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Eyeing Robotics?
Thinking about automating your buffing and polishing operations? Factors such as return on investment, health and safety issues and auxiliary costs should be considered before taking the plunge.
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The Ekon-omy of Pretreatment
Ekon Powder Coating-a quality-conscious powder coating production shop accustomed to excelling-finishes 18,000 different types of parts annually. Recently, in an effort to improve quality, the company made an investment in one of the mostcommonly overlooked, but very important, aspects of powder coating-its pretreatment operation...
Read MoreComposites Industry Paint Technology Advancements
The automotive composites industry has been working to improve the processability of Sheet Molding Composite (SMC) parts for a number of years.
Read MorePF, Reloaded
Let me start off 2004 by apologizing for the cheesy “Matrix” reference in the headline above.
Read MoreDrying Parts, Part 1
Question: Parts are removed from our vibratory finisher with an internal separation screen, and they fall into a wire tote.
Read MoreHard Chrome Plating... Its Past, Present and Future
Providers of hard chrome electroplate, a relatively small but critical component of the overall chrome plating market, have endured tremendous stress and changing market forces in the past decade...
Read MoreRightway Fasteners Gets Waste Treatment Right
Experimentation proved valuable for Rightway Fasteners. It saved money on sludge disposal costs simply by changing the coagulant in its zinc waste treatment...
Read More2003 Coating Show Wrap-Up
Combination of Key Location, Improved Economy and New Technologies Result in a Successful Show...
Read MoreA Door and A Window
A sincere “Thank You” to all who have read this column during the past years.
Read MoreFor Quality Spray Painting, Remember the Fundamentals
Good spray painting—not unlike a good golf game—is accomplished by means of proper procedures and motions.
Read MoreMAYDAY! These Parts Need Hi-Tech Metal Finishing Fast!
Hi-Tech Metal Finishing started as a captive plating shop in 1993, but demand for its high quality, on-time, precision plating of aerospace parts has transformed it from a captive shop to a plating shop where more than 50% of its revenue is generated from outside customers' work...
Read Moreow THAT I'd Like to See...
At the recent Coatings 2003 Conference and Trade Show, I attended a seminar entitled “Emerging Technologies” which provided an encapsulated look at ten new or developing technologies for the metal finishing industry (several of which we’ve covered right here in the pages of Products Finishing magazine). While all of the technologies displayed seem to have a lot of potential, the session got me thinking about some of the coating technologies that I’d like to see.
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