Pretreatments

curing 18 Jul 2016

Class 100 Cleanroom Cabinet Oven From Grieve

This Grieve cleanroom cabinet oven features 4” insulated walls, Type 304, 2B finish stainless steel interior with continuously back-welded seams, exterior finished with white epoxy paint,

Electrocoating 15 Jul 2016

Dassault Aviation Qualifies PPG Ecoat Aerospace Primer

Qualification to DGT153703 enables Dassault subcontractors to produce parts for the aircraft manufacturer using the chrome-free PPG e-coat primer.

masking 5 Jul 2016

Peer Group Reviews JIT Powder Coating

Formerly part of the Star Coater program, the A-Team is now sponsored by Products Finishing.

Electrocoating 1 Jul 2016

Anodic Versus Cathodic Electrodeposition

To keep the chemistry of these two processes straight, first consider the metal part you are coating. In cathodic electrocoat, the part is the cathode and in anodic electrocoat, the part is the anode. Follow the four E’s of the electrocoat process to keep track of the major process steps: electrolysis, electrophoresis, electrodeposition and electroendosmosis.

Pollution Control 1 Jul 2016

40-Under-40: Class of 2016

Young professionals are a vital asset to the finishing industry. Products Finishing is recognizing the industry’s top young talent through an annual 40-Under-40 program.

Powder Coating 1 Jul 2016

40 Under 40: Apple's Sean Novak Leads New Generation of Finishing Leaders

Novak has reached the apex of his career (so far) as manager of the surface finishing team at Apple Inc., a Cupertino, California-based conglomerate that designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, software and online services.

curing 1 Jul 2016

Powder Clinic: Outdoor Durable Powder

Q. We have a large job that requires protection from sunlight. What kind of powder we should use?

Parts Cleaning 27 Jun 2016

Astro Pak Acquires Chemko Technical Services

The newly acquired AS9100 Certified Class 10,000 square foot cleanroom facility in Florida equips the company to better serve the precision cleaning, testing and passivation requirements.

economics 24 Jun 2016

Products Finishing's Steve Kline Jr. Delivers CCAI PCI Economic Talk

Director of Market Intelligence for parent company Gardner Business Media, spoke at the CCAI PCI annual meeting on the topic "2016 Economic Trends in Finishing."