aerospace

Liquid Coating 9 Mar 2018

Chrome-Free PPG Aerospace Coating Qualified to SAE Standard

PPG’s CA7088 integral fuel tank aerospace coating has been qualified to SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification AMS-C-27725, Type 3, Grade 2.

Electroplating 7 Mar 2018

Valence Wichita Receives Approvals from Boeing, Bombardier

The Kansas facility now holds hardness and conductivity approvals from Airbus, Cessna, Spirit, Boeing and Bombardier.

aerospace 22 Feb 2018

Chemetall Earns 4th Consecutive Airbus SQIP Award

This “Accredited Supplier” status acknowledges sustained quality and delivery performance, strong continuous improvement, and a customer-oriented approach, the company says.

aerospace 12 Feb 2018

Blisk Finishing System Cuts Processing Time

Walther Trowal’s CM rotary vibrator finishing system eliminates manual operations and is said to cut the processing times for finishing blisks for airplane and land-based turbines from several days to a few hours.

Electroplating 1 Dec 2017

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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automotive 10 Oct 2017

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.

automotive 4 Oct 2017

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.

aerospace 1 Aug 2017

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.

Anodizing 1 Jul 2017

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.