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Measuring part temperature: What’s the most accurate way to measure the temperature of powder-coated parts while in the oven?
Q: I work as a sale (service) guy for an application equipment company. A customer asked me for a device...
Powder coating hardness: What are some robust methods for testing hardness?
Q: Do you know of a more robust test for hardness than the pencil hardness test? We recently had four different...
Powder coating impact resistance: What might be causing these variations in our impact resistance test results?
Q: We have been developing new polymers for powder coatings, and one of the most critical properties is impact resistance....
Accelerated weathering testing: What do you recommend for measuring weatherability of powder coatings?
Q: What is the best (and cheapest) way to measure weatherability? QUV, Xenon Arc, or Solarbox? I want to get...
Gel time specification: What’s a reasonable variance for gel time in a powder coating specification?
Q: I was wondering if you would be able to help explain the gel time of an epoxy powder coating...