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Safe Abrasive Blasting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clemco’s Director of Safety shares safe abrasive blasting and cleaning tips for working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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economics

2020 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Results for Electroplating & Anodizing

North American Market Shows Mixed Results for the 2019 Reporting Year

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Powder Coating

Silane-based Multimetal Pretreatments for Powder Painting

When looking to switch from phosphate conversion coatings, Stewart Tymchuk from Dynamix suggests looking at silane-based products for powder coating pretreatments.

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Liquid Coating

Electric vs. Pneumatic Agitators: What Makes Sense?

When determining the need for an agitator, says Mike Elberson from Autoquip, you must look at budget versus long-term energy conservation.

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Fixing Dull Parts From Alkaline Zinc-Nickel Bath

A lack of expected brightness is a common malady affecting many alkaline zinc-nickel platers, and MacDermid Enthone’s Adam Blakeley provides some answers to fix it.

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masking

Liquid Coating System Leads to Fast Growth for Florida Industrial Finishing Company

Advanced conveyor system and hybrid liquid/powder line fits into small footprint to deliver big impact

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Phosphorus Copper Anodes for Acid Copper Plating

Copper anodes produced from pure copper cathodes will result in a copper purity of greater than 99.99% copper, including silver and the alloyed phosphorus, according to Univertical’s André Depew.

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Powder Coating

A Conversation with Korey Bell, Westside Finishing

Korey Bell was recently promoted from operations manager to president of Westside Finishing, following the spring retirement of Korey’s father and company founder Brian Bell.

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Powder Coating

A.M. Metal Finishing Focuses on Quality, Service

A chemist and quality manager are involved every step of the way, checking the parts through the process.

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automotive

Coronavirus and Manufacturing as We Enter April

The week of March 23 saw significantly more manufacturers make adjustments to production/capacity as automotive OEMs closed facilities and states closed non-essential businesses.

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Anodizing

It’s All Greek at Lustrous Metal Coatings

Top Shop is dedicated to perfection.

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ChromeTech Keeps Employees Learning

Cross-training staff gives job shop more flexibility to accommodate customers and run the business more smoothly.

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