Blistering Defects and How to Avoid Them
Verney Denerville of TIGER Drylac discusses recommendations for avoiding or mitigating blistering defects in powder coatings.
#ask the expert #basics
High Fives for the Surface Finishing Industry
National Surface Finishing Day offered what seems to have been a missing component in our makeshift gatherings over the past year, which is a chance to celebrate together.
#editorial #nsfd
Powder Coating and Green Building
How powder coating can aid architectural applications in achieving environmental certifications.
#sustainability #construction #education
Tiger Group Listing PVD and Other Equipment For Bulk Offers
Tiger Group is listing four robot-automated parts-washing, powder-coating and vacuum metallizing lines from Winona PVD — including “like-new” PVD equipment.
#vacuum-vapor
Winona Powder Coating Receives AAMA 2604 Certification
Winona Powder Coating has achieved AAMA 2604 Certification, becoming a certified applicator of AkzoNobel for Architectural Powder Coatings Technologies.
#measurement-testing #education
X-Rite and Pantone's Pantora Makes Digital Material Samples
X-Rite Inc. and Pantone LLC have updated their Pantora application to connect with X-Rite spectrophotometers, enabling brands to convert physical materials into digital samples.
#measurement-testing
Non-reactive Cleaning for Powder Coating
Northeastern Ohio industrial hinge manufacturer Midlake Products & Mfg. Co. recently added a powder coating line to its operation after years of contemplation. One deciding factor was a phosphate-free, non-reactive cleaning process.
IFS Coatings Breaks Ground on Expansion in Texas
IFS Coatings has broken ground on a 40,000-square-foot facility, the first part of a planned 70,000-square-foot expansion in Gainesville, Texas.
Innovakote Receives Grant to Promote Recycling Powder Coating
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced the award of $273,000 to Innovakote toward recycling 5 million lbs. of excess powder coating discarded each year in West Michigan.
#sustainability #energy