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Powder Coating

America’s Cup Partners With AkzoNobel’s Awlgrip Brand

Awlgrip  will be the official coatings supplier for New York Yacht Club’s American Magic team, which will challenge for the 36th America’s Cup.

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research

Improved Process Capabilities for Groove Repair

Advanced selective plating techniques have been developed for the challenging application of repairing internal grooves that have experienced severe corrosion.  Many groove configurations require uniform, high-thickness deposition of a plated deposit onto any, or all, of the surfaces with a minimal need for intermediate machining steps.  This paper demonstrates how a combination of an engineered, wrap-less anode design along with optimized computer controlled operating parameters has led to reduced downtime, high quality and repeatable selective plating repairs.

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Liquid Coating

Therma-Tron-X Leads By Example in Community

Wisconsin firm donates $2 million to outfit the school’s Fabrication Lab after voters approved funds to reconstruct its aging facility.

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Ask The Expert

Measuring Hardness and Wear in Electroless Nickel Coatings

Rich O’Brien from Bales Metal Surface Solutions says advances in coatings science have led to the development of multiple choices for surface finishes beyond hard chrome and electroless nickel.

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Powder Coating

Ag Machinery Maker Kemper Saves Time with Faster Color Change

Productivity increased due to the new fast color change booth.

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sustainability

Steps to Take Control of Wastewater Treatment

Finishing operations should consider their environmental impact and other motivating factors, beyond mere compliance.

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Liquid Coating

Pretreatment Helps Nailor Industries Hammer Home Better Finishes

A change in its pretreatment system helps manufacturer get better coating adhesion.

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Electroplating

Acquisitions Spur Lincoln Industries' Continued Growth

The acquisitions of Southwest Metal Finishing/Inventix Mfg. and SourceOne propels finishing giant.

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Electroplating

Fixing Salt Spray Failures After Passivating, Baking

This is a common challenge faced by many acid zinc platers who Mark Adams from Columbia Chemical says perform hydrogen embrittlement relief on acid zinc plated fasteners.

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aerospace

Frontier Group Launches New Chemical Processing Line

Arizona-based provider of aerospace metal finishing services reopened its Phoenix chemical processing facilities after $1.5 million complete transformation.

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Purdue University Professor Offers Chemical Coatings Scholarship

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) faculty member John Cox has turned his passion for the chemical coatings field into opportunities for PNW students.

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electronics

A New Way to Corrosion-Proof Thin Atomic Sheets

Ultrathin coating could protect 2D materials from corrosion, enabling their use in optics and electronics.

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