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Comment September 1986 PIGMENT AN D RESIN TECHNOLOGY З The paint industry has always led the fight against corrosion and in the foreseeable future will continue to do so; which is not to belittle the important part played by other weapons in the anti-corrosion armoury, such as sacrificial metal coatings, replacement of ferrous materials with alloys, cathodic pro­ tection systems, plastics fabrications, etc, etc. Perhaps this is a statement of the obvious to our readers, but the layman needs reminding of this fact fro m time to time , particularly as in this age his most frequent contact wit h corrosion is when it has eaten away at his pride and joy - the motor car. And when things go wrong , th e first person wh o gets the blame is the paint manufacturer! As stated, what is needed is a combined assault on corro­ sion using all the above weapons. We must welcome, there­ fore, some interesting research being carried out by the Battelle Geneva Research Centres on the adherence of paints to zinc-coated steel for automotive applications. Topics of investigation include the corrosion behaviour of various coatings, conversion treatments, paints and stone chipping resistance on zinc and zinc alloy coated steel sheets. The need to do further work, i.e. to complement and con­ firm already available results, will be met in Phase II of the research programme. Its objectives are as follows : - To establish a correlation between the results obtained in the accelerated laboratory tests and those observed with outdoor exposure in different environmental conditions, - To assess the behaviour of paint adherence and corrosion resistance of assemblies involving two or three different materials and thus define the conversion treatment and painting conditions which provide the best results on these multi-material assemblies. Further information from Renate Siebrasse, Manager - Operations, Battelle Institute Ltd, 15 Hanover Square, London W1R 9AJ. Tel : 01-493 0184. Has OCCA found the formula for exhibition success? This journal has made its contribution of criticisms of the Oil & Colour Chemists' Association's exhibitions in more recent years, so let us put the record straight by offering our con­ gratulations to OCCA for the success of SURFEX 86 held at Harrogate. This was the first time that the exhibition had been held outside of London, and the Harrogate International Confer­ ence Centre was a marked improvement (and considerably cheaper, w e understand) over the Novatel Hotel in West Lon­ don. A better atmosphere that somehow managed to combine the opposites of improved business efficiency with relax­ ation. It was also helped by the fact that on the two days preceding the exhibition, the Paint Research Association had held a symposium on "Coatings for Plastics" at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate and delegates were able to combine it wit h a visit to the exhibition. Very wisely, the OCCA exhibitions will now be held every tw o years and the next is therefore scheduled for 1988 and again at Harrogate. A larger area has already been reserved, and the auditorium at the centre wil l be brought into use: this is expected t o be particularly useful for heavy exhibits such as machinery as access and floo r loading are excellent. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pigment & Resin Technology Emerald Publishing

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0369-9420
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September 1986 PIGMENT AN D RESIN TECHNOLOGY З The paint industry has always led the fight against corrosion and in the foreseeable future will continue to do so; which is not to belittle the important part played by other weapons in the anti-corrosion armoury, such as sacrificial metal coatings, replacement of ferrous materials with alloys, cathodic pro­ tection systems, plastics fabrications, etc, etc. Perhaps this is a statement of the obvious to our readers, but the layman needs reminding of this fact fro m time to time , particularly as in this age his most frequent contact wit h corrosion is when it has eaten away at his pride and joy - the motor car. And when things go wrong , th e first person wh o gets the blame is the paint manufacturer! As stated, what is needed is a combined assault on corro­ sion using all the above weapons. We must welcome, there­ fore, some interesting research being carried out by the Battelle Geneva Research Centres on the adherence of paints to zinc-coated steel for automotive applications. Topics of investigation include the corrosion behaviour of various coatings, conversion treatments, paints and stone chipping resistance on zinc and zinc alloy coated steel sheets. The need to do further work, i.e. to complement and con­ firm already available results, will be met in Phase II of the research programme. Its objectives are as follows : - To establish a correlation between the results obtained in the accelerated laboratory tests and those observed with outdoor exposure in different environmental conditions, - To assess the behaviour of paint adherence and corrosion resistance of assemblies involving two or three different materials and thus define the conversion treatment and painting conditions which provide the best results on these multi-material assemblies. Further information from Renate Siebrasse, Manager - Operations, Battelle Institute Ltd, 15 Hanover Square, London W1R 9AJ. Tel : 01-493 0184. Has OCCA found the formula for exhibition success? This journal has made its contribution of criticisms of the Oil & Colour Chemists' Association's exhibitions in more recent years, so let us put the record straight by offering our con­ gratulations to OCCA for the success of SURFEX 86 held at Harrogate. This was the first time that the exhibition had been held outside of London, and the Harrogate International Confer­ ence Centre was a marked improvement (and considerably cheaper, w e understand) over the Novatel Hotel in West Lon­ don. A better atmosphere that somehow managed to combine the opposites of improved business efficiency with relax­ ation. It was also helped by the fact that on the two days preceding the exhibition, the Paint Research Association had held a symposium on "Coatings for Plastics" at the Cairn Hotel, Harrogate and delegates were able to combine it wit h a visit to the exhibition. Very wisely, the OCCA exhibitions will now be held every tw o years and the next is therefore scheduled for 1988 and again at Harrogate. A larger area has already been reserved, and the auditorium at the centre wil l be brought into use: this is expected t o be particularly useful for heavy exhibits such as machinery as access and floo r loading are excellent.

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Pigment & Resin TechnologyEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 1, 1986

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