Many different processes are available for the chemical pre-treatment of aluminium surfaces before powder coating. In addition to the chromating originally used, more environmentally friendly, alternative pretreatment systems are usually used today. Pre-anodizing takes on a special position. More
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If you work in your home office like many others due to the current corona crisis and cannot read your current print magazine, we will provide you with the digital version including online archive free of charge. So you can read from the comfort of your home office and never miss an issue. More
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PaintExpo, the world's leading trade fair for industrial painting technology, will take place from 12 to 15 October 2020 at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre, Germany. The organizer FairFair GmbH is thus reacting promptly to the recently announced postponement of the industry highlight due to the dynamic spread of the corona virus Sars-CoV-2. More
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The Dürr Group is reporting record levels of incoming orders and sales revenues for 2019 and has exceeded its earnings targets adjusted during the year. According to preliminary figures, order volume grew by 3.7% to Euro 4,076.5 million. Environmental technology and the growing demand for production technology for electric cars were the main contributors to this growth. More
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PaintExpo - the world's largest trade fair for painting and powder coating will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, from April 21 to 24. With more than 500 companies from 26 countries, PaintExpo is the world's only information and procurement platform that covers the entire spectrum of topics for industrial painting technology. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/paintexpo-solutions-for-sustainable-painting-processes-2549234.html
Successful IIoT (Industrial Internet of things) solutions must enable simple linking of several coating systems in a company. With the web-based information and management platform Coatify from Wagner, coating systems can be intelligently visualized. More
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Today's low-temperature powders for outdoor use ideally require 150°C and 12 minutes in the baking oven as the lower baking value. Pulverit has strongly modified a polyester binder and thus developed a new generation of powders, which is unlabelled and poses no risk of contamination in a conventional powder coating plant. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/highly-weather-resistant-powder-coatings-for-thermally-sensitive-substrates-2544201.html
With a complete update, the coating standard DIN EN ISO 12944 for the first time takes the durability of hot-dip galvanized steel into account to some extent and enables coatings to be thinned by a third - even for highly corrosive offshore applications. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/updated-standard-cx-extreme-corrosion-stress-2536960.html
Whether on the highways in the USA, motorways in Europe or the trunk roads in China, vehicles painted white are the predominant color on all roads around the world. This is one of the key findings of the BASF Color Report 2019 for Automotive OEM Coatings. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/basf-analysis-white-remains-most-popular-automotive-color-2533220.html
Many "Class A" surfaces with a perfect appearance were on show at K 2019, but also numerous examples of the integration of functions into (plastic) surfaces. The relevant manufacturers have developed new processes for this task. More
https://www.ist-surfacetechnology.com/news/review-k-2019-focus-on-functional-surfaces-2528620.html
