Essays on Coating

Question 1

Dittenhoefer Fine Company of China is competing on several dimensions. To begin with, the company will compete on customer service. Irrespective of how good the product is, the product may start to get bad reviews with bad customer service. If there is no improvement in the customer service, then the number of orders made may experience a sharp decline. The second quality dimension that the company can compete on is reliability. Prior to the introduction of the polymer coating machine, the company boasted of a good reliability record. However, a lot of reliability issues have been experienced over the ...

Definition of Coatings

Coating is the process whereby one material is used to continuously cover another surface. According to Dewo et al. (2015), coating is a surface modification approach that involves the addition of a new material onto the surface of a substance or element that is at risk of corrosion.

Formula: Rusting of Iron.

iron + oxygen + water ==> hydrated iron(III) oxide (RUST) 4Fe(s) + 3O2(g) + xH2O(l) ==> 2Fe2O3.xH2O(s)

Different Types of Coatings

The process of coating utilizes multiple films of coatings as primers and top layers. The purpose of each layer is particular; however, the layers often interact with one another (Özçam et ...

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According to John Arend, Mike Benkert, Audrey deFilippis and Saretta Tillmaand, when the Commerzbank building opened its doors in 1997, the “53-story” edifice became the one of the “tallest” buildings located in Europe (1). Nevertheless, the edifice’s distinctiveness did not come from its height, but, rather, it came from the way in which it combined “form, inventiveness, and technical expertise” (Arend, Benkert, deFilippis, & Tillmaand 1). The design and construction of the Commerzbank saw the “[b]reaking away from the American model of deep-planned, air-conditioned structures” that have a “central service core” (Arend, Benkert, deFilippis, & ...

Flat roofs are roofing systems with the slop less than 10 degrees. This construction allows to use them as living space. Flat roofs exist for centuries, and people developed different types of covering for these systems. There are several most popular decisions with own advantages and features. TPO. These are single-ply roof membranes made from thermoplastic olefin or ethylene propylene rubber. TPO membranes have “resistance to ozone, are algae-resistant, environmentally friendly and safe to install” (roofhelp.com, n. d.). The typical thickness of TPO sheets varies from 40 to 100 mils. Constructors use hot air to seal seams between sheets. ...

Solar Power Generation

Sustainable Technology – Solar Power Generation Power Generation from Fossil Fuels and Global Warming Global warming, as defined by Lineman, Do, Kim and Joo (2015), is the long-term trend of increasing average temperature of the lower atmosphere. It is widely known that this phenomenon is related to the concentration of greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, among others. Activities related to human development such as industrial processes, agriculture, cattle raising for meat consumption, transportation, deforestation and power generation are the major causes of greenhouse gases emissions. Specifically, power generation based on ...

Ishtar Gate was built in Babylon in 575 BC, during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and is a great arch of bricks, covered with bright blue enamel. Arch walls are decorated with sacred animals, dragons and bulls, which the Babylonians considered satellites of the gods. Fragments of the gate are now in various museums around the world: in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, the Louvre, in New York, Chicago; in Boston reliefs of lions, dragons and bulls are stored; in Detroit, at the Museum of Fine Arts, relief of sirrush is stored. A copy of the Ishtar Gate in Iraq is ...

Packaging is the coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, storage and consumption by the end-user. An appropriate packaging material should protect the capsules from environmental conditions, should be non-toxic, should not react with the product, should not impart taste or odor to the product and should meet the required tamper resistance. There are three types of packaging; primary, secondary and tertiary packaging. Primary packaging is the material that is in contact with the capsule. Secondary packaging is outside the primary packaging and is used to store primary packages together. Tertiary packaging is used for bulk handling of products ...

Guillermo Navallez has been making furniture for years in Sonora, Mexico. In the past, the area had good timber supply and relatively inexpensive labor. Due to the quality of his products, Guillermo priced the products at slight premium, and the profit margin was great. However, the entrance of competitors into Sonora’s furniture market marked the beginning of serious business problems to Guillermo. The profit margin drastically reduced and the prices fell due to competition and price war. The cost of labor also increased as a result the influx of people and jobs due to inexpensive housing, traffic-free roads, plenty ...

Guillermo's furniture store operates based on a number of economics and business principles that combine to create an effective and unique enterprise. The principle of self-interested behavior involves the idea that "when all else is equal, all parties to a financial transaction will choose the course of action most financially advantageous to themselves" (Emery et al., p. 20). Guillermo follows this in that the entire purpose of his business and his activities is to further his own financial gains; he wishes to make money selling furniture, and all of his actions are geared toward that end.

The principle of two-sided transactions ...