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Liquid Coating

How to Increase Throughput with Racking

Q. How can I increase the throughput of my finishing line through proper racking protocols?

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How to Reduce Heat Gain in a Building with a Powder Coating Operation

Q. We get an enormous amount of heat in our building when our powder system is running. In the summer months, the building is almost unbearable. How can we reduce heat gain from our equipment?

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How to Adjust a Burn-Off Oven To Remove Coatings

Q. We are having issues with our burn-off oven. It doesn’t seem to be adjusting to the amount of coating on the hooks and fixtures. What can I do to fix this?

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How to Pass a 100-Hour Salt Spray Test for Electroless Nickel

Q. One of our most recent requirements is to pass a 100-hour salt spray test with our current medium phosphorus electroless nickel process. Our present EN does not seem to pass this test on a consistent basis. How we can pass this test?

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How to Determine the Cause of Adhesion Failure

Q. We recently powder coated an aluminum structure prepped with a medium grit aluminum oxide media. After a few weeks in a warehouse, a small area was discovered where the coating had chipped to bare metal along a weld seam. What caused the adhesion loss?

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PPG Videos Show OEMs How to Repair Defects

Four videos demonstrate how original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers can repair surface defects on coated parts without re-running.

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How to Stop Outgassing with Die-Cast Parts

Q. We run aluminum extrusions using a chrome treatment conversion coating. We began running aluminum die-cast parts and are seeing small blisters and holes in the coating. How can we stop this?

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How to Carefully Maintain Your Alkaline Etching Bath

Q. What should be the maximum aluminum content in an alkaline etching bath to avoid galvanized appearance (spangling) when preparing 6063 T6 extrusions for Type II anodizing?

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How to Paint a Better Product Using Better Data

Q. Why should I consider adding part and data tracking to my existing line or to a new system?

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How to Increase, Decrease Conductivity of Paint

Q. I apply my liquid coatings with an electrostatic gun. How can we increase or decrease the conductivity of the paint?  

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