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Touchless faucet

Snapshots of the surface finishing industry.

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medical

Toxins That Can Help Us

Over many years, well-regarded AESF/NASF contributor Jack Dini wrote a series of fascinating columns to Plating & Surface Finishing, under the title Fact or Fiction?.  He hasn’t slowed down in 2021.  Here, he notes that more research studies are revealing that a little bit of some toxins can be quite helpful to human health. The following shows a number of examples.  

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education

Reinvigorating the Workforce

Do education and outreach hold the key to solving manufacturing’s workforce problem?

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editorial

Saving the Family Glider

How awesome is powder coating? It might just preserve precious family memories.

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Versatile, Flexible Honing Tool Used for Surface Finishing, Cross Hole Deburring

Flexible hones allow complex parts with cross-drilled holes and other difficult-to-access features to be deburred, honed and surface finished.

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2021 PMTS Parts Cleaning Exhibitors Help Determine ‘How Clean is Clean’

Taking advantage of trade shows and conferences geared toward parts cleaning processes, best practices and technologies, such as PMTS, is a great way to become educated about parts cleaning for your company.

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Electroplating

An Interview With Stacey Bales, Bales Metal Surface Solutions

Bales discusses growing up in the electroplating business, her experience as a woman in leadership and the value of industry associations.

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Ask The Expert

Conveying Long Parts Horizontally

Industrial finishing line consultant Dan Davitz offers advice for designing racking for navigating long parts along a monorail conveyor.

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Avoiding Roughness and Pitting in Decorative Bright Nickel

Doug Lay of Coventya Inc. offers a troubleshooting guide for avoiding roughness and pitting in decorative bright nickel processing.

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A Look at the Finishing Supply Chain and Workforce

The May 2021 issue of Products Finishing puts a focus on supply chain disruptions and the workforce skills gap.

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Lab Legwork Leads to Cleaner Metal Parts

Recent cleaning evaluation conducted by MicroCare yields new synthetic grease remover formulation.

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Ask The Expert

Adjusting Viscosity in Liquid Coatings

Mike Bonner of Saint Clair Systems discusses the problems that can arise from adding solvents to liquid coatings to adjust viscosity. 

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