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Anodizing

Frontier Group Launches New Chemical Processing Line

Arizona-based provider of aerospace metal finishing services reopened its Phoenix chemical processing facilities after $1.5 million complete transformation.

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Powder Coating

Purdue University Professor Offers Chemical Coatings Scholarship

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) faculty member John Cox has turned his passion for the chemical coatings field into opportunities for PNW students.

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electronics

A New Way to Corrosion-Proof Thin Atomic Sheets

Ultrathin coating could protect 2D materials from corrosion, enabling their use in optics and electronics.

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Anodizing

Pries Opens New 36-foot Wide Anodizing Line in Iowa

The anodizing line is fully automated and boasts 36-foot tanks, which Pries says will be able to guarantee extruded and anodized aluminum in just four weeks.

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Liquid Coating

13,000th Dürr Robot Set for GM in Korea

EcoRP E043i will be used to paint the interior of passenger cars at GM in Changwon.

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Electroplating

Laser-Induced Selective Deposition on Metal Using Electroless Gold

Originally published as H.R. Khan, M.U. Kittel and Ch. J. Raub, Plating and Surface Finishing, 75 (8), 58-64 (1988), this paper was awarded the 1989 AESF Gold Medal.  The idea was to see if shining a laser on the substrate during electroless gold plating had any significant effect.  The results are presented here.  

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research

Electrocodeposition of MCrAlY Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Applications - 7th Quarterly Research Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the seventh quarter of project work (July-September 2019) on the AESF Foundation Research project at the Tennessee Technological University. The objective of the work is to study and optimize the MCrAlY electro-codeposition process to improve the coating oxidation/corrosion performance.  In this quarter, the effect of the particle size of gas-atomized CrAlY powders on electro-codeposited Ni-CrAlY composite coatings was studied.

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management

Process Technology Garden Designated as Monarch Waystation Habitat

Monarch Waystation gardens are required to be at least 100 square feet, contain milkweed and nectar plants, provide adequate shelter, and follow specific habitat management guidelines.

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Electroplating

Sifco ASC Welcomes New Ownership

Quaker Houghton has acquired  Norman Hay PLC, a private UK company that provides specialty chemicals, operating equipment and services to industrial end markets.

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Powder Coating

Hubbard-Hall Receives Workplace Award

The list is based on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey and measures several aspects of workplace culture.

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Liquid Coating

CCAI SoCal Chapter Hosts Toys for Tots Golf Tourney Dec. 9

This year, the chapter is aiming for 830 or more toys for the U.S. Marine holiday program.

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Electroplating

Arlington Plating Receives Fiat Chrysler Nickel-Chrome Plating on Steel Substrates Approval

Approval is for nickel-chrome plate steel substrate parts per FCA specification PS-50019 for parts that include bumpers, tow hooks, running boards and exhaust tips.

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