Pretreatments
Phosphate Pretreatment of Galvanized Steel
We use a seven-tank process that has been working fine for pretreating cold-rolled steel sheet but experience paint-adhesion failures when we pretreat galvanized steel. What must we do to change the process to pretreat GI sheet?
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Ask Rodger Talbert: Applying Metallic Powder
Q: We apply a metallic, silver powder to sandblasted parts, many of which are also processed through a five-stage iron-phosphate wash system. We have a lot of problems with the pigment “bunching” and standing up on the edges, and cannot seem to eliminate the problem.
Read MoreCoating Process Options
What pretreatment process and conversion coating would you recommend for plating and powder coating on fluid-handling tubes, some of which are bent before powder coating and some after?
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Intellifinishing Parent Company Ranks On Inc.'s 5000 Fastest
The company had 90 percent growth since 2009, going from $17.5 million in sales to $33.2 million, which ranks it as the 24th fastest growing company in its home state of Kansas in the Inc. rankings.
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Axalta 20-Group Visits Wisconsin Powder Coater
While meetings are facilitated by Axalta Star Coater administrators, these groups contribute to their own agenda and have also chosen to participate in benchmarking exercises, comparing certain aspects of their business and how they perform.
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8 Things You Need to Know About Paint Booth Lighting
Global Finishing Solutions has come up with some helpful insights on lighting for paints booths which plays a crucial role in achieving a quality paint job.
WatchPassivation Concentration
I am reviewing my passivation process with nitric acid per ASTM 967 using nitric 2 (6.1.1.2), and am not sure how to mix or check the solution. I also want to be sure I am neutralizing correctly.
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Wheels of Fortune For a Florida Coater
Once a supplier to international companies, a Florida manufacturer now makes and coats its own aftermarket wheels after it discovered that 80 percent of the aftermarket wheel manufacturing business that used to be done in the U.S. is done overseas, and often not very well.
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Air Force Enlists New Plating Shop for Duty
The new Advanced Metal Finishing facility—$67 million of plating technology and safety —was unveiled with a ceremony and public tours, but it won’t be fully operation until the end of this year when work transfers slowly from the older, adjoining AMF building.
Read MoreHave a Blast Cleaning Parts
The concept of the wet blasting process in parts cleaning and surface finishing is straightforward enough: combine abrasive media with water to form a special slurry, then add regulated compressed air to control the pressure as it is discharged over a surface.
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