Month: March 2022

Photo Credit: Carlisle Fluid Technologies Carlisle Fluid Technologies, a global company which manufactures equipment for the supply, application and curing of sprayed materials, has launched the new Ransburg IntelliFlow RM2 entry-level electronic plural-component proportioner. The company’s IntelliFlow platform of products is said to provide intuitive, accurate, connected proportioning solutions. The RM2 is designed to minimize …

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Photo Credit: Walmec North America Walmec North America’s .01 Micron SuperStar Filter is designed to provide clean, dry, compressed air resulting in the removal of any vapors and contaminates down to .01 micron. According to Walmec, the .01 Micron SuperStar Filter is a four-stage filtration system that has a .01 micron rating, with flow ranges …

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Photo Credit: Technic Technic Italgalvano (Lodi Vecchio, Italy) has released Techni Eco BT 2, a new bright tin plating process for industrial and decorative applications. The company says the main innovation of this process is the total absence of substances that are subject to the Authorization List under the REACH regulation, such as nonylphenols. Using materials free …

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GemaConnect provides users with full visibility of the current status and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of their powder coating equipment. Photo Credit: Gema Gema (Indianapolis, Ind.) recently launched a new production information tool, The GemaConnect. A powerful interactive program, GemaConnect provides users with full visibility of the current status and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of their powder coating …

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Photo Credit: HMG Paints HMG Paints (Manchester, England) has added 70 new metallic colors to its HMG ColorBase Color Box. The new metallic colors are available in a range of HMG products and are said to be ideal for industries such as commercial vehicle, agriculture and construction equipment, amongst others. The new range provides enhanced …

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Photo Credit: Acotec. Acotec (Aalst, Belgium), a specialist in anti-corrosive coatings, has launched Humidur WF22, a one-layer protection coating for the wind farm industry. Based on Acotec’s sustainable all-weather offshore coating technology, Humidur WF22 is designed to deliver durable protection against aggressive humidity and seawater exposure. Humidur WF22 shields the steel from UV radiation and …

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Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Inc. (Akron, Ohio) is launching its MR-Coat-01F & 02F conformal coating series, which reportedly features high hardness and high elongation for better abrasion resistance and less stress on printed circuit board (PCB) components. The MR-Coat products are hard, resin-based, one component systems that do not use toluene as a solvent, which …

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Photo Credit: Belzona Belzona (Miami, Florida), a leading designer and manufacturer of polymer repair composites and industrial protective coatings, has introduced a new containment-grade coatings for the protection of concrete containment areas. Concrete is often used to build secondary chemical containment areas and bunds, which retain spilled chemicals, facilitate product recovery and prevent environmental contamination, …

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Photo Credit: Thinkstock PPG’s (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) AmerLock 600 is a two-component, high-build, multipurpose polyamide-cured coating. According to PPG, the coating is ideal for fabrication shops and maintenance applications, and its compatibility with a wide range of substrates provides great flexibility. The product is said to exhibit low-VOC (240 g/L), fast dry times and durability. PPG …

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Coatmaster AG (Winterthur, Switzerland) and CoatingAI AG (Winterthur, Switzerland) have announced a cooperation which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to drive greater quality, efficiency and profitability for customers in the automated powder coating line industry. According to CoatingAI, this will be the world’s first closed-loop control solution for automated powder coating processes, and it will reportedly …

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