Parts Cleaning
Oxsilan Pretreatment Revisited
In my August 2011 column, I responded to a question regarding the benefits of Chemetall’s Oxsilan pretreatment process versus more conventional iron and zinc phosphate pretreatments. Chemetall product manager Gary Nelson has provided further information.
Read MorePretreatment of Carbon Composites
Is there a type of chemical bath or similar option that carbon composites can be processed through to improve paint adhesion?
Read MoreMetal Finishing Standards
What are the intended purposes of specifications MIL-C-10578 and QQ-P-35? Can the passivation be substituted for the phosphoric acid etch?
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PCI Executive Director Rodger Talbert Steps Down
Leaving June 1; also giving up role as PCI Technical Director.
Read MorePainting a Galvanized Ceiling
A customer wants us to paint the underside of galvanized steel metal decking, which happens to be the interior ceiling of his new structure. The metal has been up for seven months, and he decided he wants it painted white to brighten-up the factory. Do you have any other suggestions for painting it?
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PPG Aerospace Coatings Create ‘All Black’ Livery For Air New Zealand
Aircraft honoring world champion rugby team wear ‘green’ PPG coatings
Read MorePPG Industries, AkzoNobel Launch New Aerospace Coating Products
The Aerocron primer from PPG’s aerospace coatings group is the first e-coat primer for airframe manufacturers and subcontractors; AkzoNobel’ Metaflex SP brand is a result of a two-year partnership between AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings and Pantheon Enterprises
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NASF REPORT: Is EPA Playing Dirty With Chromium Data?
NASF’s Jeff Hannapel and Christian Richter point to major flaws, bad precedent in EPA chromium air rule. NASF leaders have submitted a 100-page package of comments to the EPA in response to the agency’s proposed rule for chromium finishing operations.
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Redneck Jokes and Finishing
At the ECOAT 2012 Conference in Orlando, Fla., last month, we addressed the topic “What Underperforming Finishers Don’t Know (That Good Ones Do).”
Read MoreAerospace Sector Plans Rebound
Aerospace is our featured topic this month in Products Finishing magazine, and one of the pressing issues facing those who make their living off of contracts from the military and aerospace companies is the health of the industry. Last fall, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers wrote to President Obama in order to help preserve the aerospace and defense industry and its workforce from the substantial downsizing that defense budget cuts would bring. But Craig Hanriot, president of leading aerospace metal finisher Technical Metal Finishing in Burbank, Calif., says the plea to maintain defense spending may have been too little, too late. He says the culmination of the Iraq war, Afghanistan military activities winding down and a huge national debt were enough for the U.S. Congress to cut military spending by $350 billion over the next 10 years.
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