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Process Technology President Wins Entrepreneur Award
Process Technology’s president Jody Richards is the winner of this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year East Central Award.
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Understanding the Anodic Oxide Finish – The First Commercially Available Nanoscale Coating
Dr. Jude M. Runge is the 2020 recipient of the NASF William Blum Scientific Achievement Award. The COVID-19 crisis and the cancellation of SUR/FIN 2020 have affected the timing of the formal award and her delivery of the William Blum Lecture. To honor her properly now, it is timely to publish one of her earlier papers, showing the caliber of her work. Here, she notes that nanomaterials, nanotechnology and nanoprocessing are the marketing buzzwords for the 21st century, stressing that, after all, conventional anodizing processes yield a nanoscale finish. Armed with this knowledge, the ease, reliability and reproducibility of the anodic finish enable insights into new applications.
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An Introduction to Fundamental Research on the Mechanism of the Electrodeposition of Metals
From time to time, it has been our intent to present seminal papers from past issues of NASF/AESF journals that are of such significance that, decades later, they bear another look. As Einstein is associated with relativity, Drs. Conway and Bockris are synonymous with theoretical electrochemistry. This paper is in large measure, the result of Project #16, and, as the authors modestly describe it, is “an attempt to describe to the electroplater who understands the basic ideas of electrochemistry, what is being done in research on fundamental electrode processes.” This “attempt” did rather well.
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Protech Acquires Coating Division from ACG Industrie
The Protech Group has acquired ACG Industrie’s coatings division.
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Finishing Index Reports First Expansion in COVID Era
New orders, production and employment activity all reported expanding activity in August, fueling a broad-based rise in the Finishing Index.
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ABB PixelPaint Optimizes Automotive Painting Efficiency
ABB Robotics’ PixelPaint cuts custom automotive painting job times in half and eliminates overspray.
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IMTS Spark Parts Cleaning Series Begins Oct. 7
The six-part weekly Parts Cleaning series through IMTS Spark begins Wednesday, Oct. 7. Tune in for advice on cleaning and protecting metal parts, as well as general shop solutions from industry leaders.
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Thermal Aging Effects Between Thick-Film Metallizations and Reflowed Solder Creams
Originally published as S.J. Muckett, et al., Plating and Surface Finishing, 73 (1), 44-51 (1986), this paper was awarded the 1987 AESF Gold Medal for Best Paper published in Plating and Surface Finishing in 1986. With the passage of time, Pb-containing solders have been found to have issues regarding toxicity and health. Nonetheless, the work, methodology and results discussed here remain valuable from a research standpoint.
Read MoreManufacturing, Management and Racial Inequality
How can finishers take action about (not just discuss) racial inequality? Matthew Kirchner describes his ways of giving back to the community and promoting equality in manufacturing.
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Dillon Manufacturing Introduces Wear-Resistant Carbinite
Dillon Manufacturing claims its new Carbinite coating increases jaw gripping strength and tool longevity.
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