Carestream Health, Inc., formerly Eastman Kodak Co.’s Health Group, has launched Tollcoating.com, a new contract manufacturing business that provides solvent and aqueous coating services using state-of-the-art technologies for medical, display, electronics and imaging products.

Stephen C. Lapin, Ph.D., has joined the BroadBeam® team at PCT Engineered Systems LLC as the lead electron beam (EB) application specialist. In this position, Dr. Lapin will be responsible for assisting PCT’s customers with the development of coating, printing and adhesive applications, as well as providing technical expertise in the research and development of the BroadBeam EB processors.

The new BroadBeam® LE Series electron beam (EB) system from PCT Engineered Systems, launched at the RadTech UV & EB 2008 show on May 5, is designed to incorporate the proven benefits of EB in a smaller footprint and at a lower cost for web offset and CI flexo printing, laminating, and other specialty coatings and lacquers for package printing, as well as crosslinking and surface treatment.

Zinc-rich coatings based on zinc dust have been used on dams, bridges, ships, pipelines and other structures. However, problems associated with the manufacture, storage, handling, cost and application of these materials have limited their use. Advanced coatings containing a low-cost, highly conductive zinc flake material produce superior anticorrosion results compared to conventional zinc dust formulas. Additionally, the greater conductivity of the zinc powder allows the ratio of zinc metal-to-binder to be reduced, thereby lowering the cost of the coating.

DVUV, LLC has been selected for an Emerging Technology Award by RadTech International North America, the industry association formed to advance ultraviolet and electron beam (UV and EB) technology.

No. 996 is a gas-fired, 350°F (177°C) jumbo walk-in oven from Grieve Corp., currently used for batch processing large composite structures. The oven uses 1.2 million BTU/hr installed in a modulating natural gas burner to heat the unit, while 49,000 cfm total from two 20-hp recirculating blowers provide combination airflow to the workloads.

The high-speed EPX2050 robot from Motoman is designed to provide versatility and superior performance. The six-axis robot can be used for painting contoured parts such automotive car bodies and plastic component parts, agricultural equipment and aerospace parts.

Victrex has launched victrexenergy.com, a microsite designed to meet the specific needs of the energy industry. The microsite will showcase how VICTREX® PEEK™ polymer products solve the challenges and growing demands of the energy industry. Application data on the company's expanding portfolio of high-performance materials that now includes APTIV™ films, VICOTE® Coatings, PEEK-HT™ and T-Series™ is featured on the site.

Dynamix Black 30C933 from The Shepherd Color Co. is a “stir-in” inorganic color pigment (CI Pigment Black 26) that can be used in liquid and powder coatings, silicate and masonry coatings, and radiation-cured coatings.

Conformal Coating Multi-Cure® 987 from DYMAX Corp. has met the requirements of MIL-I-46058C and IPC-CC-830B. The product is specifically formulated for rapid room-temperature cure when exposed to UV and/or visible light.