FORMULATION



APPLICATION



TESTING




POLYMER VARNISH


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


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