BASF unveils it’s iGloss “intelligent paint system”
New paint reflects heat rays, designed for transparent organic solar cells in the roof of car
#energy #automotive
Materials and Coatings Development: From Bench Scale to Application
Materials research, and more specifically the development of novel coating methods, has been a central focus of Eltron R&D since the company’s inception over 25 years ago. Eltron has developed, synthesized and characterized materials ranging from nanoparticles to thin films and ceramics for a wide range of applications in the aerospace, semiconductor, energy and automotive industries.
#energy #aerospace #automotive
Conversion to Zirconium Pretreatment
We’re considering conversion of our washer from iron phosphate to a new zirconium product. We’ve been told it will save energy and reduce maintenance with no loss of performance. Is that true?
#energy
Lean AND Green: Energy Saving Innovations in Paint System Design and Retrofits
Energy-Saving Innovations in Paint System Design
#energy
Commemorating the Past, Looking to the Future
Energy transforms the finishing sector, finishers recall proximity to 9/11 attacks
#energy
A Mighty Wind for Finishers
Here in the U.S., the wind energy market grew by about 60 percent from 2009 to 2010, and with more than 40,000 installed megawatts, we rank second to China. Those numbers have caught the attention of finishers, who see a new market to plate parts, e-coat or powder coat turbines, or paint and anodize the hundreds of necessary components.
#economics #energy
Low-VOC Paints
We are presently using an air-drying enamel applied over iron-phosphated, cold-rolled steel. Because of increasing energy costs, we are looking at ways to reduce its usage.
#energy
Putting a Lid on Tanks
KCH Engineered Systems says tank covers reduce overall exhaust requirements, fugitive emissions, heat loss and evaporation rates, energy consumption and calculated surface area for exhaust rates.
#energy #pollutioncontrol
Cure Oven Installation Options
What would be the total energy savings of an elevated oven per hour with bottom entry when compared to the floor-mounted oven?
#energy #curing
Power Up to Cut Down on Energy
Electrocoat rack stripping is a substantial cost to coaters, so it is imperative to use practices that reduce high energy requirements and identify techniques to minimize these costs that contribute to the electrical contact defects.
#energy #pollutioncontrol
Better filtration, less money
Keller set out to develop a sustainable process which incorporates a dry separation system for wet paint overspray. The result is a system they say reduces overall costs up to 85% by using a regenerative filtration system that eliminates disposable filter media or water based wet scrubber costs, as well as minimizing related energy consumption.
#sustainability #curing #energy
Wasted Energy Equals Lost Profits
Energy costs can comprise upwards of 15% of the operating budget of a typical surface finishing operation.
#energy
Electroplating: An Alternative for Producing Low Magnetic Loss Amorphous Alloys
In recent years, Hydro-Québec’s Research Institute has developed, through technological innovation, a program to improve energy efficiency in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy.
#energy
Full of Energy
One thing I’ve continually heard over the past several months is the need for finishing facilities to become more energy efficient in order to hold down costs and run a leaner operation.
#pollutioncontrol #energy
Process Modeling for Plating Energy Usage
A look at finishing energy costs and tips to help you cut them
#energy
Better Burning
Regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) are effective pollution control devices widely used to destroy up to 99.9% of VOCs in paint shop process air streams by burning at temperatures to 1,500°F.Heating air to those kinds of temperatures requires a lot of energy, so RTO suppliers are constantly developing new ways to make their RTO units more energy-efficient.
#measurement-testing #energy
Pumping Up Solar Production
Unique finishing process improves CPV manufacturing.
#masking #curing #energy
Wind Power!
Building wind turbines and bringing jobs to Western Michigan
#curing #energy
Photovoltaic Progress
How electroplated silver can improve solar cell efficiency
#energy
More Productive Painting
Electrostatic separation cuts costs, energy use, environmental impact.
#energy #pollutioncontrol #sustainability