THE BUSINESS OF VISCOSITY BLOG

    What’s important to your customers customers?

    Your Product Finishing Process – An Asset or a Liability?

    What is Your “So What?”

    The Importance of Appearance and Rising Standards

    You Don't Have a Paint Problem; You Have a Business Problem

    The Pitfalls of Smaller Automation

    Temperature Control – It’s Not Just for Dispensing Systems Anymore!

    How Much Does Your Material Change During Your Dispense Process?

    Where Do You Control Material Temperature?

    WE’RE NOT THE PAINT HEATER COMPANY!

    Why Efflux Cups Should not be Used for Process Control

    Are Batch-to-Batch Paint Variations Self-Inflicted?

    Can Temperature Change Disrupt My Fixed Displacement Dispensing System?

    Why Robotic Fixed Displacement Dispensing Systems Can’t Guarantee Consistent Bead Profiles

    Fixed Displacement Dispensing Doesn’t Guarantee Fixed Results

    Why Can’t I Get a Reliable Viscosity Measurement on My Thixotropic Fluid with a Zahn Cup? – Part III

    Why Can’t I Get a Reliable Viscosity Measurement on My Thixotropic Fluid with a Zahn Cup? – Part II

    Why Can’t I Get a Reliable Viscosity Measurement on My Thixotropic Fluid with a Zahn Cup? – Part I

    How Big is Big? (or, “I Need How Much Space for That?!?”)

    Why Does My Temperature Change Between My Circ System and the Point of Application?

    What is UV and Why is It Important? (Part 2)

    What is UV and Why is It Important? (Part 1)

    Substrates & Automotive Paint: Questions To Consider

    The State of Industrial Robotic Painting in 2018

    Minimize Color Variations in Your Print Process

    Guns vs. Bells: How to Choose an Applicator

    Guns vs. Bells: The Impact of Ambient Conditions on Particle Temperature

    Guns vs. Bells: Testing the Differences in the Lab with Carlisle

    Guns vs. Bells: Similarities & Differences

    Guns vs. Bells: Going In-Depth

    The Sustainable Future: How Flexographic Printers Can Go Green

    Has Digital Killed the Flexography Star? Digital Printing vs. Flexographic Printing

    4 Flexographic Printing Issues and What to Do to Solve Them

    5 Things That Really Great Printers Do

    10 Signs You Are Having Viscosity Related Problems

    5 Common Misconceptions About Zahn Cups

    New Growth Demands Higher Quality for Corrugated Packaging and Printing

    Lab Data Quantifies Significant Cost Savings for Automotive Paint Finishers

    Why Color Quality and Consistency is Critical for Brands

    Thanks Uncle Sam! A New Windfall for Flexographic Printers

    Ceresana Automotive Coating Market Study

    10 Troubleshooting Tips for Gravure Printing

    The State of Automotive Paint: Looking Toward the Future

    Automotive Paint Technologies on the Horizon

    The Journey of Spray Painting: From Invention to a Modern Automotive Finishing Process

    How Does Paint Temperature Affect Different Automotive Paints?

    The Evolution of Automotive Paint Finishing: From the Model T to Today

    5 Types of Paint Finish Defects That May Indicate a Paint Temperature Problem

    The Necessity of Paint Temperature Control in Robotic Paint Finishing

    Heat Exchanger Fluid Velocity – Why Should I Care?

    What to Look for When Purchasing a Viscometer

    Measuring the Different Types of Viscosity with Viscometers

    Picking Up Where Sir Isaac Newton Left Off: Newtonian vs. Non-Newtonian Fluids

    Viscometers vs. Rheometers: What’s the Difference?

