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Barrel Plating Blues
The following are barrel plating problems that have come up in the recent past...
Read MoreTroubleshooting Zinc Electroplating Baths In the Laboratory
When things go wrong on a zinc electroplating line, quick solutions can save thousands of dollars. If the answer is not pre- or post-treatment, the laboratory is the place to troubleshoot the plating bath. A quick analysis and a few hull cells may be all it takes to put the operation back on its feet...
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Automation: To What Degree?
Webster has three definitions for automation, but the second one applies best to painting: “The techniques and equipment used to bring about automatic operation and control.” Within that statement, techniques and equipment become the operative words because there is such a broad range and degree of both.
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Are Antimicrobial Powder Coatings a Silver Bullet?
Antimicrobial powder coatings that feature silver as a key antimicrobial ingredient are raising the powder coating industry to new heights.
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Walking on Air
When increases in production require paint-system expansions, they usually also require more capacity from emissions-abatement systems...
Read MoreSecrets of Winning Employee Cooperation
Because employees are motivated by many of the same considerations as supervisors, winning their cooperation frequently requires giving them what you yourself want.
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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...
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A Coatings Campus
Products Finishing magazine was recently invited to spend a day inside PPG's Application and Process Development Lab in Flint, Michigan. Anticipating little more than a showcase of PPG's products, we found that the facility serves as an educational tool for finishers and a risk-management resource...
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.
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