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Pneumatic Die Grinder Provides High-Efficiency Surface Finishing

The Norton Pneumatic Die Grinder from Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives features a free speed of 25,000 rpm, designed for quick deburring, light to medium surface cleaning and finishing.

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Venturi Scrubbers Available in Integrated Packages

Bionomic Industries’ Series 7000/8000 venturi scrubbers are available in fully integrated pre-engineered packages, complete with recirculation pumps, piping networks, instrumentation and automated controls.

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Fluids Provide Corrosion Protection in Metalworking Applications

Chemetall’s Tech Cool 35058 metalworking fluid is designed for applications that require a superior micro-finish on ferrous alloys, low- and high-carbon steels, titanium, molybdenum, and tough alloys. Tech Cool 35037 is a general-purpose fluid developed for applications on aluminum and copper alloys.

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Parts Cleaning

Ultrasonic Agitation Cleaner Removes Supports from 3D-Printed Parts

Omegasonics’ 815BTX dual-tank benchtop ultrasonic cleaning machine eliminates the need to have two separate cleaning machines to remove supports that require chemicals vs. those that do not.

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Vacuum Vapor

In-House PVD Coating System Saves Time, Costs

VaporTech’s VT-3000i coating system is designed to deposit materials using physical vapor deposition (PVD) or plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD), as well as coat temperature-sensitive substrates using low-temperature arc vapor deposition technology (LTAVD).

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Powder Coating

Therma-Tron-X Purchases Wisconsin Furnace Maker

TTX officials say they will add high-temperature furnaces to their product offerings and carry on the HTF brand.

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FANUC America to Expand HQ with New Michigan Facility

The $51 million expansion, expected to create 100 jobs, received a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. It is scheduled to open in Fall 2019.

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research

Crack Formation during Electrodeposition and Post-deposition Aging of Thin Film Coatings - 9th & 10th Quarterly Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the ninth and tenth quarters of project work (January-June 2018) on this AESF Foundation Research project at the University of Houston.  The work continued towards identifying the effective pulse deposition approach to control and mitigate the stress state of chromium thin films and also involved a comprehensive study of palladium stress evolution during electrodeposition and strategies to mitigate its magnitude.

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Vacuum Vapor

Advances in Decorative PVD Chromium Coatings for Polymer Substrates

This article reviews a two-layer, selective coating process which incorporates a specially developed UV-cured paint base coating with a sub-micron thick PVD chromium top coating.  It illustrates the coating’s testing protocols of automotive manufacturers and the necessities of controlling the stresses within the coating matrix.

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ACM Technologies Adds Water Treatment Firm’s Operations

Aqua-Con, a water treatment services company based in Santa Ana, California, has agreed to merge its operations into ACM’s Gardena, California, facility. The company will operate under the ACM brand.

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