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Advances in Decorative PVD Chromium Coatings for Polymer Substrates
This article reviews a two-layer, selective coating process which incorporates a specially developed UV-cured paint base coating with a sub-micron thick PVD chromium top coating. It illustrates the coating’s testing protocols of automotive manufacturers and the necessities of controlling the stresses within the coating matrix.
Read MoreACM Technologies Adds Water Treatment Firm’s Operations
Aqua-Con, a water treatment services company based in Santa Ana, California, has agreed to merge its operations into ACM’s Gardena, California, facility. The company will operate under the ACM brand.
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How to Cut Costs by Properly Storing Industrial Paints and Powders
Hazardous material storage is about more than just safety precautions. Properly storing industrial chemicals such as paints and powders can lead to significant cost savings.
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Abstracts Due For Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium
The conference, sponsored by the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi, will be held February 24 to March 1, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Medical Industry Shows Signs of Strength
Gardner Intelligence’s chief economist, Michael Guckes, says company earnings and economic data both indicate short- and long-term growth for manufacturers in the medical industry.
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Verta Opens Architectural Coating and Finishing Operation
The company was established in 1985 as the exclusive finisher for its sister company, Industrial Louvers, but is now branching out to new customers.
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Webinar Discusses Switch from Hexavalent to Trivalent
Columbia Chemical and Products Finishing will host a free webinar on October 18 that will address regulations, process differences, conversion details, cost factors and benefits.
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Slowing Corrosion Through Cleaning and Packaging
Ensuring that metal parts are properly cleaned and packaged can produce better results than oil coating.
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Designing an Automated Powder Coating System
The first consideration should be the best way to convey parts: monorail, power and free, or friction-driven system?
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Removing Contaminants Using CO2 Snow
Ever-increasing demands for clean component surfaces call for increasingly effective cleaning methods, like dry technologies.
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Hixson Metal Finishing Battles its Way to No. 1
The California shop’s road to success began two decades ago with new leadership and commitment to refocus.
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Researchers Create Superstrong Aluminum Alloys for Automotive, Aerospace Applications
The alloy is lightweight and possibly stronger than stainless steel, but it provides flexibility that stainless steel does not in many applications.
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