PRA Training Courses and Workshops

Article Type: Conferences, training and publications From: Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Volume 56, Issue 4

Paint Technology

Designed for newcomers to the industry who need a firm foundation in the technology of surface coatings. A comprehensive and intensive four day course that contains an overview of the raw materials used in surface coatings and their contribution to the final properties of the coatings. The study of coating systems emphasises the changes taking place in modern technology.

Topics include:

• markets for coatings;

• substrates;

• properties for coatings;

• raw materials;

• formulation;

• waterborne & high solids coatings;

• solventborne coatings;

• radiation cured coatings;

• coating application methods;

• surface preparation;

• powder coatings; and

• microbiology of coatings.

Training Calendar 2009

• Colour Measurement & Colour Control, 7-8 September 2009.

• Advanced Colour Measurement & Colour Control, 9-10 September 2009.

• Principles of Waterborne Coatings, 29-30 September 2009.

• Print & Ink Technology, 5-7 October 2009.

• Market Research in the Coatings Industry, 13 October 2009.

• Paint Technology, 19-22 October 2009.

• Professional Paint Formulation, 3-4 November 2009.

• Radiation Curing Technology, 16-18 November 2009.

• Understanding & Testing the Wet & Dry Properties of Coatings, 24-25 November 2009.

• Paint Technology, 30 November-3 December 2009.

Details about PRA’s training courses and workshops can be found at: www.pra-world.com/training