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KTA-TATOR,
INC.
Corporate Headquarters
115 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh,
PA 15275
Phone: 412.788.1300
Fax: 412.788.1306
E-mail:
info@kta.com
Instrument Sales
1-800-KTA-GAGE
Lead
Hotline
1-800-LEAD-OFF
Coatings Research & Testing Laboratory
The KTA-Tator Coatings Research and Testing Laboratory is one of the top research labs of its kind in the United States. The lab is located in our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania headquarters and serves clients from around the world.
To maintain our cutting-edge lead over the competition, KTA uses staff training and state-of-the-art equipment to solve some of the toughest coatings problems in the industry.
Our inventory includes the following instrumentation:
- Gas Chromatographs
- Ion Chromatographs
- High Pressure Liquid Chromatographs
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers including attenuated total reflectance (ATR)
- Atomic Absorption/Emission Spectrometers
- Tinius Olsen Universal Testing Machine
- Optical Microscopes with Microphotography capabilities
- Scanning Electron Microscope with integrated light element dispersive x-ray analysis (SEM/EDS)
- Keyence VHX-500
- Complete wet bench chemistry facilities
Accelerated
testing equipment in the KTA laboratory includes:
- Salt fog cabinets
- Humidity cabinets
- Immersion tanks
- Atlas cells
- QUV
- KTA's Envirotest
- Q-Fog cabinets for Prohesion testing
- Ultraviolet light chambers
- Abrasion testing equipment
- Cathodic disbonding apparatus
- Others
To
date, lead-based paint testing remains one of the staples of the KTA laboratory.
In addition to lead, KTA maintains the equipment to provide testing for other
hazardous materials which can be found in paint as well.
The basic test involves the removal of suspected hazardous paint samples from a painted surface. The samples are prepared in the KTA laboratory for analysis by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. Using this method, we are able to determine the percent lead by weight in the paint film. Similarly, soil samples can be tested for hazardous metal content as well.
The analytical capabilities of the KTA lab are supplemented by extensive physical testing capabilities. With an in-house, walk-in blast booth, two blast cabinets, and three spray booths, KTA has the ability to perform all aspects of a coatings testing program without subcontracting the work.
Our laboratory expertise is further enhanced by the practical "field sense" that the Company maintains from inspection work. Indeed, A KTA coating failure investigation is all inclusive from the ability to recognize defective workmanship in the field to more sophisticated laboratory analysis of the coating system itself.
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more information about Coatings Research and Testing please e-mail Cindy O'Malley at comalley@kta.com To speak to a KTA lab representative, please call our Toll Free Hotline at 1-800-245-6379 If you are calling from overseas, please dial +01-412-788-1300. |
For more information on KTA's analytical and physical testing services please download KTA's Laboratory flyer (PDF 156Kb).
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