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Twin Cities Chapter CCAI Thursday March 18, 2010
Coating Performance
Topics
will include the following:
*The importance of having specifications and how to make sure your coating
system meets them.
*ASTM B-117 Salt Fog and Cyclic Corrosion Test
*Other tests including film thickness, MEK, impact etc.
Program:
2:00-2:30 pm Registration
2:30-4:00 pm Program
Location:
The Valspar Corporation
312 So. 11th Street
Minneapolis MN 55415-1945
Parking :
Valspar B Lot
1101 So. 3rd Street
Minneapolis
Cost:
$5 members, $15 non-members
Refreshments will be served.
Reservations:
By 3/12/10—(Space will be limited)
Contact Phil Ruggiero at 320-230-6282 or
email:
ccatc@charter.net
Questions? Programming Suggestions?
Interested in becoming a Member?
Please feel free to contact Mark Walsworth, President, at 952-887-3487 or
mark.walsworth@donaldson.com
Tour of Nordic Ware
Thursday, April 15, 2010 Nordic Ware® Industrial Operations is a division of Northland Aluminum Products, Inc., makers of the nationally known Nordic Ware® Kitchenware. In 1964, they started applying release and decorative coatings to their own product lines. Today in addition to their many retail products they have
over 300 industrial and O.E.M. customers throughout
Nordic Ware coats such diverse products as human heart catheters that demand 0% rejection standards, rollers for photocopiers and laser printers, acoustical screens that resist picking up dust which impair fidelity and even professional golf club heads that must withstand very high impact requirements. Their facility includes mass production conveyor type painting ovens for both high temperature (+1000ºF) porcelain finishing and mid temperature (+500ºF) non-stick coating applications plus precision batch ovens for special purpose coatings. Many customers take advantage of their stamping, spinning, molding, machining, assembly and packaging capabilities that produce complete parts to their exact specifications. Coating Equipment:
Nordic Ware has also recently completed construction of a 60,000-square-foot expansion to house their shipping and warehousing. Location: Nordic Ware is located at the Southwest corner of Hwy 100 and Cty Rd 25 (Old Hwy 7)
5005 Highway 7,
Enter at Dock A, the New Event Cost: $10 for members / $20 for non-members Size is limited at 40. Priority will be given to CCAI members until March 31, 2010. Non-members will be admitted on a "first request" basis until tour capacity is reached. Registration and light lunch: 1:00 pm Welcome: 1:30 Tour: 1:45 – 3:15 Question and Answer: 3:15 – 3:30 Please bring safety glasses for the tour if you have them. No photos, please. Reservations: Phone/fax 320-230-6282 or email ccatc@charter.net by April 9th.
TC-CCAI
ALL DAY SYMPOSIUM IS A FIRST-RATE SUCCESS
By Pat Cullen On February 4th, the Twin Cities CCAI Chapter offered an all day symposium dedicated exclusively to the topic of Understanding Non Phosphate and Transition Metal Conversion Coatings. Coffee, juice and rolls were the order of the morning as 55 registered people signed in for the day’s event. Five prominent speakers from the chemical industry each gave 45 minute presentations and two end user representatives talked for 15 minutes regarding their company experience in making the transition from phosphate cleaning to non phosphate conversion coatings. Brad Gruss of Pretreatment & Process LLC was the program moderator and began the presentations stressing the use of the acronym of TMC standing for “transition metal conversion coatings and other non-phosphate, or combination inorganic conversions as well as straight organic conversion packages.” The other contributing presenters were Gary Nelson of Chemetall, Ken Kaluzny of Coral Chemical, Terry Giles and David Calk of Galaxy. Some of the day’s symposium topics covered by the presenters included a history of cleaning and pretreatment, influence of regulations and energy market, new conversion coating steps, organic chemistry basics and the steps to consider in making the change to the transition metal conversion process. Just before lunch, Chuck Klammer of Associated Finishing, Inc. was presented with a special TC-CCAI recognition plaque for his long and exceptional service to the Minnesota finishing industry and his activity with the TC Chapter. Chuck recently retired as President and owner of Associated Finishing after 30 plus years of running the AFI custom coating job shop. In the afternoon, Ted Schreyer of Associated Finishing in Mankato, MN and Neal Luitiens of Polaris Industries in Spirit Lake, Iowa talked about their company experience in converting to non-phosphate conversions. The program was well received as attested to by a follow-up e-mail from an end user attendee that read in part “…this was by far the most informational session I have been to. I have been to national coating shows three times in the last 5 years and I was expecting this to be the same sales orientated talks and was pleasantly surprised! Well done.” Another remarkable happening was that every one of the 55 pre-registered attendees showed up and there was not a single no show for the symposium. All in all a very successful event for the TC-CCAI Chapter. Thanks to each of the speakers and the attendees that spent the day with us.
Neal Luitiens
of Polaris Industries discussed the change over steps with TMC
Chuck Klammer
(L) receives a special TC-CCAI recognition award from Pat Cullen (R)
of Pretreatment
& Process, Terry Giles of Henkel and David Chalk of Galaxy
Ted Shchreyer
talks of AFI TMC success experience
SUPPLIER & USER OF THE YEAR
PAT CULLEN (on left) of Cullen Equipment and MARK WALSWORTH (on right) of Donaldson Company are shown with their TC-CCAI awards for Supplier of the Year for Pat and Mark for User of the Year for Mark. The awards were presented to Pat and Mark at the June 24th Twin City
Chapter Golf Classic
at Stonebrooke Golf Club in Shakopee, MN.
CCAI presented Phil Ruggiero, retired and current chapter coordinator for the Twin Cities chapter, with its highest honor, The James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement award. Ruggiero was recognized for his service to both his CCAI chapter and the national board. He has served in many roles within his chapter and currently coordinates the chapters database and promotion efforts. Over the years, Ruggiero has served the national board in all officer roles, including two terms as president. Presenting the award are Larry Melgray and Bob Warren past, recipients
of the award.
"The Chemical Coaters Association International is a
technical and professional organization"
TWIN CITIES CHAPTER CCAI PROGRAM SCHEDULE 2009-10
Get to know the CCAI Twin Cities Board of Directors
Kris Kavanagh
Pat Cullen CLICK ON ABOVE PHOTOS FOR INFO ON BOARD MEMBERS
We need your support become a member!!
POT of MONEY DRAWING PROGRAM 2009-10
Gary Hess of DuBois receiving a 75.00 check from TC Chapter Jim Docken. Gary was
present at the Feb 4th All Day Symposium when his name was drawn for the Pot of
Money.
CULLEN EQUIPMENT DIAMOND VOGEL PAINTS DEIMCO DUBOIS CHEMICALS GALAXY ASSOCIATES GAT FINISHING SYSTEMS JIT POWDER COATING COMPANY SENECA CO. TROY CHEMICAL SIERRA CORPORATION VALMONT
If the following ad has a company website the arrow will become a hand and you can link to it by clicking on the ad
Click on below for photos and write ups from past functions of our CCA chapter
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Scott Berg
Doug Van Duyne Jim Docken
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