    4 Coating Applications Where Viscometers are Key

    5 Printing Applications Where Viscometers are Critical

    6 Different Types of Viscometers & How They Work

    The Simple Tool Every Coating, Painting, and Printing Manufacturer Needs

    5 Benefits of Using Waterborne Paint for Automotive Coating

    6 Tips to Avoid Failure in Paint Robotic Programming

    5 Ways to Improve Your Packaging Recovery Rate

    Why Viscosity Matters in Auto Manufacturing

    4 Common Automotive Paint Problems and Solutions

    8 Reasons Sustainable Packaging Will Continue To Grow

    2017 Finishing Industry Economic Forecast

    How Saint Clair Systems Made Sealer Behave

    5 Tips to Master the Skills of Reducing Automotive Paint Overspray

    Managing the Difficulties of Matching Colors Across Multiple Substrates

    Viscosity’s Impact on Your Spray Patterns

    How Changes in Paint Chemistry Transformed Temperature Control

    Control Paint Temperature at the Nozzle

    The Next Wave of Flexographic Printing: Printed Electronics

    The Combined Effect of Clearcoat and Basecoat Temperature

    Why We Love Corrugated and You Should, Too!

    9 Signs you Should Invest in a Paint Defect Analysis

    The Ultimate Guide to Flexographic Printing

    The Effect of Customer Expectations on Paint Temperature Control

    Meeting Customer Expectations in Corrugated Cardboard Printing

    The History of Paint Temperature Control

    Take a Deep Breath: Stabilizing Ink to Reduce Solvent Evaporation

    The Relationship Between Paint Temperatures & Surface Finish

    What is Industry 4.0 and What Does it Mean for My Manufacturing?

    How the Internet of Things Can Transform Your Manufacturing

    Saint Clair Systems Presenting at Waterborne Symposium

    4 Things You Need to Pay Attention to in Your Corrugated Print Process

    Meet Sustainable Packaging Goals: 4 Steps to Becoming a Green Printer

    How Your Print and Packaging Operations Affect Your Client’s Brand

    Automating Your Print and Packaging Processes: Reliable Results with Lower Costs, Less Labor

    Prepped for Success: Setting Up Your Print Process for Specialty Packaging and Coating Jobs

    Reduce Your Capital Investment Risk – Try Before You Buy

    Why Accepting the Status Quo Will Hold Your Business Back

    Will The Shrinking Workforce Get You? (Part 2)

    Will The Shrinking Workforce Get You? (Part 1)

    No Rejects = Happy Customers

    Why HFI Costs are Often Understated

    Where and When You're Consistent Makes All the Difference

    The Comfort of Reduced HFI's

    4 Ways Controlling Temperature Can Avoid Customer Rejects

    Hot and Cold on the West Coast

    Avoiding one customer reject makes it all worthwhile

    Start a Culture of Improvement in 4 Easy Steps

    The One Key Variable to Control to Reduce Liner HFI's

    Four Keys to Eliminating Liner Inconsistency from Environmental Variations

    Prevent Customer Rejects by Controlling Temperature

    The Interaction Between Temperature, Pressure, Liner Weight, and Placement

    4 Reasons Managers Fail While Executing Capital Improvement Projects

    Three Keys to Getting Older Liners to Hold Tight Placement

    A Lesson and Model to Inspire Progress

    Stabilizing Compound Temperature: The Secret to Liner Placement Consistency

    Controlling Temperature to Reduce HFI's

    5 Questions to Refocus Your Improvement Efforts

    Saint Clair Systems to Discuss Coil Coating Solutions at Materials Science and Technology Forum

    Why Your Liner Quality Changes from Shift-to-Shift or Season-to-Season

    Temperature Variations Cause Inconsistent Liner Placement

    5 Tips for Choosing the Right Improvement Project for Your Business

    Case Study: Why You’re Not Meeting Customer Color Requirements

    Case Study: Hidden Costs of Selecting the Wrong Supplier

    Improving Weight Control on Older Liners

    Case Study: How the Best Companies Separate Themselves

    Where Liner Temperature Variations Come From and How They Affect Your Delivery, Quality and Cost Structure

    Case Study: Meeting Customer Specifications Just Got Easier

    Saint Clair Systems Temperature Control Technology to be Featured at International Conference

