“For over five years we’ve been using Chemical Dynamics professional expertise to guide us with our challenging technical needs for several key strategic automotive aftermarket applications. These innovations have helped our customers solve problems as well as enable our company to experience continued growth in sales and profitability. Their work is first rate and cost effective.”
Herschel Wright, President, Hi Tech Industries Inc.
Chemical Dynamics developed an innovative new coating for aggressive automotive environments:
Some portions of the automobile must be coated with paint that offers a variety of unique long life performance attributes including resistance to harsh chemicals such as fuels, oils and hydraulic fluid, and also offer resistance to stone chipping, road salts and moisture in a variety of forms. Lastly, such coatings must also be conductive so the build-up of static electricity does not cause volatile materials to ignite.
Since there was no such coating on the market, especially a water born coating, Chemical Dynamics developed and patented this coating for use on fuel filler tubes, fuel lines and other components of cars requiring these properties. This technology named Infinicoat was one of a handful of PACE Award finalists among several hundred contestants in recognition of the value and innovation that this product brought to the automotive industry. Infinicoat is currently used on multiple domestic model cars.
Over the course of Ron Lewarchik’s career, he has been awarded 3 R&D 100 Awards.
While Director of Industrial Research at Desoto Inc., Ron and his development teams were awarded two R&D 100 awards in global competition for distinguished achievement in the development of innovative products. He was responsible for the development groups in appliance, electrocoat, paper, automotive, aerospace, packaging, and coil coating. While at Desoto, he was also awarded several patents for novel developments in UV Cure, water borne, high solids, and low cure chemistries for metal and plastic substrates.
As Vice President of Industrial Research & Technology at Morton International, Ron was the recipient of another R&D 100 award for a new coil coating technology and multiple patents in water borne, high solids and high performance polyester, silicone polyester and acrylic resins and coatings made from these resins.
Ronald Lewarchik was awarded over 50 U.S. and Foreign patents over the last thirty years. Published in the’Industrial Finishing’ and ‘Product Finishing’ magazines, Journal of ACS, Internationally recognized speaker at ECCA in Brussels, POSCO International Automotive Symposium in S. Korea, and the NCCA in the USA. Here is a listing of some of his recent achievements:
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PATENT #
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Title
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R.J.Lewarchik • Inventor/Coinventor
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| 1. | 6,602,552 | Low temperature cure coating composition and method therefore |
| 2. | 6,485,781 | Metal roofing shingle stock and method for making it |
| 3. | 5,972,471 | Decorative coating with textured pattern |
| 4. | 5,858,506 | Decorative coating with textured pattern |
| 5. | 5,852,162 | Low molecular weight hydroxy functional polyesters for coatings |
| 6. | 5,840,827 | Low molecular weight hydroxy functional polyesters for coatings |
| 7. | 5,688,598 | Non-blistering thick film coating compositions and method for providing non-blistering thick film coatings on metal surfaces |
| 8. | 5,623,027 | Silicone-modified aliphatic polyester |
| 9. | 5,516,549 | Method of applying a striated coating |
| 10. | 5,484,842 | UV-stable, water-borne polyester compositions |
| 11. | 5,342,871 | Clear hydrophilic coating for heat exchanger fins |
| 12. | 5,340,870 | Fast dry waterborne traffic marking paint |
| 13. | 5,262,494 | Hard, flexible, and durable architectural coating |
| 14. | 5,211,989 | Clear hydrophilic coating for heat exchanger fins |
| 15. | 5,185,403 | Thermosetting acrylic polymers and coating compositions containing said acrylic polymers and fluorocarbon resins |
| 16. | 4,720,403 | Anticorrosive coating compositions |
| 17. | 4,560,728 | Thermally cured topcoats on vacuum deposited metal |
| 18. | 4,532,021 | Adherent ultraviolet cured coatings |
| 19. | 4,530,977 | Low temperature-curing polyester urethane systems |
| 20. | 4,526,939 | Thermosetting coating compositions for the sealing of fiber reinforced plastics |
| 21. | 4,518,746 | Polyester oligomer and high solids thermosetting coatings |
| 22. | 4,504,374 | Ultraviolet cured coating method to provide stone chip resistance |
| 23. | 4,481,093 | Ultraviolet curable basecoats for vacuum metallization |
| 24. | 4,416,750 | Ultraviolet curable basecoats for vacuum metallization |
| 25. | 4,317,894 | Low temperature cure coating compositions |
| 26. | 4,314,918 | Coating compositions containing organic alcoholic reactive diluents |
| 27. | 4,252,935 | Esters of diglycidyl polyethers of hydrogenated phenols and coating compositions containing same |
| 28. | 4,228,294 | Esters of imidazolidinedione-based diepoxides and coating compositions containing same |
| 29. | 4,221,891 | Esters of imidazolidinedione-based triepoxides and coating compositions containing same |
| 30. | 4,218,355 | Low organic solvent-containing polyester coating compositions |
| 31. | 4,206,104 | N,N-‘-Dihydroxyalkyl ester substituted imidazolidinediones and coating compositions containing same |
| 32. | 4,187,380 | Esters of imidazolidinedione-based triepoxides |
| 33. | 4,174,337 | Hydroxy-functional esters of substituted imidazolidinediones and compositions containing same |
Problem:
Martinrea International, a leading supplier of automotive fuel handling components and hoses to the automotive industry, was seeking a water born conductive, environmentally compliant paint finish for application on fuel filler tubes. At the time they contacted Chemical Dynamics, no such product existed.
