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Houghton International combines chemistry and equipment to eliminate process water discharge from its spray washers, enabling customers to avoid wastewater permitting, notice of effluent violations and cost associated with excessive water usage.

Rodger Talbert shares how to identify dirt showing up on powder-coated film and where it comes from. 

We store all of our materials either inside the plant or in our rear warehouse. Upon review of the last several years of sampling data, it looks like our storm water is pretty clean. In our permit there is some language regarding “no exposure” exemption. Would we be able to qualify for this exemption? How do we get it?

Question: I am currently working to open a small powder coating operation in Cape Cod-Massachusetts.

This is third of four papers presented during AESF Week 2002 at the Rosen Center in Orlando, Florida on January 30, 2002, as part of the Hydrogen Embrittlement Seminar. This paper covers operational, management and recordkeeping issues related to hydrogen embrittlement. The full paper on this work can be accessed and printed at short.pfonline.com/NASF24Sep3.

Question: We are planning to install an anodizing system at our facility.

Chandler Mancuso, technical director with MacDermid Envio discusses updating your wastewater treatment system and implementing materials recycling solutions to increase efficiencies, control costs and reduce environmental impact.

Question: Are there any air regulations dealing with dichromate seal baths used in the anodize process?

Recently, we were engaged to assist a new client with the evaluation of their existing wastewater pretreatment system.

During the 1990s, the late Dr. Rolf Weil contributed a monthly column in the AESF journal, Plating & Surface Finishing, in which he described the various methods by which the properties of electrodeposits could be measured and characterized.  Topics covered include analytical equipment, measurement methods and specific applications.  Dr. Weil's practical approach, in layman's terms, aimed at taking the fear out of using sophisticated equipment.  What follows is a collection of several of those columns.