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Ashland said it is developing new tools to help additive manufacturers quantify coating performance, evaluate and improve ingredient selection, optimize production processes and formulations, and more efficiently develop new products for the market.
"We are developing tools that produce objective, quantifiable results that bring subjectivity out of evaluating developing formulations," said Prachur Bhargava, ashland's global marketing director. "Our new technologies are helping paint producers take validation to the next level; customers get consistent, quantifiable results so they can make more informed, fact-based decisions and choose raw materials with confidence."
The Application Reader Technology device objectively measures the parameters that comprise the feeling of paint application. It captures all the details of the paint application - bumps, forces, roller coordinates, application speed, etc.
LumiSizer, is an optically assisted centrifuge controlled by software, to accelerate the evaluation of the stability of emulsions, foam control additives by liquid-liquid and solid-liquid dispersion, and formulations based on complex polymers such as non-ionic synthetic associative thickeners.
Digital Optical Imaging with a high magnification digital microscope allows scientists to analyze foam and surface defects from wet and dry films. Using digital optical imaging, scientists can identify hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) grains, 1 dew roller, dirt and surface defects. Digital optical imaging produces quantitative measurements that eliminate subjectivity and improve differentiation between test paints.
