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Fluorinated Surfactants Is Top Issue at NASF Washington Forum
NASF Executive Vice President Christian Richter says fluorinated surfactants is emerging as the most critical issue for the surface finishing industry.
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Acid Copper Technologies for Plating on Plastics
Automotive OEM performance requirements continue to increase which presents increased challenges to the supply chain to provide acceptable parts. This presentation will introduce a new system of acid copper technologies that have been designed to increase performance, widen the process operating window, reduce rejects and ultimately increase production capacity.
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How to Read Your Top Shops Customized Benchmarking Report
Video from Michael Guckes from Gardner Intelligence explains how to read and understand your Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking custom reports you received if you took part in the recent survey.
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Transition from a Simple Auxiliary Anode to a Fully-developed Conforming Anode System for Plating
This paper demonstrates that the use of an elaborate CAE designed conforming anode system enables plating complex exterior automotive part designs within specification. It will be shown that the increased fixed and variable production costs that are unavoidable when operating an elaborate conforming anode system can be partially earned back by a reduction in metal consumption, and by an increased capacity due to shorter plating times.
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New Thermal Coatings for Spacecraft, Satellites Use Metamaterials
Metamaterial optical solar reflectors (meta-OSRs) are the first surface coatings on the outside of a spacecraft, designed to effectively radiate infrared heat away from it while reflecting most of the optical solar spectrum.
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Toledo's Owens Community College Offers Spray Finishing Training
The workshops, presented by Carlisle Fluid Technologies brands, are being held May 9-11,September 12-14 and November 7-9.
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Japan's Kansai Paint Develops First EPA-Approved Anti-Mosquito Paint
Kansai Anti-Mosquito Paint contains a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide and has been shown to significantly reduce the presence of mosquitoes in painted areas.
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Spikes of Graphene Can Kill Bacteria on Implants
A tiny layer of graphene flakes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery, says research published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials Interfaces.
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Lincoln Industries Acquires Southwest Metal Finishing, Inventix Manufacturing
Southwest Metal Finishing offers decorative chrome plating and metal finishing; Inventix produces zinc and aluminum die castings.
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BASF Color Ideation Vehicle Wins Big at Goodguys Del Mar
“Lucille,” a 1940 Ford convertible, was unveiled at the 2017 SEMA Show and is coated with BASF Glasurit 55 Line in the custom color “Glasurit Cabernet, Goolsby Edition,” which builder Jonathan Goolsby developed through BASF Color Ideation.
Read MoreProducts Finishing Top Shops Management Stage
Products Finishing will showcase the best-run finishing shops in North America at the Top Shops Management Stage at Sur/Fin, where owners and managers will be on hand to discuss what makes their plating and anodizing operations some of the most efficient and profitable in the business.
Read MoreCentrifugal Iso-finishing
This high-speed, high-intensity mass finishing method can improve part performance.
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