Parts Cleaning

sustainability 1 Sep 2013

Coater is Getting Healthy in California’s Central Valley

Advanced Industrial Coatings specializes in medical and food service finishes. The company’s 50,000-sq-ft plant contains a conveyorized powder coating line capable of handling massive amounts of coatings, and an environmental and climate-controlled area for scientific applications.

curing 1 Sep 2013

Take the Paint Efficiency Audit

Achieve cost savings through more efficient finishing operations. As finishing operations look to stay competitive in an increasingly global economy, it’s no surprise that efficiency has become a popular topic.

masking 28 Aug 2013

Cash To Head Axalta Industrial Coatings; PPG Appoints Braun as VP Industrial Coatings

Cash joins Axalta Coating Systems from AkzoNobel Coatings; Braun has been appointed vice president of PPG's industrial coatings, Americas, effective immediately, replacing Richard Zoulek, who has left the company.

curing 15 Aug 2013

Axalta Expands Coatings Technology Center

Company says New Pilot Reactor Will Accelerate New Product Development

Electrocoating 14 Aug 2013

BASF Reveals Automotive Color Forecast

Movement towards more color shades than in previous years as BASF staff shows off the 65 new colors they are presenting to automakers and designers around the world.

Powder Coating 9 Aug 2013

Hentzen Gets Approval Of CARC Powder Topcoat

MIL-PRF-32348 Type III approval comes after independently multi-year product development project.

Parts Cleaning 7 Aug 2013

Passivation Tanks

We have provided a passivation system constructed of 304 SS to a customer. They are passivating to Method 1, Type 2 of AMS 2700. The dichromate portion of the liquor appears to be darkening the process tank’s wetted surfaces only, as a non-dichromate liquor does not alter the tank’s surfaces. Are we damaging the tank? Will the tank wear out prematurely? Will it adversely affect the passivation of the customer’s parts?

Parts Cleaning 2 Aug 2013