Manufacturers of industrial coatings
are steadily moving over to low-solvent or
solvent-free products. “We’ve seen growing interest from our customers for lower
VOC alternatives,” said Mary Rose Cor-rea, industrial market manager for Dow
Coatings Materials.
International Paint, the marine and
protective coatings division of AkzoNobel, has reported that ABB, the global
leader in power and automation technologies, had recently awarded it a coatings supply contract for transformers in
which a priority was a reduction in
VOC emissions.
International Paint has a wide range of
VOC contents in its paints—extending
from virtually zero to over 400 grams per
liter. In discussions with ABB before the
award of the contract International
stressed that VOC emissions were not necessarily linked to VOC content.
“While VOC per liter is important it is
also essential to understand the relative
volume solids content of the coatings, the
total dried film thickness (DFT) of the applied film coating system and the overall
VOC released per area painted,” said
Jamie O’Brien, worldwide power market
manager at International.
Hempel has just introduced a new sol-
vent-free epoxy coating for the interior of
storage tanks and pipelines, specified for
temperatures up to 93°C (200°F), which
enables oil and gas companies to store and
handle high temperature crude oil and
water without risk of contamination.
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