Parts Cleaning
Removing Rust, Mill Scale And Oils In One Step
I always see the typical pretreatment stages to be a cleaner, rinse, phosphate, rinse, sealer, rinse or not. Nowhere do I see anything to deal with the rust and mill scale from the HRS steel. Is there a product that removes the rust, mill scale and oils in one step? Or are there more steps required, I can honestly say most everything I ever read about seems like a perfect world where the only thing the steel has on it is oils.
Read MoreSmut On Titanium Parts
I use a Nitric/HF bath to etch titanium. Afterwards I desmut in 45% by volume nitric acid solution. Recently I have been noticing smut on parts. The bath is eight years old. Any suggestions?
Read MoreA Strong Finish
Bringing powder coating in-house leads to a top quality finish and quick turnaround
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Three Steps to Lower Energy Use
Improve paint system bottom line by cutting energy consumption
Read MoreReplaced Liner Just Isn't The Same As The Old
The liner on our Osrotron 10-cu-ft bowl wore out and we decided to reline rather than purchase a new machine. When we got the bowl back with the new liner, we could not adjust the machine to the same good action we had before. Our supply vendor is not qualified to help with this. We don’t know where to turn for assistance since Osro is out of business.
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New Guns And Controls Boost Transfer Efficiency And Save Powder
At Rubbermaid’s Jackson, MO, plant, they spray quite a bit of powder to coat wire shelving systems for closet organization and other applications.
Read MoreCleaning Pre-Shot Peen
I am wondering what is commonly done to clean newly machined aluminum parts prior to shot peening?
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