isting products, thus reducing downtime
and overcoating intervals.
Jotamastic 90 offers compatibility with
most topcoats, including polysiloxanes
and two-component acrylics. The multicolor possibility of Jotamastic 90 also
proves significant improvement of hiding
power for strong colored topcoats. Improved wetting and penetrating abilities
also give better intercoat adhesion.
Jotamastic 90 can be used over most
generic types of coatings and within the
Jotamastic range, solutions can be tailored to specific requirements for exposure and durability.
DSI Introduces Eco White Silver
coating for incandescent
reflectance lamps
DSI introduced an enhanced silver coating
that provides good reflector performance
with increased lumen output and increased
color temperature. Patent-pending
Eco White Silver is a thin film coating with
up to five percent measured improved reflection in the 350nm to 450nm region, reducing the blue roll-off in typical, protected
silver coatings, the company said. This improvement increases the color temperature
for incandescent reflectance lamps and increases the overall efficiency of solar power
systems. With rising costs of energy, high
performance reflectors are extremely important. Up to 14 percent improved lumen
output has been measured for PAR type reflectors (as compared to typical flash alu-minium-coated reflectors) using DSI’s new
Eco White Silver. The silver content in DSI’s
advanced silver coatings are decreased by
50 percent, compared to typical, protected
silver reflectors, enabling a savings in material and production expense. With the additional benefit of 14 percent more light, a
lower wattage lamp will give the same
amount of light as a higher wattage lamp.
This results in a savings of both energy and
operation costs because less electricity is
needed over the life of the lamp.
Lord Corp’s zero-NMP AutoSeal
coatings to reduce wear-and-tear in automobiles
Lord Corporation’s newly introduced Autoseal 3500F is designed for use on dense
EPDM glass run channel applications
where abrasion and chemical resistance
are required. The Autoseal 3500F coating
offers low coefficient of friction, excellent
glass drag properties and non-stick features to glass. Further, Lord Autoseal
3500F reduces squeak and itch noise that
often results from automobile vibration
and is problematic in many vehicles. Autoseal 3500F is the next generation of Autoseal 3500, a previous best practice
product in the automotive weatherstrip
market. The “F” version continues to provide the same performance properties and
has the added benefit of being NMP-free,
a key need for European suppliers, the
company said.
Nortek releases its color range
for powder paint coating
products for 2012
Nortek Powder Coating, LLC released a
new color line-up for 2012, which includes RAL Exterior Powders, Epoxy
Primers, Textures, Clearcoats, Metallics
and Specialty Powders. Nortek offers a
full spectrum of custom colors and finishes in addition to the standard colors.
Nortek Powder Coating, LLC was established in 2005. Their headquarters and
manufacturing operation is located in
Rome, NY. The company offers a wide
range of powder coating products, both
standard and custom.
Datum develops Polcoat
coating process for finer
polyimide conformal coating
Polcoat is a new award winning coating
process for the deposition of fine polymer
films directly on to conductive surfaces. It
is a key enabling materials process for the
protection of conductive surfaces reliant
on nano-tech miniaturization.
Most conductors will oxidize if left unprotected. Usually a high performance
polymer film is used to protect vulnerable
surfaces. As products move to the nanoscale, the relatively thick films on the market become a limiting factor in further
miniaturization.
Polcoat uses a new process to deliver a
conformal coating of polyimide. Because
the process is a finely controllable deposition process, for the first time polyimide
films can be tailored in thinness to meet
the precision requirements, the
company said. The coating
process is suitable for advanced
precision engineering use in energy generation, plastic electronics, aerospace, medical and composites.
Medical products will benefit from
high conformal coatings to products with
complex topology that creates challenges
for the coatings industry. Polyimide is a
qualified material of choice for many
medical applications.
Polcoat is attracting strong interest in
the field of composites, the company said.
It is ideal for fine coating conductive carbon materials, to make durable light-weight carbon composites for aerospace
and military use. Polcoat is easily combined with precision alloys to make
durable components for filtering and sensing applications in chemicals, food, gas
and oil production.
Tennant Co. offers Mat and
Glazed Epoxy Wall Coatings
Systems for durable interiors
Tennant Company launched its Mat and
Glazed Wall Coating Systems designed to
provide durable interior wall surfaces that
are simple to clean, easy to maintain and
reduce maintenance costs. Tennant’s
epoxy wall coating systems provide seamless, impact-resistant surfaces for an alternative to concrete walls, concrete masonry
units, drywall, ceramic tile, laminates and
cement board.
The company developed its wall coating systems to provide flexible solutions
that create a professional-looking appearance and save facility owners money.
Specifically designed for environments
that require frequent cleaning such as
commercial restrooms, locker rooms and
shower areas, commercial and industrial
kitchens, laboratories, hospitals and
schools, Tennant’s wall coating systems
provide chemical and abrasion resistance
to stand up to the toughest of conditions,
the company said.
The Mat and Glazed Wall Coating Systems can be integrated with Tennant’s
seamless flooring system to provide a continuous sealed surface that does not promote bacterial growth caused by surface
contamination. CW
