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Powder Coating Storage: Best Practices for Longevity and Performance
Powder coatings are a popular finishing solution known for their durability, efficiency, reusability, environmental benefits, and cost-effectiveness. However, to fully harness their benefits, proper storage is essential. Maintaining optimal temperature, humidity, and contamination control is key to preserving the performance and application quality of powder coatings. Without the right conditions, issues such as agglomeration (clumps), poor fluidization, and coating failure can arise.........................  READ MORE

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How Clear Powder Coatings are Made and How They’re Used
Food contact materials (FCM) are materials that are in contact with food or potable beverages during processing, packaging, or storage. During contact, molecules from FCM can migrate into foods or beverages. Because of this, most countries have food safety regulatory agencies that monitor materials for food safety. Manufacturers of food equipment and components such as shelving, broilers, beverage dispensers, cutting boards, stock pots, tubing, sealants, gaskets, valves, food service backsplashes, refrigerated storage parts, and display cases seeking to obtain NSF certification are required to use NSF/ANSI 51 approved coatings....................  READ MORE



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