Action:
Chemical Dynamics, in close cooperation with Martinrea, developed an innovative, patented product called Infinicoat.
Result:
Infinicoat meets rigorous automotive specifications and is currently used on several domestic and international automobiles. Infinicoat was also a PACE automotive new product finalist in 2011.
Problem:
Paul Reed Smith, the founder of PRS Guitars, the leading manufacturer of concert guitars in the world, needed a way to quickly fill wood grain prior to application of subsequent paint.
Action:
Chemical Dynamics developed an environmentally compliant 100% solids light cure grain filler that can be applied and cured in a few seconds prior to application of paint.
Result:
PRS was able to improve the quality of their finish and at the same time improve process time by over 25%.
Challenge:
Herschel Wright, owner of Hi-Tech Industries (the leading supplier of quality care products for automotive restoration professionals), did not have scratch repair technology to repair small paint scratches.
Action:
In a matter of a few weeks, Chemical Dynamics developed a clear coatings product that can be applied with an artist’s brush that eliminates scratches. After application the area where the finish is repaired is indistinguishable from the surrounding car finish.
Result:
This product is now sold globally to professionals in the auto restoration market.
Chemical Dynamics has several decades of experience in the determination of the causes of coating failures and the determination of probable cause of exterior coating failures. Such roof failures may include corrosion, paint peeling, color change, severe chalking, cracking and spotting of coatings and damage due to scratches. Normally coated metal roofs will demonstrate accelerated failure rates versus building sidewalls, as exposure to the sun, wind and precipitation is more severe.
Failures may be caused by one or more of the following issues: poor cleaning and/or poor metal pretreatment, poor quality metal, paint degradation (pigment and/or resin) of either or both primer and topcoat, paint formula defect, inadequate cure of coating, painting defects, paint contamination, damage and scratches during handling and building erection, and lastly aggressive climate conditions (chemical attack or environmental issues such as acid rain or a corrosive environment).
We have provided services including failure mode analysis, building site reports, test reports, analysis, expert witness reports, recommended failure remediation, and testimony on behalf of building owners as well as for companies that supply building materials.
Some portions of the automobile must be coated with paint that offers a variety of unique long life performance attributes including resistance to harsh chemicals such as fuels, oils and hydraulic fluid, and also offer resistance to stone chipping, road salts and moisture in a variety of forms. Lastly, such coatings must also be conductive so the build-up of static electricity does not cause volatile materials to ignite.
Since there was no such coating on the market, especially a water born coating, Chemical Dynamics developed and patented this coating for use on fuel filler tubes, fuel lines and other components of cars requiring these properties. This technology named Infinicoat was one of a handful of PACE Award finalists among several hundred contestants in recognition of the value and innovation that this product brought to the automotive industry. Infinicoat is currently used on multiple domestic model cars.
Conventional coatings that are applied to rusty metal require several preparatory steps that include removal of rust and scale by sanding, scrapping or sand blasting, followed by surface cleaning with solvent and/or detergent and then metal treatment to provide a surface for paint bonding. Rust Erase is a revolutionary new coating that penetrates & encapsulates rust without the need for prep or sanding.
Rust erase is a single component polymeric penetrant that does not need any mixing or reduction with solvents and is applied with or without surface preparation over rusty, scaly steel or non-oxidized metal. Unlike conventional paint technologies, Rust Erase penetrates and bonds to the base metal surface, polymerizes and then adheres tenaciously to provide a long lasting protective finish and proven protection in aggressive corrosion testing- used with or without a topcoat.
Lastly, Rust Erase is patent pending as it represents a significant technological breakthrough.