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The Real Cost of Downtime
Making the right color-change decision in powder coating operations.
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Improving Aerospace Engines with Advanced Materials
Advanced ceramics and high performance superalloys are playing an important role in improving aerospace engines as aerospace manufacturers look for high-temperature materials that increase performance, improve fuel efficiency and satisfy safety standards, while at the same time lowering manufacturing costs.
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Overview: Aerospace Anodize Finishes
The following anodizing process overviews are provided as a means of introduction to aerospace anodizing
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A Conversation With … Graham Torr
You wouldn’t know it by his quiet demeanor these days, but Graham Torr was once a head banger of the heavy metal variety.
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Life-Saving Finishes Spur Medical Coater
It’s a Catch-22 for Craig Walters, president of Premier Finishing in Stockton, CA, as he watches cabinets coming off his paint line and knows it will be populated with kidney dialysis control equipment and will be used by someone in dire need.
Read MoreFINISHING TOUCH: It's Not Easy Being Green
It’s a tight line to walk these days between running a finishing company that turns a profit and one that is also environmentally friendly, especially when our local, state and federal regulators keep moving the line every day with new rules (read: more moolah out the door).But this month in Products Finishing we take a look at what a group of California finishers are doing to work with their regulatory agencies to stay on the right side of their environmental responsibilities.The ‘Model Shop Program’ we write about this month focuses on a voluntary partnership between some finishing organizations and regulators to become more eco-friendly and reducing the amount of waste and contaminants that may be hurting the environment.It’s not an easy thing to do, graduating as a ‘model’ shop.
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Clean and Simple: EPA ‘Model Shop Program’
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control ‘Metal Finishing Model Shop Program’ is a unique voluntary pollution prevention program designed to help a metal finishing business run a cleaner and safer shop.
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Ahead of the Curve: Kappas family celebrates 50 years
For a company that specializes in bulk finishing for a wide range of industries, and witness to several downturns—including the most recent hard-hitting recession—Erieview has managed to celebrate its 50th anniversary through blood, sweat and, more importantly, innovation.
Read MoreRecent “Conflict Minerals” Legislation Requires Disclosure for the Use of Gold, Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten
As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Financial Reform Act) that was signed into law on July 21, 2010, companies that use conflict minerals must submit a disclosure report to the U.
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A Conversation With ... Ken Kreeger
Ken Kreeger has been a major player in the powder coating industry going on five decades with his career with Nordson Corp.
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