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Flawless Finish? How Digital Microscopy Is Transforming the Automotive Paint Shop
Digital microscopes help engineers quantify the quality of a paint finish, and this helps with both quality control and technology development.
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2018 Top Shops for Liquid and Powder Coating
The 2018 Products Finishing Tops Shops are listed below, gleaned from the several hundred survey respondents.
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Select Powder Coating Uses Expansion to Propel Growth
A new 40,000-square-foot facility with automated lines improved production for the Missouri shop.
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Small Pro-Kote Packs a Big Wallop
The nine-person Tennessee shop has impressive finishing practices.
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Teamwork Makes Perfection Industrial Finishing Shine
A commitment to customer service earns this Arizona shop top honors.
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Bristol Powdercoat Goes Big in a Big Way
The Canadian shop can coat parts as large as 60 feet long and 10,000 pounds.
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Electroplated Rhenium Proves a Surprising Superconductor
The process paves the road for the next critical steps in the development of cutting-edge supercomputers.
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Climate Control for Better Liquid and Powder Coatings
Air make-up units can provide climate control and dehumidification for replacement air.
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How Dissolved Aluminum in Low Caustic Etch Baths Affects Acid-Etched Surfaces
Decreasing the concentration of aluminum in the low caustic step can also lead to problems such as preferential etching.
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Burkard Industries Climbs the Ladder to No. 1
The Michigan shop makes its way to the top of the 2018 Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey.
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Paradigm Metals to Build New Facility in Texas
The company provides precision sheet metal fabrication, machining, screen printing, powder coating and additional services, and expects to invest in excess of $10 million in the new facility.
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Army Leadership Lessons: Build A Deep Bench, Develop Leaders Three Levels Down
Author says the real strength of an organization is three to four levels from the top. Junior leaders in any organization make an organization great or lead to its eventual downfall
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