The document discusses how controlling viscosity can help reduce paint consumption by ensuring a consistent, minimum film build during coating applications. Maintaining consistent viscosity allows the coating to be applied uniformly at the minimum thickness needed to meet specifications, rather than excess coating being used to compensate for thickness variations across the substrate. Precise viscosity control leads to more efficient use of coating materials and reduced costs.

1. REALIZING PAINT SAVINGS WITH
VISCOSITY CONTROL
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2. • DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF ADVANCED POINT-OF-USE TEMPERATURE AND
VISCOSITY CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL FLUID DISPENSING PROCESSES SINCE
1990
• SPECIALIZING IN BOTH RECIRCULATING AND “DEAD-END” SYSTEMS WITH MORE
THAN 3500 ACTIVE INSTALLATIONS
• LOW VISCOSITY (<1 CPS) TO HIGH VISCOSITY (>1,000,000 CPS) APPLICATIONS
STANDARD AT PRESSURES FROM 0.4 BAR (5 PSI ) – 400 BAR (6000 PSI)
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3. SO WHO CARES?
• THOSE 3500+ TEMPERATURE CONTROL INSTALLATIONS
INVOLVED SOME OF THE TOUGHEST APPLICATIONS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH DEMANDING CUSTOMERS LIKE:
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4. THE PERFECT FILM
STRIPSTRIPSubstrate
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5. THE EFFECT OF FILM BUILD ON CURE
Even Cure
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6. WHAT EVERYONE IS STRIVING FOR
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7. BUT MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT, WE’RE
SUPPLYING THIS…
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BUT MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT, WE’RE
SUPPLYING THIS…

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BUT MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT, WE’RE
SUPPLYING THIS…

10. AND THIS
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11. THE STRUCTURE OF ORANGE PEEL
Substrate
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Short Variations
Long Variations

12. THE EFFECT OF FILM BUILD ON CURE
Slower Cure
Faster Cure
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Substrate

13. FILM BUILD RELATED DEFECTS
Blisters/Uncured
Coating
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Substrate

14. THE IMPACT OF FILM BUILD VARIATIONS ON
PAINT CONSUMPTION
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Excess
Minimum

15. ELIMINATING THE EXCESS
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Minimum

16. Reduce Coating Usage
Coating Film Must Meet Minimum Film Build Requirements
When Film Build is Uneven, Excess Coating Must be Applied to Meet Minimum Film Build
Specifications
Control Viscosity to Manage the Film Build Across the Substrate
When Film Build is Consistent, Move Toward Minimum Specification
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