Vacuum Vapor
Vacuum Degreaser Cleans Up a Messy Situation
By replacing its immersion parts washer with a vacuum degreasing system, this machine shop is much more efficient, saving the company money, man hours and the health of the operators.
Lori Beckman
Senior Editor, Products Finishing
Top Shop Emphasizes Dedication, Work Ethic
With a primary focus on aerospace and defense work, American Metaseal Corp. of Arbutus, Maryland, has qualified as a Top Shop on multiple occasions.
Read MoreMicroCare Offers Alternatives to Discontinued Vapor Degreasing Fluids
MicroCare says it is equipped to handle customers affected by 3M's discontinuation of the Novec specialty fluids line with its own products.
Read MoreSolar Atmospheres of Western PA Receives Nadcap Accreditation
The company received the accreditation for it’s new, fully integrated Vacuum Oil Quench furnace, which provides a significantly cleaner and safer oil quenching process.
Read MoreUmicore Combines Electroplating, Thin Film Business
The company’s new Metal Deposition Solutions business unit combines the former Electroplating and Thin Film Products business lines.
Read MoreExair's Threaded Line Vac Transports Abrasive Materials
Exair’s Heavy Duty Threaded Line Vacs are made of a hardened alloy to prevent premature wear when transporting abrasive or heavy materials like garnet, glass, sand, shot blast, tumbling media or metal fittings.
Read MoreHartzell Air Movement Showcases Its Line of Fiberglass Fans
At SUR/FIN 2021, Hartzell Air Movement will showcase its line of fiberglass fans, which the company recommends for situations where corrosive elements exist in fume or in vapor form.
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Understanding Robotic Vacuum Impregnation
Robotic vacuum impregnation can be used to seal porosity, minimize scrap, increase throughput and reduce costs.
Replacement or Reinforcement of DLC Coatings
Expanite, a Danish pioneer of surface hardening of stainless steel and titanium, replaces or supplements the widespread DLC coatings with its technology.
Read MoreDriSteem Hires Two New Engineers
The water treatment corporation welcomes Tom Swanson and Hugo Chavolla
Read MoreExtending Bath Life and Reducing Process Challenges in Vapor Degreasing Systems
How using a stabilizer can extend your bath life and help you avoid costly system repairs.
Read MoreTiger Group Listing PVD and Other Equipment For Bulk Offers
Tiger Group is listing four robot-automated parts-washing, powder-coating and vacuum metallizing lines from Winona PVD — including “like-new” PVD equipment.
Read MoreExpanding Medical Coating Capabilities
One company’s approach to broadening its functional coatings offerings to further serve the medical sector.
Read MoreCefla Promotes Samuel Mask to Permanent Role
Cefla North America has hired Samuel Mask as a lab application technician, promoting him from the intern position he began in October 2019.
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Replacing Discontinued Vapor Degreasing Fluids – 3 Things to Consider
What do you do when you learn your trusted line of vapor degreasing cleaning fluids will soon be discontinued? Elizabeth Norwood of MicroCare discusses what you should keep in mind when replacing discontinued vapor degreasing fluids.
Cefla Finishing Adds National Service Manager Role
Cefla has created a new national service technician position, hiring industry veteran Sauro Tugnoli to fill it.
Read MoreCoating the Webb
From its signature primary mirror to thermal control for its instruments, the James Webb Space Telescope is enabled by gold coatings.
Read MorePlastics and Plating on Plastics [1944]
This republished 1944 AES convention paper presents an historic perspective of the early days of plastics in surface finishing - using them and plating on them, in the waning years of World War II. The discussion reviews the uses of plastics in plating equipment and processing at that time, as well as the coating of the plastics themselves, with accompanying application photos. You will note that today’s conventional plating-on-plastics processes lay far in the future. Surprisingly, CVD processes are discussed.
Read MoreMass-Vac Vacuum Pump Inlet Traps Block Deposition Byproducts
Mass-Vac is offering a range of customizable vacuum pump inlet traps for select vacuum-vapor deposition processes in research, semiconductor fabrication and industrial coating facilities.
Read MoreVapor Technologies Offers Hybrid PVD Coater
FABTECH 2020: Vapor Technologies offers hybrid PVD coaters which can be used for cathodic arc, sputtering or both.
Read MoreVapor Degreasing: A Fresh Look at an Old Process
Solvent-based cleaning using a vapor degreaser is seeing a resurgence as an alternative cleaning method due to the development of environmentally safe cleaning fluids.
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Replacing Open-Top Vapor Degreasing in Aerospace Manufacturing
Options and considerations for cleaning aerospace parts as regulations tighten on vapor degreasing solvents.
The Right Solvent Creates the Cleanest Parts
Cox Manufacturing Co. has worked with Kyzen Corp. since it implemented its vacuum vapor degreaser to find just the right chemical solvent to clean its customers’ parts to their specifications and beyond.
Read MoreHauzer Launches Flexible PVD Coating Machine
Flexicoat 1250, the new PVD coating machine from Hauzer, has an increased loading capacity, seven cathode positions and eight plate positions.
Read MoreAdvanced Finishing Technologies Pilots Closed-Loop Vacuum Evaporation System
Custom-designed chrome reclamation system minimizes water and chemical consumption, and waste effluent.
Read MoreRecyclable VCI Moisture-Barrier Paper Surpasses Biobased Content Requirements
Cortec’s EcoShield VpCI-144 moisture barrier VCI (vapor corrosion inhibitor) paper contains 69% USDA certified biobased content.
Read MoreA Lustrous Example of Expanding a Plating Operation
Ohio’s Lustrous Metal Coatings Pins Growth on Acquiring Other Manufacturing Operations
Read MoreHybrid Coatings on Centrifugal Fans in Steel Plants
A centrifugal fan in a steel plant is often exposed to abrasive dust, which results in material loss and a shortage of running time for the fan.
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