Coatings World - March 2011

organic pigment concentrates based on Synthro-Pon® S 596.

Baltimore Innovations launches new Supasil powders Baltimore Innovations has expanded its range of rheological additives with the launch of its Supasil powders. The new fumed silica powders are designed to thicken products, which have low viscosity. However, they are extremely versatile, and can also be used as anti-caking and anti-sagging agents as well. Supasil powders are white, non-toxic particles of micronized silica. Their size is very tightly controlled and can be produced in grades from seven to 40 nanometers wide, which in turn have specific surface areas between 70-400 m2/g. These new powders also offer high transparency.

technology that enables color evaluation
under Illuminant D50, the standard light
source used by the printing industry for
color assessment. The VFS technology
takes advantage of the optical, sensor,
and software technology cultivated
through Konica Minolta’s long experi-
ence with color measuring instruments.
The FD-Series was developed to be the
first spectrodensitometer on the
market to correspond to the ISO
13655 M1 standard for fluores-
cence and color measurement. It
also includes the industries first Auto-
matic Wavelength Compensation fea-
ture, which automatically calibrates in
the wavelength direction when white cal-
ibration is performed. CW

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Patented blending/dispersing blade design makes radical
improvement over old saw tooth designs

Union Process builds its first C-
20 Continuous Attritor
The C series Continuous Attritor uses
one-eighth to three-eighth inch grinding
media. The C- 20 Attritor is designed for
applications that require continuous pro-
duction of large quantities of material. It
is a low maintenance, high efficiency mill
designed for processing paints and coat-
ings, metal oxides and numerous other
products. This C- 20 attritor mill has been
engineered with a swivel head, which al-
lows for easy access to the grinding cham-
ber. It also comes equipped with a 60 HP
variable frequency drive, tangential inlet
assembly, media charging port and media
discharge plug.

Konica Minolta Sensing
launches FD-Series
Spectrodensitometers
Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc.
(KMSA) has launched in the U.S. its new
FD-Series Spectrodensitometers for the
digital imaging market. The new FD-Se-
ries Spectrodensitometers will come in
two models—the FD- 5 and FD- 7. Both
will be lightweight, handheld models
that can measure density and color while
taking into account the fluorescence of
the paper substrate. The FD- 5 and FD- 7
each are equipped with Konica Minolta’s
VFS (Virtual Fluorescence Standard)