Water, a critical requirement in many industrial processes, is often not suitable in its existing state or as provided from municipalities. Reverse Osmosis (RO) can provide cost-effective purified water for many purposes, including electrocoat.

Terry discusses trends that pretreatment suppliers must address to ensure a uniform conversion coating is deposited on new substrates being used or investigated in the automotive industry. A uniform coating is essential to meet requirements for corrosion performance and paint durability.

In this webinar, we will embark on a discussion of what electrocoat is, its chemistry, how it's applied and components of an electrocoat bath. Different types of electrocoat and how they are used in the finishing industry will be discussed. We will highlight the advantages of electrocoat and discuss potential limitations. Finally, we will review items that impact applied cost and areas of focus for reducing costs and improving yields.

We will begin this webinar with a discussion about the process of pretreatment and then dive into more detail in each area. We will discuss the cleaning, conversion coating, surface conditioning, post-treatment and rinsing stages of pretreatment. We will discuss water conservation tips to make your system operate at its optimal capacity. Then we will focus on some new technology in conversion coatings being used in manufacturing. We will touch on pretreatment equipment, design considerations, heating, cost savings and bath life extension features to ensure you are operating at the greatest efficiency. We will close by taking a look at control options for keeping your pretreatment, operating at optimum levels.

Speakers will build on the information covered in the Basic Pretreatment Webinar and delve deeper into the function of the individual pretreatment stages to offer a deeper understanding of the stages/chemistry. Additionally, they will look at the interaction and control required for each pretreatment stage to ensure a fluent, robust process when coating multiple substrates alongside troubleshooting/countermeasures for common issues encountered. Current and future pretreatment trends and end-customer expectations (quality, sustainability, cost savings, etc.) will be discussed, along with technologies available to meet these expectations. Finally, they will discuss pretreatment equipment, design considerations, and bath control to ensure efficient operation.