When veteran inventors Mike Bunnell and Daryl Bruischat put their minds together to build a better mousetrap for the drying and curing of waterborne CARC paints, they both hoped to come up with a system that might change the industry somewhat. ArticlePublished: 2/1/2012
Computer simulation of coating processes has made great strides in recent years. Proper design of plating racks, thickness and property distribution of plating systems and the performance of plated coatings on parts can be predicted with uncanny ac... Article: ExternalPublished: 10/1/2011
In just its second year, the Chemical Coaters Association International’s Finishing Technologies Pavilion and Conference will double in size when North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding conference and exhibition, Fa... ArticlePublished: 9/22/2011
At BASF, we believe the industry will focus on new technologies, new innovations, and products and processes that enable the customer to be more efficient and ultimately more successful.By more efficient we mean ‘no coats’ and ‘par... ArticlePublished: 5/18/2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently mulling what industries to invoke new clean-up rules as part of the Comprehensive Environmental Recovery and Liability Act. ArticlePublished: 5/1/2011
Imagine turning space usually set aside for storing parts needing to be shipped out for e-coating into an actual e-coat assembly, one that a plant could lease for a specific job and then turn it back in when the job is finished. ArticlePublished: 4/1/2011
Virtually all metal parts and many plastic parts have some sort of finish applied to them. These finishes are applied to improve appearance, increase corrosion resistance and enhance wear resistance. ArticlePublished: 3/2/2011