February 2024 Issue
February 2024
Digital Edition
Features
Featured articles from the February 2024 issue of Products Finishing
Congratulations, You’re a Vice-President
New title. Heightened respect from others. What else changes? Almost everything.
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Solar-Powered Photonic Cooling Enables Energy-Saving Coating
Passive cooling technology can reduce interior temperatures 5-13°C, offering weight, cost and CO2 benefits for cars, construction, aircraft and more.
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Top Shop Savors Past 20 Years of Prosperity
This one-stop finishing shop was rescued by new management in 2004. Since then, its rejuvenation has brought substantial growth and success to the business.
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3 Tests to Ensure Parts are Clean Prior to Plating
Making sure that all of the pre-processing fluids are removed prior to plating is not as simple as it seems. Rich Held of Haviland Products outlines three tests that can help verify that your parts are clean.
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10 Ecoat Best Practices
Following this list of guidelines can help to increase the performance, cost effectiveness and quality for your ecoat operation.
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Take Full Advantage of Industry Events
As travel plans ramp up for the year, what industry events will you attend? Products Finishing offers a quick look at some of the upcoming opportunities for 2024.
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Advantages of UV-LED Spot Curing for Collision Repair
Carlisle Fluid Technologies’ Jacob Fortmeyer shares advantages, considerations and important equipment features for the UV-LED curing process.
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Robot-Ready Grinding Systems for High-Speed Production
Advanced rotary surface grinders now come “robot-ready” to facilitate integration with third party robotic arms and fully automate the process from loading to unloading.
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National Surface Finishing Day is Just Around the Corner
Products Finishing visited Cincinnati area finishing facilities in 2023 as part of celebrations for National Surface Finishing Day. This year’s NSFD will take place on Wednesday, March 6.
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Changing From Liquid to Powder Coating
Will the powder coating perform better than your liquid system? Products Finishing columnist Rodger Talbert discusses considerations you should consider when making the switch.
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Finishing Activity Contracted in December, Up 1.3 from November’s 43.6
Finishing activity posted its first uptick, in this case, a slight slowing of contraction, since August 2023.
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Changing From Liquid to Powder Coating
