MLV - The Challenge & Market Trends for Lightweighting, Sustainability, Cost Reduction and Efficiency

Identification: WEB02a

Part 1 of the Webinar: Future Substrates and Electrocoat.

In this initial segment, three challenges for metal pretreatment for the automotive industry global trends are environment, demographics, and market. We hear about the substrates used today and in the future. The trends in automotive surface technologies for cost reduction, sustainability and lightweighting are also part of this conversation. This segment ends with the story of Ford's F-150, the risk taken and benefits reaped.


MLV - Conversion of Zinc Phosphate Lines to Zirconium Coating

Identification: WEB02b

Part 3 of the Webinar: Future Substrates and Electrocoat.

In the final segment, our speaker embarks on a discussion of zirconium or thin film technology with aluminum substrates. He touches on the impact of lightweighting on electrocoat and the effects of using a lower bake temperature for curing.


MLV - Pretreatment Soutions to Today's Automotive Substrate Challenges

Identification: WEB02c

Part 2 of the Webinar: Future Substrates and Electrocoat.

In this segment, the discussion is on the traditional zinc phosphate pretreatment process before looking at a bridge process to the Flex or 2-step process.