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Pre-Conference Tutorials

On the morning of April 12, before the start of the main conference, seven concise and focused 90-minute tutorials offer you the opportunity to be updated on the key issues that govern some important and much-discussed coatings technology areas. Presented by renowned industrial or academic experts in the field, the tutorials will give you an intense crash-course of the technologies in question.

8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Tutorial 1 - Radiation Curing Michael L. Dvorchak, Rad Tech North America This tutorial has been designed in collaboration with RadTech North America. The tutorial will provide you with a concise overview on the fundamentals of radiation curing coatings, their benefits and limitations. The basic chemistry involved, typical formulation characteristics, as well as common applications of UV curing coatings, will be explained. 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Tutorial 2 - Corrosion Protection (by SSPC) Greg Girard, The Sherwin-Williams Company This tutorial has been designed in collaboration with the Society for Surface Protective Coatings SSPC. This tutorial addresses the principles that govern the corrosion of metals, and how can protective coatings can help in preventing corrosion. Fundamentals of the electrochemical processes involved will be reviewed, and typical ingredients and formulation characteristics of anticorrosive coatings will be outlined and discussed. 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Tutorial 3 - Antimicrobial Surfaces Melinda Wales, Reactive Surfaces Ltd Representing a relatively new variety of novel functional coatings, specific solutions have been put forward in recent years to achieve hygienic, antimicrobially active surfaces for various uses. The tutorial will feature a concise review of the different technologies proposed and give and outline of current state-of-the-art applications – also in view of more severely restricting legal frameworks concerning the use of biocidal substances, such as the European Biocidal Products Directive. 8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Tutorial 4 - Polyurethanes Myron Shaffer, Bayer Material Science Their chemistry is very versatile, as is their application and application potential: Polyurethane coatings and their typical components – polyisocyanates and polyols – will be reviewed and compared in this tutorial. This includes a discussion of the various PUR coatings technologies in use and their advantages and limitations, such as 1K and 2K solventborne, as well as waterborne chemistries, radiation curing PUR coatings, PUR powder coatings formulations and their typical end use applications. 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Networking: Coffee break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tutorial 5 - Easy-to-clean Coatings W. Marshall Ming, University of New Hampshire Discussed and put forward in more and more applications, including exterior and interior architectural coatings, industrial coatings and even automotive coatings, effective and lasting easy-cleanability of surfaces is quite high on the wish-list of coatings functionality. This tutorial will explain the different concepts that are put to work in such coatings and review these state-of-the-art systems in practice. 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tutorial 6 - Waterborne High-Performance Clearcoats Ivan Tyre, Alberdingk Boley & Tim December, BASF Waterborne coating is a fast developing technology. In many applications, these systems have become a standard solution, replacing their solventborne counterparts. In some important clearcoat or topcoat applications, however, solventborne systems remain the preferred technology. This tutorial aims to discuss what is possible today with waterborne clearcoats for different substrates - including wood and metal - and what is not. It covers the theory behind different binder technologies, as well as fundamental aspects of the film formation process and the performance of these coatings systems. 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tutorial 7 - Smart Coatings Jamil Baghdachi, Eastern Michigan University The most recent emerging technologies that provide basis for the development of smart coatings will be reviewed. A brief discussion of smart polymers and coatings, governing principles, types and examples of smart coatings, necessary raw materials, approaches for their preparation, their unique properties, applications and markets will be presented.