| FORMULATION |
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| APPLICATION |
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| TESTING |
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| POLYMER VARNISH |
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Paint formulation for solvent and water-based systems
- High speed Cowles blade dispersers
- Paint shakers and roller mixers
- Delta sand mill
- Viscometers (Brookfield and cone/plate)
- Dispersion filtration apparatus and syringe filtration pumps
Panel Coating for internal evaluation or prototype generation
- Manual draw-down
- Binks wet spray booth
- Ovens for panel baking and vacuum drying
Coated Panel Testing
- Sand abrasion tester
- Gardner drop impact tester
- Taber 5130 Abraser
- DJH Designs MEK rub tester
- MacBeth Color-Eye 7000 Spectrophotometer
- Other AAMA 2605 Physical Tests (t-bend, cross-hatch impact, pencil hardness, dry/wet adhesion, resistance to boiling water, muriatic acid, mortar, window cleaner, detergent)
- QUV accelerated weathering testers
- Atlas BCX cyclic corrosion testing system
| FLUIDS COATING |
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In fuction of the final application target, commercial as well as experimental grades are evaluated from the raw material step.
Production of paper treated with fluorochemicals.
- Size press
- Wet-End
- Spray
- Brush & Drawdown application
Fluid characteristics
- viscosity
- density
- pH
- boiling point range
Paper treated with fluorochemicals
- Oil, grease & water permeation resistance
- Surface energy of treated materials (contact angle)
- Fluid compatibility with customer materials
- TAPPI and ASTM test methods