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Ask The Expert 6 Mar 2023

Adjusting Current and Voltage When Powder Coating

Which manual powder coating gun setting is better to adjust, voltage or current? Jeff Hale of Gema USA discusses when to use different settings on your powder gun to achieve optimal results.

Powder Coating 27 Feb 2023

Powder Coating Overcomes Post Forming

Six Sigma methodology, open communication, and collaboration produce results for leading boat manufacturer.

basics 24 Feb 2023

Installing an Ecoat Line

Thinking of investing in electrocoating capabilities? George Lovell, coatings plant manager for Lippert, discusses considerations you should keep in mind as you add your ecoat line.

automotive 20 Feb 2023

Titrations: To Automate or Not to Automate?

What considerations should you keep in mind for automatic titrations? Conor McAnespie of Hanna Instruments discusses the benefits of auto titrators.

construction 20 Feb 2023

Surface Prep Solution for Rusted Rebar in Concrete

Julie Holmquist of Cortec Corporation discusses passivating corrosion on rebar and other reinforcing metals.

education 20 Feb 2023

12 Ways to Improve Your Powder Coating Quality

Often overlooked powder coating procedures that can help you elevate your quality, streamline your operations and improve your profitability.

sustainability 17 Feb 2023

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing - 11th Quarterly Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the 11th quarter of project work (October-December 2022) at Wayne State University in Detroit. In this reporting period, our main effort concentrated on the continuous development of a computer-aided tool for sustainability assessment and decision making, with a focus on the coding for the decision making. The tool is currently able to assess a process’ sustainability performance, after a set of sustainability indicators are selected, and plant data are input.

nasf 16 Feb 2023

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #122: Electrochemical Approaches to Treatment of PFAS in Plating Wastewater - 7th Quarterly Report

The NASF-AESF Foundation Research Board has selected a project on addressing the problem of PFAS and related chemicals in plating wastewater streams, studying PFAS destruction via electrooxidation and electrocoagulation. Our last report described the results from experiments of EO with a Magnéli phase Ti4O7 anode on the degradation of eight perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs). In this seven quarter report, we describe work to further explore how the degradation of different PFAAs are related to their molecular structures.