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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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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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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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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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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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SWD Begins $3M Expansion
With this 26,000-square-foot addition, SWD projects growth of 15 percent in year-over-year sales and expects to create between 12 and 15 new positions. The project is expected to be finished by November.
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