Articles
Outside the Box Thinking on Passivation
Richard Held and Daniel Church of Haviland Enterprises Inc. offer advice for troubleshooting passivation inconsistencies.
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Extending Bath Life and Reducing Process Challenges in Vapor Degreasing Systems
How using a stabilizer can extend your bath life and help you avoid costly system repairs.
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Finishing Index Moderates After Posting March All-Time High
Best Efforts to Increase Output Still Cannot Quell Rising Backlogs
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Falcon Cranes Goes Prehistoric with HMG Paints
Falcon Cranes are known for their high-rise cranes however they have recently been involved in reinvigorating a dinosaur sculpture.
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Preventative Maintenance for Paint Line Conveyors
Dave Hesse, field installation superintendent, Global Finishing Solutions, offers suggestions for inspecting and maintaining your industrial conveyor system.
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Qualitative Approach to Pulse Plating
In 1986, the AESF published Theory and Practice of Pulse Plating, edited by Jean Claude Puippe and Frank Leaman, the world’s first textbook on pulse plating. A compendium of chapters written by experts in this then-emerging field, the book quickly became the authoritative text in pulse plating. What follows here is the opening chapter, serving as an introduction to the field. Although the field has grown immensely in the intervening 35 years, the reader will find that the material remains a valuable introduction to those looking to advance the field of pulse plating.
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TGIC Powder Coatings vs. Non-TGIC Powder Coatings
As raw materials become increasingly scarce, powder coating consultant Rodger Talbert offers insights into using non-TGIC products.
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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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Reinvigorating the Workforce
Do education and outreach hold the key to solving manufacturing’s workforce problem?
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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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