marketing

It's National Surface Finishing Day: How are You Celebrating?

National Surface Finishing Day is a way to showcase the industry to local trade schools, businesses, officials and media, as well as to celebrate employees and staff.

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Parts Cleaning

Hubbard-Hall Appoints Davis, Burningham to New Posts

Promoted Jeffrey Davis to senior vice president of Business Development and Distribution, and Carter Burningham to director of Supply Chain.

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Electrocoating

Hemco UniFlo Hoods Capture Fumes

Hoods constructed of chemical-resistant, flame-retardant, nonsparking composite resin materials.

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editorial

A Decade of Awakenings

It was 10 years ago that the finishing industry welcomed my uneducated self.

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Electroplating

Using Alternatives in Pretreatment Baths for Degreasing

Effective cleaning at low, even ambient temperatures, is possible, says Atotech’s Brandon Lloyd, and creates a safer work environment and reduces energy demands.

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Ask The Expert

Improving Standard Operating Procedures for Powder Coating Operations

Expert Rodger Talbert says be sure to use instant feedback to let the operator know when a problem first appears.

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Ask The Expert

Finding What Causes Defects in Ecoat Systems

The first step in solving defects in ecoat, says Axalta’s Joe Subda, is to determine if the defect is on all parts, one part, or a certain type of part or substrate.

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Liquid Coating

Axalta Adds Tufcote Epoxy Primer to Industrial Coatings Line

Tufcote 3.0 has quick, 30-minute recoat window for wet-on-wet topcoat applications.

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Ask The Expert

Summary Report on USCAR Field Test for Trivalent Chromium

Mark Schario from Columbia Chemical explains USCAR’s multiyear project to determine how various trivalent chromium systems would perform in the real world.

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Powder Coating

Powder Coat System’s Flexibility Reduces Costs, Improves Quality

Kansas-based JR Custom Metal Products brings services back in-house to control quality and costs.

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