Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 17 Issue 6
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The international journal of colorants, polymers and colour applicationsTable of contents
Comment
Further to our recent “Comment” on Health & Safety regulations and cadmium based pigments, an enterprising company has set up a “hazard assessment service” for paint and ink…
Weathering performance of materials
Alan B. WoottonMany industries have already established some criteria for predicting the service life of products. Other industries are learning from their experiences but it is quite likely…
Level controls: their types and applications
Digby CuttsLevel controls vary in sophistication from a simple tactile measuring device which can be lowered into a tank, counting the revolutions of the reel to measure the depth of…
Combined test cabinets
The Liebisch range of Salt Spray, Sulphur Dioxide and Combined Corrosion Cabinets has been developed even further during the last twelve months using new developments from…
Hand‐held coating thickness instruments
Elcometer Instruments Ltd. have recently introduced a compact, powerful, hand‐held coating thickness instrument with the capability to communicate directly with computer systems.
686 Titroprocessor: the “Oil Titrator”
The TAN and TBN determination in oils according to DIN/ASTM is an abstraction, even at times an anathema, as far as many analysts are concerned owing to its slow and sluggish…
Flow behavoir of paints and coatings
A computer‐controlled rheometer to study the rheological properties of paints and coatings during their formulation and application is available from Carri‐Med Ltd.
Eagle‐Eye from Spectrum
Spectrum International market colour matching equipment for every industry involved in the use of colour.
Accuracy and reliability from WPA colorimeters and spectrophotometers
WPA is a leading manufacturer of professional laboratory instruments such as colorimeters and spectrophotometers. The company has been manufacturing colorimeters for more than 20…
Fischerscope H‐100
Fischer Instrumentation (GB) Ltd., of Lymington/Hampshire are now introducing what is believed to be a completely new design concept for micro‐hardness measurement. The…
Viscosity measurement & control system
Accurate measurement and control of viscosity is gaining more and more importance as the demand for exact colours in the printing industry increases. This desired level of…
Software controlled colour measurement
A colour measurement system is available from Philips Analytical, based on one of the world's finest high‐performance ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometer series — the PU8800.
Simulation of sunlight in the critical short wavelength region
Introducing the new UVA‐340 lamp, claimed to be one of the best simulation of sunlight available for use in the Q‐U‐V Weathering Tester. Short wavelength UV is widely recognized…
Quality Assurance and the role of the Instrument Manufacturer
Alan RoutsThis must have been said before and I apologise for plagiarising and hope I haven't infringed anyone else's copyright!
Materials
Dispers Orange 30–5207, placed on the market by BASF is a new, easily dispersible pigment preparation for aqueous systems.
Equipment
Valmet Paper Machinery of Turku, Finland has developed a new filtering method for mechanical dewatering of sludge and suspensions without using expensive heat energy. The product…
Industry
Binks Manufacturing Company Inc., Chicago, USA, has acquired all the interests of French electrostatic painting and powder application specialist, Sames SA, based in Grenoble…
Publications
A new, 12 page technical brochure entitled “Mearl Pearlescent Pigments for use in Coatings” is now available from The Mearl Corporation, New York, NY. Mearl manufactures a broad…
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- Professor Long Lin