A Focus on Automation and Smart Technology
The June 2021 issue of Products Finishing puts a focus on the role automation and Industry 4.0 solutions are currently playing and will continue to play in increasing magnitude in the finishing industry.
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This tool rack, part of Norton │ Saint-Gobain’s new Abrasive Process Solutions (APS) center, includes traditional hand tools that can be used to show how effectively processes can be moved to robotic setups.
Photo Credit: Norton | Saint Gobain
The June 2021 issue of Products Finishing is now available. This month we take a look at Industry 4.0 solutions, automation and new technologies and the role they are playing in the finishing industry – as well as how they might be incorporated more frequently by finishing operations.
Here are a few of the stories in this issue:
- How one company is using a new generation spectrophotometric nickel/pH controller enabled with smart technology to enable tighter control of the ENi process, resulting in improved product quality.
- A look at a new abrasive process solutions lab that offers finishing operations utilizing mechanical finishing processes a path to automation.
- How using a stabilizer can extend bath life and help reduce process challenges in vapor degreasing systems.
In addition, you’ll find Ask the Expert clinics and technical articles offering troubleshooting advice and best practices, as well as insightful interviews, columns and the latest trends and innovations in the surface finishing industry.
If you have a story that might be of interest to a wide audience of coaters of finishers, get in touch with editor in chief Scott Francis at sfrancis@pfonline.com.
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