Frequently Asked Questions
What is ETAC?
Where is ETAC located?
What services does ETAC offer its clients?
What type of technologies and equipment does ETAC
offer?
With which types of coatings does ETAC work?
What companies have employed the services of ETAC?
How can companies obtain grant money from the Department
of Environmental Protection (DEP)?
Who do I contact to learn more about ETAC's services
and technologies?
What is ETAC?
The Electrotechnology Applications Center (ETAC), located at Northampton
Community College (NCC) in Bethlehem, Pa., helps businesses improve
productivity, increase energy efficiency, and achieve and maintain
environmental compliance by employing new alternative technologies.
Through support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP), ETAC provides confidential assistance to businesses
of all sizes. To learn more, visit About ETAC.
Where is ETAC located?
ETAC is housed at Northampton
Community College 
in the Hartzell Technology Hall on the North Campus:
3835 Green Pond Road
Bethlehem, PA 18020
Find directions.
What services does ETAC offer
its clients?
ETAC helps companies improve their heating, drying, coating and
curing processes. ETAC evaluates clients' current operations and
helps them seek out cleaner, faster and less expensive production
alternatives. Learn more about services
to manufacturers.
What type of technologies
and equipment does ETAC offer?
ETAC provides laboratories and staff to assist with the following
state-of-the-art energy technologies:
After businesses have used the technologies above, ETAC has the
ability to test their products with accelerated
environmental testing to ensure that they will resist deterioration
caused by exposure to the elements.
These technologies may also be combined, such as in ETAC's combination
gas infrared and convection oven, which reduces the amount of
energy and time necessary for products to reach and maintain a required
temperature.
ETAC also provides the following equipment at its facility:
- Combination gas infrared/convection oven
- Short, medium and long-wave electric infrared ovens
- Microwave drying systems
- Radio frequency drying and processing equipment
- Liquid spray and powder coating booths
- Mass transfer drying system (Optimum Air)
- Low-energy electron beam
- Ultrasonic welder
- Ultraviolet curing units
With which types of coatings
does ETAC work?
Below are some examples of types of coatings with which ETAC works:
- Adhesives
- Bar Draw Down
- Electrostatic Spray
- Inks
- Power Coatings
- Ultraviolet Curable
- Vacuum Coatings
- Wet Spray
What companies have employed
ETAC's services?
ETAC has assisted a variety of businesses, ranging from a nylon
processing plant to a children's furniture manufacturer. The following
companies are some of the hundreds of companies that have benefited
from ETAC's services and suggestions for improvement:
How can companies obtain grant
assistance money from the Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP)?
The ETAC DEP grant will pay for 70% of any project with ETAC that
qualifies. Any changes that a company makes due to ETAC's recommendations
may be paid for through loans available through the Small Business
Pollution Prevention Loan account. DEP provides loans of up to $50,000
for companies with 100 or fewer employees. The loans carry an interest
rate of no more than 2% and have a maximum term of 7 years.
Who do I contact to learn
more about ETAC's services and technologies?
For more information about ETAC's services and technologies and
how you can benefit, contact
us.
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3835 Green
Pond Road Bethlehem, PA 18020-7699 • Phone: (610) 861-5081 •
Fax: (610) 861-4101