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Powder Coating

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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Powder Coating

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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regulation

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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Parts Cleaning

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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Powder Coating

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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Parts Cleaning

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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Electroplating

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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Electroplating

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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Electroplating

Electro-codeposition of MCrAlY Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Applications - 2nd Quarterly Research Report

In this quarter, focus was on planned research on the effect of current density and powder density on CrAlY(Ta) particle incorporation in electro-codeposited Ni-CrAlY(Ta) composite coatings. 

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Electrocoating

Ecoat Boot Camp Is Sept. 11-12 in Mississippi

The event will include a tour of Systems Electrocoating’s facility in Jackson, Mississippi, as well as a copy of the textbook Electrocoating: A Guidebook for Finishers.

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Electroplating

Startup Anodizer Will Create New Jobs in Northern Indiana

Northern Indiana Anodize says it plans to invest $6.9 million in its first location in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and create as many as 48 new jobs by the end of 2021.

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energy

Navy Developing Coating to Reduce Ship Fuel, Energy Costs

It can repel water, oil, alcohol and even peanut butter, and it might save the U.S. Navy millions of dollars in ship fuel costs, reduce the amount of energy that vessels consume and improve operational efficiency.

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