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Understanding CARC
With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in full force, contracts from Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) are being awarded on a regular basis. The demand for chemical agent resistant coatings (CARC) and qualified applicators is at an all-time high. However, finishing professionals that want to participate in this market must adhere to strict specifications and guidelines. Complying with the requirements requires a basic understanding of CARC…MORE
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Ecology Coatings Granted Patents for 100% solids,
UV-Curable, Low-Emission Coatings
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,151,123 covering Ecology Coatings, Inc.’s environmentally friendly, 100% solids, UV-curable coating technology. The issued patent is the first of four recently allowed patents in the industrial coatings market. Ecology Coatings’ patented products and methods are designed to integrate with the conventional finishing process to reduce energy use, hazardous emissions, time and space requirements for OEM manufacturers in a variety of sectors, including the automotive, plastics and metals markets…
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Protech Purchases New Production Facility, Completes Acquisition of Flanders Powder NV
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has purchased a new production facility in Fairfield, NJ, 10 miles from Protech’s current location in Parsippany, NJ. The new plant is expected to improve the company’s manufacturing efficiency and increase capacity by more than 50%. Through its Belgian affiliate, Oxyplast Belgium NV, The Protech/Oxyplast Group has also concluded its previously reported transaction to purchase the powder coatings business of Flanders Powder NV of Wevelgem, Belgium…MORE
Clariant to Reorganize Aluminum Finishing Business
Clariant is reorganizing the sales and distribution of its aluminum finishing activities in Europe. Effective April 1, 2007, the Swiss Omya group will be the exclusive distributor of the aluminum finishing products of Clariant’s Pigments & Additives Division. According to the company, the goal of this measure is to reduce logistic complexity and offer improved customer service in all of Europe from one source…MORE
Wilson TurboPower and Praxair Sign Agreement
Wilson TurboPower, Inc., has signed an agreement with Praxair, Inc., to adapt Wilson TurboPower’s patented rotary-regenerator heat exchanger to improve the oxy-fuel combustion process used by Praxair ’s oxygen customers. The Wilson Heat Exchanger reportedly produces a heat-transfer efficiency of 98% and can operate at temperatures exceeding 1800
°F (1000°C), which is above the efficiencies and operating temperatures of most metal heat exchangers. The heat exchanger is also designed to be more compact than metal units…MORE
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Ferro Board Elects Kirsch Chairman, President and CEO
The Board of Directors of Ferro Corp. has elected James F. Kirsch as chairman, president and chief executive officer. Kirsch had been president and chief executive officer at the company since December 2005. He joined Ferro in 2004 as president and chief operating officer…MORE
Sartomer Promotes Quinn and Gebhart
Sartomer Co. recently made two personnel changes in its Midwest sales office. Terry Quinn was promoted to regional sales manager and will remain based in Chicago. He will report directly to Al Tuccio, Sartomer vice president of sales. Meanwhile, Chris Gebhart was named technical sales representative of the Midwest region to replace Quinn, his direct report. Gebhart will be based in Chicago...
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Encore Develops Robotic Cells for Auto Applications
Encore Automation, Auburn Hills, MI, has selected DELMIA Robotics from Dassault Systemes as its simulation tool used in the development of sophisticated robotic systems for the automotive industry, including a paint quality inspection system that uses robots and vision technology to measure paint thickness, as well as examine general paint uniformity and overall appearance. DELMIA Robotics is an integrated solution that will enable Encore Automation to design, simulate, optimize, and program robotic workcells in a 3D digital factory environment. Additionally, V5 Robotics can capture and reuse best practices, leverage programming knowledge
and automate the repetitive work of robot programming, helping to reduce cost, design and manufacturing time, and accelerating the time-to-market…MORE
Columbus Industries Introduces High-Capacity Filters
High Capacity and High Capacity Supra II filters from Columbus Industries are designed to withstand the rigors of glue or adhesive applications. Constructed of layers of slit and expanded kraft paper, these filters have a very open face-ply backed with several graduated density layers, which allows for greater depth loading and holding capacity, while maintaining high arrestance efficiency. The depth loading characteristic can prevent the “blinding off” that often occurs in other filter media and can therefore extend the service life of the filter to reduce overall booth operating costs…
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Wilden Launches Ductile Iron High-Pressure Pump
The new 51 mm (2 in.) H800 ductile iron high pressure pump from Wilden Pump & Engineering uses the same air distribution system (ADS) as the current H800 stainless steel high pressure pump, but it is designed to reliably transfer viscous, solid-laden slurries at high discharge pressures. The H800 pump generates a 3:1 pressure ratio of inlet air supply to discharge fluid. This pump can achieve discharge fluid pressures up to 17.2 bar (250 psig), and it includes the new ringed-piston air valve design for increased reliability and life…
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Thermo Fisher Introduces Mobile Docking Station
Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced a new HAAKE OS mobile docking station to enable users to integrate their existing measuring adapters into Thermo Scientific’s newest torque rheometer platform, the HAAKE PolyLab OS. With this upgrade, users can protect their established measuring procedures while upgrading their installations. The rheometer platform incorporates the standardized CANopen Bus that promotes connectivity. Peripheral devices are automatically identified and graphically shown in the MS Windows-supported software. Historical mixer data and graphs can be imported into the system for integrated data evaluation and immediate productivity gains…
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