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Products Finishing Editorial Submission Guidelines
Editorial submissions for Products Finishing should deal with some aspect of finishing metals or plastics, including plating, painting, powder coating, anodizing, passivation, electrocoating, buffing/polishing, deburring, vibratory finishing, cleaning/pretreatment, metal spraying, vacuum metalizing, printed circuit production, etching and related processes.
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AZZ Inc. to Acquire Precoat Metals
Precoat Metals is a leading independent provider of metal coil coating solutions in North America. It engages in the advanced application of protective and decorative coatings and related services for steel and aluminum coil.
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HMG Paints Expands Metallic Color Lineup
The company has added 70 metallic colors that are designed for industries such as commercial vehicle, agriculture and construction equipment, amongst others.
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Anguil Environmental Systems Seeks Pilot Customers for New IIoT Platform
Anguil’s IIoT platform is designed to leverage existing equipment data to improve performance, lower maintenance costs and prevent unplanned downtime through graphical overviews, KPI dashboards, live trending and document repositories.
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Ecoclean Offers Ultra-Fine, Precision Cleaning Services
According to Ecoclean, changes in manufacturing entails that particulate cleanliness specifications in the micrometer and nanometer ranges must be met by more and more industry sectors.
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NASF Offers Online Plating Essentials Course
The course includes lessons on plating calculations, electroplating equipment, preparing parts for cleanings, electrochemistry and more.
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The Basics of Automotive Surface Engineering by Isotropic Superfinishing
This paper discusses using a non-abrasive, high density media in conjunction with an isotropic superfinishing (ISF) chemistry. This improved surface significantly reduces friction and provides several engineering advantages. The paper also reviews the technique used to generate ISF and some of the improvements that can be imparted to metal-to-metal contact surfaces.
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Growth Through Collaboration, Year After Year
Micron Metal Finishing, a job shop based in the south suburbs of Chicago, is a veteran of the Top Shops program. The shop’s co-owners walk through the shop’s growth over the years.
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On the Road
Products Finishing editor-in-chief Scott Francis contemplates the increasing return of business travel and the future of transportation markets for finishers.
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How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls of a Nadcap Audit
Suppliers within the aerospace industry can easily avoid many of the most common pitfalls of Nadcap audits by properly preparing in advance, explains Ethan Akins, Senior Business Development Manager at the Performance Review Institute, which is responsible for administering the Nadcap Program.
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