Parts Cleaning
ECOAT Q&A: Quoting E-Coat Costs
Q. I have a customer who wants me to quote his product line based on an average square-foot price without analysis of the parts. How can I accomplish this?
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White Haze on Stainless Steel
Has anyone experienced a white haze forming on stainless steel metal surface after cleaning with n-propyl bromide (nPB) solvent?
Read MoreCast Iron, Potable Fresh Water Pump Body
Can you recommend a process to clean rust and “cure” the interior of a pump housing to prevent rusting and not affect the quality of the water?
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Cleaning Limescale from Galvanized Steel
How do you clean white lime scale and rust spots on galvanize?
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Ultrafiltration in Electrocoating Becoming Critical
UF it closes the mass balance of the process while producing rinse waters from the electrocoat paint bath, often resulting in 95 percent or higher transfer efficiencies with no net water addition.
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Concrete Evidence for Proper Pretreatment Before Painting
Road construction equipment maker Gomaco gets better adhesion, more efficient line after getting the right cleaning and pretreatment system in place that could help deliver high-quality products, while at the same time offer increased efficiencies.
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PARTS CLEANING: Re-Thinking Precision Cleaning of Tools
A new cleaning line has eliminated manual scrubbing labor and increased throughput for Hardcoating Technologies as its commitment to quality has taken it from coating 67,000 cutting tools in its first year to more than 1.7 million over the next decade. The company now coats more than two million parts annually.
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PARTS CLEANING: Ultrasonic Cleaning for Large Lots of Small Parts
With ultrasonic cleaning, particulate and film-like soils can be removed not only reliably, but also very quickly and efficiently—even on parts with difficult-to-access hollow spaces such as blind holes, knurling and grooves.
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Powder Coating Training Class is Aug. 14-15
Parker Ionics hosts PCI training course in Westland, Michigan
Read MorePowder on Galvaneal
We have customers that want a smooth powder coating on a galvaneal finish. We prep with a light alcohol wipe, prebake the parts to allow for off-gassing, then spray with a smooth powder. We are having problems with “craters” and specs, so the surfaces won’t pass a class “A” test. Is there a way to coat a galvaneal part with a smooth powder that does not have a special additive?
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