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Get ready for Color Trend Days 2023!
TIGER, together with its partners from The sppot, is about to head into their first big event of 2023: Color Trend Days! The spring event, dedicated to color trends, effects, design and innovations for surface finishing technologies of the bicycle…
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Outgassing in Powder Coatings
Outgassing describes the release of a gas or air that was dissolved, trapped, or absorbed in a material. Powder coaters may face specific issues related to outgassing when working with porous metal substrates like iron, steel and aluminum. These…
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Green energy for a green future
Prices for electricity, gas and heat are currently at record levels. Energy-efficient management and a sustainable lifestyle are therefore more important than ever - for companies and private households alike. Against this backdrop, the automotive…
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Thin-Film Powder Coatings
The optimum film thickness is an important subject for any coating endeavor. The minimum film thickness for powder coatings typically falls between 60 and 80 µm. Sometimes however, this can still be too thick, in which case a special thin-film powder…
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Powder Coating Resins
Powder coatings are known to be composed of a binding agent, pigments, fillers and additives. Synthetic resins, which act as the binding agent, form the main component (up to 60% of the mixture) and are largely responsible for the properties of the…
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Graffiti & Removing Graffiti
Graffiti is common, some see it as art and in some cases it is vandalism. The cost to clean or reconstruct vandalized surfaces year after year is high. Repeated cleaning with chemicals can also lead to long-term damage. The best anti-graffiti…
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