    Case Study: Quality is Free

    Getting World Class Performance Out of Old Liner Equipment

    The Color Management Tool You Can't Live Without

    Why Output Should Be Your First Focus

    How to Take Control of Your Improvement Goals

    How Stabilizing Compound Temperature Improves Liner Weight Consistency

    The Impact of Temperature and Pressure on Liner Weight Consistency

    How Successful Printers Avoid Common Pitfalls

    Stop Losing Productivity and Focus on Viscosity

    The One Print Management Behavior That Guarantees Failure

    Stop Squandering Resources and Focus on Waste

    Five Reasons SPC is Nearly Impossible for Liner Operation

    How Important is Ink Management to Your Success?

    Don’t Let Traditional Viscometers Get in the Way of Perfect Print Jobs

    Variation in Liner Placement Impacts Delivery, Quality, and Cost, too!

    Can Liner Weight Variations Impact Quality, Delivery, and Cost Structure

    Stop Managing Symptoms: The Cure for Printing Pains

    Why Customer Returns are the Worst for Can Makers

    Metal Can Manufacturing – A Study in Process Viscosity Control!

    Daily vs. Seasonal Temperature Changes

    Why Print Color Consistency is Important and What You Can Do About It

    One Simple Secret for Minimizing Printing Waste

    Taking on More Architectural Coatings? Save Production Time

    Use Fluid Process Control to Gain 2+ Hours of Daily Run Time

    Reduce Cleaning Costs By 20% in Coil Coating Systems

    Reduce Cost of Paint and Coating Disposal by 10% or More

    Reduce Color Change Costs up to 50% in Coil Coating Systems

    4 Ways to Use PCM to Increase Metal Coating System Runtime

    PCM Coating Technology Cuts Industrial Finishing Setup Time

    3 Ways PCM Reduces Costs in Aluminum and Steel Coil Coating

    Using the PCM to Reduce Partial Drums in Metal Roof Coating

    The 7 Traits of Highly Successful Coil Coating Systems

    Using Advanced Coating Technology to Boost Your Throughput

    Advanced PCM Coating Technology Cuts Setups, Quality Checks

    PCM Boosts Fluid Process Control, Lowers Cleaning Costs

    4 Ways PCM Reduces Partial Drums in Industrial Finishing

    3 Ways the PCM Improves How Coil Coating Systems Handle Color Changes

    Increase Run Time: Add the PCM to Coil Coating Fluid Process

    Add PCM to Reduce Setups, Quality Checks in Coil Coating

    3 Ways PCM Reduces Cleaning Costs in Metal Coating Operations

    Add the PCM to Your Coil Coating Technology to Trim Costs

    How to Best Manage Color Changes in Industrial Finishing

    3 Ways Custom Color Jobs Eat Up Your Coil Coating Run Time

    Why Quality Checks are Rising in Architectural Coil Coating

    3 Reasons Coil Coating System Cleaning Costs are Increasing

    Why Partial Drums Pile Up in Aluminum and Steel Coil Coating

    6 Ways Changing Colors Can Disrupt Coating Technology

    Mastering Viscosity in 5 Easy Steps

    Back-to-Basics Viscosity

    A Welcome New Old Voice in Viscosity!

    Why Do We Play With Our Coating Formulation?

    It’s Too Cold for Blisters! Temperature Control in Deep Winter

    Sometimes, the Cynics Get It Wrong!

    Revenue Over Investment – The New ROI!

    Revenue Over Investment – The New ROI!

    Sometimes, the Cynics Get It Wrong- or "Yes, I work in temperature control, but..."

    The Human Component That Makes Technology Work!

    ROI Matters: In Temp Control, In Industrial Finishing... Always!

    A Gift for the New Year! (Not just for Coil Coaters)

    And Yet Another Year has Passed!

    Why the Newtonian Nature of Fluids Matters in Industrial Coating

    Why is it so Hard to Measure the Viscosity of Non-Newtonian Coatings?

    How Newton Affects Your Coating Process…

    Why's it So Hard to Control a 3-Roll Reverse Nip-Feed Coating Process?

