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Southern Branch of the IMF
On Wednesday February 17th, the Southern Branch of the IMF held a “Zoom” seminar on Learning to Paint the Train.
Automatic dosing of pretreatment chemicals
Many companies are still making manual chemical additions to pretreatment tanks backed up by a regular testing regime. These manual additions can be eliminated by installing Automatic Dosing Equipment.
QUALICOAT Update Standard
The QUALICOAT Standard for architectural powder coating is possibly one of the only quality standards applicable across the globe which is revised several times a year by the release of ‘update sheets’. The most up to date, 88 page QUALICOAT Standard, rewritten with all recent revisions, now dated 2021, is always freely available on the QUALICOAT website and details the stringent coating requirements for licence holders, including the requirement for twice yearly unannounced independent audits. No other architectural powder coating standard offers this level of quality.
In-house powder coating line with maximum process control and highest product quality
For more than 60 years the specialist for outdoor shading has been supplying the national and international market from Spain. As a woodworking shop, the family business initially processed wood, but since the 1980s aluminum has been growing. For years, small and complex components were given to an external contract coating company for powder coating. Now a state-of-the-art powder coating system with dense phase technology ensures flexibility, economy and the highest quality.
HMG Powder Coatings deliver highest technical competency
HMG Powder Coatings can proudly announce that they have been successful in upgrading their fire resistance accreditations to the new and exacting specifications across all their polyester range of products. These new standards have been set out by the construction and rail infrastructure & rolling stock market segments and HMG have sailed through them with flying colours.
Pure water for a perfect powder coat
Powder coating is going green. In some cases this is the result of legislation which requires existing process cleaning solutions to be replaced with more environmentally friendly ones. Increasingly, however, it’s coating quality that is the driver. Some coating specifications now demand salt spray testing for more than 1000 hours, and that means that surface preparation is absolutely critical. One of the proven ways of achieving high quality surface preparation is the use of pure water. Mains water contains a wide range of dissolved salts. These are harmless in drinking water but can promote corrosion and poor adhesion of powders to metal surfaces.
British Coatings Federation grows influence on global coatings industry stage
At the annual meeting of the World Coatings Council in March 2021, Tom Bowtell, Chief Executive of the British Coatings Federation, was elected Vice President.
Automated application with water-based coatings and reduced equipment costs
WAGNER adds special variants to the range of high-speed rotation atomizers with external charging for the processing of water-based paints.
UK suppliers of pumps, filters, rectifiers and metal finishing equipment
Hendor-pe UK Ltd is the UK subsidiary of Hendor BV and Plating Electronic GmbH, established to promote and sell chemical pumps, filter systems, and power supplies for metal finishing, electroplating and other industrial applications. A one-stop supplier for specialist metal finishing equipment, they also provide competitively priced filter media (including cartridges, filter and anode bags and filter papers) and immersion heaters to a wide and varied UK customer base from their sales office in Manchester.
Are you looking for an automated chemical cleaning line?
Turbex has delivered the right cleaning solution for hundreds of UK businesses for nearly 40 years. Customer satisfaction is everything; they only ever employ and train the best people, and work with partners whose goals are closely aligned to their own.
The newest member of the spectro2guide family – spectro2go for mobile colour control
BYK-Gardner – worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of colour, appearance and physical properties – is introducing a new member of the spectro2guide family: the spectro2go.
Scottish galvanizers install Scotland's largest bath as part of investment programme
An investment programme for a Glasgow-based galvanizing business has culminated in the installation of a new £300,000 galvanizing bath.
British designer and manufacturer of workplace storage Est.1982 makes significant investment with Gema UK
As part of their on-going investment strategy, Metal Office Equipment have recently finalised the latest step in their production improvement programme, this included a state-of-the-art Gema Magic Compact horizontal powder coating plant.
Ready. Steady. Celebrate! Interpon Ready to Ship (RTS) Powder Coatings extended to South Asia
If you can’t perform, you won’t compete. And that’s why powder job coaters in South Asia are celebrating that AkzoNobel’s Ready to Ship (RTS) collection of Powder Coatings is now available in a greater range of colors, textures and finishes than ever before.
Powder Coat Failures and How to Avoid Them
Powder coating is applied in various plants across the UK using the well known methodology of spraying electrostatically charged fine polyester based powders onto a product rather than using a wet solvent or painting method. Products powder coated are then baked at an optimum temperature to melt the powder which allows it to flow, the product is then allowed to cool and the coating sets. The problem is, like most opaque coatings, whilst the finish looks good, any coating can hide a multitude of sins on the surface of the metal, the substrate, which will become evident over time.