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Finishing Chemical Business Could Hit $8B by 2015
A new report out suggests that sales of metal finishing chemicals could hit $8 billion globally by 2015, driven by electronics and electrical, motor vehicle equipment and the aerospace industries. Â
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Schools of Thought: More colleges offering programs in coatings
Employers such as 3M, Valspar, Bobcat, DuPont and Caterpillar routinely drop into classrooms at NDSU, scoping out a new hire to develop the next top coating compound or new corrosion-resistant material.
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A Conversation with William Corcoran
Nadcap auditor William Corcoran spent two years as a attorney specializing in business and corporate law, employment law, business formations and acquisitions before delving into the corporate world
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Good As Gold: Epner Technologies' 'Laser Gold'
David Epner's Laser Gold application -- with 99.4% reflectivity and a hardness of 200 on the Knoop scale -- has saved countless projects and several careers for clients who couldn’t get it done otherwise. And it has kept Epner smiling as he relishes his problem solving personae in the industry
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Better filtration, less money
Keller set out to develop a sustainable process which incorporates a dry separation system for wet paint overspray. The result is a system they say reduces overall costs up to 85% by using a regenerative filtration system that eliminates disposable filter media or water based wet scrubber costs, as well as minimizing related energy consumption.
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Finisher's Think Tank: Rinsing: An Important Part of the Cycle
The following points may apply to specific metal finishing operations, such as: plating, painting and powder coating, anodizing, colorizing, oxidizing and other specialties.
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Advice & Counsel
While I am familiar with iron and zinc phosphating, my facility is considering the addition of a manganese phosphating line and I am wondering what the differences are.
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Promoting Surface Finishing in Creative Ways
One of the association’s priorities has been to promote surface finishing and educate new audiences about the industry and its value, and to do it in creative ways.
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New Developments in Corrosion Testing: Theory, Methods and Standards
This paper will give a broad overview of the newest developments in corrosion tests and their implementation in automotive standards.
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Investigation of the Blackening Process of Electroless Nickel-Phosphorous Coatings and Their Properties
Electroless black nickel-phosphorus plating is an advanced electroless nickel plating process formulated to deposit a black finish when processed through an oxidizing acid solution.
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