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Choosing the Correct CAP Instrument for Automotive Paints and Coatings (.pdf)
When it comes to viscosity testing and characterization, automotive paints and coatings have always posed a challenge. The numerous formulations and their complex structures do not lend themselves easily to testing using a single method. For many years, the CAP type of viscometer (originally known
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Impact Modified High Modulus PC/ABS Blends: Automotive and Non-Automotive Applications (.pdf)
The latest applications in automotive and computer & business equipment markets require a high modulus resin coupled with superior impact behavior. It is a challenge to deliver these new features in products, coupled with other desirable properties such as low thermal expansion and optimal
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Identifying Thermal Mass Problems In Paint Curing
. Brainchild. dataTaker. Delphin Technology. Electrocorder. Eltek. Grant Instruments. Ibexis. iLOG. Influx Technology. KineticSystems. Lascar. MilliAmper. MadgeTech. Novus. TandD. Apps Notes. Automotive. Construction. Data Acquisition & Control. Energy Measurement. Environmental. Equipment Monitoring
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Primer on Colorimetry (.pdf)
The use and importance of colorimetry has grown in unison with the increase of global manufacturing and processing. When plastic automotive trim produced on one continent, for example, must match a painted metal finish applied on another, an objective and precise description of color becomes
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Tribometer Lifetime Study of Wheel Bearings
. The first is. characterised by rupture of. the paint coating whilst the. second corresponds to plas-. tic deformation and total. delamination. No. 16 April 2001. Mechanical properties of automotive tyre. Automotive tyres are constructed from a complex combination of. different materials, each responsible
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Coatings Address Engineering Problems
Engineers in the aerospace, automotive, food processing, industrial, and military industries turn to solid film coatings to help solve problems which occur with fasteners, bearings, gears, valves, latch surfaces, metal-to-metal sub-assemblies, non-stick and release applications, etc. Some
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Coloring outside the lines
aesthetics. Unfortunately, color is not a constant. For example, what are thought to be identical colors can look markedly different as lighting and resin systems change. Automotive designers, for instance, often deal with half a dozen or more resins in a car's interior. Only through careful
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and cheaper to monitor our environment, to make sure we're safe.". Pawliszyn says he and his students now know how to use the technology to detect aromatic petroleum compounds -- benzene, tuolene, oxylene (BTEX compounds) derived from gasoline . . . and thus often created by the automotive industry