Highest durability levels, outstand- ing coloristics and excellent pro- cessability in both, water- and
solvent-based systems: Suppliers of automotive coatings have high expectations
when it comes to pigments. BASF aims
to meet the requirements of its customers by offering them a broad portfolio of
high-performance pigments to which the
company has now added a particularly
color-intensive Indanthrone blue pigment
– the Paliogen Blue EH 1900 (L 6400).
With this new pigment, BASF enables its customers to produce highly
chromatic reddish-blue color shades.
The product can also be combined with
various effect pigments.
“Paliogen Blue EH 1900 provides a lot
of benefits for the user: Showing an excel-
lent performance in water- and solvent-
based systems, it is universally applicable.
The product not only stands out due to
its good fastness to weathering, but also
due to a reduced tendency ‘to bleed’: The
pigment particles do not migrate into
other coating layers, which results in bet-
ter overcoating fastness,” explained Tom
Landuydt, head of Pigment Marketing
for Automotive Coatings at BASF.
“Moreover the pigment shows great styl-
ing possibilities with LuminaRoyal Blue
6803 H and with Lumina Royal Aqua
7803 H.”
Using pigments with a broad color
range that enable to develop novel de-
signs – this is what coatings producers fa-
vor. With its new effect pigment Lumina
Royal Magenta EH 5000 (4803 H) BASF
offers formulators of automotive coatings
novel design options all the way from the
reddish-blue color spectrum into the red
color area.
Due to the narrow particle-size distribution, the pigment helps to create highly
chromatic new color shades as well as surfaces that appear extremely pure and vibrant at whatever angle you look at them.
“With Lumina Royal Magenta, we
have extended the color range of the
Lumina Royal product series. These
highly intense pearlescent pigments help
our customers to be more flexible when
it comes to formulating automotive coat-
ings as we can now offer effects from
the greenish blue into the copper orange
color space,” underlined Tom Landuydt.
Lumina Royal Magenta is the fifth
member of the Lumina Royal product
family of BASF. Prior to this, BASF has
already launched the four color shades
Aqua, Blue, Indigo and Copper.
Thermo Scientific
Introduces HAAKE MARS
40 and 60 Rheometers
Material scientists in research and devel-
opment, advanced quality control and
academic research can now use an en-
hanced, modular rheometer platform to
increase workflow efficiency and mini-
mize operator error while analyzing the
rheological properties of a broad range of
samples, stated thermo Scientific
The Thermo Scientific HAAKE
MARS (Modular Advanced Rheometer
System) 40 and 60 rheometers offer
enhanced features to the existing line
of accurate, user-friendly HAAKE
MARS rheometers, allowing users to
expand capabilities for future needs.
The HAAKE MARS 40 and 60 rheom-
eters are equipped with Connect Assist
technology, first introduced with the
Thermo Scientific HAAKE Viscotester
iQ rheometer. The Connect Assist
technology automatically detects mea-
suring geometry accessories and tem-
perature modules to deliver real-time
feedback, making it easy for users to
set up sample testing procedures with
minimal errors. A push button, auto-
matic geometry release system makes
handling simple and convenient.
“The newest generation of HAAKE
MARS rheometers is focused on ease
of use and a high level of customiza-
tion, allowing lab managers to respond
to their specific testing applications,”
The HAAKE MARS 40 and 60 rhe-
ometers streamline workflows by offer-
ing application packages that bundle the
rheometer with task-specific accessories
for markets that include pharmaceuti-
cal, cosmetics, food, petrochemical and
polymers.
The Thermo Scientific HAAKE MARS
40 and 60 rheometers also feature:
•A two-column modular design,
allowing easy access for sample
preparation with quick-fit accessory
connections and measurement setup,
including an intuitive display and
control panel;
• Application-specific measuring cells
and hybrid methods, such as MARS-
FTIR coupling, to provide enhanced
material characterization options;
and
• Thermo Scientific HAAKE Rheo Win
software for easy rheometer opera-
tion, including all relevant measuring
parameters required by experienced
rheologists.
Grieve Corp. Introduces
New 1000°F Electric Walk-
In Oven
Grieve Corp. has introduced No. 946,
a 1000°F, electrically-heated vertical
airflow walk-in oven, currently used
for curing coatings on titanium screens.
Workspace dimensions measure 72”W
x 156”D x 96”H. 360kW installed
in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements provide the power, while
a 24,500 CFM, 20 HP recirculating
blower provides a vertical downward
airflow to the workload.
This Grieve oven features 8” insulated
walls, Type 304L, 2B finish stainless steel
interior, stainless steel exterior with #4
brushed finish and 6” insulated floor with
integral truck wheel guide tracks for easy
BASF to Extend Pigment Portfolio
for Automotive Coatings
