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Parts Cleaning

Kyzen’s McChesney to Present on Parts Cleaning Environmental Concerns

McChesney will present and discuss “Parts Cleaning and Environmental Concerns. Choosing a Green Solvent” on March 7 at 3 p.m.

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automotive

Axalta Coating Systems to Acquire Century Industrial Coatings

Century is a leading manufacturer of high performance industrial coatings for structural steel, oil and gas, rail cars and other OEM applications.

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automotive

Rolls-Royce's Profound Paint Job with 23.75-Carat Gold

Imagine a paint job for a vehicle that is 10 layers thick and which uses 250 percent more paint than the standard, a standard which is already superlative.

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Powder Coating

JR Custom Metal Products Shows Off New Powder Coating System

Company adds powder coating a broad array of fabrication competencies with single-point, turn-key solutions for their complex fabrication requirements.

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Goad Company Wins New Product Excellence Award

Company has solved a major problem with large vinyl containment systems by eliminating hand welds to seal their massive number of lining seams, which often resulted in leaks and costly downtime repairs

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Anodizing

Arresting Indoor Air Quality Criminals in Metal Finishing and Chemical Tanks

These so-called ‘criminals’—indoor air quality criminals, that is—can escape from open surface tanks causing irritation or harm to operators.

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masking

Atotech Acquires Pegastech Plating on Plastics Technology

Pegastech has developed a technology for plating on plastics that does not use hexavalent chromium or palladium compounds for the pretreatment of polymers prior to electroplating.

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management

Technical Communication - The 20th William Blum Lecture

This article is a re-publication of the 20th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 66th AES Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 25, 1979.

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Electroplating

Research and Decorative Coatings - The 19th William Blum Lecture

This article is a re-publication of the 19th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 65th AES Annual Convention in Washington, DC, on June 26, 1978.

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Electroplating

Iron Tungsten Alloy Plating with Low Friction and Wear Resistance

The modern automotive industry has been striving to reduce energy loss caused by friction. An alloy plating film developed by finely crystallizing iron and tungsten demonstrates both a high level of hardness and excellent ductility. In addition, low friction can be achieved by its application under a layer of lubricant. It also has the merit of greater cost performance as compared with DLC produced with PVD technology.

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curing

Winona Powder Coating Announces Expansion

The 167,000-square-foot facility currently houses state-of-the-art powder coating lines, sand blasting, wheelabrating, and the expanded batch system.

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Powder Coating

Axalta Sponsors, Builds Mobility Cars for GoBabyGo!

GoBabyGo! began in 2006 to give children with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, down syndrome and other mobility disabilities the opportunity to socialize and move around with their siblings and peers.

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