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DSM and Biifa sign gel-coat development DSM COMPOSITE Resins is teaming up with German gelcoat producer Btifa to develop its gel-coat business. The two companies will cooperate on gel-coat production, new product development and technical support, with the aim of establishing a fully integrated approach throughout the entire production chain. Under the terms of the agreement most of the gel-coat production will take place in Rastede, Germany, which DSM
says will become the biggest plant of its kind in Europe. Over e20 million has been invested in production technology and facilities. Gel-coat batches up to 20 tonnes will be made in a single blending tank, which DSM believes is the largest of its kind in the world. The plant is also designed to be flexible enough to produce smaller batches and customerspecific colours. “Our goal is to provide customers with the most complete
deal
solution package and a full system approach to resins and gelcoats,” says Jos Schneiders, business group director of DSM Composite Resins. “We can only achieve this by utilising the most modern production facilities with the best resin technology and by optimising our distribution channels.” Biifa, part of Busing STFasch GmbH ST Co, is a German producer of gel-coats and specialities based on unsaturated polyester resins.
letters EMISSIONS TESTING The open moulding
feature
in the January issue (pages 18-24)
mentions testing done
at a major US university
that
found styrene emission using impingement-type technology
spray
was 20% higher
than with the new Delta V Force nozzle from Glas-Craft. After reviewing (available
the report
on G/as-Craft’s
website), we found that the testing was done with the G/as-Craft impingement-type nozzle. When comparing
the
results of the tests performed by G/as-Craft with tests done by the US EPA we find the Glas-Craft impingement
noz-
zle as well as the new Delta V Force nozzle to be less effective than the NT impingement Magnum
technology
from
Venus Products,
even when using resin with an 18% higher styrene content. We found the following information
in the preliminary
EPA report
and the G/as-Craft
report:
Magnum
Venus Products
NT results: 13.7% emission rate with 39.8%
styrene
content resin; G/as-Craft impingement
type
nozzle: 16.9% emission rate with 32.76%
styrene
content resin; Glas-Craft Delta V Force nozzle:
13.9% emission
rate with 32.76%
styrene
content resin. As you can see even with higher styrene content resin a properly
designed FIT sys-
tem still outperformed newly developed
the
systems by
Glas-Cmft. TOM HEDGER Senior VP MVF: USA RES No.336 - USE THE FAST NEW ENQUIRY SERVICE
6
-plmtlcs
March
2001
@ www.reinforcedplastic.com
DSM and Biifa sign gel-coat development DSM COMPOSITE Resins is teaming up with German gelcoat producer Btifa to develop its gel-coat business. The two companies will cooperate on gel-coat production, new product development and technical support, with the aim of establishing a fully integrated approach throughout the entire production chain. Under the terms of the agreement most of the gel-coat production will take place in Rastede, Germany, which DSM
says will become the biggest plant of its kind in Europe. Over e20 million has been invested in production technology and facilities. Gel-coat batches up to 20 tonnes will be made in a single blending tank, which DSM believes is the largest of its kind in the world. The plant is also designed to be flexible enough to produce smaller batches and customerspecific colours. “Our goal is to provide customers with the most complete
deal
solution package and a full system approach to resins and gelcoats,” says Jos Schneiders, business group director of DSM Composite Resins. “We can only achieve this by utilising the most modern production facilities with the best resin technology and by optimising our distribution channels.” Biifa, part of Busing STFasch GmbH ST Co, is a German producer of gel-coats and specialities based on unsaturated polyester resins.
letters EMISSIONS TESTING The open moulding
feature
in the January issue (pages 18-24)
mentions testing done
at a major US university
that
found styrene emission using impingement-type technology
spray
was 20% higher
than with the new Delta V Force nozzle from Glas-Craft. After reviewing (available
the report
on G/as-Craft’s
website), we found that the testing was done with the G/as-Craft impingement-type nozzle. When comparing
the
results of the tests performed by G/as-Craft with tests done by the US EPA we find the Glas-Craft impingement
noz-
zle as well as the new Delta V Force nozzle to be less effective than the NT impingement Magnum
technology
from
Venus Products,
even when using resin with an 18% higher styrene content. We found the following information
in the preliminary
EPA report
and the G/as-Craft
report:
Magnum
Venus Products
NT results: 13.7% emission rate with 39.8%
styrene
content resin; G/as-Craft impingement
type
nozzle: 16.9% emission rate with 32.76%
styrene
content resin; Glas-Craft Delta V Force nozzle:
13.9% emission
rate with 32.76%
styrene
content resin. As you can see even with higher styrene content resin a properly
designed FIT sys-
tem still outperformed newly developed
the
systems by
Glas-Cmft. TOM HEDGER Senior VP MVF: USA RES No.336 - USE THE FAST NEW ENQUIRY SERVICE
6
-plmtlcs
March
2001
@ www.reinforcedplastic.com