Coatings World - April 2009

uv.eb West 2009 attendees enjoyed the numerous tabletop exhibits and the talks on new technology opportunities for energy curing.

Taylor Guitars, offered the end-user perspective with “21st Century Finishing, Taylor Style!” Vittorio Belluz of DV Systems closed the morning portion of the segment with a talk on “Vacuum Coating.”

The afternoon session featured talks on “Mist Coating/Roll Coating” by Jim Arvin, DuBois Equipment. Arvin was followed by Jennifer Allison, Bayer MaterialScience, who discussed “Accelerated Weathering for Wood Coatings.”

Dan Davis and Matt Bell of ITW Industrial Finishing closed the wood finishing session with “Spraying UV.”

UV/EB Technology for Aerospace & Defense Applications featured a wide variety of topics. Robert Chiang opened the session with “100% Solids UV Curable Aircraft Topcoats.” Chiang was followed by Todd Roper of PPG Industries, whose topic was “UV Curable Coatings for Rapid Field Repair.” Min-Yi Shih or Shilpa Pradhan, Physical Optics Corp., discussed “Flexible UV Light Curing System.” Corey Bliss of the USAF closed the morning session with “UV-

Curable Powder Coatings for Military Applications; ESTCP Project WP-0801.”

The afternoon session featured “UV Cured Composite Repair,” presented by Michael Dvorchak, Bayer MaterialScience, and “ Multi-functional UV-Curable Coatings for DoD - SERDP Project WP-1519, by Ben Curatolo, Light Curable Coatings. Georgette Nelson, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, discussed “UV-Curable Coatings for Aerospace Applications - ESTCP Project WP-0804.” Dvorchak closed the session with “UV-Curable Aircraft Stencils/Markings.”

UV/EB Curing for Industrial Applications: Metal & Plastic Coatings was also a popular session. Michael Kelly of Allied PhotoChemical led off with “Sustainable UV.” Kellly was followed by David Hagood of Finishing Technology Solutions, whose talk was “Case Study 1: UV on Metal Canisters - Spray - Bell Atomizer.” Dick Stowe of Fusion UV discussed “UV Lamp Configurations to Cure 3D Parts.”

Duncan Gamble of UVXchange then discussed “Case Study 2: UV on Pipe and Tubing - Spray - HVLP.” Gamble was followed by Paul Weyandt of Nordson Equipmnt, whose topic was “Optimizing Energy Efficiency: Timing Analysis of UV Curing Equipment.”

Hagood returned in the afternoon session with “How to Successfully Implement a UV Project.” He was followed by Pat Peach of Red Spot Paint &Varnish, whose topic was “Case Study 3: No-VOC, UV Curable Hardcoat for Exterior Architectural Sheet.” Rory Wolf of Enercon talked about “Improving Surface Bonding and Curing of Cationic Inks by Atmospheric Plasma,”followed by Peter Weissman, Quaker Chemical, whose talk was on “UV Curing on Concrete Floors - Application Review.” Doug DeLong of DDU ended the session with Maintaining Your UV Curing Equipment.”

Outside of coatings, the graphic arts were well represented, as there was an extremely well attended morning session on photovoltaics (PV), as well as a full-day session on inkjet.

Organizers and industry leaders were delighted with the turnout and participation at UV/EB West 2009.

“Given the current economic circumstances, we did quite well, and considering the concerns about energy and the environment, there is a lot of renewed interest in our technologies,” said Gary Cohen, executive director of RadTech International NA.

“In light of the present economy, the content and engagement of the participants has been outstanding,” Idacavage concluded. “It’s been an excellent two days.” CW