have developed this tool to assist
our customers in the reduction
of their maintenance costs by focusing on the long-term protection of their important assets.”
PPG Foundation Donates
More than $10,000 to Oak
Creek Franklin Joint School
District
The PPG Foundation recently donated
a combined $10,600 to the Oak Creek
Franklin Joint School District in Oak
Creek, Wisconsin, to support a robotics
competition team and the purchase of 3D
printing equipment. The two grants were
made on behalf of PPG’s local industrial
coatings facility.
“We thank the PPG Foundation for
helping our students experience engi-
neering firsthand in a fun and engaging
manner,” said Leo Alvarez, a teacher in
the Oak Creek Franklin Joint School
District. “For many, this is an oppor-
tunity to work alongside engineers and
programmers.”
A PPG Foundation grant for $8,500
is supporting a new FIRST Robotics
Competition team at the high school. The
students are building and programing
an industrial-sized robot and competed
against other high school students from
around the region March 24 to 26 in
Milwaukee.
The second grant for $2, 100 helped
fund the purchase of a 3D printer and
scanner for sixth- through eighth-grade
students. The equipment enables students
to use the designs they create as part of
the district’s Project Lead the Way preengineering curriculum to make actual
parts.
“We believe it is important to expose students to real-world science
and technology applications, and these
two projects do so in a very engaging,
hands-on manner,” said Jack Marshall,
PPG plant manager at the Oak Creek
facility. “PPG is very proud to support
both.”
PPG Aerospace Coatings Recreate Historic Paint Schemes for Coast Guard Aircraft
Advanced aerospace military coatings by PPG were used recreate historic paint schemes for repainted aircraft commemorating U.S. Coast Guard aviation’s 100th anniversary. Thirteen
helicopters comprising three types – HH-52A, MH- 60 and
MH- 65 – and two HC-144 search-and-rescue fixed-wing airplanes have been repainted in a visual retrospective celebrating the centennial.
High-solids DESOTHANE HS/CA 9800 military advanced
performance topcoat used on the helicopters provides a buffable high-shine finish with excellent gloss and image reflection, lower weight and long-term durability for exceptional color
and gloss retention. Desothane HS/CA 8201 military topcoat
achieves the special-effects metallic paint scheme for the HC-
144 airplanes while affording a long-lasting finish. The PPG topcoats have been applied over high-solids DESOPRIME™ HS/
CA 7233 military epoxy primer on all 15 aircraft, and DEFT™
chrome-free primer was also used on the MH- 65 helicopters.
According to Duane Utter, PPG aerospace global segment
manager for military coatings and defense products, a PPG
military coatings technical and sales team worked with the engineering and paint manager at the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation
Logistics Center, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to recommend
coatings that would provide the desired gloss, durability and
ease of application.
“PPG coatings offered the performance needed, and we
were awarded the contract,” Utter said. “Desoprime HS/CA
7233 primer and Deft chrome-free primer provide exceptional
corrosion resistance for the tough environment in which the
Coast Guard flies these aircraft. Desothane HS military topcoats
afford excellent weathering durability so that these special air-
craft will keep their appearance for years to come.”
Utter said PPG is pleased to be involved in the Coast
Guard’s aviation centennial celebration. “PPG has a long,
successful history as a coatings supplier for U.S. Coast Guard
aircraft, and we salute the aviators for their service in untold
numbers of heroic missions.”
