automotive paints and coatings

[...]... solvent-borne paints Explosions and fire hazards then forced automotive manufacturers to introduce either waterborne paints or electrodeposition paints The latter, which were introduced during the Automotive Paints and Coatings Edited by H.-J Streitberger and K.-F D¨ ssel o Copyright  2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 978-3-527-30971-9 2 1 Introduction Fig 1.1 Painting of cars in the 1920s and. .. engineers who program and run the robots and look into other booth parameters Harmful chemicals and additives have been tested comprehensively during the last 30 years Many products have been abandoned either by the car manufacturers themselves or by legislation Among these are lead, in electrocoatings and pigments, 1.3 Automotive and Automotive Paint Market chromium, in primers and electrocoatings, cadmium,... represent the cutting edge of application technology and paint formulations They are the most advanced processes in regard to volume handling, sophisticated body geometries and speed in mass production Colored coatings offer mass customization and product differentiation at an affordable cost Automotive Paints and Coatings Edited by H.-J Streitberger and K.-F D¨ ssel o Copyright  2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag... solid, waterborne, and powder coatings, solvent emission from paint shops have been reduced by more than 50% over the last ten years We are proud to contribute to this development by publishing the second edition of ‘ Automotive Paints and Coatings ’, in which we try to describe the state-of-the-art technology of automotive coating processes and the paint materials used in these processes Automotive coating... Car-Body Color 320 Contrast Color and Clear Coat on Plastic Systems 324 Technical Demands and Testing 324 Basic Considerations 324 Key Characteristics and Test Methods 325 Trends, Challenges, and Limitations 329 Substrates and Parts 329 Paint Materials 330 Processes 332 Interior Plastics 334 Stefan Jacob Introduction: the ‘Interior’ Concept 334 Surfaces and Effects 335 Laser Coatings 337 Substrate Requirements... Fulfilled by the Paint Systems and Coating Demands Expected by the Inscription Technique 340 Performances of Interior Coatings 341 Mechanical and Technological Demands 341 Substrates and Mechanical Adhesion 342 Ecological and Economical Requirements 343 339 Contents 9.2.4.4 9.2.5 9.2.6 Equipment for the Application of Interior Paint Systems 344 Raw-Material Basis of Interior Paints 346 Summary/Outlook... car body like cleaning, sanding, repairing, and so on The number of applied coatings had been reduced to four or five layers, all hand sprayed this time (Figure 1.2) The function of these layers were corrosion protection for the primers, smoothness and chip resistance for the primer surfacers (which are often applied at the front ends and exposed areas in two layers), and color and weather resistance... 14.4 14.5 Outlook 475 Hans-Joachim Streitberger and Karl-Friedrich D¨ ssel o Status and Public Awareness of the Automotive Coating Process 475 Regulatory Trends 476 Customer Expectations 478 Innovative Equipments and Processes 479 New Business Ideas 481 Index 483 XV XVII Preface It is now over 10 years since the first publication of ‘ Automotive Paints and Coatings ’ in 1996 The original publication was... of processing and coating performance are similar in nature The key performance drivers in automotive coatings are quality, cost, and environmental compliance Quality, in this context, relates to corrosion protection and long lasting appearance Quality and cost are addressed by more efficient coating processes and a higher degree of automatization This has led to reduced use of paint and lesser waste... to automotive OEM coatings In a changing business environment, the automotive industry is always reevaluating its core competencies and has transferred many technical developments and manufacturing tasks to the supplier industry Painting, so far, has remained one of its core competencies and is a ‘‘value added’’ process in the car manufacturing industry This fact underlines the necessity for a new and . edition of ‘ Automotive Paints and Coatings ’, in which we try to describe the state-of-the-art technology of automotive coating processes and the paint materials used in these processes. Automotive. 978-3-527-31405-8 S. K. Ghosh (Ed.) Functional Coatings by Polymer Microencapsulation 2006 ISBN: 978-3-527-31296-2 Automotive Paints and Coatings Edited by Hans-Joachim Streitberger and Karl-Friedrich D ¨ ossel Second,. x0 y0 w1 h1" alt="" Automotive Paints and Coatings Edited by Hans-Joachim Streitberger and Karl-Friedrich D ¨ ossel Further Reading H. Lipowsky, E. Arpaci Copper in the Automotive Industry 2007 ISBN: