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management

Dürr Acquires Babcock & Wilcox's Environmental Business

Germany-based Dürr has completed the acquisition of the industrial environmental technology businesses of U.S. company Babcock & Wilcox, which provide air pollution and noise control technologies.

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How to Optimize Your Reverse Osmosis System for Surface Finishing

High-quality water is essential for a variety of industrial finishing processes, but is too often overlooked. Discover where reverse osmosis fits into your finishing operation, including what it is, how it works and how to get the most out it.

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Powder Coating

Roy Metal Finishing Acquired by Dutch Firm Aalberts Industries N.V.

RMF President John Pazdan says the acquisition will provide an opportunity for RMF to expand its services and broaden its geographic reach to better serve its customers.

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surfin

Technology Advancements for Select Key Hard Chromium Applications

This paper presents recent industry specific hard chromium technology advancements such as meeting the needs of the automotive and hydraulic industries.  Examples for additional improvement potential are shown to simplify the operation and make hard chromium plating even more reliable in its specific needs for a wide range of industries served.

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nasf

Electro-codeposition of MCrAlY Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Applications - 3rd Quarterly Research Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the third quarter of project work (July-September 2018) on this AESF Foundation Research project at the Tennessee Technological University. The objective of the work is to study and optimize the MCrAlY electro-codeposition process to improve the coating oxidation/corrosion performance.  In this quarter, studies continued on the effect of current density on CrAlY particle incorporation in electro-codeposited Ni-CrAlY composite coatings, focusing on the current density range of 20 to 60 mA/cm2.

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Finishing Hall of Fame Accepting Nominations

The 2019 Products Finishing Hall of Fame class is open to anyone in the surface finishing industry, including liquid and powder coaters, as well as professionals in other finishing applications.

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automotive

Dürr Receives Largest Order in its History from Toyota

In addition to its EcoReflect paint application quality control system, Dürr is supplying a new paint shop at Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky, plant with large paint booths and small booths/work decks, ovens, and the Ecopure RL exhaust-air purification system. 

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automotive

Dürr Seven-Axis Robots Will Paint Electric Vehicles in China

The EcoRP E043i is said to be more mobile than six-axis painting robots, with an additional joint that extends its working area and allows painting of hard-to-access areas common to the interiors of automobile bodies.

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Electroplating

9-11 Memorial Features Parts Anodized by A.M. Metal Finishing

Four large metal panels representing the hijacked flights and crash sites received a clear anodize finish. The company’s owners, Rick and Sloane Hunter, have a home in Madeira Beach, where the memorial is located.

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Powder Coating

FANUC Robots Partner with NFL's Jaguars on Fan-Friendly Activities

Fans visiting TIAA Bank Field on game day this season can interact with one of five new robots located throughout the stadium.

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education

Webinar: How XRF Can Help Grow a Finishing Business

Products Finishing and Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science will present this free webinar on November 1.

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The Cadmium Candle Problem: Author Rues Finishing Challenge

A recent Forbes article by Mitch Free addresses the problem of cadmium finishing. Free is the owner of ZYCI, a small manufacturing company that provides CNC machining, injection molding and 3D printing.

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