Ronald Ditmer

Environmental aspects of industrial porcelain enameling plants

Depending upon the selected enameling process, industrial porcelain enameling (UK: vitreous enamelling) may generate the following emissions : solid waste waste water gaseous emissions Depending...

Reduction of energy consumption at industrial enameling plants

Energy is usually the fourth biggest operational cost for an industrial enameling plant after respectively amortization of equipment, enamel consumption & labor cost.** For this...

Enameling furnaces

Enameling furnace atmosphere

A clean furnace atmosphere is important for obtaining good enameling results. Elevated concentrations of CO2 and/or H2O may slow down the emission of gases from...

Enameling Technology

Introduction to boiler enameling technology

Introduction Hot water tanks, which are typically used for (solar) boilers and water heaters, may be manufactured from either stainless steel, copper or mild steel....

News from DTC

New DTC website

The content of our original website www.ditmer.nl has grown considerably, but over time its maintenance & navigation has become cumbersome. For this reason we have...

News from enameling industry

George Koch Acquires Engineered Finishing Solutions

American systems integrator George Koch Sons has purchased of assets of Engineered Finishing Systems (EFS) to add porcelain enamel expertise to the company's portfolio. (more…)

News from enameling industry

Prince acquires Josef Opavsky und Sohn GmbH

Prince Minerals GmbH, a subsidiary of PMHC II, Inc. (“Prince”), has acquired Josef Opavsky und Sohn GmbH (“Opavsky”). (more…)

News from enameling industry

Update ISO standards for porcelain enamels

The following ISO standards, related to the porcelain/vitreous enameling industry, are currently under review by the Technical Commitee 107 of the International Organization for Standardization...

News from enameling industry

Electrolux to acquire Kwikot

Electrolux today announced it has agreed to acquire South Africa’s leading water heater producer Kwikot Group (Kwikot Proprietary Limited and its affiliates), for a total...

Nordson Versa-Spray II PE

Nordson has discontinued the production & sales of its famous Versa-Spray II guns & controls, after the introduction of Encore PE productline. Over time the...