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Efficient Enameling
A water heater manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China, a port city on the Yangze River, needed to dramatically increase its porcelain enameling production rates to relieve a tremendous backlog and to manage the booming Chinese market for both commercial and residential glass-lined water heaters. The plant turned to KMI Systems, Inc., based in Crystal Lake, IL. KMI constructed and installed a high-efficiency porcelain enamel furnace within a 6,000-sq.-ft. furnace room as an addition to the 383,000-sq.ft. water heater manufacturing plant. To date, this furnace is reportedly the largest, most efficient and modern porcelain enamel furnace in China...
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"I have a customer who has pulled steel parts from various areas of the racks to test three colors for salt spray. All colors passed in an earlier salt spray test, but one color failed in the recent test. Film thickness and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) testing showed the part to be okay. I have explained to the customer that the product will pass if it is pretreated properly, has the correct film thickness and is cured correctly. How would you convince the customer that the powder is okay?"
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Hyundai Motor Co. to Develop Global "Paint Strategy" with Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes
Hyundai Motor Co. has named Akzo Nobel Car Refinishes its first globally approved aftermarket supplier. The two companies will merge competencies to develop the “Hyundai Dealership Global Body and Paint Strategy.” As part of this strategic initiative, Akzo Nobel will supply its full range of car refinishes products to all Hyundai Dealers’ Body and Paint Departments. In addition, with the assistance of Akzo Nobel, Hyundai Motor Co. will soon announce the rollout of its new Body and Paint Program…MORE
Dörken Plating Process Earns Material Efficiency Prize
Dörken MKS-Systeme GmbH, Herdecke, Germany, was recently honored with the 2006 German Material Efficiency Prize. Presented at the EuroMold trade fair and exhibition, the award was given to the firm in recognition of its DELTA-PROTEKT®
KL 105 microlayer corrosion protection system — a chromium-free plating that reportedly reduces costs by up to 30%...MORE
Professional Plating Expands Products and Services
Professional Plating Inc., based on Brillion, WI, has added ceramic coatings to “Specialty Coating” product line. The ceramic coatings provide a high thermal barrier and are typically used on exhaust components…MORE
ACESSA Coatings to Distribute Ultra Tuff Coatings
Tuff Coat, LLC, has entered into an agreement with ACCESSA Coatings Solutions on its line of Ultra Tuff™ coatings. ACCESSA will serve as the sales and distribution partner of Tuff Coat’s Ultra Tuff Line of water-based, rubberized, non-slip coatings…
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Nordson Awards Grant to Education Center
The Nordson Corporation Foundation has awarded a three-year, $225,000 operating support grant to The Center for Leadership in Education. The Center will use the grant to fund its ongoing work of training educators, primarily in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties in Ohio, to increase student achievement…
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Rick la Cour Named Sales Manager for Dörken Corp.
Dörken Corp. USA
, the Ann Arbor, MI-based North American unit of Dörken MKS-Systeme GmbH, Herdecke, Germany, has appointed Rick la Cour to the position of regional sales manager, representing the northern and southeastern U.S. Rick will be responsible for growing the company’s customer base by establishing new accounts of both auto industry OEMs and its network of Tier One/Two suppliers, plating operations and other industries in the region…MORE
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Shepherd Color Adds Brown Pigment to IR Reflecting Line
The Shepherd Color Co. is adding Brown 10C873 to its Arctic®
range of infrared (IR) reflecting pigments, which are used to help reduce heat buildup and produce “cool” coatings in dark color shades. Arctic Brown 10C873 reportedly is a dark brown pigment with outstanding weathering and durability characteristics…MORE
SATA Develops Lightweight Pressure-Fed Gun
Ergonomics were the focus for the new SATAjet 1000 K HVLP and RP spray gun from SATA Spray Equipment/Dan-Am Co. The gun is designed to be lighter and more compact than other systems. It features a soft trigger pull and large fan similar to the SATAjet K3 for fast working speed…MORE
Norcross Introduces Tank-Mounted Viscosity Sensor
The MXBO tank-mounted viscosity sensor from Norcross Corp. uses the proven “piston time-of-fall” method to measure viscosities from 0.1 to 100,000 CPS and is PLC compatible for use with the company’s process controllers. The sensor is suitable for water- and solvent-based applications with open tanks between 10” and 24” deep…
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Electrocoating Seminar Scheduled for April 25
The Electrocoat Association and the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) will jointly host the 2007 Electrocoating Seminar at the Holiday Inn-Select Nashville/Opryland/Airport in Nashville, TN, on April 25, 2007. The one-day seminar will include an introduction to electrocoating, as well as discussions by industry experts on the types of e-coat and where each is used, advantages and disadvantages of the technology, equipment considerations, environmental issues, and testing and troubleshooting. The event will also include a tour of MetoKote Corp.’s Lebanon, TN, electrocoat process
. For more information, call Anne Von Moll at 800.563.8831 or visit www.electrocoat.org/seminar.
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