The following paper discusses the use of oven temperature profiling as a technique to help maximize the quality of paint and material cure operations, undertaken in the OEM car manufacturing industry. Automotive paint cure application challenges, and recent technical developments are discussed in detail. The Oven Tracker® XL2 system, developed specifically for the automotive paint industry will...

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) provides a method of elemental analysis that can distinguish among automotive paint samples of the same or nearly the same color. TOF-SIMS survey spectra were employed to determine the relative abundances of elements in the surface layers of the paint chips. The depth profile of paint samples permitted the analysis of small paint chips, ...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Saccharide materials have been used for centuries as binding media, to paint, write and illuminate manuscripts and to apply metallic leaf decorations. Although the technical literature often reports on the use of plant gums as binders, actually several other saccharide materials can be encountered in paint samples, not only as major binders, but also as additives. In th...

This paper reports on the characterization of paint samples from polychrome sculptures in the main cave of the Zhongshan Grottoes, China. Optical Microscopy (OM), Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy in combination with Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (ESEM/EDX), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy were carried out in order to study the stratigraphy of t...

BACKGROUND Loxoscelism is a severe reaction to the bite of the spider Loxosceles laeta. In recent years, a paint with repellent properties has been promoted in the commerce. However, there are no reports of experiments evaluating its effectiveness. AIM To evaluate experimentally the repellent properties of a paint against Loxosceles laeta. MATERIAL AND METHODS Males, females and nymphs of L...

Non-contact, remote monitoring of thickness and drying progress of a paint film is required in fields of non-destructive testing and evaluation. For rapid image acquisition of 2D cross-section in paint film, we propose a terahertz (THz) paintmeter based on real-time 2D THz tomography, which is achieved by a combination of electro-optical time-to-space conversion and line focusing of a THz beam ...

The manufacturing process consists of several stages, one them is the finishing stage. stage at PT. Supra Surya Indonesia surface preparation and painting process. adhesion paint must meet criteria to get good protective quality for product. In process, there are always defective products that go through repair before packing. Process parameters such as cleanliness level material thickness need...

A theory of the Hindenburg fire that has gained popular acceptance proposes that an incendiary paint covered the outer surface of the airship. Further, according to this theory, the paint was both the point of ignition and the sole cause of the rapid spread of the fire. The hydrogen within the airship is held blameless for both the start of the fire and its subsequent advance. We have examined ...