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California Issues Mandatory PFAS Testing Requirements for Chrome Plating Facilities
California State Water Resources Control Board issued order requiring mandatory environmental assessment at 271 chrome plating facilities.
Read MoreTechnical Cleanliness Expert Days Brings Together Cleaning Community for Learning and Networking
The second Technical Cleanliness Expert Days event this year expanded to one-and-a-half days, with the theme of “Cleanliness in Production and Critical Processes.”
Read MoreA Lustrous Example of Expanding a Plating Operation
Ohio’s Lustrous Metal Coatings Pins Growth on Acquiring Other Manufacturing Operations
WatchPowder Coating Week 2020
PCI’s Powder Coating Week 2020 will be held Feb. 17-20 at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.
Read MoreQuality Finishing Creates New Growth at Apex Anodizing
Apex Anodizing is a Products Finishing Top Shop in the liquid and powder coating benchmarking survey, and growing thanks to a busy aerospace sector.
Read MoreHybrid Coatings on Centrifugal Fans in Steel Plants
A centrifugal fan in a steel plant is often exposed to abrasive dust, which results in material loss and a shortage of running time for the fan.
Read MoreSweden's Impact Coatings Developing Hyundai Fuel Cell Coatings
Development agreement of coating technology for metal bipolar plates, a key component of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles.
Read MoreU.S. Air Force Qualifies PPG Aerocron Aerospace Ecoat Primer
System installed at Air Force technology center in Georgia for coating parts.
Read MoreFANUC America Opens New North Campus Robotics and Automation Facility
New 461,000-square-foot North Campus robotics and automation facility opened in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Oct. 22.
Read MoreTest to Find Answers to a Cleaning Solution Dilemma
Finding the best cleaning fluid for a specific application is possible by carrying out practical trials, backed by lab analyses.
Read MorePowder Coater Hosts U.S. Senator for Workforce Discussion
JOBS Act is bipartisan legislation that makes high-quality and rigorous short-term job training programs more affordable by expanding access to Pell Grants for low-income students.
Read MoreElectrochemical Destruction of Perfluorooctanesulfonate in Electroplating Wastewaters - 1st & 2nd Quarterly Report
This is the first report on a new NASF-AESF Foundation research project dealing with PFAS - a critical issue for the surface finishing industry. The project will study an electrochemical, destructive treatment strategy for the remediation of relevant PFASs in electroplating wastewater. The overall objective is to utilize a cost-effective reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) for the removal of PFAS from synthetic electroplating wastewater.
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