What is Weight per Gallon? Weight per gallon is a measurement of the density of a product or coating. It’s important for batch-to-batch consistency and accuracy purposes. This measurement is part of the quality control process that ensures the final product has the correct amount of each material required in the coating formulation. Weight per gallon…
4 Ways Manufacturers Can Leverage Industrial Coatings I Aexcel
Manufacturers continually deal with the same everyday issues in the plant. While working to produce a certain number of products per hour on each assembly line, technical directors and operations managers hold responsibilities like maintaining high quality, minimizing failure rates, minimizing defects, and finding ways to keep their processes completed effectively and quickly.
Batch-to-Batch Consistency for Industrial Coatings | Aexcel
Most manufactured products receive a protective or decorative industrial coating in the factory. Coatings application is often one of the last steps in production, and the result of this process can be the first thing noticed by the end user. Your industrial coatings supplier’s batch-to-batch consistency is central to a successful production operation. When you…
Customized Coatings vs. Off the Shelf Coatings Part 2 | Aexcel
In part 1 of Customized Coatings vs. Off the Shelf Coatings we showcased the main differences of your two main coating options, including a comparison chart. In part two of this series, we discuss the different criteria that affect whether you should consider a customized coating or stick with an off the shelf solution.
Customized Coatings vs. Off the Shelf Coatings Part 1 | Aexcel
Learn Why Customized Formulations Provide Benefits to Manufacturers Off the shelf coatings are often supplied to manufacturers by larger coatings companies. These products simplify the coatings producer’s distribution and service requirements. The trouble is, your needs may call for something more tailored to your operation or your end customer’s performance expectations. If you have been…
The Main Differences Between Gloss, Semi-Gloss and Flat Coatings | Aexcel
Industrial Coatings Finishing Basics Many different terms are used for the gloss level of an industrial coating. In the past, the terms flat, low sheen, semi-gloss, gloss and full gloss were used by manufacturers to describe the gloss level. Today, we have a number of additional descriptions which are used to describe the gloss levels…
Finding Solutions to Coating Application Problems I Aexcel
Finding Solutions to Coating Application Problems A Coating Application Experience When a coating fails to work correctly for the chosen substrate, the application process is usually at fault. Finding ways to solve these types of issues without increasing cost and manufacturing product-line production time proves difficult, yet can be done! Let’s look at a unique…
3 Things to Consider When Taking a Tolling Partner | Aexcel
The outsourcing of support functions for any business oftentimes makes sense, depending on the answer to this question: do the benefits outweigh the costs? Even if coatings is the core service that a company offers, many times, benefits come from outsourcing.
5 Things You Should Expect From Your Coatings Supplier | Aexcel
Your coating supplier should take your business seriously. Do you need specialized service attention? Ideally, your coatings supplier should be going above and beyond to meet your specific needs. Your supplier is an important partner to help meet your revenue and growth goals. The best coatings suppliers assist manufacturers by providing superior coatings and tech…
4 Reasons You Should Think Twice Before You Skip the Primer | Aexcel
Priming Can Be as Important as Any Other Step in the Coating Process Applying industrial coatings in manufacturing is one of the many steps to getting a product ready to ship. And though the coating process is just one of those many steps, the technology within the coating process may have a number of steps…