Early Rusting on Powder Coated Fencing

Many of you may have attended the Coatings 2003 show held in Indianapolis in October. If you did, you may have had the opportunity to listen to Kevin Butt, the assistant general manager of body engineering for Toyota North America.

How does skinning arise in coatings and how can it be prevented?

Getting the right contractor and carefully planning and documenting the installation process can prevent construction disputes and disruptions, costly production shutdowns and lawsuits.

Thoroughly understanding electrostatics will improve transfer efficiency, parts coverage, finish quality and personal safety.

To achieve unmatched homogeneous predispersion results with precise, reproducible qualities, the Grinding and Dispersion Division of Netzsch now manufactures an all new disperser, the Y-Mix.

Many OEMs apply coatings to their products in their own facilities.

BASF and Q-Panel Lab Products have developed an accelerated Florida acid-etch test that they say reduces the time required to test a coating's resistance to acid rain by a factor of 13 to 1.

ASTM International has launched a new Internet-based system designed to initiate, develop and track draft standards and revisions before and during their balloting stage.

In my last column (Industry Forum, January 2003), I wrote about promoting investment through innovative business solutions.