colorful

    Mark M. Ryan Jr.
    April 7, 2022
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    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.
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    Paints & Coatings 2022: Understanding the Chemical Industry and Current Challenges for Coatings and Adhesives, Part Two

    Mike Rezai
    April 6, 2022
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    An outlook on the 2022 housing and automotive markets, as well as an update on raw materials and commodities, logistics and the conflict in Ukraine.
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    TiO2 Producers: Dealing with an Uncertain World

    Gerald Colamarino
    April 4, 2022
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    Given a variety of contributing factors, TiPMC believes tight TiO2 supply and increasing prices will persist through 2022.
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    Covestro AG

    Bio-Based Resin from Covestro AG

    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    Belzona

    Epoxy Structural Adhesive from Belzona

    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    Chromaflo Technologies

    Colorant Explorer App from Chromaflo Technologies

    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    Olympus

    Thickness Gauge from Olympus

    April 5, 2022
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    The 72DL PLUS ultrasonic thickness gauge delivers precision thickness measurements at high speed in a portable device.
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    Charles Ross & Son Co.

    Triple-Shaft Mixer from Charles Ross & Son Co.

    April 5, 2022
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    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
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    Konica Minolta Sensing Americas

    Color-Control Formulation Software from Konica Minolta Sensing Americas

    April 5, 2022
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    The Colibri Color Management Suite is an efficient, powerful and easy-to-use software suite that can handle color specification to formulation and beyond.
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    HEMCO Corp.

    Modular Shower Decontamination Booth from HEMCO Corp.

    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    Evonik

    Matting Agents from Evonik

    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    WINDY CITY COATINGS COURSE

    Windy City Coatings Course hosted by CSCT and CPCA

    April 5, 2022
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    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.
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    Editor's Viewpoint

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    Now Is the Time to Change Our Thinking

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    Kristin Johansson
    April 27, 2022
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    Now it is time to change our thinking and eliminate petrochemicals for good. Green bio solvents are the answer.


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    For more than 20 years, the coatings industry has been undergoing a change from “solventborne” to “waterborne”. The main drivers for this change include increased general awareness on health and environment, more strict government regulations on VOCs and HAPs, as well as the common goal of manufacturers to reduce carbon footprint.

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