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Pre-consumer recycled plastic is converted into durable powder coatings designed to promote sustainability throughout the supply chain.

Products Finishing talks with Bryan Leiker, executive director for the Metal Finishers Association of California (MFACA), to get an update on the latest moves to ban hexavalent chromium use for plating and anodizing operations in the state.

Do you have any more insight on this pesky issue? Since the permit limitation for molybdenum has significantly changed, the city is giving us some time to address the issue before they start issuing notices of violation.

The National Association for Surface Finishing has released a Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of January.

My concern centers around the alkaline cleaner stage. Current practice has been to dump this stage as is. Just before the last dump, I checked the pH and found it to be 12.7. I checked our wastewater discharge permit and the only pH limitation it has is that it prohibits pH less than 5.5. In other words, it has no upper pH limit. At my two other jobs, we were told discharging a wastewater of that high pH was “illegal according to EPA.” Since my discharge permit gives me no upper pH limit, am I OK?

This article is based on a presentation given at NASF SUR/FIN 2022, in Rosemont, Illinois, in Session 6, Responses to PFAS / PFOA.  It follows the case study of three facilities’ conversion from PFAS-containing wetting agents to non-PFAS equivalents, eliminating PFAS and moving forward with a smaller and more sustainable environmental footprint.  The journey of conversion from PFAS-containing wetting agents in both chromic-sulfuric etch and hexavalent decorative plating tanks can be complicated and winding due to deep rooted standard industry practices, as well as state and federal regulations.  Outlined here is a clear course of action that led to eliminating PFAS from the facilities’ wetting agent strategies. 

The National Association for Surface Finishing has released a Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of October.

California will hold a public hearing January 27, 2023 on its new state rule to phase out hexavalent chromium plating and anodizing.

I have always struggled to understand the applicability of the OSHA’s Permit-Required Confined Spaces standard and how best to go about properly implementing a program. Please shed some light on an approach someone like myself may follow to make certain we achieve compliance with this standard and protect my employees.

German Machine Tools of America now offers BvL’s Niagara MO cleaning system, a two tank machine that comes equipped with a flood spray cleaning system and revolving wheel technology.