Articles
Understanding and Managing White Spots on Anodized Aluminum
Having trouble with spotting defects when anodizing? Taj Patel of Techevon LLC offers a helpful overview of the various causes of white spots and potential solutions.
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Finishing Activity Ended February Up 1.7 Points vs. January
The improved start to 2023 carried into February which closed at 51.3 compared to January’s index of 49.6.
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How to Maximize Nickel Plating Performance
The advantages of boric acid-free nickel plating include allowing manufacturers who utilize nickel plating to keep up the ever-changing regulatory policies and support sustainability efforts.
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Celebrating Powder Coating
Products Finishing reflects on Powder Coating Week 2023 and the importance of powder coating in the finishing industry.
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Finishing Temperature-Sensitive Material with UV Powder Coating
Quality issues with pre-finished components led Global Building Products on a search to discover a new solution for its temperature-sensitive materials.
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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.
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Powder Coating Overcomes Post Forming
Six Sigma methodology, open communication, and collaboration produce results for leading boat manufacturer.
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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.
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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.
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Surface Prep Solution for Rusted Rebar in Concrete
Julie Holmquist of Cortec Corporation discusses passivating corrosion on rebar and other reinforcing metals.
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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.
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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.
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