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Liquid Coating

Blistering on Recoat

Question: We paint our steel enclosures before assembly, and the painted enclosures are stored.

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Electrocoating

Film Thickness vs. Paint Use

Question: I run an anodic acrylic enamel electrocoat paint system.

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Aluminum Oxide Impregnation

Usually when someone says that he doesn’t want any aluminum oxide used on his parts, he is concerned about aluminum oxide impregnation in the metal surface or aluminum oxide grit left on the surface, since this can be carried into service with the part.

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Installing a Powder Coating Line

Question: We are interested in installing a powder coating line.

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Green Copper Redux

Question: Our company plates parts with copper.

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Plating on Aluminum

Question: We plate aluminum (6061) parts with cyanide copper followed with an alkaline tin plate.

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Tellurium Copper Problems

Question: We are trying to plate silver over nickel on tellurium copper.

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Wastewater from Aluminum Processing

Question: We currently have a five-stage phosphate washer followed by an electrocoat system that is used to process steel parts.

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Perspectives: Making your "Product" Different

If you don't manufacture bicycles, jewelry, wheels or outdoor furniture, but merely provide the "finishing touch," what can you do to make your "product" different?

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Passing 240 Hours Salt Spray

Question: We are currently trying to pass an OEM paint specification.

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Applause for EPAs Brownfield Cleanup Program

Basically, I'm pretty skeptical of just about anything EPA does.

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Adding Process Control Cuts Etch Time by Half

Boeing needed to update its finishing processes in order to stay competitive in the aerospace industry. By adding a new line with a programmable logic controller, it was able to do just that...

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