by Victoria Scarborough, Ph.D. | Jul 2022 | CoatingsTech
Capturing CarbonStartup EffortsAvoiding Field Failures Concrete is a ubiquitous material that is critical to the built environment, but its production is carbon and energy intensive. As such, it contributes as much as 8% to global greenhouse gas emissions. Pending...
by Cynthia Gosselin, Ph.D. | May 2022 | CoatingsTech
In the past several years, many in-depth articles have been written across the industry heralding a wide variety of advances suggesting that biobased materials were on the verge of achieving explosive growth. Some of these coatings manufactured from...
by Victoria Scarborough, Ph.D. | Apr 2022 | CoatingsTech
For decades, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) have used specially designed robots to paint automobiles, all types of parts, and heavy equipment in a factory environment. To accommodate customer needs, coating chemists have created multiple coating formulas and...
by George Pilcher | Apr 2022 | CoatingsTech
Where to start? First and foremost, this article is not about the large, global paint and coatings companies, because we learn everything we need to know about their struggles with supply chain issues from public reports. What we don’t typically hear about are the...
by Cynthia Gosselin, Ph.D. | Apr 2022 | CoatingsTech
There are two primary “pillars” of the surface preparation process; adhering to these procedures will help ensure the best results in the painting and coating process. Journalist Colin Mason once wrote, “A pristine superyacht in the marina, with shining paint work,...
by Cynthia Gosselin, Ph.D. | Mar 2022 | CoatingsTech
Factory-applied painting was very different from what some call “the traditional” method of applying coatings, which involves forming the parts, putting them together, and then cleaning and painting the end product. This method of painting after parts are...
