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Preparation of Stainless Steel for Powder Coating
Should type 316 stainless steel castings be sandblasted before powder coating, or can they be chemically etched? Should the parts be pre-heated in an oven before coating?
Read MoreRacking Without Visible Rack Marks
What is the process of racking a machined part to be anodized with no visible rack marks?
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NASF Report: Trade Deficit Down due to Shale Oil and Gas
The international trade deficit on goods and services plunged $5.1B for November (sequentially), dropping from $39.3B in October to $34.3B for the latest month. Exports grew $1.7B for the month while imports contracted $3.4B.
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Dr. Phil To The Rescue for Electroplaters
Techmetals’ president Phil Brockman is often the last electroplater that some customers visit on their search for solutions to persistent finishing issues or to plate unique parts. But it’s easy to see why most major aerospace, medical, defense, oil/gas, mold shops, and automotive manufacturers end up at Techmetals’ expansive facilities in Dayton, Ohio.
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Poly-Plating Recognized For Safety Achievements
Chicopee, Mass. shop nears completion of two-year exemption of a scheduled OHSA inspection as an honored participant in the organization's Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP).
Read MoreSing Us a Song Piano Man Carl Izzo
Carl Izzo is the kind of guy I want to be when I grow up, which wouldn’t be so sad if I wasn’t already five decades into my life. But Carl has taught all of us that that there is still time to do good even at the half-century mark.
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Game Changer: Powder Coatings Get CARC Approval
In a normal R&D scenario, a coating specification is written and approved by a large customer or OEM, then followed by a race among suppliers to meet the spec and sell to the finishing masses. But that isn’t the case for most of the military and other finishes Hentzen Coatings of Milwaukee, Wisc., has developed over the years.
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Infrared Curing: Evaluating the characteristics of IR energy
Infrared (IR) energy can be used as a source of heat to cure a variety of industrial coatings. Such infrared curing applies energy to the coated part surface by direct transmission from an IR emitter, which can provide source temperatures of anywhere from 500 to 4,200°F
Read MoreFilm Build Control
Are you aware of any standards on powder coating film thickness on complex structures?
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Enthone Introduces Ankor Hydraulics Hard Chrome Process
Specially engineered for the hydraulics/fluid power market, the company says the process delivers exceptional corrosion resistance, while offering a more sustainable alternative versus other high efficiency, etch-free hard chrome processes currently available today.
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Wisconsin's Hartford Finishing Growing, Adding 94 Jobs
Governor Scott Walker joined company leaders to announce the addition of 94 new jobs at Hartford Finishing, Inc., a powder coating and painting firm, and its sister companies. The jobs announcement coincides with the opening of the company’s new paint line.
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Axalta Coating Systems Build Bikes for Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia
The event used a bike building exercise conducted by Odyssey to show Axalta participants how to work as a team and continually improve the customer experience.
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