Table Of Content60th Porcelain
Enamel Institute
Technical Forum
Robert D. Reece
Conference Director
May 11-14, 1998
Nashville,Tennessee
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Table of Contents
60th Porcelain Enamel Institute Technical Forum
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i x
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The International Enamellers Congress: PEl’s Role I
Robert J. Long
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Overview of the Recent International Enamellers Congress .3
Mitchell Horton
Metal Preparation for Porcelain Enameling Appliance
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Components: Clean-Only Systems .5
Timothy J. Scott
Development of a Non-Petroleum-Based lubricant
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for the Deep Drawing of Steel .I I
MaryLinda Schumann and Doris Simoes
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Industrial-Scale Cleaning Using Ultrasonics
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F. John Fuchs
Enamel Thickness Optimization Using
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Sigma Six Methodology .23
Walt Skovron
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Statistical Process Control and Control Charts .25
JamesW . Stolpa
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The Benefits of IS0 and 9000 .29
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Wayne P McClish
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Real-Time Image Analysis of Porcelain Enamel Defects .37
Mitchell Horton, Charles H. Layne, and Holger Evele
The Role of the Workforce in the Implementation of
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New Technology .4 I
Alan P Chmelewski and Leonard E. Bilger II
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Environmental Regulatory Outlook .45
Jack E. Waggener
OSHA's Cooperative Compliance Program and the EPA's
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Risk Management Plan .47
James J. Carleton
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New Techniques for Monitoring Temperatures in Furnaces .5 I
Dale A. Fronk and J. Richard Schorr
Pyrometric Cones to Monitor Firing of Porcelain
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Enamel Ware: A Progress Report .57
Holger Evele
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A Dedicated Porcelain Furnace System .59
Ray Gaul and Liam O'Byrne
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Stress Reduction in EnameVSteel Systems .63
John J. Jozefowski and Anthony R. Mazzuca
Fractographic Examination of Porcelain Enamel
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Chipping Defects .69
William D. Faust
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New Concepts in Two-Coat/One-Fire Enameling .8 I
Larry N. Biller
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Optimizing Conveyor loading Space .83
Richard A. Dooley and Robert D. Reece
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A View of a Porcelain Enamel Powder Operation .99
Robert D. Reece
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Another View of a Porcelain Enamel Powder Operation I05
Jeffrey Sellins
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Equipment for a Porcelain Enamel Application I07
Jeff Hale and Glenn Stribling
Equipment for Powder Coating with Porcelain Enamel
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Powders and Some Troubleshooting Tips I23
Sergey Guskov
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The Effects of Powder Resistivity on Transfer Efficiency I37
Steve M. Kilczewski and Richard Kmoch
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A New Major Appliance Plant .I43
David J. Latimer and Brian Neufield
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Continuous Coating of Commercial Water Heaters .I45
Bill Singleton and Mike Wilczynski
Application of Porcelain Enamel by the Electrophoretic
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Enameling Process I 5 I
Carmen L. Sparreo and RobertVandenberg
Production Experiences with an Electrocoat Porcelain
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Enamel System I59
Liam O’Byrne
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Foreword
It was a real pleasure for me to serve as chairman of the Technical Forum
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Committee, with its membership of experienced industry authorities who planned and
carried out the 60th PEI Technical Forum held in Nashville,Tennesseeo n May I I - 14,1998.
There was considerable work involved in the event, and I bave many persons to thank for
all their efforts-starting with the members of the committee who lined up all of our
speakers and helped out in countless ways during the meeting in Nashville.Their names are
listed on the outside back cover of these proceedings.
Certainly, I want to thank my vice chairman, Jeff Sellins, who shared the presiding officer
duties with me during the forum sessions and took on a variety of tasks that contributed
to the success of all the events related to our "Porcelain Enamel Days" in Nashville last May.
Jeff and I will again head up the planning efforts for the Technical Forum and then Jeff
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will assume the chairmanship-working with a new vice chairman for the years of 2000
and 200 I.
The thanks of all of us go out to this year's excellent group of speakers and panelists who
provided us with information on the latest in materials and equipment used in porcelain
enameling, as well as details on processing advances and tools for quality improvements.
We are grateful to them for their time and effort in researching, preparing, and presenting
their informative papers.
As a new feature this year; theThursday afternoon portion of the program was devoted to
four single topic seminars, with forum registrants choosing between two of the topics each
two-hour period. Each seminar was informative and well attended. We are most apprecia-
tive to those that provided planning and leadership for the seminars: Jeff Wright and Jeff
Hale for "Electrostatic Powder Systems," Larry Steele and Jim Stolpa for "Proper Tool
Maintenance," Jim Carleton and Jack Waggener for "Environmental, Health, and Safety
Issues," and Bob Long and MilesVotava for "Ball Milling."
Receiving our applause and appreciation also are Holger Evele and John Cook who
planned and conducted another outstanding Back-to-Basics seminar: We thank them and
their knowledgeable "faculty" who aided them.Topping off each day's activities each evening
was the Suppliers' Mart. We are grateful to the supplier firms that exhibited at the mart
and sponsored the popular reception on two evenings.
Finally, we thank each one of you that attended and participated in the week's events. As
we present these proceedings, we hope there is agreement that they are worthy additions
to the earlier volumes going back sixty years to the first PEI Technical Forum in Both
1937.
Jeff Sellins and I look forward to welcoming you to next year's Technical Forum-the
61 st-to be held at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Nashville on May I 1-1
3.
Robert D.R eece
Frigidaire Company
Chairman, PEI Technical Forum Committee
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