Powder priming of SMC. Part I: Assessment of the current technologies

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1413-1429

  Kia, Hamid G ^a   Shah, Bhavesh ^a   Wathen, Terrence J ^a   Mitchell, Harry A ^a   Berger, Christina R ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Ricardo Meda Technical Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating defects; Paint popping; Porosity; Powder coating; Powder primer; Sheet molding compound; Sheet molding compound (SCM)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; DEFECTS; MOISTURE; POROSITY; POWDER COATINGS; POWDERS;

COATING DEFECTS; PAINT POPPING; POWDER PRIMING;

SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33746900746     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998305059719     Document Type: Article

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