aerospace
Electrocoat Primer Takes Off in Aerospace
PPG’s Aerocron electrocoat system tops our list of the finishing products highlighted in 2017.
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Roy Metal Finishing Plans $60M Expansion
RMF supplies parts to BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg, and Bosch and Daimler Chrysler - Sprinter Vans in the area. Pazdan says the company is also speaking with Volvo about suppling its parts and is looking to branch out into the aerospace industry as well.
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George Koch Sons Acquires Jessup Engineering
Jessup is a Rochester Hills, Michigan-based company with more than 45 years experience providing automated finishing systems to the aerospace, automotive, industrial and agriculture industries.
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Evaluation of Hexavalent Chromium Free Bond Primers for Aerospace and Defense Applications
Three hex chrome free bond primers demonstrated that they can surpass the 960 hour threshold before exhibiting panel corrosion away from the scribe.
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Study Reveals Finishing Industry Barriers to Phasing Out Cadmium
Sifco conducted the survey, which they say was done to gage the industry knowledge of about speculation that the U.S. aerospace industry will phase out cadmium by 2023.
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VIDEO: Indiana's Imagineering Finishing Technologies Works on Boeing's $4.2B Spacecraft
Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation, CST-100, is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which aims to resume U.S.-based flights to space.
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Replacing Hex Chrome for Aerospace Applications
A collaboration develops between NASA and the European Space Agency to test and evaluate coating systems as replacements for hex chrome coatings in aerospace applications.
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Chemetall Receives Highest Airbus Award for Third Time
Only four out of a total of 68 strategic key suppliers of Airbus have received this "Accredited Supplier" award in 2016.
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PPG Coatings Selected by Airbus for A350-1000 Launch Aircraft
A PPG low-density fuel tank and fuselage sealant provides the three flight-test aircrafts with weight savings compared with traditional sealants and will be used on production A350-1000 airplanes to benefit operators.
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Aerospace Finishing’s Race to the Moon
In our 80th year, a look back at how finishing helped NASA-led space projects.
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