UNICOAT A TECHNICAL INNOVATION FOR ELIMINATING OFF-LINE PAINTING OF PLASTICS

To meet the future acceptance and economic justification for expanded uses of RRIM and other thermoplastics, a new innovation for painting components on-line in automobile assembly plants is essential. A new coating technology, referred to as UNICOAT, based on two-component aliphatic urethane chemistry, shows promise as a way of achieving the flexibility, hardness and weathering properties for coatings over plastic and metal substrates. This can be accomplished when the components are painted simultaneously and followed by oven baking just below the heat distortion temperature of the plastics. The unique chemistry of urethane coatings provides latitude in curing conditions that avoids problems associated with the heat distortion characteristics of many plastics.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 28-March 4, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Bracco, J J
  • Schoenfelder, M
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assembly lines; Automobiles; Coatings; Painting; Plastics; Technological innovations; Urethane
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00378528
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 830485, HS-034 804
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1983 12:00AM