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Choosing a Spray Gun

Question: We are a machine shop for aircraft parts and are starting up a paint line.

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How to Bring Out the Best in Your People

Because there is a direct correlation between your performance and that of your people, your success as a supervisor depends on your ability to bring out the best in them.

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What is Zinc Anodizing?

Question: I was asked the other day whether our shop could perform zinc anodizing.

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Understanding Fluidized Bed Powder Coating

For more than 50 years, fluidized beds have been used to coat parts with powder coatings. In this article, two industry experts tackle some common questions about the fluidized bed process…

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Paint Blush

Question: I work for a door manufacturer as a process engineer for steel doors.

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E-Coat Prep

Question: Please advise if you know of a best practice for cleaning or other surface preparation for e-coating that needs to be “secondary crimped.” L.N.

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White Powdery Residue on Phosphated Steel

Question: I run a sheet metal shop.

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Cleaning Brass for Painting

Question: I am in the midst of working on repainting some stamped brass decorative products from one of my customers.

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Reducing VOC Emissions

Question: I have enjoyed learning from your column for some time.

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How to Clean and Preserve Copper Plating

Question: We have a little problem with copper plating on torlon plastic parts.

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