Parts Cleaning
Dürr Expands In North America With Location In Mexico
The modern industrial complex with a workforce of around 280 employees opened October 28 and provides 50 percent more production and office space than the past location.
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PPG Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Electrocoat
More than 100 employees from Springdale and the PPG Coatings Innovation Center attended, joined by PPG retirees who were instrumental in developing the breakthrough corrosion-protection technology.
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Piling on for Powder Coatings
Lane Coatings targets construction market with fusion-bonded powder coatings, and are espousing the benefits of using the coatings on materials such as pilings and reinforcement bars used in road and bridge construction.
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Hentzen Coatings Announces Business Launch in Mexico
Company announces that Carlos Lopez has joined the company as General Manager for the Mexican general industrial business.
Read MorePhosphate 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.
WatchLint-Free Cloths
We have problems getting a clean surface to clear-coat bronze door skins. We wipe down the surface with lacquer thinner using microfiber cloths but get very small lint, fibers and specks in the finish. Do you have any suggestions?
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