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FINANCE: Deal Structure is Key in the Sale of a Finishing Business
Thinking of selling? Here’s how to get the biggest return on your investment.
Read MoreCongress Votes to Delay Controls on Boilers
Burn off ovens no longer part of controversial rules. The decision came after PF wrote extensively how the EPA under-reported the number of burn off ovens; the EPA claimed less than 50 when PF reported the number could be as high as 10,000.
Read MoreLiving A Finisher’s Dream
Wife of late powder coater volunteers at 37 PGA Tour events in husband’s memory
Read MoreE-coating Simulation
Computer simulation of coating processes has made great strides in recent years. Proper design of plating racks, thickness and property distribution of plating systems and the performance of plated coatings on parts can be predicted with uncanny accuracy. Here, the author extends the application spectrum to include the e-coating of automobile bodies.
Read MoreFlying High with BSAA: Environmentally friendly alternative to chromic acid anodize
BSAA oxide coating exhibits many of the same properties as the aluminum oxide coating that is derived from the chromic acid process.
Read MoreA “Smarter” Technology for Electric Immersion Heaters
Process Technology’s new heaters are designed to be safer, more efficient
Read MoreWinning the Pollution Control Challenge
Electrowinning, which removes metallic ions from concentrated rinse water and spent process solutions reduces waste, recovers valuable metals and saves job shops big money.
Read MoreDrag Finishing of Delicate Parts
For complex parts with high surface finish specs, production deburring and surface prep can be done using the drag finishing process whereby the parts to be deburred and finished are mechanically dragged through the media while attached to fixtures—thus preventing the parts from contacting one another.
Read MorePaint Application Methods
An overview of spraying, dipping, flow coating, and everything in between.
Read MoreYou’re Fired
So think back to your first day on the job. Remember the healthy mix of enthusiasm, eagerness and anxiety wrapping around you. You likely had a list—mental or written—of how you could do it better than your predecessor.
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