Articles

automotive 1 Apr 2004

Cleaning Plastics

Question: We are a third tier automotive supplier for plastic parts like grills, hubcaps and other trim parts.

1 Apr 2004

Overcoming Nickel Plating Problems

Is it your solution? Or might it be something else?

1 Apr 2004

UV Coating Heat Sensitive Substrates Can Expand Your Business

Today’s smart business owners are looking for ways to grow their businesses, or at least move into more lucrative markets that will provide better returns. The ability to coat heat-sensitive substrates can provide this opportunity. Ultraviolet (UV) coatings are often used on heat sensitive substrates because UV curing is an inherently low temperature process. Here’s a look at how UV coatings on heat sensitive substrates can be used to improve your business...

1 Apr 2004

Resources for Chromium Plating

We need some basic information on both hexavalent and trivalent chromium plating.

automotive 1 Apr 2004

UV-Curable Basecoats and Clearcoats for Automotive Lighting

With the influx of plastic into automotive lighting in the early 1980s, a fresh market for coatings quickly emerged.

1 Apr 2004

Mass Finishing for Delicate Parts

Ever since the first Roman soldiers tossed their armor into a barrel full of water and river stones to shine it for battle, mass finishing has played a major role in efficient post-production surface improvement.

1 Apr 2004

Plating Bath Filtration: Questions and Answers

We decided to review our filtration processes on all of our plating baths. Can you supply us with some information so we know where to start?

1 Apr 2004

UV Coating Technology on the Rise

According to Products Finishing magazine’s UV Coating Technology Awareness Survey, ultraviolet curing is gaining increased acceptance in today’s finishing job shops...

workforce development 1 Apr 2004

Dealing with Employee Complaints

The knowledgeable supervisor sees a gripe for what it really is—a chance to be of help to an employee when that help is most wanted, a golden opportunity to prove to a worker that his problem is management’s problem.

1 Mar 2004