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32 POWDER COATING, August 2017 For further reading on topics featured in this issue, select from the articles listed here. You can find these and other articles at www.pcoating.com. Click on Article Index and access them by author, company (organizations), or subject. Architectural powder coatings Meeting AAMA 605.2 requirements opens doors to thermoset high-perfor- mance powder coatings in US architec- tural market. Graham D. Steele. June 1997, p. 41. Because powder coatings are tough, weatherable, and economically attractive, they are a preferred finish for doors, win- dows, curtain walls, and other metal build- ing components. However, the rate of pow- der adoption for prestigious architectural projects in the US has been limited. Will your coating last and withstand its purpose? Karl Rijkse, Burkhard Maier, and Ramoo Puru. October 2006, p. 21. Powder coatings as a surface finishing technology have been in use for more than 30 years and have captured an impressive part of the organic coatings market. This is driven by a variety of characteristics they possess, such as toughness and durability. This article focuses on what needs to be done to specify an architectural powder coating for a job. It explains due diligence and discusses the coatings standards set forth by the American Architectural Man- ufacturers Association (AAMA). Upgrading to an automatic powder sys- tem takes extruder to the next level. (Hydro Aluminum, St. Augustine, Fla.) October 2007, p. 28. Hydro Aluminum is a leading aluminum extruder and the largest aluminum drawn tubing producer in North America. More specifically, its plant in St. Augustine, Fla., specializes in contract manufacturing and finishing for a wide variety of extrusions, including wind chime tubing, aluminum boat decking, awning components, soccer goal components, compressed air piping systems, and other specialty products. After making the move from manual to auto- mated powder coating, this company improved its finishing quality and extended its customer reach. New powder coating operation simpli- fies cleaning as it advances finishing quality. (Vulcan Radiator, South Wind- sor, Conn.) Peggy M. Koop. October 2009, p. 20. The Roaring Twenties was a hot decade of firsts: The first highway, the first motel, the first radio broadcast, the first television, the first sound movie, the first person to swim 100 meters under a minute (Johnny Weissmuller), the first person to hit 60 home runs (Babe Ruth), the first mass pro- duction of cars (the Model T). But another first was to heat up the nation in a different–and very practical–way. John H. Ehn invested in a business holding sev- eral patents on finned-tube radiation—a new heat-transfer method. This article dis- cusses a New England commercial and residential heating manufacturer that installed a new washer, conveyor, and cur- ing oven to accommodate one-step, no- rinse, no-heat cleaning. Midwest powder coater waltzes into the major leagues by building a solid repu- tation coating large parts for historic projects. (Extreme Powder Coating, Blooming Prairie, Minn.) Peggy M. Koop. August 2010 digital issue, p. 27. Billy Joel and the Minnesota Twins have something extreme in common: A Min- nesota powder coating shop called Extreme Powder Coating. Based in Blooming Prairie, the shop began as the dream of a go- kart racer, whose path to powder coating began in 1983 racing on the tracks of sunny California, the birthplace of the first "minia- ture car" in the 1950s. By the 1980s, mul- tiple associations for racers had formed, establishing rules and regulations for the karts as well as the races. And Greg Peterson, founder and owner of Extreme Powder Coating, was in the midst of what would become a recognized sport in the 1990s. It's tough, it's metal, it's powder-coated, and it's always smiling. (Tube-Dude and Creative Coatings, Sarasota, Fla.) Peggy M. Koop. August 2011 digital issue, p. 20. A former Florida yacht-builder sails into clearer waters, earning Sarasota County's vote as the number one company to watch in 2011 with his metal powder-coated creation he calls the Tube Dude. The dude abides, but he's gone tubular—and he has a tough, shiny coat of powder. Now that's my kind of dude. Planning and courage build new pow- der coating business. (Aegis Industrial Finishing, Vancouver, B.C.) Peggy Wright. November 2011 digital issue, p. 18. Facing stiff competition from China that was making the powder coating of high-vol- ume small parts increasingly competitive, Dave McKinnon decided to depart the business that his father-in-law had estab- lished in 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Despite the difficult decision to leave the business in which Dave had worked for more than 20 years, Dave and his son Chris decided to launch a new business that would handle a mix of larger parts in a smaller volume. Too large to ship from China economically, a single piece can earn the same amount as 500 smaller pieces at the previous plant. Fighting the odds dur- ing a recession and just a year after opening, Aegis Industrial Finishing works overtime to meet customers' needs. Index to Articles and Authors Suggested Reading ARTICLE INDEX