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The Electrocoating Zone is a library of all things e-coat—a process whereby electrically charged particles are deposited out of a water suspension to coat a conductive part. From application systems to coatings and curing, this site-within-a-site is your ultimate resource for electrocoat articles, suppliers and products.

 

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Adding E-Coat to an Existing Powder Coating Line

If sales for your finishing business have been declining, you may need to consider adding a new coating line to bring in new business. An option may be to add an electrocoat system to your current powder line to increase your coating capabilities. more(+)

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A “Bizarre” Approach: Using Moisture to Cure CARC Coatings
2/1/2012 Products Finishing
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.
Adding E-Coat to an Existing Powder Coating Line
2/1/2012 Products Finishing
If sales for your finishing business have been declining, you may need to consider adding a new coating line to bring in new business. An option may be to add an electrocoat system to your current powder line to increase your coating capabilities.
Just How Clean Is Clean?
2/1/2012 Products Finishing
Most finishing consultants have lost count of the number of times that inadequate cleaning and pretreatment was the cause of defective painting or plating. Skip plating, blistering, delamination—these are just some of the commonly found defects caused by poor cleaning.
A Conversation With ... John Martin, PPG
2/1/2012 Products Finishing
PPG’s John Martin isn’t the father of electrocoating, but he did win the award named for the man who is credited with coming up with the idea. Martin won the George E.F. Brewer award from the Electrocoating Association in 2008 for his lifetime of innovations, and this year he heads the trade group as its president.
Bernard Downey, Coating Pioneer, Passes Away at 88
2/1/2012 Products Finishing
Founder and president of B.L. Downey Co., a 325,000sf2 facility that specialized in e-coat and powder coating.

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