Automotive Paints and Coatings

INTRODUCTION

(Historical view, market size, main driving forces: capital, energy, coating performance, material and design, legislation)

MATERIALS AND CONCEPTS IN BODY CONSTRUCTION

(steel - hardening steel, aluminum, magnesium, plastic

driving forces: design, weight, durability and recyclability)

SURFACE TREATMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE BODIES

(multimetal, dip and conveyor lines, rodip, non-toxic chemicals, processing, performance)

ELECTRODEPOSITION

(mechanism, paint formulations: anionic - cationic, process and dip variants, running a tank, coatings

performance)

PRIMER SURFACER

(function, waterbased and powder formulations,

processing, application, coatings performance)

TOP COATS

(solid color, metallic, color flop, basecoat/clearcoat,

waterbased and powder formulations, durability, scratch

and etch resistance, surface characteristics)

POLYMERIC ENGINEERING FOR AUTOMOTIVE COATING APPLICATION

PAINT SHOP DESIGN

(old concepts, actual concepts: stations, repair concepts, basic data: line length, dwell time, cost factors, cleaning, first time capability, application methods, curing, legislatory

COATINGS FOR PLASTIC PARTS

Exterior Plastics

Interior Plastics

SPECIALITIES

AUTOMOTIVE ON-LINE REPAIR

SPECIFICATIONS AND TESTING OF AUTOMATIVE OEM COATINGS

(measurements and test methods, tolerances, basic

methods and data, correlation shortterm and longterm testing)

QUALITY AND SUPPLY CONCEPT

batch processes, preventive work, quality norms,

partnership, cost per unit or m², on time delivery)

OUTLOOK

coil and film coating, other ideas

After receiving his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Münster, Germany, Hans-Joachim Streitberger began his technical career at BASF Coatings in Münster. Following positions in cathodic electrocoating development and central paint research, he became director of the European research group. He led the technical automotive OEM group in Southfield, Michigan, USA, for three years, before returning to Münster in charge of the European technical groups for automotive OEM development and technical service. He later became vice president of a business group for industrial coatings with responsibility for Europe, during which time he was a member of the advisory board at BASF Coatings AG as well as head of the industrial business group of the German Paint Association, VdL. Dr. Streitberger's final position at BASF Coatings was head of Corporate Industrial Management before he became a self-employed consultant.

Karl-Friedrich Dössel studied chemistry in Kiel, Germany and Reading, UK, obtaining his PhD in physical chemistry in 1978. He joined the R&D department at Hoechst AG in the area of photoresist / microelectronic applications and became manager of coating resins R&D in 1992. In 1995 he was made Director of Technology for Automotive Coatings at Herberts, which later became DuPont, where he is currently the Director for Strategic Technology and Global Product Management. Dr. Dössel has global experience in the automotive industry as well as authoring over 100 patents, publications, and conference presentations in the field of automotive coatings.

" Die Verfasser haben ein Werk geschaffen, dass erstmals systematisch den Automobillackierprozess in all seinen Facetten von "vorn nach hinten" beschreibt und ihn in Kontext zu Trends für die Zukunft setzt. Gemeinsam mit ihren Co-Autoren haben sie es verstanden, dieses komplexe Gebiet ausgewogen zwischen fachspezifischem Anspruch und allgemeiner Verständlichkeit darzustellen."Dr. Ulrich Meier-Westhues, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Leverkusen, März 2008"Die Kapitel wurden allesamt von Experten in ihren Spezialfeldern geschrieben, daher die beeindruckende Tiefe der dargestellten Themen."MetalloberflächeApril 2008

"Intended for use by engineers in the motor vehicle and paint and coatings industries as well as for students." (World Surface Coatings Abstracts, February 2008)