Electrocoating

Electroplating

Dirty Decisions

How soil type impacts cleaner selection

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Electrocoating

12 Ways to Reduce Water Consumption

Save water, save money in your cleaning processes with these common-sense tips

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Electrocoating

Back to the Basics: Eletrocoating

For some reason, many of our questions seem to be focused on an effort to gain a better understanding of the principles behind an E-coat system. I’ve recently been engaged in an interesting e-mail dialogue with one reader in particular. Following is a recap of our discussion.

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Electrocoating

Clear E-coat vs. Anodizing

I can not find a specification for clear E-coating on aluminum castings. Can you help?

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Electrocoating

Pinhole size air pockets

Do you have any ideas on how to get rid of pinhole size air pockets in the coating?

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Electrocoating

Powder Coating over E-coat

I am aware of applications where liquid paints are being applied over E-coat, but I am wondering about the feasibility of applying powder coating. Will the powder coating stick well to the E-coat? Could you give me some guidance on that?

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Electrocoating

PAINT CONVERSION BY TOP-FEEDING

What is your opinion on converting from one company’s epoxy E-coat paint to another supplier’s paint by top-feeding?

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racking

RACKING DESIGNS FOR SMALL PARTS

We are striving to develop a logical model for making a vendor selection based on the quotes we are receiving for coating costs and fixture charges. We also want to find a way to include processing loss (parts lost in the coating process) and light or no-coat parts, which we are now starting to get a good handle on. I am hoping you can help me understand how to better address this issue.

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Electrocoating

Beyond Pollution Control

A Look at coatings from a life cycle perspective

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Powder Coating

Save the Dihydrogen Monoxide!

Ramping up water recycling in metal finishing

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