ACA Member Webinar: Getting out of the Lab – Advantages of Evaluating Coatings in a Real-World Manufacturing Environment

This free webinar will present the disconnect that often occurs between coating application performance measured at lab scale and attempting to translate this data into a real-world manufacturing environment. Part size and geometry, heat mass, substrate condition, humidity, temperature, application equipment, overspray, and other variables are traditionally not evaluated at lab scale with small test coupons. Each of these variables present in the manufacturing environment can affect coating performance, and failure to understand, isolate, and control these manufacturing variables at the formulation design stage can result in quality issues which are difficult to troubleshoot later. This webinar will cover the theoretical framework of these variables, as well as methods to test for these variables early in the formulation design process.

The webinar will be led by Douglas Corrigan, vice president, ChemQuest Technology Institute.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing instructions for joining the webinar.