July 2024 Issue
July 2024
Digital Edition
Features
Featured articles from the July 2024 issue of Products Finishing
How Do You AI?
Artificial intelligence tools can help finishing businesses function better. Here are some suggestions on where to start.
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Insights into Wastewater System Components
Wastewater treatment systems require much thought when piecing together an effective process. Choosing the right equipment and understanding maintenance, lifespan and chemical impact is critical.
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Products Finishing Reveals 2024 Qualifying Top Shops
PF reveals the qualifying shops in its annual Top Shops Benchmarking Survey — a program designed to offer shops insights into their overall performance in the industry.
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Highlights from SUR/FIN 2024
The finishing industry's largest trade show and technical conference featured a keynote address from Air Force engineer Chad Hogan on aerospace coatings research.
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Conductivity and Plating
Eric Xie of PAVCO Inc. discusses conductivity when considering the combination of plating metal deposits, passivates and topcoats/sealers.
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Vacuum Assisted Parts Washer Solves Shopfloor Delay
After implementing a new automated rotary basket parts cleaning system, this shop reduced its cleaning time by more than 50% and completely dried parts that previously were not getting dry.
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Choosing Electroless Nickel Plating Chemistry
A plater’s approach to deciding which EN chemistry is the best choice.
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Reducing Hardness for Polyester Resin
Chemquest’s Kevin Biller answers the question of how to reduce hardness on a polyester resin for powder coating.
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Finisher’s ‘Top Shop’ Status Attracts Business
This competitive California finisher made it a goal to become a PF Top Shop. After earning the recognition, the company experienced an immediate increase in business and a challenge to obtain certifications.
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Creating the Right Lab Environment for ISO 16232 Analysis
When a new product is required to meet a minimum level of “clean” on a consistent basis, your existing quality lab environment may not be sufficient in its current state. Find out how to create the best test lab for these applications.
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Finishing Activity: Overall Finishing Activity Contracted a Bit Faster in May, Closing at 46.5
Finishing activity, which slowed contraction each month of 2024 until leveling off in April, contracted faster in May for the first time since November 2023. Some degree of softening is seen across manufacturing segments, perhaps due to lingering concerns about interest rates and inflation.
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Avoiding Powder Coating Defects on TGIC-Free Metallic
ChemQuest’s Kevin Biller shares how to omit pinholes and voids when powder coating.
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A ‘Clean’ Agenda Offers Unique Presentations in Chicago
The 2024 Parts Cleaning Conference, co-located with the International Manufacturing Technology Show, includes presentations by several speakers who are new to the conference and topics that have not been covered in past editions of this event.
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Software Can Make Job Shops Profitable
Steelhead Technologies’ Jeffrey Halonen answers two questions about how using software increases profitability.
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How Do You AI?
