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Liquid Coating 7 Jul 2023

Manual Spray Guns Integrate Upgraded Features

The Xcite + and Xcite + Light spray guns from Sames North America have received technical upgrades, improving general usability and spraying quality.

5 Jul 2023

The Tragedy of Compounding Compensation

Employee compensation can be a complex matter. Here are a handful of best practices.

4 Jul 2023

FABTECH 2023 Returns to Chicago

FABTECH 2023 offers innovations, insight and expertise all in one place. Join the industry in Chicago, Sept. 11-14, to check out the latest technology and process innovations, and make invaluable connections.

Powder Coating 4 Jul 2023

Blue Epoxy Coating Exceeds NASA Outgassing Standards

From Powder Technology comes 6500 HCT, a high cut-through-resistant, high dielectric strength blue epoxy coating.

Liquid Coating 3 Jul 2023

Robots, AI and Superb BMW Surfaces

There isn’t an automotive paint shop in the world that doesn’t have post-paint inspection and defect processing. But BMW is doing this with levels of technology at a plant in Germany that exceed all other paint shops in the world.

education 1 Jul 2023

Gema Celebrates PCI, Gema Scholarship Recipient

Gema is part of the PCI Scholarship Program which awards students interested in the powder coating industry.

nasf 30 Jun 2023

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing - 12th Quarterly Report

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the twelfth quarter of project work (January-March 2023) at Wayne State University in Detroit. In this period, our main effort concentrated on documenting technical content that was yet to be reported, including analysis of costs for specific technologies for sustainability improvement.

Pollution Control 30 Jun 2023

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #120: Electrochemical Destruction of Perfluorooctanesulfonate in Electroplating Wastewaters - April 2022-March 2023

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers project work from April 2022 to March 2023 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The overall objective of this work is to utilize a cost-effective reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) for the removal of PFAS from synthetic electroplating wastewater. Initial results for the oxidation of PFOA with three different catalysts are discussed.

Industry 4.0 29 Jun 2023

Top 5 Areas to Consider Automation of Plating Operations

Automation for finishing operations can lead to improvements in process time, repeatability and consistency of quality. Yet, processes that make sense to explore for these operational efficiencies may not always be readily apparent.