One of the more popular powder coating looks is metallics. Metallics range from a bright sparkle finish to a muted reflective patina that approximates the surface of a metal. Metallic effect powder coatings are found across a wide spectrum of decorative finishes, including automotive wheels and trim, under hood components, architectural facades, lawn mowers, office furniture, appliances and bicycles.

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In the world of oven design, there’s engineering, there’s experience, and sometimes there is even a little art. When you add the challenge of working with heat-sensitive substrates, it becomes exponentially more difficult. When finishing a heat-sensitive substrate, all types of heat technologies must be considered. Powder coating for these applications requires an investment in process design to ensure a good outcome, and the answer is seldom based on an engineering chart. For the best outcome, the business as well as operational needs need to be considered.

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While CARC powder coatings have been approved for some time, until now powder has made up only a tiny fraction of overall CARC use. In many cases, powder coatings have frequently served only as a primer for CARC liquid top coats. The project talked about here really changes the game. Instead of being a specialty item, CARC powder is now an off-the-shelf product.

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TCI Powder Coatings, Ellaville, Ga., a subsidiary of RPM International Inc., hired Jeff Gorden as account manager for the Illinois territory.

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THROUGHPUT I Bluestreak™, Delafield, Wis., has launched BlueDocs™, a module within Bluestreak, a manufacturing execution and quality management system that allows for the management of all corporate documents such as quality and training manuals, operating procedures and equipment work instructions.

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The Powder Coating Research Group is moving its laboratory to the west side of Columbus from the company’s downtown location of seven years.

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The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) and Gema USA Inc., A Graco Inc. Company, awarded two $2,500 scholarships and recently recognized the worthy students at the PCI Powder Coating 2017 Technical Conference in Indianapolis.

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TCI Powder Coatings, a subsidiary of RPM International, Ellaville, Ga., announced on March 28 they are implementing an adjustment in its selling prices to offset sharp increases in the cost of materials. 

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The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) will hold its popular 2017 Fall Seminars at the Westin Poinsett in Greenville, South Carolina on Tuesday, September 19 and Wednesday, September 20. 

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Wisconsin Oven Corporation shipped an electrically heated drawer style batch oven for a global automotive supplier. The industrial oven will be used in the customer’s lab to test and confirm production process on heating fiber blanket sheet prior to placement into a press. The fiber blanker will be used in automobiles for sound absorption backing on carpet and door panels.

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