Parts Cleaning
Dubois Parent Company Acquires Galaxy Associates
Riverside Company adds Galaxy to its existing ownership of specialty chemicals and solutions.
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Are Ionic Liquids Right for Your Parts Cleaning Job?
Ionic liquids have also been considered for parts cleaning applications because of their negligible vapor pressure, high thermal and electrochemical stability, and low melting points of less than 100°C.
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Solving Wide-Body E-Coat Immersion Problems
Altec Industries in Burnsville, N.C., a manufacturer of heavy truck bodies and related equipment, added e-coat to its finishing operation and—through the proper design and execution of an electrocoat/liquid spray topcoat paint system —addressed issues of e-coating large truck bodies.
Read MoreMeeting the Critical Cleaning Challenge
Today’s parts cleaning industry faces numerous challenges that can make the selection of an effective critical cleaning system difficult
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New Engines Drive Parts Cleaning Innovation
When Cummins began designing its new operations at its Indiana plant, the company made the decision to not skip over the small details, which included making sure that its parts cleaning and deburring were just as sophisticated as its machining operations.
Read MoreSolvent Cleaning Parts
Our company makes packaging machines, and I am the quality control engineer responsible for all finishing operations. We paint castings, sheet metal guards and machined parts. We are presently solvent-cleaning in two dip tanks prior to painting. We use our own solvent blend made up of hydrocarbons, but this material is flammable and has a nauseating odor. We are looking for an inexpensive, nonflammable liquid cleaner.
Read MoreMulti-Metal Pretreatment
I need to clean steel, aluminum and steel castings, steel forgings, electrogalvanized and galvanneal sheet, and aluminum sheet metal parts for an e-coat application. Presently, we use Parco 305 (Henkel), but results are variable. The finish on the galvanized parts is especially variable. What chemistries do you have for this range of materials?
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Parts2clean 2012 Will Be Oct 23-25 in Stuttgart
10th Leading International Trade Fair for Industrial Parts and Surface Cleaning
Read MoreSoda Blast Question Revisited
In my October 2011 column, a reader had a question regarding a source for Natrium 60 for blasting. Although I could not determine the source, I assumed it had to do with sodium bicarbonate blasting for paint removal. I wrote a bit on that subject and asked the readers to contact me if they knew any more regarding that specific product. Tim Herman of Natrium Products responded with a good overview of sodium bicarbonate blasting. As it turns out, his company offers a product that was likely what the reader was looking for: Natrium 260.
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Ask The Expert: Coating Textile Braids
Question: What is some of the newer technologies for coating hose braid?
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