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Dot Commentary: Make Your Intranet Extra Special

When it comes to electronic media, I have little patience.

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Parts Cleaning

Classification of Flashpoints

Question: I found your discussion in the April 2001 issue informative as always.

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Chromium Alternative Solves Problem

Working together, the finisher, customer and supplier found the best solution to what could have been a costly finishing situation...

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Selectively Plating Plastics the Seleco Way

How tough can it be to put in a plating line and start running a job shop? Faced with the idea that it was no longer going to be simply a supplier, but the actual plating job shop, Seleco Inc., prepared itself. However, the learning curve was steeper than it planned...

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Liquid Coating

Avoid Painting the Conveyor II

Question: With reference to your letter in the October issue, I have a comment regarding overspray on racks, etc.

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Parts Cleaning

Alkalinity Loss in Cleaning Stage of Washer

Question: We are experiencing significant drops in the alkalinity of our first stage cleaning bath in a seven-stage pretreatment line.

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UV Powder Reaching New Markets

UV powder coating is starting to gain some popularity among finishers as they see the ability of UV to open up new markets for them...

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Better Bath Management with Meter Controls

All electroplating, anodizing and electrocoating baths require maintenance. One of the most frequent needs is replenishing depleted materials. There are several techniques to accomplish that…  

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Chromium Plating Bath Purification Revisited

Question: What are some of the ways to maintain the purity of a hexavalent chromium plating bath?

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On My Mind: Organizational Lenses

Organizations are commonly analyzed using three perspectives or lenses: strategic, political and cultural.

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Dot Commentary: It's Your Turn to Bid

I'd like to take a few minutes this month to tell you about a new service that PF Online has launched in an effort to put your shop in touch with new customers, new markets and new work.

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Electrolytic Coloring and Corrosion Resistance

Question: Does the electrolytic coloring of aluminum cause corrosion if tin is used to produce the desired color?

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