The leading manufacturers of high-performance, 70% Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) resin-based architectural coatings are PPG, Valspar, Akzo Nobel and Sherwin Williams. There are several paint types within the 70% PVDF resin-based coatings family including: standard color two-coat systems, consisting of a primer and color coat (top coat), two-coat mica systems, also consisting of a primer and color […]
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Anodize Paint Project Highlights Thermal Improvement
New corporate campus achieves cohesive, modern design and performance with painted and anodized finishing by Linetec
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In the News News Paint Project Highlights
Linetec enhances appearance and performance of Wausau windows for UW Medicine’s new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning
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In the News Linetec Expertise News Technical
Regular cleaning maintains finished aluminum and its warranty
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Anodize In the News LEED News
Looking for Declare labels? Linetec anodized aluminum tops the list
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People have been bending and curving metal for centuries, but stretch forming, born from the aerospace industry, maintains precise dimensions throughout a curve and produces perfectly contoured products while limiting, or even eliminating, wrinkling inside the arc. Stretch forming is the process of forming sheets and profiles by the combined application of tensile and bending […]
Bright White Paint Coatings Bright whites are a popular design option in today’s architectural industry. These colors are available in high-performance, PVDF fluoropolymer resin-based paint systems and can be especially appealing as a unique architectural design statement. Please be aware that special considerations should be observed when using these colors. 1.) Whites have a lower […]
Enhancing our pour-and-debridge thermal improvement services, Linetec has added an Azon Lancer™ to provide mechanical surface conditioning of the aluminum extrusion cavity to ensure maximum adhesion of the thermal barrier polymer to durable, architectural finishes. Pour-and-debridge thermal barrier systems use a two-part polyurethane that is poured into and cured within a “dog bone” structural cavity […]
[wpvideo 0Qve5Zqs] With our attention to detail, fully automated facilities and processes, unsurpassed customer service, and the best employees, Linetec is recognized as the most reliable, highest service and best quality finisher in the industry. This Linetec facility tour showcases both our paint and anodize facilities.
90-degree thermal strut in a single step “Linetec is one of very few companies in North America to provide 90-degree thermal strip with a single pass using Technoform Bautec’s polyamide insulating strips and Müller Technologies AG’s knurling equipment to install the strip simultaneously on two planes of material,” explains Bart Hensley, sales engineer at Technoform […]
Aluminum finishing, curving and thermal improvement services all provided at a single location As building projects continue to push the limits in vision and design, Linetec continues to expand its value-added services. Linetec will soon offer stretch forming, which allows architectural product manufactures to have their metal building components curved and finished in one location. […]
Due to Linetec’s recent anodize facility expansion, 75th Avenue has become part of Linetec’s property and is no longer a city street. This means our mailing address must change. Linetec’s official mailing address is now 7500 Stewart Avenue, Wausau WI 54401. The post office will continue to deliver mail that has our old address on […]
Class I and Class II anodic coatings are designations created by the Aluminum Association for the purpose of codifying the specification of anodized aluminum. Class I coating has a mil thickness of 0.7 (18 microns) or greater Class II coating has a minimum mil thickness of 0.4 (10 microns) Class I coating is a high […]