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Liquid Coating

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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Ask The Expert

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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Electroplating

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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Electroplating

Episode 5: Transitioning Hexavalent Chromium to Trivalent, Part 1

In this episode of On the Line, Products Finishing editor-in-chief Scott Francis sits down with Mark Schario, executive vice president with Columbia Chemical to hear about the latest innovations in trivalent chromium plating technology.

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Powder Coating

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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photo finish

Touchless faucet

Snapshots of the surface finishing industry.

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medical

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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surfin

Reinvigorating the Workforce

Do education and outreach hold the key to solving manufacturing’s workforce problem?

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Powder Coating

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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2021 PMTS Parts Cleaning Exhibitors Help Determine ‘How Clean is Clean’

Taking advantage of trade shows and conferences geared toward parts cleaning processes, best practices and technologies, such as PMTS, is a great way to become educated about parts cleaning for your company.

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Electroplating

An Interview With Stacey Bales, Bales Metal Surface Solutions

Bales discusses growing up in the electroplating business, her experience as a woman in leadership and the value of industry associations.

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