    Fluid Temperature Control: Why Do My Processes Generate Heat?

    There are No Silver Bullets, Kemosabe!

    Like New Ideas? – Seek Them Out.

    RadTech 2014: What I Learned about UV Coating Technology

    Temperature Control Solutions: Why Drum Heaters Are a Bad Idea

    Temperature Control Solutions: Why In-Line Heaters are a Bad Idea

    Temperature Control Solutions: Why Is Heated Storage Such a Bad Idea?

    2014 National Coil Coaters Association Fall Meeting

    Are Your Instincts Killing Your Business?

    The PCM: A Process Control Solution for Industrial Coatings

    Fluid Process Control: What Do I Do About Evaporation? (Pt 3)

    Fluid Process Control: What Do I Do About Evaporation? (Pt 2)

    Fluid Process Control: What Do I Do About Evaporation? (Pt 1)

    Just Go With The Flow!

    Viscosity and Temperature Control at the Point of Application

    Solvent Exposure Linked to Memory Loss

    Temperature Compensated Viscosity Measurement and the Art of Selling Snake Oil!

    Farewell to the Business of Temperature Blog! Hello to the Business of Viscosity Blog!

    Can I Control Process Fluid Viscosity In the Tank? (Pt. 2)

    Can I Control Process Fluid Viscosity In the Tank? (Pt. 1)

    Dead-End vs. Recirculating Systems for Temperature Control(Pt. 3)

    Dead-End vs. Recirculating Systems for Temperature Control(Pt. 2)

    Dead-End vs. Recirculating Systems (Pt. 1)

    Saint Clair Systems Buys Norcross

    Machine Control Upgrades – The Forgotten Parameter

    UV Coatings Lessons Learned at RadTech 2014

    Are In-Line Measurement Systems Worth It?

    System Generated Heat and the Coil Coating Process

    Ambient Control Doesn’t Control Process Temperature

    Choose the Right Part for Your Application

    Who’s Ready for Reshoring? Bringing Manufacturing and Coil Coating back to the United States

    Saving Solvent with Temperature Control (Pt. 2)

    Saving Solvent with Temperature Control(Pt. 1)

    IR Thermometers and Fluid Process Control Don’t Mix!

    Saving Material with Temperature Control (Pt. 2)

    Saving Material with Temperature Control (Pt. 1)

    Don’t Ignore the CFO! Bring the CFO into your Process Control Project!

    So Which Temperature Is Important in Fluid Process Control? (Part 2)

    So Which Temperature Is Important in Fluid Process Control? (Part 1)

    My System Uses a Shot Meter, Why Do I Need Temperature Control?

    What’s Trending in Manufacturing

    You Can't Insulate Yourself from Losses! (Pt. 3)

    You Can’t Insulate Yourself from Losses! (Pt. 2)

    You Can’t Insulate Yourself from Losses! (Pt. 1)

    Don’t Live With Material Cost Increases in Fluid Process Control

    When Point-of-Application Temperature Control Isn't Enough

    Point of Application - The Temperature Control Envelope

    Temperature Control Where It Counts - At The Point of Application

    I'm a Chemist...Why Should I Care About Process Temperature Control

    Turning A Manufacturing Problem Into A Competitive Advantage

    Bypassing the Quality/Cost Trade-Off in Temperature Control

    How Sustainability and Innovation Cut Your Fluid Process Control Costs

    5 Common Temperature Control Mistakes That Could Cost You Millions

    8 Points That Indicate You May Be Losing Millions On Your Coating Line

    Are The Changing Seasons Bleeding Your Costs?

    The Business Impact of Temperature Control on Dispensing Processes

    A Tale of Two Coil Coaters

    Controlling The Uncontrollable

    Why Temperature Control Is The Missing Link

    Five Inefficiencies Solved by Proper Temperature Control

    Temperature Control: It’s All About Viscosity

    The Cost of Poor Temperature Control

    The “Why” of Temperature Control

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