PC Pop Quiz Sept-Oct 2017
Posted on Monday, October 2, 2017
Welcome back to PC Pop Quiz—the department
in Powder Coated Tough that is designed to test your
general powder coating knowledge while competing
against industry colleagues! When you joined The
Powder Coating Institute,
you received Powder Coating:
The Complete Finisher’s
Handbook. It’s time to put
it to use and compete
with your colleagues for a
chance to win your own
limited-edition PCI longor
short-sleeved t-shirt!
How it works: The
staff at PCT has used
the handbook to come
up with questions that
will test your powder coating
knowledge. We present the
questions here, in this section,
of every issue of PCT. When
you think you know the
answer, email it to editor@
powdercoating.org using the
subject line “PC Pop Quiz.”
All correct answers received
by the deadline will be
entered in a drawing to win
an official PCI long- or short-sleeved t-shirt. In each
subsequent issue of the magazine, the question, its
correct answer, and the lucky winner’s name will
be published. All answers can be found in Powder
Coating: The Complete Finisher’s Handbook. Ready?
TOPIC: Application Equipment
Q: The diameter of a powder feed
hose is determined by all but one of
the following. Indicate which of these
does not belong.
- The application and volume of
powder to be conveyed
- The distance the powder must travel
- Particle size distribution
- The particular type of pump and application being used
The questions in the July/August edition of
PC Pop Quiz, along with the answers, are:
1. True or False?
Gloss and color are inseparable. (TRUE, p. 43)
2. True or False?
The most common gloss measurement angle is
30 degrees from vertical. (FALSE, p. 254. It is 60
degrees from vertical.)
3. True or False?
The most common gloss measurements are reported
as a surface reflectance value relative to a black gloss
standard. (TRUE, p. 254)
4. True or False?
Gloss measurement is appropriate for textured or very
rough surfaces. (FALSE, p. 254)
Congratulations to our many readers who
submitted the correct answer. All those names were
entered in a randomizer app, and the lucky winner is:
Kelly Monasmith, who works sales and marketing at
Kasa Companies, parent company of IntelliFinishing,
in Salina, Kan. The shirt you selected is on its way.
Congratulations!