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BASF coatings forms strategic alliance with Atotech.


BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California)
BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company)
BASF Builders Association of South Florida
 has formed a strategic alliance with Atotech, a manufacturer of chemistry and equipment for general metal finishing and printed circuit board production.

Specifically, BASF will leverage Atotech's bio-chemical detackification technology, chemicals in the water curtain that treat overspray Overspray refers to the application of any form of paint, varnish, stain or other non-water soluble airborne particulate material onto an unintended location. This concept is most commonly encountered in graffiti, auto detailing, and when commercial paint jobs drift onto unintended  paint during the painting process of automobile manufacture. Once these detackification chemicals come in contact with paint overspray, it causes the paint to coagulate coagulate /co·ag·u·late/ (-lat) to undergo coagulation.

co·ag·u·late
v.
To change from the liquid state to a solid or gel; clot.
.

The Atotech system is designed to treat solvent and or waterborne paint with little or no equipment modifications. This process reduces sludge, stabilizes chemical oxygen demand (COD) and water parameters, requires less maintenance, reduces equipment cleaning, improves water conservation, and virtually eliminates odors Odors

anosmia

Medicine. the absence of the sense of smell; olfactory anesthesia. Also called anosphrasia. — anosmic, adj.

halitosis

bad breath; an unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth.
 in the process.
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Title Annotation:Fresh Paint
Publication:Coatings World
Date:Nov 1, 2008
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