automotive
New Process Doubles Productivity for Auto Supplier
Automotive OEM’s are continually looking to their suppliers for new and innovative ways to reduce costs on parts and components without sacrificing quality. The call for cost reductions, improvements and measurable contributions to the bottom line is a way of life in the manufacturing world.
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RoHS and ELV Compliant Electroless Nickel
Over the past few years, a number of new environmental directives have come out of Europe and Asia encompassing mainly the automotive and electronics industries.
Read MoreDiagnosing the Symptoms
Recently, one of my colleagues and I were sharing sob stories about problems that we are each having with our vehicles.
Read MorePimp My Industry
If you've tuned into cable television anytime in the last year or so, you've probably noticed the wealth of TV shows devoted to the fabrication of custom cars, motorcycles and other devices of transportation.
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For Fleetwood RV, Air Pollution Control Gets Great Mileage
In an effort to satisfy the changing demands of its customers, Fleetwood RV - one of the nation's largest makers of recreational vehicles - recently opened a pair of state-of-the-art paint facilities...
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Life in the Fast Lane
DuPont's Automotive Application Facility is designed to help automotive and general industrial customers meet the day-to-day challenges without having to shut down production lines...
Read MorePowder Coating in China
Question: I have what is an increasingly prevalent problem. Our company is purchasing powder coated mild steel automotive piece parts from a factory in China. This factory has a zinc phosphate pretreatment process. We are using a high-quality paint manufactured by a major paint supplier in China, allegedly the same paint we use successfully at our own facility in California. The paint adhesion test results are very good; the salt spray tests are horrible, less than 200 hours.
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Jewel of Niles
Niles Mfg. has been framed—frame coated that is! The Ohio-based job shop has found a role as a provider of FrameCoatTM electrocoating of prototype parts for Tier One automotive plants and captive shops...
Read MoreIn Search of a New E-coat System
Question: We are considering a new e-coat system for automotive parts.
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