Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 7 Issue 3

Comment

The most important aspect to the UK paint industry of the continued rise in the percentage of foreign‐built cars is, of course, that few, if any, of these imported vehicles are…

Anti‐corrosion behaviour of some laboratory prepared barium metaborate based paints

S.M. El‐Saawy, MA, Abou‐Khalil, N.A. Ghanem

Seventy paints were prepared, based on six grades of laboratory prepared barium metaborate pigments. The paints could be classified into three groups according to the type of the…

Coatings update: Scientific studies 1977: Part 2

Americus

Appleby and Mayne [Journal of the Oil & Colour Chemists' Association, 59, 2 (1976) p.69] have studied the relative protection provided by red lead to linseed oil, tung oil…

A genius in polymer technology

M. MA Schofield, FRIC BSc

Just 50 years ago an organic chemist began fruitful researches on polymers when he was invited to direct this project by Du Pont de Nemours at Wilmington. The chemist was Wallace…

Powder blown fluid by Portasilo

A twenty per cent increase in output is claimed by the Hengrove, Bristol, factory of Berger following the installation of a fully automatic plant for water thinned paints, in…

Equipment

Three new dust‐collecting units designed to control dust emissions from power‐handling systems have been introduced by Hivent Ltd, Washington, Tyne and Wear.

Materials

Oliva, the largest marine paint manufacturers in Poland, are now using Anchor curing agents for epoxide resins in their production of coal tar epoxy paints developed specifically…

Industry

Binks‐Bullows Ltd, Pelsall Road, Brownhills, Walsall WS8 7HW, were able to quote for, supply, install and commission a two‐gun automatic spray painting plant in record time at GKN…

People

Hygrotherm Engineering Ltd has appointed Mr Peter H. Pearson to be manager of the Synthetic Resin Department with general responsibility for the design and marketing of complete…

Publications

BP Chemicals Ltd, Devonshire House, Mayfair Place, Piccadilly, London W1X 6AY, has issued a Technigram detailing information on isobutyl acetate, a medium boiling ester with wide…